Tool identification?

[rball5]

I recently cleaned up my garage I found an old toolbox I inherited a few years ago. It was filled with stuff from the 30's & 40's (plomb, snap-on, williams, herbrand, etc).

I found something that I've got no idea what it would be used for. Anyone know what it is? There are no markings of any kind.

 

[66HertzClone]

That is a soldering iron.

 

[Joe B.]

It was filled with stuff from the 30's & 40's (plomb, snap-on, williams, herbrand, etc).

You have your answer.

Now you can't come here and post something like that without posting a bunch of pics of all of it.

P.S. Welcome!

 

[rball5]

Hah! I went to school for electronics - you'd think I would've known that. Thanks

Most of what's in the box isn't all that exciting. The box came from Galveston & almost everything is pretty rusted.

I'll get a few more pics up in just a bit (I took pics of some of the stuff in the box as I went through it).

 

[rball5]

lots of pics

Now you can't come here and post something like that without posting a bunch of pics of all of it.

P.S. Welcome!

PICS!
And thanks for the welcome - I've been a lurker for quite a long time.

1/4" drive Plomb:

1/4" drive Snap-on:

Deflection Guage? (Goodell-Pratt Co. Greenfield, Mass. U.S.A.)

Wrench marked only with an 'M' (?):

Globemaster 11/32" & 5/16" Japan (I couldn't find anything about this brand):

Craftsman 1/4" drive speedwrench:

Herbrand 3/8" ratcheting adapter:

Williams sockets:

Thorsen sockets (any idea what this one is for - never seen a socket designed like this inside):

Unidentified 5/8" socket (6 sided drive 12 point):

STW (?) 1" socket:

LOTS of hand files (mostly Nicholson & Heller)

Old Sears oilcan opener/spout:

Ford wrench:

A few wrenches (Westcraft, plomb, craftsman, lectrolite/tru fit, williams):

Unidentified:

 

[rball5]

There's some other stuff that I lost pictures of - proto, blackhawk, crescent, and probably a few others I'm forgetting.

 

[woody 73]

Hi Rball5, Welcome to the GJ.

Those are some very nice tools as soon as ou can soak them in a chemical rust remover bath and put some oil on them. Head on over to the web site alloy artifacts and look up manufacture names maybe one of them listed a small M on their wrenches. The one wrench in your hands with the words in a circle looked familiar but my eyes are not so good.

All the best.

 

[Elroy]

Re: lots of pics

The unindentified wrench with only the "M" is a early to mid 30's Ford wrench. Typically found in Model A's

PICS!

Wrench marked only with an 'M' (?):

The wrench below is obviously a Ford wrench as well but it's older than the "M". This wrench is for clutch adjustment on a model "T". It's no newer than 1927.

They are actually very common. Elroy has one just like it. After all Henry only made a few million T's. Just about every one of these you'll come across is spread open.

Ford wrench:

 

[T56 Impala]

Welcome!

Some nice vintage stuff there. That Craftsman BE speeder is nice. I have never even seen one before! Before you get flustered, the WF-7 breaker is a 5/32" drive and not 1/4".

Visit Alloy Artifacts, as mentioned, and take a good, long, look around. Lots of great information there.

 

[Zrexxer]

Hah! I went to school for electronics - you'd think I would've known that. Thanks

Ahh, but there's nothing electronics-related about that soldering iron... irons like that were used for soldering up seams in ductwork and other sheet metal fabrication.

 

[bgott]

Ahh, but there's nothing electronics-related about that soldering iron... irons like that were used for soldering up seams in ductwork and other sheet metal fabrication.

And soldering cast iron sewer pipe.

 

[Nostraquedeo]

How do you get the rust off that stuff? I have some old tools that have surface rust like posted here.

 

[Even 11]

Welcome!

That Craftsman BE speeder is nice. I have never even seen one before!

Visit Alloy Artifacts, as mentioned, and take a good, long, look around. Lots of great information there.

Man I can't agree more, the Herbrand Rat adapter is in great shape too!!

Nice tools!

-Dane

 

[crewchief888]

your "deflection guage " are a pair of machinists dividers.

 

[rball5]

How do you get the rust off that stuff? I have some old tools that have surface rust like posted here.

I saw a bunch of posts here about evapo-rust & decided to give it a shot. I let these soak overnight, then rinsed in water, wiped with a terry-towel, and coated with marvel mystery oil. There are already a billion posts like this, but I was amazed & felt like sharing some results:

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After:

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