Lets make an all vintage Snap-on tool picture thread!

[Private Lugnutz]

I am not the one who tore the end of the packaging, and I was hoping to be able to slip the tool in and out of it like a sleeve without undoing it, but it was lodged. In hindsight, I am glad I had to remove the tape and unwrap it. Look what I found!

It's unfortunate that the part of the packaging that was ripped had the "After" version of the "Before Using NU-TRIX" and "After Using NU-TRIX" illustrations at the bottom.

The branding is exceptionally deep and sharp.

 

[Private Lugnutz]

Even before I unwrapped it I knew that Reiff & Nestor was the OEM, as I have collected several Reiff & Nestor examples over the years. They were patented (1,694,229) in 1928 but changed little through the years. The company's bread-and-butter product is essential to machinists and mechanics. They are a spittin' image figure- and specifications-match for the WWII-era Federal Stock Number 41-F-1525 thread file that was issued to machinists' tool-sets and larger unit-level tool-sets at 2nd, 3rd, and 4th echelon maintenance depots, and Reiff & Nestor did have a small wartime contract with the Treasury Department, which supplied the Federal Standard Stock Catalog, i.e., the GSA and NSN of its day. So I have been happy to find them and move them on to other serious WWII collectors.

Here it is with one of its purebred cousins...

 

[Private Lugnutz]

The other two sides I haven't shown yet, for technical completeness...

 

[MShaw]

The interesting thing is that when I visited R & N about 25 years ago they were a modern facility with state of the art numerical control machines continuing to mass produce quality taps and end mills. A quick check of google shows that they are still alive and well.

 

[Private Lugnutz]

Thanks for sharing that anecdote, M. That's good country out there. I am a Penn State grad, I know Shamokin well, and I've spent some time at Ft Indiantown Gap.

I'm super excited to have found it in the original packaging. I've never seen another one, and while it's fairly obvious from the Snap-on catalogs who the supplier was, it's neat to be able to confirm it.

 

[d42jeep]

Here is a Snap-on battery terminal expander along with an Allen socket I found last Friday.
-Don

 

[bmwrd0]

Among the things found this AM, I picked this up:

It appears to be a 1925-1927 unnumbered No. 7. I plan on soaking it in a mixture of ATF and acetone to see if I can get it ratcheting, and then rust removal.

 

[Username already in use]

Couple of Snap-On/BluePoint from last weekend. The DBE is E dated, the deep 1/4" drive socket is cad plated, no date code, TMC-9, and a pair of midget DOEs.

 

[Oldtuleguy]

Picked up this 1937 master midget set. Tools look unused but box has suffered some rust.

 

[snapmom]

That is a hard set to finish.

 

[Oldtuleguy]

I have another one that took years

 

[Snaparxon]

Found this small Snap on 3-SA scratch awl and Blue Point 3/8-11/32 ign wrench in the .25 cent box today.

 

[d42jeep]

Here is a black handle awl I found at a sale on Friday. It required a bit of cleanup.
-Don

 

[snapmom]

That's one of the fun things in collecting, putting an old tool back into good usable condition

 

[y'sguy]

Question about a couple of my older Snap on items

I am attempting to re-establish my tools that I have long since had from my Dads set when he was an aircraft mechanic.

One is replacing this Snap-on 1/4 driver with a disintegrated handle. I would gladly buy it if one of you had one OR for trade as I do have some things that I am still sorting thru. (don't get too excited it ain't that much). I have seen them on EBAY but would rather mingle here if I could.

Also I always thought this other piece was a stud installer or extracter, but I have yet to find it in any of the catalogs. It is marked Snap-on I just wasn't able to get it photographed with that showing. BTW I have used it for those purposes even IF that's not what it's for. I have a set of four, don't know if more sizes were available.

Any ideas are greatly appreciated. Thank you.

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[d42jeep]

I believe that Snap-on customer service will replace those disintegrating black handles. All of the ones I bought in the ‘70s ended up like that.
-Don

 

[Oldtuleguy]

They gave me a new modern one when mine crumbled.

 

[y'sguy]

ok, thanks guys! I was wondering that SO might replace.

Any thoughts about the other tool?

 

[snapmom]

It looks like a AC puller. does it have a model number.

 

[y'sguy]

The # is Y-928 USA This one is for a 7/16"

 

[Snaparxon]

The # is Y-928 USA This one is for a 7/16"

Bottom of the page,
http://collectingsnapon.com/catalogs/catalogs.php?loggedin=0&catalogPage=1531

 

[y'sguy]

Bottom of the page,
http://collectingsnapon.com/catalogs/catalogs.php?loggedin=0&catalogPage=1531

Bingo!,Thank you very much. I guess I was using them correctly. And since Dad was an aviation mech. it makes sense. I have the set of three.
"stud setters"

 

[Provincial]

Yes, used similar ones to install/remove studs from aircraft engine crankcases often. Not the best for very high torque applications, but work well within their design range.

 

[cliftonbros89]

Got these from a friend. He got them at a garage sale for 50 cents. Never seen such a thing before. They’re going with my old tool collection.

 

[Oldtuleguy]

That is the smallest snap on box yet

 

[RubiconJK]

That is the smallest snap on box yet

 

[snapmom]

Snap on 9/32 dr, Driver. Model M-312, Date code 1935. 11-1/2 long. when I first saw it I thought it was an extension, but noooooooo. Not in the cats.

 

[Oldtuleguy]

Wow. Super cool find.

 

[Private Lugnutz]

Very cool, snapmom.

I picked up a 9/32-inch drive piece at the flea market today. An M-45 all-steel spinner with the cross-drilled hole for a tommy bar. Much more common than your M-312! Although, I don't remember seeing or having a Snap-on midget tool with this dark baked enamel grey finish before. 1942 date code.

 

[snapmom]

I have not seen a M45 like that either. M45's are very hard to find.

 

[Private Lugnutz]

It was in the strangest place inside a very small unique cantilevered machinists' chest filled with small special machinists' tools. There were no other drive tools in the entire chest. I don't like to talk prices, but I pulled out about a dozen inside micrometers - all different sizes, a Palmgren hand vise, and the M-45 and asked for a price. I countered, but he was firm. So I paused, wondering what was driving the price up, if he knew what the M-45 was or not, and I removed all the inside micrometers. He said something about a man knowing his tool values, and the price for the hand vise and the M-45 was now let's just say very right.

Here it is with some cousins for finish contrast.

 

[Oldtuleguy]

Unusual color. Nice grab.

 

[Oldtuleguy]

Spotted this on ebay. Looks like these have really shot up.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-19...e-Set-with-KRA255-Red-Metal-Box-/174026621729

 

[snapmom]

Free shipping.

 

[Private Lugnutz]

Looks like these have really shot up.

Ha. That decimal point belongs two digits to the left.

 

[Oldtuleguy]

Oooh. Free shipping. The deal gets better and better.

 

[disston]

I really like snapmom's M-312. I don't see many of these 9/32 tools where I am.

 

[Oldtuleguy]

I don't think anyone has seen that before

 

[y'sguy]

Spotted this on ebay. Looks like these have really shot up.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-19...e-Set-with-KRA255-Red-Metal-Box-/174026621729

Kewl! Sure glad I already have the complete set. My retirement plans are coming together!

 

[Oldtuleguy]

$$$$. Don't start spending it yet. Gotta wait for the market to peak.