Magic W wrench

[Tabitha]

YouTube

You know how you find something you were not even looking for when you look in the internet.

I am messing with concrete and thought, when I am done with this little slab, I think I want to make a few pavers to pave the way over to the chicken house.
So I found this and it looks like this is what I want for my birthday. Has anyone used it and does it perform as advertised?

[arabian knight]

Nothing new about that design at all. I have this one for years that I use to take hoses off sink faucets. You know the one that is WAY up there, attached to the faucet itself, the end that is hard to get at. LOL

[Tabitha]

I am glad you are aware of it and it is not really new (though new tome). So did you look at the video and would you recommend the gizmo?

[fordy]

..............That style of wrench , will , literally , chew the corners off of a hex nut when making the final "Pull" to get the nut tight !!! It will work great on pipe , although not as well as a regular pipe wrench . And , if one examines the construction closely , you will observe it is made from several layers of cheap metal and probably held together with some Chinese rivets ! , fordy

[FarmboyBill]

All that being said, Id like one for the times when a wrench just wont fit. IF I chew off the corners of a nut getting it off cause nothing else ZI have will get it off because of location, well, I can get a new nut. The alternative is torching it off.

I have a set of that type wrench made by craftsman . I also have one of those long handled basin wrenches like the one pictured .

[Wolf mom]

Well, the things we learn here.
I have one of those gizmos in the tool chest & had no idea what it was for!

Now I know!

[davel745]

They do chew the corners on nuts pretty badly and they aren't that strong the pin that holds them together is rather small and if there is a lot of resistance they will deform or break.