Tool of the Week

[Highway Man]

Its nothing like anything current, except it's an adjustable spanner

That is exactly what it is.

 

[fillyboy]

Its nothing like anything current, except it's an adjustable spanner

A girl who used to deliver to our premises, young lad there always called her 'spanner'. One day she said to him 'why do you always call me spanner'.
He said cos whenever I see you my nuts tighten.

 

[Burnerman]

Looking at the depth of the jaw throat, Id say it was used for tightening square nuts, i.e railway issue.
John

 

[Ivor Windybottom]

I used a Spazzle for the first time today. It worked absolutely great. Brand new, made in Wigan. Proper solid metal with a wooden handle.

One of those things where you don't need tuition, you pick it up and it tells you how to use it. You use it to agitate concrete. Vastly superior to a plank or float, it's effortless to use and really pumps the stuff. Then you can use it to spread and level too.

Bulldog Alloy Spazzle

Need to level out loose material? With this Bulldog aluminium spazzle, you'll carry out top surfacing work with ease - the 600mm solid alloy blade is designed to graze across the surface and distribute concrete or asphalt evenly.It's more than just a concrete spazzle - use it to level out...

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[Highway Man]

Looking at the depth of the jaw throat, Id say it was used for tightening square nuts, i.e railway issue.
John

Yes rail nuts were and still are square used in high vibration situations and for strength. Steam fittings had the same type of nuts for strength too. Rail tracks still have them to this day.

 

[Koolpc]

Yes rail nuts were and still are square used in high vibration situations and for strength. Steam fittings had the same type of nuts for strength too. Rail tracks still have them to this day.

Even Hornby track!

 

[Highway Man]

Even Hornby track!

Probably not

 

[Munroast]

had an uncle worked on the railways - he reckoned the only thing that was light was the pay packet

this tool sort of fits his opinion

 

[blup]

I used a Spazzle for the first time today. It worked absolutely great. Brand new, made in Wigan. Proper solid metal with a wooden handle.

One of those things where you don't need tuition, you pick it up and it tells you how to use it. You use it to agitate concrete. Vastly superior to a plank or float, it's effortless to use and really pumps the stuff. Then you can use it to spread and level too.

Bulldog Alloy Spazzle

Need to level out loose material? With this Bulldog aluminium spazzle, you'll carry out top surfacing work with ease - the 600mm solid alloy blade is designed to graze across the surface and distribute concrete or asphalt evenly.It's more than just a concrete spazzle - use it to level out...

www.toolstation.com

Looks gimmicky, whats wrong with the back end of a wide rake, a shovel or an old fashioned plank.

 

[noseall]

Looks gimmicky, whats wrong with the back end of a wide rake, a shovel or an old fashioned plank.

They are ok for certain jobs. We tend to bypass that type of tool and use a rake, a tamp and a bullfloat on large slabs. It has a tilt bracket and takes some getting usead to....

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• noseall
• Yesterday at 6:11 AM

 

[Ivor Windybottom]

Looks gimmicky, whats wrong with the back end of a wide rake, a shovel or an old fashioned plank.

It's vastly superior, in a way that can't be described without trying one.

It's a float on a stick. It's at an angle, you can choose whether to scrape with the edge or smooth with the face just by spinning it round.

 

[noseall]

It's vastly superior

To what exactly?

 

[noseall]

Looks gimmicky, whats wrong with the back end of a wide rake, a shovel or an old fashioned plank.

They are ok for concrete garden paths and such like.

 

[Justin Passing]

Even Hornby track!

I reckon Meccano, That had square nuts...