Lets make an all vintage Snap-on tool picture thread!

[Shelbylex]

Thank you, Oldtuleguy and Don
I feel that at some point I need to find a 10 drawer Remline, 16 drawer Beach or some other toolbox with tons of drawers! Too many interesting tools and much more I still need to get and restore. : ) I prefer narrower toolboxes (no space for an SO. Epic : ). At some point there was a SO box or tool cart listed here With multiple shallow drawers, but I could not find it recently.

 

[Oldtuleguy]

Gripper screwdriver I came across

 

[ssdave]

Well, thanks to the power of Ebay, the little Ferret set has the long extension in matching year. Now, only piece missing is the 3/8" socket. Anybody have one date stamped 1947 to match the set?

 

[snapmom]

The gripper screwdriver is quite rare. I have only see maybe three

 

[Oldtuleguy]

The person who sold it to me had no idea what it was. Gave him i think 10$ for it.

 

[LesserSon]

I suppose this has come up before. F-710 ratchet with a 1950 date code on the face and a 1963(?) code on the shank. Or is that something else?

 

[ssdave]

I suppose this has come up before. F-710 ratchet with a 1950 date code on the face and a 1963(?) code on the shank. Or is that something else?

Exchange program ratchet. Instead of rebuilding on the spot, they used to give you a used rebuilt one, marked "E". Then, send yours back to be rebuilt and marked "E" for someone else.

 

[Oldtuleguy]

Apparently the dealers did not like rebuilding them, so snap on would do it and the dealers would exchange them. My snap on dealer has rebuilt several for me no problem, so not sure why they started that program. They pop up now and then.

 

[LesserSon]

dealers did not like rebuilding them...not sure why

I’d guess the skills of selling tools do not necessarily include those of repairing tools. One of my extended in-laws did selling for GE, claimed he could get anything for his clients from a light switch to a jet engine. We’ve done some stuff together, and frankly, I don’t think he’s got much in the way of hands-on skills.
With this rat, I’d guess the selector switch was the turn-off. Everything else just slides together, but the switch is pot metal and I think has to be peened through. Time spent and risk of doing more damage, more replacement. I had the rat apart last night to clean out the dry crud and re-lube, and opted to leave well enough alone regarding the whole switch mechanism.

 

[Catfishdan]

I don’t collect snap on, but some stuff snuck into my garage sale haul today. A nice 1/4” stubby spinner, some 8pt sockets and a handful of 9/32” drive stuff.

 

[snapmom]

Two fixed head speeders from the mid 20s. Quite rare. I still need three to finish the set, I doubt if I ever will.

 

[misterbill]

As mentioned in the 2020 Garage Sale Thread, I picked up 5 Snap-on speeders from a big-box-o-speeders. Among them was an A-2003 similar to the upthread A-2004 posted by Mintgrun. Snapmom already commented on the rarity and vintage but I thought I'd just post a few photos as they show up infrequently.

Bill

 

[snapmom]

nice, what model is the top one?

 

[misterbill]

nice, what model is the top one?

That's an S-K that snuck into the shot.

Bill

 

[Private Lugnutz]

Does anyone have any documentation that connects "THE GRIPPER" wooden tool and file handles sometimes found with Snap-on shanks (screwdriver, 9/32" spinner) stuck inside of them with the Snap-on Tool Company? Reason I ask is, I am doing some re-organizing in the Lugzsonian, I came upon my box of antique and vintage file and tool handles, and I have one called "THE LAUBER." As you can see, it is made exactly like "THE GRIPPER." Except for the name. I could be wrong, but if I hadn't seen a few of you (snapmom, Otg) post them here on this thread, as if they're Snap-on tools, my hunch would be that they were made by a tool and file handle maker, like Skrooz-on, Shur-grip, General, Lutz, etc.

 

[Oldtuleguy]

They came in a wood box marked snap on radio set. Not in the catalogs.

 

[Oldtuleguy]

Pics snapmom posted in another thread

 

[Oldtuleguy]

I have collected most of the set but I doubt if I will find the box. May resort to making one.

 

[Private Lugnutz]

I've seen the photos before, Otg. I am asking about documentation. Maybe I missed this discussed before here or elsewhere (i.e., collectingsnapon.com, Alloy Artifacts, ToolArchives, GG, papaw's, etc...), but the assumption seems to have been that Snap-on was the OEM, and I'm now wondering if that's true. Did you see the handle called "THE LAUBER" that I posted? I'm wondering if someone was making these units for sale as tool and file handles, and Snap-on used "THE GRIPPER" for the screwdriver and 9/32" spinner shank in the radio sets. Why else would there be a nearly identical tool and file handle with a name ("THE LAUBER") forged-in (raised lettering) in the same place?

 

[Oldtuleguy]

Did snap on make them? Who knows. Maybe they contracted the wood handles out.

 

[Private Lugnutz]

Maybe they contracted the wood handles out.

That's what I have suggested, prompted by "THE LAUBER"! Do you not see the resemblance?! I have a lot of file and tool handles and "THE LAUBER" is very unique.

 

[Private Lugnutz]

Here's an ad from a 1920's trade mag. The design is patented. So theres no way Snap-on made them. Now look where the Lauber Company was located. I'd bet not only my next paycheck, but every paycheck until I retire, that I just discovered who made Snap-on's early radio set handles.

 

[Oldtuleguy]

Sure looks like same manufacturer!

 

[LesserSon]

Lugz, I was following a red herring to the wrong city.
J.C.Lauber Sheet Metal Co.
504 E. LaSalle Ave.
South Bend IN.
Looks like you found the OEM for the handles.

 

[Oldtuleguy]

Spotted a few on ebay. One with a soldering iron and a couple files. Some of the later ones have a solid ferrule.

 

[Private Lugnutz]

Looks like you found the OEM for the handles.

Funny how things go sometimes. Haven't really looked in that box of old tool and file handles in years. As soon as I saw it the lightbulb went on.

 

[Oldtuleguy]

Good thing you saved that stuff

 

[d42jeep]

The lightbulb went on for me too.
-Don

 

[snapmom]

The screwdriver is in the cats, I think s/o farmed
Out the handle, could be lauber made the whole thing

 

[ALLFAST]

If anyone needs a nice original side handle for the infamous Snappy Roll-A-Bench I know where one is located.

 

[snapmom]

Pop Quiz: what size is this wrench?

 

[Farmer J.]

Is it one of those tiny little no. 6 BA (British Association) ?
Slightly larger than 3/16" AF.
4.9mm
0.193"

 

[snapmom]

1/8w

 

[Farmer J.]

It's a good game!

What is the actual measurement between the jaws of your little wrench?

I was guessing, using the dimensions in this excellent web page:
https://www.crawford-space.co.uk/old_psc/spanner_jaw.html

The table says
0.338 " (8.59mm) across flats for 1/8 W.

 

[snapmom]

meas. .345
The model is a WOEX6A. date code 1950
This was at the time the name was changed from Blue Point to Snap on.
The Blue Point has the model number woex6a stamped on the head. Snap on changed the head to have the size 1/8w. so this is a odd ball, its like someone thought the size was 6A

 

[Farmer J.]

meas. .345
The model is a WOEX6A. date code 1950
This was at the time the name was changed from Blue Point to Snap on.
The Blue Point has the model number woex6a stamped on the head. Snap on changed the head to have the size 1/8w. so this is a odd ball, its like someone thought the size was 6A

Well, that is an interesting one and great to have in your collection! I was wondering whilst at work shovelling and sweeping grain this afternoon if it had a 'WOEX..' part number.
Apart from the Merlin Engine tool kit ones I only have one WOEX.. wrench which is a 1990's 5/26 BSF.
That is 1/4 Whitworth, so fits British battery terminal bolts.
With the oddities of the wiring looms on my old Land Rovers one sometimes has to disconnect the battery in a hurry!! I always keep a 1/4 Whit. on the dashboard ready for emergencies it has saved me from cremation a few times..

 

[Private Lugnutz]

I just picked up this DX-188 2-3/4" slugger this morning at the flea. No date code, but they were 6-point openings with X-series model numbers until 1950 and it looks like a 50's logo to me. I will probably used it as a door stop. Or perhaps a bottle holder for the backyard dining table.

 

[Ricky Joe]

Snap-On started replacing Blue Point in 1948 on combination wrenches. I have double box ends in Blue Point as late as 1954 and double open end Blue Point Supreme to 1960.

 

[Farmer J.]

Or perhaps a bottle holder for the backyard dining table.

Perfect! You can celebrate completion of the Presidential election..

 

[Farmer J.]

OK, this isn't old enough to fit the usual definition of 'vintage', but I happened to have it outside in a suitable condition to photograph. Maybe it's 'classic', the way John Deere now politely describe my tractors.
Behold my well used and well travelled KRA21D tool box!
I got it secondhand via Rogers Engineers from a friend and it came with the Cessna sticker as back in those days they had a service dept for 'Flying Farmers' as well as usual farm machinery.
All the rest of the stickers and scratches and patina have been added in use by me.
I don't like the way the scratches have gone rusty, has anyone got a solution for this just to get rid of the surface rust in the scratch so as I could then polish it and keep the original paint and the stickers?