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Welcome from frigid Central New York State!
#2
Welcome Board and Introductions / Re: Hello from Ontario!
Last post by Yadda - Today at 07:47:46 AM
Welcome!  Quirky adjustable wrenches?  FANTASTIC!  Please start a thread in the wrench forum and share some pics. 
#3
Welcome Board and Introductions / Hello from Ontario!
Last post by Taxidermyman - January 23, 2026, 09:51:38 PM
Just joined, Im a collector of all sorts of tools but I think my favourites are unusual adjustable wrenches with mechanisms that never took off. Unusual tools in general are my jam  :grin:
#4
Wrench Forum / Re: Plomb / Proto wrenches
Last post by Sudsy - January 23, 2026, 07:46:31 PM
Quote from: d42jeep on January 10, 2026, 01:39:21 AMHere are my DOE pebbles.
-Don

Beautiful !!
#5
General Discussion / Re: Estate Sale Buy 1/22/2026
Last post by lptools - January 23, 2026, 09:29:33 AM
Very nice group of tools!
#6
General Discussion / Estate Sale Buy 1/22/2026
Last post by Yadda - January 23, 2026, 06:20:36 AM
Rusty estate sale finds today.  The Stanley No. 113 compass plane is in poor shape, but it does appear to be complete.  The Schollhorn nut cracker is in excellent condition.  The SK ratchet is frozen solid.  I'm hoping a good soak and cleaning will return it to working order. The Rigid Pipe Wrench is 18 inches, Stanley No. 62 marking guage and trisquares, a Klein punch down multi tool, and four American made C clamps.
#7
Wrench Forum / Re: Triumph Wrenches - two dif...
Last post by amecks - January 22, 2026, 08:03:12 PM
Just off the top of my head, with no research, I'm fairly certain that all wrenches shown are Triumph Motorcycle tools.  These date from roughly the 1960's.  Again without research I think the wrenches - except the flat wrench, were made by T. Williams, who sold their own wrenches as "Superslim" brand.

If needs be I can verify.  Let me know.

Al
Owner of 1969 Triumph Bonneville, and a custom bike with a 1972 Triumph engine.
#8
General Discussion / Re: Before I modify this, Is t...
Last post by Snaparxon - January 21, 2026, 07:21:48 PM
https://archive.org/details/MacToolsCatalogueNo47/page/n15/mode/2up

Modify it, worth more as a tool you can use than a collector piece
#9
General Discussion / Before I modify this, Is this ...
Last post by Sudsy - January 21, 2026, 07:02:05 PM
I can't find anything about it anywhere

A vintage MAC S-17 carbon scraper - and the only reason I know it's a carbon scraper is that a mechanic told me that's what it is, even though he'd never seen one like this before.

I'm going to use it as a wood scraper to use to work on the carvings and inletting I do on flintlock rifles, just have to adjust the angle of the scraping edge and put a burr on it.

#10
General Discussion / Re: Estate Sale Buy - 1/17/202...
Last post by d42jeep - January 21, 2026, 01:08:46 PM
Here is a 3/8" drive Wright tootsie roll ratchet I found at an estate sale on Friday.
-Don