multi wrenches; bicycle etc

[kwigly]

Almost every estate auction tool lot seems to have one of these flat plate multi wrenches. They're "bonus" items received when bidding for something else. I've just been dumping them in a box, their interesting complex shapes forbidding me from scrapping them as I wait for that once-in-a-lifetime opportunity when one might come in handy, and now I have a "collection"
They're usually called "bicycle" wrenches, and a couple of mine are stamped CCM (the two widest ones), but they seem to have been made for all sorts of machinery besides bicycles. Most of them are not named and their origins/purpose are a mystery, but I have one stamped "Penn Reels" (top left), a "Nordson Corporation" (top right), and a "Lamps Lanterns" (bottom horizontal)
Perhaps you can identify some of the others.

 

[four.cycle]

upper left looks like fishing reel. lower left corner (with the spanner) looks German made, but I could well be mistaken.
did you check "wrenchingnews" site and try to ID any of them there?
other than the Musselman model, I haven't really delved into the cut-out wrenches.

 

[humber2]

English bicycles used nuts with Whitworth sized hexagons so if you are armed with a 5/16 and 3/8 nut or bolt one can quickly ascertain applicable wrenches.

A similar process can be used for metric and SAE sized tools.

Likely English Cycle tools above are top row 2nd from left and middle of lower row. YMMV

 

[RTM]

wrenching news's auctions are great, usually. Look at the pic, find your wrench, and then search the number back to the auction list. A slow process, but the only way I know of with these unmarked wrenches.

 

[four.cycle]

100% agree with humber2 on the two English models. the one second from right (top row) appears regularly on Ebay.

my collection of cut-out (punched) bicycle wrenches is pretty sparse:


Soviet-era Russian cut-out bicycle wrenches


T to B: Roebling alligator, Musselman Bicycle Wrench (patent D120489), and a Forsyth alligator

 

[Jacko264]

Hi
in the top picture the spanner 4 from the left at the bottom looks like a spanner you get with a air pop riveter
Graham

 

[humber2]

I now have a WEN MAC Multi Purpose Wrench which may or may not be a prized possession after I learn what it came supplied with.

 

[RTM]

Well, WEN was a known supplier of low-end power tools so that's one option.

This guy thinks model airplane engines

VINTAGE WEN MAC MULTI PURPOSE WRENCH For Airplane Engine | #410272058

WIN MAC MULTI-PURPOSEWRENCH T hanks for viewing my auction! This one is for a vintage WEN MAC wrench. It measures approximately 2-1/2 inches in length. Some very minor rust, but in over all Very Good

www.worthpoint.com

 

[four.cycle]

^ That would be my first guess, yeah. WEN made all kinds of power tools. I had a WEN knife sharpener that I gave away last summer. It didn't use any wrench though - just 120 volts.

 

[rrroo]

Top row, second from the left is so called torpedo wrench, for servising german made torpedo rear hubs (for bicycles). You can manage with one but usually they go in pairs. The square part fits the end of the axle, and the hook is needed for opening/tightening the locknuts.

This is actually designed for certain purpose and has no unnecessary holes. Everything you need for bicycle maintenance. If you happen to have an old bike with Torpedo hubs. It is actually a good tool.

The others might be copies of that or attempts to make a more universal tool. Also some of these come with self-assembly furniture, lawn mowers or other such equipment.

 

[rrroo]

...some googling afterwards (slow day at work):

"Lamps & lanterns " piqued my curiosity. Apparently there's a whole word of tools for lamps, lanterns, stoves and such:

Wrench & other lamp tool manufacturers A – F

This spirit/alcohol preheater can came with an AIDA Model 233 lantern in Ralph Trask’s collection. Note the antlered deer logo that signifies the AIDA brand. This funnel and pricker came wit…

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Wrench & other lamp tool manufacturers G – Z

Jason Tyler got this tip cleaner with a collection of hollow wire items. It was made by The Gloria Light Co. of Australasia, Melbourne, Australia. It is just over 2″ in length and is missing …

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And someone has dedicated a website for all that! You can find some of those there.

 

[slowtwitch73]

I always liked these.. Helicomatic freehub wrench, two spoke wrenches and a bottle opener.

 

[rrroo]

Went through my tools and found these. The two on bottom left I actually bought somewhere when I was fixing an old bike I found in a barn. The rest I have just found later or gotten with other unsorted boxes of tools. When servicing the bearings of bike wheels you actually have to have these thin spanners, a regular wrench won't fit.