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Offline Wrenchmensch

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City Electric Red Head: What's it for?
« on: October 06, 2012, 09:40:43 AM »
Found this yesterday at a flea market.  I don't know its application, and would welcome input about that and the company that made it.
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Re: City Electric Red Head: What's it for?
« Reply #1 on: October 06, 2012, 11:14:09 AM »
Here is a link to the U S Patent. Looks like you got a pipe wrench.
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Re: City Electric Red Head: What's it for?
« Reply #2 on: October 06, 2012, 02:50:07 PM »
Shaped like an involute wrench. Is the longer jaw broken?
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Re: City Electric Red Head: What's it for?
« Reply #3 on: October 06, 2012, 03:49:56 PM »
No, that is the standard configuration for this wrench (and why I bought it). 
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Re: City Electric Red Head: What's it for?
« Reply #4 on: October 07, 2012, 11:04:04 AM »

Steel City made electrical fittings, particularly conduit.....
So, likely targeted at the electrical trade for conduit assembly (The threaded pipe screw in type)
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Re: City Electric Red Head: What's it for?
« Reply #5 on: October 07, 2012, 12:47:11 PM »
Thanks!!
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Re: City Electric Red Head: What's it for?
« Reply #6 on: October 07, 2012, 05:55:52 PM »
Is it about 8 inches long?
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Re: City Electric Red Head: What's it for?
« Reply #7 on: October 08, 2012, 06:49:06 PM »
Nope.  11 1//2 inches long.
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Re: City Electric Red Head: What's it for?
« Reply #8 on: October 09, 2012, 11:24:21 AM »
This one is on ebay but as Papaw suggested it has a longer outer jaw but is the same overall length.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/VINTAGE-RED-HEAD-WRENCH-STEEL-CITY-ELECTRIC-CO-/230862697753?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item35c07d3519
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Re: City Electric Red Head: What's it for?
« Reply #9 on: October 23, 2012, 04:48:47 AM »
I was sure I had seen it before.
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Re: City Electric Red Head: What's it for?
« Reply #10 on: October 23, 2012, 05:05:27 AM »
Cool tool, looks like a Flamingo...
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