Tool Talk
General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: Chillylulu on July 08, 2014, 01:34:15 PM
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I picked these tools at an estate auction and received them last Monday. I have a lot of pictures, so I woll post in groups with descriptions.
Overall picture of boxes full of tools:
(http://i880.photobucket.com/albums/ac6/chillylulu/Tools%20Sized/SCTools/All%20tools%20sized_zpsl2x0wzab.jpg) (http://s880.photobucket.com/user/chillylulu/media/Tools%20Sized/SCTools/All%20tools%20sized_zpsl2x0wzab.jpg.html)
Cedar chest, smells good:
(http://i880.photobucket.com/albums/ac6/chillylulu/Tools%20Sized/SCTools/Wood%20box%20open%20sized_zpswzwnrnqp.jpg) (http://s880.photobucket.com/user/chillylulu/media/Tools%20Sized/SCTools/Wood%20box%20open%20sized_zpswzwnrnqp.jpg.html)
Cool toolbox, its handle locks to the other half of the lid when lifted, so you can't dump the tools accidently:
(http://i880.photobucket.com/albums/ac6/chillylulu/Tools%20Sized/SCTools/gray%20box%20I%20sized_zps5vzevsmo.jpg) (http://s880.photobucket.com/user/chillylulu/media/Tools%20Sized/SCTools/gray%20box%20I%20sized_zps5vzevsmo.jpg.html)
Detail of one of the two latches:
(http://i880.photobucket.com/albums/ac6/chillylulu/Tools%20Sized/SCTools/gray%20box%20III%20sized_zpsank9guo7.jpg) (http://s880.photobucket.com/user/chillylulu/media/Tools%20Sized/SCTools/gray%20box%20III%20sized_zpsank9guo7.jpg.html)
Picture of the latches and the slots that recieve them:
(http://i880.photobucket.com/albums/ac6/chillylulu/Tools%20Sized/SCTools/gray%20box%20II%20sized_zpsv2vofihw.jpg) (http://s880.photobucket.com/user/chillylulu/media/Tools%20Sized/SCTools/gray%20box%20II%20sized_zpsv2vofihw.jpg.html)
Opened fully:
(http://i880.photobucket.com/albums/ac6/chillylulu/Tools%20Sized/SCTools/gray%20box%20IV%20sized_zpsuydufpew.jpg) (http://s880.photobucket.com/user/chillylulu/media/Tools%20Sized/SCTools/gray%20box%20IV%20sized_zpsuydufpew.jpg.html)
Kennedy toolbox with cantilevered lift tray:
(http://i880.photobucket.com/albums/ac6/chillylulu/Tools%20Sized/SCTools/green%20box%20I%20sized_zpsjl1se5rw.jpg) (http://s880.photobucket.com/user/chillylulu/media/Tools%20Sized/SCTools/green%20box%20I%20sized_zpsjl1se5rw.jpg.html)
These tend to stick when opening, one of the hinges grabs. I'll clean the rust off and give it a shot of oil. Inside lid label:
(http://i880.photobucket.com/albums/ac6/chillylulu/Tools%20Sized/SCTools/green%20box%20I%20sized%20detail_zpsquh1yrpn.jpg) (http://s880.photobucket.com/user/chillylulu/media/Tools%20Sized/SCTools/green%20box%20I%20sized%20detail_zpsquh1yrpn.jpg.html)
This toolbox needs a little TLC to restore it to its former usefullness. Exterior hardware:
(http://i880.photobucket.com/albums/ac6/chillylulu/Tools%20Sized/SCTools/green%20box%20exterior%20sized_zpsl6uxfref.jpg) (http://s880.photobucket.com/user/chillylulu/media/Tools%20Sized/SCTools/green%20box%20exterior%20sized_zpsl6uxfref.jpg.html)
More to follow.......
Chilly
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Adjustable wrenches and snips:
(http://i880.photobucket.com/albums/ac6/chillylulu/Tools%20Sized/SCTools/Crescents%20sized_zpsinonsnb2.jpg) (http://s880.photobucket.com/user/chillylulu/media/Tools%20Sized/SCTools/Crescents%20sized_zpsinonsnb2.jpg.html)
Adjustable wrenches left column:
12" Proto
12" Bonney
10" Craftsman
10" Klein
10" Williams
10" Wizard
10" Fuller (Japan)
Adjustable wrenches right column:
4" Craftsman
4" Crescent
4" J.P. Danielson "Bet-R-Grip"
6" P&C
6" Xcelite
6" Mac
6" Fuller (Japan)
8" S-K
8" Proto
8" J H Williams "Superadjustable"
Snips:
AVs Rights
Wiss 2DA
Ridgid No. 780
Progress Daniels Fisherman
Kobalt Scissors
Craftsman
Unknown
Wiss A-11
Chilly
(Channelocks next...)
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Nice catch!!
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That lockable cover box is amazing! And two thumbs up on the haul!
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Next group:
(http://i880.photobucket.com/albums/ac6/chillylulu/Tools%20Sized/SCTools/plers%20II%20sized%20I_zps5qbncxrl.jpg) (http://s880.photobucket.com/user/chillylulu/media/Tools%20Sized/SCTools/plers%20II%20sized%20I_zps5qbncxrl.jpg.html)
Top row:
Channellock 460
Channellock 430
Channellock 420
Channellock 417
Under above Channellock 424
Diamalloy HJ16F
Proto
Westcraft
Craftsman
Craftsman
Parrot wrench = Danielson "44"
Pliers:
Top Row:
Westline
Westline
????? PER -Japan
Diamond
Crescent 10"
Lower Row:
Tru-Fit
Japan
HM
Diamond K14
Bottom 2
SoLongo? 8-15 Bike Wrench, also 5/16" - 9/16" SAE
(A smart one - how's it know?)
Multi-Wrench (Taiwan) 9-14 15-22, also 3/8 15/16
(Another smart one - but it has 2 smart ends)
Triangular files, a 14" big bastard file, a 4 way rasp / file & a 10" fine single cut flat file that someone has started to grind into a knife. It probably was the best steel. "Johnson" over a swan? "Made in USA"
Wrenches & Pliers:
(http://i880.photobucket.com/albums/ac6/chillylulu/Tools%20Sized/SCTools/plers%20sized_zpsrqwmf366.jpg) (http://s880.photobucket.com/user/chillylulu/media/Tools%20Sized/SCTools/plers%20sized_zpsrqwmf366.jpg.html)
14" Heavy Duty pipe wrench (Taiwan)
10" Ridgid pipe wrench (straight end)
8" Ridgid pipe wrench (swelled end, bent) I'll take it to my favorite Ridgid dealer and see what he says
8" Ridgid pipe wrench (straight end)
6" Ridgid pipe wrench (straight end)
10" Zerem in long diamond, W Germany, pipe wrench
8" monkey wrench, no logo yet
Top to Bottom Locking Wrenches:
8" Craftsman circle I
8" 1451 MF
8" Wizard Loc-Grip
5" Vise Grip
Left to Right Pliers, etc:
7" Hog Ring pliers - no mark
??? eil industries 45-120 wire stripper/cutter
6" Klein Tools diagonal cutters
Ideal 429 cutter crimper 22-10 Wire
Klein 1006 cutter crimper
7" Crescent needlenose
7" no-name needlenose / cutter
7" Kraeuter 1830-7 linesmen
9" M. Klein & Sons wire cutter, stripper, crimper, bolt cutter
2 Taiwan wire tools
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Mechanics wrenches:
(http://i880.photobucket.com/albums/ac6/chillylulu/Tools%20Sized/SCTools/wrenches%20sized_zpsfvlshdbo.jpg) (http://s880.photobucket.com/user/chillylulu/media/Tools%20Sized/SCTools/wrenches%20sized_zpsfvlshdbo.jpg.html)
(http://i880.photobucket.com/albums/ac6/chillylulu/Tools%20Sized/SCTools/wrenches%20sized%20II_zpsev6e7cbj.jpg) (http://s880.photobucket.com/user/chillylulu/media/Tools%20Sized/SCTools/wrenches%20sized%20II_zpsev6e7cbj.jpg.html)
(http://i880.photobucket.com/albums/ac6/chillylulu/Tools%20Sized/SCTools/wrenches%20sized%20detail2_zpsstkdg2x0.jpg) (http://s880.photobucket.com/user/chillylulu/media/Tools%20Sized/SCTools/wrenches%20sized%20detail2_zpsstkdg2x0.jpg.html)
(http://i880.photobucket.com/albums/ac6/chillylulu/Tools%20Sized/SCTools/wrenches%20sized%20detail33_zps5kigwrn5.jpg) (http://s880.photobucket.com/user/chillylulu/media/Tools%20Sized/SCTools/wrenches%20sized%20detail33_zps5kigwrn5.jpg.html)
(http://i880.photobucket.com/albums/ac6/chillylulu/Tools%20Sized/SCTools/DOE%20sized_zpstlty3fmj.jpg) (http://s880.photobucket.com/user/chillylulu/media/Tools%20Sized/SCTools/DOE%20sized_zpstlty3fmj.jpg.html)
(http://i880.photobucket.com/albums/ac6/chillylulu/Tools%20Sized/SCTools/DOE%20sized%20USA_zpsi2ijnsz2.jpg) (http://s880.photobucket.com/user/chillylulu/media/Tools%20Sized/SCTools/DOE%20sized%20USA_zpsi2ijnsz2.jpg.html)
(http://i880.photobucket.com/albums/ac6/chillylulu/Tools%20Sized/SCTools/DOE%20sized%20Detail%20II_zps736vib5y.jpg) (http://s880.photobucket.com/user/chillylulu/media/Tools%20Sized/SCTools/DOE%20sized%20Detail%20II_zps736vib5y.jpg.html)
(http://i880.photobucket.com/albums/ac6/chillylulu/Tools%20Sized/SCTools/DOE%20sized%20ignition_zpsqjjkuqtd.jpg) (http://s880.photobucket.com/user/chillylulu/media/Tools%20Sized/SCTools/DOE%20sized%20ignition_zpsqjjkuqtd.jpg.html)
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Screwdrivers:
(http://i880.photobucket.com/albums/ac6/chillylulu/Tools%20Sized/SCTools/screwdrivers%20sized_zpsjvz64wim.jpg) (http://s880.photobucket.com/user/chillylulu/media/Tools%20Sized/SCTools/screwdrivers%20sized_zpsjvz64wim.jpg.html)
Press wrenches:
(http://i880.photobucket.com/albums/ac6/chillylulu/Tools%20Sized/SCTools/flat%20wrenches%20sized_zpsvcattdcj.jpg) (http://s880.photobucket.com/user/chillylulu/media/Tools%20Sized/SCTools/flat%20wrenches%20sized_zpsvcattdcj.jpg.html)
Hammers:
(http://i880.photobucket.com/albums/ac6/chillylulu/Tools%20Sized/SCTools/hammers%20sized-1_zpsdayc8i1b.jpg) (http://s880.photobucket.com/user/chillylulu/media/Tools%20Sized/SCTools/hammers%20sized-1_zpsdayc8i1b.jpg.html)
Edge Tools, Misc.:
(http://i880.photobucket.com/albums/ac6/chillylulu/Tools%20Sized/SCTools/Miscellaneous%20sized_zpshvk6tzgw.jpg) (http://s880.photobucket.com/user/chillylulu/media/Tools%20Sized/SCTools/Miscellaneous%20sized_zpshvk6tzgw.jpg.html)
Miscellaneous:
(http://i880.photobucket.com/albums/ac6/chillylulu/Tools%20Sized/SCTools/Miscellaneous%20sized%20II_zpsgza17ksh.jpg) (http://s880.photobucket.com/user/chillylulu/media/Tools%20Sized/SCTools/Miscellaneous%20sized%20II_zpsgza17ksh.jpg.html)
Mac ratcheting DOE:
(http://i880.photobucket.com/albums/ac6/chillylulu/Tools%20Sized/SCTools/mac%20detail-1_zpsxsdecb2b.jpg) (http://s880.photobucket.com/user/chillylulu/media/Tools%20Sized/SCTools/mac%20detail-1_zpsxsdecb2b.jpg.html)
(http://i880.photobucket.com/albums/ac6/chillylulu/Tools%20Sized/SCTools/Miscellaneous%20sized%20III-I_zps8ggdjjct.jpg) (http://s880.photobucket.com/user/chillylulu/media/Tools%20Sized/SCTools/Miscellaneous%20sized%20III-I_zps8ggdjjct.jpg.html)
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Socket tools:
(http://i880.photobucket.com/albums/ac6/chillylulu/Tools%20Sized/SCTools/Sockets%20I%20sized_zps83y4rpod.jpg) (http://s880.photobucket.com/user/chillylulu/media/Tools%20Sized/SCTools/Sockets%20I%20sized_zps83y4rpod.jpg.html)
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Wow! That's quite a pile!
If you have a chance, can I trouble you for close-ups of the following?
10" Ridgid pipe wrench (straight end)
8" Ridgid pipe wrench (straight end)
6" Ridgid pipe wrench (straight end)
8" Wizard Loc-Grip
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You have a huge start on those tool sets for your kids. Good haul.
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You have a huge start on those tool sets for your kids. Good haul.
This is the 7th or 8th like it, along with dozens of 10-50 piece hsuls in the last 4 or 5 months. My son brought in anoyher load, not so big but a lot more mechanics tools and 6 or 7 tool boxes from Wichita this Monday night.
The idea for the kids sets, at least in part, was to answer my Wife's questions ss what exactly was I getting this stuff for. I couldn't just say "Because it is such a good deal." On this lot I spent maybe $100 plus shipping.
Chilly
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Wow! That's quite a pile!
If you have a chance, can I trouble you for close-ups of the following?
10" Ridgid pipe wrench (straight end)
8" Ridgid pipe wrench (straight end)
6" Ridgid pipe wrench (straight end)
8" Wizard Loc-Grip
Here are a couple of simple zooms from my original (I take several high quality pics of each, then trim the size down for upload.) I'll get you some proper details asap.
(http://i880.photobucket.com/albums/ac6/chillylulu/Tools%20Sized/SCTools/wizardzoomedin_zpsf93131b5.jpg) (http://s880.photobucket.com/user/chillylulu/media/Tools%20Sized/SCTools/wizardzoomedin_zpsf93131b5.jpg.html)
(http://i880.photobucket.com/albums/ac6/chillylulu/Tools%20Sized/SCTools/zoomedinridgids_zpsc5c07d40.jpg) (http://s880.photobucket.com/user/chillylulu/media/Tools%20Sized/SCTools/zoomedinridgids_zpsc5c07d40.jpg.html)
Chilly
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I'll get you some proper details asap.
Thanks Chilly!
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I'll get you some proper details asap.
Thanks Chilly!
(http://i880.photobucket.com/albums/ac6/chillylulu/Tools%20Sized/SCTools/WizardDetail1_zps91433514.jpg) (http://s880.photobucket.com/user/chillylulu/media/Tools%20Sized/SCTools/WizardDetail1_zps91433514.jpg.html)
(http://i880.photobucket.com/albums/ac6/chillylulu/Tools%20Sized/SCTools/WizardDetail5_zpse65ee83d.jpg) (http://s880.photobucket.com/user/chillylulu/media/Tools%20Sized/SCTools/WizardDetail5_zpse65ee83d.jpg.html)
(http://i880.photobucket.com/albums/ac6/chillylulu/Tools%20Sized/SCTools/WizardDetail4_zpsc5451b13.jpg) (http://s880.photobucket.com/user/chillylulu/media/Tools%20Sized/SCTools/WizardDetail4_zpsc5451b13.jpg.html)
(http://i880.photobucket.com/albums/ac6/chillylulu/Tools%20Sized/SCTools/RidgidDetail1_zpsfdc0cb41.jpg) (http://s880.photobucket.com/user/chillylulu/media/Tools%20Sized/SCTools/RidgidDetail1_zpsfdc0cb41.jpg.html)
(http://i880.photobucket.com/albums/ac6/chillylulu/Tools%20Sized/SCTools/RidgidDetail2r_zps140ec60c.jpg) (http://s880.photobucket.com/user/chillylulu/media/Tools%20Sized/SCTools/RidgidDetail2r_zps140ec60c.jpg.html)
(http://i880.photobucket.com/albums/ac6/chillylulu/Tools%20Sized/SCTools/RidgidDetail5_zpsa47098a2.jpg) (http://s880.photobucket.com/user/chillylulu/media/Tools%20Sized/SCTools/RidgidDetail5_zpsa47098a2.jpg.html)
(http://i880.photobucket.com/albums/ac6/chillylulu/Tools%20Sized/SCTools/RidgidDetail3r_zpse36e9af2.jpg) (http://s880.photobucket.com/user/chillylulu/media/Tools%20Sized/SCTools/RidgidDetail3r_zpse36e9af2.jpg.html)
(http://i880.photobucket.com/albums/ac6/chillylulu/Tools%20Sized/SCTools/RidgidDetail4r_zps98dfd964.jpg) (http://s880.photobucket.com/user/chillylulu/media/Tools%20Sized/SCTools/RidgidDetail4r_zps98dfd964.jpg.html)
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"On this lot I spent maybe $100 plus shipping." Nice!! for ~450 pieces... that's about ~25 cent apiece with shipping?.
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Nice haul! I sold plumbing & heating for 20+ years and Ridgid tools (including their calendars) were always the favorite of our customers. Then they went retail through Home Depot and IMO the quality went down hill. The older stuff is definitely high quality. That must have been quite the animal that bent the handle on the pipe wrench.
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"On this lot I spent maybe $100 plus shipping." Nice!! for ~450 pieces... that's about ~25 cent apiece with shipping?.
Shipping was more than cost, I'll look it up. I get in lots of boxes each week. Tomorrow has 4 or 5. One or two today. I think the shipping is worth it, when you compare gas, your time, etc. I can make a lot of money if I want to work. I can't work as much as I used to due to neuro-muscular disorder.
I am off work this week and I have to take two or three more weeks off before end of year, use it or lose it. So I have time to get pictures of tools up here more, organize my bench and start on garage, do landscaping, and maybe see a movie. I cant normally see a movie unless I take a day off.
Chilly
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"On this lot I spent maybe $100 plus shipping." Nice!! for ~450 pieces... that's about ~25 cent apiece with shipping?.
I counted
320 tools
8 decent tool boxes
94 domestic sockets
I don't count allen wrenches, I count them if a set.
The sockets on the lower right of the picture are non quality foreign.
I'm ok with foreign tools, if they have a good finish and decent quality. Usually Japan, German, England, etc are okay in my book.
Chilly
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Wow! That's quite a pile!
If you have a chance, can I trouble you for close-ups of the following?
10" Ridgid pipe wrench (straight end)
8" Ridgid pipe wrench (straight end)
6" Ridgid pipe wrench (straight end)
8" Wizard Loc-Grip
I had not seen the WIZARD LOC-GRIP before; looks like I need to work up a new DATAMP entry and do some research as to who produced it. Could I use your photos?
Regards, Stan Schulz (DATAMP "wrench steward" etc. )
Here are a couple of simple zooms from my original (I take several high quality pics of each, then trim the size down for upload.) I'll get you some proper details asap.
(http://i880.photobucket.com/albums/ac6/chillylulu/Tools%20Sized/SCTools/wizardzoomedin_zpsf93131b5.jpg) (http://s880.photobucket.com/user/chillylulu/media/Tools%20Sized/SCTools/wizardzoomedin_zpsf93131b5.jpg.html)
(http://i880.photobucket.com/albums/ac6/chillylulu/Tools%20Sized/SCTools/zoomedinridgids_zpsc5c07d40.jpg) (http://s880.photobucket.com/user/chillylulu/media/Tools%20Sized/SCTools/zoomedinridgids_zpsc5c07d40.jpg.html)
Chilly
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Ad for Western Auto / Westcraft Loc-Grip's http://books.google.com/books?id=oiEDAAAAMBAJ&pg=RA1-PA265#v=onepage&q&f=false
How odd..
(Also a great pic of a 1950's workship)
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I had not seen the WIZARD LOC-GRIP before; looks like I need to work up a new DATAMP entry and do some research as to who produced it.
Ad for Western Auto / Westcraft Loc-Grip's
How odd...
I'd never seen one before either, but I had seen the ad...
What's really odd is that you will discover that the patent - 2966818 - lists Otto P. Froeschl as the inventor. Otto P. Froeschl was one of the brothers who purchased Wilde Tool Company in 1922. Strange he would assign this patent to something called the P & M Supply Company who, presumably, were the makers of the Wizard & Westcraft tools...
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1953:
(http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c180/lbgradwell/Wizard-Westcraft19533.jpg)
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Nice haul! I sold plumbing & heating for 20+ years and Ridgid tools (including their calendars) were always the favorite of our customers. Then they went retail through Home Depot and IMO the quality went down hill. The older stuff is definitely high quality. That must have been quite the animal that bent the handle on the pipe wrench.
We always carried a Ridgid 10" with a slip on cheater. The cheater was made from 3/4"conduit that extended the leverage to the same as an 18" wrench. Cast iron for road fitters and apprentices, aluminum for foremen. I had aluminum at 10 months, running work consistently after 18 months. That was rare back then.
I imagine this pair either had one heck of a big guy pulling on it or a big cheater on it.
Chilly