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Millen / Millen Mfg. Co., 7 Water St., Boston, MA (1929), Millen Mfg. Co., 150 Exchange St. Malden, MA (1955) / "Jiffy-Tite" screwdriver / patent 1699306 Jan 15 1929 E.L. Millen / Millen Mfg. Co at International Tool Catalog Library

WARNING! Public Service Announcement! RE: Vintage Tool Catalogs Unfortunately there are some people for whom no depths are too low to stoop when it comes to any opportunity for making a buck. In this instance, I am referring to an unscrupulous Ebay seller who is attempting to monetize...

SteelCraft Tool Corp. - Spiegel Bros. - Fix'N'Save - Century Tool - The "Steelcraft Tools" I am talking about cannot possibly be "Steelcraft Tools" in Livonia, Michigan ( https://steelcrafttool.com/ ) "Steelcraft Tools" of Livonia, Michigan proudly boasts that they've been around "for over 75...

I just received an email from a contact which may be of interest to some of you: "This is a new collection at Archive.org, Hardware Age magazine 1894-1998. Because it’s a collection, you can do a text search of just it. Some were uploaded today. They are off microfilm, so resolution isn’t equal...

Gentlemen: Indulge me here if you would- Per Mr. Lauver's "list", the Craftsman 1/4" drive socket set I was looking at earlier today in an antique mall was manufactured by Snap-on between 1932-1936. (C-nn = Snap-on, ca. 1932 - 1936) The set contained several sockets, a 6-inch extention, and a...

VIM Tool Co. original company name and location: Vim Tool Co., 507-15 No. 7th St., Minneapolis, Minnesota currently: Vimtools - Durston Manufacturing Co. La Verne, California 91750 - www.vimtools.com There is a very brief entry on VIM at Alloy-Artifacts.org (here...

A thread dedicated to the awesomeness of the vintage (and not so vintage) 1/4" drive socket set. Of course, your 9/32" drive set would be perfectly appropriate here as well. We've got threads for double-end box wrenches and open-end wrenches. We've got threads for ratchets and screwdrivers...

Keystone Mfg. Co., 41-63 Chandler St., Buffalo, N.Y. (* not to be confused with Keystone Drop Forge Co., Northumberland, PA. or Keystone Reamer & Tool Co., Millersburg, PA. *) Manufacturers of the "Westcott" wrench More information about Keystone at: http://toolarchives.com/node/572...

What is it? Albert & J.M Anderson Mfg. Co., Boston, MA. brass or bronze clamp of some sort, obviously. This company built bicycles at one time, among other things. Obviously not a puller, which is what the Ebay seller listed it as. Any idea what the intended purpose is for this gizmo...

R.T.E.C. - Randolph Tool Equipment Co., Camden, N.J. This 10-piece 1/4" drive SAE socket set contains: 4 - 6-point sockets: 3/16", 7/32", 1/4", and 9/32" 4 - 12-point sockets: 5/16", 11/32", 3/8" and 7/16" 1 - sliding "T" bar 1 - 1/4" spinner handle The socket are marked with a single...

Wanted Walden 39119-34 9/32" drive 1/4" socket & 39120-23 9/32" drive Spintite Handle Wanted: Walden Worcester 39119-34 9/32" drive 1/4" 6-point socket (cad plated) 39120-23 9/32" drive Spintite Handle

R.F. Sedgley "Hexall" hex-drive socket set Patent 1289558 Dec. 31, 1918 R.F. Sedgley, 2311 North Sixteenth Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania USA Founder and inventor Reginald F. Sedgley apparently manufactured these as early as January 24, 1916, according to the November 25, 1916 "Hardware...

In response to Private Lugnutz's post earlier today HERE: https://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?p=6853527&highlight=wizard#post6853527 ... and after running searches here for both "Wizard" and "Wakefield", I am taking the liberty of starting this new "Wakefield" thread. Primarily...

Was poking around on the web and stumbled over this - four items on Wilde's website - thought it might be of interest to somebody here: 3-pc SAE combination wrench set 1-1/16", 1-1/8", 1-1/4" - $22.99 https://www.wildetool.com/product/4-piece-combination-wrench-set/ 7-inch pipe wrench pliers -...

Bethlehem "Quickway" Socket Sets - Bethlehem Spark Plug Co. Bethlehem, Pennsylvania * Set "A": 3/8-inch hex drive, in a little metal case ^ Set "B": 1/2-inch hex drive, in a "leather-like" case (six sockets are sizes from Set "D") * Set "C": 7/16-inch hex drive, in a metal case (no ratchet) *...

Gentlemen: I recently acquired a model 655 Indestro 1/2" square female drive ratchet lever (or just "ratchet", if you prefer.) It is the same model as Duro Chrome 672. Patent no. 1798481 The teeth are not engaging the pawl properly in both directions. I thought perhaps it might be missing a...

see https://www.garagejournal.com/forum/threads/wanted-indestro.310997/ 10/04/21

I have at least a couple older hex-drive socket sets that contain a weird "splined" (for lack of a better word) socket that have puzzled me for some time. I came across an Ebay listing for an old "G.M. Mfg. Co." socket set containing one, and noticed that the pouch calls it a "Master Socket for...

Indestro Tool Catalog Thread Arranged in chronological order. There may be some duplicates in the "Show your Indestro and Duro-Chrome tools" thread (HERE: http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=94937 ) but I will leave those there to preserve clarity and continuity in that thread...

I look at a lot of listings on Ebay. Recently I've noticed what seems to be a trend developing: Ebay sellers listing new or almost-new Proto socket sets for as little as one third to one fifth of what the exact same set would cost at Amazon.com, Toolup.com, Zoro.com, or Walmart. (There are, of...