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Offline Lewill2

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Craft Quick Adjust
« on: July 05, 2017, 07:28:34 PM »
My latest acquisition, a Craft Quick Adjust like shown in Schulz #488. The description in Schulz has it misspelled. Marked Craft Patd inside a diamond. Didn't find a patent yet.

Offline bill300d

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Re: Craft Quick Adjust
« Reply #1 on: July 05, 2017, 08:16:11 PM »
Interesting adjust mechanism. I've only seen the ones that were threaded on the one leg.
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Offline turnnut

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Re: Craft Quick Adjust
« Reply #2 on: July 05, 2017, 08:53:08 PM »
 Lewii2,

  around what years would you estimate that wrench to be from ?

 Frank

Offline Lewill2

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Re: Craft Quick Adjust
« Reply #3 on: July 06, 2017, 05:12:35 AM »
I'll have to check Copes again but I believe Craftsman started to make the roller style pipe wrench around 1907 so I'm guessing early 1900's.

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Re: Craft Quick Adjust
« Reply #4 on: July 06, 2017, 05:56:30 AM »
Here's the closest I could come to a patent for that type of mechanism.

http://www.datamp.org/patents/displayPatent.php?number=465272&typeCode=0

I see very few of the twisted handle wrenches, much less a quick adjust type. Very nice!

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Offline Twertsy

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Re: Craft Quick Adjust
« Reply #5 on: July 06, 2017, 06:58:57 AM »
Here are a couple that are close:
https://patents.google.com/patent/US589046A/en
https://patents.google.com/patent/US465272A/en

But I have a feeling the patent picture will show the twisted mechanism.  After all, that's the mechanism upon which the quick adjust depends.

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Re: Craft Quick Adjust
« Reply #6 on: July 08, 2017, 08:59:15 AM »
Yes that one is in great shape Les. Its original owner must have owned a hammer, too
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Re: Craft Quick Adjust
« Reply #7 on: July 08, 2017, 02:10:16 PM »
Yes that one is in great shape Les. Its original owner must have owned a hammer, too

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