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    My Small But Growing Collection of BICYCLE WRENCHES (7 inches or less only!)

    Here are a couple more. My pics. aren't that good but the adjustable says Victor Overman Wheel Co. Chicopee Falls Mass. Patented January 6. 1891 The pin spanner says Pat. July 11. 89 a swiggle mark (lightning bolt?) and Trademark. This patent is for an W H Fauber bicycle crankset...
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    USMC (no, not that USMC!) Hand Tools - United Shoe Machinery Corporation

    Found them over a period of time onesy-twosy. There are several USMC clicking hatchet for sale on eBay and one of another brand, but expensive.
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    My Small But Growing Collection of BICYCLE WRENCHES (7 inches or less only!)

    Everything on the wrench is the same as in the patent drawing except it has wrench jaws instead of one slanted pipe jaw, The screwdriver blade on my wrench has been broken off, but I can still see evidence of where it was.
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    My Small But Growing Collection of BICYCLE WRENCHES (7 inches or less only!)

    Three of mine I don't remember seeing in all the pictures
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    USMC (no, not that USMC!) Hand Tools - United Shoe Machinery Corporation

    The DOE wrench is part number 246H with 11/16" X 1-3/8" openings The WRHL 157H SOE is 1-1/4" opening, I cant find any part numbers on the clicking hatchet or the upholstery hammer
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    USMC (no, not that USMC!) Hand Tools - United Shoe Machinery Corporation

    Have a few USMC tools. Don't know exactly the connection between USMC and British United Shoe Machinery (later European Shoe Machinery Ltd.) But I emailed European Shoe Machinery a good while back asking if they knew what "WRHL" stands for and the emailed back that it is for WRencH List. They...
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    Show Off Your Antique Sockets & Braces

    I think the original owner just cut a piece of 2 X 4 and drilled some holes in it and put it in a wood box for something else. Not a vendor or factory box for this set
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    Show Off Your Antique Sockets & Braces

    Got this set at an antiques flea market today. Some of the sockets have and "E" inside a circle trademark on them. Think the set is Eberhard Mfg. Co. the large adjustable tap handle standing against the box came with it but I don't think it was original to the set
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    Bell system

    I just got one of these at an estate sale, except mine has pulleys on it. Anyway the patent number for the Nov. 29, 1910 one is 977,236 US977236 on Google Patents search
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    cast iron oil cans

    Did you ever find a patent number for the Hammer & Co. C clamp? The 128064 James Phillips patent I saw was for a clamping table. I have one of these clamps but the patent date was to worn to read. Anyway your post helped me identify what company made the clamp. Thanks Paul Choonks13
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    What is this tool used for? Crimper? Cutter?

    This tool is for sale on Ebay as a metal duct crimper, a down spout crimper, and a siding nipper
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    Show off your pliers!

    Some old antique and vintage pliers I have.
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    Click Mfg Pliers Fairbury NE

    there are two versions of this tool. the earlier version patent No. 2325245 has an adjuster screw but the newer one patent No. 2358858 doesn't have the screw.
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    CRAMP wrench

    Lugz, Thanks for the reference to the Machinery's Handbook.
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    CRAMP wrench

    It does not convert to a Whitworth size. AlloyArtifacts.org has a standard opening size chart for Williams and Billing & Spencer (which some other mfg.s adopted) for back before they used SAE standards. When they used a lot of square head bolts and nuts. It sort of matches some of these...
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