The Tiny Tools Thread

[MushCreek]

Believe it or not, that little clamp will set ya back 153 of those dimes- for one!

 

[mdbeck1]

From the beginning of this post....

When you get drill bits smaller than 4/1,000.....

OK. I'll play....

I've got one of these...

How about a drill index?

Sorry about the crappy cell phone pics... My son broke my camera.

How about I add a few more....

So I'm getting ready to sign off for the night and my wife tells me that I have to tell everyone here where the "tiny tools" come from.

My wife's great grandfather was a watch repair man in a jewelry store. When he passed away his cabinet went to his daughter (my wife's grandmother) where it stayed in her garage until a couple of years ago. My wife has fond memories of being six or eight and looking in the drawers at all of the little tools (yes there are more... special pliers and the smallest tipped screwdrivers you will ever see (or I guess feel would be more appropriate)).

We also ended up with the lathe (and it works):

And the positioning table(?)

The drill bits go down to 4/1,000". The little chuck will hold them as well and was found in the bottom drawer still sealed in the factory box and wrapped up in the paper. There is a whole drawer of collets for the different drill bits as well. Some day when I get a little bit of time I will take the lathe apart and clean it. I have no idea what I will make with it but some of those little flashlights sounds like a neat idea.

 

[Outlawmws]

I added this to the "Tiny Tools" tool box over the weekend. ("This" being the ity bity metal working hammer)

I compared it to its bigger sibling, and a standard Stanley Sheet metal hammer that is neither particularly big nor small. pretty average size.

Less than an ounce head weight. I'm guessing this is for a watch makers use.


And on another topic, I'm I'm wrestling with the idea of moving all the tiny tools from the Kennedy 520 in my workroom to the big wood Gerstner in the house. It probably makes sense, as the work the tiny tools are likely to get used for is more likely to be in the house than in the shop.

 

[Yv.]

Delicious......

Very cool.

 

[four.cycle]

just arrived today. Artamount 5" jeweler's hammer and 7" brass jewelers hammer:

Artamount jewelers hammer 01 by four.cycle, on Flickr

Artamount jewelers hammer 02 by four.cycle, on Flickr

brass jewelers hammer by four.cycle, on Flickr

 

[four.cycle]

ES Tool 1/8" - 3/8" combination wrench set 01 by four.cycle, on Flickr

ES Tool 1/8" - 3/8" combination wrench set 02 by four.cycle, on Flickr

ES Tool 1/8" - 3/8" combination wrench set
NSN 5120-00-148-9488
Wrench Set, Combination Box and Open End
Made in USA

 

[MShaw]

Here's what I have to offer. First is an 8mm Boley watchmaker's lathe with collets and chucks. And the home made lever feed for the tailstock. I use this lathe regularly in my clock repair business.

Second is an SAE and Metric set of miniature open end wrenches and New Britain / Blackhawk miniature combo and double box wrenches.

 

[Outlawmws]

Love those tiny watchmaker's lathes!

 

[flat tire]

 

[four.cycle]

^ that little red oiler is classy!
is that little vise real or is it one of those "salesman sample" deals?

 

[d.mcfarland]

Finger C clamp. Only marking is a H that you can see. No more details, came from my Grandpa. It's sitting on a 2 liter bottle cap for reference.

 

[Outlawmws]

The only clamp I have in my "inventory" starting in "H" is Hargrave.

 

[Alchymist]

Fairly common?

 

[jpickar]

I have a few small pipe wrenches like that. Not that rare. But I have never seen one that said motor cycle on it. I think a little research and you will find out if it is rare or not. I do not know.

John

 

[Outlawmws]

6" aren't rare, but does that say Bonney Vise and tools? Pretty cool! but what's with "Motor - Cycle"?

 

[3baygarage]

Have I ever posted this tiny pocket knife?

Made in Germany

I BELIEVE, I believe it says EDER & CO. Very small to read.

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[Outlawmws]

I havent seen one of those mini pocket knives in YEARS

 

[Alchymist]

I have a few small pipe wrenches like that. Not that rare. But I have never seen one that said motor cycle on it. I think a little research and you will find out if it is rare or not. I do not know.

John

6" aren't rare, but does that say Bonney Vise and tools? Pretty cool! but what's with "Motor - Cycle"?

Alloy Artifacts:
Allentown, Pennsylvania. Second location for Bonney, moved in 1906.

Bonney Forge & Tool Works. Company name changed from Bonney Vise & Tool on February 8, 1921 (date given in 1925 catalog).

So wrench is pre-1921. There was also an "Automobile" wrench.

 

[928'er]

WIHA 35 piece "Compact" bit set

72 tooth rachet metric and SAE hex bits

 

[davethorik]

Vaughan Super Bar (15") with its smaller brother

 

[Private Lugnutz]

I posted this in the vintage forum, piggybacking on a thread about a smallish Coes monkey wrench, then I remembered we had a thread up here for miniatures. (Kudos to Outlaw.)

It's made and looks robust enough without context to mistake it as normal size auto wrench (typically 9" or 11")...

Here are a few more shots for scale:

At 3 inches in total length, this is the tiniest auto-type wrench I have ever seen. Jaw capacity is 3/4". The diamond logo on the head reads, "A G3J PRODUCT". The moving and fixed jaws and the screwdriver tip on the end all have burrs. I've always thought of tools like this as novelties. This one has definitely been used. For what, I have no clue!

 

[Outlawmws]

Pvt Lug, Very cool! I think he smallest I have similar is like 3-3/4 so that is significantly smaller!

I suspect this was intended as a "bike wrench" I've seen several of those around adn ahve a couple, but not that small.

 

[four.cycle]

This one has definitely been used. For what, I have no clue!

I can recall many instances where that would have come in real handy: field repair on a Coleman Peak1 backpacking stove; field repair on my D-ring when doing trailwork 7 miles from the trailhead; field repair on a fishing reel about 17 miles from the trailhead... shall I go on?
I ended up hauling a 7/16" x 1/2" combination wrench, and a four-way screwdriver. I've changed the gear, so I can get by now with just a tiny flat "keychain" screwdriver.

 

[Private Lugnutz]

I can think of many uses for small tools, four.cycle. I have a few different Leathermans, including one with some open end wrench blades, and a little thrown together kit. I guess it's the auto wrench aspect that I find so unusual. But, good point, and taken.

 

[four.cycle]

^ when you have to haul everything on your back, a Leatherman is too heavy.
I have a very nice one that was given to me, but it's wayyy too heavy. I have a miniature one, but it would be essentially useless in the field.
Switching from the Coleman Peak1 to an MSR Dragonfly did away with the necessity of hauling tools. (I'm not doing trail work up there now - toasted rotator cuffs.)

 

[72highboy]

Give away, but smallest I've seen..

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[Username already in use]

I found this over the weekend. No clue what it's used for, but it has a patent date of July 1935. A penny wouldn't fit, had to use the dime.

 

[rlitman]

I found this over the weekend. No clue what it's used for, but it has a patent date of July 1935. A penny wouldn't fit, had to use the dime.

It's a clamp for a rubber hose.

 

[Outlawmws]

Yup, Lab equipment generally. clamp the hose to cut flow or use as a metering valve.

 

[Alchymist]

It's a clamp for a rubber hose.

The name "Fisher" is the giveaway to anyone who has spent any time in a lab.

 

[Outlawmws]

It's not the smallest wrench ever, but small enough! An old Bonney 1/4 - 9/32 DBE:

 

[Weird Tolkienish Figure]

A few years ago, having a background in programming and system administration, I decided to learn circuitry. It's fun, but one thing I cannot stand is the smallness of everything. I have big sausage fingers that don't do well with tiny screws and such. I was trying to repair a Radio Shack multimeter but ended up tossing it I was so annoyed. I think I need those grippy robot alligator clamp thing from Radio Shack, and maybe a magnetizer demagnetizer.

 

[rlitman]

I've used chopsticks to place surface mount parts.

 

[ClappedOutBport]

Two jacobs chucks from opposite ends of the spectrum. Their Biggest (#20) and smallest (#0).

 

[sparklemotion]

I ran across this on another forum and figured it was worth a little thread necromancy...

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I had never heard of Paul Hamler before (and according to the search function, he wasn't ever mentioned here).

Anyways -- he does small manufacturing runs of (mostly) 1/3rd scale tools (and firearms). The Wilton Zygotes in the thumbnail were what caught my eye, and watching the vid got me hooked.

I hope you enjoyed (And will forgive the waking of this slumbering thread).

 

[Hexen]

This thread deserves to keep going!

rockinacummins shared this in the 2018 Garage Sale thread:

Pawn shop find today:
...
And a nice little Ridgid 6” pipe wrench. From looking at the jaws I would say it was hardly used, if ever. Just needs a little cleaning up.

All for $20 OTD!




...

 

[orangeblood]

sparkelmotion ...THANKS. The Paul Hamler video is amazing.

 

[Cf mtn]

hi all, i picked up a little tub of miss matched wrenches the other day and found these. the little knife is "mitsuboshi", wrenches, from top to bottom, bonney h10, snap on oxi8 and williams "the superwrench" 1106.

 

[Bighead38]

I ran across this on another forum and figured it was worth a little thread necromancy...

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I had never heard of Paul Hamler before (and according to the search function, he wasn't ever mentioned here).

Anyways -- he does small manufacturing runs of (mostly) 1/3rd scale tools (and firearms). The Wilton Zygotes in the thumbnail were what caught my eye, and watching the vid got me hooked.

I hope you enjoyed (And will forgive the waking of this slumbering thread).

I want the mini Wilton and the mini vise grips.

 

[Billythekid1]

Does he sell the mini Wilton's ?? I couldn't find any info