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Picked up a Snap On TE-25-FU SER# 1017 3/8” Druve Torqometer today. It also came with a manual but I think the manual is for a different torqometer… I believe the manual is 1970 while the 3/8” drive torqometer looks newer than that… it will look nice added into the back of the 1962 Rampy…

Yes, I agree… I think there would be a lot of scraped knuckles as well as quite a few choice words spoken while the scraping was happening…

I came across a J H WILLIAMS #438 face pin spanner wrench. I believe the spacing between the pins is 3 1/2”… I won’t be using this tool, just adding to what I already own. I do a quick search through some catalogs on the Archive site… the 1959 was too old the tool logo was different, the 1989...

That’s an interesting looking tool…

Nice lookin’ screwdriver

Ssshhhhwwwweeeeetttttt!!

That’s commendable as I have enough issues with just one browser window open. Thanks again for your help with the patents and identifying the tools. This is a Great Site.

Thanks everyone for all your help in finding out what I had with these two pliers.

You got it right @RTM. I cleaned it up a bit and it says May 27, 1902. You found the right patent.

I’ve cleaned up the date portion on the thin wire grip and it looks like May 27, 1902… no 1903.

The one patent date is : Feb 11, 1902. So that is the one with the wider band which was thought to be a piston ring compression tool… I’ll look to see if I can get a better date on the one with the thin wire band…

I asked that question online and this was the response… so I will modify my original post…

I found this online… the one on the left looks like for jar opening and the one on the the right seems to be for piston ring compression…

Oil filter wrenches 1902 & 1903 …. NOT!! The one on the left I think is for jar lids… and the one on the right seems to be for ring spring compression…

Here’s a recent addition to my glass oil bottles… I came across a set of 8 plastic oil bottles… one one side is the line for a quart (not imperial) and in the other side is the line for a litre. I’m thinking they came after the glass bottles and b4 you could buy oil in the local store in plastic...