Antique Wrench you never knew existed

In this video I will be sharing a unusual tool with you. I found this spanner/wrench on eBay and had to buy it. After waiting a week for the auction to end I was fortunate enough to win it for a gut wrenching price of £58. Funnily enough I was willing to pay much more. I am known to spend 50 pence to £2 on tools so shelling out this much was most definitely out of the ordinary. At first I had no intention of making a video. However as the days passed I realised it would be rather selfish to keep such a cool tool to myself.
Unfortunately the tool didn’t have a makers mark or date. I had to rely on old fashioned research. The only information I could find was from a couple of USA patents dating back to 1856 (William Baxter) and 1884 (J Aston Greene. The tool in that patents are different however they do share the same function. Please share in the comments if you know more about this tool.
Since this was a rare tool I decided to simply clean the parts and make it functional without damaging the original casting. I decided to use a much gentler approach to removing the rust. I came across mc51 rust remover by watching videos from TysyTube Restorations. If he uses it then I’m sure it would be good for this application.
After removing the rust I needed to protect the metal from future corrosion. Although the original tool was painted I decided to plate it with nickel.

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you like the video.

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