[heather]

:shrug:

 

[freeinalaska]

They used to be a trademark of Allen Manufacturing Company.

 

[heather]

THANKS!
I was using one yesterday & got to wondering about it -

 

[Peacock]

What about a Phillips head screwdriver?

 

[comfortablynumb]

mr philips had an x cut in his forehead during a prison riot.

 

[Peacock]

rolling on the floor laughing :rotfl:

 

[freeinalaska]

What about a Phillips head screwdriver?

It was patented by Henry Phillips, (The guy in prison).

 

[longshadowfarms]

Duck tape

 

[gilberte]

THANKS!
I was using one yesterday & got to wondering about it -

For God's sake, when you're using tools please keep your attention on the task at hand. When you start daydreaming and your mind wanders you increase the chance of injury exponentially. Case in point: Mr. Philips forehead

 

[patnewmex]

Ask Allen!

 

[Boleyz]

Why is an Allen wrench called an Allen wrench?

Simple. They are used on allen bolts... :baby04:

 

[KCM]

They used to be a trademark of Allen Manufacturing Company.

That which we know as an "Allen wrench" was originally a trademark of the Allen Manufacturing Company of Hartford, Connecticut. They effected the trademark 1943.

Some people don't just talk about them, some actually know how to use them (and do).

YAY! ​

 

[Wisconsin Ann]

what about torx? (inquiring minds want to know)

ever wonder why a "spoon" is actually called a spoon and not "bowl on a stick"? I do...

 

[heather]

ever wonder why a "spoon" is actually called a spoon and not "bowl on a stick"? I do...

wonder no more............


The English word spoon derives from Old English spōn, meaning "chip or splinter of wood or horn carved from a larger piece, shaving," from a Proto-Germanic root spūnuz (cf. Old Norse spann, sponn "chip, splinter," Swedish spÃ¥n "a wooden spoon," Old Frisian spon, Medieval Dutch spaen, Dutch spaan, Old High German spān, German Span "chip, splinter"), in turn deriving from the Proto-Indo-European root spe-, denoting 'a long piece of wood', probably in the sense of a wedge (cf. Greek sphen "wedge").[1]

 

[Scrounger]

I've always known them as an "Alien Wrench". :shrug: