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General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: Ken W. on July 04, 2011, 09:48:36 PM

Title: 4th of July garage sale finds
Post by: Ken W. on July 04, 2011, 09:48:36 PM

I picked up a bunch of stuff today at a few garage sales. One pair of Utica 3 diamond no. 516 Steeldraulic pliers. A wooden handle hand vise. A Proto 3/8 ratchet. A Iron Age wrench. A SPAC set of snips , and some other wrenches

Title: Re: 4th of July garage sale finds
Post by: Papaw on July 04, 2011, 10:46:36 PM

Do you know about the steeldraulic pliers?
http://home.comcast.net/~alloy-artifacts/herbrand-van-chrome-p4.html (http://home.comcast.net/~alloy-artifacts/herbrand-van-chrome-p4.html)

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272 "Steeldraulic" Pliers
During the late 1920s and early 1930s, the "Steeldraulic" brand of mechanical brakes were used on several makes of automobiles, for example the Hupmobile. These brakes had an adjustment mechanism in an awkward position, and required a special type of pliers to make the adjustment.

Title: Re: 4th of July garage sale finds
Post by: Neals on July 04, 2011, 11:41:13 PM

That iron age is a great score.  I am still waiting for my first cutout

Title: Re: 4th of July garage sale finds
Post by: Ken W. on July 05, 2011, 10:32:01 AM

I have another pair of Steeldraulic pliers somewhere.There kinda neat.

Title: Re: 4th of July garage sale finds
Post by: bonneyman on July 06, 2011, 06:37:26 PM

I think those steeldraulic pliers look so weird! :) When I first saw them I thought it was a fluke that someone melted a regular pair of pliers with a torch or something.
But hey, if they do the job, go for it!