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I found three Jobe wrenches at the flea market today. Seems there's almost no info on these things. One thing I did find was saying they are torque wrenches. Anyone know anything about these?
 

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There is a Jobe company that makes mining tools (detection equipment, sluice boxes, etc ). I wonder if it is the same company


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Jobe....hmmm...That's gonna require a lot of ..................patience.
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I see tue mining company as well.. Google only produces one other sighting of these from an earlier ebay listing as far as I can tell. Alloy artifacts doesnt list Jobe at all.
 
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RagTopTA said:
I found three Jobe wrenches at the flea market today. Seems there's almost no info on these things. One thing I did find was saying they are torque wrenches. Anyone know anything about these?
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JO Mfg in Southgate (L.A. area), Calif. Strong WWII supplier of special socket tools, including torque wrenches, and into the 50's. Not sure how long they lasted after that. They nicknamed all their tools.

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Jobe....hmmm...That's gonna require a lot of ..................patience.
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Rob
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Haha. Someone knows their bible. Good one, Rob. :D
 
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Here's a catalog page for a glimpse of what I mean by nicknaming their tools, all beginning with the company name, which was JO Manufacturing. The JOEL, JOEX, and JOTE on the left are all torque click-stop wrenches. The JOAR on the right is a conduit wrench.

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I don't have the whole catalog, or I would look up JOBE for you. This page is from an old eBay ad for the whole catalog. I was doing research on this JO Mfgr t-handle I found set to 25 inch lbs. It's not marked JOTE, like the one in the catalog, so I suspect the funny naming thing is a later (probably 50's) development.

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How cool!! what a funny thing to do and smart for a tool company! I wonder how these wrenches are set... I know you can turn the inside pot to make them stiffer to break over but theres no reading as too how much it takes to break them over. pretty neat stuff now I can go check this stuff out! thanks so much Lugz!!
 
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How cool!! what a funny thing to do and smart for a tool company!...thanks so much Lugz!!
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You're welcome. They were fond of making a play-on-words with their name. The tiny illegible writing on the cover to the left of the winking metallic figure wearing the "JO" hat reads...

G.I. (Good Intentions) JO says, "Precision tight means it's right."
 
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