Tool Talk
Wrench Forum => Wrench Forum => Topic started by: chopper1 on July 03, 2011, 10:59:30 AM
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I picked this up a couple weeks ago and wondered if anyone had any information on it. Marked with number 729 and 7/16" & 1/2" [bolt sizes?]
Made by M.M. Williams Co.
Was it made for White Motors? I doubt it was made for White Sewing Machines. Approximately when was it made?
I looked on AA, but I admit I didn't look through every article. Also, I couldn't find anything on MM Williams, only JH Williams when I Googled it.
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It is the truck company, the script is distinctive with a loop flourish conecting the capitol W with the h. It is also J.H.Williams, the W in a diampnd forge mark is williams. Perhaps a misstamping on the name. That wrench in that size is on Alloy Artifacts BTW.
> [bolt sizes?]
Yes, #729 standard size wrench for 7/16&1/2 bolts
To date it, need to know what it says under williams, if anything...
The very small W in the diamond mostly appears before 1914 ish, but not conclusive...
Stray weird trivia, in the 30's, White was run by a fellow named Black....
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Thanks for the info, Rusty. I checked JH Williams on AA and sure enough, there was the wrench. Why I didn't check it before, I don't know, must have had a senior brain fart.
We're at a friends on the lake for a couple days, so I'll try and read the stamping again, with a more powerful magnifying glass, when I get home. I could have sworn it said "M.M. Williams.