GJer ryan20021982 very generously offered me some surplus DBEs for the cost of shipping--four for under $2 each!
Bonney ratcheting refrigeration wrench
Armstrong Reece-T-48 deep offset stubby, 1/2" 12-pt on one end and 7/16" 8-pt on the other--anyone know something on this guy?
Forged Select Steel deep offset stubby, 3/4" x 25/32"--fills a hole on my rack!
Indestro angled stubby, 3/4" x 25/32"--fills another hole on my rack!
I found an Armstrong wrench marked: “REECE – T-18” and after way too much digging, I think I have enough evidence to solve the REECE marked wrench question posted by @BlueBomber and @humber2 in the DBE thread.
I believe these wrenches were made to work on Reece industrial button hole and welting sewing machines. Below is a table with all the Reece marked wrenches I have been able to find online and how they correlate with Reece sewing machine manuals.
(I never thought I’d find myself digging through sewing machine manuals!)
Also, the Progress Is Fine... blog suggests that the 14-T was made for Reece sewing machines.
As additional support, I found a “Reece T-18 Open End Wrench” sold on an Australian sewing machine parts & accessories site that correlates the “T-18” on one of the wrenches with the Reece part number (03-0018).
Two of the wrenches (older looking ones) are marked in the **-T format instead of the T-** format of the newer wrenches.
Supporting photos thumbnailed.
For additional information, here are two good links:
Sewing Machine Museum
Superior Sewing Machine & Supply
The manuals do contain a few other tools; all with 03-xxxx part numbers.
| WRENCH MARKING | TYPE | Size 1 | Size 2 | MAKER | WHERE SEEN | COMMENT | REECE # |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T-18 | DOE | 3/8' | 5/16" | Armstrong | mine | 03-0018? | |
| T-18 | "open end" | ? | ? | ? | Marfar Sewing | listed as 03-0018 | 03-0018 |
| T-19 | Combo | 1/4" | 1/4" | ? | eBay | 03-0019? | |
| T-48 | double box end | 1/2" | 7/16" (8-point) | Armstrong | BlueBomber | ||
| T-48 | double box end | 1/2" | 7/16" (8-point) | Armstrong | humber2 | also says Armaloy | |
| 14-T | DOE | 1" | 11/16" * | ? | Progress is Fine... | name in oval | |
| 14-T | DOE | 1" | 3/4" * | ? | eBay | name in oval | |
| ? | single open end | ? (small) | n/a | ? | eBay | name in oval | |
| ? | T-handle | 7/16" square | n/a | ? | Reece manual | New rev. of T-48? | 03-0048-1 |
