Allen Wrench or Allen Key?

"Jcarr" (jcarr) 04/29/2015 at 21:47 • Filed to: None

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Debate.

Spaceball-Two > Jcarr 04/29/2015 at 21:48

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IKEA tool

jkm7680 > Jcarr 04/29/2015 at 21:49

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Hex key.

SnapUndersteer, Italian Spiderman > Jcarr 04/29/2015 at 21:49

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Dildo (if you’re brave enough and believe in yourself)

deekster_caddy > Jcarr 04/29/2015 at 21:50

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Allen Wrench or Hex Key!

Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire > Jcarr 04/29/2015 at 21:50

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Allen wrench or Hex key

NonDriftingS13 > Jcarr 04/29/2015 at 21:51

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Allen wrench!

ly2v8-Brian > jkm7680 04/29/2015 at 21:52

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^this is the correct answer

Jcarr > SnapUndersteer, Italian Spiderman 04/29/2015 at 21:52

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Jcarr > jkm7680 04/29/2015 at 21:52

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jkm7680 > Jcarr 04/29/2015 at 21:53

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BmanUltima's car still hasn't been fixed yet, he'll get on it tomorrow, honest. > Jcarr 04/29/2015 at 21:55

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Hex Wrench? Allen wrench? Hex key? Allen key?

Jcarr > BmanUltima's car still hasn't been fixed yet, he'll get on it tomorrow, honest. 04/29/2015 at 21:58

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Ah, the shotgun approach. I like it.

dogisbadob > Jcarr 04/29/2015 at 21:58

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both are acceptable :p

I’ve heard allen wrench being used to describe those things in your pic, and allen key being used for the holes they go into.

Allen is actually a brand name, generic trademark

whiskeybusiness NOW A DANGER TO CROWDS NEAR YOU > Jcarr 04/29/2015 at 22:00

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Allen key. Regardless of what the proper term is, this is what I’ll call it. I’ve unlocked many an Allen with it, never wrenched one though.

Jcarr > dogisbadob 04/29/2015 at 22:02

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So kind of a Kleenex-tissue, Frisbee-flying disc situation?

Breakfast Burrito: The True Resident Burrito > jkm7680 04/29/2015 at 22:05

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Breakfast Burrito: The True Resident Burrito > BmanUltima's car still hasn't been fixed yet, he'll get on it tomorrow, honest. 04/29/2015 at 22:06

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dogisbadob > Jcarr 04/29/2015 at 22:08

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yeah

BorkBorkBjork > Jcarr 04/29/2015 at 22:15

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A key is used to open a lock, a wrench is used to apply torque.

Therefore...

It is an Allen WRENCH

Svend > Jcarr 04/29/2015 at 22:17

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Allen Key. The only things I call wrenches are torque wrenches or maybe even an ‘adjustable wrench’ (but invariably I call it an adjustable spanner) and everything else I come across is just a spanner (unless it is neither).

Bandit > Jcarr 04/29/2015 at 22:35

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Hex wrench.

Alfalfa Romeo > Jcarr 04/29/2015 at 22:38

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I say key, but I really don’t care what anyone else says. And to be honest, I usually just call it an Allen.

Manwich - now Keto-Friendly > Jcarr 04/29/2015 at 22:39

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It’s an Ellen Wench!

beardsbynelly - Rikerbeard > Jcarr 04/29/2015 at 22:47

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hexagon socket head hollow set internally wrenching screw drivers

Jcarr > beardsbynelly - Rikerbeard 04/29/2015 at 22:50

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You win.

desertdog5051 > Jcarr 04/29/2015 at 22:59

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Thank Bill.

In 1909–1910, William G. Allen patented a method of cold-forming screw heads around a hexagonal die ( U.S. Patent 960,244 ). Published advertisements for the “Allen safety set screw” by the Allen Manufacturing Company of Hartford, Connecticut, exist from 1910. [2] Although it is unlikely that Allen was the first person to think of a hex socket drive, his patent for a manufacturing method and his realized product appear to be the first.

CCC (formerly CyclistCarCoexist) > Jcarr 04/29/2015 at 23:02

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Allen wrench. If you worked with them a lot as your job, these feel waaaay better.

TheHondaBro > SnapUndersteer, Italian Spiderman 04/29/2015 at 23:04

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Dildo wrench or dildo key?

BaconSandwich is tasty. > BorkBorkBjork 04/29/2015 at 23:58

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Are screw drivers then to be known as screw wrenches?

BorkBorkBjork > BaconSandwich is tasty. 04/30/2015 at 00:11

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Don’t think the debate included the term “Allen Driver”. I simply chose the more accurate of the two terms.

SnapUndersteer, Italian Spiderman > TheHondaBro 04/30/2015 at 01:43

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Why not both?

Cé hé sin > Jcarr 04/30/2015 at 04:35

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Allen key. I’ve never heard of them being called “wrenches” before now. Mind you I think “wrench” might be an American term.

Meatcoma > CCC (formerly CyclistCarCoexist) 04/30/2015 at 13:26

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Ever used one of those to get seat rails out of a car? Nah.... the others are better because you can cut 1/4 inch off the short OR long side and it still functions perfectly well. I’ve cut them down to 1/4 before(on the short) and used them.

deekster_caddy > Meatcoma 04/30/2015 at 15:37

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I keep one in my toolbox for reaching a very special header bolt...

deekster_caddy > BaconSandwich is tasty. 04/30/2015 at 15:38

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Screwdriver wrenches.

Meatcoma > deekster_caddy 04/30/2015 at 15:44

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I’ve got a drawer full of loose ones that I can cut down if need be. It’s probably 3 sets worth all missing one key each. I also have 2 full sets that are the fold out kind so I don’t lose them.

DarrenMR > Jcarr 05/01/2015 at 23:28

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I usually call it a hex head, no one ever knows what Im talking about.