Mr Smith Posted November 7, 2011 Posted November 7, 2011 I had a bunch of wheel spanners lying around. Not anymore. Quote
Old N Rusty Posted November 7, 2011 Posted November 7, 2011 That made me smile! You did a fine job. Quote
David Einhorn Posted November 7, 2011 Posted November 7, 2011 Great idea, thank you for sharing! Quote
ThomasPowers Posted November 7, 2011 Posted November 7, 2011 I always wanted to see if the local garage would trade some car work for a set of those... Quote
ThomasPowers Posted November 8, 2011 Posted November 8, 2011 Hmm now to take an old spinner and make an advent candle holder from it... Quote
Frank Turley Posted November 9, 2011 Posted November 9, 2011 The jolly old English language. I had a student from Colorado who was brought up in England. He was calling any wrench in my shop a "spanner," using it as a generic term. I told him that to me, a spanner was a handled wrench with 2 nubbins or tits which spanned a specific distance and engaged with two appropriate holes. He agreed, but insisted that any wrench was a spanner. Therefore, I had a double take on "Wheel Spanner Candleholders." Then, it registered; Mr. Smith was talking about what we in the U.S. call a lug wrench. Quote
Mr Smith Posted November 9, 2011 Author Posted November 9, 2011 I struggled to decide exactly what to call them, to be honest. Lug wrench has a nice ring to it! :-) Quote
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