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Indeed he can! Bill

As mentioned in the 2023 Garage Sale Thread, I found this (MC-1001?) box (with key) and contents on Craigslist. It supposedly came from a closed mill in the Mon Valley. I believe it falls into the mid-60s/early 70s Williams production. The are a few random wrenches, etc. but the contents are...

This Williams CL find supposedly came from a closed mill in the Mon Valley. A fairly clean 3 drawer box (including key) with most of the 1/2" line that Williams sold at the time I'm guessing. Bill

Nice 4C! Thanks for chasing that down!

Indeed it does! Here it is in Wright's 1959 Catalog #100. Bill

Alcohol is always an option but I'm trying to think of what sort of fitting may have required the eccentric motion of the offset.

Yes, I believe that the "-7" is a date code - 1937. I have no other explanation for the -/+ prefix/suffix other than the first or second half of the calendar year or fiscal year. I doubt that it is 1927 since that was the first year Wright was in business and I believe that they used an...

Never mind. I see Plomb (5239) and Snap-on (F-21-N) made a similar one. FWIW, the Wright version is not spring loaded. Edit: It is, in fact, spring loaded. You just need to clean the gunk out of it. ;)

The CT-22?

Here's the business end of (what I am assuming is) the carburetor CT-22 socket. Bill

@LesserSon had a post in the "Spreading the Bonney affliction!" thread with identical MS-116 and MS-118 sockets. He made an inquiry to Wright and I eagerly await their reply! I have no idea what these sockets would have been used for other than maybe a D-shaped valve/motor shaft. Bill

Here’s an interesting lot I was really happy to pick up. From left to right, top to bottom: -41 dated 1/2” BP16 combination wrench -9 dated 1/4” drive V-11 sliding tee 11/16” x 19/32” P5F DOE 8+ dated 3/8” drive CT-22 (carburetor?) socket 9/16” x 1/2” P3Z (or is it an “N” on its side?) DOE -7...

Looking for tools is like walking on the beach... you never know what the sea is going to give up. Found a handful of classic S-K combination wrenches. Some of them look like they were never used. The Proto 9710 screwdriver was just laying on top of a pile of dreck. The rest of the combos...

Was searching for catalogs online and I found a link to Wright's catalog #82 (copyright 2009) HERE. Some of the other catalogs on that page may be of interest, too. I also found this case study by Sonnhalter that is related to the catalog. Bill

@Private Lugnutz Regarding the LetterNumberLetter (LNL)... the "P" I am speculating is a designation for their DOEs at that time. The number I am speculating is simply a number representing the relative sizes (but not their size ordinally - e.g., there is a 41+ dated P22 DOE in post #28 ) of...

It's interesting to note that the P3O on Alloy Artifacts is 1/2 x 9/16.

Got this set off of FBM. Bottom to top: P8N (15/16 x 1-1/16), P7L (13/16 x 31/32), P6J/P6U (7/8 x 3/4 - hard to tell date code), P5L (11/16 x 19/32), P3N (1/2 x 7/16), P1N (7/16 x 3/8). Bill

Some speculation on the early date codes... I have never seen a numeric code on a Wright tool earlier than "7" (i.e., 1937). I have only seen the following alphabetic codes on early tools - F,K,L,N,O,S,T,U,V,W. If we assign "F" to 1927, that leaves "W" to 1936. Has anyone ever seen an...

Recently I've been trying to organize (for those who know me you'd be laughing at my use of the word) Wright's use of date codes. Based on the evidence, we know that they: Utilized some sort of alphabetic code between 1927 and ~1936 - as yet undeciphered. From ~1937 to ~1939 they used a single...

Answering my own question here... I did some digging. WrightGrip 1.0 was released most likely around 2003. The patent, 6907805, was filed 7/24/2002 and granted on 6/21/2005. I found this 2004 (04J) 1118 9/16" combination wrench on eBay with "PATENT PENDING" stamped on it. I found a PDF of...