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When 成人X站 Newsradio revealed the backstory of Vallantine Motor Works鈥� giant red rooftop wrench last week, the news (news? sure!) got the attention of a Seattle man in possession of a similar jumbo item with a very different pedigree.

鈥淭丑别 big wrench piece was lovely,鈥� Michael Krasik, a 75-year-old inventor, wrote in an email. 鈥淏ut I once made a couple of really big wrenches that have been conversation pieces in a Portland bike shop and my Seattle home for about 50 years.鈥�

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Just how big and how heavy are these escapees from some giant toolbox somewhere?

鈥淢测 big wrench is 36 inches long and was a real construction tool in its day (with 3-inch and 3.5-inch jaw openings),鈥� Krasik wrote. 鈥淚t is a heavy piece of metal at 34 pounds (just weighed it for the first time ever).鈥�

How did Krasik come by his contribution to what鈥檚 suddenly a growing pantheon of oversized spanners?

鈥淭his is one of three identical pieces I found (to my delight) and bought 50 years ago from a Portland scrap yard,鈥� Krasik continued. 鈥淭丑别y were totally/completely rusted, so I had them sandblasted and chromed to look like my other Craftsman wrenches, and they came out looking great.鈥�

鈥淥ne of the wrenches was on display for [years] in the window of the Northwest Bicycles store in Portland,鈥� Krasik wrote, though the shop ultimately changed hands and the wrench went into storage. The third wrench is now in Salem, Ore., at the home of Krasik鈥檚 brother.

鈥淢测 kids grew up with this fun piece, and its name has always been ‘big wrench,’鈥� Krasik continued. 鈥淸It] always gets a surprise look from our houseguests.鈥�

鈥淭丑别y naturally try to pick it up (thinking it’s not real) and generally it won’t budge,鈥� he said.

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