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Offline Lewill2

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Old Friends
« on: April 18, 2018, 06:19:25 PM »
Some old friends are back together again. I believe the 6 wrenches pictured were all developed by the same maker. I picked up the 2 on the left at this past weekends MVWC auction. They were part of the Hillary Klein collection that was sold. The 4 on the right I picked up off of eBay several years ago. I believe they were made in the New England area. I'm glad they are back together again, maybe there are more out there. Each one has some unique design features and all 6 are quick adjust in some manner.
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Offline turnnut

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Re: Old Friends
« Reply #1 on: April 18, 2018, 08:11:13 PM »
 nice group that you have there. are there any markings at all ??

  I always wanted to go to at least 1 meet before my time is up, last year was close,  but health stopped me.. I still have hopes.
  I had told my wife that I was going before turning 80, now I tell her 85 ???
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Offline Northwoods

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Re: Old Friends
« Reply #2 on: April 18, 2018, 09:15:22 PM »
That is some wild stuff. Completely out of my league   
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Offline Yadda

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Re: Old Friends
« Reply #3 on: April 19, 2018, 12:37:35 AM »
Neat designs! Talented machinist or genius tinkerer?
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Offline Lewill2

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Re: Old Friends
« Reply #4 on: April 19, 2018, 05:31:39 AM »
One is stamped "Pat Pend" but other than that no markings.
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Offline Plyerman

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Re: Old Friends
« Reply #5 on: April 19, 2018, 04:49:10 PM »
Yay! I'm glad to see them back together again too. Hopefully there are some more siblings out there that will show up someday.  :)

That being said, I am quite curious about these wrenches. I examined the two on the left very closely at York. The machine work on them is exquisite, clearly the work of an accomplished machinist. And the quick-adjust features are pretty cool too. I suspect they are "design prototypes", built to test out or fine tune the mechanism, and are not necessarily what the final production wrenches would have looked like. (Had the design ever progressed into the production stage that is, which it apparently never did...)
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Offline woodland_hank

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Re: Old Friends
« Reply #6 on: April 20, 2018, 07:59:59 AM »
You need to make a display to show those off! 
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Offline bonneyman

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« Reply #7 on: April 20, 2018, 01:49:04 PM »
Awesome pic!
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Offline Lewill2

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Re: Old Friends
« Reply #8 on: April 21, 2018, 02:03:18 PM »
They found a home in one of my over the door wall cabinets.
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Offline Plyerman

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Re: Old Friends
« Reply #9 on: April 22, 2018, 09:44:42 AM »
Ah, a suitable residence indeed. Looks great Les. Only thing is the "home" may get a bit crowded if any more relatives show up! Haha, a good problem to have
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Offline 3baygarage

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Re: Old Friends
« Reply #10 on: May 17, 2018, 02:34:35 PM »
Wow Lewill, your mini chain wrench collection has grown as well. Quite impressive.
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Offline lptools

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Re: Old Friends
« Reply #11 on: May 17, 2018, 02:51:21 PM »
Great collection, and display!!!!!
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