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In 1891 he got a patent for an improved adjustable spanner which is still used today.

She had seen an adjustable spanner in the open toolbox on the floor of the cab.

The term 'wrench' refers to a type of adjustable spanner.

Keep an adjustable spanner and a shop rag in your back pocket for an emergency.

Some adjustable spanners automatically adjust to the size of the nut.

Loosen the wheel bearing nuts with a small adjustable spanner.

Eventually, Lowie confesses and hands over the adjustable spanner he used.

For this reason, the easiest way to undo and do up nuts is with adjustable spanners.

The company was producer of the worlds best known adjustable spanner (from www.madeinbirmingham.org)

In some parts of Europe, adjustable spanners are often called a Bahco.

He was slightly out of breath and holding a two-footlong adjustable spanner. '

It is a sort of neural adjustable spanner.

Remove the plastic cover and use pipe grips or adjustable spanner to close it clockwise.

Another spanner is called for - perhaps this was the time to invest in a good large adjustable spanner.

Poor old Richard, torpedoed three times, and then finished 011, near as a toucher, with an adjustable spanner.

He put down the pair of pliers he was holding and picked up a heavy adjustable spanner.

Ian was unscrewing the central holding bolt of the wheel-bearing with an adjustable spanner.

A socket wrench or adjustable spanner is then used to turn the hexagonal bar further in the same direction.

Johansson also improved the adjustable spanner, patenting in 1891.

In the original design, Syaoran wore a cap, a different outfit and an enormous adjustable spanner.

It was during the years in his workshop that he invented the adjustable spanner and the plumber wrench.

Some magic involving adjustable spanner, an oily rag and WD40 seemed to do the trick.

Adjustable spanners are generally more useful.

You will need adjustable spanners, open-ended spanners and gripping wrenches.

It is best known for its style of adjustable wrench.

Sometimes you can loosen them by hand; if not use an adjustable wrench.

If they are loose, use an adjustable wrench to tighten them.

The company soon became known for its adjustable wrenches.

You can open the plug with an adjustable wrench.

Now, use a spanner or adjustable wrench to loosen it.

The adjustable wrench and screwdriver will be replaced with software.

I warned him not to use his adjustable wrench on the tightening nuts.

Buy a six-inch-long adjustable wrench to have on hand.

All the adjustable wrenches and keys he was likely to need were already attached to the belt of his suit.

In the storeroom Roland found a few simple tools, including an adjustable wrench.

Or how about an entire reproducing population with over 30 eggs inside the head of an adjustable wrench?"

One six-inch adjustable wrench, about $8, is usually sufficient.

Security doesn’t look too fondly on me when a silhouette of an adjustable wrench turns up in the X-ray machine.

By the flame of my lighter I locate a rubber-cased torch and an adjustable wrench.

Loosen the stem using an adjustable wrench or pipe wrench.

Includes an adjustable wrench, screwdriver, with interchangeable heads, a compact flashlight and more.

Once you have it straight, gently tighten the extractor with a spanner or adjustable wrench.

Use a large adjustable wrench to tighten the bolt or bolts binding the post to the joist.

If you have sufficient clearance, you can use an adjustable wrench to loosen the nuts.

Hand-tighten the connector nut, then use an adjustable wrench to give it an extra quarter turn.

In addition to his spear, he carried a stone axe whose head with a little imagination resembled an adjustable wrench.

He found a small adjustable wrench on one of the shelves and attached the battery cables quickly and with no trouble.

She started out of the shed, went back, and took a screwdriver and an adjustable wrench from the toolbox.

Remove the "packing nut" that sits under the handle, using a suitable-size or adjustable wrench.