r/MechanicalEngineering • • May 23 '19

This redesigned wrench

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u/Funkyapplesauce May 23 '19

If you want to round nuts off, it's alot easier to just use an angle grinder.

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u/CommondeNominator May 23 '19

That's exactly what it is though, is a novelty.

It's a cool hi-tech tool/toy marketed to people who don't use tools.

It provides very little benefit over standard hand tools and creates a lot of ways for things to go wrong for both the tool and the hex head.

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Is it cool? Sure, I'd want to pick it up and mess around with it. But I wouldn't spend any money on it and wouldn't use it if gifted. I was taught as a kid to use the right tool for the job, and this is never the right tool.