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1. 
   IMERC | May 05, 2003 09:54pm | #1

   Chuck is on backwards.

   Left handed pipe wrenches.

   The chuck is so massive that it takes two backwards pipe wrenches.

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   unTreatedwood | May 05, 2003 09:57pm | #2

   Hey,

   did the wrenches come with directions?? If they had, the guy doing the illustration might have known how they are supposed to work!!

   Big Bob

   
   

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   Edited 5/5/2003 2:58:36 PM ET by big bob

3. 
   BossHog | May 05, 2003 10:07pm | #3

   Must be a craftsman?

   They figure if you're backwards enough to buy their tools, you won't put the pipe wrenches on right, and will end up doing it correctly...............(-:

   The brain is a wonderful organ; it starts working the moment you get up in the morning, and does not stop until you get to work.

4. 
   CAGIV | May 05, 2003 10:20pm | #4

   Guess some people don't like working with leverage

   Never be afraid to try something new. Remember, amateurs built the ark, Professional build the Titanic.

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   joeh | May 05, 2003 10:25pm | #5

   Fess up Kevin, you bought  Ryobi...............

   Joe H

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   GoldenWreckedAngle | May 05, 2003 11:13pm | #7

   Fess up Kevin, you bought  Ryobi...............

   Well, it does have an oriental sounding name but this foreign tool came with a 1/2" square drive, a 1/4" hex quick change chuck and a 1/2" keyless chuck (as configured in the illustration)...

   Oh yea, and one other uncommon feature - a pair of 15.6 volt batteries.Kevin Halliburton

   "I believe that architecture is a pragmatic art. To become art it must be built on a foundation of necessity."  - I.M. Pei -

1. 
   kostello | May 16, 2003 10:04pm | #8

   not a panasonic impact driver??!!!

   aleks

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   GoldenWreckedAngle | May 16, 2003 10:15pm | #9

   You got it! Fun toy!

   Kevin Halliburton

   "I believe that architecture is a pragmatic art. To become art it must be built on a foundation of necessity."  - I.M. Pei -

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   kostello | May 16, 2003 10:21pm | #10

   yeah really good i've had one for about a year.

   don't think i ever read the manual though!!

   aleks

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   mitch | May 17, 2003 03:54pm | #11

   i don't get it.  exactly what's supposed to happen after you put a pair of pipe wrenches on and then take them back off?  does it work by some sort of opposing polar magnetic field thingie?  is that why you need to remove them in opposite directions?  would aluminum framed wrenches work too?  if you don't have two wrenches of the same size, material and make does that mess things up?  would just a couple big steel bars work in a pinch?  does it bother you that you own a fairly complex tool designed by people who don't understand something as simple as a friggin pipe wrench?

   showed the drawing to my wife- who is actually very handy and an excellent third and fourth hand on stuff like plumbing, but i'm not sure has ever actually used a pipe wrench in her life.  in about two seconds she asked, "won't they just fall off if you turn them that way?"

   m

   Edited 5/17/2003 9:00:51 AM ET by mitch

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   Justus | May 24, 2003 06:55am | #12

   just as a side note, I bought a new adjustable wrench yesterday, (cresent, not plumbing type) and it has a arrow on the handle pointing clockwise. I guess it doesnt work the other way. : ) Justus Koshiol

   Running Pug Construction

5. 
   Luka | May 24, 2003 12:45pm | #13

   You mean you didn't go back and get the anti-clockwise one as well ?

   A good heart embiggins even the smallest person.

   Quittin' Time

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   mitch | May 24, 2003 03:16pm | #14

   i'm surprised every screwdriver, wrench, ratchet, socket, etc isn't emblazoned with the instruction/warning "Righty Tighty, Lefty Loosey"

   m

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   BossHog | May 24, 2003 03:42pm | #15

   That "Righty Tighty, Lefty Loosey" thing is too wierd for me.

   I taught my boys "right is tight, left is loose" so they don't sound like sissies.We are all born naked and screaming.If you're lucky that sort of thing won't stop there.

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   Justus | May 24, 2003 06:19pm | #16

   Thanks a lot Boss, now when ever I tell someone the secret password I'll feel like a sissy.  For years righty tighty lefty loosey has just rolled off my lips, but now I feel like a dork. 

   From now on I'll just tell people "Just pick a direction and haul away!, it will either come off, or you'll break the bolt, either way you will have acomplished your mission. : )

   CARRY ON! Justus Koshiol

   Running Pug Construction

9. 
   Sancho | May 24, 2003 06:44pm | #17

   Maybe its a english tool they also drive on the wrong side of the street..ect.. 

   Darkworks:  Its all 'bout da squilla

10. 
    deadmanmike | May 24, 2003 07:50pm | #18

    Depends on what hemisphere your using it in.

11. 
    benraymond | May 25, 2003 06:32pm | #20

    I was once working in a Lab where next door there were 4 women doing research.  One day they came over to my lab trying to get some help loosening a fitting.  They pulled the "We need a BIG STRONG MAN to help us," thing, trying to get me over there.  I went over and watched one of them straining with all her might on the fitting, quietly reached over with one hand and turned the wrench the other way, easily taking off the fitting without much effort. 

    "You don't need a big strong man, you just need to know righty-tighty lefty-loosey," I said, and walked out.

5. 
   sdr25 | May 05, 2003 10:27pm | #6

   Thats funny!!!

   Scott R.
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   SteveInCleveland | May 24, 2003 10:27pm | #19

   Frankly, with the legal system the way it is, I'm surprised they do not have a warning to remove the battery or not to press the trigger prior to using the pipe wrenches.  I can just picture some idiot.....