Wrench ID Please

[BillMoney]

No id marks that I can even see

Looks similar to W&B No. 287 19/32 Single-Open Toolpost Wrench but smaller its 4.75 inches long

Whitman & Barnes Manufacturing Company

An article on the Whitman & Barnes Company and its tools.

alloy-artifacts.org

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Any other thoughts?

 

[four.cycle]

^ I think those were made by W&B, Billings & Spencer, and Williams... ?

The gullet appears to be inline with the shank in the photos. No offset on the head?

 

[BillMoney]

^ I think those were made by W&B, Billings & Spencer, and Williams... ?

The gullet appears to be inline with the shank in the photos. No offset on the head?

No offset it had lettering but its so scraped off I can't read it at all

 

[Wrench97]

Looks like the one that came with my lathe when I bought it.

 

[four.cycle]

^ Yes. I pored through all of the B&S, Billings, and Williams catalog pages that I have and I found nothing with that opening size.

Billings did make something somewhat similar, but it appears it had a square opening at the other end. I'd be more inclined to think it was something that came with a lathe or other piece of equipment, as Wrench97 suggests.

 

[BillMoney]

Thank you guys, appreciate it

 

[leg17]

Was it originally longer and modified?

 

[BillMoney]

Was it originally longer and modified?

no clue was in a yard sale lot that filled a few holes for me

was trying to see if it was worth anything besides into a lot of misc. wrenches on fleabay