Insane Wrench Design From 1919 [Remake]
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- Опубликовано: 1 окт 2024
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In this patent recreation video I focus on a mysterious wrench patent from 1919. I still do not fully understand why this was patented nor what the function of its design truly is, but I made it anyways, in hopes of finding out.
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Looks like a giant key to the sort of ancient arcane lock that would slow down LPL from three to five seconds.
and allowed HPL to unleash Yog-Sothoth on poor humankind
Looks like a cow tool
@@robohat4837 this is most definitely a cow tool
Or just opened the door to the boss room
You know, trying to slow down LPL by showing him a cool tool to play around with might not be a bad strategy. It is that, or ducktape.
the tool LEATHERMAN doesn't want you to know about
The tool Leatherman's top engineers lust about...
I see no feature that can _only_ be used to open bottles. Also, it lacks a hidden lanyard loop.
YES! A bottle opener. And where's the corkscrew?!?
😂😂😂😂😂
I actually grew up in Vestaburg!! It’s 50 miles or so south of Pittsburgh.
Its almost like an art piece. One end is an alligator wrench, the simple utilitarian solution, while the other is a Lovecraftian horror masquerading as a wrench, the much more interesting but less practical option. I call it "Duality of innovation" , function and novelty, joined in steel. Thank you for coming to my Ted Talk
Yes.
Holy shit lol, that was genuinely kinda brilliant.
If you aren't already an artist... go be one. Go be one right now you wonderful [lesser] fossil, you!
And then let me know where you're selling your art, cause I want some!
(I can only imagine how badly you want to escape the helix-shaped shadow that engulfs and defines your entire existence)
I thought the same. Maybe that high dude was just making a symbol of human futility and overdesigning...the top part can also illustrate the many uses of the bottom one for the user :D
@@vardamir0397 I love that I made this comment. Every once in a while i get a reply that makes me smile. So, thanks I guess :)
Or an artificer's holy symbol.
That's a laser cut project right there. I don't know who's crazier, the guy who invented this or the guy who decided to devote all this time to making it. That being said, bravo 😂
Lasercutting half-inch plate steel is easier said than done. Even if you could do it, it'd still require finishing.
Wire EDM would be ideal though!
@@tsm688 This is made from 3/8" plate.
@@greggv8 wow, that's 1/8" better.
@@tsm688 1/2" = 4/8"
@@greggv8 reallynokidding.gif.nickcage
I'm so excited!! You've made the key to a secret tomb that I found in Borneo. The inventer must have actually had a vision of the lock and thought that it was a wrench...... the only problem is that the tomb I found needs a metric key, is there any chance you could make another one? 😁 I do admire your commitment to the insanity of that patent 👍👍👍👍👍
Would not be metric either. It would be a novel gauge used nowhere else. You'll just have to take precision measurements to determine the basic scale. No doubt it's based on the king's toes, which you can obtain once you get _into_ the tomb, which is kind of a problem.
this is literally one of the best "engineering test" pieces I can imagine. If you want to graduate manual machining school, you need to make one of these.
I was thinking extra credit assignment for a CNC class.
@@usp211816 Yeah I'm in a CNC training course right now, and I could definitely see this being a semester challenge. It's not hard per se, just complicated. Most of it would be done with one or two cutters and a constant feed rate, assuming you allow for tool relief radii on the corners. If the corner transitions have to be sharp, it'd be final project worthy though. You'd need a 5-axis and the grace of god to make it with sharp features.
@@dustinbrueggemann1875 "grace of god" and expensive mill bits.
Did I pass?
@@HandToolRescue Definitely passed with flying colors, that piece is a nightmare LOL I'm amazed it didn't snap while you were making it.
This is clearly a project that would work well for CNC, EDM, laser, water-jet, or 3D printing, so I had a friend provide the digital model here: www.thingiverse.com/thing:5721161
That would have been an excellent candidate for EDM. You put a ridiculous amount of time into it.
A true exercise in:
“Why do people climb mountains…because they are there.”
When i saw you start to hand machine this i went like ?????
I mean props to you for spending the time, but the tool wear would have probably been enough to cover lasercut or watercut this as a local shop or something like sendcutsend haha
if by EDM you mean the music associated with a lot of drug use
@@garthgoldwater5256 Electrical discharge machining
EDM was my first thought
Many many years from now his grand kids are going to be going through his old tools and will come across this master piece. They won't have watched the video of course and will simply be wondering what drugs Grandpa Hand tool Rescue was on when he created this. At that point HTR will be staring down from heaven above, most likely with the original inventor standing beside him and point down and say "See! I told you everyone thinks the person who made this madness was on drugs!"
Cool video! I think the inventor meant all along for this to be an ornamental novelty wish a dash of irony in the form of the alligator wrench at the bottom. As you pointed out, the patent description actually says it's an ornamental design. It makes sense to me for several reasons. One is because the world was becoming increasingly mechanized at the time this wrench was designed. Also, the incredibly alien nature of mechanization fascinated a great number of people. Finally, overly complicated mechanical designs were contemporaneously abundant. All told, I think this wrench represents Edwardian social commentary at its best.
My first thought was that it looks like a shitpost from 1919.
Yeah, it might actually be a patent for a type of "gauge" check? Still might be a poor design (as separate gauges would be better). But one none the less.
Protip for the layout paper: run an exacto over the outline once you stick it down to the metal. The paper will pull away with the waste but the part will still be outlined without peeling.
I've played enough videogames to know that isn't a wrench, it's a key that unlocks the final boss door.
I think it’s from Doom 1919?
The best part is that he provided us with the STL to build the wrench.... so now we can actually build a lock that uses this as a key!
The Patent Office in the early 1900s required many applications to be accompanied by models. If I remember correctly many of the models were given to the Smithsonian Institute for safe keeping.
You might try contacting the Smithsonian to see if they have a model for the patent.
Bob
1880 was the last year for patent model requirements in the USA, unfortunately.
*Plot twist, the original was METRIC made in Titanium!*
Jesus cares for you
funny how around the same time money control was given up, patent process went to sh!t as well.
@@username4441 cool it with the antisemitism
While working as a tower clock repairman, I occasionally came across items from the period between the 1770s and the 1850s with irregular (meaning sides all different lengths), triangular, pentagonal, and octagonal nuts. Even one that was shaped like an eight-pointed star. All had the appearance of having been crafted at need from whatever bit of metal that was at hand. That being stated, I am not sure that this patented wrench would have been helpful in dealing with any of those weird nuts, but I can see where someone may have been inspired to make such a device if they ever wasted half a work day trying to find some way to grip a small pentagonal nut.
An alligator wrench like the one on the handle of this thing is as good as any for a pentagonal nut (unless you happen to have a pentagonal wrench the right size).
The real question is would you have the clearance to turn the wrench?
Can you wrench on the wrench in practical terms?
@@gorillaau There's the rub. The one problematic nut that stands out in my memory was a pentagonal nut about 1 cm at its widest point nested inside a 4(ish) cm square depression. That it was seized fast did not help. Every tool I had was wrong for the task I had before me and I had alligator wrenches galore. I ended up getting a file and grinding out a notch on one head of a plier so I had a flat on one side and a V-notch on the opposing side. Still took the better part of 20 minutes to cuss it loose. 😄
@@kitchentroll5868 ahhh. No, it was the cussing that did it. Best way to get rid of a problem, whether it be dog and cat, children, or even marriage. A divorce might take a pound of flesh or more when that happens.
Plus, try getting that massive tool into the spot where the head of that small pentagonal bolt head is.
There is, in the fact that, at one point, the auto-captioning interpreted the noise generated by your bandsaw as "applause," an almost miraculous irony so poignant that it very nearly brought tears to my eyes.
It does that to gunshots in the forest also.
That thing is really cool! It looks like it could be mounted directly to a wall, as a unique sculpture, and the fact that it's supposed to be a wrench and was patented, is a neat story. I can actually imagine a set of 2-3 them, each with completely different proportions and notches. Like an alien toolset, reminiscent of the Codex Seraphinianus, where the mind wanders into who or what might have created this, and for what world. If carefully done and presented, it could be sold to the right buyer for a lot.
This was actually a patent for a milling and filing stress tester (both mechanical and biological stress).
And Psychological.
I believe you!
The beauty of this design is really in the ease of manufacturing.
In ease of manufacturing. Yep😁
Imagine manufacturing this 100 years ago.
Clearly what the designer intended was to create the most complicated punch and die set known to man so that these monstrosities could be churned out by the thousands
@@Neptun2006 Seems like a good broaching operation
Maybe his next patent was wire EDM
I keep imagining future people scratching their heads when this turns up at some antique show or a garage sale in a hundred years time. Almost a shame with your stamp giving them a chance at figuring it out.
Future archeologist’s “ceremonial object”…
@@allangibson8494 Or crafted by aliens ("History Channel")
@@hdezn26 Both are possible and not exclusive (again History Channel).
@@allangibson8494 aliens but also grooming and prob a religious object.
At a previous company we had octagonal nuts on an implant system--in theory it had the advantage of a smaller overall diameter (point-point) than a hexagon... that was about the only 'advantage'.
I think I drew a keyblade that looked something like that. This man was truly a visionary ahead of his time.
I usually turn my nose up at one-piece multi-tools, but this... it's so glorious.
They make cheap "3-way drain wrenches" that are basically this product (except better thought-out). Very useful to turn the weird fastener ring on kitchen sink strainer baskets, and various other odd/oversized fasteners, if you don't have pro plumbing tools.
This thing looks like an AR armorer's wrench lol
Very. I thinking of making one and putting it low key in the garage shop where it looks like it's used a lot.
It's a great Swiss army knife like tool, squished flat. Say, is squished a word in some industry?
@@rickgreer7203 So, what, create some weathering on it before you harden it? Slightly round some of the corners to make it look like it's been hard-used for decades? ;-]
I think the guy was a machinist who hated his fellow brethren and, knowing how many hours it would take this abhorrent monstrosity to produce, patented it to have a sardonic laugh at anyone trying to replicate it. Even beyond the grave.
Alas, he never factored in the possibility of a demented like you coming along, taking a look at it and saying "Why not?".
Personally, I think it's both brilliant and disturbing.
Merry Christmas, Eric.
Cheers.
maximum trolling
@@dorpg26 Both in life and beyond.
Jesus cares for you
@@e_s.0848 I know. Jesús is a stand up guy. Even brings wine to the party. Only wish he'd walk his dog somewhere else.
@@e_s.0848 most importantly, Jesus cares for your mom.
I get the feeling this was supposed to be some kind of prank thing, and the patent calling it an ornamental design wasn't just a quick and convenient way to get it patented, but instead more accurate than you think- it's a novelty. Imagine keeping one in your shop, or your toolbox, for someone to find when working on something with you, and they ask you "what in the heck is this?" and have a laugh about it, especially if you can convince them for a minute that you actually find it really useful.. even in 1919 people had a sense of humor.
Agreed, especially with it having the alligator on the other end. Convince someone that one of the slots will definitely fit the thing they're trying to work with and, after watching them struggle, take it off them and say "or you could just use this end." Smacks of sending the apprentice for a bucket of fog or a long weight.
yeah
@@noexpensespentstudios I agree
“Ornamental Design” is the description used for filings on car designs too.
It eliminates the need to provide information on functional details.
Yeah I read it as a joke item too. Like a commentary or joke about there being too many standards of fasteners: you could have a tool that has a spot to fit every one of them or just use the other end with a single shape that works on them all.
The only thing I can think of for such a weird wrench is that it was made for a certain machine that has all these different types of fasteners. One tool for the entire machine. It might explain the weirdness. Thanks for sharing
Merry Christmas
strange question you wouldn't happen to have a remade print of your scaled one available to the public would you? This is unironically super useful for my line of work
It honestly looks like an advocation for the alligator wrench being used as a universal wrench. Like “would you rather have this strange contraption on this end, or would you have this simply shaped tool that can do everything that contraption could do on the other end?”
This screams "I'll show them... I'll get it patented then they will have to take me seriously"
I don't know about that...being in Engineering I have friends with numerous patents and I still don't take them seriously.
If H.P. Lovecraft ever designed a wrench, this incomprehensible eldritch horror would be the result. I can only assume the designer had never heard of an adjustable wrench.
biblically accurate wrench
Well, an adjustable wrench needs more care than this ... thing. 😁
I was thinking Ivo Shandor who designed the building in Ghostbusters
I felt my sanity drain away the moment I saw this thing.
This is more of a Bergholt Stuttley Johnson, (Bloody Stupid Johnson) design.
Pretty sure if you used this in conjunction with the fractal vise that space-time would collapse in on itself.
Awesome!
Also, it’s so refreshing to see machining that involves more than 3 steps that wasn’t done on a CNC - THANK YOU!!!
I think this device might have been more for handling rare occasions where the more esoteric bolt heads appeared. So imagine that things are getting more and more standard, but there are still things from a previous generation or two that might pop up. Thus it would be better to have a tool like this rather than an entire extra toolbox to cover all of the older and soon forgotten fasteners.
I would love to see an episode of CSI with this as the murder weapon. Could you imagine the tool impressions? So much potential.
Jesus cares for you
@@e_s.0848 bitch im going straight to hell he dont care about me
@@regaleagle6262 You can change that
Well, there would be no point of reference for the detectives of what the weapon was. Unless they pull up the 1919 patent.
"yeah we have the murder weapon on-scene, it looks like it's uh.. uhhhhhh"
I think that the octagonal ones were for hand made bolts and nuts, since it would be easier to cut the corners off of a square on a 45° angle than to try to make an accurate hexagon. My grandpa was a machinist and he would have made an octagon rather than a hex because the angles were easier. And you can use any regular wrench on it since the sides were parallel.
Jesus cares for you
@@e_s.0848 I know, I've been a Christian for the last 53 years. By the way, I've always wondered, does putting replies like this on completely unrelated comments do any good? Don't just about everyone except those of us who are already Christians just ignore comments like that? Yeah there's a CHANCE you could happen to hit on someone who's actively looking for the truth, and maybe point them in the right direction, so maybe it IS worth it.🤷
By the way, you may be interested in the videos I have up on my channel. I haven't done a new one in almost a year, since I'm pretty much technologically illiterate. And the person who WAS supposed to be my editor has been working pretty much 24-7 at his new job as a live-in manager of a motel, and doesn't have time anymore. My husband and I are STILL trying to figure the whole thing out, it's been slow going, but I'm sure we'll get it eventually.
I'm HOPING to be able to put another video up soon. On the subject of why a loving God would allow bad things to happen. My channel is meant as a place of fellowship for Christians, a source of discipleship for new Christians, a place to go for answers to the kinds of hard questions that keep people from wanting to BECOME Christians, and a source for prayer partners. But, for obvious reasons, RUclips isn't cooperating in spreading the word.🤔😏
@@juliebaker6969 I've been able to lighten up some people's days with the replies, so it is worth it sometimes. I'll check out your videos, they seem nice!
Reminds me of those god-awful stamped-out multi-tools (spanners (wrenches)/screwdriver etc) that you used to get in bike repair kits - every time you used one, the bit you were using as a handle hurt like hell! 😜
I have a few of those because I like them, weird things that they are - but I only use my Swiss Army tool because, y'know, it's actually comfortable to use. 😁
I think the weird shape at bottom right corner might be for some sort of timing/escapement device, and the "scraper" is could be a pin or trigger for some kind of lifter inside a mechanical device that this nasty thing is supposed to work on. Weird crap like that is in clocks and vault doors with proprietary fitments and synchronous gearing in old timey designs.
It's almost like that thing was designed to be a key rather than a multi tool wrench. But.. a key is sort of like a wrench right?
I think you could Rube-Goldberg the hell out of that thing and make it the lynchpin to the most bizzare steampunk level looking lock cylinder for the biggest tontine in WW1 history.
Or it's the key to a crazy man's psyche, and it's pretty cool looking. I bet it works as a hammer too.
I notice that some of the notches that you label as not knowing their function, but they make a square land that projects, and I know that there were some square indentation bolts, like hex head insert bolts, so those probably are end wrenches that fit Inside a square or a slot. That might be the difference
It kind of reminds me of this credit card sized wallet wrench that I was given for a present. I've been carrying it in my wallet for years and the only time that I've used it was for the beer bottle opener. Maybe that's what those mystery areas are for.
Jesus cares for you
@@e_s.0848 Jesus is fake
@@michealpersicko9531 no
That's what I was thinking as well. the part at about 19:50 that he's talking about looks like it would pop the top off a beer.
When Mr. Cavill comes calling for props to the upcoming 40K live action, this sacred wrench of the Mechanicus will make a fine addition to the collection....
Ave Omnissia 😂
This is definitely tainted by chaos.
It stays on display, in a vacuum, behind leaded glass. Until one day The Purpose becomes clear. It is foretold.
Dunno, this wrench feels a little nurgley to me
I'm severely impressed you went through the time and trouble to mill this thing out when most channels i see would just have it plasma or water-jet cut on a CnC table.
I would think that would be best way to get bulk of work done. Nothing wrong with using modern processes which normally improve on the old.
EDM could do it to finish precision. But where's the fun in that?
I’d like to see you try and create your own all in one wrench. I think you could come up with something pretty amazing with your personal knowledge of tools.
I believe I just saw you use that finishing a restoration on your extremely large tool... (Largest pipe wrench)
Come on now guys, this is a family show!
EDIT: This is a great channel!
It's like a demented Swiss Army spoon
Like the Snoorpk on MadTV? 😂
Oh man I love your humor. And this is once again a great patent you brought back to life. Great content
I don't think it's brought BACK to life. It's been brought to life for the first time ever.
Thanks for making and sharing, and for the 3d print file. Must give that a go. My guess is the designer predicted Apple’s stance on Right to Repair and tried to anticipate every fastener a company might use.
Honestly the only sensible explanation. its a tool made for an apple machine in the future
4:20 Ah, yes, machining and jackhammer ASMR. 2-in-1, buy one today. :)) =]]
Edit: The aligator wrench works well only if the angles are sharp. If the angles are shaved off due to use and due to the metal being too soft (i.e. aluminium or mild steel), then the aligator wrench might not work that well.
A pretty good example of when you try to have a single device perform way too many functions. It's the ultimate manifestation of drug-fueled Feature Creep.
Imagine you are responsible for maintaining the machinery in a large factory and this tool is the only wrench you need to carry with you. Its brilliant.
Thats what the lunatic that patented it thought, but 'one shit wrench' never enjoyed the success of the swiss army knife.
Octagonal fasteners make perfect sense if you're making them with a hammer and anvil, and if you've ever tried to make a hexagonal fastener that way you'll know why!
Pentagonal fasteners are however a complete abomination, and the work of an unhinged mind. (but i'm quite tempted to include one on my next project just to drive the guy that comes after me completely insane)
They're actually somewhat common as a tamper resistant bolt head. Fire hydrants in the US often have them.
@@puckcat22679 I knew I'd seen them in the wild somewhere! over here they're all square tapered jobs (and buried in the ground with a little yellow H-sign nearby.)
Wrought iron nuts were made by wrapping and welding the grain of the material around a mandrel, forged to shape between swages and tapped.
@@sthompson1000 iIt depends on the era (and smith), but most small fasteners (under an inch or so) were made with a punch and drift right up until machine production became more commonplace. it takes a few seconds to punch the hole in a rough blank, as opposed to the 2-3+ heats needed to forge-weld around a mandrel. a lot depends on the size of raw iron stock available. of course the use of swages for the outside shape is common (especially in a production environment), but it relies on having the correct swage pair for the job, and still doesn't guarantee a good result. hexes only became common well into the machine-age for this reason, there's no point paying your smiths for fancier nuts and bolts than you really need!
I HAVE SEEN A VERY FEW OCTAGONAL NUTS USED AS PART OF A UNION PIPE FITTING, BUT VERY RARELY!!
Ah, the more you look, the worse it gets. In some of those close-up shots, it became clear that some of those wrenching surfaces have so little material strength that a really stuck fastener would probably cause the user to bend or even shear parts of the wrench right off. Awesome!
Some visits from the good idea fairy are funnier than others, and this was an especially good one.
That was my first thought. Pretty sure this guy never heard the term "stress riser."
I got a "Farmer's Wrench" because it was cheap and looked cool.
The VERY FIRST TIME I used it I destroyed it. XD
I assume something similar would happen here.
Hello HTR. Finally watched this. So cool a job. I was trying to spot a hole where you could twist two strands of safety wire. It must have one. No Locktite back then.
A few years ago in the basement of a 120 year old house in Germany, I was searching through dozens of old tools and wooden boxes. Among lots of everything was a pair of pliers. They were about 12” long and had a complicated leverage advantage system built in. The jaws had zero grip pattern and were long and narrow, and stayed parallel when spreading. Weirdest thing? The metal was dark grey and it weighed nothing. All the other stuff around it was ancient. It had to be Titanium. Who could do that with Ti 150+ years ago? Or make Ti at all? I showed it to some modern engineers and materials specialists. They agreed it shouldn’t exist. Finally a plumbing expert with 30 years of old school training played with it. He said he has seen one before! His had a slightly different design and was heavy, like steel. He thought it was meant to tighten polished pipe fittings with out scratching them. No clue about the Ti. Another search didn’t reveal any other alien artifacts. What a cool thing to hang near your psycho wrench. Will look for it on the next trip. Avanti!
I'd wager that all the weird parts on the bottom right are a proprietary fastener designed by Volpe himself for adjusting his ultra-high tech crack pipe!
I'm sure it's actually quite obvious if you're in the right.. uhh... _state of mind,_ let's say. We're clearly just not on his level ;)
The alligator wrench at the end makes perfect sense if you think about it! It's for bolts that are in tight spaces where you can't fit the gigantic head of the wrench. 🤷 And the beveled "blade" seems like it might be a cold chisel.
The pentagon shape for fasteners/wrenches is used in fire hydrants, but are obviously much larger. There _might have been_ some anti-tampering purpose for a small pentagon-shaped bolt head at that time (that's why hydrants are that shape). Great job also!
In the states they used in water systems. The curbstop would have five sided bolt. I think some padmount transformers use them too.
Except a chain wrench will open and close a hydrant. This is obviously a one off type of wrench. Only part that serves any functionality is the alligator end.
@@Ham68229 True, but if someone _really_ wants to tamper with a hydrant, they're going to. The five-sider is meant to stop people from just getting a regular wrench and opening the hydrant valve.
@@joeylawn36111 Pipe wrench opens all.
Hydrants, curb boxes (gas curb boxes as well) are 5 sided bolts. Some hydrants have a collar around the operating nut to eliminate tampering, so only the correct 5 sided socket will fit inside.
WEEEEL I may have been totally stoned when you made this video. Lol😂 lucky for me it’s not on The Home Shopping Network or As Seen on TV or it might have got bought. 😅
I'm not even a minute in and laughing out loud. You'd make a hysterical science teacher. I have to rewatch that whole pentagonal bit before I continue.
Perhaps the "weirdly shaped" area in the corner would serve to engage the ends of some types of spring clamps of various configurations to open them for installation or removal. Even the triangular cuts could serve to accomplish that task. Myriad of possibilities! Great job! You have more patience than I.
Obviously the next tool to be put up for sale on your website. Can't wait for the chance to add this gem to my toolbox!
Considering the amount of work it took to replicate this device it would be about a thousand dollars.
Consider me a buyer.
@@timpatton3948 it only took 23 mins to make.
@@All_SportGG I know, right? No problem.
@@timpatton3948 with water jet it simple to do
A possible purpose for this could be for a teacher to use it as an exercise when showing someone how to use all the machines in the shop while making one. Because you will end up doing just about every operation multiple times.
One question striked me as you finished that tool: can you open a beer with it? Maybe with that weirdly shaped inside corner?
That asymmetric alligator wrench is quite nice by the way... you probability need to use it in the right orientation for a better grip...
Nice work!
This is clearly an enchanted item that you can only acquire from a special vendor which will be needed later on to complete your quest.
You can't blame the guy for being inventive! Is this the only tool he ever patented? Glad he didn't invent the paper clip. Thanks for making us aware of another tool that never made it the big box store.
Does he even NEED to invent any new tools, if he already invented this one?
He also invented an improved spindle for electric trolley wheels in 1932, and in 1944 an improved frame for racking billiard balls. I can't tell if he was serious but incompetent, a practical joker, or needed serious treatment for something. He was born in Italy about 1895, and came to the USA with a great many others of his homeland during the early 20th century. The Volpe name was notorious in Pittsburgh during prohibition. In 1932, 3 members of the family (John, James, and Arthur) were gunned down in broad daylight in a Mafia hit.(They were bootleggers and racketeers.) I don't know if Michael Volpe the inventor was related to them, but if he was, I find it ironic that his was the more sane past time.
@@itatane Was he trawlling for someone at the isn't office to rush off and bring it to market first?
I always suspected you were crazy ....... now there's no doubt. I love this channel
I think some are for Wing Nuts, Caps on certain things like Gas Caps with the 2 protruding bits, like on tractors, industrial/construction vehicles and mostly Square nuts which were more common back then and came in all diff sizes and a lot of Home Made stuff. Seriously though, I think the bloke thought of just about Everything on this wrench . Im actually impressed and miffed at the same time lol Cheers .
>When you think you need 42 extra bottle openers on your alligator spanner.
That thing is all but useless.
It's a good thing no bolts are ever within six inches of anything around them. lol
Wonder if it was an all-in-one option for someone doing maintenance and repair on multiple machines, maybe in textiles or heavy manufacturing, and those odd-ball slots did something that was machine specific. I'm guessing the idea was to make one tool to replace a belt full of tools and it ended up being a solution in search of a problem!?!?! Very cool build!!! Thanks!
I doubt it.The patent clearly says it’s ornamental.I just can’t imagine someone carrying this around when adjustable wrenches and pliers were as common as they are today.
@@BrooklynBalla that's not necessarily what that means. It could just as easily mean "I'm going through withdrawals right now, can I just call it 'ornamental'? Is that good enough for a patent? I need to go find some more crack".
On a related note: maybe those are for adjusting/tinkering with his crackpipe ;)
(Note: drug usage choice is not chronologically accurate)
Ornamental has a specific meaning for patents, it means that the specific appearance is patented. Because you couldn't patent it as a multitool, that concept already existed.
The 10 generation inbred lord of all multitools, your achievement will stand for all time, nicely done sir
The important thing, does it work as a bottle opener as well ?
Everything is a bottle opener!
@@doubleT84 Especially another bottle!
"I specifically don't use pentagrams cause they mark the beast"
Cut to 21:24
That tool would make a lot more sense to you if you had ever been in a 19th century boiler room (not one existing from the 1800s which has been retrofit and upgraded many times since due to code changes - many of which happened post unionization, ie 1920s forward). Many of the valves in use 130+ years ago in steam control had butterfly fasteners and knobs with unique ears on them for use with specialized tools for spaces where the required torque was not possible with existing machinists or plumbing specific wrenches/tools. It should be obvious that the ''inventor'' was not attempting to make a tool for use in all scenarios but rather a specific industry, one which has since greatly evolved and been nearly completely revamped.
best idea ive seen
Those unidentified odd cut outs might(?) fit different size small gears as a spanner of some kind. The why part is still a mystery. Now a laser etching on all the opening with size numbers😆. Get in touch with Jason at Fireball tools, his water-jet cutting CNC machine could possibly duplicate your many hours of work, the multi-tool wrench would be quite the novelty gift. I agree, this making of the tool was a must.
The patent did say it was "ornamental". Maybe it was just his idea of a Christmas tree ornament? This is one where a CNC machine would come in handy. Of course, it would take you a month to program it all in. And then the machine would look at the program and promptly catch fire.
Just trace the geometry from the patent and cut it out in 2 minutes with the power of light and pressurized gas
It's pretty standard language for a design patent. That's why there's just a short blurb at the beginning rather than a full description. If it were a utility patent it would be much longer.
I mean it does not look like it would make gcode that is all that terrible. HTR posted a link to it on Thingiverse and ive already fired it off to my Prusa MK3. I figure if a desktop 3D Printer can handle it than a big powerful CNC can handle it. Well CNC Mill I should say, technically the printer is CNC too.
Its a wall hanger only.
would definitely catch on fire and start screaming with unsupported fixturing noises and shoot drill bits at you
Fascinating. I suspect the designer was actually a rather clever sadist, setting us up for an abundance of masochistic angst.
the pattern constantly being moved around and lifted off the material gave me anxiety the whole time.
Recreating such an…individual design using the methods you did shows you’re just as…individual as the inventor. 😉
Strangely shaped wrench also looks like a very effective shop defense mace :D
No idea why you think he was drunk or high when he designed this.......
So practical.
Pocket-sized perfection!
I completely agree that the designer must have been a laudanum addict (or something comparable). I also have been amazed with the mad genius approach you take with each restoration you tackle.. I just never realized that it extended into the dark world of masochism.. until now.. 😂🤣😂
This was so much fun I can't wait for the next installment..
I just watched the “biggest pipe wrench’ episode and saw HTR use this insane tool, what did I just see him use to tighten that bolt ? Now I know where it came from, wow !
Oh god my old metal works teacher would love this. I just remembered the horrors of learning how to file properly by filing shapes into steel just like that 😅 but with hand-files. No powertools or belt sanders allowed
There are always odd ball tools designed and marketed. I have a set of "open end wrenches" called "Lockjaw's" they were made by a Cleveland, Ohio company named "Fairmont Cleveland. Being only about 1/4 inch thick. they would fit into very tight places. Their draw back was the Jaw shape wrench ends slipped very easily so tightening a bolt or nut was not easy.
Ya odd ball tools all have a place, your fractal vise is the top.
I absolutely love the fractal vise. It’s beautiful! I want one.
A must have for any home in the 20's.
Maybe this inventor was in the trenches just a year earlier, something like this may have seemed very useful in such a setting.
Reminds me of those swiss cheese wrenches you find with ascetaline torches that fit some of the parts on a torch but till you figure out which spit is correct you could have loosened and tightened it 4 times with an adjustable 😐
Exactly what I thought!
A standard Cross- & Bar-screwdriver and an adjustable spanner could do probably anything this tool does.
Etching in the fitting bolt sizes for each hole would be an awesome detail!
It's missing the always required bottle cap opener on weird tools 😅 Great Job I can only imagine how long it took to make it.
At least 4 of its parts can open bottles.
Followed this on Instagram. Madness. The features on the right hand side, upper part of the handle, remind me a little of a bottle opener.
It’s just right for opening bottles that haven’t been invented yet.
“So much why” is pretty much the theme of EVERY patent recreation on this channel 😂 And my word 11 hours of filing… any wonder why this patent wasn’t recreated before 😅
I admire the patience it must have taken to complete this project.
As far as figuring out what everything was for, I'd suggest you might want to go down to skid row and ask the first junkie you see. 🤣🤣🤣
Pretty sure that's a keyblade from Kingdom Hearts
I’ve seen one of those somewhere. That’s a a watchamacallit.
Mate, your videos NEVER fail to amaze and tickle me. I followed this build on FB, and Im glad I did. Its so hard to capture the frustration of the build in a youtube video.
Thank you. I laughed out loud a few times during this video.
The frustrations can be provided as outtakes and bloopers at the end of the video.
He must have been a genius, he actually got someone to make this :D
As always a fantastic build and great to watch. When that cutter fell out of the slotter, my jaw dropped for about 5sec. Hahha!! Thanks for always sharing Eric!!!!
That looks like something from Kingdom Hearts.
Cocaine is a helluva drug!
-Rick James
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The design of your tools is generally brilliant. Clearly, this is not one of them - but if you could streamline the manufacturing process, it might become a best-seller. Best wishes for the new year.
At least as tool art
Your best bet would be laser or waterjet cutting. Maybe EDM, if you wanted to be fancy about it. Anything else is just burning money.
I think it would make a great Christmas tree ornament, or a weapon... Either way, well executed, it's nice seeing you diving into the mind of a crazy tool maker, but then again it's not that far of a ride for you :) Funny design, love the way you brought it back to life, ,nice job!
Looks like something a 3 year old would scribble onto a piece of construction paper with a crayon 😂
the strange square notches into each of the various "socket" shapes makes me think that they were meant to be spaces that you could push a wedge or something similar to pry out stuck fasteners, assuming that there were significant inconsistencies among fasteners or that they would frequently be covered in something that made them prone to jamming in a normal socket/wrench. I really can't see any other potential use for square recesses in those locations.
Would love to see a modern take of this with standard contemporary sizes.
Bicycles used to come with much simpler all in one wrenches that looks little bit the same.(but smaller ofc) That design looks like it's probably been something that they've thought that the military could use as a all in one tool
Every bicycle used to come with one in the 70’s and 80’s. They weren’t very good to be honest.
@@sjv6598 yeah they were good to have on the road if you needed to tighten something that had come loose etc. I usually used them only when the pedals needed to come of as they had all the slots ready. But yeah those things usually ended up in the drawers of some old cabinet in the darkest end of the shed/garage
@@sjv6598 Yeah, they were usually just punched mild steel, which is very bad for a wrench. Oxy-fuel torch kits also used to come with those god awful wrenches.
That was my first thought. It looks like an extreme version of one of those wrenches. Maybe that was the purpose. I could see that weird outer pattern being for a lock ring on a bottom bracket or coaster brake or something.