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Offline OilyRascal

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Re: NYE Tool and Machine Works, where did they go?
« Reply #45 on: July 16, 2012, 08:48:39 PM »
Would that also be called a "Closet Spud Wrench"?  It seems the 1950 Nye tool catalog may have one listed.
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Re: NYE Tool and Machine Works, where did they go?
« Reply #46 on: July 16, 2012, 08:52:36 PM »
Could be, depending on size, (closet aka toilet) fittings had that kind of ring also, usually in the 3"+ size area tho....

Edit: Uninals have smaller drains  tho...so maybe

(a 'spud' is just the name of the funny washer-nut)
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Re: NYE Tool and Machine Works, where did they go?
« Reply #47 on: July 16, 2012, 08:55:40 PM »
Quote from: rusty on July 16, 2012, 08:52:36 PM
Could be, depending on size, (closet aka toilet) fittings had that kind of ring also, usually in the 3"+ size area tho....

Edit: Uninals have smaller drains  tho...so maybe

(a 'spud' is just the name of the funny washer-nut)


speaking of toilets
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Re: NYE Tool and Machine Works, where did they go?
« Reply #48 on: July 16, 2012, 09:00:11 PM »

Ahh...the old days..."I hired a few girls..." hehehe

Very ...uh....slick ad....
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Re: NYE Tool and Machine Works, where did they go?
« Reply #49 on: July 16, 2012, 09:21:24 PM »
Quote from: stanley62 on July 16, 2012, 07:26:02 PM
Oily,

 No idea what the H shaped wrench was for.  It is marked P935.  Anyone have any ideas what it was for?  I have seen other wrenches very similar and assumed they were for a hub of some type, but I am not sure NYE had any specific automotive ties.

  Jim

It's a plumber's spud wrench used for sink strainer nuts, toilet spud nuts, etc. They were produced by several companies in both fixed and adjustable types. Some of them have a hook spanner type wrench on one end.
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Re: NYE Tool and Machine Works, where did they go?
« Reply #50 on: July 17, 2012, 03:33:12 PM »
I hope that I remembered to wash my hands after handling my toilet spud wrench...
Jim
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Re: NYE Tool and Machine Works, where did they go?
« Reply #51 on: July 18, 2012, 06:00:54 PM »
I did find a newspaper article dated Oct. 2, 1963 that confirms Nye being sold to Symington Wayne.  It also notes Symington Wayne as a Salisbury, Md. company - unlike previous mentions of a Fort Wayne company buying them out.  It dates the companies start to 1903.

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NYE Tool Co. Purchased by Eastern Firm
The acquisition of Nye Tool company, 60-year-old manufacturer of pipe tools and pipe threading equipment, was announced yesterday by Symington Wayne corporation, Salisbury, Md.  Nye has a 40,000 square foot plant at 4120 Fullerton Ave.  It was a cash transaction.  W. H. Bateman, Symington Wayne president, said the addition of Nye will round out the company's hand tool division product lines.
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Re: NYE Tool and Machine Works, where did they go?
« Reply #52 on: July 18, 2012, 06:25:28 PM »
Also of interesting note. 

Harry Nye Sr. was arrested by Chicago police January 4th of 1900 for being suspected of operating a counterfeit coin operation.  Mrs. Annie Degeare charged him with such to police.  He declared she laid a trap for him out of jealousy and revenge.   Detectives did discover tools in his former room but he claimed they had been left there by previous tenants of hers.  She claimed Nye had rented rooms from her and conducted his counterfeiting work in those rooms; with her having been witness to such operation and attested to his skills.  Nye said former roomers had left behind those furnaces, bellows, chisels, and files.  No molds were found.  His claim was simple - they were lovers, his affection cooled, and she wanted revenge.  His claim to involvement with the operation was this simple:  "I used those chisels and files that were left behind experimenting on a new safety razor, which I intended to patent".

I have been unable to find record of the outcome of his arrest.
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Re: NYE Tool and Machine Works, where did they go?
« Reply #53 on: July 19, 2012, 07:34:40 PM »
Hey Bus,  Does you P and C look like this??  It sure does look like it came from  the same maker as the NYE.

  Jim
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Re: NYE Tool and Machine Works, where did they go?
« Reply #54 on: July 19, 2012, 07:43:18 PM »
No photo Jim!
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Re: NYE Tool and Machine Works, where did they go?
« Reply #55 on: July 20, 2012, 11:56:10 AM »
oops!
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Re: NYE Tool and Machine Works, where did they go?
« Reply #56 on: July 20, 2012, 12:05:02 PM »
Yes, unquestionably a J.P. Danielson-produced Pendleton-era P&C.
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Re: NYE Tool and Machine Works, where did they go?
« Reply #57 on: July 20, 2012, 04:29:50 PM »
Quote from: stanley62 on July 19, 2012, 07:34:40 PM
Hey Bus,  Does you P and C look like this??  It sure does look like it came from  the same maker as the NYE.

  Jim

That's it.
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Re: NYE Tool and Machine Works, where did they go?
« Reply #58 on: July 20, 2012, 05:24:39 PM »
I saw a 10" or 12" copy of the P and C adjustable at one of my local antique stores last weekend, but they wanted antique store prices...   I really hate when they do that.

Jim
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Re: NYE Tool and Machine Works, where did they go?
« Reply #59 on: July 26, 2012, 02:20:28 PM »
Quote from: OilyRascal on July 05, 2012, 09:37:18 PM
Harry Gale Nye Jr., 79, one of the nation`s most respected yachtsmen and former owner of Murphy & Nye Sailmakers...

He sold the (sail) company in the late 1950s.

A few ads from the sailing company...

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