J H Williams vintage hand tools

[genog]

Williams screw drivers
Didn't know Williams made screw drivers....
But, there's a lot that I don't know.

 

[d42jeep]

I cleaned up this 1/2” Williams speeder I picked up at a garage sale up the street on Saturday.
-Don

 

[Bill MacFrank]

What we need for Williams drive tools is anything from 1930 to 1936, 4.c. We have pretty much blanket coverage from 1937 through the 1950's.

I’m a little late to the party I guess, but can anyone tell me anything about this S-330 socket set? It belonged to my great grandfather who was born in the late 1890s.

What we need for Williams drive tools is anything from 1930 to 1936, 4.c. We have pretty much blanket coverage from 1937 through the 1950's.

 

[four.cycle]

1939 W.D. Allen Mfg. Co. catalog pp 343B J.H. Williams SAE socket set

B315 S320 S330

 

[Jim C.]

I’ve been collecting these Williams obstruction wrenches for a few years now. There are a total of 34 SAE wrenches in the set. So far I have 22 with several duplicates. There’s about a dozen Whitworth wrenches. I have four. I’ve also come across a couple marked “SPECIAL.”

Jim C.

 

[Private Lugnutz]

That's impressive, Jim! You can see the six I've managed to find in the wild in post #1059.

 

[Jim C.]

Hey Lugz,

Thanks for the kudos! Those obstruction wrenches are really tough to find in any condition. I have a few that are gem mint, but most are with some patina at least. Then there’s a few more with less than attractive prior owners marks and initials and a couple with signs of abuse. I‘m constantly trying to upgrade some of those whose condition isn’t great and I’m always looking for examples that I don’t have. I sometimes wonder if I’ll ever complete this set.

Jim C.

 

[leg17]

...... I sometimes wonder if I’ll ever complete this set.

Jim C.

It's the journey as much as the destination.

 

[genog]

Found a couple of DBE Superrenches to go along with one that I had previously
Many thanks to my Picker Flipper friend

 

[alinc100]

Couple Williams pieces from Friday Afternoon:

 

[Realmongo]

Sadly my 91 year old father recently passed. My wife and I are starting to go through his belongings and happened upon this Williams socket set. We were wondering if anyone could tell us what its background and age was.

 

[Oldtuleguy]

36 to 41 or so bantam (3/8 drive) set. Very nice!

 

[Private Lugnutz]

Very nice!

Like it just jumped off the catalog page!



It's complete, by the way. The catalog always showed the No. 6 set, which had three (3) more sockets than the No. 5. (Oh, and that adapter in the socket tray is an extra piece your dad probably stuck inside.) And if you're curious about the name, Midget was their 9/32- and later 1/4-inch drive. Standard was 1/2-inch drive. Heavy Duty and Extra Heavy Duty for 3/4- and 1-inch drive, respectively. All the mfgrs used some sort of naming convention and I've always though the Williams Bantam name (with its allusion to the boxing weight class) was the coolest.

 

[Realmongo]

Thank you for the great information!
I looked at the adapter and it is a New Britain.
I will see what else turns up as I sort through everything.

 

[Old Radar]

Found this J.H. Williams S-4 set from the early 1950s. The sockets are double line with the smaller ones matte finished on the lower portion. The ratchet is the S-51. S-4 sets from 1955+ had the S-52 rat. The set is missing two sockets--the ST-1230 and the ST-1218. If any one has extras, I'm interested!

 

[Realmongo]

Looked around a little more and turned up this box, but nothing in it. I'm guessing it must have been a 1/4 inch drive set.

 

[Old Radar]

Correct. The M in NM-2 is for "Midget", Williams designation for their 1/4" line.
Here is the contents list for that box:

 

[Oldtuleguy]

They later dropped the n... which was added initially to distinguish the 1/4" drive from the discontinued 9/32" drive.

 

[Realmongo]

Correct. The M in NM-2 is for "Midget", Williams designation for their 1/4" line.
Here is the contents list for that box:

Great, Thank you!

 

[Realmongo]

They later dropped the n... which was added initially to distinguish the 1/4" drive from the discontinued 9/32" drive.

They had a 9/32" Drive set???

 

[Oldtuleguy]

The first midget sets were 5/16 hex drive, followed by 9/32 drive up to 41 or so. Here is a 9/32 nutspinner set

 

[Oldtuleguy]

A 9/32 drive midget electrical set

 

[Private Lugnutz]

The first midget sets were 5/16 hex drive,

Which they got from Husky. Pre-NB Husky.

 

[Oldtuleguy]

Yup

 

[Private Lugnutz]

Yup

I'm a good set-up man!

 

[3baygarage]

Very nice. The wrenches were Williams, and the drive tools Husky.
A fellow member was kind enough to work out a deal for this little set I was chasing. A bit later set, because all piece are Williams. Eventually I plan to dig out my joint Williams-Husky set , see if it’s complete, and compare the two side by side.

 

[Oldtuleguy]

The decal changed, no further reference to husky....

 

[Oldtuleguy]

I'm a good set-up man!

Indeed! Well done sir

 

[Realmongo]

Correct. The M in NM-2 is for "Midget", Williams designation for their 1/4" line.
Here is the contents list for that box:

I might have seen those pliers, I will have to look again this weekend.
Do you know when this set would have been sold? I'm trying to figure out about when he would have bought it.

 

[Oldtuleguy]

That is a post war box, the n was dropped around 55, so 46 to 54 or so

 

[Realmongo]

That is a post war box, the n was dropped around 55, so 46 to 54 or so

Thanks.
It sounds like my Dad must have bought it while he was in the Navy or right after he got out.

 

[David Jackson]

8707 Duohex wrench set. 1930s...

 

[David Jackson]

Found a couple of DBE Superrenches to go along with one that I had previously
Many thanks to my Picker Flipper friend

I like those as well. What numbers are yours?

 

[genog]

I like those as well. What numbers are yours?

Looks like two 7725's and a 7725B (1/2 - 7/16)
7727 (5/8 - 9/16)
7731A at the top

Nice DBE's
I hope to find more

 

[HeelSpur]

6" Superjustable with the 6 sided locking pin. Except for the scuffing it's in perfect condition.
DSCF4005 (2) by wvwheaties, on Flickr
DSCF4006 (3) by wvwheaties, on Flickr

 

[Private Lugnutz]

One-fell-swooped this Superrench mini-set of dwarfie deep double offset DBE 6-pointers at the flea this morning.

 

[Realmongo]

Turned up 3 unmatched wrenches at my Dad's.

 

[four.cycle]

One-fell-swooped this Superrench mini-set of dwarfie deep double offset DBE 6-pointers at the flea this morning.

Deep offset double-end box wrenches in ignition wrench sizes? That seems a bit odd.

 

[Username already in use]

Deep offset double-end box wrenches in ignition wrench sizes? That seems a bit odd.

Bonney offered them as well.

 

[four.cycle]

^ When I looked at the photos, it brought back memories of those instances where I actually had to use a wrench to put in a set of points or a condenser and made me wonder "How do you get that much wrench inside the distributor, and what nut inside what distributor is going to allow access for a box wrench?"