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I got an adjustable wrench at a club's auction yesterday, looks like this
one http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...photo hosting on one side it says "THE ELGIN", on the other side it has a star logo that says ELGIN vertically, and the G is the first letter of Genuine, and the I is the first letter of Improved, and it says trade mark registered June 8, 1897, Jan 9, 1906, may 20, 1913 the jaws are obvious, but the small and large holes in teh handle are not obvious - what the heck are they for? what was the purpose if this wrench? -- bill to email me, to to my web page, www.wbnoble.com and find my email or unscramble the following by removing spaces and correcting the obvious spelling errors wil lia m_b_n obl e at msn daught com -- Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com |
ok, what is this wrench really?
"William Noble" wrote in message .. . I got an adjustable wrench at a club's auction yesterday, looks like this one http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...photo hosting on one side it says "THE ELGIN", on the other side it has a star logo that says ELGIN vertically, and the G is the first letter of Genuine, and the I is the first letter of Improved, and it says trade mark registered June 8, 1897, Jan 9, 1906, may 20, 1913 the jaws are obvious, but the small and large holes in the handle are not obvious - what the heck are they for? what was the purpose if this wrench? follow up - the smaller hole is 1/4 inch and threaded (looks like 28 tpi, but I haven't measured the threads yet - it 's not 1/4X20) -- Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com |
ok, what is this wrench really?
On Dec 10, 9:53 pm, "William Noble" wrote:
"William Noble" wrote in message .. . I got an adjustable wrench at a club's auction yesterday, looks like this one How about #14 he http://jonzimmersantiquetools.com/tools/wrenlist.htm the picture only shows one side so I can't tell what is in the small hole, but I suspect a screw securing the die, via some sort of strap or clamp. I would imagine the dies are rethreading dies? I guess that doesn't answer what the wrench was made for, but it does help explain the holes |
ok, what is this wrench really?
William Noble wrote:
I got an adjustable wrench at a club's auction yesterday, looks like this one http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...photo hosting on one side it says "THE ELGIN", on the other side it has a star logo that says ELGIN vertically, and the G is the first letter of Genuine, and the I is the first letter of Improved, and it says trade mark registered June 8, 1897, Jan 9, 1906, may 20, 1913 the jaws are obvious, but the small and large holes in teh handle are not obvious - what the heck are they for? what was the purpose if this wrench? Patent #584019 http://tinyurl.com/2zv75e Tom |
ok, what is this wrench really?
I have one of these, and I always assumed it was for turning round stock,
such as pipe. Reading the patent confirms this. The best clue is the ratchet-like teeth on the movable jaw, similar to a pipe wrench. |
ok, what is this wrench really?
"William Noble" wrote in message .. . I got an adjustable wrench at a club's auction yesterday, looks like this one http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...photo hosting on one side it says "THE ELGIN", on the other side it has a star logo that says ELGIN vertically, and the G is the first letter of Genuine, and the I is the first letter of Improved, and it says trade mark registered June 8, 1897, Jan 9, 1906, may 20, 1913 the jaws are obvious, but the small and large holes in teh handle are not obvious - what the heck are they for? what was the purpose if this wrench? -- bill I believe W.C. Fields called that a shifting spanner. |
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On Dec 10, 10:43 pm, "William Noble" wrote:
I got an adjustable wrench at a club's auction yesterday, looks like this one http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...30101402#ebayp... on one side it says "THE ELGIN", on the other side it has a star logo that says ELGIN vertically, and the G is the first letter of Genuine, and the I is the first letter of Improved, and it says trade mark registered June 8, 1897, Jan 9, 1906, may 20, 1913 the jaws are obvious, but the small and large holes in teh handle are not obvious - what the heck are they for? what was the purpose if this wrench? -- bill to email me, to to my web page,www.wbnoble.comand find my email or unscramble the following by removing spaces and correcting the obvious spelling errors wil lia m_b_n obl e at msn daught com -- Posted via a free Usenet account fromhttp://www.teranews.com I have one of these I inherited along with a bunch of other antique car tools, my grandfather ran a garage at one time. I assumed it was used for the same purpose as the other alligator wrenches in those old car tool kits, removal of fasteners. Mine isn't in as good a shape, though. Most of the old car bolts had square heads, an alligator wrench would work fine and the manufacturer wouldn't have to supply a bunch of diffferent wrenches to fit each bolt size. Kind of a proto- Crescent wrench. Stan |
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ooohhhhh - that's it
there is a sheet metal piece that goes on the other side (visible barely on the bottom in the picture) that apparently goes into the recess in the handle and holds the die in place thanks - and thanks to the guys who posted the patent - I guess it's just a generic wrench with a unique design - kinda cool, think I'll keep it for a while (though if someone offered me half of that $115 price, my temptation to keep it would instantly evaporate). now on to the next mystery "Bob's my cat" wrote in message ... On Dec 10, 9:53 pm, "William Noble" wrote: "William Noble" wrote in message .. . I got an adjustable wrench at a club's auction yesterday, looks like this one How about #14 he http://jonzimmersantiquetools.com/tools/wrenlist.htm the picture only shows one side so I can't tell what is in the small hole, but I suspect a screw securing the die, via some sort of strap or clamp. I would imagine the dies are rethreading dies? I guess that doesn't answer what the wrench was made for, but it does help explain the holes -- Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com |
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On 2007-12-11, William Noble wrote:
I got an adjustable wrench at a club's auction yesterday, looks like this one http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...photo hosting on one side it says "THE ELGIN", on the other side it has a star logo that says ELGIN vertically, and the G is the first letter of Genuine, and the I is the first letter of Improved, and it says trade mark registered June 8, 1897, Jan 9, 1906, may 20, 1913 the jaws are obvious, but the small and large holes in teh handle are not obvious - what the heck are they for? what was the purpose if this wrench? Well ... I happen to have one complete -- thanks to pawing around in several boxes at an estate sale. What is missing from the one shown a 1) A threading die with a flange. The body of the die fits into the large hole, and the flange keeps it from falling all the way through. The flange also has four square notches at 90 degree intervals around the die. 2) A formed steel cover which fits over the flange, and hooks over the notch at the end of the handle. It is secured by a thumbscrew into the smaller hole near the rest of the wrench. 3) A sliding object under a raised part of the cover, with an end which fits into the notches in the flange, and which is held there by a spring. There is another knurled screw sticking up through a slot in the cover which allows you to pull the sliding object back to allow the wrench to rotate around the die to get another bite on driving the die. The threads look like (though I haven't tested them) the ones found on the corners of the square shaft which feeds though an old door latch mechanism, onto which the doorknobs screw. As for what it is for -- I agree that it must be for something specific -- but I've never figured out what. I will be following this thread in the hopes that someone can fill that information in. Good Luck, DoN. -- Email: | Voice (all times): (703) 938-4564 (too) near Washington D.C. | http://www.d-and-d.com/dnichols/DoN.html --- Black Holes are where God is dividing by zero --- |
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