I can't believe that crazy patent multitool you made actually fit that massive bolt! lol. The scale megalithic. I'm dying to know where it ended up in the shop and I'm glad I was able to get it to you.

@HandToolRescue

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for sending this over. I can finally give all these big pipes the gawk gawk 3000 with the twister wizard 7000.

@therealrockstargamer

Жыл бұрын

@@HandToolRescue what are you going to do with a wrench that big

@Martin52863

Жыл бұрын

The guy that invented that multitool doesn’t look so stupid now does he? 😉😂

@asluicer4536

Жыл бұрын

@@HandToolRescue 🤨

@braydenh190

Жыл бұрын

Im thinking he made that tool specifically for this job. It can't be a coincidence can it?

2 things I love about HTR: 1. He maintains the character of the tools he restores 2. He's not afraid to ride a giant pipe wrench like a witch's broom

@tpniefer

Жыл бұрын

I was joking with my old lady where the chain might slide through and what damage to sensitive body parts could it cause

@afg122602

Жыл бұрын

im not sure he meant that to look like a witches broom. 🤔

@imtheengineer

Жыл бұрын

@@afg122602 I was literally here to say the same thing. but ok. sure. it's a family show.

@diegos9204

Жыл бұрын

Restortion videos are fake

@tummy_fritters

Жыл бұрын

@@afg122602 that's fair

My daughter and I LOVE what you do. We watch your videos as part of our nightly story time before bed. She loved the music and presentation of the wrench and she said that she likes how you fix the tools so they can be useful again and how it's satisfying to watch and she loves your funny channel. We both laughed pretty hard. Thanks for your part in helping me create good memories with her. P.s. She also appreciated that you showed us how it worked.

@mystupidfacebook

Жыл бұрын

Thats awesome. one day i want that experience too

@Fetecheney

Жыл бұрын

@@mystupidfacebook I'm incredibly grateful for her, and I try to live so that I never take it for granted. I hope for the same for you!

@Blox_fruit_master1

Жыл бұрын

I am a retired plumber I used them for running 6” and 8” water and fire mains, these chain wrenches was normal then.

Hello Mr HTR. Nice job on the huge wrench. Liked that you kept the original finish on the bar. Even in train repairs we didn’t use wrenches that big. Can’t imagine working that thing all day. There was only chain vises, no chain wrenches in our shop. One little problem: NEVER use your finger to check alignment. Use a smooth tapered rod or drift, or visually for that task. One little bump, and the heavy steel piece will cut off the finger instantly. Glad you are having fun in the shop. Btw, if you are ever in a blacksmith / steelworker display, make sure you use that wrench on some small delicate job. It will scare the heck out of everyone.

This must be what the last guy used to fit the oil filter, the one that only needs to be "hand tight", to my car. 🤔

@ScumClassWorks

Жыл бұрын

I'll bet the seal was stuck on like glue?

@rogermccaslin5963

Жыл бұрын

@@ScumClassWorks Stuck like glue? I'd venture a guess that if the filter installer used that wrench, it would be sealed on a molecular level. 😄

@WarPoet-In-Training

Жыл бұрын

@@rogermccaslin5963 friction welded!

@PneumaticsAreCool

Жыл бұрын

Lol 😆

@carternewman3360

Жыл бұрын

Standard equipment at jiffy lube

If the theme of the previous tool being used in the next video is carrying on, I am looking very much forward to watching you restore an oil rig next time!

@arcticelectric

Жыл бұрын

SpaceX called, they want to know when you can get that wrench to the shipyard that is working on Phobos and Demos.... (the oil rigs turned launch/landing pads)

@jamesbizs

9 ай бұрын

@@arcticelectricthe ones that they decided awhile Ago they weren’t actually Going to use?

I think I speak for all of us when I applaud your bare-fingered bravery handling that chain. Sir, we solute you.

Yes!!!! When you busted out the ‘everything’ wrench I cheered out loud in my shop.

This has to be the first time using the huge version of your wrench that you were surprised to need a second one!

@danielf3623

Жыл бұрын

This episode reminds me of all the huge oversized tools needed for working on tanks. And not just because the chain looks like a length of broken track.

@taliakuznetsova7092

Жыл бұрын

@@danielf3623 Working on big things is like recovery. You're going to need something twice as big to unstick it.

@waltkosch

Жыл бұрын

Fire Sprinkler fitter here. Yeah. You do need a second one as a "Hold back" We only used them nowadays to remove fittings 4" or bigger. The men that originally installed them were some tough sonofabitches. No one made it out without back and shoulder issues. With the march of technology life is much better for the boys. But jobsites that used to have 20+ guys now only have 2 or 3. Everything has it's good and bad.

@taliakuznetsova7092

Жыл бұрын

@@waltkosch I've not seen 4 inch fittings whenever I'm in buildings for fire alarm activations. Are they the pipes in the ceiling or are there bigger sprinklers in industrial settings.

@waltkosch

Жыл бұрын

@@taliakuznetsova7092 Supply mains in the ceilings and Standpipe typically in stairwells.

That wrench screams for a felt lined presentation case!

@moconnell663

Жыл бұрын

That's an odd way of asking him to make a casket

@MrDonkrypton

Жыл бұрын

You mean...a felt lined trailer?

@nicholashubbell5308

Жыл бұрын

Yeah right it's screaming let me get back on the rig floor

@fordfan3179

Жыл бұрын

I think he should build a matching micrometer!

Decades ago I had two of those chain wrenches back when I used to work. Thankfully I have been retired since 2008. This is the first time I have thought of those wrenches since I did retire. I used to use them to split 6 to 12 inch well casings. I would often have to use cheaters even on that size wrench. Mine were slightly smaller about 5 ft.

Definitely one of your more "simple" projects but just the sheer.. I don't have a word. Sheer.. "Monolithic girth", this absolute unit of a pipe wrench was so mesmerizing

the intro never fails to make me smile from ear to ear

@javacofe

Жыл бұрын

Same.

@IstasPumaNevada

Жыл бұрын

Also same, though I do miss the socially distant garbage on the floor.

@drucker03

Жыл бұрын

Watching someone who grins from ear to ear often can be contagious.

@maryclarafjare

Жыл бұрын

Same here , it makes me LOL

Anyone who has ever worked on an oil rig are more than familiar with these wrenches. Chain Tongs as I knew them are still extensively used to this day, I've seen two and three sets joined together.

@gavinmclaren9416

Жыл бұрын

Yup. That's exactly what I was reminded of.

@scotshabalam2432

Жыл бұрын

I haven't worked rigs but I've seen these around Texas my home state enough to know they're used for oil

@germx1488

Жыл бұрын

Came to say the same, too many hours spinning up/starting bha on pipe racks and bottom of catwalk

@c6q3a24

Жыл бұрын

Yes, and this is still a monster size. Likely built specifically for working with casing.

@rondj1965

Жыл бұрын

I used to work offshore and in the petro-chemical field and we used these often.

Really impressed you did not loose the multitude of small parts on this restoration😆

@dominusregni

Жыл бұрын

That's one of the harder parts of restoration projects, and he did a great job!

I normally hate ppls intros and try to skip them. This guy's intro is so good I love it every time I see it. So funny

@Vikingwerk

Жыл бұрын

Only intros I rewind and watch again to be sure I didn’t miss a good joke!

From a family of Roughnecks. They're used on Oil Rigs all the time. Gotta have a big wrench to tighten and loosen drill stems.

@felixchaus

Жыл бұрын

Was looking for a comment on Oil Rig wrench It's no matter how large the wrench is if it's moved by a crane

Bah you youths today. Back in the day everyone on the rig kept one of these in our backpockets. You never knew when the old 18incher would start weeping and you'd have to crank her down with another 10K of torque. Having to use a crane JUST to lift it, tsk tsk. Betcha don't'even have the grip strength to crimp the end of a 9inch galvenized pipe by hand alone.

@Anrakyr

Жыл бұрын

My grandfather's grandfather taught me. And I clean with such pipe wrenches between my teeth😁

@Korvonis

Жыл бұрын

You Only kept one on ya huh? you must have soft hands brother…😂

@thewasatch208

Жыл бұрын

Pants were stronger back then too.

@HANKTHEDANKEST

Жыл бұрын

I fell 38 storeys with one of these big suckers in my back pocket once. Hurt so bad I almost had to take a smoke break--didn't, though. KIDS TODAY, I TELL YA.

@andrewclarkehomeimprovement

Жыл бұрын

@@HANKTHEDANKEST you were lucky. In my day, we'd have t'lick th'entire foundry clean before breakfast and swim through molten steel to even be given a look at a wrench like that.

I work in natural gas transmission in WV, and some of our oldest lines in service were completed in the VERY early 1900s, 1905 for example on one 10" line. At the time 10" was huge diameter in our area, and the marks can be seen from the jaws of those wrenches on the pipe to this day!

HTR~, What a display demonstration😵‍💫. You are a nut through and through. I love it! Never have I laughed so hard at a man's tool before.🤠 Thanks for showing this one!😍 Thanx Thom...

the eyelet on the end gives you a clue to how it was used! you'd get it set on the pipe with 3-4 people (likely in a pit), then use a rope team, mule, or horse to yank on it through a couple stages of snatch blocks.

@squelchstuff

Жыл бұрын

Oh, and I thought that eye was for a safety lanyard in case it was dropped from a height.

@nitpickersheadliceremoval3805

Жыл бұрын

@@squelchstuff seems more logical it would be for a chain to keep in from falling out of your pocket really

@CountryDick

Жыл бұрын

You said snatch blocks.

@josephsaucedo8691

Жыл бұрын

3or 4 people try only two people the rig runner and helper that about it a rope and a hydraulic cat head been pulling and installing pumps for over 20 years now I was lucky if I got a second helper mybe if it 500+ feet deep then a extra guy is usually used it like ground hogs day after the first two sticks lol💧👍✌️👌🍻💪💯

@josephsaucedo8691

Жыл бұрын

@@CountryDick that's what they call it it's basically a cable that connects to a truck with a pulley hook that's call a snatch block and you connect a set of clamps to 3 pipe to lift as one off a truck I pull water pump for a living hair it every day 👍✌️👌👌💯💪💧

When giants roamed the land....for a few years when I was much younger I lived on the old oil fields of Western Pennsylvania surrounded by the National Forest. The oil fields had pretty much played out (this prior to the current development with fracking that has brought those fields back into production). Wrenches and other gigantic hand tools were left pretty much where they were last used decades before. As kids we'd occasionally see if we could lift them and in doing so were amazed realizing that those who regularly used them back in our grandfather's times must have been giants and stories of how it was back then never seemed like exaggerations to us.

@mikesbarn1858

Жыл бұрын

Wait wasn’t that a toothpick with a chain for a lanyard?

@thomasneal9291

Жыл бұрын

They weren't exaggerated...they were outright lies. You think ONE person operated that wrench??

@blahorgaslisk7763

Жыл бұрын

While there were a few giants, statistically there always are with a large enough population, the average man was shorter than what we are today. Quality of food mostly is what has made us taller. But that doesn't automatically translate to stronger. I wouldn't be the least surprised if the average man was stronger 60 to 100 years back. Now as to giant's I remember my father telling a story from his childhood. Aman on the next farm over was the classical giant. A head or more taller than everyone else and strong, as always in tall tales. He had loaded his truck way over the weight limit with wheat package in sacks of about 120 pounds. Again this is a tale my father told me and I have a feeling those sacks got heavier every time it git told. Anyway it was not just over weight but loaded so high the load towered over the truck, and part of the load took the chance to jump off when he hit a pot hole. Anyway he had backed up and was loading everything back up when the local cop rolled up asking if he needed any help. Technically he was in violation by overloading but I can't really see why the cop would be all that bothered, for the storys sake it's assumed that was a risk. So when the cop says that it looks like a heavy load the guy grunts something about how these sacks of hay were so light they tended to get thrown off. Takes a sack in one hand and throws it a bit over seven feet up on top of the load. While I do think the farmer was a big and strong man, I doubt he was as big and strong as my father told the story. I'd put it right up with the 120 pund bags of grain he lugged up the stairs of the barn when he was 12. These to tended to get heavier and heavier the more he told the story, and I can swear that the first time he told it to me he was 14, so he grew younger as well. Now I did shock my sister when I helped her transport some barrels of feed to her stable. Having no idea of how to do this I put my arms around a 240 pound barrel, lifted it and waddled slowly and clumsily into the stable. Only to be passed by my sister who just tilted hers and rolled it on the rim over to where she wanted it... Lifting that barrel was probably the most I've ever lifted, and I couldn't have carried another one that far. Work smarter, not harder! The next two barrels were a lot easier to handleing it her way.

@greggv8

Жыл бұрын

Hydraulic fracturing in wells isn't new. It's been used since the 1940's.

@gbentley8176

Жыл бұрын

I have an old whitworth tap and die which has handles extending two feet each side of the die holder. The holder has inserts for different sizes.Victorian engineering was industrial to say the least.

*_The restored version looks absolutely splendid! I appreciate your hard work on restoring these items!_*

By far the best restoration channel on KZread, thanks for the great content.

Modelling the wrench like it's a prize in a gameshow showcase made me laugh 😂

@MushookieMan

Жыл бұрын

He's modelling it like it's something else entirely

@braydenh190

Жыл бұрын

If you win tonight you get this..BIG ASS PIPE WRENCH

I don't usually comment on these but I nearly spat my drink out when you just laid down beside it - it almost looks like something made as a joke for just how ridiculously huge it is!

Didn't need to go to the gym when you were working on this 😂 Former oilfield hand myself. I've heard tale of these magnificent tools, first time seeing one. Stuff like this keeps me coming back time and again. Fantastic work sir!

If I am sad, I watch HTR videos. The intro alone lifts my spirit. Thank you very much for your content.

You would have loved the 12'6" torque wrench I helped use in the boiler room of HMCS Saguenay as a shiny new marine engineer in 1978. Used to torque flange bolts on the largest main steam lines that operated at 550 psi and 650°F superheat. Leaks occasionally happened but you sure didn't want one. ❤️⚓️🇨🇦❤️

@poly_hexamethyl

Жыл бұрын

Wow, I imagine a leak like that could quite easily remove your finger or arm if you were unlucky enough to find it that way? :-O

@HrLBolle

Жыл бұрын

@@poly_hexamethyl or you entirely if you broke a mirror, or had a whole black ship cat that happened to cross your path left to right. "Schwarze Katz von links nach recht bringt was schlechts"

@poly_hexamethyl

Жыл бұрын

@@HrLBolle I love the saying about the schwarze Katz! I knew it the other way, "Schwarze Katz von rechts nach links - Glück gebringts" :-)

Seeing you restore that wrench brought back some not so fond memories. I used to work in a mill where we had to use wrenches like that. We used to call it bull work. We used to use a forklift to turn it. Good job, just gives me shudders thinking of it.

50 seconds in and I feel like its a "Price is Right" episode. 10/10

Used one a few times for turning 8" to 12" diameter tie rods of injection molding machines, though I think the one I used was likely one size smaller as it didn't have a lifting ring on the end and you could slide a cheater pipe on the end of the handle for extra leverage. They're a beast and especially challenging for just one dude to handle.

@stringlarson1247

8 ай бұрын

I wrote code for controlling injection molding machines. Does that count?

Nobody can ever claim that this channel is ordinary that's for sure, I love the way your hands look so small compared to that wrench! Another great episode, keep it up :)

😂 I knew that crazy multi wrench would show up again but I didn't expect to see it so soon. It's fun watching you tackle the big jobs!

Thank you for restoring a piece of my hometown history, Buffalo New York

The beefcake shot of you on the bench with the wrench has made me inexplicably joyous. Thank you!

With a big enough lever you can move the world ... this thing is like the love child of a tanker bar and chain wrench.

I never knew this guy was actually a very small person

Really glad we got to see your massive tool, thanks mate

@thomasbooth9079

Жыл бұрын

That’s what she said!

U r my favorite restoration person, i love your sense off humor, and a handsome fella too

Finally you've used the ink pad trick to paint letters in relief! I bet you are asking yourself "what took me so long?" The great touch of the video was the appearance of that insane multi-wrench!

Immediate thumbs up for the "Burt Reynolds on the bearskin rug" shot at the beginning.

Ahaha. You are a comedian. big pipe wrench. Motivation for maintenance also increases. It looks like new with the black dye repair. I never get tired of the videos here.

So glad the crazy tool was utilized! I never thought it would come in handy.

This is exactly what I need for tightening my 18" NPT fittings!

You are my favorite restoration channel by a long shot!

@IstasPumaNevada

Жыл бұрын

HandToolRescue is the _only_ restoration channel I watch. :)

Przepiękne jest to odrestaurowane ten bardzo stary klucz zamachowy pozdrawiam twórcę tego filmiku serdecznie 👍👍👍👍

I'm so glad to see that patent build wrench being used. Literally the perfect tool for the job.

You crazy fool you!!! I love it man, you have a great sense of humor! I can remember seeing wrenches of that general size around some of the old mills I saw as a boy. Back when the way you made something heavy duty was by overbuilding things to a crazy extent. But hey! It worked! Finding something like that, a symbol of Buffalo NY's industrial past, in brand new condition is a 1 in a million thing! Well done!

Да он просто новый! Был. А теперь, просто выставочный экспонат! Только я, с трудом представляю, историческую ценность этого ключика. Смотрю твой канал уже давно. Удачи в поиске интересных механизмов.

@joulupukki2385

Жыл бұрын

Так он и указал в начале, что не использованный инструмент 😉

@user-ju1xm5sx2m

Жыл бұрын

@@joulupukki2385 извиняйте, в английском не силен. Так, отдельные слова успеваю прочитать.

I love your intro so much. Makes me smile Every Single Time.

Beautiful gigantic pipe wrench! Your poses are perfect. I also love the cameo of the multi tool. 💕

Williams is still in business but no longer produces this design. They moved to Buffalo, NY in 1914 so this wrench was produced sometime after that. RIDGID still sells a "Chain Tong" of this exact design and size (~$2700 U.S. but made in Slovenia)

Hah! Just restored a tong wrench just like that but 1/2 the size, made in New York also. Not a vulkan though. Being a fitter I might actually use mine though, lol!

He's restoring wrenches so he can use them to restore even bigger wrenches! Going to need a crane for the next one! ;-) Keep up the great work!

That is about the biggest pipe wrench I have ever seen. It looks much better than before. Great work.

@jakhamar55

Жыл бұрын

Its not a fucking pipe wrench

As a hobbyist collector of old and unusual tools, I enjoyed this, especially as I have a smaller chain pipe vise that mounts to a bench rather akin to how this chain tong works thar needs a clean and that paint on the letters. Sadly the markings are all on the bottom when mounted! And I have a monkey wrench about that size with wood grips that look mahogany or teak but are oil stained so hard to tell, it is clean to bare metal and still works great, a few others I have are rustier and they will get the dip! Thanks for a fun show but no tell!

Ivor Biggun. It never ceases to amaze me how you can remember how these complicated mechanisms got back together. 😉😉

@webchimp

Жыл бұрын

Toolbag Ted from Birkenhead probably has one that size.

@H4rleyBoy

Жыл бұрын

@@webchimp 😉😉😁😁🤣🤣

@steveschainost7590

Жыл бұрын

Well, he did have the video to review to make sure that the bolt went back into its proper hole.

@H4rleyBoy

Жыл бұрын

@@steveschainost7590 Yes but even so he has to be extremely precise on reassembly or it would be ruined

I am imagining this tool being normal sized, like a wrench and you're just shrunk. Best video ever!

The humor is what makes this the best restoration channel on KZread, by far!

Extraordinario trabajo en una herramienta impresionante de veras, congrats!!! 👏🏼👏🏼

Used by Paul Bunyan's brother Ed the Plumber. Ed's Heating and Cooling was a BIG DEAL back in the day.

Boy oh Boy, the Chain Tong. One of the best tools out there.

Haven't been here in a while. That's quite the large wrench! Great episode!!!

Excellent video again! Thanks for the silly video shots that showed the scale of that thing. It looked big, but when you horizontally Vanna White'd it, that is a big freaking wrench!

I have to send my brother this video. I’ve got a picture of him using one at the power plant he worked at. I don’t know if it’s exactly the same model though. He said they had to keep stuff like that locked up because contractors would walk off with them. Drag away is more likely

Love it! You do outstanding work, you find unique and fascinating items, and you have a wonderful, quirky sense of humor. Keep it up, man!

I appreciate you making these videos. Your intro takes me back to 80’s sitcom intros.

He used that weird wrench like a true master.

Desafio de peso parabéns incrível você é um mestre na restauração fantástico

That's a LOT of breaking strength!!! Looks like a new one again and you did a wonderful job restoring it as well!!!!! Enjoyed your video and I gave it a Thumbs Up

Completely wild and enjoyable!!! And as you noted before the restoration, nobody even way back when had used it... maybe because they couldn't? Your modeling on the table was truly a highlight!!😂😂😂

I've seen a wrench just like that twice that I remember. One was on a video about working on an oil well drilling rig. The other time was back in the late 70s when I worked at the phosphate mines, and it was used on a bolt on one of the giant draglines that were used to mine the ore. It was a two or more person operation, and I think they used a hoist to place and support the wrench while it was being used. BTW - I liked the "attitude adjuster" you used on the main bolt for that big pipe wrench. (I've got the 24 inch crescent wrench version, and have needed to use it a few times.)

@filanfyretracker

Жыл бұрын

having seen videos of oil rigs they do have gigantic wrenches and they are suspended by cables. Given how they would move them up and down with ease though I am thinking some of them were counter weighted on the cable vs being on an electric or other power source winch.

Eres un artista!!! Felicitaciones por tu gran trabajo y gracias por compartirlo con nosotros. Saludos desde Santiago de Chile

Eric, thou art a lunatic, truly. In UK we have a word that applies to some folk, "Daft". Daft is the way to go, and no messin'. Keep up the good work.....

Dang! That master-link holding the chain to the wrench is the size of a car's connecting-rod! Nice cameo of the super-multi-wrench! XD

This one is crazy. I see you found a use for the weirdest wrench ever

What an insane piece. A relic of a time that has all but disappeared. I imagine most of it's brothers and sisters got recycled into truck and tank parts in the 1940s.

@tsm688

11 ай бұрын

Had to think about why. Don't we use big pipes any more?

@alun7006

11 ай бұрын

@@tsm688 power tools used now I would think.

@tsm688

11 ай бұрын

@@alun7006 A power tool that big would still need 6 stout men to hold it unless it was attached to a truck or something. Not because it's big, but because the torque required to prevent the tool spinning instead. And given the choice between 5 random guys and a truck, 5 random guys still seems cheaper

More videos!! Awesome project restoration. I don't know where you found that wrench but it was fascinating to watch restore it 10 minutes!!👍

I love the fact the Madlad Wrench actually worked on that beast. Great video, Eric.

I had one of those at the mill I worked at. In the 32 years I worked there I think I used it 2-3 times. Working with 6” pipe. Worked for what I used it for but not something I liked to pack around in my tool belt. 😁

"That's not a wrench, THIS is a wrench!"

Now that’s a nice bit of kit you have there, wished I had one or for that matter needed one as massive as that Great restore 👍🏻😊

Missed you. Yeah your back !!!!!!!!!

well it turned out nice ... but i was hoping you were going to polish the handle to a mirror finish

I’m so glad you laid next to this thing cause you really lose a sense of scale and just how obnoxiously large it is

So glad you used the insane wrench!!

I've been watching your videos for years and I don't think I've ever seen you refill that rusteze bucket. I guess it just keeps on giving :)

@Lbuzzer

Жыл бұрын

Do you know what is in that? When I saw what it can do, and him dipping his arms in it without a care, I thought "I need this for bike parts!" Thanks!

@kerbal666

Жыл бұрын

@@Lbuzzer I have no idea but he seems to be the only guy I've seen anywhere using it for rust removal

We call those Chain tongs in the oilfield industry

I used to work in a huge metal stamping plant and the shop had 2 or three of those chain pipe wrenches. We used to throw it on a wheeled cart to transport it to the job. It would take two of us to get it connected to the pipe, and you got a workout out using it. Using those big tools was hard work, biggest threaded bolts were 12" in diameter, the nut was almost 24" in OD

That is an awesome wrench! Great restoration!

Well you have once again restored a great tool. GOOD WORK !!!!!!!

A place where you need giant tools to work on your giant tools.

That still won't get my oil filter off my car....

LOL I love that your Canadian. Pretty good modelling at the beginning!

You've done some great machine and tools HTR, but this one is elegantly superb.

Im glad you finally found a use for that multi-wrench :D

It would be great to see your collection of old tools you’ve rescued!

thank you : This brought back some memories;some good some bad all of which makes me sooo glad I'm retired. working those things on a hot August day sure was draining.

Hey! Do you mind doing one or two more voiceover restorations? I really enjoyed what you had to say about it all. Cheers!