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Offline swervncarz

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J.C. Speirs 5" Adjustable Bicycle Wrench
« on: August 20, 2014, 04:00:15 AM »
J.C. Speirs 5" Adjustable. Marked Marion Cycle Co. Marion, Indiana. $15 shipped anywhere in USA.
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Re: J.C. Speirs 5" Adjustable Bicycle Wrench
« Reply #1 on: August 20, 2014, 04:54:08 AM »
Ah, the perusing Tool Talk at work in the early morning is great!

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Re: J.C. Speirs 5" Adjustable Bicycle Wrench
« Reply #2 on: August 20, 2014, 05:02:47 AM »
Sold :smiley:
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Re: J.C. Speirs 5" Adjustable Bicycle Wrench
« Reply #3 on: August 20, 2014, 05:31:52 AM »
The early bird gets the worm!
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Re: J.C. Speirs 5" Adjustable Bicycle Wrench
« Reply #4 on: August 20, 2014, 01:25:43 PM »

ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ???  ??? WHAT HAPPENED ???
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Re: J.C. Speirs 5" Adjustable Bicycle Wrench
« Reply #5 on: August 20, 2014, 05:26:58 PM »
Quote from: Papaw on August 20, 2014, 05:31:52 AM
The early bird gets the worm!

I can't stand the taste of worms anymore.  Had to give them up.

Chilly
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Re: J.C. Speirs 5" Adjustable Bicycle Wrench
« Reply #6 on: August 21, 2014, 09:01:09 AM »
Mine is marked per my wrench list.

127   Adjustable Wrench, Center Wheel Adjusting Style, J. C. Speirs & Co, Drop Forged, Central Cycle Mfg Co Indianapolis IND, (Central Cycle in business 1892 – 1898) Patent March 26, 1895, Patent #536,301, J. C. Speirs Worchester MA, 4 ¾ Inches Long, Schulz #106

So I guess they sold them to different bicycle manufactures.
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Re: J.C. Speirs 5" Adjustable Bicycle Wrench
« Reply #7 on: August 21, 2014, 07:24:22 PM »
nice wrench!!
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Re: J.C. Speirs 5" Adjustable Bicycle Wrench
« Reply #8 on: September 01, 2014, 11:06:33 PM »
Walden-Worcester sockets brought me to this forum and now I see these. I've lived just outside Worcester for 15 years and I'm wondering if there's something about the city I never knew!
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Re: J.C. Speirs 5" Adjustable Bicycle Wrench
« Reply #9 on: September 02, 2014, 12:31:40 PM »
I apologize for not relating when this Speirs arrived in the mail. I have been laid up for the last week.

This Speirs appears to be early production, marked Patent Pending.
The patent is dated March 26th., 1895.
https://www.google.com/patents/US536301?dq=ininventor:John+ininventor:c+ininventor:Speirs&hl=en&sa=X&ei=kf4FVPriB5KfyATPn4GYDA&ved=0CEkQ6AEwBg


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Re: J.C. Speirs 5" Adjustable Bicycle Wrench
« Reply #10 on: September 05, 2014, 03:16:25 AM »
About that early bird getting the worm…  I've heard it's suggestive of why the worm should've stood in bed.
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