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What's-It Forum => What's-It Forum => Topic started by: superzstuff on December 16, 2011, 10:18:24 PM

Title: Stove wrench or lug wrench?
Post by: superzstuff on December 16, 2011, 10:18:24 PM

I bought a box of Ford A and T wrenches and this wrench was in with them. Marked only with a "15", it has a diamond shaped opening that may be worn that way. Opening measures 3/4" across flats. Looked large for a stove eye lifter, but not sure.

Title: Re: Stove wrench or lug wrench?
Post by: skipskip on December 16, 2011, 10:26:30 PM

lug wrench / tire iron?

is it welded near the socket end?

Title: Re: Stove wrench or lug wrench?
Post by: superzstuff on December 16, 2011, 10:46:49 PM

No, that is where the number 15 is located. It is all one piece.

Title: Re: Stove wrench or lug wrench?
Post by: Neals on December 17, 2011, 01:01:58 AM

I don't have my stove wrenches handy to check but as I recall they are 3 sided with rounded corners. My guess would be some kind of valve wrench. I doubt that it is wore very bad. In the last pick it looks like the top face  is longer than the 2 sides joining joining it and they all look crisp and not worn.

Title: Re: Stove wrench or lug wrench?
Post by: keykeeper on December 17, 2011, 11:06:05 AM

I would say it is a stove shaker grate handle/lid lifter combo. Pretty commonly found amongst tool lots, most people that have never seen one assume it is a mechanical tool based on the socket end. Note the way the "pry bar" end is made. Old wood stoves had flat iron plates on the top, with a recessed area near the edge with little bars across the hole to insert the bar to lift them out to add wood or check the fire.

Also, the socket is more like a triangular shape, as mentioned by neals. That is also a common trait with shaker handles.

Title: Re: Stove wrench or lug wrench?
Post by: Stoney on December 21, 2011, 05:27:09 PM

I agree Keykeeper.  The lifter end tells the tale.