Who knows about Martin tools?

[Packard V8]

FWIW, I would have bet there wasn't a made in USA tool manufacturer I hadn't come across at least once in fifty years of buying tools. A few weeks back at a local yard sale, I came across a brand-new single 1-5/8" combination wrench made by Martin. A search turned up www.martintoolandforge.com/ and it seems they have been around for a while and make good tools. Anyway, for five bucks, I had to add my first Martin to the box. Anyone familiar with them?

thnx, jack vines

 

[stricht8]

They make top notch body hammers and dollies.

FWIW, I would have bet there wasn't a made in USA tool manufacturer I hadn't come across at least once in fifty years of buying tools. A few weeks back at a local yard sale, I came across a brand-new single 1-5/8" combination wrench made by Martin. A search turned up www.martintoolandforge.com/ and it seems they have been around for a while and make good tools. Anyway, for five bucks, I had to add my first Martin to the box. Anyone familiar with them?

thnx, jack vines

 

[Mike83]

See sears website. Very expensive wrenches.

 

[lbgradwell]

Yes, they used to be Fairmount Tool & Forging Company!

 

[krusty the clown]

like stated above, they make nice body hammers and label them for most tool tucks. also i believe they are the oem for cornwell punches and chisels. their drive tools look so much like wright's i'll bet they source them from wright.

 

[stricht8]

And publish that classic orange autobody handbook for dent removal sold by Eastwood Company.

Yes, they used to be Fairmount Tool & Forging Company!

 

[TRTOOLSUPPLY]

Jack,
We are also a distributor for Martin Tools.PM me if you need info.

 

[rsanter]

the tools that came with some of the equipment we bought at the last place I worked were Martin wrenches they seemed to be very good and I liked them alot.
I was tempted to take them when I left but I think that would have been way too obvious

bob

 

[Uncle Buck]

Martin, have a bit of that too, great stuff always.

 

[rhandwor]

Some Cornwell dealers sell them.

 

[chad s]

Martin does forge Snap-on's body hammer heads, but the heads snap on sells are their own design, and the handles are a step above Martins.

Regardless, their body hammers are very nice, as are their dollies. They make most of the original Fairmont line still, which have always been a very well respected line of body tools.

 

[ilikebeer]

Martin Tool made us a 8" stainless steel tube conveyor topnotch work.

 

[ZRX61]

There's a few in here:

and here...

 

[krooser]

Nice body hammers/dollies... worth the $$$

 

[vssjim]

Martin says they make their own hard line tools ie: wrenches, sockets, hammers etc. the pliers I have look like Wilde to me, tool boxes are Waterloo. You can e-mail them or call them with questions and they will gladly tell you anything you want. They are good people to deal with and the tools they sell are 99% american made in Dallas where they moved the tooling to from Cleveland when they bought Fairmount in 1983? I think.

 

[Packard V8]

Thanks for the replies, everyone. Maybe we all learned something.

So TRTOOLSUPPLY, with our GJ discount, would my 1-5/8" Martin combination wrench be more or less than $5?

thnx, jack vines

 

[stricht8]

I find that Martin body hammers are very well balanced as are the Snap Ons. The finish on the SO hammers is unmistakably superior. Martin dollies are really nicely finished.

Martin does forge Snap-on's body hammer heads, but the heads snap on sells are their own design, and the handles are a step above Martins.

Regardless, their body hammers are very nice, as are their dollies. They make most of the original Fairmont line still, which have always been a very well respected line of body tools.

 

[stricht8]

I spy some HF post dollies in your collection. I have a couple also. I polished them to a mirror finish. Real naice now.

There's a few in here:

and here...

 

[TRTOOLSUPPLY]

Sorry ,the 22.5% discount is only on the Wright tools.

 

[trexdoink]

I need dollies!

 

[Busted Bolts]

I have their 12pt crows foot wrenches for hyd work. Strong stuff and nice finish.