Globemaster! Screw starter pocket tool

[amecks]

My store manager gave me a What's it? yesterday.  He asked me what this was and when I saw the working end I checked it for magnetism and told him it was a screw starter.  Not being familiar with Globemaster I did a Tool Talk search as well as an online search.  There's not much info other than comments about cheap tools being imported from many countries (Spain, W. Germany, Japan).  The company appears to be still in business or at least in name.
This tool is stamped lightly with "GLOBEMASTER   NO.64951   U.S.A." appearing to be nicely made in the US.  I'll clean it up but try to leave the patina.
Al

[Bill Houghton]

Globemaster tools used to show up in the $1 bins at the auto parts store.  I owned a few of their tools when I was young; never got the impression that I'd won the lottery.

I never realized they made anything in the U.S., and screw starters are simple things, easy enough to do right.

They're also very useful tools, although, in tight spots, I need to hold my breath when guiding the screw down into place.  It's easy to knock the screw off the starter.

[Papaw]

Somehow the screw always wanted to drop off just before it got in the right place!

[p_toad]

Interesting...i'm sitting here with a magnet in an aluminum shank with a pocket clip that looks almost exactly the same at that.   How does it hold the screw in place?   Couldn't really make it out from the picture...  thanks

I've got some of the old quick-wedge (http://www.quickwedge.com/Original-Series) screwdrivers that i've had for years and got lucky and found another one at a Restore...

[J.A.F.E.]

It was made by Ullman Devices - they are still around and have been making these things since the 70's at least usually private branded although they do now market under their own name.

http://www.ullman-devices.com/

[john k]

To me a screw starter or holder was on the end of a pocket tool like that.   Had a spring loaded center that would hold a slotted screw, had to twist the handle to reset it.  Great for putting in ignition points.  Also have one for phillips screws.

[amecks]

Yes, I have a couple spring loaded Snap On screw starters.  You really needed the short one for starting points screws on the 9N,2N,8N Ford tractors.  The distributor was in front of the engine - hard to see.  Whether the Globemaster's magnet is enough to hold the screw remains to be seen.  I'll probably use it more times as a retrieval tool for dropped screws.

[Lostmind]

When I worked in the ignition shop in the 60's , they called them " RimRac" or Rimac" ,
not sure which , it was a while ago!
I think it was the name of the company that made them.
I also remember the Globemaster tools in the $1 bin , don't recall owning any