The stubby Craftsman box ratchet open-end wrenches work great for working fast in space-restricted areas. See All 11 Photos I've had this little Snap-on shorty six-point ratchet box for over 40 years.

Related Story. SK Tool X-Frame Ratcheting Wrench Review; Boxed End. On the other end, it’s more cut-and-dried. The boxed end will either come in six-point or 12-point and sometimes features some ...

Striking wrenches may have either an open end or a box end (with both metric and SAE options available). They have a relatively short body with a large block on the opposite end of the wrench head.

The most common types are where both the open end and the box end are the same dimension and when they combine two common wrench dimensions such as a ½ inch on one end and a 9/16 inch on the other.

The end of each handle has a square drive (¼, 3/8, or ½ in.) that goes into a square recess on the box-end wrench fittings. The box-end wrench fittings are sized to fit SAE, metric, E-Torx, and ...

These wrenches have an open, U-shaped end and a closed “box” end, both of which share a fixed size compatible with a hexagonal fastener.

The wrenches have a uniquely shaped head, with a spring-loaded “under-jaw” that acts as a ratchet. Most open-end wrenches need as much as 60 degrees of swing to work, but the Alden wrench only needs ...

This tool set comes with nine open-end wrenches that give you 18 different metric sizes, from 8 mm to 32 mm, skipping 22, ... Best offset wrenches: Geardrive box-end wrench set: ...

What's wanted is a ratcheting box-end wrench, which exists in several forms. There is the laminated sheet-metal type with an open, reversible mechanism.

A reader says this is the smallest open-end wrench in the world, with 0.005 in. across the flats on one end and 0.010 in. across the other. The human hair next to the wrench gives a comparative size.