Heamar offer several Torx spanners, including the Stahlwille E20 & E24 Double Ended Torx Spanner, which is suitable for heavy use and is manufactured using chrome alloy steel. A hook spanner is curved and has a hooked nose or a pin at the end, allowing it to grip the nut or bolt. This pin connects with the hole, enabling it to turn the fastener. This is a special-purpose tool that can be used on ring nuts and is often used to maintain motorbikes and cars. Think about the area you’re working in, and any potential hazards it may pose to you or to other people in the vicinity while completing the task. This can include:

There should never be more than a millimetre of play as an absolute maximum - if there is, you’re not using the right size wrench The potential uses of an adjustable spanner are almost too numerous to mention, but in essence they all perform the same fundamental task. Their key role is to enable the tool user to achieve a firm tightening or loosening grip on multiple different sizes of fastener, as opposed to having to swap for a different non-adjustable spanner size every time they come up against a new gauge/diameter of nut, bolt or pipe section. If you have Torx fasteners, Torx spanners (or Torx spanner sets) can be used to loosen or tighten them. The head (or both heads) resembles a 6-point star and it is designed to not slip whilst tightening a fastener. It should also prevent cam-out from the person using this tool when requiring heavy torque. Try to choose sizes that reduce the amount of play between the jaws and the fastener as much as possible. This will minimise the risk of slipping on the bolt or nut, and potentially damaging either it, the spanner, or yourselfDepending on which way you turn the screw mechanism, the jaws of the spanner will begin to open or close accordingly (it’s almost always the smaller lower jaw that actually moves, in relation to the static upper jaw which remains fixed in place.) Third Step The ratchet spanner can be between 90mm-425mm long, with the length increasing with the size of the head, and the ratchet head sizes are between 4mm-36mm. However, if you need to reduce the size, some of these spanners have interchangeable heads or bushes that can fit onto a larger head size. Monkey wrenches are another type of adjustable spanner with a long history; the origin of the name is not entirely clear, but Geesin reports that it originated in Britain with a fancied resemblance of the wrench's jaws to that of a monkey's face, and that the many convoluted folk etymologies that later developed were baseless. [3] Before the Bahco/Johansson/Crescent type became widespread in the United States, during the industrial era of the 1860s to the 1910s, various monkey wrench types were the dominant form of adjustable wrench there. When looking for the right pin spanner, two different sizes are usually given, and these are the distance between the central points of both pins and the diameter of the pins. The diameter tends to be between 2.9mm-10mm, and the distance between the pins is usually between 10mm-230mm.

The open end is stronger than the ringed end because it applies less pressure on the weakest parts of the nuts or bolts, which are thought to be the corners. It is also good for the first turns when loosening a fastener, or for the last turns to tighten one. In contrast, the looped end can be flexible, depending on the combination spanner, and can be ratcheted or non-ratcheted. An adjustable spanner - also known as an adjustable wrench, most commonly in the US - is a familiar everyday tool used by millions of professional and hobbyist users worldwide. This variation can fit with most holds, which is a unique quality of the open-end crows foot spanner. It is commonly used by auto mechanics and people who do DIY. There are many forms of adjustable spanners; many of them are screw-adjusted, whereas others use levers, and some early ones used wedges.Most non-adjustable spanners and wrenches can only be used on one particular size of bolt or nut. This means that if you’re dealing with various sizes of fasteners on a single job, you’ll have to bring multiple non-adjustable spanners along with you. Adjustable spanners typically feature a standard layout open-ended head design, but with an additional function that allows for manual opening or closing of the spanner’s jaw via a rotating cylinder driven by a screw. The familiar ‘monkey wrench’ design is essentially a type of adjustable spanner, although many tools can be found in this range that are considerably smaller and lighter than a typical heavy-duty plumbing wrench.

The double ended spanner has two open-end heads, one at each end, and is the most commonly used spanner available. The ends are angled at 15-30 degrees, and the handle is both flat and slim. This tool is made for use with rotary fasteners. Its small size makes the magneto spanner an ideal addition to any toolbox. They can also be called ignition spanners and are used when fixing and servicing magnetos. This tool tends to have a screwdriver attached. As it is possible that you’d likely fall or otherwise injure yourself in either of the above scenarios, then you’re not performing the job safely and you may need to consider a different approach. Be mindful of any existing damage or wearAn adjustable spanner (UK and most other English-speaking countries), shifting spanner (Australia and New Zealand) [1] or adjustable wrench (US and Canada) is any of various styles of spanner (wrench) with a movable jaw, allowing it to be used with different sizes of fastener head ( nut, bolt, etc.) rather than just one fastener size, as with a conventional fixed spanner. [2] Avoid using hammers, mallets or other striking tools to apply extra torque to any type of spanner that isn’t explicitly designed and built for that purpose (most adjustable wrenches are not) Refer to a proper thread gauge if you’re unsure of which size tool you ought to be using for a particular fastener Don’t try to apply more torque than you can handle