Spanners

Time for a well overdue clear out and organisation of my tools.  Spanner’s first, that’s a 40 year collection. 

That looks very well organised.

If I was to try and photograph all my spanners from above like that I'd need to take the pic from a bloody satellite to get high enough to get all of the bastards in the pic!
Mind you they go from tiny to absurdly large, in metric, again in SAE and yet again in Whitworth/BS.
There is even a bin somewhere that has all sort of odds and ends for cutting up, grinding back, bending and/or welding into special shapes to do one off special tools to do awkward jobs......which is why I never throw any out.

I should get off my arse and write a few articles on various types of spanners, their uses and what qualities to look for when buying them.
 

I’m like Cobber with my tool megalomania. After four generations of engineers I’ve ended up with the more interesting bits, including blacksmith made specials. These are stored or on loan to museums.
The pictures are of my own contribution to the collection;
The smallest spanner is 12ba, although it’s a 10ba in the picture.
The screws are a 10 & 12ba, with a m6 to help scale.

 

 

 

 

M
 

On a tangent, the "tools of the old world" thread on The Garage Journal is well worth a read if you're bored and have about 3 months spare.

Cheers