Early Bird Gets the Worms

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Re: Early Bird Gets the Worms

Post by Wingnutt » Sun Oct 22, 2017 5:26 pm

And here's the ignition pliers (as I said, looking J.P. Danielson to me)
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Re: Early Bird Gets the Worms

Post by d42jeep » Fri Oct 27, 2017 2:26 am

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Here's that pipe wrench from Saturday, a Walworth WALCO 14" with a replaceable jaw insert and a 1942 date code.


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I happen to have a WALCO 6", also with a 1942 date code. And, even though it's not in the GMTK, an 8", also with a 1942 date code.

Meet the family...


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Here ate their cousins from my MVMTS and a long lost 18" brother born in 1944.
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Re: Early Bird Gets the Worms

Post by Wingnutt » Fri Oct 27, 2017 12:00 pm

I had a big day at the early Bird this morning.

But believe it or not, there're only TWO (2) WWII tools hiding in this mess! :lol:

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I'll post more later, but you'll never guess what that hammer is! :D
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Re: Early Bird Gets the Worms

Post by gpw_42 » Fri Oct 27, 2017 12:40 pm

Quite the interesting haul...please tell us about the 2 WW2 tools.

I'm curious about your vises, and that large vented box on the right.

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Post by lt.luke » Fri Oct 27, 2017 3:14 pm

I'm guessing the vented box is some type of heater.

A LATHE??????? Do tell!

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Re: Early Bird Gets the Worms

Post by d42jeep » Fri Oct 27, 2017 3:22 pm

I'm guessing the folding bevel and the leather punch.
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Post by Wingnutt » Fri Oct 27, 2017 3:31 pm

The wartime tools are a Duro (X) 1725 (in front between prewar tappets and the 1910 wood-handled Kraeuter babbitt scraper), and the Sargent rotating upholsterer's punch (on the left).

The steel box with perforated lid is a c.1923 Westinghouse "Rectigon" battery charger! It's tube technology. Rated 7.5 to 15 volts. And, it actually works. Haha. I'm going to restore it. If you want to see a beautiful one, Google it by name with 'Bonham's' or 'Simeone Foundation' or 'Preserving the Automobile.'

The little 1 inch clamp vise is unbranded. The swivel base vise with the open screw and the little hardie hole in the anvil is a Reed 503A.

The lathe is a Sears & Roebuck light duty metalworking lathe, Model No. 109. Dates to 1940s. That might be wartime. They were badged Craftsman in 1941 and 1942, Dunlap from 1943 to 1948. The badge is missing on this one, along with the tailstock and a few gears. Haha. It's a future project.

I'm out tonight and pretty much all day tomorrow and Sunday, and then I'm TDY all next week, so I don't know when I'll get to clean and inventory this stuff. But when I do, I'll share pics and details.
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Re: Early Bird Gets the Worms

Post by Wingnutt » Fri Oct 27, 2017 3:36 pm

I was typing, Don! Nice catch on the punch. You were 1 for 2, and very nearly 2 for 2. The bevel, a Craftsman, is close but no cigar. Very interesting, though. I got it because it's cool anyway, and a good teaching aid. The logo is wartime, but it has the (R) Trademark registration number accompanying it, which wasn't established until 1946. Perfect example of a transition year tool, very likely 1946.

I'll have to find a photo of Jason's to compare them.
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Re: Early Bird Gets the Worms

Post by mudbox » Sat Oct 28, 2017 6:16 am

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I'll have to find a photo of Jason's to compare them.
I'm not sure you'd have found the pic. I never posted it here on the G and I had to search our email conversations to find it! :lol: Finally found the pics from November of 2016...

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That's quite a nice haul of vintage steel. Gotta love those days when you can save a bunch of history.
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Post by Wingnutt » Sat Oct 28, 2017 8:39 pm

That's the same Craftsman bevel I just found. They are spec-perfect for the 41-B-582, "BEVEL, sliding T, metal handle, length of blade 8 in." Unfortunately, they can't be older than 1946. That's when the registered trademark symbol was first established. Here is mine.

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Believe it or not, the ball-pein hammer I just found is a Mack! (When it rains, it pours!) :lol:

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Re: Early Bird Gets the Worms

Post by Wingnutt » Sat Oct 28, 2017 8:44 pm

As promised, here're some more pics of that vacuum tube single diode battery charger.

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As I mentioned I found one on-line in NOS condition (that sold for $187!) in a Bonham’s “Preserving the Automobile” Auction, conducted at the Simeone Foundation in Philadelphia. You can see it here.

Mine has a different carry handle, and, based on the more ornate brass data plate, I would estimate that mine may be older.
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Re: Early Bird Gets the Worms

Post by Wingnutt » Mon Nov 06, 2017 10:54 am

I got back from TDY on Friday night, hit the fleas on Saturday.

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Didn't get a chance to clean everything yet. (Dear daughter #1 ran the NYC Marathon yesterday, a year after having her knee replaced. Long day in and out of the city!)

The solid WWII stuff is the ball-peen (Bonney 8 oz maybe 12 oz need to weigh it), the dwarfie 45* offset DBE (1944 Blue-Point), 15* pattern DBE (Herbrand with AISI '1340' mark), the pipe wrench (Erie PIPE MASTER 6"), and a Duro half moon "G" wrench. The solid maybes are the motorcycle tyre spoons (DUNLOP) and the shiny solo DOE (Chrome-Moly Vlchek 28-S). The 11" auto wrench is a pre-war B&S marked with the early logo and the "Model G" up on the jaws.
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Re: Early Bird Gets the Worms

Post by twertsy » Tue Nov 07, 2017 4:24 am

I know one thing, my board needs that Bonney ###AS offset DOE wrench..............

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Re: Early Bird Gets the Worms

Post by lt.luke » Tue Nov 07, 2017 6:10 am

I dig the little vice.

I could use the dwarf DBE...

There is canvas, leather, and a toolbox.....sneaky Pete...no, not that 80's thing that's open...

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Re: Early Bird Gets the Worms

Post by Wingnutt » Tue Nov 07, 2017 10:21 am

twertsy wrote:
Tue Nov 07, 2017 4:24 am
I know one thing, my board needs that Bonney ###AS offset DOE wrench..............
That's the only reason I picked it up - just in case you needed it! I was going to post a close-up in the GJ affliction thread. Haven't cleaned it yet.
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I dig the little vice.
I could use the dwarf DBE...
There is canvas, leather, and a toolbox.....sneaky Pete...no, not that 80's thing that's open...
The vise is a Bonney with 2" jaws.
I forget which size the Blue-Point DBE is, but you can have it. I'll PM you.
The canvas bag with the leather strap is my flea market bag. The heavy duty cardboard box is holding a complete NOS Armstrong No. 2 stock and dies set.
"That 80's thing" is actually a complete NOS Pendleton Tool Industries era (late 1960's, very early 1970's) Challenger combination 1/4- and 1/2-inch set.
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