Boyd
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Cool Vintage Technician Kit.
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metaleltr
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Looks like china tools to me.
Outlawmws
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Probably for a traveling copier tech back in the day.
jeffmoss26
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Wonder if the green handled stuff is Diamond? I spot older vise grips.
Definitely NOT "China tools". All those drivers appear to be Xcelite. Good stuff!
Definitely NOT "China tools". All those drivers appear to be Xcelite. Good stuff!
I was thinking Malco?
She's a beauty. If I had any use at all for such a set, I'd have him packing it up tomorrow morning.
kiatech
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pliers look to be klien but the hacksaw kinda threw me off as to what it was made for. Its way too nice to use though.
Holt
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Case looks like a Platte and xcelite nutdrivers. Ratchet looks like a Williams super Ratchet.
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jeffmoss26
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Malco stuff is usually orange, the screwdrivers anyway.
Likewise, jmm. That's a beautiful setup.
Likewise, jmm. That's a beautiful setup.
ZRX61
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Hardly *vintage*...
ricleh
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The picture of that tool case brought back some memories. I had a similar toolkit when I did field repair work for Western Union in the late '70s. I repaired and maintained teletype and telecommunication equipment including IBM Selectric typewriters. This was the age of minicomputers and I also installed and maintained DEC PDP 8 and PDP 11 and later DEC VAX minicomputers. This toolkit was mainly for electromechanical equipment with a strong emphasis on the mechanical.
My old toolkit.
Inside the toolkit.
A few pages from original Western Electric diagrams and schematics for a Model 33 ASR teletype. This timeframe was pre-integrated circuit. All electrical and electronics were discrete components and repairs were made to the component level.
An old document with info concerning the installation of 4800 baud modems at the cargo terminal at Travis AFB in Fairfield, CA. These modems were state-of-the-art at the time. They connected Travis AFB to Scott AFB near St. Louis and to Ramstein AB in Germany.
Those were interesting days with lots of travel all over the world.
My old toolkit.
Inside the toolkit.
A few pages from original Western Electric diagrams and schematics for a Model 33 ASR teletype. This timeframe was pre-integrated circuit. All electrical and electronics were discrete components and repairs were made to the component level.
An old document with info concerning the installation of 4800 baud modems at the cargo terminal at Travis AFB in Fairfield, CA. These modems were state-of-the-art at the time. They connected Travis AFB to Scott AFB near St. Louis and to Ramstein AB in Germany.
Those were interesting days with lots of travel all over the world.
Super Sport
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The wrenches and ratchet look Easco to me. RHFT?
chopper1
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I agree on the ratchet being a Williams.
kc-steve
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It depends upon your definition of "vintage." I used similar stuff in the late 1970s through the 1980s. Mostly Xcelite tools, 99 series. I traveled seven states as a manufacturer's representative (medical electronics equipment), often on commercial airlines before deregulation, and after. The photos show only one the of toolbags I used. It was one they stopped using and gave it to me. All the tools were owned by the company so I had to give them back. I'm trying to reconstitute a similar set now days.
One in the CL ad is definitely worth $150. I'd buy it for that.
Steve
One in the CL ad is definitely worth $150. I'd buy it for that.
Steve
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metaleltr
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Ok I was wrong, the glare made the vise grips look like knock-offs and the wrenches looked like cheaper brand.
TheGrooveking
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That is an old Jensen set. Jensen is still around, I remember those cases and tool pallets from the Jensen catalogs my Dad would bring home from work ( he was an electrical engineer). I used to go all wide eyed thinking what I could take apart with a portable kit like that...
TheGrooveking
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hell yes someone needs to buy it. it looks like everything is brand new!
several pieces of diamond stuff. a williams 3/8 and likely an sk 1/4 ratchet and handle, several vice grips, several assorted diagonals and needlenose, countless vaco and or excelite drivers. a set of wrenches that look suspiciously like they are sk made, klein maybe? that is just some of the stuff easily seen.
you could keep what you want, sell the excess and still make a profit.
i just went back and reread the add. 151 items, all usa and all new. i would buy nos vice grip, diamond and sk stuff for a dollar a pop all day long.
several pieces of diamond stuff. a williams 3/8 and likely an sk 1/4 ratchet and handle, several vice grips, several assorted diagonals and needlenose, countless vaco and or excelite drivers. a set of wrenches that look suspiciously like they are sk made, klein maybe? that is just some of the stuff easily seen.
you could keep what you want, sell the excess and still make a profit.
i just went back and reread the add. 151 items, all usa and all new. i would buy nos vice grip, diamond and sk stuff for a dollar a pop all day long.
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jeffmoss26
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ricleh, nice stuff. I have some of those very same Bell System tools!
10-4 just loving that old kit!
Did you work on the older Western Electric slim line phones? I think those older ATT models with the metal base were just bulletproof.
jeffmoss26
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I have torn apart a couple trimline phones, I sure wish they made things how they used to.
ricleh
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Those old phones were such a simple design and so well built. I love the old 60/40 pulse train dialers, but the DTMF spelled the end for them.
jeffmoss26
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I have a working 1A2 system in my basement. I love old phones and get a kick out of bringing them back to life.
gary300
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Had a kit just like it when I worked for AM international (now defunct) back in the early seventies as a field service tech on busniness machines. Had to give it back when I quit 