Torque

[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.

Comments

[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...)

[mdlbear]

Quite sure. If the faucets are torturing you, you can torque them right back. No quarter.

[elemirion]

Does this mean you are Torquing your Tub???

[mdlbear]

And unscrewing my faucets.