Oldie Wrench

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Everyone's favorite Canadian AvE posted a video about a wrench made by Hand Tool Rescue. I really liked the design and thought it would work great as a 3D printed design for a kind of wrench clamp combo that wouldn't suffer the issues that 3D Printed Crescent Wrenches face. My design definitely isn't as Skookum as the metal one made by Hand Tool Rescue but I have to say its far stronger than you would expect, especially considering I didn't go too gun-ho on the print settings. This model was made entirely in Fusion 360. I began with a screencap of the AvE video to get the general outline so it fits nicely in the hand, but everything else is my own design and ideation. The main difference is that mine doesn't have the same pretty slide mechanism where you can see the shaft of the head go all the way in. This just gives up too much strength and adds complexity to the print so I just enclosed it. The hardest part about designing this model was making a functional thread. Usually when printing threads, you go as large as you can, but in this model, that is not really an option due to the fact that it needs to fit in your hand, and be spun with your thumb. In the end, I'm really happy with how it turned out.