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Offline barbb0

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Can anyone help me identify this wrench?
« on: March 07, 2012, 10:10:43 PM »
This wrench has the diamond W logo so I assume that it is Williams.  But I have not been able to find one like it.  There is another logo on it but I cannot read it.  On back of the 3/16 end, there is #724 and below the 3/8 on the other end is a number that starts with a 2 but I cannot read the 2nd number.  I have not been able to find a Williams wrench that is 3/8 and 3/16.  I am hoping that one of you might have one like this and can fill in the blanks for me.  I am trying to determine the age of the tool.
Thanks for any help you can give me,
Barb

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Re: Can anyone help me identify this wrench?
« Reply #1 on: March 07, 2012, 10:22:32 PM »
Yes, Williams; the second logo says J.H.W. & Co. on top and U.S.A. below inside the oval.

The "3/16" end is actually "9/16"; the 724 is the old Standard Number for 3/8 - 9/16 wrenches.

It's old. AA says 1914-24...

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Re: Can anyone help me identify this wrench?
« Reply #2 on: March 07, 2012, 10:32:34 PM »
A steel wrench, with jaws that thick definitely goes back to pre-1930, and AA confirms that.  Have a half dozen like it.  Williams was a very good quality wrench.
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Re: Can anyone help me identify this wrench?
« Reply #3 on: March 07, 2012, 10:34:42 PM »
Duh!  Isn't it just like a woman to not snap to there being no such thing as a 3/16 on a wrench!!
Well, that's what we need you men for!!
Thanks so much for your help,
Barb

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Re: Can anyone help me identify this wrench?
« Reply #4 on: March 07, 2012, 10:50:34 PM »
Duh!  Isn't it just like a woman to not snap to there being no such thing as a 3/16 on a wrench!!
Well, that's what we need you men for!!
Thanks so much for your help,
Barb

Here is a 13/64 wrench (that's 1/64 larger than a 3/16) - that was what I had handy at my desk....don't make me go to the garage.
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