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Chat Area => General Discussion Area => Topic started by: Nickbat on 02 July 2007, 22:58:30
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Looking around for a cranked 30mm spanner so I can do the cambelt, I found this:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/britool-30mm-ring-podger-spanner-good-condition_W0QQitemZ140134355233QQihZ004QQcategoryZ20774QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
Who knows what a podger is? Where does the term come from? Do podgers have nuts that need to be tight? :o :o
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;D ;D ;D
I saw a young apprentice getting one heck of a smack in the mouth from a hairy ars*d journeyman when said apprentice refused to handle the journeymans podger.....
Sorry, still makes me chuckle...... ;D ;D
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My mate who's a scaffolder used to mention a podger spanner, I'm sure someone more knowledgeable will be along to explain..........
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A podger is the spike ended contrivance that allows you to move or align something heavy or misaligned so that its into the correct place and the bolts can be inserted then nipped up.
Round my way, you can always tell an old Pit, Mining or Dockyard engineer. Most have the tip of one index finger missing where they stuck it into a hole to align a couple of flanges and someone else moved the pipe and it guillotined the tip off the finger like a good 'un.....
Only made that mistake twice, then they tended to learn to use a podger...... ;D
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A podger is the spike ended contrivance that allows you to move or align something heavy or misaligned so that its into the correct place and the bolts can be inserted then nipped up.
Round my way, you can always tell an old Pit, Mining or Dockyard engineer. Most have the tip of one index finger missing where they stuck it into a hole to align a couple of flanges and someone else moved the pipe and it guillotined the tip off the finger like a good 'un.....
Only made that mistake twice, then they tended to learn to use a podger...... ;D
Wish I hadn't asked, now! :o :o
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We used to use the expression 'podge it into place' on the building. As far as I knew it simply meant to tap it with something until it was in the desired position.
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A podger is a spanner with an open-end jaw at one end and a spike at the other.
Was used by steel erectors and scaffolders, the jaw being sized for the size of bolt being commonly used on the job. The spike end was used to line up the holes in the steelwork.
I have several podgers in my tool chest (handed down from my grandfather) but are of limited use on my cars (whitworth spanner size !).
Andy T
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A podger is the spike ended contrivance that allows you to move or align something heavy or misaligned so that its into the correct place and the bolts can be inserted then nipped up.
Round my way, you can always tell an old Pit, Mining or Dockyard engineer. Most have the tip of one index finger missing where they stuck it into a hole to align a couple of flanges and someone else moved the pipe and it guillotined the tip off the finger like a good 'un.....
Only made that mistake twice, then they tended to learn to use a podger...... ;D
Wish I hadn't asked, now! :o :o
:-X :-X
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Looking around for a cranked 30mm spanner so I can do the cambelt, I found this:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/britool-30mm-ring-podger-spanner-good-condition_W0QQitemZ140134355233QQihZ004QQcategoryZ20774QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
Who knows what a podger is? Where does the term come from? Do podgers have nuts that need to be tight? :o :o
They would be if you used them as a podger :-X ;D ;D
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Looking around for a cranked 30mm spanner so I can do the cambelt, I found this:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/britool-30mm-ring-podger-spanner-good-condition_W0QQitemZ140134355233QQihZ004QQcategoryZ20774QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
Who knows what a podger is? Where does the term come from? Do podgers have nuts that need to be tight? :o :o
I believe your nuts need to be tight on a todger.
;D ;D ;D ;D ;D Sorry