rivett608
Diamond
- Joined
- Oct 25, 2002
- Location
- Kansas City, Mo.
This is a somewhat shameless post as I have just put this on ebay but thought you guys might like to see it (or own it) before it is gone. In cleaning out my shop a made a pile of stuff to make go away…. this included lots of things that have been laying around the shop for years that take work and effort to make them nice….. this was bought in the rain at a flea market and it was clearly not the first time the dealer had shown it in the rain.
Anyway the cool thing is it was the personal set of scrapers by a Mr. Paul Coble from Cinn. Oh….. I am guessing early 50's since no zip code, maybe someone on ancestry.com can look him up. I wonder did he work on the road taking the train or driving to where he would scrape? Or did he work in a big shop where he might have had to walk across the plant?…. or did he make this so heavy so none of the guys would bother to swipe it?……….. I think it is neat to either imagine or know the real story behind a personalized tool set that helped him put food on the table for his family.
Here is the ebay description and some pictures……
Here is cased set of Machinist's scrapers for rebuilding machine tools. These were owned by a Mr Paul Coble of Cinn. Oh. according to the name plate. He was so proud of his tools that he made a very heavy caring case to get them safely to his work site. There are 2 different styles of Anderson Bros. of Rockford, Ill. scrapers, one hollow and light weight, the other very solid. both have detachable handles. One is Pat. Appl. For and the other pat # 1,476,033. There are a number of cutters for these, some with carbide tips. There are also 6 what look like shop made scrapers with brazed carbide tips. These have various numbers stamped on them. And there is a 18 flex rule, possible from Germany… doesn't look Starrett, B & S or Lufkin. it is in poor condition. As you can see by the pictures, this set needs cleaning! Being a collector of antique tools i prefer to clean them myself so I shall let the buyer do the same. These are covered with a surface rust, in the first picture I spent less than a minute with a single edge razor blade and 400 grit paper to expose the makers name. I feel this set will clean up very nice but the rust will leave some staining. I bought this years ago at a flea maker in the rain….
The case is very heavy plywood. 20" x 11" x 3 1/2" with hardware. I have a very big box to ship it in. A neat set to put back to work and a tribute to Mr. Coble.
Anyway the cool thing is it was the personal set of scrapers by a Mr. Paul Coble from Cinn. Oh….. I am guessing early 50's since no zip code, maybe someone on ancestry.com can look him up. I wonder did he work on the road taking the train or driving to where he would scrape? Or did he work in a big shop where he might have had to walk across the plant?…. or did he make this so heavy so none of the guys would bother to swipe it?……….. I think it is neat to either imagine or know the real story behind a personalized tool set that helped him put food on the table for his family.
Here is the ebay description and some pictures……
Here is cased set of Machinist's scrapers for rebuilding machine tools. These were owned by a Mr Paul Coble of Cinn. Oh. according to the name plate. He was so proud of his tools that he made a very heavy caring case to get them safely to his work site. There are 2 different styles of Anderson Bros. of Rockford, Ill. scrapers, one hollow and light weight, the other very solid. both have detachable handles. One is Pat. Appl. For and the other pat # 1,476,033. There are a number of cutters for these, some with carbide tips. There are also 6 what look like shop made scrapers with brazed carbide tips. These have various numbers stamped on them. And there is a 18 flex rule, possible from Germany… doesn't look Starrett, B & S or Lufkin. it is in poor condition. As you can see by the pictures, this set needs cleaning! Being a collector of antique tools i prefer to clean them myself so I shall let the buyer do the same. These are covered with a surface rust, in the first picture I spent less than a minute with a single edge razor blade and 400 grit paper to expose the makers name. I feel this set will clean up very nice but the rust will leave some staining. I bought this years ago at a flea maker in the rain….
The case is very heavy plywood. 20" x 11" x 3 1/2" with hardware. I have a very big box to ship it in. A neat set to put back to work and a tribute to Mr. Coble.