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An adjustable spanner (UK and most other English-speaking countries), also called a shifting spanner (Australia and New Zealand) [1] or adjustable wrench (US and Canada), [a] 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.
A plumber wrench A plumber wrench, with the key ring on the thread of the left handle Johan Petter Johansson with his wrench. A plumber wrench (or plumber's wrench, pipe wrench, Swedish wrench or Swedish pattern wrench [1]) is a form of plier described as a pipe wrench that uses compound leverage to grip and rotate plumbing pipes.
In South Africa, the terms "bobbejaan spanner" and "baboon spanner" are commonly used, [6] especially for large pipe wrenches. Bobbejaan is the Afrikaans term for a baboon. In Spain and Morocco, they are called grifa. In Mexico they are known and called "stillson" without even using the word llave ("wrench"). In Turkey they are known as ...
In the UK, Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand spanner is the standard term. The most common shapes are called open-ended spanner and ring spanner. The term wrench is generally used for tools that turn non-fastening devices (e.g. tap wrench and pipe wrench), or may be used for a monkey wrench—an adjustable pipe wrench. [1]
A large basin wrench Large basin wrench, with jaws oriented to apply torque in counter-clockwise direction. A basin wrench, sometimes called a sink wrench, is a plumbing tool which is used in confined spaces to turn fasteners and pipes that would be difficult or impossible to reach with a plumber wrench or other types of wrenches. [1]
Socket set with ratchet (above), four hex sockets and a universal joint. A socket wrench (or socket spanner) is a type of spanner (or wrench [1] in North American English) that uses a closed socket format, rather than a typical open wrench/spanner to turn a fastener, typically in the form of a nut or bolt.
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