Recent content by chief770

Love it in chrome.

Flare/box combination set. 3/8 to 1-1/8 in an Ergadyne pouch. I love this set. Outstanding grip

Nice ratchet. Recently added a long 3/8 to my SK set too.

Received a Lang 1-1/2” flat ratcheting box wrench from Ebay today. This was the last one I needed to complete the 12 wrench set, from 1-5/16” to 2-1/8”. Kastar/Lang manufactured these for a bunch of brands. Mine are branded Proto, Williams, and Lang, but they can also be found branded Urrea...

Like the Lite-Mite, the Williams has a steel nut, and an aluminum hook with steel teeth.

Wow you have done a great job researching that in such a short time. Well done. Here is an interesting read from the 1953 Williams patent, applied for in July 1950.

Williams may have been first but I dont know where Bessemer, Niagara, Toledo, and Blackhawk fall on the timeline. I started a new post regarding aluminum pipe wrenches, i posted a shot with some of mine including Schick

Thanks. Bessemer Forging, Toledo Pipe Threading Machine Co., Blackhawk, Frontier Bronze Corp, and J.H.Williams & Co. all had offerings of similar construction. Schick is easily the lightest. Ridgal and Trimo Spiral grip aluminum wrenches were later and used a steel hook jaw (the others all...

Maintaining 140deg+ will kill legionella and make your water heater inhospitable to bacteria. Maintaining below 120deg will be conducive to increased levels of legionella colony forming units with 95deg being ideal for dangerous levels of reproduction. In commercial buildings we run 145 and...

They are “Super Tuff” Steel according to the packaging. Just has to be thin enough to not interfere with socket clicking on to the retention ball.

Not new, but new to me.

Ridgid and Walworth made chrome “anniversary” wrenches as well, suitable for gifting or awarding for years of service.