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Child Craft

Post by Tin Medic » Sun Sep 03, 2017 6:05 pm

Any ideas on this wrench. I cant find much on Child Craft.
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Re: Child Craft

Post by Wingnutt » Mon Sep 04, 2017 11:16 am

Andy found one a year or so again. Short discussion on this thread:
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And no reference to Child Craft in the CPA contracts books.
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Re: Child Craft

Post by daveus6 » Mon Sep 04, 2017 1:47 pm

Totally uninformed stab in the dark - maybe an economy or subsidiary line of Craftsman?

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Post by Tin Medic » Mon Sep 04, 2017 8:49 pm

Thanks Greg. I posted it up on the GJ also.


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Re: Child Craft

Post by twertsy » Wed Sep 06, 2017 7:49 am

I cannot find an iota of information on that wrench.

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Post by Tin Medic » Wed Sep 06, 2017 8:48 am

Someone has to know something.
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Re: Child Craft

Post by Wingnutt » Wed Sep 06, 2017 4:12 pm

In doing some research I saw that two other wrenches popped up on fleaBay, another 41-W-603-25, and a 13/16" obstruction wrench with the FSN 41-W-1468-475. In both cases the brand is stamped as one word and one continuous string of letters - CHILDCRAFT - unlike yours, stamped as two terms - CHILD and CRAFT - on two lines, sharing the C. So I don't know if it's Child Craft or Childcraft. Either way, the only thing I am turning up are references to Childcraft Equipment Co., as far back as the 1930's, with furniture, and books. It seems unlikely it's the same entity, but if they made steel products, I might entertain the notion of them being forced into defense production, or converting to defense production on their own, which did happen.

To me the name looks like it's in the same category as Penncraft or Mechanicraft.

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Childcraft obstruction wrench, 13/16
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Childcraft-13-1 ... 1916308291

Childcraft DBE brake wrench, 3/4 x 25/32
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Childcr ... 7675.l2557

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Re: Child Craft

Post by twertsy » Thu Sep 07, 2017 2:35 am

Greg,
Your top pic sure looks like a Corny or Fairmount angle, and all the other ChildCraft DBEs I've seen remind me of Jos Shaw wrenches I've found.

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Re: Child Craft

Post by Wingnutt » Thu Sep 07, 2017 3:17 am

Not familiar with Shaw but I definitely agree on the Cornwell. The heads are unmistakable. Maybe there's more life in my theory than I thought and they were given dies and steel from the Defense Plant Corporation.
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Re: Child Craft

Post by mudbox » Thu Sep 07, 2017 4:27 am

twertsy wrote:
Thu Sep 07, 2017 2:35 am
... and all the other ChildCraft DBEs I've seen remind me of Jos Shaw wrenches I've found.
Interesting observation, Todd.
Here's the 3/4" & 5/8" short DBE SHAW wrench that I found about a month ago for comparison. The boxed ends aren't near as thick, but the construction does look similar. However, the way the sizes are marked is not the same.
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Re: Child Craft

Post by twertsy » Thu Sep 07, 2017 5:51 am

Next time I get to the shop I'll see if I can dig one of mine up. Unfortunately, I have to work every day until the 27th.................not sure when I'll get there.


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