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Outlawmws
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Are you sure that isn't PS & W Co. For Peck, Stow, & Wilcox Company?
Outlawmws
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I can't match you on the 4" Peterson's, but I can raise you a 5WR though. Once owned by a guy named "Phil" who didn't take good care of his tools The other side is rust pitted). I thought that I had a 3", but it was chinese, and doesn't count.
The 5WR's I have, um, 5 pairs of. Those seem to be common. I also have a 4LB, which as the hex nut gripping jaws. Those I bought brand new. But I wasn't really officially counting any vise grips, for this thread, if I was it would be the channel lock 910's, but even those are common enough on Eprey, I just never see them out on the market...
454ragtop
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Some odd ones today: top and bottom in this pic, (although not many will have 4WR 4LN or 4BN Peterson vise grips either...)
Top: Boker, barrel nut pliers I suspect for cannon plugs.
Those bottom tongs are odd, closed the jaws meet at the tip and get the best grip with something about 1/8" thick in them. That also gets the grips a little more comfortable, as closed they are hard to grip at all, but I suspect these had extension grips at one point? possibly with scissor type loops? (or, what else could those inside grip notches be for?
The only markings are: "A.G.5" and in front of that, a three leaf clover? Ring any bells anyone?
Tong faces are serrated finely for grip:
Outlaw, I wonder if those tongs are for snapping off glass after scoring with a glass cutter?
HTH, Jim
My contribution is this counterbore and pilot used for creating a flat sealing face when converting alloy motorcycle rims to use tubeless valve stems. Took forever to figure out the terminology to do what I wanted. I ordered these from an aviation tool supplier.
Very specific use, but they've been used and loaned out several times in my circle of vintage motorcycle riding friends.
they are called 'spot faces' probably have 75 and 300? pilots
counter bores/back spot faces cut left hand (CCW) from the backside...have a bunch of them too
454ragtop;
you're thinking of 'grozing pliers;
http://www.google.com/imgres?client...tbnh=173&tbnw=240&start=0&ndsp=12&tx=79&ty=65
you're thinking of 'grozing pliers;
http://www.google.com/imgres?client...tbnh=173&tbnw=240&start=0&ndsp=12&tx=79&ty=65
Outlawmws
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BeaverPuncher
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Might be .
Found this at a swap meet about 15 years ago. Never seen another. Let's see if anyone can guess what it's for. Here's a hint: you hook it to a garden hose and an air line.
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jakemac
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It's for flushing out your clogged pipes.
To be clear - It's not a home medical device, it's for plumbing.
To be clear - It's not a home medical device, it's for plumbing.
It's for flushing out your clogged pipes.
To be clear - It's not a home medical device, it's for plumbing.
Good God NO! I used one of those compressed air guns to clear toilets. They send the nasty in ALL directions!
According to Doall I have the one and only tapping head they ever produced. Actually they deny ever producing it, they don't even like to talk about it. It literally has serial no. 1
No pix, never happened.
My Dad had a couple of homemade adjustable "crows feet" like that for oddball plumbing projects. I had no idea they were ever available commercially. Neat!
My contribution is this counterbore and pilot used for creating a flat sealing face when converting alloy motorcycle rims to use tubeless valve stems. Took forever to figure out the terminology to do what I wanted. I ordered these from an aviation tool supplier.
Very specific use, but they've been used and loaned out several times in my circle of vintage motorcycle riding friends.
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Yep, piloted spot facing cutter. I have one I've used for milling Airheads (air-cooled BMW motorcycles) for double spark plugs.
davethorik
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my dad gave me a Blue Point 6 inch steel rule. it is graduated in 10ths and 50ths of an inch on the front and a decimal chart on the back. I have seen a few graduated in the more common 8ths 16ths 32nds 64th but never in .1 and .02
also, the part number that is stamped into the rule has a *** laser etched over top of it, with a slightly different # etched next to it.
no pics yet, its at work in my tool box.
also, the part number that is stamped into the rule has a *** laser etched over top of it, with a slightly different # etched next to it.
no pics yet, its at work in my tool box.
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Outlawmws
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Dave, actually those type of scales are fairly common in machine shops and also in heavy use by mechanical engineers and designers, at least when/where SAE is still in use...
R.Anderson
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Outlawmws
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Plombob, Is this a water siphon pump, air pressure is used to **** water up the garden hose, and the tapered outlet is for an exhaust hose to be pressed on?
Sounds like you have tried this
I worked in building maintenance long ago. The boss bought all the cool tools. He thought the compressed air plunger was "the bomb" and it was in a very nasty way.... You can't get a complete seal around the drain no matter how hard you try. I used it twice and that was enough.
I don't know what it was made for. I was going to post pictures and ask if anyone knew about the tool or Aero Motive when I saw this thread.
I use it to backflush engines. The racing circuits don't let us use coolant, so the engines get rusty. It does a very good job, but you get wet. If you're good, you get wet feet, if you aren't good, you take a shower. We give the job to rookie team members as an initiation. The last guy was wet from head to toe and we were all laughing, even the rookie!
Anyone else got a Rollsemout?
Oooohhhh! Another tool for the wish list!
R.Anderson
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davethorik
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Outlaw- I work in a machine shop and yes, scales in general are all over the place. I have quite a few, and 2 of mine I have never seen before. The Blue Point, which I mentioned...guessing there aren't a lot of those because at least around here, the tool trucks don't come to machine shops.
I also have a Pratt & Whitney 24" rule for use with a combination square set. It was from when they bought out Lufkin's precision tools. I have never seen one of them either.
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woody 73
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The Herbrand 188 is a brake spring pliers very common tool.
Outlawmws
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R.Anderson, that last set of cantilevers are probably for crimping ferrules on steel cables.
Alchymist
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Have several pair of the cannon plug pliers - one has factory soft plastic inserts in the jaws.
Also have this tack hammer - Marion Tool Co, Marion Ohio.
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RivennHewn
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Bronze pattern maker's router plane.
Unmarked. Circa late 1800's/ early 1900's
11" long and very heavy for it's size.
1/4" cutter.
I have never seen a mass manufactured unit like this, which leads me to believe it was made by a pattern maker for a specific job.
If anyone has any info on this, I'd love to learn more about it.
Unmarked. Circa late 1800's/ early 1900's
11" long and very heavy for it's size.
1/4" cutter.
I have never seen a mass manufactured unit like this, which leads me to believe it was made by a pattern maker for a specific job.
If anyone has any info on this, I'd love to learn more about it.
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oldgoaly
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RAnderson, 1st looks like a luthers plane (guitar or stringed instrument maker) or could also be a edge shaver for leather, hard to tell with out a pic from the cutting edge side. 2 is a brake spring pliers, 3rd is for clamping on your Weed tire chains
Thanks for the info Josh! I've never seen one at a radiator shop.
What brakes was it designed for? I have a 177 which looks similar, but with flat jaws, not curved. It was listed as a battery terminal lifter.
Outlawmws
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The Herbrand 188 was for late 30's Chevy, so not so sure it's still "Common"
The flat ones are for lifting battery terminals.
The flat ones are for lifting battery terminals.
Bryan Burns
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Jim,
Your vise looks identical to mine! I know nothing about it and it has no markings. I suspect the finish on mine is japan black.
Do you know anything about your vise?
Bryan
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woody 73
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woody 73
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Herbrand was made in Ohio, so maybe that is why I still find a lot of their tools.
Outlawmws
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Its a Colten Patent, vise:
George A. Colton patent holder, # 320,224 -June 16, 1885
H&B and Inmarks samples exist, as well as unmarked vises. They come up on Eprey semi often, but they aren't real common like say Stanley clamp ons. I don't think they got much past about a 3" wide jaw.
George A. Colton patent holder, # 320,224 -June 16, 1885
H&B and Inmarks samples exist, as well as unmarked vises. They come up on Eprey semi often, but they aren't real common like say Stanley clamp ons. I don't think they got much past about a 3" wide jaw.
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Deadhead
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I cant post a pic of this yet because I cant open the door to my shop at the moment due to they are encapsulated in ice and Im not going to stand out there for 2 hours chipping it off. With that said..
I have an old Armstrong 3/4" drive ratchet Model HA-51 that still works great. Its a 24 tooth model. I researched it on the Alloy Artifacts website and found one really really close to it with the exception that there was no slot in the handle at the end to hang it on a board.
I called Armstrong and they put me in touch with someone that had info on the old stuff. I gave her the model number and told her what I found and she told me that she would contact me with her findings. I hung up and thought that I would never hear the end of it. Couple of days later she called me back, told me that it was sorta the same one that I saw in the picture only that mine was made on the very first production run in 1938 or 39 (My 3 year ago old notes are out in the shop) and the pegboard slot was left off in the first forging process and that they changed the side the logo name was on. Said it was very very rare and asked me numerous times if I would sell it back to the company to put into their displays. I refused everytime she ask. She finally ask me outright to name a price. And my simple final reply was that it was my grandpa's and that I just could not part with it knowing the age of it, where it had been, and what it had done. He used it to work on his farm equipment before going to the Army in 41 for a tour in WWII and then returned in 1945 to go back to farming till he retired in 1986.
She told me that she completely understood and thanked me for calling.
Everytime I go in the shop, I open the tool box, pull it out, hold it in my hand, a few clicks forward, a few clicks reverse, and remember where I came from and try to focus on where I am going.
I have an old Armstrong 3/4" drive ratchet Model HA-51 that still works great. Its a 24 tooth model. I researched it on the Alloy Artifacts website and found one really really close to it with the exception that there was no slot in the handle at the end to hang it on a board.
I called Armstrong and they put me in touch with someone that had info on the old stuff. I gave her the model number and told her what I found and she told me that she would contact me with her findings. I hung up and thought that I would never hear the end of it. Couple of days later she called me back, told me that it was sorta the same one that I saw in the picture only that mine was made on the very first production run in 1938 or 39 (My 3 year ago old notes are out in the shop) and the pegboard slot was left off in the first forging process and that they changed the side the logo name was on. Said it was very very rare and asked me numerous times if I would sell it back to the company to put into their displays. I refused everytime she ask. She finally ask me outright to name a price. And my simple final reply was that it was my grandpa's and that I just could not part with it knowing the age of it, where it had been, and what it had done. He used it to work on his farm equipment before going to the Army in 41 for a tour in WWII and then returned in 1945 to go back to farming till he retired in 1986.
She told me that she completely understood and thanked me for calling.
Everytime I go in the shop, I open the tool box, pull it out, hold it in my hand, a few clicks forward, a few clicks reverse, and remember where I came from and try to focus on where I am going.
theoldwizard1
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Top: Boker, barrel nut pliers I suspect for cannon plugs.
Are Cannon plugs used outside of the military or aircraft industry ?
BTW - A lot of guys use Cannon plug pliers to remove radiator hoses.
Deadhead
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They are still used on many things. Called different things but still used. We were undoing some on a tractor that we were pulling the cab on and the guy told me not to forget the Deutsch connectors. I point to the big multi wired twist locking plug and he says yep those. I said that were I come from they are cannon plugs.
Seen them on CNC lathes and mills as well.