Show your "Long C" Craftsman!

[Outlawmws]

what are you supposed to do when come across something like this free at the curb?

You bring it home!

PS: You ****!

I have a 1935 tilting table very similar and its become my primary TS (Sold 2 other 10" and an 8") I put it on a typing stand and mounted the motor under it. very small footprint and I do a lot of ripping and finger-jointing on it...

 

[3baygarage]

Nice save dangerRuss.

Same thing happened to me when my neighbor was moving and tossed a pile to the curb. Darn right when I saw the table saw with Long C motor it went in the back of my Kia Soul. I didn't have room and still don't.

Funny, I see you're in Venice.

 

[2001ZR2]

A couple of 3/8"sockets 11/16" & 3/4" both BE
The 1/2" set is from 7/16" to 1" sans a 19/32 & 25/32" BE set.
The deep socket is a circle H.
The wrench is a 9/16" CI think it might be plain steel..

 

[Jaywalk3r]

I think my humble 1/4"-1/4" socket might belong in this thread. I don't know how old it is, but I'd be interested to learn. As far as I can tell, it predates detention balls on the square anvil, because I don't see any dimples for it inside the input square.

It lives in the case with my Proto J6061C torque wrench. Its fit on the square anvil of the torque wrench, or any of my 1/4" drive ratchets, is very snug. (I have to pry it off of my Japanese TrueCraft ratchet!) Similarly, there's no noticeable rotational movement with a 1/4" hex bit inserted. Also, the socket is very short, and bits fit much deeper into it than a typical bit socket adapter, so the total length is the shortest I have available in 1/4"-drive hex, perfect for applying steady torque.

 

[Outlawmws]

It does have the geometric font. is there a letter in a circle on it? is it plated or plain steel?

 

[Jaywalk3r]

It does have the geometric font. is there a letter in a circle on it? is it plated or plain steel?

No letter in a circle. It has a "V" with two horizontal lines on either side. It's plated.

When I first got it, I did a quick search, and the last year I could find similarly shaped (with the convex taper) sockets pictured in catalogs was in the 1940s, but I never found an exact match, and probably didn't spend too much time looking, since I'm not a collector.

I'm just impressed with how precisely it fits on both ends.

 

[Outlawmws]

-V- = Moore Drop Forge (single lines) is post war

=V= (continued) = Easco (double lines) is after Easco acquired MDF in 1968

 

[Etchase]

Only one.

 

[four.cycle]

-V- = Moore Drop Forge (single lines) is post war

=V= (continued) = Easco (double lines) is after Easco acquired MDF in 1968

SOME items (raised panel wrenches, specifically) were marked only with a single - (not =) simply due to space limitations.

 

[d42jeep]

=v= with pointy “A”s are immediately postwar made by Moore Drop Forge. Here is a short DBE wrench that is early like BK mentioned above. It has the -v- but doesn’t have a part number. Most later -v- tools have part numbers.
-Don

 

[four.cycle]

with pointy “A”

and according to a long-ago post by GJ member @ganymede - the "pointy A" was replace with the "flat-top A" about 1970.

 

[alinc100]

Picked this up today via FBM. Without starting to dig I'm guessing its in the 1939 ish era.

 

[bmwrd0]

I found an earlier version of that box this year. Very nice!

 

[Smokeshow69]

Picked this up today via FBM. Without starting to dig I'm guessing its in the 1939 ish era.

Oh boy that's a heck of a box. If I was closer I'd be trying to buy it

 

[alinc100]

Oh boy that's a heck of a box. If I was closer I'd be trying to buy it

Home Depot sells a very rigid box that 26ish toolboxes fit in really well. Just sayin'
As an added addendum, I posted in the GS thread, found the matching box in the 1942 catalog

 

[bmwrd0]

Oh boy that's a heck of a box. If I was closer I'd be trying to buy it

There is one sitting a hour south of you...

Just sayin'

 

[Oldtuleguy]

Picked up a pretty well worn bubble ratchet in a trade

 

[Smokeshow69]

There is one sitting a hour south of you...

Just sayin'

Dang, now my mind is thinking about that

 

[Smokeshow69]

Well, I upped my pliers game today! Scored 2 different sizes/types I didn't have. Ambler grip covered smaller linesman pliers and the longer needle nose pliers! I'm pretty stoked. Paid $40 but $20 per pliers isn't a bad deal. The linesman pliers have the period modification that a ton of guys did to their plier cutting edge by nicking one edge to allow them to strip wires.
I'm slowly closing in on the full line of pliers but have more ways to go.
I would really like to find a set of the water pump/slip joint pliers!

 

[Private Lugnutz]

@nz44tool posted a pair of Long C Vanadium era waterpump pliers with a "BT" code in a separate thread a couple days ago. I didn't see it until now. I am x-linking it for subject matter continuity.
https://www.garagejournal.com/forum...adium-water-pump-pliers.552799/#post-11425743

I have a pair of wartime Vlchek waterpump pliers and I have zero doubt that Vlchek made the earlier Vanadium models for Sears, Roebuck & Co. I am also x-linking those, posted in the Vlchek thread, for the same reason.
https://www.garagejournal.com/forum/threads/show-your-vlchek-tools.278503/page-7#post-9274714

 

[four.cycle]

rather than clutter up the forum with yet another redundant thread, I'm taking the liberty of posting these 1901 pre-Craftsman Sears, Roebuck & Co. catalog pages:


1901 Sears Roebuck & Co. catalog pp 501

1901 Sears Roebuck & Co. catalog pp 517

1901 Sears Roebuck & Co. catalog pp 603

1901 Sears Roebuck & Co. catalog pp 612

1901 Sears Roebuck & Co. catalog pp 613

 

[3baygarage]

Those prices! Vise, anvil, forge, drill, hand tools for 14.25!

 

[Smokeshow69]

Picked up this 1941 power tools catalog off the bay. Not cheap but super cool. I love the note on the cover- what do you mean the raw materials market is changing due to certain world events? Also I really like the early design b17on the inside cover

 

[jeffmoss26]

Got this the other day

 

[twistedstang]

Picked up this 1941 power tools catalog off the bay. Not cheap but super cool. I love the note on the cover- what do you mean the raw materials market is changing due to certain world events? Also I really like the early design b17on the inside cover

I have the same catalog in my collection. One of my favorites because of the inside cover.

 

[Stubby1743]

I was very pleased to find this socket on eBay UK just before Christmas. 1/2" drive 19/32" 12pt long C BE code. It has no signs of ever having been used. It's not common to find BE Craftsman sockets in the UK and to find one in this condition is rare.

 

[Outlawmws]

Cool finds Smoke, Jeff, and Stubby!

 

[Smokeshow69]

Forgot I also got the 1942 power tools catalog as well! This one has an early prototype p38 on the inside cover

 

[Smokeshow69]

Also, my super cool wife got me these amber handle pliers as well! Collection is getting closer

 

[Arne73]

Pantagraph type engraver, made by Anderson Tool & Manufacturing. This thing has been hanging around our family basements since my grandma moved in 1975. I don't know what type of cutter was on this. I'm in the midst of a basement clean up and this guy is probably going to end up without a seat when its all over.

 

[Outlawmws]

Very cool tool!

 

[Smokeshow69]

Picked up this NOS tape measure blade replacement's box complete with contents. Funny how the box contains one long c and one heritage blade box. Also got this 10" pipe wrench

 

[d42jeep]

Here are four Circle H tools I found at a recent estate sale.
-Don

 

[Private Lugnutz]

Picked up this NOS tape measure blade replacement's box complete with contents

Now there's a Crafty piece you don't see everyday! Cool find (or acquisition).

Funny how the box contains one long c and one heritage blade box.

Funny is one word for it.

I'm just going to take the honest road and say that I immediately viewed it as transition product. The white replacement box on the right was clearly made at a different time than the green replacement box on the left and the green outer box that obviously matches. But I wasn't really sure about anything else. Without that little piece of paper inside with the " = " markings on either side of the branding on the right/white box, I would not have been sure about labeling that one Heritage based only on the branding on the box, and I would been even less sure about labeling that logo on the outer box and the green left inner box as 'Long C' era (30's to 1948-ish) without an actual loooong C (or so-called underline) logo or even one of those shorter underline long C's. While I'm aware of the logo in an oval, that appears on some socket sets and sharpening stones and other products right through the Long C era, I wasn't getting those vibes.

Also, I can see it making sense for them to be using up old stock (green outer box, green inner box) and placing a newer (white/right inner box) replacement box inside of it. But I can also see it making sense the other way around using up old stock (white/right inner box) inside a newer product (green outer box). Yes, I realize that would/should be Crowntop, though.

Long story short, I'm not arguing with you, per se; that logo always puzzles me.

Also got this 10" pipe wrench

Nice. Erie

 

[Patrick Eubanks]

Picked this up today via FBM. Without starting to dig I'm guessing its in the 1939 ish era.

I would say 40 or 41 based on the catalog illustrations from 39 and 41

 

[Smokeshow69]

Now there's a Crafty piece you don't see everyday! Cool find (or acquisition).

Funny is one word for it.

I'm just going to take the honest road and say that I immediately viewed it as transition product. The white replacement box on the right was clearly made at a different time than the green replacement box on the left and the green outer box that obviously matches. But I wasn't really sure about anything else. Without that little piece of paper inside with the " = " markings on either side of the branding on the right/white box, I would not have been sure about labeling that one Heritage based only on the branding on the box, and I would been even less sure about labeling that logo on the outer box and the green left inner box as 'Long C' era (30's to 1948-ish) without an actual loooong C (or so-called underline) logo or even one of those shorter underline long C's. While I'm aware of the logo in an oval, that appears on some socket sets and sharpening stones and other products right through the Long C era, I wasn't getting those vibes.

Also, I can see it making sense for them to be using up old stock (green outer box, green inner box) and placing a newer (white/right inner box) replacement box inside of it. But I can also see it making sense the other way around using up old stock (white/right inner box) inside a newer product (green outer box). Yes, I realize that would/should be Crowntop, though.

Long story short, I'm not arguing with you, per se; that logo always puzzles me.

Nice. Erie

I agree with you that it’s a transitional piece… probably late 40’s if I had to guess.

 

[Outlawmws]

Is it me, or are one or both of those tapes used? I think I see wear marks?

 

[JonahBrown]

BC Punch set. Jocosawdust and Briley don’t you both have this set too?

 

[Smokeshow69]

Is it me, or are one or both of those tapes used? I think I see wear marks?

I went back and looked and it does look like there are marks on the tape?? Not sure why someone would replace the tape and then put back in the box but who knows?

 

[Smokeshow69]

Scored this super small but very cool Fulton torch and this set of small needle nose pliers for a total of $10 today.