Stype adjustable wrench

[amertrac]

does anyone know if bonney made an adjustable S type double ended with wing nuts to adjust the size. i am holding it in my hand if you can't see it i can not help bob w.

[amertrac]

the picture is on dustins site bob w.

[Papaw]

Here it is-




I simply copied the image info from The Tool Gods and pasted with the "img" tags

[amertrac]

http://thetoolgods.freeforums.org/download/file.php?

[amertrac]

oooops bob w.

[strik9]

  So simple and clear a design.  And yet it failed in the market.  Does anybody have an idea on the age of that?

I now know how to make my homemade adjustables with a much easier adjuster.
Thank you for posting that rusty gem.

[rusty]

I would suspect Bemis before Bonney, but even at that the B mark is odd.
Bonney goes back a ways, But I don't recall any stuff that is so close to the cast malliable era. I seem to remember that general wrench design was patented somewhere also....

It's purty tho : )

[jimwrench]

 Nice looking wrench. Does it have serrations or teeth to keep it from changing sizes while you are pulling on it ?

[amertrac]

the wrench is a buckeye wrench   bob w.

[Lewill2]

Schulz 303 & 304, He says that one is a Buckeye and one is Belmont and that both are found with only a B marking.

[Bus]

Here pictures of my cast wing nut adjustable wrenches. The first three are marked: "B", "Belmont" and "Buckeye". They are exactly the same wrench with different markings. The next two are the "King" and "Star" which have been seen in two or three sizes each.

The star is a combination wrench and pliers. First three show up in most large antique wrench collections, the last two hardly ever.

None of the usual sources list a manufacture for these wrenches but because they are cast I would definitely
rule out Bonney and Bemis & Call. Probably a casting company like Eberhard or Pratt made them for other companies.

[Papaw]

Those are beautiful to me!

[anglesmith]

Never seen anything like them.  Very nice pattern making and casting. Whats the date range, mid to late 1800s??
Graeme

[Bus]

Whats the date range, mid to late 1800s??
Graeme

Not sure, probably a little later than mid 1800's.

[64longstep/Brian]

WOW! Nice!