Wrestit wrench

EBEBRATT-Ed · March 13

Not a bad Idea. Probably China made. Ridjid should pick up this idea. Probably not good getting a wrench in a tight space.

Would make a Half A—-d vise.

mattmia2 · March 13

seems like cutting a slot in a block of wood to hold the wrench would work better

Intplm. · March 13

Ridgids version of this wrench from years ago. Advertised as a wrench that can occasionally be used as hammer. No.31395

EBEBRATT-Ed · March 13

Yeah, I think Ridgid called it a 'Rapit"

They probably got too many wrenches returned after being used as hammers.

Mad Dog_2 · March 13

Rap wrench is just a chunky bossing you can Whale on with a lump hammer. This white wrench looks like it has "wings" that allow the wrench to stand up on it's own so you can use the opposing wrench in a scissor bite. I love it..Yes..Ridgid tool should definitely offer this....Mad Dog

retiredguy · March 13

If I needed a hammer i would not use my good Ridgid pipe wrench to do that job. I would go to my truck and get my 2# or 4# hand sledge. When I see a wrench like that I think "foreign junk". Where is the closest dumpster.

Mad Dog_2 · March 13

Retired guy. When I need to get a really tight screw fitting off a loose piece of pipe with no Ridgid Tristand around, I'll lay a wrench in it's back like that and then scissor bite the joint.

Alot of times, the wrench on its back will move or fall over. This white wrench with the Wings is perfect for this. Mad Dog

Waher · March 13

https://www.ridgid.com/us/en/raprench-wrench

Intplm. · March 13

https://forum.heatinghelp.com/discussion/comment/1848125#Comment_1848125

I like the design of the white wrenches above. Would probably invest in some if they were made well.

I surely miss a vise when needing to us two wrenches on the floor to remove a fitting. My ankles do too.

jesmed1 · March 13

https://www.supplyhouse.com/Pipe-Vise-APV01-The-Bigfoot-Ultralight-Aluminum-Pipe-Vise

More expensive than a wrench, but less expensive than a Tristand, and easier to carry. They also make a less expensive but heavier steel version.

Hap_Hazzard · March 13

https://forum.heatinghelp.com/discussion/comment/1848125#Comment_1848125

I stick a steel bar or rod through the handle and step on it to keep it from flipping sideways.

EBEBRATT-Ed · March 13

It would be good for the jobs where you need a vise but don't have one or don't want to bring one in from the truck for 2-3 fittings.

And then there is this which if I was still working I think I would get one

The Bigfoot Ultralight Aluminum Pipe Vise

ethicalpaul · March 13

I was just going to ask if any of you guys use these…just like the one Ed just linked.

I have used the two wrenches method on the floor of my basement laboratory to re-use fittings (I know a real pipefitter would never reuse a fitting but I'm not real 😅) and it's not great!

https://pipevise.com/collections/vises

mattmia2 · March 13

https://forum.heatinghelp.com/discussion/comment/1848212#Comment_1848212

no, but i have a guillotine type pipe vise I bought off ebay for like $30 that i've been meaning to bolt to a couple foot long piece of 2x.

Intplm. · March 13

https://forum.heatinghelp.com/discussion/comment/1848158#Comment_1848158

I have one of these. I like it. I just have to remember to use it.

EBEBRATT-Ed · March 14

@ethicalpaul

I always used fittings over unless I thought they were damaged.

Mad Dog_2 · March 14

I have flipped Tristands over trying to get 3 & 4 inch fittings apart. Unless you have another two pound plus helper to stand on the Tristand, you're dying . Mad Dog

ethicalpaul · March 14

Rusty 2" is my limit, and that would be with a serious cheater. I am very wimpy 😅

EBEBRATT-Ed · March 15

@Mad Dog_2

I couldn't do this now but when I was young and stupid we were installing a large gas burner in a big chain grocery store.

We had to shut down the meter and have this all preplanned for night work.

When we went to tie in at the meter we couldn't un thread a 3" coupling with 3 footers. The pipe unthreaded at the next joint down the line. Fine , we will take the whole thing down and put it in the vise.

Still couldn't unthread it. We needed to get it apart and save the fitting cause it was after hours etc and didn't have any more fittings.

We ended up with it in the vise a 3' wrench with a 2 1/2" 21' cheater on it and the other guy holding the vise down with another pipe as a lever.

I am glad no one saw us we must have looked like total idiots

Mad Dog_2 · March 15

Yeah.."idiots" that got the gas back on by daybreak...Been in that spot many, many times..It's extremely high pressure when you have to get a very popular Steakhouse we've all heard of back.on.line overnight..Or The Rainbow Room...."Tony Bennett will be here at 630 to serenade the breakfast guests....Make sure the hot water is restored! " oh boy....We have alot of stress on us in this business....Perform or lose contract & client. Mad Dog

Long Beach Ed · March 15

I see lots of great innovations in tools. "Hey, that looks like it would be great!," I say. But more often than not, I search for the maker and find the thing is made in China. Just more junk that's gonna break, hurt me, slip or bend and not gonna last.

Why don't some of these great idea people spend a couple of extra bucks making a quality tool that won't break, round out fittings or hurt a real mechanic who tries to use it? They might even sell some.

Most of these new ideas are just workers' comp claims if you give them to the men to use.

ethicalpaul · March 15

It's just not true that China only makes junk. I remember when people used to say exactly the same thing about Japanese cars, steel, guitars, and motorcycles in the 70s.

But nobody would say the Japanese make junk today, their products are highly thought of, even those same ones from the 70s that people called junk.

China makes stuff EXACTLY to the specification of the American and other international companies that contract with them. They make the finest computers, the finest smartphones, the best drones and so many electronic components. They right now are making an electric car that is so good the US had to make it illegal for fear of the competition.

When China makes junk it is because some American company asked them to. OK some of their junk is of their own doing, but you get my point I hope.

PS: I have an image of @EBEBRATT-Ed jumping on the end of a 20 foot pipe

EBEBRATT-Ed · March 15

@ethicalpaul

It wasn't pretty. It took a month to get that shutdown scheduled and I was always pretty good at looking at any unforeseen obstical. Guess I missed one that time.

ethicalpaul · March 15

https://forum.heatinghelp.com/discussion/comment/1848491#Comment_1848491

but @Mad Dog_2 was right, you got it done

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