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What's-It Forum / Help Needed Posting Photo From UK
« Last post by rustyric on October 27, 2025, 05:24:51 PM »
Hi I haven't been on the forum for a while - grandchildren keeping me away from the shed !

I have recently found a lovely brass and copper oil tin that I intended posting a photo of on the forum for you guys to I.D.

However when I visited Imgur to host the photo only to find that UK users are no longer welcome to use their service.

Please could anyone suggest how I could post a picture of this little beauty on the forum that's UK friendly ? 
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General Discussion / Re: Looks like part of a combination square
« Last post by skipskip on October 27, 2025, 03:54:30 PM »
Came in a heap of stuff, now I need to find the straight edge that goes with it
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General Discussion / Re: Looks like part of a combination square
« Last post by Yadda on October 27, 2025, 01:42:32 PM »
And utterly useless, and I'll dispose of it for you so it doesn't clutter up the shop, just let me know and I'll send you my address  :grin: :grin: :grin:

Neat find.

+1 :grin:
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Classic Auto and Motorcycle Tools / Re: SPEED-HED and Quali-Kraft Wrenches
« Last post by Yadda on October 27, 2025, 01:41:35 PM »
Cool, thanks for rhe info.
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Classic Auto and Motorcycle Tools / Re: SPEED-HED and Quali-Kraft Wrenches
« Last post by d42jeep on October 27, 2025, 12:58:19 PM »
A few wrenches and some more ads.
-Don
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General Discussion / Re: Looks like part of a combination square
« Last post by Bill Houghton on October 27, 2025, 12:47:50 PM »
And utterly useless, and I'll dispose of it for you so it doesn't clutter up the shop, just let me know and I'll send you my address  :grin: :grin: :grin:

Neat find.
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Wrench Forum / Re: Another odd ball needing to identify
« Last post by four.cycle on October 26, 2025, 04:58:57 PM »
my initial reaction when I saw the photo was that it somewhat resembles an odd "Hazet" wrench I found about two months ago in a junk bin that was designed to hold the valve spring cap while adjusting the valves on a Mercedes-Benz diesel engine.

I am stumped.

This one looks like a fun rabbit hole to dive into.
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Wrench Forum / Re: Old 2155 marked wrench
« Last post by four.cycle on October 26, 2025, 04:52:32 PM »
^ 45spaces is most likely your best source for identifying old tractor/implement/machinery wrenches. 
There have been no shortage of "Champion" manufacturers and brands:


Champion / Champion thread at GarageJournal.com https://www.garagejournal.com/forum/threads/champion-wrench.491400/ /

Champion / Champion adjustable wrench see Girard / "Champion" forged into handle /

Champion / Champion adjustable wrench see Losee Wrench Works / patent 864659 Aug 27 1907 Jesse A. Losee /

Champion / Champion adjustable wrench see Whitman & Barnes / erroneously marked "PAT. FEBY. 23.83 CHAMPION" / actual patent date is Feb 27 1883 patent 273170 Frederick H. Seymour /

Champion / Champion-Arrowhead, 5147 Alhambra Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90032 / sprinkler and irrigation wrenches /

Champion / Champion bench grinder see American Grinder Mfg. Co., Milwaukee, WI /

Champion / Champion blow torch see Lenk Mfg. Co., Boston, MA /

Champion / Champion Blower & Forge Co., Lancaster, PA / taps, dies, screw plates, vise / "Electric" screw plates / patent 979073 Dec 20 1910 & 1170072 Feb 1 1916 Henry Brinser Keiper / http://vintagemachinery.org/mfgindex/imagedetail.aspx?id=2867 / https://www.datamp.org/patents/search/xrefCompany.php?id=784 / https://www.garagejournal.com/forum/threads/help-identifying-old-champion-forge-post-drill.506866/ /

Champion / Champion Brass see Champion Arrowhead /

Champion / Champion carriage wrench see Goodell Co. (Goodell Bros., Goodell-Pratt) /

Champion / Champion chain wrench see Greene Tweed & Co. / see patent 442569 Dec 9 1890 George W. Buffard /

Champion / Champion chain pipe wrench see Ithaca Drop Forge Co. / Bufford Chain Wrench patent 442569 Dec 9 1890 George W. Buffard /

Champion / Champion DeArment / Champion DeArment Co., Meadville, PA / est. 1886 (renamed to Champion DeArment 1924) / see also Channellock / patent D94156 Dec 25 1934 Howard H. Manning & 1371952 Mar 15 1921 Paul John Tumulla & 1950362 Mar 6 1934 Howard H. Manning / http://alloy-artifacts.org/champion-dearment-tool.html /

Champion / Champion Hardware Co., Geneva, OH / vise / patent 1211024 Jan 2 1917 Frank McGlinchy and Albert L. Wilson /

Champion / Champion hog ring pliers see Chambers Bering & Quinlan, Decatur, IL /

Champion / Champion IHC implement wrench see B.F. Avery & Sons /

Champion / Champion IHC implement wrench see E & D Co. /

Champion / Champion jar wrench see C.S.L. Co., Geneva, OH /

Champion / see Keystone Forge /

Champion / Champion "Lightning" wrench see Champion Machine & Tooling Co. / "Lightning" wrench / patent ? /

Champion / Champion Machine & Tooling Co., / no information /

Champion / Champion Mower & Reaper, Springfield, IL / implement wrench / some specimens marked 2153, 2155, 2156 with stylized Maltese Cross /

Champion / Champion Potato Co., Hammond, IN / "OK Champion" / see OK Champion /

Champion / Champion ratchet wrench see Syracuse Wrench Co. /

Champion / Champion screwdriver see Union Hardware Co., Torrington, CT /

Champion / Champion Silo Co., Des Moines, IA / see also Western Silo Co. /

Champion / Champion silo wrench see Western Silo Co. /

Champion / Champion Spark Plug Co., Toledo, OH / "Plug Master" ratchet manufactured by New Britain Machine / "Miloset" spark plug gapper / patent 2439363 Apr 6 1948 Louis A Habicht and Howard H. Vogel / https://www.garagejournal.com/forum/threads/champion-spark-plug-rachet.24974 / https://www.garagejournal.com/forum/threads/albert-champion.406071/#post-11350850 /

Champion / Champion tobacco cutter see Enterprise Mfg. Co., Philadelphia, PA /

Champion / Champion Tool Co., Meadville, PA / est. 1886 / patent 908969 Jan 5 1909 George B. DeArment / "Champion" hoof nippers, "Giant" hoof parer / renamed to Champion DeArment Co. 1924 /

Champion / Champion track drill see Handland Buck Mfg. Co., St. Louis, MO /

Champion / Champion vise see Bonney Forge & Tool Works, Allentown, PA / https://www.garagejournal.com/forum/threads/spreading-the-bonney-affliction.273680/page-140#post-10786579 /

Champion / Champion vise see Champion Blower & Forge, Lancaster, OH / swivel-base bench vise /

Champion / Champion vise see Champion Hardware Co., Geneva, OH / carpenters woodworking vise /

Champion / Champion vise see Western Tool & Mfg. Co., Springfield, OH

Champion / Champion Wrench Mfg. Co., 928 W. Huron, Chicago, IL / patent 1371952 Mar 15 1921 Paul John Tumulla / renamed to Champion DeArment /

Champion * / see also notes below re: Champion /

re: Champion (notes by twertsy)

A. G. Coes & Co. Worchester, MA (Made for Champion Mower & Reaper Co.)
L. Coes & Co. Worchester, MA (Made for Champion Mower & Reaper Co.)
J. Asbury (Birmingham, England) patented 12/22/1869: (GB patent: GB-186903709) http://www.datamp.org/patents/advance.php?pn=186903709&id=53001&set=3
Champion Mower & Reaper Co. (Springfield, IL) // Also made by Whitely, Fassler and Kelly prior to forming the former company
W & B Co. Marked "Champion W&B Co. Pat FEBY 23, 83" (?) (patent 273170)
Champion Mfg. Co.
William M. Whitely Co. // Whitely Reaper Works Springfield, OH (wrench for adjusting reapers, marked CHAMPION) (Eventually were consumed by IHC)

disambiguation on "Champion": https://www.garagejournal.com/forum/threads/champion-wrench.491400/#post-9704171
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Wrench Forum / Re: Champion Brass Los Angeles California
« Last post by four.cycle on October 26, 2025, 04:48:25 PM »
^ That is funny, Don... I just put one of those things up on ebay... found it in a junk shop up in Sequim.

The company changed its name at some point:

Champion / Champion Brass see Champion Arrowhead /

Champion / Champion-Arrowhead, 5147 Alhambra Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90032 / sprinkler and irrigation wrenches /
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What's-It Forum / Re: quick SLIK adjustable wrench
« Last post by four.cycle on October 26, 2025, 04:44:49 PM »
Empire / Empire Mdsg. Co., 140 Marbledale Rd., Tuckahoe, NY / importer of "SLIK" adjustable wrench / see Macdowell Equipment Co. Ltd., Romford, England /

Macdowell / Macdowell Equipment Co. Ltd., Romford, Essex, England / "Slik" adjustable wrench / patent GB 650363 Oct 29 1948 Charles Wilson Macdowell /

that same design was manufactured in Germany by a company that stamped it "SUL":

Schmidt / Fr. Paul Schmidt, 20 Herrenstrasse, Suhl, Thuringia, Germany / "SUL" wrench / patent DE 342600 Oct 20 1921 and patent GB 169675 Dec 1 1921 / https://www.datamp.org/patents/displayPatent.php?number=342600&typeCode=0&country=DE /

There was a U.S. manufacturer as well:

U.S. Wrench / U.S. Wrench Co., Philadelphia, PA / "Bohn Quickfit" wrench / patent 1481250 Jan 22 1924 George J. Bohn and Fred W. Werner /

Interesting design. I have one or two of those here in my bicycle wrench collection.

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