Thread: One for the fridgies

And talking old school, I haven't seen a Ross Courtney in decades now.

Originally Posted by rick130

And talking old school, I haven't seen a Ross Courtney in decades now.

He had a decent win on Lotto and retired.

John Guest is still around with his plumbing fittings,so looks like he hasn't won lotto yet.

Originally Posted by rick130

And talking old school, I haven't seen a Ross Courtney in decades now.

Here we go, Google and verily, ye shall find!

Originally Posted by V8Ian

He had a decent win on Lotto and retired.

Wouldn't that be nice!
No more AH callouts!

Only the one last night, got in just past 11 so not too bad.

Wasn't Crescent also a Brand name. Me? I have always used Shifter for any adjustable wrench. I mean how daft would you look if you asked for BAHCO? "No mate we don't keep Dog food." ffs!


Bought one recently which also had an inch &mm scales on the jaws, which was nice.


When me & my mate Noah built the ARK it was all inches, or was it rods or Etzbas, or even a piece of string with a rock tied to the end?


I dunno, it was too long ago.




I like Ross Courtney & his 3 way cocks. A bloke could do a lot with one of those.



I think I may even have one still fitted to a S2A Seat Box which had dual fuel tanks fitted.

From what I can remember (that ain’t much), bahco (German?)was the original pipe wrench and adjustable spanner
Stillson and Crescent (both American), seem to have taken the credit for the pipe wrench and adjustable spanner (typical American thing to do)
That’s why there generic names are Stillsons and Crescents
I have found after owning both varieties and knockoffs, bahco tools have a reverse jaw adjustment thread to the others
A pain in the arse when using one then going to the other
Bahco seem to be a nicer tool to use

Yep, they call a Shifter a Crescent Wrench in the US as that's the brand they are used to.

Funny, all us fridges settled on Bahco for shifters as;
A) they were the best (they invented the shifter!)
made in Sweden (meaning they were the best)
Sadly, now being owned by Snap On neither is true