Recent content by EML

I know that the Matco wrenches with the vee shaped gullet were made by Bonney. USA made. The DOE in your picture is made by Bonney and they also made combination wrenches for Matco. Weird how that combination wrench in your picture doesn’t have USA after Matco, but I’m not as familiar with Matco...

Nice! How do you like those Williams boxes? I was just looking at that same box in the catalog the other day. Does the box come with the same locking drawer retention as the Snap On Classic series boxes do? What are your thoughts on the casters that come with it?

Chip chaser. We use those all the time for aircraft sheet metal and structures work. Used when you drill holes to remove burr or chips of metal stuck between multiple sheets of metal.

That’s a great wrench, you scored on the mystery bag with that! With 1/2” drive, 3/4” box size it seems to be a wrench for aircraft cylinders. I assumed it was black oxide finish, maybe my eyes are deceiving me with those recent pictures, but is the wrench coated in cosmoline preservative?

That large wrench looks like an aircraft cylinder base nut wrench. Used to access the cylinder nuts attaching an aircraft cylinder to the crankcase. The one you got looks to be quite an old one. These wrenches are usually made for specific cylinders and engines. I’m a A&P mechanic so I’ve used...