The Tiny Tools Thread

[Ploughplane]

Hi MIck. Would you have any interest in selling the small Prentiss vise??? Cheers. Jim Stebbins

 

[Ploughplane]

Hi MIck. Would you have any interest in selling the Prentiss vise? Cheers. Jim Stebbins

 

[Private Lugnutz]

Ploughplane,

Not sure who Mick is or what post you're referring to, but this thread has been inactive since 2017. You might want to PM him.

All,

I completely forgot we had this thread! I've still been posting tiny tools to the original Tiny Tools thread up on the GD board. Dammit. I will add it to the Sticky in the next update.

 

[Oldtuleguy]

Some Morris tiny socket wrenches

 

[Macduf]

had to look a bit at sale for fifth piece but worth it

 

[Mintgrun]

I posted this over in the big vises thread, but it might fit better in with the other tiny-tools. Do you suppose this is like a little salesman's sample tool, or a 'user'? I tend to think it was meant to be used, since the proportions would be off, if it was blown up to scale. I've never actually used it as a vise, but it appears as though it would get a pretty good grip. (that is a 1" grid)










I do not see any maker's marks, or numbers on it. Any ideas as to who may have made it?


Tom

 

[stokefire7]

These do it for me.

 

[d42jeep]

Since this thread has recently been revived, it seems like a good opportunity to post up a bunch of pictures of 4” adjustable wrenches. I know I’m not the only person with this particular affliction.
-Do

 

[d42jeep]

More 4” pictures.
-Don

 

[d42jeep]

Yet more 4”ers
-Don

 

[d42jeep]

Last two 4” pictures. It seems somehow appropriate to end the pictures with Crescent wrenches.
-Don

 

[406Rich]

I have never seen another like this..the center band wrap is hard, cannot be removed without destroying it.

 

[Private Lugnutz]

I like it. Some oldtimer (PO) had a neat idea. And one I am tempted to duplicate with a bunch of orphans. Better than a hole and bolt/nut.

 

[Tostal]

A few small adjustables (+ 12" big brother) from 'Tostal's Emporium'

 

[Tostal]

6" Ridgid Pipe Wrench. The transfer (it's a bit hard to read in the poor quality pic.) states : If this housing ever breaks or distorts, we will replace it free.

 

[d42jeep]

I found this tiny Wilde ratchet wrench today at an estate sale.
-Don

 

[Private Lugnutz]

Snagged this No. 00 single open end wrench at the flea market this morning. It has a 1/4" opening.

This is the second smallest SOE wrench that Williams made. The smallest was a No. 000 with a 3/16" opening. I think that other marking ("AU. SCR. M.") is an abbreviation for the Automatic Screw Machine Company, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. They made a **** ton of fasteners during WWII.

The funny thing is, it's the second one I have found. The first one, found a few years ago, is the same size opening, but marked No. 2, which may be a reference to the American Standard nut size.

 

[Catfishdan]

^^^. It’s funny how beefy those little guys look. Makes that die look huge.

I found this tiny cross peen hammer head a while ago, but I’ve been waiting to post it until I made a handle for it. It’s oak as I couldn’t find any hickory locally. Whittled it down and used a 4 in hand to shape it.

 

[Oldtuleguy]

My little hand vise

 

[laser3kw]

My little hand vise

? your hands look normal size.....

 

[Oldtuleguy]

I see what you did there

 

[Coggles]

Everyone knows if you have a tiny tool the best way to photograph it is with someone with tiny hands so it doesn’t look as small.


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[Private Lugnutz]

Picked up these little spinners recently in a lot of vintage aircraft maintenance tools. The hex openings are not all that unusually small (3/16", 7/32" and x/64"), but not seeing them at the end of a shank with a wood or composite handle on the other end makes them seem tinier. The knurling on the two black oxide spinners is deep. The other one is aluminum. Love the tee-handle holes. I found them in my wartime Class 85, but they don't specify the sizes or makers.

 

[didit]

My smallest Snap On needle nose and screw driver and a solid stainless anvil with a 2" base. My Grandad made a run of them at the machine shop for customer handouts in the late '40s.

 

[Private Lugnutz]

I'm a sucker for vintage ignition tools. And I also picked up this "Dairy Maid" advertising sledge hammer.

 

[Provincial]

Now you can beat on your milkshake machine with the original factory-supplied hammer!

 

[RTM]

Hey all

Thought I'd share these little bitty nut drivers with everyone. Found at an estate sale some time back, realized only a partial set, but never found the rest on return visits.

DESCO nut drivers 5/64, 3/32, 7/64, 5/32, 1/4", shown with a Snap-on 3/16" nut driver.

Have not been able to find any online listings for these, any idea who DESCO was?


This is the only thing close with an ID. (ignore this)

https://archive.org/details/DascoToolsCutleryNo.61925/page/n31/mode/2up

 

[Private Lugnutz]

Now you can beat on your milkshake machine with the original factory-supplied hammer!

Haha. Honestly, Jock, I was wondering how a sledgehammer was representative of milk cows or dairy farms in general. I am old enough to say that when I was a boy we had milk delivered. Big tins of potato chips and pretzels, all made local, too. And soda, too, in wooden crates. We left the empties on the porch, and certain days of the week the truck would pull up and replenish. Anyway, little milk jars I can see. Hammers?

 

[steaks&anvils]

Hey all

Thought I'd share these little bitty nut drivers with everyone. Found at an estate sale some time back, realized only a partial set, but never found the rest on return visits.

DASCO nut drivers 5/64, 3/32, 7/64, 5/32, 1/4", shown with a Snap-on 3/16" nut driver.

Have not been able to find any online listings for these, any idea who DASCO was?


This is the only thing close with an ID.

https://archive.org/details/DascoToolsCutleryNo.61925/page/n31/mode/2up

Don't those nut drivers say "DESCO"?

I did find a few DESCO tools. Taps/drill bits and anti static electronics stuff.

No nut drivers. Maybe a re-brand anti-static set? Electronics have small nuts (sorry guys, they just do).

 

[RTM]

Don't those nut drivers say "DESCO"?

I did find a few DESCO tools. Taps/drill bits and anti static electronics stuff.

Geez, who let this ***** (me) join the group?

I'm usually the guy giving people grief about mis spelling things. The only real joy is, I did spell it right the first time I posted them in the garage sale thread.

And yes, I did spend 10-15 minutes searching for DASCO again this morning.

 

[RTM]

Haha. Honestly, Jock, I was wondering how a sledgehammer was representative of milk cows or dairy farms in general. I am old enough to say that when I was a boy we had milk delivered. Big tins of potato chips and pretzels, all made local, too. And soda, too, in wooden crates. We left the empties on the porch, and certain days of the week the truck would pull up and replenish. Anyway, little milk jars I can see. Hammers?

I am guessing the hammer came with some type of candy (forget which) that the dairy passed out. Other sites have talked of them in the past.

 

[Private Lugnutz]

And yes, I did spend 10-15 minutes searching for DASCO again this morning.

Did you find my thread on GJ? (I have a DASCO socket set, made by Hinsdale. Damascus Steel Products Company in Rockford, Ill., now operating as a division owned by Vaughn. Lots of striking tools.)

 

[steaks&anvils]

And I also picked up this "Dairy Maid" advertising sledge hammer.

Haha. Honestly, Jock, I was wondering how a sledgehammer was representative of milk cows or dairy farms in general. I am old enough to say that when I was a boy we had milk delivered. Big tins of potato chips and pretzels, all made local, too. And soda, too, in wooden crates. We left the empties on the porch, and certain days of the week the truck would pull up and replenish. Anyway, little milk jars I can see. Hammers?

I am guessing the hammer came with some type of candy (forget which) that the dairy passed out. Other sites have talked of them in the past.

RTM is spot on, candy hammer. Someone even thinks your's is worth worth $75 or more like everyone else thinks $10...

google: "vintage advertising candy hammer"

 

[Private Lugnutz]

I'm rich!

 

[RTM]

Did you find my thread on GJ? (I have a DASCO socket set, made by Hinsdale. Damascus Steel Products Company in Rockford, Ill., now operating as a division owned by Vaughn. Lots of striking tools.)

Yup, fortunately I didn’t link to that one. That would have added to my embarrassment, linking here.

 

[Stuart in MN]

My mother had a little hammer similar to that one in a drawer in the kitchen when I was a little boy. Even though it's a promotional item from a dairy I don't think it was necessarily meant for one specific use. it could have been used for whatever the housewife wanted to use it for - on hard candy, or to break up ice cubes, crush walnuts, to hammer lids closed on cans, fix jewelry, etc. It probably got used to drive thumbtacks, or to hang pictures or calendars too. Now that I think about it, I believe my mother's little hammer had a screwdriver stored inside the handle and that was useful for all sorts of things as well.

Any business in a small town would have had little promotional items to hand out that didn't have a particular connection to what the business was - for instance, I have some kitchen utensils today that she got from the local bank and hardware store.

 

[Tostal]

Talking of little hammers...
Here's one I found recently - a Toffee Hammer.
It was supplied by 'Sharps', a British company noted for it's 'toffee' (possibly called? 'hard candy' in the U.S.), for breaking toffee rather than your teeth.

Tostal

 

[CoogarXR]

Picked up a NOS tiny 44CG Xcelite adjustable wrench.

 

[bonneyman]

Hey all

Thought I'd share these little bitty nut drivers with everyone. Found at an estate sale some time back, realized only a partial set, but never found the rest on return visits.

DESCO nut drivers 5/64, 3/32, 7/64, 5/32, 1/4", shown with a Snap-on 3/16" nut driver.

Have not been able to find any online listings for these, any idea who DESCO was?


This is the only thing close with an ID. (ignore this)

https://archive.org/details/DascoToolsCutleryNo.61925/page/n31/mode/2up

I have a very similar looking Proto driver in 1/8". I never thought that it might be part of a larger sub-3/16" set.

 

[Private Lugnutz]

Now that I think about it, I believe my mother's little hammer had a screwdriver stored inside the handle and that was useful for all sorts of things as well.

It sounds like your mother's may have been smaller than mine, Stuart, but I have one. I am a sucker for combination tools. This one, unbranded, is very well made. See Pics 1 & 2.

Here's one I found recently - a Toffee Hammer.
It was supplied by 'Sharps', a British company noted for it's 'toffee' (possibly called? 'hard candy' in the U.S.), for breaking toffee rather than your teeth.

That's nice, Tostal. I passed up an English toffee tapper at a flea market back in 2017 because the vendor wanted more than I was willing to pay. I regretted it almost immediately then, and even moreso now! It was a Williams. See Pic 3. But it was the flip side marking ("LIVERPOOL") that I was attracted to. See Pic 4. It was no Tiny Tool, though.