Thread: Weird Tool - Supa Spanner - info anyone?

yep I got one in my toolbox, useless bloody thing, it's supposed to be a "one spanner" fit's all!

Originally Posted by Dave50

yep I got one in my toolbox, useless bloody thing, it's supposed to be a "one spanner" fit's all!

How long have you had it Dave? Were they a popular/fad thing?

Places like Supercheap & the junk box at Bunnies is where I have seen them

not sure if they were ever popular but I've had mine for donkeys years, back when Kingchrome were the cheapy's, and i have seen them still for sale in the cheaper type stores, I bought a couple of sets of sidchrome spanners and sockets and will use nothing else although I have heard some bad things coming out about them!

thanks to you both for that very quick response.
looks like this one goes in the junk pile of assorted cheapies that found their way in with the good stuff.
now for the rest of the spanners
rod

Rocket i'v got one too ,all i can say is i never bought it and it's a most unpleasent spanner to use .t o b thing.

Originally Posted by bluegum30

Rocket i'v got one too ,all i can say is i never bought it and it's a most unpleasent spanner to use .t o b thing.

Yeh ,absolutely useless piece of junk for cheap skates.Someone gave me one--Well I bought it as did a lot of guys at the time.All had the same opinion.Crap
No good for the Nuts Or Knuckles

it's one step closer to the bin and getting closer with each reply

I also have one somewhere, bought it back in 1980 to remove some buggered nuts, which it is excellent at doing. (Also buggers brand new ones too!)
Haven't used it since.

don't fancy having my perfectly good nuts buggered, so in the bin it goes.

Weren't they a K-Tel special ?

Hi.. I could be mistaken, but i seem to recall there was a better quality version that came out before this one..
Like most things.. it wasn't long before the inferior clones popped up !..

Cheers .. Kenny

Originally Posted by kenny_10

Hi.. I could be mistaken, but i seem to recall there was a better quality version that came out before this one..
Like most things.. it wasn't long before the inferior clones popped up !..

Cheers .. Kenny

I used to have a set of strangely shaped open-end spanners. Like the cheapo you have, they were made to exert pressure on the flats of the nuts and each one would fit a size or two above and below. However the quality of these was excellent.
They disappeared from my car while we were overseas. I still miss them as they were great for rounded over nuts and took metric, whitworth and SAE in their stride.
Cheers,
Jim

They're a nice idea, but need a lot of working room around it, otherwise it's either useless or annoying.

Most of them are found in 'hobbyist' tool environments like Woolies and Kmart, designed for people who only need to round off a few nuts a year. Sold alongside screwdrivers with sand casting texture right down to the tip.