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		bombcar 7 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: macOS 26 Tahoe's Dead Canary Utility App Icons A crescent wrench is 1: adjustable, and 2: always the wrong tool. That there is a open-end wrench, or half a combination wrench. (It could be a crow's foot but we'll leave that aside.)

Ancapistani 7 months ago [–]

In the rare instance an adjustable wrench is an appropriate tool, I'm partial to the Knipex "pliers wrench".

bombcar 7 months ago | [–]

Most things that seem to call for a crescent wrench really want a pipe wrench or vice grips.

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