Some tools

elidas · Dec 10, 2019

Even though I'm still trying to integrate all my shop stuff ( I got retired) with my house stuff I still go out and look. Here is some newly found stuff. Nothing was more than a dollar each. (except the box)

First one is -what I believe to be a Snapon overstrike. The socket next to it has no markings except size. This was in a ice cube tray with 4 other 20's Snapon sockets. $3

Second one is a Stanley nut driver.

Third Herbrand tool box. I have a nice bunch of Herbrand stuff to go in it. $25

Fourth and fifth This is the second partial set of Eastern Machine Screw sockets I've found. The speed wrench and universal are in exceptional shape. This set and the other were both found within a few miles of New Haven.

Sixth is a Blue Points tappet wrench. This came with the Eastern Machine stuff and a bag of mixed sockets. There was also a set (pictures later) of an unusual socket rack with hex drive sockets that just had a single digit on it. $15

Oldtuleguy · Dec 10, 2019

Nice finds. Speed wrench is sweet.

Private Lugnutz · Dec 10, 2019

Oldtuleguy said:
Speed wrench is sweet.

First one I have ever seen. Ads don't show one, either. Also, I have never seen an Eastern Machine Screw "H&G" set tool with a marking! What is that on? The speeder?

Link to Eastern Machine Screw thread (I forgot to put it in the Sticky!) is here.

elidas · Dec 11, 2019

Yes. It's on the speeder. I went back to the house to look for more but that was it. I did end up with a cordwood saw, belt, and pto with pulley for $47. I have several N series Fords.

elidas · Dec 11, 2019

I went over the tread mentioned. I realized that I did not have the handle. I had it in my hand! I thought that I had it. Fortunately the sale is going on this week so I'll go back and see if left it there. So being a little bummed that I left a key piece behind I went the the basement to sort through the pile of sockets I amassed. One of the first things I ran across was this. This did not come from the original house. Just a random pile.

3baygarage · Dec 11, 2019

Very cool, and not as common as the ratchet set imo.

Private Lugnutz · Dec 11, 2019

elidas said:
Yes. It's on the speeder.

I see that it's female drive, and I am guessing it's 5/8-inch hex drive, like the other H&G set tools, for turning the sockets and other attachments with their 5/8-inch MALE hex drive tangs. Please confirm. It must have been part of a bigger set (wouldn't fit in that wooden box, obviously), and I am guessing a later set, as the "H&G" on the wrench in the other set is forged, not stamped, and there are no OEM markings at all.

elidas said:
I went over the tread mentioned. I realized that I did not have the handle. I had it in my hand! I thought that I had it. Fortunately the sale is going on this week so I'll go back and see if left it there.

I'm confused! What handle are you referring to?

elides said:
...bummed that I left a key piece behind I went the the basement to sort through the pile of sockets I amassed. One of the first things I ran across was this. This did not come from the original house. Just a random pile.

Nice. Looks like one of the two screwdriver bits that came in the "H&G" set. See post #1 in the Eastern thread I linked for photos of the other one that goes with it. That's a lucky uncommon find loose like that.

3baygarage said:
Very cool, and not as common as the ratchet set imo.

What are you referring to, 3bay?

woody 73 · Dec 11, 2019

OP that screwdriver in one of your pictures looks very interesting ( Black looking handle with the checkerboard pattern) by chance does it have a name somewhere on the screwdriver?

Oldtuleguy · Dec 11, 2019

I see a "no. 4"

elidas · Dec 11, 2019

Hi Lug, In your pictures in the thead it's about 11 down.

elidas · Dec 11, 2019

woody 73 said:
OP that screwdriver in one of your pictures looks very interesting ( Black looking handle with the checkerboard pattern) by chance does it have a name somewhere on the screwdriver?

Its a Blue Point.

Private Lugnutz · Dec 11, 2019

Ahhh. The one in the very front of the box in the ads and in my set. (Mine has a bend in it.) I hope you find it! Without that or the sliding T/L-handle, there is no way to turn the sockets or attach the ratchet to turn the sockets.

Please measure the female drive opening in the speeder (or put one of your loose sockets or attachments in it...) to confirm that's it's 5/8-inch hex drive.

elidas · Dec 11, 2019

Yes, it's 5/8. The screwdriver came from an entirely different place. Just bs luck. If I hadn't reviewed your post I most likely wouldn't have realized what I had.

Private Lugnutz · Dec 11, 2019

The speed handle is a very important find, elidas. It's like a missing link to a set that we didn't know existed. I have tracked down some references to it, confirming my hunch that it was a larger and later (1924) set than the small, earlier (1921-1922) sets. See the update at the end of my thread.

Oldtuleguy · Dec 11, 2019

it's something interesting. Only stuff I have seen is the earlier set.

Private Lugnutz · Dec 11, 2019

Right? Something new to keep our eyes peeled for. Then again, maybe it was the old set with the speed handle as an extra and they were just advertising it differently. I'll have to get my kid the genius to help this old practical engineer do the math on "140 combinations".

elidas · Dec 14, 2019

got it!

Private Lugnutz · Dec 14, 2019

Great news, elidas! Happy for you.

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