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2. Adjustable spanner - Wikipedia

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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.

3. Locking pliers - Wikipedia

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   Some locking pliers have a lever (on lower arm, right) to aid release from the locked position. The first locking pliers, with the trade name Vise-Grip, were invented by William S. Petersen in De Witt, Nebraska, United States in 1924.

4. Wrench - Wikipedia

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   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]

5. Screwfix - Wikipedia

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   Screwfix Direct Limited, trading as Screwfix, is a retailer of trade tools, accessories and hardware products based in the United Kingdom. [6] Founded in 1979 as the Woodscrew Supply Company, the company was acquired in July 1999 by Kingfisher plc , which also owns B&Q , and is listed on the London Stock Exchange .

6. Pipe wrench - Wikipedia

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   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 ...

7. Monkey wrench - Wikipedia

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   Monkey wrenches are still manufactured and are used for some heavy tasks, but they have otherwise been mostly replaced by the shifting adjustable wrench/spanner, which is much lighter and has a smaller head, allowing it to fit more easily into tight spaces, and the tooth-jawed, torque-gripping pipe wrench.