> spanner is always regarded as being used in a controlled 
> manner (until it slips off the nut and bangs your hand against
> the exhaust pipe ...)

Could be another one to add to "Tools and their uses"

Spanner - tool to expedite the removal of knuckle skin

> > wheel spanner 

> Wheel brace, please :-)

Of course, brace. Dad's old Ford Popular had a real brace-
type nut taker-off (ie made like a brace drill, like a crank)
but I've not seen one of those for a long time. They've been
the cross type for ages



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