How old is this?

[ifishaholic]

Not sure if there’s anything extraordinary here:

 

[ifishaholic]

And lastly the final item from the old wood chest is this:

 

[d42jeep]

I’m hoping that somebody knows about the Farmer Boy pliers. I found a pair back in January.
-Don

 

[Private Lugnutz]

And lastly the final item from the old wood chest is this:

That's a pipe cutter.

Everything in this last batch that was marked is your ID so I won't bother calling them out for you. Except for #27 which are owner's marks. The logo #28 wrench is Williams.

Everything is about the same age into the 30's and no gold nuggets. Clean them up as best you can with WD-40 and a wire brush or 0000 steel wool, wipe them down, clean that box up with OrangeGlo or whatever kind of wood cleaner/polisher you have around the place, and put them back inside. If you have no interest in putting the box somewhere as a keepsake, sell it as a lot on CL or in a yard sale when the plague passes mentioning some of the tools by name etc. in your ad.

I’m hoping that somebody knows about the Farmer Boy pliers. I found a pair back in January.

I got nothing, Don. Love the name though.

 

[RubiconJK]

I’m hoping that somebody knows about the Farmer Boy pliers. I found a pair back in January.
-Don

Sure reminds me of my PS&W pliers shown here.
https://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showpost.php?p=7143701&postcount=23

 

[d42jeep]

Sure reminds me of my PS&W pliers shown here.
https://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showpost.php?p=7143701&postcount=23

They are very similar looking. Here is a page from the 1910 Peck, Stow & Wilcox Catalog.
-Don

 

[d42jeep]

And lastly the final item from the old wood chest is this:

Here are some other old large tubing cutters similar to yours but different brands.
-Don

 

[ifishaholic]

Perfect Thank you for the advice. That’s just one box so far and I plan on posting up pictures of a lot more. I’m organizing what I want to keep and what I want to part with. I might keep this old chest. He did have a Plomb tool set that I’m keeping for sure and a gorgeous old tap set that I’ll be picturing here shortly.

 

[Private Lugnutz]

I’m organizing what I want to keep and what I want to part with.

Smart. I still have boxes from my gramps and my dad. And I have several boxes from several other guy's gramps and dads, too! But I have scrapped quite a lot of junk and redundant or common and insignificant stuff, too. Easily 10 x more than I have kept. That may sound counterintuitive from someone impassioned about preserving our antique and vintage tool history, but it's steel, not flesh. Save the best, sell or scrap the rest.

He did have a Plomb tool set that I’m keeping for sure and a gorgeous old tap set that I’ll be picturing here shortly.

Looking forward to seeing both. We have a 'Plomb' thread and also a 'Tap and Die' (and threader and re-threader etc) thread and I am active in both. Click on the sticky at the top of the forum and then use the Index to find them.

 

[ttpete]

Front and back of this one:

That's a Ford sparkplug and cylinder head wrench. They came in different sizes and that could be Model A or early V-8. What size is the open end?

 

[ifishaholic]

The open end is 15/16

 

[ifishaholic]

I know these are for drilling wood. I tried to find a wood drilling topic in the forum and nothing came up. I asked my cousin who’s been a framer for the past 31 years, and he says he honestly has never seen long ones like these used before.
So my question is, what are they used for, and what would be a ballpark value if I should sell these?

 

[ifishaholic]

Additional pictures of the makers mark on the smaller ones. In the very first picture showing the yard stick for scale, that’s not rust, they are dirty from the coating of grease on them.

 

[woody 73]

Search on the GJ kinda ***** but some information for you tonight:

https://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=339530&highlight=greenlee

 

[Kev442]

I personally would never part with my great grand dads tool chest. Some of the wrenches and bits, maybe, but not much. Pass them down to your kids.
I still have every tool I've inherited, but that's not much. I use them and think happy thoughts about those who have moved on to another plane. If I accidentally break one, well so be it.

 

[ifishaholic]

I personally would never part with my great grand dads tool chest. Some of the wrenches and bits, maybe, but not much. Pass them down to your kids.
I still have every tool I've inherited, but that's not much. I use them and think happy thoughts about those who have moved on to another plane. If I accidentally break one, well so be it.

I'm glad you mention that because just today my son came out to the shop to see if I could get the stuck mouth piece out of his trumpet; my grandpa's rubber mallet got it out and we both thanked him for that.

 

[ttpete]

The open end is 15/16

That's for the early V-8s that used 18 mm plugs.

 

[ifishaholic]

Thank you both previous replies. Very useful info and I greatly appreciate. I can see now these aren’t common so it’d be difficult to price. I wish I knew were he got them from.

 

[ttpete]

Thank you both previous replies. Very useful info and I greatly appreciate. I can see now these aren’t common so it’d be difficult to price. I wish I knew were he got them from.

They're probably more common than you think. At that time, Ford included a basic tool kit with every new car, and that was included.

 

[Lassen Forge]

Here’s the Next two Items:
I can’t read any manufactures mark on the ratchet other than “made in the USA”

The offset wrench is used to reach the #4 rod and #3 main on a model T engine - the "inspection pan" only went as far back as the #3 cylinder, so you needed that oddball offset to remove the caps, check the clearances, and if needed, pull shims to tighten it up.

That's actually on my list of projects for my '15 T once the weather warms up, so I'm looking for one right now... Thought I had one, but, well, darn.

Not sure if this is really old: (Long screw thing with loop on the end)

It's used to remove seals or water pump packing... and yes, it's old.

Not sure if there’s anything extraordinary here:
(Whole pile of punches and chisels)

A lot of punches, some of then were used to get under the lips of fenders and whatnot to bring dents out.

 

[ifishaholic]

Search on the GJ kinda ***** but some information for you tonight:

Great info thank you!

 

[ifishaholic]

I know what these are fords but could someone please give me an education on why the difference?

 

[Oldtuleguy]

The earlier examples had typically more forged in logos.

 

[ifishaholic]

Ok got it. The ones that had the stamped logo are later variations.

 

[ifishaholic]

And what about these? They appear to be the same manufacturer but notice the one that has the stamped jaw versus the cast jaw.

 

[Provincial]

Cost saving. Since they couldn't outsource to China yet!

 

[Lassen Forge]

I know what these are fords but could someone please give me an education on why the difference?

When they were made. Earlier they cast their logo into everything, afterwards, they were running so fast it was easier to stamp their logo into stuff.

Plus they also outsourced a lot - one of my favorites (was in the back yard of our former house) was a Ford Script made by Moore... Probably did it to keep up the breakneck pace they were putting cars out, plus earlier on even though Highland was huge compared to what they had before, (it was huge, period!), they didn't have the factory floor space they did once they opened up the Rouge.

One of my favorite parts of Ford history is watching how they geared up and the corners they cut to all out haul **** as they ramped up model T production. From a manufacturing standpoint it was amazing...

 

[ttpete]

Those are pretty much Model T vintage. The Model A and later ones had a square handle tip that was used for the drain and fill plugs on the transmission and axle housings.