Need help identifying this wrench

[Fullback66]

Found this wrench at an estate sale. I thought it was a Ford wrench. I have the Identification number but I can't find any information about it.

Hope someone can steer me in the correct direction, or can identify it.

Thanks,
FB66

 

[Provincial]

It has the right form for a "Set Screw" wrench. Designed to fit square head set screws that hole the tool bit (or tool bit holder) to the tool post of a lathe or metal shaper. Square head set screws were also used in industrial applications to lock pulleys and such onto shafts.

Here is a link to a photo on an Ebay ad of a similar Williams version. https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/Am8AAOSwWLFZnKO-/s-l1600.jpg

 

[Fullback66]

Provincial-
What you are saying is that is belongs to a machine. Nothing really special about it.
that stinks. I say it was for a square nut. Hoping it was an old tool.

Thanks for the info.
FB66

 

[leg17]

Set Screw wrench. Don't know the maker.
What sizes are the openings?

 

[Toolmaker65]

They can be used for square nuts - a nut is no different in size than the head of a screw, either square or hex - http://www.nan-long.com/GPAGE/FASTE...eries/ASME B18.6.2 SQUARE HEAD SET SCREWS.htm

The opening size is the width across the flats - a 1" set screw is 1" across the flats (nominally) - same as a 1" hex nut or hex head cap screw or square nut.

 

[wrenchguy]

Could that be a woodings verona logo?

 

[leg17]

Could that be a woodings verona logo?

I wondered that but it doesn't look exactly right.

 

[wrenchguy]

I wondered that but it doesn't look exactly right.

right, not like we know it now, but maybe some older or condensed version.

 

[woody 73]

Not Woodings veronica.

 

[Fullback66]

It is still pretty cool. Very heavy duty. Not sure what I am going to do with it? One side has an opening of 11/16, other side is 9/16.
thank guys.
FB66

 

[davethorik]

That might be a clue. I can't say I've seen many square wrenches with an 11/16 opening.

 

[Evilunclegrimace]

I found one of those yesterday, I think it is stamped "Williams". Now I have to go out and see if I can find it.

 

[Provincial]

9/16 is standard for USS 9/16 square head set screws. 11/16 is standard for USS 3/8 nuts.

 

[MR.X]

I ain't saying this is what is, just sayin it looks similar to the old logo for Westinghouse Air Brake Company. You'd see it on the side of railway brake handles all the time. They also had a T prefix on their numbers.

 

[3baygarage]

Dang, that sure looks like it Mr. X.

 

[MR.X]

Dang, that sure looks like it Mr. X.

cool pics! OK, hand me the torch I'm heading to the tomb.

 

[3baygarage]

Lol. Don’t get too excited now. Those are borrowed Google images.

 

[MR.X]

The first pic is one from the vault , I have better, including whole assemblies but they were liberated decades ago so they're all buried correspondingly deeper. Anyway, since the logo is so beat up rather than keep digging I pulled this better example off the internet.

 

[Fullback66]

Looks like the coolest thing about the wrench is the "**". What do they mean? They are on several different tools/cans. Is it a special identification? Size? Company? Era?
Interesting
FB66

 

[Private Lugnutz]

Those aren't X's. They are mirrored W's. For Westinghouse Air Brake Company. It's their logo.

 

[MR.X]

View attachment 884189View attachment 884186 Uhhhh...Yeah Bro, W's and logos. You can see the W,V and T in the Woodings Verona Toolworks logo. Obviously the W is also a V in VW and the Westinghouse Air Brakes logo is a mirrored and intertwined W and an A. If it wasn't originally designed as a W and an A then it should have been, because 1. It works, and 2. That's what it looks like.

 

[Provincial]

And it works upside down!

 

[Fullback66]

Alright, even better.
Now I have a little bit more information.
Westinghouse Air Brake Company.
Any Idea what year?
FB66