Show your "Long C" Craftsman!

[four.cycle]

this isn't "long C", but it does fall within the age group...


raftsman 10-piece 9/32" drive SAE socket set with steel box

"C" series - manufactured by Snap-on, ca. 1932-1936

the set contains:

C7 - 7/32" 12-point
C8 - 1/4" 12-point
C10 5/16" 12-point
C11 11/32" 12-point
C12 3/8" 12-point
CM14 7/16" 12-point
C08 1/4" 8-point
C010 5/16" 8-point
V94 - sliding "T" handle
C95 - 6-inch extension

There is no 9/32" socket included in this set.
I can not make any claims in respect to the box being original to the set, but in the 1/4" drive socket set thread Mintgrun posted his "C" set and the boxes appear to be identical (other than mine being heavily oxidized) so it looks like the box is original.
There is minor surface rust on several pieces.

 

[rustyedge1]

Picked these up yesterday at auction with pat pending ratchet.
Any idea as to the date of mfg ??

 

[Outlawmws]

I forgot to post these last W/E: Fine and coarse Abrasive disks, and an early plastic handled geometric Craftsman "Professional" driver:



With and without flash

 

[Smokeshow69]

I forgot to post these last W/E: Fine and coarse Abrasive disks, and an early plastic handled geometric Craftsman "Professional" driver:



With and without flash

Does that driver say professional? That’s not a common find.

 

[Oldtuleguy]

That's a cool screwdriver

 

[Outlawmws]

Does that driver say professional? That’s not a common find.

It does!

That's a cool screwdriver

Thanks!

 

[flyingblind]

Does this count?

I was able to get some blue to show through.

 

[Outlawmws]

Yep!

 

[flyingblind]

Yep!

I have a new handle on the way. I plan to retore it.
Anyone have a good color match for the blue paint?

 

[Macduf]

5$ at a estate sake, best long c decal I've got

 

[Macduf]

Any advice on cleaning the decal area?

 

[ratcheted]

Any advice on cleaning the decal area?

I would not touch the decal area. Everything else however needs some work, 0000 steel wool and wd-40.

 

[Oldtuleguy]

Some early wrenches

 

[Patrick Eubanks]

Some early wrenches

Im going through all my old wrench sets now trying to complete them all. I found holes that I didnt know existed and found that I have bought others 12 times. Nice set!

 

[ratcheted]

Had the good fortune while doing a little trading yesterday to run across this. Appears to have never been used. Kind of sets the bar on original box condition of these C-** boxes kind of high. This is style of box shown in '34 catalog.

 

[Outlawmws]

Wow, Just Wow,,.

 

[Oldtuleguy]

Here's its hinsdale cousin

 

[Private Lugnutz]

Appears to have never been used. Kind of sets the bar on original box condition of these C-** boxes kind of high.

That kind of box, no tools (which are not exactly common), no problem. You could keep watches and tie tacs in it it's so handsome.

 

[bmwrd0]

Here's its hinsdale cousin

And here is my Cornwell

 

[Outlawmws]

Something about those box proportions I like.

 

[Patrick Eubanks]

Here's its hinsdale cousin

I love that hinsdale set. As Collectable as the craftsman

 

[ratcheted]

That Hinsdale box construction is much like this (not my box) earlier '33 C-** box, same heavy gage, corners made the same, corner gussets for tray support, etc. I suspect these boxes being made by same manufacturer. edit: just noticed same basic construction on that Cornwell box.

 

[Oldtuleguy]

It was a cool design that inexplicably went away. Patrick I have found hinsdale challenging to collect. They sold a bunch of cheap stuff that seems abundant but the good stuff they made is scarce

 

[Patrick Eubanks]

It was a cool design that inexplicably went away. Patrick I have found hinsdale challenging to collect. They sold a bunch of cheap stuff that seems abundant but the good stuff they made is scarce

I search and search relentlessly. I have some decent stuff by nothing like that box and rachet. It’s very high on my hit list

 

[d42jeep]

And here is my Cornwell

Do you have any tools to go in that box?
-Don

 

[bmwrd0]

I do, Don. Just haven't gotten around to taking pics yet.

 

[d42jeep]

You are welcome to these 1/4” drive sockets if you have any use for them.
-Don

 

[JoCoSawdust]

This is style of box shown in '34 catalog.

Wow!! That's a keeper! Congrats on a fantastic find!

 

[ratcheted]

Wow!! That's a keeper! Congrats on a fantastic find!

Not mine, but wish it was, just got a chance to see it while doing some other trades......

 

[Garage.Girl]

Here’s a fun one, if anyone has anymore information on it I am sorta stumped year wise haha (my best guess is 38?), I had some trouble finding something similar to this design other than with the yellow handle, it has a button that you push on either side to change ratcheting directions, patent pending, chrome plating that’s coming off, and marked BE

 

[Private Lugnutz]

my best guess is 38?

You are spot on. First generation Costello patent, which was granted Dec 1937. By the time the 1940 NB catalog hit the streets, it had been superseded by a variant with the same long selector switch but no Frankenstein buttons, a design which was itself superseded by a variant with a short selector switch.

 

[d42jeep]

It’s interesting that the Craftsman 1/2” drive version never received the much shorter lever that New Britain added to their version.
-Don

 

[Garage.Girl]

Spot on! Patent 2,206,943 filed Dec 4 1937 patent granted July 9 1940 ... I imagine there’s not many floating around if they don’t really end up going with the design?

 

[flyingblind]

A little bit closer. One coat of paint. still have to clean up the lines a little before the handle.

 

[flyingblind]

Ok finished enough.

 

[flyingblind]

One for the Canadians

 

[Outlawmws]

Imitation Maple Syrup? Sacrilege!

 

[d42jeep]

I took a picture yesterday of some recent Long C tool finds that have been building up in the basement.
-Don

 

[Private Lugnutz]

Yesterday I was turned off by the largely irreversible fugliness of this Long C 12-piece extra deep socket set I spotted in a bottom drawer of a stack at the flea market. Today I went back and took a longer, more bright-eyed and bushy tailed look, and brought it home with me. (A little miniature version of our thread host's avatar, but with horns, may have been whispering in my ear.)

As you can see, most of the sockets are riddled with box rot and cancerous pock marks and scourges. They do seem to have developed on one "side", probably face down for years, although some of those areas appear to be near markings, unfortunately. The box is just south, for me, of that fuzzy marginal 'do I restore (i.e., strip and repaint it) or preserve it?' line. About 40% original paint coverage and even better inside the lid. I'd actually be okay with that if it had more of the decal, but as is, I would probably put it in my prestorve category, where I would restore it, but then age it, and stick a repro decal on it, and then age that, too. Mainly because I dislike glossy brand spankin' new looking boxes that don't match the condition of the contents, and I will not grind and polish old tools.

Guessing BE, but I suppose it could be (H). I'll know more when I have them more presentable. I suspect the PO was using the Walden L handle, although it was not in the box, but the same drawer. Unless I flipped it, I think I may have one to stick in there.

 

[Outlawmws]

A little miniature version of our thread host's avatar, but with horns, may have been whispering in my ear.

Yeah, those pics show the cancera lot better. The box seened to have escaped though