Spreading the Bonney affliction!

[LNKMK8]

As promised, here are some better photos post-cleanup of my Bonney 3/4" Set

 

[Mikeske]

Found a Bonney 1/2" drive Triangle era 9/16" socket P/N AL18 in a pawn shop today. Note it had a circle B marking this means it was a formerly at Boeing and I found it in the first bin I looked at. Nothing else in any of the other bins.

 

[Oldtuleguy]

Just lucky on that one

 

[Oldtuleguy]

As promised, here are some better photos post-cleanup of my Bonney 3/4" Set

That cleaned up nice!

 

[Mikeske]

Oh boy I think I just hit the mother lode of the metric triangle sockets. Yeah a bit expensive but I now have a complete set of 3/8" drives 6 point metrics from 6-26 MM new old stock as they did not even have a mark on them but were really dusty. They also came with a old style metal carrying bar.

 

[Provincial]

Bonney T28 ratchet from last Sunday's flea market. It even has the drive plug!

 

[Oldtuleguy]

Oh boy I think I just hit the mother lode of the metric triangle sockets. Yeah a bit expensive but I now have a complete set of 3/8" drives 6 point metrics from 6-26 MM new old stock as they did not even have a mark on them but were really dusty. They also came with a old style metal carrying bar.

That is the longest socket tray I have seen.

 

[Mikeske]

Found in a used tool store today a Circle CV LT22 socket size is 11/16" deep well. Anybody need it as I do not, I grabbed it anyway, I already have one. PM me if interested.

 

[Slackmaster G]

I bought a dozen Bonney combo wrenches at a house sale in an exclusive neighborhood at 70 cents a piece as they were there for the art and upscale furniture

 

[LesserSon]

I had a very good Bonney morning at two fleas.

The 3” Ajax No32 machinist vise just has a single flaw: a chunk of static jaw missing. I’m not too concerned about that. Looks to have two colors of paint - a couple blobs of blue and overall gray (faded to cruddy yellow). The 1-3/4” Lehigh No1007 table vise has a deep green paint in the recesses.

Here’s the rest. Most intriguing pieces are the file handles. I do not yet see any manufacturer stamped on them, but they are identical to the Stanley and Bonney war-era screwdriver handles.
Mick STILL has a lot of good stuff at the Quakertown Flea Market.

 

[Mikeske]

So here a few more closeups of the metric sockets per a PM request.

 

[LesserSon]

One of the wrenches I bought yesterday puts me nearly halfway (9/19) to a No70 assortment.
I now have the RGW; 33F, 29F, 27F; 33C, 727; 821A; 553AS, 552AS.
I’m looking for 25F, 23F; 731A, 725; 825A, 823A; 550AS, 551AS, 554AS, 555AS.

 

[twertsy]

One of the wrenches I bought yesterday puts me nearly halfway (9/19) to a No70 assortment.
I now have the RGW; 33F, 29F, 27F; 33C, 727; 821A; 553AS, 552AS.
I’m looking for 25F, 23F; 731A, 725; 825A, 823A; 550AS, 551AS, 554AS, 555AS.

I have some extras LS. I too need 23F & 25F.

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[Private Lugnutz]

Nice vises, LS. I like the "Lehigh" in particular. (It's funny, as you know, having lived there for some time now, that the name is so ubiquitous that it just becomes part of the landscape after awhile like the river itself and all the other Leni Lenape references; only leaving makes it more dear...) He had both of them out, as well as a number of early drive handles the day I visited, but the Firestone sets tapped me out

 

[Private Lugnutz]

I’m looking for 25F, 23F; 731A, 725; 825A, 823A; 550AS, 551AS, 554AS, 555AS.

I can help you out with a 731A, 825A, 551AS, 554AS, and 555AS. I haven't loaded up my No. 65 board yet, because I still haven't arranged a suitable place for it, but I know I have at least one extra of each of those. Granted, while boards look better with multiple wrenches on each hook, I'd feel like a hoarder knowing someone else needed them to complete their board.

I too need 23F & 25F.

I have never seen those or any of the suffix "F" wrenches in the wild. I have plenty of standard 23's and 25's, but Bonney apparently only made them with the reinforced heads for Ford. That entire top row on the No. 70 board also came in a leatherette roll-up as Bonney Ford Kit No. 9.

 

[LesserSon]

Twertsy, your board looks great. Seems like those two wrenches will have to turn up eventually.
Lugz, I don’t have a board, though I’m thinking of making an approximation.
Finding that wrench and getting a pm about it from another GJ-er caused me to take stock.
You are right about the Lehigh vise, but the Ajax came from a different vendor.

 

[Private Lugnutz]

Lugz, I don’t have a board, though I’m thinking of making an approximation. Finding that wrench and getting a pm about it from another GJ-er caused me to take stock.

I saw that. If you want my extras, PM or text me.

You are right about the Lehigh vise, but the Ajax came from a different vendor.

Ah. Well, I didn't look long enough into the Bonney abyss bin lest I be tempted.

 

[Oldtuleguy]

Here is one. https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Bo...137337?hash=item4d91e44279:g:PasAAOSwMmBVkKR4

 

[rickhigginshtbr]

Lesser and Lugz, where does he get all of these??? I'm down in the opposite corner of Bucks now, and don't get up there often.

 

[DD T/A]

Saw this at the swap and though someone might want it, I have no need for it.
Bonney Zenel 2805 L

 

[LesserSon]

Lesser and Lugz, where does he get all of these??? I'm down in the opposite corner of Bucks now, and don't get up there often.

Lugz posted a redacted business card on the Garage Sale thread, here.

 

[Private Lugnutz]

Yeah, close outs, including at least one defunct service garage, from what I gathered. But he's LS's guy (I was just visiting! ), and he would know best.

 

[rickhigginshtbr]

Yeah, close outs, including at least one defunct service garage, from what I gathered. But he's LS's guy (I was just visiting! ), and he would know best.

There's a couple old garages up there that I would love to buy out their tools. One shop over in Red Hill, it's a 4 bay shop but between tools and parts, is now a 1 bay shop. I miss that area!

 

[bonneyman]

So here a few more closeups of the metric sockets per a PM request.

I think you're in the "groove"!

Beautiful set of metric Bonneys.

 

[Mikeske]

I think you're in the "groove"!

Beautiful set of metric Bonneys.

What surprised me was they were dusty but absolutely no marks from storage on the sockets themselves. I just wiped them off and put a light coat of oil on them and put them back in the socket rail and put them in my toolbox. What is really nice is the fact that they had no size skips that are so common with todays sockets.

 

[LesserSon]

I was getting tired of flipping through multiple pages to compare the specs and contents of the display boards shown in the 1923 Bonney catalog, so I typed up a spreadsheet. Here is a pdf of it. As can be seen, the No80 display board, at a whopping 24x72 inches, has all but one of the wrenches divided among the No60, No65, and No70 displays. The "missing" wrench is the 34, which is only shown on the No60 board. Because the No80 has the most, I used it to define the order of the wrench groups. The other boards display them in different order.
Edit - Oops, I put a "9?" into my original spreadsheet after the length for the 34 wrench, because I could not read the figure in the catalog pdf I had. Digging around, I found the actual wrench! 10”, not 9”. I’ve updated the spreadsheet.

 

[Private Lugnutz]

Downloaded and saved. Thanks for the work, LS.

 

[Private Lugnutz]

Cross-posting an early single open end BON{/}NEY wrench with a thick head and a tapered round handle posted in a What is it? thread here.

 

[LesserSon]

I think I may have posted this reinforced-openings S-DOE on the thread before, but I cleaned it up a bit more today, and noticed two markings I hadn’t before. In addition to a big forged-in “E” mid-shank, there’s a stamped triangle (maybe a break on one side) with a figure in the center, maybe a 1 or a 4, or just a stray ding. Then a stamped “A” at the other end.
I don’t see it in any catalog.

 

[leg17]

I think I may have posted this reinforced-openings S-DOE on the thread before, but I cleaned it up a bit more today, and noticed two markings I hadn’t before. In addition to a big forged-in “E” mid-shank, there’s a stamped triangle (maybe a break on one side) with a figure in the center, maybe a 1 or a 4, or just a stray ding. Then a stamped “A” at the other end.
I don’t see it in any catalog.

That is cool.
Hope we find out the story.

 

[Tylermorris]

Bonney snap ring pliers?

 

[Private Lugnutz]

I have never seen those before, and I couldn't find them in any catalog. They look like 1930's to me, but I checked 1923, 1925, 1933, 1939, and 1941. I even checked 1886, 1914 and 1951 and 1957, even though those would be unlikely, if only to get a sense of design evolution and part numbers. I have Bonney brake spring pliers from the late 30's and 40's. And their 50's era snap ring pliers were the common variety with a spring clip in between the handles behind the pivot. These are interesting from a few perspectives: their compond action construction, the logo (with the longer, encapsulating B and Y), and the part number. Bonney did have specialty tools with 25xx, 26xx, and 27xx part numbers, but they were 4 digits. Neat find.

 

[wrenchguy]

maybe valve spring tool, maybe better photo.

 

[Tylermorris]

Some more pics

 

[Oldtuleguy]

It is for transmission retaining rings.

Yup, I have the snappy version at work. Bought mine back in late 90s.

 

[Private Lugnutz]

Some more pics

Thanks, Tyler. I wish I could help you out on year of production, but again, I have never seen those in any Bonney catalog, or with a Bonney marking and part number before.

 

[3baygarage]

Found a Diamalloy yesterday that looks like Bonney. Not quite identical. Same part number, stampings slightly different, and the finish isn’t polished chrome.

Interesting part is the licensed on back.

 

[Oldtuleguy]

As in diamond caulk horseshoe? That is interesting

 

[3baygarage]

Yes, Diamond. Apparently Triangle aquired Diamond as well, hence the similar wrenches.

Not trying to derail this thread, but a couple links of interest.

https://www.nytimes.com/1988/06/28/business/company-news-court-rules-triangle-plant-cannot-move-from-duluth.html

https://www.perfectduluthday.com/2018/03/18/mystery-photo-65-diamonds-are-forever-except-in-duluth/

 

[Oldtuleguy]

Some interesting reading