And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
"The term ironworker’s spud wrench came from the ironworkers who made the wrench famous when lining up girders and beams to construct buildings. The name 'spud' comes from the Irish. They used a short dagger or knife they called a spud to dig up potatoes. Because the end of the wrench looked similar to the knife, the name spud caught on."
Among the pipefitters working within our oil refinery, that tapered rod was called a “bull pr*ck.” As mentioned above, it was used to help align holes, specifically in pipe flanges within the plant.
\
I believe it's tapered so a pipe could be jammed onto the end for extra leverage.
ReplyDelete"The term ironworker’s spud wrench came from the ironworkers who made the wrench famous when lining up girders and beams to construct buildings.
DeleteThe name 'spud' comes from the Irish. They used a short dagger or knife they called a spud to dig up potatoes. Because the end of the wrench looked similar to the knife, the name spud caught on."
It helps line up bolt holes in steel
DeleteIt's a bull pin.
Delete"Pin Man!"
DeleteA common screech in the combat engineers when building bailey bridges.
I've used the same tool to wrangle trailer ball hitch nuts, with a lot of help from a cheater pipe. Many years of use no slop.
ReplyDeleteI got one of those. It has an extra 3/32" ground off the face to get it to fit a inch and a half king pen for a 6 meter satellite dish.
ReplyDeleteIt's a special tool now. Special tools are good things to have....
DeleteThe weak point in that rig is that teeny bit of steel at the south end of that screw. Lotta pressure right there.
ReplyDeleteAmong the pipefitters working within our oil refinery, that tapered rod was called a “bull pr*ck.” As mentioned above, it was used to help align holes, specifically in pipe flanges within the plant.
ReplyDelete49er Badger
I keep one of these in my tractor's tool box. It's great for lining up the implements and the 3-point balls for getting the pins in.
ReplyDelete