Nipple Wrench [Patent Remake]

Time to recreate another long lost patent! This patent focuses on a design for a spoke wrench that is meant to adjust spoke nipples on bicycle rims. You can see the original patent here: I believe these were put into production by the Buffalo Specialty Mfg. Co. of Buffalo, N. Y., and called the Neverslip and Baby Neverslip, which is hilarious because that’s exactly what they DON’T do. These wrenches seem to be quite rare. I used a piece of 1144 steel and machined it using a variety of different tools and techniques, which is always way too much fun. The “V“ slot along the length of the whole wrench was cut using a custom end mill and insanely light passes. I actually broke a part of my lathe making this tool and you can see the deterioration in my lathe both physically and acoustically throughout the video. Once finished, it did work on modern spoke nipples, but not very well. Spoke nipples of the time perio