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Help Needed IDing Old Tools

wildman1

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Guys

I was going through a bucket of scrap iron from a buddy and found these tools.

While some are obvious (wrenches, file), I'm sure that each seres a unique purpose.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!
 

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crankshaftdan II

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Guys

I was going through a bucket of scrap iron from a buddy and found these tools.

While some are obvious (wrenches, file), I'm sure that each seres a unique purpose.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!

The holder w/wing nut looks to be a chisel holder
The tappan wrench probably was for appliance repair as tappan was for ranges etc.
That's all I can help with!:thumbup:
 

GrantCee

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The item marked "Fisher" is a piece of laboratory gear - specifically, a flask handle. (Could also be used for larger test tubes.)

Fisher was (still is, actually) a major supplier of all kinds of lab hardware.
 
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Dale B

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The Tappan tool is likely a stove lid handle from an old wood burning stove . The tool with the double "V" openings is an Alligater wrench , an old style of pipe wrench It should have serrations inside the jaws.
 
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wildman1

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Thanks Guys!

So far we have identified:

Chemistry beaker Holding tool
Stove tool (Tappan)
Old body dollys (?)
Double end alligator wrench

Still need help with:
The wrench with the rectangular opening in the one end (gas /water line wrench?)
The cylinder with the ointed end (also has a hole drilled thru the flat end)

Tanks!
 

mrholeshot

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The one with the rectangular hole looks like the wrench used on the master gas cut off in a lab. When I was going to school or lab teacher (or lab was very old even in the 60s) kept the wrench in his pocket to cut the gas on/off to all the Bunsen burners. It looked very much like this but not exact. It kept some enterprizing student from sneaking in and blowing up the school. The other part may have been to open the door where the valve was but the door on ours was long gone. I remember using the wrench several times and the rectangular hole stood out.
 
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