Crescent wrench or….?
My neighbor said I needed a Crescent wrench to fix my leaky faucet. Would a Croissant wrench work as well? Is one metric and the other imperial or British Standard Whitworth?
Another question do tapered reamers come in both metric and imperial sizes, it would seem to make a difference when reaming out a hole as I have a 3mm drill and I need to enlarge the hole to ¼ inch and I can’t afford to over size the part.
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You’ll need a basin wrench (with angled hinged grip jaws), not a crescent wrench (self tighteining jaws) for your faucet (tap in English) Both tools are free size self adjusting tools, and do not have a “metric or imperial” size, just small large or huge.
And yes, reamers (and almost all standard sized tools) can be supplied in metric and imperial sizes, plausibly not just Metric or BSW, but also AF and BA etc.
A crescent wrench is actually named for the company that invented them. I would imagine that some French person would call it a croissant wrench. According to my calculations I would try a 6 mm drill (25.4/4); 3 mm would be closer to 1/8″.
I don’t remember ever seeing a metric reamer,and yes do use a crescent wrench to fix your faucet. You could also use a Monkey wrench,and yes ,a crescent wrench, pipe wrench and monkey wrenches are all different. A Monkey wrench will open up allot wider then a crescent wrench will, and like the crescent wrench, it doesn’t have any teeth to scratch up the finish. Smooth Jawed they are. Byee
HA!!!!!! A metric tapered reamer, thats a good one. Use the proper sized wrench for the job. Crescent is a brandname for an adjustable spanner.