Mystery tool lot

[Jacobs976]

Trying to figure out what these are and what they're for along with any info on King Equip't Co..

Pretty sure the three pieces in first photo are for letting off air from tires(at least that's what the medium one is being used for now, also medium one was in a lot with valve stem tools) but I don't know for sure or what type of tires they'd be used for(large one is pretty large for a tire valve).

Second photo is some needles. Pretty sure the bottom two are for sewing but don't know if they'd be utilized for anything mechanic wise then the top one is a complete mystery.

Last photo is a King Equip't Co. nozzle(looks more like a torch nozzle than air but looks like it's for air because of the mechanism). I couldn't find any info on the brand as well as if it's an air gun or something else.

 

[d.mcfarland]

First picture looks like they were bushing drivers in a past life, just missing the various circular pieces for the ends.

 

[Jacobs976]

First picture looks like they were bushing drivers in a past life, just missing the various circular pieces for the ends.

I looked at a few bushing drivers on Google and most had threaded pins but I also came across setting punches when I looked over the medium one and found the stamping(along with bushing driver in search, nothing came up before).

Looks to be an Ackerman-Johnson 1/4 setting punch on the medium one at least, looks like some of the bushing drivers and setting punches were basically the same design though.

 

[cvairwerks]

Needles look like they are for splicing rope.

 

[Jacobs976]

Needles look like they are for splicing rope.

Looked into it and came across sailmakers needles (the two triangle needles) and found a similar spoon needle(the top one) that brought me to packing needles(some included in sailmakers kits).

Don't have any experience with any of it but packing needles look to be for sewing burlap/canvas bags shut for shipping and sailmakers needles are for working on canvas(like patching a sail I guess). Both were in some splicing kits too.

 

[Debcrow]

First three look like concrete anchor setting tools. Punches the slug in the middle of the anchor expanding it to set the anchor in the hole.

 

[bmwrd0]

the first pic is a dead ringer for my bushing driver set, sold by Snap-on but made by someone else. Here is one for sale (not mine)

The needles could be for any rough cloth, and I see them around here for seed bags (I live in the grass seed capital of the US.) last photo looks like a torch tip of some sort?

 

[HeelSpur]

First three look like concrete anchor setting tools. Punches the slug in the middle of the anchor expanding it to set the anchor in the hole.

Yea, we used them quite a bit building sewage treatment plants. Lots of concrete on those jobs.

 

[Ricky Joe]

First photo is of a bushing driver on top. The two on the bottom look like valve guide installers. I could tell better if I could see the end. Last photo is of an air nozzle. I can’t authoritatively say about the middle one.

 

[Jacobs976]

the first pic is a dead ringer for my bushing driver set, sold by Snap-on but made by someone else. Here is one for sale (not mine)

The needles could be for any rough cloth, and I see them around here for seed bags (I live in the grass seed capital of the US.) last photo looks like a torch tip of some sort?

The three in the pic don't have a threaded section on the pin so I'm leaning more towards setting punches. There were some without threads, think one was listed as a model T bushing driver, but I'll be able to find more info once I measure them(should be able to find them based on the pin size I think and compare for setting punches).

With the torch tip, I couldn't find anything on the brand(probably because it's common keywords) and while it looks like a torch tip the design doesn't seem like it'd work too well with a flame(trigger position/size of nozzle and full steel construction would probably lead to a burning sensation in the hand fairly quick).

 

[larry_g]

The needles could be for any rough cloth, and I see them around here for seed bags (I live in the grass seed capital of the US.) last photo looks like a torch tip of some sort?

Howdy neighbor. I also know them as sacking needles. One of the jobs I had as a kid was tying sacks on the combine when harvesting grass seed. Hauled the sacks to Albany.

lg
no neat sig line

 

[Farmer J.]

Howdy neighbor. I also know them as sacking needles. One of the jobs I had as a kid was tying sacks on the combine when harvesting grass seed. Hauled the sacks to Albany.

lg
no neat sig line

Yea, they're sacking needles. I have one like the largest one for sewing wool in to the big bags, known as 'wool sheets'. Luckily the combines do seed in bulk these days.. Wow, that was a dusty job tying the sacks!

 

[elidas]

Ive used simular drivers for valve guides.

 

[Jacobs976]

I managed to make out the stamping on the medium and small punches. The medium is for sure part of a setting punch kit, found a box set example, and the small is a Tampin #8 which comes up as a machine screw anchor set, also found a box set example. Only the big one is left with some mystery but Tampin sets brought me to another thread on here with identical pieces along with the smaller ones.

Now the only real mystery is the torch/air head because the brand still hasn't brought up anything.

 

[RTM]

Silly question on the nozzle. Is the outlet size small like your typical air gun, or is it larger like maybe for water?

Found a few different King Eqipment, and they all seem to be dealers, not mfgrs, so no real leads, tho one so,d something with water spray nozzles, 1972 ish in Monroe Ohio, so not far from you.

 

[Jacobs976]

Silly question on the nozzle. Is the outlet size small like your typical air gun, or is it larger like maybe for water?

Found a few different King Eqipment, and they all seem to be dealers, not mfgrs, so no real leads, tho one so,d something with water spray nozzles, 1972 ish in Monroe Ohio, so not far from you.

The blower tip is 1/8, the back measures 5/8 for the threaded fitting. Also had a piece of hydraulic line sitting in the shop and the fittings seem to match up.

I think the issue is King Equip't (equipment long hand) is too generic to find info on unless someone's already did a deep dive on the piece or a similar piece. This piece says Chicago on it but when I included it in the search it still brought up only businesses selling farm equipment basically.

 

[RTM]

This might get you rolling. Including the Chicago part early on will make the search easier. This is from a 1974 book.

KING EQUIPMENT CO.
Reginald J Sisco
4229 North Monitor Ave Chicago 60634
J Vincent Kent 2860 N Lincoln Ave Chicago
Richard A Kent 2860 N Lincoln Ave Chicago

Certified list of domestic and foreign corporations for the year .. : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

volumes ; 28 cm

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[Jacobs976]

This might get you rolling. Including the Chicago part early on will make the search easier. This is from a 1974 book.

KING EQUIPMENT CO.
Reginald J Sisco
4229 North Monitor Ave Chicago 60634
J Vincent Kent 2860 N Lincoln Ave Chicago
Richard A Kent 2860 N Lincoln Ave Chicago

Certified list of domestic and foreign corporations for the year .. : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

volumes ; 28 cm

archive.org

Don't know what the names after the first one mean(co-owners or something else), J Vincent and Richard Kent, but those names brought up something...Salad.

Chef Solutions, Inc. | Encyclopedia.com

Chef Solutions, Inc. 120 West Palatine RoadWheeling, Illinois 60090U.S.A.Telephone: (847) 325-7500Toll Free: (800) 877-1157Fax: (847) 325-7594Web site: https://www.chefsolutions.com Source for information on Chef Solutions, Inc.: International Directory of Company Histories dictionary.

www.encyclopedia.com

Edit: checked the second page of the book and it's president and secretary of the company.

 

[Jacobs976]

Looks like Sisco's son worked as an assistant production manager for Orval Kent for 17 years so there's association. Can't find info on Sisco senior though.

Edit:Senor worked at S&I Relish Co before being drafted for WW1. No info on that company either but that was when he was young.

 

[Jacobs976]

That's all I can find right now but I'm going to try tying the two people that had owned the toolbox the piece was in to the Kent's. Have one of their names and a union pin so I have a little to go off of.

Only other info on the box was one had 2 bars from military service, one lost his left thumb, one was a police officer, one was potentially an armorer in WW2, one most likely worked in the Navy doing maintenance/mechanical work probably around the Korean war.

 

[Jacobs976]

Found the box owners pretty easily. The younger one worked in machining(CNC) for 36 years, made water faucets for 18 then valve guides and misc. precision car parts for 18. Looks like the box was only in his possession for 8 years so contents are most likely primarily the first owners. Also other box the family had was all craftsman tools in the garage while this one was piled in the corner of a shed.

First owner was in the Navy for 30 years, received a purple heart and a bronze medal for valiant service at sea during WW2 (they were for sell with the bars at the yard sale). Then a heavy equipment mechanic. Credited with working on a dam and bridge built by army corps of engineers.

Haven't found any more info yet but it doesn't look like there'd be any overlap with Orval Kent and associated.

 

[Jacobs976]

Found more info on Richard Kent, currently CEO of two big companies. Ones an internet service company; internet, web services, cloud services, etc. The other is a conglomerate including a wine vault, housing development, a low carbon blog, high efficiency lighting, and high volume packing machines.

 

[Jacobs976]

Haven't found any more info but looked at the piece closer and noticed a bit more detail. Noticed the nozzle isn't exactly bent straight, might be hard to notice but it's bent down on the angle then bent slightly back up on the end. Also internal view.

Also probably sounds stupid but I was thinking about soda dispensers some of the airlines use to use and thought it kinda looked like it could be a nozzle for one of them with the assumption king Equip't was a mfg for Orval Kent and the piece is food grade steel.