Unmarked socket type wrench

[amecks]

Does this look familiar to anyone? It is about 5" long and the hex appears to be 9/16". Maybe another Ford tool, maybe an aftermarket manufacturer? I spent a few minutes looking but nothing came up.

[skipskip]

might be 1/2 of a longer wrench

does it look shortened?

like this?

http://home.comcast.net/~alloy-artifacts/Photos/tools/walden_ds1818_1881_wrench_socket_hexsq_pend_f_cropped_inset2.jpg

[john k]

Have seen many stamped Walden-Worcester, on the shaft, very very light stamping.   Never seen one that short, many had an offset handle.

[eddie hudson]

It looks like this to me


http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Frank-Mossberg-No-625-Model-T-Ford-Wrench-Cap-Screw-9-16-Hex-Socket-/331121328616?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item4d185e81e8

[amecks]

The wrench does not look cut from a longer wrench. There are no markings - there is some rust but not heavy enough to obscure any marks. I think the intended purpose has got to be the same as the Mossberg - Old Fords. It's got to be hard to identify for certain without any markings.
I have quite a few Ford tools now. I never use them so maybe I will start looking for new homes for them.

[HeelSpur]

Looks to have a 2nd hex opening inside.

[amecks]

There's a hex shape down in ther but it's just due to the way it was stamped. Kind of cheap looking especially when you look at that Mossberg wrench.

[john k]

Some similar shapes

[HeelSpur]

Some similar shapes

There's a few shapes in there I haven't come across yet.

[rusty]

> the way it was stamped

It is cold swadged, thus the odd appearance inside. It could mean it is old(<1930's) or cheap (later, to the 60's I'd say) How swaging/forging makes a better socket, but is harder to do.

It could just be something like a bed-wrench, EG a cheap wrench that came with something to assemble it...

On the other hand, it resembles APCO's patent drawings a bit...

[amecks]

Checking this again and there are no markings but I noticed that the handle end is not "finished" very well. No machining marks as from a lathe. It looks like it might have been cut and then rounded off with a file. No hacksaw marks but sort of looks like file marks where the corner was rounded. Nice work but doesn't look like factory work.
So it might have one of those 9/16" x 3/4" wrenches. (You can see I'm still holding on to the idea that it's an auto tool). But it seems it would have had to be a wrench with no markings.