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Buying, Selling, and Trading => The Missing Link => Topic started by: Papaw on January 15, 2015, 03:37:49 PM

Title: Bergman Queen City straight adjustables
Post by: Papaw on January 15, 2015, 03:37:49 PM
Still hunting for these to make another display like my curved ones. I need a 6" 10", and a 12" if it was made.

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v439/papao55/Assorted%20wrenches/Bergmanwrenches1_zpsd4aec25e.jpg) (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/papao55/media/Assorted%20wrenches/Bergmanwrenches1_zpsd4aec25e.jpg.html)

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v439/papao55/Assorted%20wrenches/PTDC0006_zpse7d1014c.jpg) (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/papao55/media/Assorted%20wrenches/PTDC0006_zpse7d1014c.jpg.html)

The curved ones-
Title: Re: Bergman Queen City straight adjustables
Post by: Chillylulu on January 15, 2015, 04:12:23 PM
That is a very nice presentation.

Chilly

Title: Re: Bergman Queen City straight adjustables
Post by: lbgradwell on January 15, 2015, 05:22:16 PM
Is that a Blue Bird catalogue Papaw?!
Title: Re: Bergman Queen City straight adjustables
Post by: Papaw on January 15, 2015, 06:16:04 PM
Yes it is.
Title: Re: Bergman Queen City straight adjustables
Post by: bill300d on January 15, 2015, 09:58:42 PM
Looks like you have two sets to make there. Round handle holes and square. I see your curved ones have the square hole. What was the square hole for?

bill
Title: Re: Bergman Queen City straight adjustables
Post by: Papaw on January 16, 2015, 08:50:26 AM
I think the square hole may have been incidental, or designed for square nuts of the time, though hex fasteners had already come into use.
The catalog shows the round hang hole, and I would guess that designates the extra feature of a coil spring to hold adjustment.
I am not going to be choosy about which ones I can find.
Title: Re: Bergman Queen City straight adjustables
Post by: zeet on January 16, 2015, 10:52:12 PM
I found one of those 4" straights in a thrift store last year and was musing about that little square hole too... Looks like it would have fit the stem on that tiny little acetylene bottle that I got rid of years ago.

Sure do like that curved display, Pawpaw!



Always swapping Plombs
Title: Re: Bergman Queen City straight adjustables
Post by: Bus on January 16, 2015, 11:23:58 PM
The square hole in the 4" ones probably fits the shut off valve on Prest-O-Lite acetylene automotive headlights.
Title: Re: Bergman Queen City straight adjustables
Post by: Papaw on January 17, 2015, 08:19:55 AM
Zeet, do you still have that 4" straight wrench?
Later I will look over your Plomb list to see if I have any swap material.
Title: Re: Bergman Queen City straight adjustables
Post by: zeet on January 17, 2015, 01:23:08 PM
Sure do, Pawpaw... To me it's merely a cool little wrench... But you sound like "a man on a mission"... I'm sure we can make something happen  :grin: