Finding old tools.

[JasperFrank]

Had to buy this at a yard sale for $1.

 

[ponytug]

Cute! I also have a fondness for those old rounded wrenches.

Is that a Dill & McGuire wrench?

All the best, Peter

 

[JasperFrank]

Dill & McGuire wrench

The internet seems to say so.
I do allot of older furniture with square nuts. So, I actually use this.

 

[ponytug]

The internet seems to say so.
I do allot of older furniture with square nuts. So, I actually use this.

That's wonderful! Some of those nuts on older furniture can be such bears when they have acquired a bit, or more of rust.

All the best, Peter

 

[tacticalturnip]

Very cool!

 

[1Mech]

I have these listed for sale on Ebay, if anybody is interested , I will let you have them for the cost of shipping,

Vintage Smith's Welding G-122 Multi 3-way Open End Wrench + 1/2" brass wrench

 

[ponytug]

@1Mech How cool! The brass wrench appears to be a pin wrench. Any thoughts on what the original use was?

All the best, Peter

 

[Larry Caldwell]

I have these listed for sale on Ebay, if anybody is interested , I will let you have them for the cost of shipping,

Vintage Smith's Welding G-122 Multi 3-way Open End Wrench + 1/2" brass wrench

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I may use the bottom one as a pattern for a balky 9" angle grinder that keeps destroying wrenches.

 

[Jstpssng]

We have a box of those old tools in my father's shop. I suspect they will be there when the place is sold. They really aren't a high demand item, and I can only bring so much stuff home.

 

[vic4news]

Here are two “S” wrenches that were my grandfather’s. From what I’ve found seems like they are early 1900s

 

[Duds13]

My Dad had this monkey wrench, it came home with me when he passed. This one was made by a company called Coes in Worcester, MA. They were used by railroad workers which used square nuts.

 

[George2615]

My Dad had this monkey wrench, it came home with me when he passed. This one was made by a company called Coes in Worcester, MA. They were used by railroad workers which used square nuts.

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I have some old tools that were my fathers too. Can't read the name on the monkey wrenches anymore. I got them in the early 70's and they didn't look much newer then either.

 

[Highlandr]

These were my paternal grandfather's. He was a cabinetmaker by trade.

Stanley #45 combination plane (got all the bits too), ruler/angle finder with slide caliper, compass, scribe tool.

 

[Highlandr]

These were my paternal grandmother's.

An iron iron (which was kept on the wood cook stove and used until I was in my teens) and a kerosene iron.

 

[Larry Caldwell]

My Dad had this monkey wrench, it came home with me when he passed. This one was made by a company called Coes in Worcester, MA. They were used by railroad workers which used square nuts.

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I think those were called spanners.

 

[Highlandr]

I think those were called spanners.

In the UK... maybe.