Re: [OM] How to take proper product pics outside (WB? (Spanners)

[Brian Swale]

Chuck and Jez wrote 
> In the US an adjustable tap or reamer wrench
> <http://www.lowes.com/pd_232603-1083-358211_0__?productId=1065077&Ntt=tap+
> wrench&pl=1 &currentURL=%2Fpl__0__s%3FNtt%3Dtap%2Bwrench>
> 
> or for smaller sizes a collet type handle
> <http://www.lowes.com/pd_232605-1083-358221_0__?productId=1065079&Ntt=tap+
> wrench&pl=1 &currentURL=%2Fpl__0__s%3FNtt%3Dtap%2Bwrench>
> 
> Chuck Norcutt
> 
> 
> On 11/3/2010 10:52 AM, Jez Cunningham wrote:
> > It's a bahco isn't it?
> > In British-English it's an adjustable spanner, or just a plain
> > 'adjustable'. Jez
> >
> > On 3 November 2010 10:18, Olaf Greve<ogreve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>  wrote:
> >
> >> This worked a charm, with a small "adjustable wrench" (called "bako"
> >> over here, but what are those called in English?) the proper amount of
> >> torque could be applied in a controlled fashion to force them through

On New Zealand the common name is "Crescent" which is the name of a 
USA firm who used to make them (probably still do) and regardless if the 
manufacturer is based in Japan or China which is frequently the case now, 
"Crescent spanner" (with the 'spanner' implied) is used. "Pass the Crescent" 
as in "pass the mustard".

Brian Swale. 
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