Torque

2005-11-08 07:40 pm
mdlbear: blue fractal bear with text "since 2002" (Default)
[personal profile] mdlbear

A basin wrench is a tool consisting of a shaft with a thing like a lobster claw on one end and a T-handle on the other end. They come in two flavors: one with a round shaft and the other with a square, telescoping shaft. The latter, with a pair of twelve-inch pipe wrenches clamped onto it to make a bigger handle, can be extremely, um, persuasive when dealing with 75-year-old tub fixtures.

I find it interesting that "torque" and "torture" come from the same Latin root. Fortunately the Geneva Convention does not apply to plumbing.

Date: 2005-11-09 10:05 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] chatworthy.livejournal.com
Err.. Are you sure about the Convention not applying to plumbing?

(Just thinking about my previous house, and the several dripp faucets here...)

Date: 2005-11-09 03:29 pm (UTC)
elemirion: (Default)
From: [personal profile] elemirion
Does this mean you are Torquing your Tub???

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