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Wrench Forum => Wrench Forum => Topic started by: john k on February 22, 2013, 10:31:44 PM

Title: sockets, Old School
Post by: john k on February 22, 2013, 10:31:44 PM: I have other sockets of this type, rusty, crud encrusted, and well rounded out. Just found these 3, lots of paint remaining, 11/16, 7/8, 1-inch, Hargrave. The 1 inch has some use, the other two not so much. Wagon builders sockets, deep well for extended threaded rod? Bet they have been together a long time.
Title: Re: sockets, Old School
Post by: lbgradwell on February 22, 2013, 10:56:24 PM: For square nuts, I presume..?
Title: Re: sockets, Old School
Post by: 1930 on February 23, 2013, 05:43:24 AM: Thats neat, I have never seen this style
Title: Re: sockets, Old School
Post by: Branson on February 23, 2013, 07:16:43 AM: Quote from: 1930 on February 23, 2013, 05:43:24 AM
Thats neat, I have never seen this style

Me neither. Deep sockets -- very useful, too. Where'd you come across these, John?
Title: Re: sockets, Old School
Post by: john k on February 23, 2013, 07:40:33 PM: Yes, for square nuts. These were in a glass case of high dollar Stanley and KeenKutter tools. The price was good, which means it was in my reach. At a large antique mall we get to about once a month. Price was under $20.
Title: Re: sockets, Old School
Post by: mvwcnews on February 24, 2013, 01:47:34 PM: HARGRAVE - Cincinnati Tool Co. (Mr. Hargrave was an officer of the company.)
( http://www.flickr.com/photos/mvwcnews/8411934275/ )
Title: Re: sockets, Old School
Post by: lbgradwell on February 24, 2013, 01:55:10 PM: Quote from: mvwcnews on February 24, 2013, 01:47:34 PM
HARGRAVE - Cincinnati Tool Co. (Mr. Hargrave was an officer of the company.)
( http://www.flickr.com/photos/mvwcnews/8411934275/ )

Nicely done!

Looks like they offered hex sizes too...

(http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8494/8411934275_c32c2e764b_b.jpg)
Title: Re: sockets, Old School
Post by: Batz on February 24, 2013, 11:20:35 PM: Where do you guys get these fantastic old advertisements from? I would love to search some old blow torch ones.

Batz
Title: Re: sockets, Old School
Post by: lbgradwell on February 25, 2013, 12:03:51 PM: I personally find mine by scanning eBay and Google searches of old magazines...

Not sure where Stan found the ad above. I just added the correct tags so the photo (which resides in his flickr account) would display here in the thread...
Title: Re: sockets, Old School
Post by: oldtools on February 25, 2013, 07:18:29 PM: Too Cool Tools
Title: Re: sockets, Old School
Post by: rusty on February 25, 2013, 08:23:18 PM: Batz, try here: http://www.google.com/search?tbo=p&tbm=bks&q=new+%22gasoline+blow+torch%22&tbs=,bkv:f&num=10
Modify accordingly....
Title: Re: sockets, Old School
Post by: Batz on February 25, 2013, 09:07:52 PM: Quote from: rusty on February 25, 2013, 08:23:18 PM
Batz, try here: http://www.google.com/search?tbo=p&tbm=bks&q=new+%22gasoline+blow+torch%22&tbs=,bkv:f&num=10
Modify accordingly....

Thank you Rusty, there's some interesting reading there.
Title: Re: sockets, Old School
Post by: Nolatoolguy on February 25, 2013, 09:30:30 PM: Very interesting, never saw anything like that. Thanks for sharing.
Title: Re: sockets, Old School
Post by: Batz on February 25, 2013, 11:53:33 PM: I like the No more bald heads vacuum cup, funniest thing I've seen in a while.

How can I save a advert to a file?
Title: Re: sockets, Old School
Post by: lbgradwell on February 26, 2013, 06:20:57 AM: Quote from: Batz on February 25, 2013, 11:53:33 PM
How can I save a advert to a file?

I use the Firefox browser with the Image Picker add-on.

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-us/firefox/addon/image-picker/ (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-us/firefox/addon/image-picker/)

That will save an entire page of one of those magazines from Google Book->Magazines searches. Then use any photo editor to crop, edit & save only the ad in question:

(http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c180/lbgradwell/BaldHeads1912-2.jpg)

One more thing: For some reason I don't understand, when the image of the page is first saved to your PC (or wherever) by Image Picker, it is sometimes not saved automatically as an image file (or any other file type). When that happens, just rename the file as a JPG and all will be well...
Title: Re: sockets, Old School
Post by: Tom S on February 26, 2013, 06:32:31 PM: That is a really neat set of sockets!
Title: Re: sockets, Old School
Post by: john k on February 27, 2013, 10:21:32 PM: The business end shows how little use they got. Thank you for all the responses and those ads!