Tool Talk

General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: dimwittedmoose51 on August 10, 2013, 05:48:15 AM

Title: Finally, The RAGBRAI Haul....
Post by: dimwittedmoose51 on August 10, 2013, 05:48:15 AM

Took a while just to unpack everything, but here's what I collected at the junktique shops and yard sales...the HInsdale box is the only tool that I carried a long distance(30+ miles) while on the ride.

5 JOAR conduit wrenches came  from West Des Moines junktique store
Hinsdale tool box and the weird Upson nut driver came from a flea market on the way to Harlan on the first day.
The Perfect HAndle valve spring tool and the larger pipe wrench came from a Fairfield yard sale on Friday.
The smaller craftsman pipe wrench and BE extension came from a junktique store in Knoxville, as did the Thorsen DOE, the Upland DOE, the SK swivel,


Not pictured are the big Armstrong rusty DOE and the Chief Vise which I need to straighten out before using.

DM&FS

Title: Re: Finally, The RAGBRAI Haul....
Post by: john k on August 12, 2013, 08:41:55 PM

Ok,  not too shabby, and the big stuff?

Title: Re: Finally, The RAGBRAI Haul....
Post by: Plyerman on August 13, 2013, 06:20:48 PM

I'm not familiar with those conduit wrenches. (I assume that is them in your first photo, near the left) How exactly are they used?

Title: Re: Finally, The RAGBRAI Haul....
Post by: dimwittedmoose51 on August 13, 2013, 07:03:46 PM

Plyerman:  Your guess is as good as mine, since I'm not an electrician from the post WWII era.  The antique store owner said he  thought  they were used to rotate hard copper pipe into whatever w/o damaging the pipe where a pipe wrench would.  , but I don't know.  I fell asleep before I got the pictures posted for the "bigger" items.  Here they are:

The Chief L4 vise doesn't look all that heavy duty, but it still has some of that art deco look to it like the Shop King I had a month or so ago.

  The New Britain lead body file/rasp is cool looking with its wooden know/handle, but pales in comparison to the SnapOn/ Blue Point I have that has the turnbuckle at the top to adjust the arch to the tool.

The big Armstrong DOE looks like a blacksmith made it.  It has part of the old "flexed bicep" logo left on it.  It has "HARDENED" stamped on one end,  "372-A" on the other, and the 1 1/16"  and 1 1/4" denominations on the reverse side.  Better do the photos in two replies and keep Papaw happy......

DM&FS

Title: Re: Finally, The RAGBRAI Haul....
Post by: dimwittedmoose51 on August 13, 2013, 07:12:53 PM

Close ups of the Armstrong...any guesses on its vintage???  No fair looking it up on AA.....lol

Title: Re: Finally, The RAGBRAI Haul....
Post by: Plyerman on August 16, 2013, 09:32:27 PM

Pretty cool stuff dwm. I'd guess maybe 1890's on the big Armstrong? (no clue really, that's just a guess)