Ever Heard of a SWENCH? ~ RESTORATION ~ Massive NUT Smacking Ability, in the Palm of Your Hand!
Ever Heard of a SWENCH? These are MASSIVE hand powered ratcheting Impact wrenches known as the SWENCH. Well, it’s a bit more complicated than a standard ratchet. It’s a manually-operated, HIGH torque impact wrench for use with square drive sockets. They are designed to be used where no power sources are available, or when power tools cannot remove corroded nuts/bolts. They also excel at precision tightening of bolts all the way up to the MASSIVE sizes!
The smaller one is the SWENCH Model 750 with a ¾” square drive and it can create 800 ft lbs of torque. The larger SWENCH is the Model 1000 with a 1” square drive, and it can create 2000 ft lbs of torque by HAND!
The model 750 I’m restoring kept binding up and wasn’t working at all. Come to find out the tensioning rod in the handle was broken in 2 places, and a pin holding the drive link onto the rotary hammer head was broken in half and was binding the head from rotating.
The model 1000 was just in need of a simple cleaning, but I thought I would include it so you can see the difference between the ¾” and 1” SWENCH’s, and because it’s massive and BAD A**!!
A little history on this unique tool:
In the late 1940's, Oscar J. Swenson was always searching for ways to make a man's work easier. He realized that an unanswered manual tool problem was the loosening of difficult nuts and bolts, especially ones that are rusty & corroded in places where powered sources were not an option. At first he devised a small 1/2" square drive, torque ratchet wrench using a wound-up flat spring, much like a clock mechanism. Pulling on the handle tightened the spring, which then released a sharp impact blow to a heavy rotor driving the square drive, with a socket either tightening or loosening the nut. Later he placed a long coil spring into the handle of the wrench, which compressed on pulling, and then released the strong impact. He manufactured this wrench throughout the 1950’s, and eventually sold the design and patents to Curtiss-Wright around 1960. Eventually PowerHawk acquired the design and patents and they are still manufacturing them to this day!
I have a few 3/4" drive sockets & a 3/4" to 1/2" reducer, but I don,'t have any 1" drive sockets. I'm going to keep my eyes open for used sockets in those sizes to add to my toolbox so I can put these two amazing tools back to work!
Thanks again to the guys at the shop for letting me use their 1" drive socket and a truck to use it on!! I appreciate it!!
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QUESTION FOR YOU: What are your thoughts on MASSIVE tools? Thanks for watching, I truly appreciate it! Be sure to hit subscribe if you're new and let me know if you like the videos! Have a great one!
they are neat. but i have no use for anything over a 1/2 inch drive myself
Salvage Workshop different than what you see on other restoration videos for sure. I find the more specialized tools the most interesting
My wife likes 'em, she says
I do admire your work, I farm in japan and the cost of machines is off the planet . My frustration is that I can not source chemicals that you use. To restore old tools. Can you advise as to how to hot blue the restored metals as in the recipe for heating ? Many thanks . If you can please respond to drjekan54@gmail.com . You are a great teacher . I wish to support this.
The bigger the better.
I cannot say strongly enough how much i love the fact that there is no unnecessary music and specially no excessive talking for 5min before doing anythin. I love watchin someone do the actual thing. Hear me youtubers from a one specific country!?
Sometimes I use music, but I also don't enjoy videos where someone spends FOREVER talking! I like to let the WORK speak for itself!
I just found this video purely by accident and actually have one of these that probably has the same problem. I am a mobile welder and heavy equipment mechanic and will love having this tool in my box. thank you so much for the video my friend.
I was laughing so hard when you saved the camera, glad to see you had a fire extinguisher nearby just in case, the hairs are gone are a sacrifice for the restoration:). Nice job, love the color of the smaller one, good call. Thanks for sharing!
Lol ya i figured someone would get a kick out of it! I was more concerned with the camera than anything else lol! The sacrifice was well worth it! as always, I appreciate you watching and commenting!
As I watch I realize, being mechanically gifted is not enough. I can BUILD anything. I can figure any machine out. BUT that is just the ticket to get in the door here. The competitors in this venue are ARTISTS...imagineers...creators of beauty using methods ....that are simply Fascinating.
That's a tall compliment Doc! Thank you!
Looks brand new,great job.
Bench grinder pivoting and spinning all over the bench and then a fire! Best video I've seen in a long time! LOL
It's all about safety here at Salvage Workshop! LOL! Thanks for watching and commenting! I truly appreciate the support! Lots more to come!
i like how he bailed out. geronimo!
I particularly enjoyed the [SAFETY FIRST] sign directly below the dangerously swiveling grinder. That was awesome.
Excellent restore on a very cool old tool 👍
Job well done sir ! Your focus and attention to detail is outstanding !
Nice tear down and clean up. Beautiful restoration. Unique ratchets! First time seeing one.
Mate, you have a crazy equipped shop.
Outstanding restore vid. Looks good as new! Thumbs up 👍🏽
Very well done and nice job.Love when some one keep the good old stuff working and looking good.Keep up the great work ,looking forward to more videos.
Thank you my friend! I completely agree!
When it caught fire ... blued and tempered at the same time. ;-)
A great video and restoration of beast of a tool. I’m glad you had the fire, it shows how dangerous hot oil can be even for a professional. The videos where nothing goes wrong can be misleading about the dangers involved. Great call not editing it out.
Thank you Mark, ya those baby's are monsters and I HARDLY showed their capabilities in the video!! I'm not sure if I'd be called a professional. I'm just a guy who only knows enough to be dangerous, but DANG AM I DANGEROUS!! Lol... I don't like editing out mistakes or accidents! Those things happen, and it's REAL! Thanks for watching as always!
Hey, is there any way you could post a link or something of how the mechanism actually works please??? Would be nice to try to make one, them being so expensive. I just can't figure it out
I really like the bluing technique! I like how you used something that was seemingly waste to make something so awesome! Those wrenches are beasts!
Thank you! I am really happy with how the bluing turned out as well! I can't wait to put these monsters to work here at Salvage Workshop!! As always, I appreciate you watching and commenting! Lots more to come!
I will never see myself using a ratchet of this size but watching this process is so awesome
I actually have a few plans for the future that having these two ratchets might be nice, but for now, they're fixed and ready for work! Thanks for watching!
Very well done video. I agree with other posters who prefer the quietness. No unnecessary music or chatter. BUT, I would love to have some explanation as to what makes those "Swenches" work. I sort of understand but it would be nice to get a real good thorough explanation. Thanks for another great restoration. I used to sell Snap-On Tools and sold a few torque multipliers. I wonder if they would be the same thing.
What a selection of sizes, Lance & Patrick.
Definitely in ratchets, but significantly less so in large sockets to be used with these beasts! All in due time, I just happened to get a great deal on these with a bunch of other tools! As always, I appreciate you watching and commenting!
Very enjoyable watch. 👍👍
Thank you! I appreciate you watching and commenting! Lots more to come!
Awesome save . Thanks for the vid
Haven't seen one of those in 30+ years. Nice job !!!
I love this channel! Keep restoring:)
now that's a tool which I have never seen nor heard of before. Great restoration.
I thought the same thing when I came across them!! Thanks for watching and commenting! I truly appreciate the support! Lots more to come!
Free-range pivoting bench grinder above the safety first sign. Lol
LOL... Welcome to the Salvage Workshop, where safety is Number 1! Thanks for watching and commenting! I truly appreciate the support! Lots more to come!
I could pull these tools apart. I may even be able to clean them up but in the end I would have an awful lot of boxes of miscellaneous parts. You have an amazing memory for putting things back together. Fascinating.
Well, it is all on video. So in reality you can just watch it back and see how it all went. No memory needed.
Learn something new every day.
Me too! Thanks for watching & commenting!
Great video, never heard or seen one of these, serious kit, thanks for posting, stay safe !
Good result.love the automatic centering grinder !
I didn't see this below, so here goes: The swirling colors on your tap wrench were caused by color case hardening. In the days before advanced metallurgy, it was a way for steel to be made very hard on the surface, to resist wear. It was done by putting the part in a box filled with charcoal, and heating it in an oven, then letting it cool slowly, like you've been doing with your cast iron repairs. In the absence of oxygen, the steel would absorb carbon from the charcoal, making the first couple of thousandths of an inch of the surface of the part very hard, and at the same time imparting the swirling blues, browns, purples and golds to the surface of the steel. These days, it's not necessary, because of harder steel alloys, but it can still be done by using a product called Kasenit, available at most gunsmith supply houses, and some machine tool suppliers carry it as well. The finish is most commonly seen these days on antique firearm replicas, like single action revolvers. Keep doing what you're doing, I really enjoy your videos. I'm looking forward to the restorations of the jointer and band saw you have sitting outside.
Interesting! That makes me want to try case hardening something myself, that would be pretty coolk!! HMMMMM... I will definitely look into Kasenit! Thank you for watching & commenting! I truly appreciate it!
you obviously have no idea what you are talking about
@@JJ-ic3mfwhy do you say that? If you are going to say someone doesn't know what they are talking about, you should tell them as well as the rest of us what is wrong with what they said. If you can not or will not say why they are wrong, then your statement has no credence and is of no use other than as an insult.
I really enjoy watching your videos.
Thank you Bruce!
Wow!!! Very cool on all your work
Nice job. Like it.
Thank you!
Not seen one of those before, amazing bit of kit. Thanks for showing these.
I hadn't either until I found them at a warehouse sale! I thought they were pretty cool! I'm glad you enjoyed it!
Blueing came out great. The fire was hilarious!
I'm glad you enjoyed it!! That's the reality of working in the shop, sometimes stuff like that happens, and I'll never cut it out of my videos!
SAVE THE CAMERA!!! That's my luck. I was smelting lead bullets and happen to wash it before, set it out in the sun for a couple days and went to smelt, pouring said recovered bullets, some with jackets and pop, lead everywhere, water and super hot lead don't mix. I only got a couple of drops on my shoes..... Never seen an old fat guy move so fast!!!! Great wrench, never seen one before. Great restoration. I was hoping to see FrankenGrinder in action, but the wrench didn't need it! I love the rust removers, EvapoRust is my favorite. I use denatured alcohol after to prevent flash rusting. Keep 'em coming!!
LOL in those situations just about anyone learns the meaning of getting outta dodge!! I've been trying a few different reust removers, but evaporust is still my favorite as well because of the slight coating it leaves to help prevent flash rusting! If you keep watching, I'll keep shooting!
Twistin' my melon, man! - don't go near the nuts! Every tyre firms favourite tool
Lovely job.
Expect flame when oil quenching. Keep your head. Nice job.
Thanks, that was very educational
A little fire it happens to us all.. I burnt my old forge down..LOL, nice job on those ratchets..
Oh man that must have been SO frustrating!! If you arent making mistakes, you arent working!
I don’t even to that such wrench existed. Amazing 😉
I watched as a !" swench was used to tighten LARGE nuts on a hydro electric generator. It was the bolts holding the bottom bearing housing and they used a 6' pipe for leverage! Monster power involved.
Sounds like my manager, he used a Norbar torque wrench backwards as a breaker bar to break loose lugnuts that had been tightened with no torque stick and unregulated air pressure, trying to get this problem resolved with a pneumatic torque multiplier, but you still need something to break them loose when there torqued by a ugganugga cowboy, just received the 1000(1 inch drive) and tested it at random, it delivered, also, the offset adapters that come with a complete set might help when the outer rim is bent.
Awesome tool!
I was hoping you’d blue it but i didn’t expect you to do it that way that was cool to watch thanks good job.
Thank you Riley! I always try to do things in new and different ways if I can! I love learning through doing!
Excellent job!
Thank you!! These will come in handy here at Salvage Workshop!
Very cool!
Cleaning tank looks like what I suspect...dirty. Awesome rebuild.
You should get yourself a bench block. It would make it so much easier to remove pins from tools. Thanks for sharing.
Are you talking about the bench blocks used for firearm disassembly? I don't have one of those, but my main problem is remember to use it. I need to have something like that in the corner of my main bench so it's only arms length away!! Thanks for the suggestion! I appreciate you watching and commenting, lots more to come!
@@SalvageWorkshop Yes you can make yourself one. As long as it is flat, has a v groove for round stock and some different size hole to knock pins out. Thatlazymachinist.com has a plan for one. Check it out.
Very good restoration bro 👍👍👍👏👏👏
Much appreciated!
Finally I have one of these
awesome tool
Nice job, very nice tool, i am just going to "blue" a " footprint" brand pipe wrench, thanks for convincing me to do it outside, you've probably saved my life, and my man cave.
An unmounted bench grinder and burning used oil, safety third my dudes!!! Hahaha
No matter how safe you think you are, things still happen!
Well, the fire convinced me to subscribe.
Perfect!
Excellent.
Much appreciated!
I've heard of the Swench, but this is my first time seeing one.
Gotta say, fantastic video
I truly appreciate that! Thanks for watching and commenting! Lots more to come!
Bloody awesome
Thank you! I appreciate you watching and commenting! Lots more to come!
That was freakin awesome!
I am glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for watching & commenting!
Just a couple of little ratchet wrenches to take apart or put back together a battleship or army tank. Crazy!
At first I thought it worked with planetary gears like a torque multiplier. Never thought it was actually an impact force. Nice. Thanks. Oh. And thanks for showing us how a used oil furnace works. Bonus !! Lol
awesome content
If I had to do some work on something really large, those SWENCH ratchet wrenchs would be quite handy. I heat treated parts I made for a mount for a larger gas tank on my bike, the hinges for the solo seat, and the cross bar for the two springs under my seat. I heated them until they were orange/red hot in a small charcoal grill, with a fan blowing air in from the vent underneath. When they were the right color of orange/red hot, one at a time, I immersed them in a bucket with used motor oil. Yes, they did burst into flames and when I pulled them out, they were coated in a black oily coating that actually made them rust proof. Thanks to KZhead I found out how to do many things myself. Even how to do a nice paint job on the gas tank using spray paint, and ended up with a nice mirror finish.
That’s a huge wrench
Cool as hell Haven't seen anything like this before but I want some now
I hadn't either until I came across them at a tool sale! I thought the same thing! Thanks for watching and commenting! I truly appreciate the support! Lots more to come!
So the wrench is more less a wrench multiplier. I can’t say I’ve ever seen one, but, now I want one lol. I’ve got a multiplier but it’s a big gaudy thing. Your wrench would be so much easier to operate that’s for sure. Thanks for sharing your knowledge and videos sir. I’m going to your next video, thanks a lot sir.
You've got me taking much better care if my tools. Thank YOU
Perfect! Glad to have inspired you!
Man those are pretty darn cool. I have never heard of them before. I use hydrolic torque wrenches at work and also the pneumatic J-gun wrenches. I want to find one of those sometime
Ya these are pretty unique!
F-ing cool man I need these in my life. I gotta try that bluing thing too. Great job bro
I thought the same thing when I saw them as well!! The bluing wasn't too difficult, but be careful, you could start a fire! Thanks for watching and commenting! I truly appreciate the support! Lots more to come!
tim smith I like the bluing also.
Love old tools
Me too!
Those are a couple of beasts. Love how dark the blueing takes with that used oil. Bang up job brotha. 🔥
Thank you! I liked how the bluing turned out as well! I'm excited to have these beasts in my shop! Now I need to get more sockets so I can put them to work! I appreciate you watching and commenting! Lots more to come!
Great find. Looking at ordering a new one, but geez they are expensive.
Now you have 10,001 subscribers... Very nice job...
amazing
I just found one of those in a box of tools I got at an auction. It was 1/2 inch size. Nice video
That is AWESOME! They are pretty cool! The 1/2" size is the size I really need for a lot of these restorations, so if you ever want to get rid of it, just let me know! Thanks for watching!
I will look at it tomorrow and take a picture
I like to see these old tools come back to life.
@@tomcarlson3244 Me too! Cool, I'd love to see it! My email address is in the about sections of my youtube page.
awesome
Never heard of bluing with used oil! Pretty cool!
Ya it's one way to do it!
That's a big one never seen one that big before know lol good video my friend
Thank you! I appreciate you watching and commenting! Lots more to come!
Your welcome and that's awesome
I've not only heard of a Swench, I have used one when assembling an American 7220 crane. That was a 1-1/2 inch drive with a 6 foot long handle. It had a loop to hang it from a forklift. Much easier to use a hydraulic ratchet and work a rocker switch with a finger than to pull on a ratchet handle.
AWESOME! You are the first person I know of that's even heard of one, much less even used one! These baby's would be a TON of work to use on a project like you used it on! I'm going to keep it around for working on heavy equipment repairs, and who knows what else!
There's always an occasion for some massive tooling , might as well start off at huge 😁
What nice big tools you have! Lol I've never seen that type of wrench before here in the UK at all, and it's a fairly simple design and very robust. I noticed that when you were reinstalling the pawls you didn't grease the pivoting part of the pawl and ran them in dry. Was there a reason for that or was it just an oversight? Like your videos a lot.
I haven't seen one of those sense the 80's when I worked on big trucks and heavy equipment.
I've never seen one of these, later brocephus! 😎💨
In 1998 I carried one of these onto a drilling rig and from that day forward everyone has called me "Swench". I'd be happy to engrave my name on that for ya if needed 😉
My son: Dad, how does he know the parts are hot enough to dunk in the oil? Me: Well son, off camera he sticks his tongue on it to see! Son: You didn’t do that! Me: I know kiddo, I’m just pullin your stamp! Son running to Mother: Mom Dad pulled my stamp, what’s that mean? Parenting can be fun😉 Nice restore and clean up brother!✌🏼🤟🏼🤞🏼
Used one of those in the marine corps to remove and install the transmission mounts in amphibious assault vehicles. Good times and a beautiful restoration.
I love these type of videos and I watch them a lot. Are You Tubers purposely making their videos longer for monitization purposes? I literally watch these in half the time (x2 speed) and don't miss a thing.
👍🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🗽🙏🏻 Enjoyed!
Every hammer is a tool… every tool is NOT a hammer.
Eyy, this was in mint condition
Tom Herbert, below, is correct about color case hardening. These days, bluing (like on modern guns) is a chemical process done at a relatively low temperature. However, there is another aspect. By hearing the steel parts to blue, which is about 600 degrees F, any tempering from the factory has been removed, leaving the parts quite soft. Dunking them in oil after hearing does not re-harden them and only coats the parts with burned-on oil (carbon).
If I ever see your truck I'm going to hide in the back and go home with you. You have such nice toys!
I had never seen or heard of one before but I would love to have some of them. Now it has me wondering if they made them in 1/2 drive as well.
interesting that you had to weld a threaded rod together(well done)
Nice vedio i have one of that tools
It's a swneay wrench we use them all the time on the crab nuts on an EMD Diesel. Crab nut holds the head on the cylinder
wonderful! but where you get this big tools,it's old toll industry?
torque multiplier
I got one. What oil do I use to lubricate it? Better to remove the cover and grease or squirt it down the ball bearing hole?