Open ended spanner.

[Csabi975]

Hi dear Members,

I'm here again, just for Your happiness. :-)
Not so long ago I've bought an old open ended spanner. The seller told me, that could be 100 years old. There is a brand sign on the spanner.
I haven't found yet what that is. My brother told me, that can be Gedore, but it's very unsure.
Has anyone seen a sign like this?

Thanks a lot.

Best wishes;
Csaba

[mart]

Well,, I was totally in the dark as to what a spanner was !!   Surprised to find it was a wrench !!  I have no idea about foreign made tools !!  I had quite a few of American made vintage wrenches but gave them to a friend to use !!  Almost no value here !!

[cogar]

First question is, are the slots/openings in both ends of the spanner (wrench) the same width ….. in centimeters?

Now I said centimeters because the “logo” looks to be non-English.

Anyway, if both are the same size then it is my opinion that it is a per se “specialty” wrench that was included with a purchased item for making either “dimensional” adjustments to the mechanism or for quickly loosening up or tightening down a part of the mechanism,

Normally, (double ended) open-end spanners/wrenches are made to fit two (2) sizes of nuts.

[mart]

Just by the pic,, they look the same size !!

[KC]

The mark is G D Co.

The only G D Co for tools I found is a company in India that specialized in specialty tools, garden tools, etc.

[Csabi975]

Well,, I was totally in the dark as to what a spanner was !!   Surprised to find it was a wrench !!  I have no idea about foreign made tools !!  I had quite a few of American made vintage wrenches but gave them to a friend to use !!  Almost no value here !!

Hi Mart,

Yes, You are right. Maybe it seems, I'm not a native English speaker, so I've just searched the word in the dictionary. Maybe spanner is the British version... :-) Wrench, yes.

Best wishes;
Csaba from Hungary, Europe

[Csabi975]

First question is, are the slots/openings in both ends of the spanner (wrench) the same width ….. in centimeters?

Now I said centimeters because the “logo” looks to be non-English.

Anyway, if both are the same size then it is my opinion that it is a per se “specialty” wrench that was included with a purchased item for making either “dimensional” adjustments to the mechanism or for quickly loosening up or tightening down a part of the mechanism,

Normally, (double ended) open-end spanners/wrenches are made to fit two (2) sizes of nuts.

Hi Cogar,

Thanks a lot!
No, they are different in size. One of them is 33 millimeters (3,3 cm) and there is written 3/4 also. I don't know what that means. The other side is 40 millimeters (4 cm).

[Csabi975]

The mark is G D Co.

The only G D Co for tools I found is a company in India that specialized in specialty tools, garden tools, etc.

Hi KC,

Thanks a lot!
I'll check that.

[Rauville]

Just a guess...maybe a wrench that came with the GeDe (Gerurtson Deventer) tractor?

[cogar]

One of them is 33 millimeters (3,3 cm) and there is written 3/4 also. I don't know what that means. The other side is 40 millimeters (4 cm).

WOW,  that is a big open-ended spanner (wrench)

33 millimeters = 1.3 inches, ………. and 40 millimeters = 1.57 inches

What is its length, ……. 12 inches or so.

I’m guessing the “grooves” in the piece of paneling are nigh onto 4” centers.

[mart]

Mmm,, 3/4 that is on it is US size in inches !!  Not sure why that would be on a wrench this size !!   1.3, would not be out of line for an older tractor !!

[Rauville]

Mmm,, 3/4 that is on it is US size in inches !!  Not sure why that would be on a wrench this size !!   1.3, would not be out of line for an older tractor !!

Mart;
A 3/4" diameter bolt would take a heavy hex nut approx. 1.29 across the flats.

[mart]

What I didn`t get was  why it was on the wrench !!  I do not know European tools !!

[Csabi975]

Just a guess...maybe a wrench that came with the GeDe (Gerurtson Deventer) tractor?

Who knows... :-)
I could not find a brand sign (I don't know, how you call a sign/mark of a brand name exactly) from GeDe on the Internet. Just this "writing" on the front of their tractors.

[Csabi975]

One of them is 33 millimeters (3,3 cm) and there is written 3/4 also. I don't know what that means. The other side is 40 millimeters (4 cm).

WOW,  that is a big open-ended spanner (wrench)

33 millimeters = 1.3 inches, ………. and 40 millimeters = 1.57 inches

What is its length, ……. 12 inches or so.

I’m guessing the “grooves” in the piece of paneling are nigh onto 4” centers.

I have measured: the lenght of the wrench is 38 cm, it's 14,96 inches. Not so huge, but big enough. :-)