reading and wondering
 

hi all
i have been looking through the forum and the same word keeps popping up
it hot wrench i was just wondering what it is? :confused

A blow torch or Oxy acetylene torch is my version of a Hot wrench :thup:

Hot Wrench is a term for a destructive method of removing stubborn nuts and bolts, also known as Gas Axe for bigger jobs.
It is sometimes possible to release a seized thread by the gentle application of heat from an Oxy/Acetylene torch. This may be sufficient to remove the offending Nut/Bolt, but the heating affects the temper of the steel rending the item un-reusable. If it doesn't loosen it up, hitting the Oxy and melting the nut off will certainly remove it, but it may damage the surrounding material, or even make it harder to remove the bolt/stud due to slag. :teach:

Hot Wench is something entirely different.

But equally destructive! :eek:

Tony..
In the real world,a gas axe is a chain saw...
Oxy-acetylene is a "red" wrench...
Hot wenchs are located at Grace O'Mally's bar and Grill,home away from home for the Ottawa Chapter of MLU...as Jif will testify to..as he has fallen in lust with all of them on many occasion..acting like a ranty old bull when ever we let him out at one of our occasional events at Gracies..which is not often enough and we are over due for spring call..
:cheers: :drunk: :sheep::remember :support :salute:

thanks for that :) :) :) :) :) :)

Another name is
 

the "Mexican Speed Wrench"

Rob

A well equipped workshop
 

I have more than a passing familiarity with common tools. When I got the information below, I immediately recognized it as being amazingly truthful…

DRILL PRESS: A tall upright machine useful for suddenly snatching flat metal bar stock out of your hands so that it smacks you in the chest and flings your beer across the room, denting the freshly-painted Auto body panel which you had carefully set in the corner where nothing could get to it.

WIRE WHEEL: Cleans paint off bolts and then throws them somewhere under the workbench with the speed of light. Also removes fingerprints and hard-earned calluses from fingers in about the time it takes you to say, “Oh sh*….”

ELECTRIC HAND DRILL: Normally used for spinning pop rivets in their holes until you die of old age.

SKIL SAW: A portable cutting tool used to make studs too short.

PLIERS: Used to round off bolt heads. Sometimes used in the creation of blood-blisters.

BELT SANDER: An electric sanding tool commonly used to convert minor touch-up jobs into major refinishing jobs.

HACKSAW: One of a family of cutting tools built on the Ouija board principle. It transforms human energy into a crooked, unpredictable motion, and the more you attempt to influence its course, the more dismal your future becomes.

VISE-GRIPS: Generally used after pliers to completely round off bolt heads. If nothing else is available, they can also be used to transfer intense welding heat to the palm of your hand.

WELDING GLOVES: Heavy duty leather gloves used to prolong the conduction of intense welding heat to the palm of your hand.

OXYACETYLENE TORCH: Used almost entirely for lighting various flammable objects in your shop on fire. Also handy for igniting the grease inside the wheel hub out of which you want to remove a bearing race.

TABLE SAW: A large stationary power tool commonly used to launch wood projectiles for testing wall integrity.

HYDRAULIC FLOOR JACK: Used for lowering an automobile to the ground after you have installed your new brake shoes, trapping the jack handle firmly under the bumper.

EIGHT-FOOT LONG YELLOW PINE 2X4: Used for levering an automobile upward off of a trapped hydraulic jack handle.

E-Z OUT BOLT AND STUD EXTRACTOR: A tool ten times harder than any known drill bit that snaps neatly off in bolt holes thereby ending any possible future use.

BAND SAW: A large stationary power saw primarily used by most shops to cut good aluminum sheet into smaller pieces that more easily fit into the trash can after you cut on the inside of the line instead of the outside edge.

TWO-TON ENGINE HOIST: A tool for testing the maximum tensile strength of everything you forgot to disconnect.

CRAFTSMAN 1/2 x 24-INCH SCREWDRIVER: A very large pry bar that inexplicably has an accurately machined screwdriver tip on the end opposite the handle.

AVIATION METAL SNIPS: See hacksaw.

PHILLIPS SCREWDRIVER: Normally used to stab the vacuum seals under lids or for opening old-style paper-and-tin oil cans and splashing oil on your shirt; but can also be used, as the name implies, to strip out Phillips screw heads.

STRAIGHT SCREWDRIVER: A tool for opening paint cans. Sometimes used to convert common slotted screws into non-removable screws.

PRY BAR: A tool used to crumple the metal surrounding that clip or bracket you needed to remove in order to replace a 50 cent part.

HOSE CUTTER: A tool used to make hoses too short.

HAMMER: Originally employed as a weapon of war, the hammer nowadays is used as a kind of divining rod to locate the most expensive parts adjacent the object we are trying to hit.

MECHANIC’S KNIFE: Used to open and slice through the contents of cardboard cartons delivered to your front door; works particularly well on contents such as seats, vinyl records, liquids in plastic bottles, collector magazines , refund checks, and rubber or plastic parts . Especially useful for slicing work clothes, but only while in use.

DAMMIT TOOL: Any handy tool that you grab and throw across the garage while yelling “DAMMIT” at the top of your lungs. It is also, most often, the next tool that you will need.

Dropping A Hint?
 

Alex, I note with interest the use of the word "old" when describing Geoff, which would explain why he "walks" down to chat up the heiffers...as for the Gracie's call, all will be revealed (give us a range of weekends that you will be available - keeping in mind the usual milestone weekend events).

Weekends
 

Hi Bob..
Just about any weekend..
Pick a good one..
I'm in..
A

Ignoring that uncouth "RHC" thing for a moment - who's a silly bunt then? - I probably won't be able to attend the next one if it's anytime soon... seems I've found m'self an... er, distraction, emminently more interesting than anything I've seen at Gracie's, and as such am somewhat... er, preoccupied, these days... you'll get a chance to meet milady sometime soon, I'm sure... :)