Show your "Long C" Craftsman!

[saukit]

Holy ****!

 

[3baygarage]

Uh...no.

 

[Old Radar]

That works out to 222.20$ per socket

I'll have to run out to the garage to see if I've got the CF-14 & CF-16 to fill the guy's gaps! Now that he's in this deep, do you think he'll balk at $250 per socket??

 

[Oldtuleguy]

I think I have them somewhere.....

 

[Oldtuleguy]

Here is my little cf collection.maybe 1500$?

 

[Old Radar]

Jackpot!!

 

[Outlawmws]

Geeze, I could have a much nicer retirement...

 

[Oldtuleguy]

They are going into the vault! Gotta hire some armed guards...

 

[JjKk40]

They are going into the vault! Gotta hire some armed guards...

 

[tombell572]

Ha!! Lugz, a reference to the Famous Eddie Antar of electronics stores fame? I recall he did some slam time for fraud although I don't recall the details. Thanks for the memories.

Tom B.

 

[Private Lugnutz]

a reference to the Famous Eddie Antar of electronics stores fame?

You got it! Because his prices were... "Insane!"

 

[Stillgottimefor1]

Got this box the other day with some things in it, didn’t know if any of it belonged together. Very dirty. Started cleaning It and there’s still some color under there. Started reading this thread and saw that on post #111 UNAIU has this box (no wonder he commented about it). Also may have answered a question I had regarding the sliding bar and extension being not plated or marked. There’s mention of a catalog showing what did or didn’t come in it? Where would I find that? Thanks in advance, the forum is terrific.

 

[Smokeshow69]

Got this box the other day with some things in it, didn’t know if any of it belonged together. Very dirty. Started cleaning It and there’s still some color under there. Started reading this thread and saw that on post #111 UNAIU has this box (no wonder he commented about it). Also may have answered a question I had regarding the sliding bar and extension being not plated or marked. There’s mention of a catalog showing what did or didn’t come in it? Where would I find that? Thanks in advance, the forum is terrific.

This set is made by SK. Others will chime in with an exact manufacture date but they are usually stamped circle k but not on the 2 components you have. A more uncommon variation is a circle B which is also sk made.

 

[Oldtuleguy]

Bm code is the other one

 

[Oldtuleguy]

Some circle k and bm sets

 

[Smokeshow69]

Bm code is the other one

You are correct it is BM! Nice sets!

 

[Stillgottimefor1]

You are correct it is BM! Nice sets!

My sockets are all BM. Seeing these others makes me feel like throwing mine into a volcano….geeze! My sockets and all could NEVER clean up like that..

 

[Stillgottimefor1]

I have the longC: 1-1/8. 1-1/4. 1-3/8. 1-7/16. 1-1/2 1-5/8. and an old Plumb 1-1/8. and a lonely Sparta 1-1/16. The Snap-on 1/2-3/4 adapter was in there too. This is ‘as found’

 

[Oldtuleguy]

Looks like a nice set. They are pretty rare in any conditon!

 

[Stillgottimefor1]

Looks like a nice set. They are pretty rare in any conditon!

thanks, I have to ‘pay’ for the stuff I haul out of there by cleaning out her late husband’s workshop. He passed suddenly about eight years ago, and since then some people (don’t know who), have been going in there and trashing the place looking for goodie’s…looks like a roving band of drunken Ferengi went through the place…everything overturned, drawers spilled out on the floor, boxes and **** everywhere…gonna take me awhile because I have a repair business on the side, and ranch-type stuff to do all the time. Lost in all that mess is the former life of a retired Air Force guy…I find bits and pieces of who he was scattered around. I hate thieves.’

 

[Oldtuleguy]

It's a shame they are disrespecting someone like that

 

[Stillgottimefor1]

It's a shame they are disrespecting someone like that

Just getting within twenty feet of the shop things go from ankle-high to knee deep. I have trouble believing that man left the place that way. I think the looters did it, but hard to know for sure. I never knew him, I’ve only been around here a few years. I am taking down some sheds that have collapsed, hauling scrap metal, fixing electrical and plumbing and fence problems, when it gets done, if anything of real value wound up being mine I will pay her in cash, but since you can’t hire anybody around here to do anything she wants me to do this and I will honor that agreement.

 

[Oldtuleguy]

I have not met too many military guys that left things a mess, but circumstances sometimes create problems.

 

[GalaxyRat]

Here's a drill vise I bought off of eBay that is a bit of a mystery for me. The base is long C, but when I cleaned it up the original logo, or what is left of it, appeared. Except it looks like the crown logo? Anyone have a clue? I looked through some earlier catalogues with no luck. but found a match in the 1960-61 power tools catalogue. I also found the 1959-1960 power tool catalogue that shows the drill presses with the crown logo.

 

[genog]

…I find bits and pieces of who he was scattered around. I hate thieves.’

I hate thieves as well
When my dad passed away, a thief or thieves broke into his old workshop and grabbed a few of his tools before I noticed and secured the doors and windows.
He/they were sneaky.
Leaving the shop undisturbed so that perhaps those missing tools would go unnoticed.
Still....
I would love to have caught that person(s).

 

[MisterEd]

Think small . . .

 

[TexTJ209]

Here's a drill vise I bought off of eBay that is a bit of a mystery for me. The base is long C, but when I cleaned it up the original logo, or what is left of it, appeared. Except it looks like the crown logo? Anyone have a clue? I looked through catalogues from 1938-1956 with no luck, but found a match in the 1960-61 power tools catalogue.

The long C logo carried on for quite a while on random peripherals, tools and accessories. It's not always indicative of 1930s/40s era. The Crowntop decal would be the correct way to date that.

 

[GalaxyRat]

The long C logo carried on for quite a while on random peripherals, tools and accessories. It's not always indicative of 1930s/40s era. The Crowntop decal would be the correct way to date that.

That's what I figured was the case, I've never come across anything that was a "mixed batch" so to speak. I was able to match up the vise with the Palmgren No. 000. The earliest catalog I could find was from 1955, and it is also available in the 1959 and 1960 catalog.

So I agree it was probably made around 1959-1961. Palmgren might have even had old stock they used and just slapped the updated logo on it. It was interesting to say the least going down this rabbit hole. Plus the base belongs in this thread and the top belongs in the crown logo thread.

 

[Outlawmws]

G-Rat, is there a 3 digit model number prefix in this? that would give us the Palmgren Mfg Code...

 

[GalaxyRat]

I was out earlier tonight cleaning up the vise and didn't find any, just that stamp on the dynamic jaw. But I was looking at the Palmgren catalogs and noticed that the base has a passthrough hole for the drill bit, and was flat. But on my vise, the base doesn't have a hole and is "U" shaped. The plot thickens...

 

[GalaxyRat]

Drill vise finished product after getting it all cleaned up.

 

[GalaxyRat]

Wish me luck, I'm hoping to score a *proper* underline C tool by next Tuesday. I'll give you a hint...

Also, does anyone have a good color match for the Craftsman blue that went on their tool nameplates?

 

[ooba tooba]

Have a 9” torpedo level on the way

 

[ooba tooba]

Also grabbed an aluminum and brass folding rule with the old wavy oval logo from the 20s.

 

[Outlawmws]

OT that would be early thirties, Sears Craftsman wasn't a thing in the 20's

 

[JoCoSawdust]

The 1928 catalog is full of Craftsman branded tools. Much more so than the 27 catalog.



The Craftsman brand was a slow bleed into the vast variety of tools Sears offered. All of these clips are from the 28 catalog. OT, your aluminum rule is in there but not yet branded (or at least not yet advertised) as a Craftsman tool. The last image is from the 1930 catalog, showing your rule wearing the Craftsman brand. Clips courtesy of David Maher.

 

[GalaxyRat]

I have one of the bakelite-topped torpedo levels, and also one with the wavy logo.

 

[Outlawmws]

The 1928 catalog is full of Craftsman branded tools. Much more so than the 27 catalog.



The Craftsman brand was a slow bleed into the vast variety of tools Sears offered. All of these clips are from the 28 catalog. OT, your aluminum rule is in there but not yet branded (or at least not yet advertised) as a Craftsman tool. The last image is from the 1930 catalog, showing your rule wearing the Craftsman brand. Clips courtesy of David Maher.

Dang, My mistake! I've never seen any 20's catalogs showing Craftsman, But I also have not seen hand tool catalogs just power tools...

 

[ooba tooba]

Been slowly gathering some smaller things to fit in my machinist box when I’m done with it

 

[RTM]

Dang, My mistake! I've never seen any 20's catalogs showing Craftsman

wikipedia says 1927. Intro’d May 27

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others claim the same info, no idea who owns the page.

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