Show off your DOE's!

[bmwrd0]

I picked these up over the weekend

What looks to be a set, Morgan Mechanix is printed on the largest. Not used much, seems to be copper washed.

 

[four.cycle]

^ There were at least 5 different sizes made on those "MorgenMechanix" open-end wrenches. I have never found any information on the company.

 

[RTM]

^ There were at least 5 different sizes made on those "MorgenMechanix" open-end wrenches. I have never found any information on the company.

Here is some backup on the five piece

5 pc. morgen mechanix alligator wrenches | #1787858554

5 pcs. morgen mechanix alligator wrenches with bolt & wingnut holder. sizes on open end from 5/16 -7/8 ;open end open end sizes from 5/16-7/8, alligator end from 3/16-3/4, hex end 1/4-3/4

www.worthpoint.com

 

[four.cycle]

^ there are several sets of them on that page!
but still no info on the outfit who made them!

 

[RTM]

From searching for
"Morgenmechanix" in google books brought this up in snippet view summary:


MORGENMECHANIX - Tools & Aluminum Novelties- Morgen Appliances , Inc. , 181 Belmont Ave. , B'klyn MORGENWARE - Candlesticks , Aluminum Miniatures


Give you something to do. Nothing comes up on my phone but here's the link maybe your computer will find it.

Chain Store Age

books.google.com

 

[MisterEd]

Nothing special about this Open End Midget Ignition Wrench 3/8 15° & 80° -V-, except the kerning of the letters in "CRAFTSMAN". Couldn't be any closer together.

 

[MisterEd]

SigO, recently, brought home a small family of Unmarked Vlchek “DROP FORGED” 22-1/2° Angle S-Type Drop Wrenches (using as many relevant, descriptive names as possible) in quite nice condition; 77, 79, 81B & 83B.

 

[Private Lugnutz]

Since we don't have a Triple Open End (TOE) wrench thread...

Continuing the theme with this oddball plucked out of a box this morning at the flea...

Milled openings are 1/2" and 3/4" x 3/8" (sq.)

 

[Mintgrun]

I don't often buy stamped steel wrenches but couldn't leave this little guy behind.



You never know when you might need a 3/48ths or 5/40ths wrench and this is the only one I own!

I haven't measured the openings, but I believe they're 3/16" and 5/16".

Do those denominators make sense to anyone??

 

[four.cycle]

excuse me?

you sure that doesn't belong in the "oddfellows" thread?

(okay, no it doesn't because it's not adjustable.)

no, no part of that makes any sense at all. 3/48 or 5/40 ?

what?

 

[Gullfoss]

3 gauge UNC 48 TPI, 5 gauge UNC 40TPI.

 

[Mintgrun]

3 gauge UNC 48 TPI, 5 gauge UNC 40TPI.

Thank you for the clarification! I've seen some very old wrenches with sizes based on bolt threads, as opposed to head size, but nothing so modern, or so small.

I appreciate you coming out of a seven year slumber to make your first post and am wondering what else you might know!

Tom

 

[Provincial]

#3 machine screw nut is 3/16" across the flats.
#5 machine screw nut is 5/16" across the flats.

This matches up to Mintgrun's estimate of sizes of the openings.

 

[Private Lugnutz]

I found a number of DOE wrenches at the flea market this morning.

/ I thought the three (3) B&S'ers may have belonged to a partial Pierce Arrow kit that I found in the same large garage close-out lot, but no dice. They are in that era when B&S started losing ground to Williams but had not yet fully conceded, begrudgingly stamping the Williams model numbers already being adopted by industry as a standard (29, 727, 725) beneath their own model numbers (1109, 1116, and 1123) they would soon have to forego on the top side of the minor jaw. I forgot to take photos of the flip side jaws, but just picture the typical alphanumerical soup of the U.S.S. Nut and Cap Screw size era.

/ The unique angle wrench (15* x 22-1/2"), bottom left, is unmarked.

/ The trio of orphans above that are a "K&B" (Kilborn & Bishop) #48, a Lakeside Forge, with their nifty Commonwealth-proud logo, either misstamped #36944 or intentionally using a 3 backwards to make a #E6944, and a wartime (that 1340 is the AISI number for manganese-carbon steel) Herbrand ignition wrench.

 

[d42jeep]

Here is an unusual DOE I spotted at this morning’s estate sale.
I grabbed this Hazet for my neighbor.
I had to buy the early Barcalo.
-Don

 

[Stubby1743]

The reverse of the MB branded spanner has the makers name, Heyco, on it.

The two Cu Be spanners are the first that I have bought. They were very cheap.

 

[d42jeep]

A few more DOE wrenches I found on Friday.
A rusty Spearpoint Whitworth/BSF marked wrench.
A Lectrolite made Dunlap wrench.
A Williams Superrench.
-Don

 

[four.cycle]

Spearpoint / ? / no info / wrench / http://progress-is-fine.blogspot.com/2014/06/spearpoint-wrenches.html / https://www.garagejournal.com/forum/threads/show-off-your-does.327403/page-33#post-10710101 /

@d42jeep -- wonder if one of our friends from across the pond can shine any light on that one?

 

[Private Lugnutz]

Plucked these out of a mess of wrenches at the flea this morning. Made by Billings & Spencer for Sears, Roebuck & Co in the pre-Craftsman era, and, for a while as an economy line into the Craftsman era. I thought I had another couple of them, and had designs on putting them in a rack, but I was thinking of ignition wrenches. Not uncommon, and I don't fancy them, in particular. Oh well. I now have a 3-pc MERIT set.

 

[Private Lugnutz]

I left this behind yesterday. That 11-digit FSN is postwar (1953-1973), which I don't generally collect.

 

[Private Lugnutz]

Snagged a pair of "S" wrenches this morning at the flea. The CHAMPION is a #500 to go with my #501. The B&S is a No. 2000 and it's the smallest "S" wrench (my fourth) on my No. 8 board.

 

[Private Lugnutz]

Picked up this early club this morning at the flea market. I could've sworn I recognized the model number (807063) format, but now I am drawing a blank. The markings (1-11/32" x 1-17/32") are the milled service openings.

 

[MR.X]

Picked up this early club this morning at the flea market. I could've sworn I recognized the model number (807063) format, but now I am drawing a blank. The markings (1-11/32" x 1-17/32") are the milled service openings.

#807XXX in your "survey: oval sockets" thread.

 

[MR.X]

#807XXX in your "survey: oval sockets" thread.

Saw these in a Detroit antique mall a few years ago. Thought they’d have a Mossberg stamp or something but didn’t.

 

[Private Lugnutz]

#807XXX in your "survey: oval sockets" thread.

Thanks. I knew I had seen it somewhere before! At first I was like, wait, what? Until I realized it was just photobombing!

Saw these in a Detroit antique mall a few years ago. Thought they’d have a Mossberg stamp or something but didn’t.

It does resemble the DOE wrenches Mossberg made and put in their No. 14 socket set. Those had a totally different part numbering scheme, though. No. 220 (5/16 x 3/8) through No. 293 (1-1/4 x 1/16). Maybe these were extra large series sizes made for a customer. Seeing that it was an #807064, and mine is an #807063, I was about to ask you for the opening sizes, but I am assuming you didn't buy it. Apparently there's a whole set of #8070XX wrenches to track down.

 

[four.cycle]

APCO?

 

[Private Lugnutz]

^ I don't think APCO was making DOE engineers wrenches before the merger in 1927 and the APCO-Mossberg tappet wrenches I have seen are re-branded Mossbergs.

 

[four.cycle]

^ yes. dunno what I was thinking. those are some seriously oddball sizes on those.

 

[four.cycle]

Powr Kraft 6-pc Metric Open-End Wrench Set

8 mm x 9 mm Open-End Wrench
10 mm x 11 mm
12 mm x 13 mm
14 mm x 15 mm
16 mm x 17 mm
18 mm x 19 mm

 

[four.cycle]

Craftsman 1/2" x 9/16" Open-End Wrench =V= (Moore Drop Forging, Springfield, MA)
Craftsman 11/16" x 19/32" "

 

[d42jeep]

I don’t know why I always pick up these early Ford wrenches at sales when I see them. I think this one may have been made by Moore Drop Forge.
-Don

 

[four.cycle]

open end wrench mix 09/19/25

 

[Outlawmws]

The two Cu Be spanners are the first that I have bought. They were very cheap.

In case you were unaware, don't do any wire wheelon or other abrasive cleanup on thus BE CU wrenches. The BE (Beryllium) is highly toxic in any dust form.

 

[Stubby1743]

I am aware of the potential dangers of Cu Be tools. Thanks for your concern.

 

[Beerhippie]

Helped a friend take some stuff to the dump this afternoon. We backed up to the metal pile; I opened the door and stepped on this:







Indestro? Lazy K?

This was right beside it:

 

[d42jeep]

Indestro Select Steel “dart” DOE wrench.
-Don

 

[Beerhippie]

If anyone needs that wrench, let me know. Free + ship. Better than the scrap heap at the dump.

 

[Beerhippie]

I'm not sure why, but this old DOE was in the toolbox for the canning line. Nothing on the line is either 3/4" or 11/16", so back to the "collection" it goes.

 

[Private Lugnutz]

I plucked this out of an old toolbox at the flea this morning. First one I have ever seen in the wild and I can't find another on GJ. Excited to add it to my collection of machinery wrenches. Chandler and Price made printing presses.

 

[Private Lugnutz]

Does anyone recognize the logo on the shank of this small very shallow "S" wrench (5/8" sq x 1/2" sq) I brought home from the flea this morning?





What are you guys seeing?

I made a crude drawing of what I am seeing - a monograph, either AW or WA, with a fancy notched-corner box around it.