Three-Headed Wrench Saves Time And Space

Three-Headed Wrench Saves Time And Space FARM SHOP Tools 25-1-30 On a rainy day last fall when it was too wet to work outside, Robert Lamczyk, Ashley, Ill., found himself confined to his shop. "We didn't have a lot to do, and I happened to notice I'd left three open-end wrenches out on my workbench," he says. The 1/2-in., a 9/16-in., and 5/8-in. wrenches were lying on the bench because they were the three wrenches Lamczyk used most often. As he looked at them lying on the bench, it occurred to him that he could save time and space if he had just one wrench with all three heads on it. With his chop saw and a welder, it didn't take long to remake the three old wrenches. "The handle is actually longer than on a regular wrench," he says. "I put the 5/8-in. head on one end of the handle and the other two in a Y on the other end. "That was about three months ago. It's really been handy since then," he says. In fact, its so handy he's started the paperwork to patent the idea and make a full set of three-headed wrenches, to fit bolts from 3/8 in. up to 1 in. in size. Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Robert Lamczyk, 8253 Tucker Road, Ashley, Ill. 62808 (ph 618 485-6630; E-mail: dnoski2@onemain.com)

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