help id S shape adjustable

international3414 · October 30, 2015, 07:57:47 PM

found this hanging on a wall,after several others passed it off as just another S...different handle and odd name..at lease for me.
i could find nothing other than one that sold on worthpoint..
its a 10' made in newark,NJ
looks like U S & M CO

stanley62 · October 31, 2015, 11:00:42 AM

United Shoe and Machine company.

leg17 · October 31, 2015, 12:14:03 PM

Quote from: stanley62 on October 31, 2015, 11:00:42 AM
United Shoe and Machine company.

Were they in Newark NJ?

wvtools · October 31, 2015, 12:47:18 PM

EAIA lists it as United Shoe Machinery Co. in Boston, MA. All of their wrenches I have seen are marked USMC, and the ones I have seen are DOE or SOE. I think this company is a different one.

international3414 · October 31, 2015, 05:06:58 PM

i did start looking for newark,NJ...but only found boston....maybe usmc started in nj....would this wrench be a casting,opposed to forged?

leg17 · October 31, 2015, 08:30:09 PM

Quote from: international3414 on October 31, 2015, 05:06:58 PM
...would this wrench be a casting,opposed to forged?

Look at the parting line and let us know the answer.

mvwcnews · November 01, 2015, 12:19:37 AM

I've seen a couple of these U.S.M. ..adjustable "S" wrenches -- the ones I've seen were drop forged. United Shoe Machinery was formed by merging all the shoe manufacture related machinery makers & eventually held a monopoly. Although headquartered in Boston, the company had operations in several locations & also was incorporated in New Jersey. I have not been able to verify that they owned a tool making operation in Newark, but they certainly were big enough to have done so.

Twertsy · November 02, 2015, 06:54:19 AM

If you pull up the company in DATAMP, the patents for "tool" (grinder) related items list the address in Paterson, NJ.

international3414 · November 03, 2015, 05:20:04 PM

ok thanks...i have been watching some video on drop forging...not a fun job

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