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Offline johnsironsanctuary

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Auto Tool Kit ad
« on: January 22, 2013, 05:50:13 PM »
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Re: Auto Tool Kit ad
« Reply #1 on: January 22, 2013, 07:47:00 PM »
To fill one of those would be an accomplishment!
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Re: Auto Tool Kit ad
« Reply #2 on: January 22, 2013, 09:54:38 PM »
It would, having the canvas sewn up would be good incentive.   Looking closely I believe I have the 2,4,5,6,7,10,14,15,16,17,18.   I see the script says the tools are selected, not made by Hammacher Schlemmer, so I wonder what names were on them?   Imagine finding something like that in a dusty garage?
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Re: Auto Tool Kit ad
« Reply #3 on: January 23, 2013, 07:54:18 AM »
What was # 20 used for?  I've seen a few for sale.
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Re: Auto Tool Kit ad
« Reply #4 on: January 23, 2013, 08:00:07 AM »
My WAG would be an adjustable battery carrier.
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Re: Auto Tool Kit ad
« Reply #5 on: January 23, 2013, 09:36:30 AM »
The ad says 1906. Does the standard 9in auto wrench #17 go back that far?
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Re: Auto Tool Kit ad
« Reply #6 on: January 23, 2013, 06:34:54 PM »
super cool!
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Re: Auto Tool Kit ad
« Reply #7 on: January 24, 2013, 08:55:33 PM »
Back then, you could almost build a car from scratch with the tools in that kit
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Re: Auto Tool Kit ad
« Reply #8 on: January 24, 2013, 10:02:05 PM »

It has always kind of amused me that those kits included such tools as cold chiosels and files.

You can just imagine the kind of roadside trouble you are in when you need a hammer and cold chisel...
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Re: Auto Tool Kit ad
« Reply #9 on: January 24, 2013, 10:05:49 PM »
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hammer and cold chisel...
Those are for that axle nut that you rounded off with that adjustable wrench last time you had a flat!
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Re: Auto Tool Kit ad
« Reply #10 on: January 24, 2013, 10:13:56 PM »
Hammer and chisel, sure, its for pounding off that burned out bearing race.  Or cutting away that mangled fender after running into a hay wagon.   I'm curious what no.1 is, a flare?  29, 30 and 31, look like tins of tire patches?  Cotter pins?  Look at the size of the soldering iron no.22!   Might have to heat it up and smooth out some babbit in the connecting rod.   Hard to think this kit would have been put to hard use several times in a hundred mile trip, circa 1906.   
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Re: Auto Tool Kit ad
« Reply #11 on: January 24, 2013, 10:29:31 PM »
 29, 30 and 31, look like tins of tire patches?  Cotter pins?
Perhaps, 32 looks like a cotter pin piller...

Do you suppose #1 is an alcohol torch?

> Look at the size of the soldering iron no.22!

But..but..where is the solder? LOL
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Re: Auto Tool Kit ad
« Reply #12 on: January 25, 2013, 09:16:40 AM »
Solder may be no.28, or no.3.   I think Hammacher & Schlemmer made very fancy gentlemans tool boxes for woodworking in the 19th century?   I remember one that folded down to a table with  a good vise already mounted.   
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Re: Auto Tool Kit ad
« Reply #13 on: January 29, 2013, 08:52:00 AM »
Quote from: john k on January 25, 2013, 09:16:40 AM
Solder may be no.28, or no.3.   I think Hammacher & Schlemmer made very fancy gentlemans tool boxes for woodworking in the 19th century?   I remember one that folded down to a table with  a good vise already mounted.

They made a number of wood working tool chests, from a simple chest to a whole set and bench in a furniture grade cabinet.
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Re: Auto Tool Kit ad
« Reply #14 on: January 29, 2013, 10:39:30 AM »
I found this ad on ebay this morning.

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