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Title: adjustable spanner non collectors club
Post by: benjy on June 25, 2012, 07:31:28 AM
i,m off work with a dodgy ankle so thought i would root around the shed,you know,organise stuff.. i dont collect tools,dont have room,,my enjoyment comes from buying,cleaning then selling ..i was amazed to find i had all these guys.
Title: Re: adjustable spanner non collectors club
Post by: sumner52000 on June 25, 2012, 07:50:25 AM
What are the crow foot looking things i the last pic?  Are they all linked together?
Title: Re: adjustable spanner non collectors club
Post by: johnsironsanctuary on June 25, 2012, 07:55:10 AM
That is an impressive assortment for a non collector. A great number of things that we don't get to see over hear in the colonies. Thanks for the photos Benjy.
Title: Re: adjustable spanner non collectors club
Post by: Provincial on June 25, 2012, 11:44:22 AM
What are the crow foot looking things i the last pic?  Are they all linked together?

Must be "Caterpillar" crowsfeet!

Serious question: it that some sort of socket rail?
Title: Re: adjustable spanner non collectors club
Post by: Lewill2 on June 25, 2012, 01:30:55 PM
It is a set of wrenches that are linked together. You keep turning to get to the size you want and the rest of them make the handle.

Looks like you are missing a Swinden quick adjust. It is a UK patent from around 1905 if I remember correctly.
Title: Re: adjustable spanner non collectors club
Post by: Papaw on June 25, 2012, 06:38:39 PM
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What are the crow foot looking things i the last pic?  Are they all linked together?

A curiosity only, they never worked very well, and broke easily.
Title: Re: adjustable spanner non collectors club
Post by: benjy on June 26, 2012, 03:45:55 AM
papaw is correct,,they would work,but more a novelty,,i also have the original box for them somewhere
Title: Re: adjustable spanner non collectors club
Post by: lbgradwell on June 26, 2012, 06:08:51 AM
Nice collection!

What's an "Alderman"? Are any of those Australian, benjy?
Title: Re: adjustable spanner non collectors club
Post by: benjy on June 26, 2012, 08:13:01 AM
the alderman is a mossberg,as is the one to its left,,not an aussie one in the bunch,i dont think i ever had one.
Title: Re: adjustable spanner non collectors club
Post by: 1930 on June 26, 2012, 05:19:21 PM
i,m off work with a dodgy ankle so thought i would root around the shed,you know,organise stuff.. i dont collect tools,dont have room,,my enjoyment comes from buying,cleaning then selling ..i was amazed to find i had all these guys.
Benjy, I like to buy the 3 adjustables first pict if they are for sale and I can afford the shipping

I think you know which ones
Title: Re: adjustable spanner non collectors club
Post by: benjy on June 27, 2012, 04:06:47 AM
3 in the first pic ............
                              could you narrow it down a bit?
Title: Re: adjustable spanner non collectors club
Post by: 1930 on June 27, 2012, 06:03:29 PM
3 in the first pic ............
                              could you narrow it down a bit?
Ok also the top three in the last pic, left side, top three, wavy handles
Title: Re: adjustable spanner non collectors club
Post by: OilyRascal on June 27, 2012, 07:20:05 PM
sure is awfully incognito references :-)
Title: Re: adjustable spanner non collectors club
Post by: benjy on July 01, 2012, 06:45:48 AM
to wrenchmensch...1930...and bus.. i will deal with your requests as soon as i can,,i have been told to stay off my ankle for a couple of days,(argument with a tractor )..the wife wont let me near the shed (
Title: Re: adjustable spanner non collectors club
Post by: john k on July 01, 2012, 09:40:36 PM
Something about those adjustables, they can accumulate.   I didn't think I had near this many of them either.   Just one in the basement, 2 on the bench, uh, 4 on the wall.  2 on the tractor etc.  In this pile is a black iron Diamond I bought on my foster grandfathers auction 37 years ago.  Jaws are twice the thickness of newer adjustables.  Benjy mind that ankle.
Title: Re: adjustable spanner non collectors club
Post by: 1930 on July 02, 2012, 05:19:57 AM
Something about those adjustables, they can accumulate.   I didn't think I had near this many of them either.   Just one in the basement, 2 on the bench, uh, 4 on the wall.  2 on the tractor etc.  In this pile is a black iron Diamond I bought on my foster grandfathers auction 37 years ago.  Jaws are twice the thickness of newer adjustables.  Benjy mind that ankle.
Thanks, Im in no rush at all and hope you are feeling better at least soon enough
Title: Re: adjustable spanner non collectors club
Post by: 1930 on July 02, 2012, 05:20:21 AM
to wrenchmensch...1930...and bus.. i will deal with your requests as soon as i can,,i have been told to stay off my ankle for a couple of days,(argument with a tractor )..the wife wont let me near the shed (
Thanks, Im in no rush at all and hope you are feeling better at least soon enough