Mauser Wrench

sheepherder · 12-12-2013, 09:36 AM

At first glance, it looks like a Crescent wrench...but totally different...

It's like someone looked at a Vernier and said "Wow...That would be a good design for an adjustable wrench!"...

(If you think members of this forum are anal-retentive, you should meet an old German machinist...Back in 1969 I worked as a production machinist in an aerospace manufacturer...The machinist next to me was an old Americanized-German; ate a raw onion a day...One day I couldn't find a scrap to stir my coffee, so I pulled the 6" Starrett scale out of my pocket and stirred my coffee with that...You could hear him scream all over the plant...people came running...He was livid that I would so misuse my tools...After that, all us punk kids stirred our coffee with our scales...)

12-12-2013, 09:36 AM	#1
sheepherder Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: ...on the 'ol Erie Canal... Posts: 8,197 Thanks: 1,416 Thanked 4,462 Times in 2,336 Posts	At first glance, it looks like a Crescent wrench...but totally different... It's like someone looked at a Vernier and said "Wow...That would be a good design for an adjustable wrench!"... (If you think members of this forum are anal-retentive, you should meet an old German machinist...Back in 1969 I worked as a production machinist in an aerospace manufacturer...The machinist next to me was an old Americanized-German; ate a raw onion a day...One day I couldn't find a scrap to stir my coffee, so I pulled the 6" Starrett scale out of my pocket and stirred my coffee with that...You could hear him scream all over the plant...people came running...He was livid that I would so misuse my tools...After that, all us punk kids stirred our coffee with our scales...) __________________ I like my coffee the way I like my women... ...Cold and bitter...