a few things from this week

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 got a lot of stuff, but these are the interesting ones

https://www.flickr.com/photos/skipskip/albums/72177720315626432

mar313 by Skip Albright, on Flickr

[geneg]

Lots of good oldies.  Interesting machinist clamp!  I couldn't blow it up enough to see the brand.  I wonder if it was attached to some type of machinery.

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H C  HULL  may be owner/maker tool

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Estwing pic seems to be owner modified

Gripso  brand visegrips

[geneg]

It could be the welding chipping hammer in lieu of the rock pick.  Rock pick has a square head,  welding looks like

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OOOH   I see, good catch  thanks

[geneg]

With the exception of a couple of framing hammers, all of the Estwings I own are leather handled.   

Is the Billings & Spencer in the upper right to tighten packing nuts?

Everything else seem to be for machinery, except the "vice grips".  It does appear that the clamp could be an owner mod.  Good workmanship to adapt a regular clamp for a specific job.  If only tools could talk....

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With the exception of a couple of framing hammers, all of the Estwings I own are leather handled.   

they are getting harder to find in the wild these days

Is the Billings & Spencer in the upper right to tighten packing nuts?

yes, it's a  hook spanner  mostly for packing nuts

Everything else seem to be for machinery, except the "vice grips".

he was a machine repair guy so yes

A couple of those are agricultural , but a bit unusual, at least to me


It does appear that the clamp could be an owner mod.  Good workmanship to adapt a regular clamp for a specific job.

yes it is


If only tools could talk....

[JoeCB]

Nice find.  The hex box with the nicely polished handle is, quite surely a lathe tail stock wrench
Joe B

[Model 12]

It could be the welding chipping hammer in lieu of the rock pick.  Rock pick has a square head,  welding looks like

Darn nice hammer. You're right, but I see you identified it as an Estwing. I got two of their framing hammers with that blue handle. Many years ago I bought a bunch of new hammers. That's them pictured on the far right
Anyway, I know it's a chipping hammer cause I made one once. Took the wood handle off a claw hammer. Used a cutting torch and anvil and hammered that into one. I enjoyed stretching out the claw end. Flattened the head out and ground an edge on her. Rarely got any use cause I always had a pneumatic tool for that.
Thanks for showing this welding hammer. Both of em.