My tiny collection of old stuff ( on display )

Hi all.

I have been thinking a long time about showing you some of my old stuff.
Not much, but some of you might find it interesting.

The best thing is a old (homemade?) wrench made of wrought iron. Given to me by a
colleague who found it on his land. It seems to have an adjustable nut of some kind, but I
hesitate to try to free it.
Other funny thing is my old small caliper. (about 6 inches total lenght) Never seen one like it.
Enjoy.

Best regards
Søren

thats the coolest monkey wrench i've ever seen

Søren,

Thanks for posting your photos. In the first photo there are two similar tools each side of the blue board. Any idea what they are for? I have seen similar tools which use chain to wrap around a pipe etc, but these look more specialised?
Thanks,
Peter

Those are pipecutters.. One is 12" and the other is 8" as I recall it. Bought it on an Internet auction, just for fun. Paid 10 app. 10 dollars for them. When I went to collect them, I did not know what I had bought. The seller came with them in a wheel barrel
He would like to know, what on Earth I would use them for.. Just for the fun of it, was my answer, standing there, digesting what I had bought.
One is Rigid, the other one is Bacho.. I can not imagine what those would have cost new. It was some kind of military surplus.

On Edit: No Rigid, but the small one is Bacho.
This is the mark from the 12 inch :

Here is a couple of more photos :

Tree top cutter


Aged 1934


Old wrench


Adjustable wrench


The cutter just barely visible above the wrench here( curved handles) is dated 1942. It's geared and you have a lot of force, even with
those short handles.

Very cool..... your twisted wrench is a manufactured one, not shop made. I have seen a bunch of them... I think it is American. I'll try to dig up a catalog picture for you. The little caliper is by or just like those by Boley, it was for watchmakers. Fun collection.... from watchmaker's stuff to giant pipe cutters! I also like the lettering on the tree pruner and the vise in the lower right corner..... and the hack saw might be a horn or bone saw.....

Just did a quick search and found this auction with lots of wrenches.... http://www.baxterauction.com/OCT 13/oct13.asp

as rivett said, the twisted-handle wrench is a manufactured tool

yours looks very much like this...

US Patent: 273,170 - ACME Twist Handle

or...

Patent US273170 - MONKEY-WRENCH - Google Patents


here's a site that shows a lot of antique wrenches .... see Pics Lots 127 and128


Virgil Saak 2011 Antique Wrench Auction - York, Nebraska

Thanks Bill, I would really like to know more about that wrench. Yeah, fun collection, just bit's and pieces that have fallen into my lap.

rivett608 said:

Very cool..... your twisted wrench is a manufactured one, not shop made. I have seen a bunch of them... I think it is American. I'll try to dig up a catalog picture for you. The little caliper is by or just like those by Boley, it was for watchmakers. Fun collection.... from watchmaker's stuff to giant pipe cutters! I also like the lettering on the tree pruner and the vise in the lower right corner..... and the hack saw might be a horn or bone saw.....

Just did a quick search and found this auction with lots of wrenches.... OCT 13th Tools

Click to expand...

OMG you are fast..
Thanks!

gatz said:

as rivett said, the twisted-handle wrench is a manufactured tool

yours looks very much like this...

US Patent: 273,170 - ACME Twist Handle

or...

Patent US273170 - MONKEY-WRENCH - Google Patents


here's a site that shows a lot of antique wrenches .... see Pics Lots 127 and128


Virgil Saak 2011 Antique Wrench Auction - York, Nebraska

Click to expand...

Thanks, that patent was kind of fun..
Like two step backwards in the development.

Interesting what Gatz found..... note they were made in Germany too...... so my guess is that is where yours is from.....

0127. Lot of eight: Acme Twist and Hercules Loop Handle Wrenches. Will be sold choice wrench
(1.) 5" twist handle ACME (inside the Whitman & Barnes logo) - PAT FEB 27, 83 - - Good+.
(2.) 6" loop handle Hercules type - - Markings not readable otherwise Good+.
(3.) 6.5" twist handle ACME - (in a diamond logo) FEB (rest of patent Feb. 27, 83 not readable) - - Pre Whitman & Barnes. Good+ with some weak markings.
(4.) 10" twist handle marked only with a large A (for agricultural?) - - Pitted.
(5.) 10" twist handle marked only with a large A (for agricultural?) - - Good+ with some very minor hammer head mushrooming.
(6.) 12" twist handle - - Can't read markings. Jaws sprung, some edge dings.
(7.) 15" twist handle ACME (inside the Whitman & Barnes logo) - PAT FEB 27, 83 - - Some minor hammer damage, jaws slightly sprung.
(8.) 18" twist handle - - Can't read markings, jaws sprung.
0128. Lot of three: Acme Type Twist Handle Wrenches. All have adjusting nut on the top or back side rather than the bottom as usually found.
(1.) Marked only GERMANY - - 6". Good+ with jaws slightly sprung. (not listed, no info)
(2.) "ACME" MADE IN USA - - 9". Jaws sprung, pitted. (not listed, no info)
(3.) Unmarked - - 9.75". Pitted, jaws sprung.

SLNielsen,

If that little twisted-handle adjustable wrench could talk, it would be saying "Please put me in the electrolysis bath! It will not harm me, and it will free up my moveable parts!"

Just remember that electrolysis is "directional" - only the side facing the anode gets treated. So, plan on turning it a few times and maybe make a small anode to treat the inside of the jaws and the inside of the handle.

John Ruth