If by stink, you mean smell, a lot of plastics start out
benign, and end up really smelly. I have a set of Craftsman
nutdrivers from the 1970's that woke up one day and smelled
like vomit. And, have ever since.
I don't know if it is something the acrylic handles were
exposed to, or perhaps a plasticizer that was put in them
to make them less brittle, but I do know it stinks.
As to plastic dipped wrench handles. I think that in many
cases if you removed the plastic you would find the handle
was thin and spindly with sharp edges.... The plastic is
there to hide manufacturing economies.
-Chuck Harris
Michael A. Terrell wrote:
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I don't use the same tools for Electronics and automotive work. I do have several large adjustable wrenches, but they are New Britain. The smaller ones for electronics are Xcelite, and they do have plastic coated handles.
I've also been told that no real mechanic ever uses an adjustable wrench because he has all the proper tools to work on a vehicle.
If that wrench still stinks, it had to stink when he bought it. If so, he should have bought something else. I had someone give me a buncuh of Japanese tools made in the '60s and '70s. They were made of pot metal, and the drill bits were so soft that they unwound while drilling plastic. They were quickly tossed in the scrap for recycling.
