Hinsdale Display

woodland_hank · Mar 19, 2018

I'm altering this post to include multiple wrench display boards I'm making. There may be a few other displays added in here as well. As of now I like the theme of the displays I'm making. All are maple with maple plywood to direct the focus on the tools themselves. These will be hung with the Williams board and some others at some point in the future.

Just finished up another wrench display board. Sorry if this is getting redundant. This will be hung with the Williams board and some others at some point in the future.. These Hinsdale wrenches date from the 1930's and were made in the Chicago area. While this collection didn't require the tenacity the Williams collection did, it did take a number of years from the 1st wrench to the completed display. Let's just say I lost my focus on a number of things in life and am now playing catch-up. The advertisement is out of a Popular Science magazine from June of 1929. It's a paper copy that's taped on. Later this week I'm get a photo print of the ad made at Walgreen's and will adhere it to the board for the finishing touch.

Empty Pockets · Mar 19, 2018

Nice work. Kinda makes me want to fond time to make some saw dust

F124C · Mar 19, 2018

Great job! :thumbup:

AL.

Oldtuleguy · Mar 20, 2018

Great way to display your wrenches

Farmer J. · Mar 20, 2018

Another nice display board, it looks great Hank.
Funny how life can lose focus for a while, but it's great to get it back on track and catch up with projects which were put aside. You've gone beyond 'catch up' with these displays, your way ahead now..!

Shelbylex · Mar 20, 2018

Great job! Looks great and makes people notice your wrenches!

woodland_hank · Mar 21, 2018

A NOS Craftsman open end wrench set from the early 70's. I incorporated an emblem from a table saw parts machine to break up the vinyl cutting theme a bit. I also considered using an emblem off an old tool box.

F124C · Mar 21, 2018

Another great job! :thumbup:

(and I noticed you aligned the screw slots....

)

AL.

nickelmore · Mar 22, 2018

That is way cool.

My grandfather was a police chief in the town of Hinsdale which is a western suburb of Chicago. Any idea if they were actually made in the town?

woodland_hank · Apr 7, 2018

Another display board done. This one is a set of angle head Snap-On wrenches. I'd love to have the complete set of angle head wrenches Snap-On offered but I simply can't afford them. The board is the exact same construction as all the rest. However, I modified a Snap-On catalog page for the header of this board. It will be photo printed and adhered at a later date. The standard paper print is a place holder for now.

Farmer J. · Apr 8, 2018

That looks great Hank, but something is worrying me.. I see you have hung all your wrenches on hooks on these boards, and they could easily be removed. It's a sad and shocking fact that there are people in the world who abuse and lose tools, if one of these comes into your man cave what is to stop them 'borrowing' a wrench from your set and using it as a hammer or taking it away and losing it??
Close family is often the worst for this, and no amount of locks, signs, threats, reasoning or tears seems to make any difference..

woodland_hank · Apr 9, 2018

Farmer J. said:
That looks great Hank, but something is worrying me.. I see you have hung all your wrenches on hooks on these boards, and they could easily be removed. It's a sad and shocking fact that there are people in the world who abuse and lose tools, if one of these comes into your man cave what is to stop them 'borrowing' a wrench from your set and using it as a hammer or taking it away and losing it??
Close family is often the worst for this, and no amount of locks, signs, threats, reasoning or tears seems to make any difference..

Interesting thought. But that's not a concern for me. I've never experienced friends or family using, borrowing, losing, taking or stealing tools or anything else from me. It may be a fact in some people's worlds but has never been an issue in mine.

leg17 · Apr 10, 2018

Hank, you probably just jinxed yourself.

woodland_hank · Apr 11, 2018

And a couple more. First is a display of some vintage locks that belonged to my grandfather. Next is a Barcalo wrench display with a print of the patent document.

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