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That pipe wrench tip from my plumber uncle changed my whole approach
My uncle visited last weekend to help with a stubborn kitchen sink trap. He saw me gripping the pipe wrench wrong and said, "You pull toward the jaw, not against it." Took me 20 minutes to unstick a nut I'd fought for two hours on Thursday. Tried it on my bathroom shutoff valve this morning and it spun right off. Anyone else learn basic tool tricks way later than they should have?
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the_cora29d ago
Honestly the pull toward the jaw thing works because the wrench is built to grab harder the more force you put on it, so fighting it the other way just makes the jaws slip. Once that clicks you start seeing it everywhere, like how a ratchet only turns one way or how you have to hold a screwdriver straight or you strip the head. Tbh it makes you wonder how many other tools I've been using wrong my whole life just because nobody ever showed me.
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