- Adjustable Spanner — 2021-08-10 08:22:45
…g Manager and partner in the Uley in [[Gloucestershire]] Iron Works with George Lister, also from Yorkshire. Clyburn's spanner design with open end jaws was pioneering.{{Image url="ClyburnSpannerNo3.jpg" class="right" title="Clyburn Spanner head"…
…scussed with engineering work colleague [[Lawn_mower| Edwin Budding]]. Clyburn even produced a double ended adjustable spanner. == Longevity == {{Image url="BahcoClyburn.jpg" class="right" title="Bahco Clyburn" width="450" }} Clyburns adjustab…
…le spanner design remained in production in Birmingham factories and worldwide, and appeared in tool catalogues up until about **1…
…964**. Today the adjustable crescent shaped spanner is used worldwide and throughout Europe where it is often referred to as the **'English key'** (ClĂ© anglaise - French.… - Lawn Mower — 2021-08-10 08:19:36
… url="BuddingWrench.jpg" class="right" title="Budding screw wrench" width="500" }}Budding also invented an **adjustable spanner** or 'screw wrench' around **1842**, registered in 1843. An alternative //crest headed// adjustable spanner was develop…
…ed by a work colleague **[[Adjustable_Spanner|Richard Clyburn]]** (Uley UK) in 1843. …