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Offline bill300d

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Bullards no.2
« on: July 24, 2017, 03:37:28 PM »
Picked up at an auction the other week. Now I'll have to see if I can stumble across the other 4 sizes.
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Offline Lewill2

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Re: Bullards no.2
« Reply #1 on: July 24, 2017, 05:54:27 PM »
The little ones in nice condition can get a little pricey.
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Offline Plyerman

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Re: Bullards no.2
« Reply #2 on: July 24, 2017, 07:46:44 PM »
Nice one Bill! What other sizes did they come in?
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Offline mikeswrenches

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Re: Bullards no.2
« Reply #3 on: July 24, 2017, 08:56:33 PM »
They came in a no. 0 and a 1 and 2. I think there was a 3 also.  Picture is of my no. 0.

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Offline bill300d

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Re: Bullards no.2
« Reply #4 on: July 24, 2017, 09:12:44 PM »
Well Lewill2 I guess I'll have to try to sneek up on a cheap one then.

According to an ad i saw in one of the old trade papers on google there are 5 sizes that go to a max of 3" starting with No.0
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Offline mvwcnews

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Re: Bullards no.2
« Reply #5 on: July 25, 2017, 09:02:58 PM »
A June 1905 "new product" item reprinted on pg. 34 of the March 2013 MVWC Newsletter  indicated #0  & #4 were being added to the product line, expanding it to 5 sizes. BULLARD AUTOMATIC WRENCH CO. did not last long; by 1910 the product line was issued  by Roren Drop Forging (Albert Roren had been General Manager for the Bullard Automatic Wrench Co. )  Roren put the BULLARD brand on the wrenches, but without a maker name. 
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Offline p_toad

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Re: Bullards no.2
« Reply #6 on: July 26, 2017, 07:08:32 PM »
nice looking wrench.   how well does it work?   lol
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Offline turnnut

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Re: Bullards no.2
« Reply #7 on: July 26, 2017, 09:14:48 PM »
 on ebay, seller 9 gdawg )  has an 1905 advertising for Bullard wrenches.  that ad states it is made in 5 sizes.

 check it out, cool reading the way they wrote it.
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Offline Plyerman

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Re: Bullards no.2
« Reply #8 on: July 26, 2017, 09:48:43 PM »
Awesome! I love seeing the old ads. (Hopefully the gdawg guy doesn't mind if we post it here...)

Link to auction:  http://www.ebay.com/itm/1905-PAPER-AD-Bullard-Automatic-Wrench-Car-Auto-Automobile-Providence-RI-/311877912414?hash=item489d5

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Offline bill300d

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Re: Bullards no.2
« Reply #9 on: July 27, 2017, 07:54:10 AM »
Quote from: p_toad on July 26, 2017, 07:08:32 PM
nice looking wrench.   how well does it work?   lol
Id be willing to bet that anyone that bought one and used it thought that the handle was too short. Almost every one that I have seen looks like it had a pipe slid over the handle at some point.
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Offline Twertsy

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Re: Bullards no.2
« Reply #10 on: July 27, 2017, 09:02:01 AM »
from January 1906
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Re: Bullards no.2
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Offline bill300d

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Re: Bullards no.2
« Reply #12 on: October 11, 2017, 08:47:47 AM »
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Re: Bullards no.2
« Reply #13 on: October 11, 2017, 04:54:40 PM »
I have five sizes of Bullard quick adjust wrenches.  However they are marked 0, 1, 2, 3 and 3.  The 0, 1, 2, and the largest wrench 3 are marked in the casting. The wrench that is marked with a stamping is just over two inches shorter than the cast marked 3.  It has all the other Bullard marks, but no size cast into the wrench.  I have always assumed it was an early sample as it is smaller than the cast 3 in all other ways besides the shorter handle as well as being larger in every way than the 2.
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Re: Bullards no.2
« Reply #14 on: October 11, 2017, 09:57:48 PM »
I have 4 x Bullards Wrenches (missing the No.1 & still looking  for one) Wrenches 0, 2 & 3 have the numbers cast into the handle. Wrench 4 is larger than the No. 3 but has No 4 stamped onto the neck of the handle. See photos attached.
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