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Been reorganizing the garage, I came some old tools that membership might find interesting, some date back to approx 1915 - 1917, use for working on Model T's.
These are what our geat grandfathers and for some of you your great - great - great grandfathers would have been wrenching with.
Edit 1/3/2023 Added some additional tools and details
Frank Mossberg No. 30 socket set.
Below insert from the website http://alloy-artifacts.org/frank-mossberg-company.html
And the former state of the art for cordless drills
And another set, that most likely dates back to the 30's or 40's, haven't been able to identify the manufacturer yet. Edit, identified the manufacturer, New Britain, Brand None Better No. 536W 1/2-Drive Socket Set dates to the early to mid 1930.
Insert below from website http://alloy-artifacts.org/newbritain-nonebetter.html#dates
Edit; In response to the comments as to the metric ones not being represented. I located the metric set from the time period of the 1910 to 1920 time period. Can't exactly date them, but from researching today they appear to be from that time period. Don't want to remove the patina to find any marking.
And as to the 10mm size always going missing, the trick is to adjust them to different size before laying them down so the metric 10mm tool bandit doesn't make them disappear.
Old brass hammer, couldn't find any details from researching today, end of handle is hollow and unscrews for punch storage
These are what our geat grandfathers and for some of you your great - great - great grandfathers would have been wrenching with.
Edit 1/3/2023 Added some additional tools and details
Frank Mossberg No. 30 socket set.
Below insert from the website http://alloy-artifacts.org/frank-mossberg-company.html
And the former state of the art for cordless drills
And another set, that most likely dates back to the 30's or 40's, haven't been able to identify the manufacturer yet. Edit, identified the manufacturer, New Britain, Brand None Better No. 536W 1/2-Drive Socket Set dates to the early to mid 1930.
Insert below from website http://alloy-artifacts.org/newbritain-nonebetter.html#dates
Edit; In response to the comments as to the metric ones not being represented. I located the metric set from the time period of the 1910 to 1920 time period. Can't exactly date them, but from researching today they appear to be from that time period. Don't want to remove the patina to find any marking.
And as to the 10mm size always going missing, the trick is to adjust them to different size before laying them down so the metric 10mm tool bandit doesn't make them disappear.
Old brass hammer, couldn't find any details from researching today, end of handle is hollow and unscrews for punch storage
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