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What's-It Forum => What's-It Forum => Topic started by: Mac53 on November 19, 2012, 09:41:48 AM

Title: Brass Spanner wrench whatsit?
Post by: Mac53 on November 19, 2012, 09:41:48 AM

Obviously it is some sort of wrench, with a spanner and a hex, but why? And why brass?

Doesn't appear to have much wear, so it was either used for a light job, or hardly used. I'm thinking gas related?
(http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j132/thehighlandsking/brasswrench2.jpeg)
(http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j132/thehighlandsking/brasswrench.jpeg)

Title: Re: Brass Spanner wrench whatsit?
Post by: rusty on November 19, 2012, 06:35:49 PM

Champion Brass has a 1980 patent for a popup lawn sprinkler, and later ones for other irrigation stuff, so i would hazard a guess it is for taking a lawn sprinkler apart.....(Tools for use with water are commonly brass just so they don't rust, lots of water department tools used to be spec'd brass also)

Title: Re: Brass Spanner wrench whatsit?
Post by: Mac53 on November 20, 2012, 02:16:33 PM

Strange. I have no idea how it came to be in my possession.

Title: Re: Brass Spanner wrench whatsit?
Post by: oldtools on November 20, 2012, 04:02:02 PM

Have one "Champion" like that, but it is aluminum.

Title: Re: Brass Spanner wrench whatsit?
Post by: william_b_noble on November 30, 2012, 01:23:52 AM

it's for lawn sprinklers - at one time pretty much every gardner I saw had one in their truck, often in their pocket - the spanner part is for the sprinkler head (remove,tighten), the hex is for the spray nozzle (remove/tighten/point in the right diretion) - champion was near Los Angeles, I believe.

Title: Re: Brass Spanner wrench whatsit?
Post by: Nolatoolguy on December 04, 2012, 11:59:26 PM

It almost apears to be a non sparking tool, but ime not sure.

Title: Re: Brass Spanner wrench whatsit?
Post by: EVILDR235 on December 05, 2012, 08:26:15 AM

I have 3 of those. Brass, aluminum and steel. I always thought that the brass was the oldest,then aluminum and then steel.

EvilDr235