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Score! Found another Walworth/Stillson :)

ZRX61

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$5 got me something else to hang on the garage wall....
Before:
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After wirewheeling:
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Yup, nothing like old pipe wrenches, generally bargain priced when compared to new. Stillson is the original too!
 

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Just checked in my garage; I have a 8" Stillson that my dad left me ... to tell the truth, I have never used it ... :)
 

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Is it actually threaded or is it "ringed" from use? A tapered thread is rather odd, unless it's used for screwing into a hole to pull something. Like "pigtails" used on polishers, to screw into the polishing mops.

It's also possible that it's threaded so for holes that aren't aligned you could thread it in to force the point in, and then lever it to align them.
 
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The last 5/8in or so isn't tapered... the plot thickens... I already know it's 1911 or earlier.. There was another larger version in the bucket that had the remnants of a wooden handle. That was really was beat all to hell & bent so I left it.
It's a very fine thread..
 

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Another historic tool saved from the recycle bin.:thumbup:
Ever do a google patent search for 'pipe wrench' or 'adjustable wrench' ?
Some beautiful designs to be seen from 1880's to 1930's.
 

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That was my first thought, but the end is threaded...

It's probably threaded on the end because it's missing the wooden handle. The handle slips on and then a metal cap screws onto the end to hold it. Kind of like the gray one and the one to the right of it I have in this picture
 

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It's probably threaded on the end because it's missing the wooden handle. The handle slips on and then a metal cap screws onto the end to hold it. Kind of like the gray one and the one to the right of it I have in this picture

Can you tell me a little more about the one centered in your picture? I have one that looks just like this and would love to learn more about it. It was left to me by my Grandfather. He was a Brew Master in Canada for many years after migrating there from Scotland after WWII. I wonder where it came from, what brand it is, where it was made and how old it is.
 

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Very cool stuff! I have a couple of old pipe wrenches myself that I just recently dug out and cleaned up myself!
 

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Can you tell me a little more about the one centered in your picture? I have one that looks just like this and would love to learn more about it. It was left to me by my Grandfather. He was a Brew Master in Canada for many years after migrating there from Scotland after WWII. I wonder where it came from, what brand it is, where it was made and how old it is.

I don't know what brand it is. I'll look next time I go out to the shop. Don't really know anything about. Got it in a big load of stuff years ago.
 

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Was in the shop today and needed to remove the screw on grease caps on the hubs of my 1967 Ford 2000 tractor. They were tight, so I grabbed the 24 inch Stilson wrench. Thought I'd take some pictures.

This was one my grandfather liberated off the Santa Fe Rail Road, probably in the early '50's when steam engines were being phased out. Somewhere along the line he gave it to my mother. My Grandfather spend 50 years working in the same roundhouse for the Santa Fe. Started out as a roustabout and retired as a dayshift foreman.

Charles
 

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Was in the shop today and needed to remove the screw on grease caps on the hubs of my 1967 Ford 2000 tractor. They were tight, so I grabbed the 24 inch Stilson wrench. Thought I'd take some pictures.

This was one my grandfather liberated off the Santa Fe Rail Road, probably in the early '50's when steam engines were being phased out. Somewhere along the line he gave it to my mother. My Grandfather spend 50 years working in the same roundhouse for the Santa Fe. Started out as a roustabout and retired as a dayshift foreman.

Charles

I have a few that look like that myself (less the AT&SF stamp) it is amazing how cheap you can buy old Stillsons for compared to Ridgid brand, no one knows they are just as good of quality so they are usually ripe for the pickin used! :thumbup:
 

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Resurrecting an old thread and an old wrench. Found this in an old toolbox, pretty well gone. 4 days in the electrolysis bucket, and at least it's recognizable. Got it all cleaned and oiled, and it still takes a good bite on 3/4" pipe. Gonna hang it on the wall, perhaps use it once in a while so it feels loved. :bounce:
 

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