Lets make an all vintage Snap-on tool picture thread!

[Oldtuleguy]

Snagged mine for 10$, then felt a bit guilty the seller did nor know what it was.

 

[930dreamer]

The more you know!

 

[Shelbylex]

Snagged mine for 10$, then felt a bit guilty the seller did nor know what it was.

OTG, I need some education here, What is it?

 

[MR.X]

Anyone have a reference for a 7/8” drive of this era in 2 1/4” hex?

 

[LesserSon]

Was it to much money to gamble on?

No - only $1! (Which is only 25¢ more than new ninety-five years ago.)
But as I said, it looked to me like it might be missing parts. I imagined something adjustable sliding in the slots, held by a screw. And I had no idea what it was. (Not that I have a use for it.)
I may see it again.

 

[Snaparxon]

I looked up the "Gripper" screwdriver and the description jogged my memory a bit, I was going to buy it because it had a cool looking handle construction and reminded me of the early Snap on 9/32" dr wood handled spinner, but I didn't because I thought a previous owner had modified it by cutting a slot in the end with a hacksaw.
She had several sales last year but I didn't see it until what now appears to have been her final yard sale, I waited all winter for her to have another one this year, but so far it's not looking like it's going to happen...

SNAP-ON Tools 1923 Catalog A : Jacko [email protected] : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

This is the first Snap-On Catalog from 1923 Catalog A lovingly but not overly restored by Jacko.

archive.org

 

[2001ZR2]

That’d be a 1955

Thank my eyes were seeing the pit as a partial line for a 6 which my brain took as gospel.

 

[Oldtuleguy]

OTG, I need some education here, What is it?

My understanding of the gripper stuff is it was supplied by lauber.

 

[snapmom]

Anyone have a reference for a 7/8” drive of this era in 2 1/4” hex?

shows in the 8/29 cat

 

[Private Lugnutz]

My understanding of the gripper stuff is it was supplied by lauber.

I made that connection a few years ago, empirically, here...

Does anyone have any documentation that connects "THE GRIPPER" wooden tool and file handles sometimes found with Snap-on shanks (screwdriver, 9/32" spinner) stuck inside of them with the Snap-on Tool Company? Reason I ask is, I am doing some re-organizing in the Lugzsonian, I came upon my box of antique and vintage file and tool handles, and I have one called "THE LAUBER." As you can see, it is made exactly like "THE GRIPPER." Except for the name.

Here's an ad from a 1920's trade mag. The design is patented. So theres no way Snap-on made them. Now look where the Lauber Company was located. I'd bet not only my next paycheck, but every paycheck until I retire, that I just discovered who made Snap-on's early radio set handles.

...and I still have an extremely high level of confidence in my deduction, but I have not been able to confirm it with independent documentation.

 

[Shelbylex]

Thank you OTG, Snaparxon and Private Lugnutz!
... One more tool I did not know is interesting and worth remembering : )

 

[MR.X]

Not exactly Snap On but pertinent to handle sourcing in Brewtown. So a Lauber style handle is clearly visible in a 20's era MTF catalog and still shows up in a 31 cat as well thou in both it's a screwdriver while the bearing scraper illustration looks like a more conventional handle. Anyway, make of that what you want.

 

[d42jeep]

A couple of Lauber file handles I’ve run across.
-Don

 

[Private Lugnutz]

Not exactly Snap On but pertinent to handle sourcing in Brewtown.

Thanks for posting. Clearly expands the local principle.

 

[MR.X]

Here’s the cat. pics.