Old tools

[zeke01]

Ryan95, Thanks. That was high on my list of probabilities. Zeke

[mike6024]

[5219]

Somebody told me that Ford connecting rod bolts were 19/32. Is that true? I have never had anything that took that size wrench.

[Frank DuVal]

Ford flathead through about the late 40s or so.  Another of Henry's great ideas?

[brasscarguy]

3 hours ago, zeke01 said:

Any ideas on what this is used for?  It is labeled Sunnen Products, St. Louis MO. If you push on the lever in the middle, the corresponding jaw opens. It looks automotive, but I don’t know. 

This tool holds 2- 1/2 shell valve keepers to be installed after a valve grind. It holds the 2- 1/2 shell keepers while you gently slide them around the valve stem (see the notch on each side if the holder) then you pull the trigger and at the same time release the valve spring to hold the 1/2 shells around the valve stem. I've used one many times and yes they work and it save the tips of your fingers.

brasscarguy

[rocketraider]

I had wondered about those 19/32 and 29/32 wrenches that are in some older sets I've picked up. Truthfully I figured they were some Chrysler weirdness because I never found that size fastener on GM or even tractors...😜  Good to know what they're for as it helps me date those wrenches within a few years.

 

I picked up an ancient S-K toolbox with a decal on the lid at an auction last year. Until that time never knew S-K stood for Sherman-Klove.

 

I've taken to picking up push drills at swap meets, flea markets, antique shops etc and have gotten lucky enough to find some still with all the bits. Got one brass one from Bell Telephone. Yes, cordless drills made them obsolete but I enjoy using them on quick-n-dirty jobs. 

 

Been wasting time today taking apart old ratchets and doing a clean and lube on them. Amazing how good these old Craftsman, NAPA and Blackhawk pieces work now!

[Frank DuVal]

3 hours ago, rocketraider said:

push drills

 

 

AKA Yankee Drill. Or Yankee Screwdriver. Of course, only those made by North  Brothers Manufacturing Company and those that bought them out (Stanley) are actual Yankee drills....

 

Still have them, use now and then. 

 

You familiar with McFeely's catalog? They carry the adapters for 1/4" bits.

 

https://www.mcfeelys.com/search/?q=yankee

[ryan95]

Although they work the same and look similar, there is a difference between a push drill and a yankee screwdriver. They do make bits for yankee screwdrivers though. I learned this when buying tools for my hand tool wood shop.

[Guest]

6 hours ago, ryan95 said:

Although they work the same and look similar, there is a difference between a push drill and a yankee screwdriver.

Can you elucidate on this difference?

[ryan95]

I don't have a Yankee screwdriver, but here is my Miller's Falls push drill. Usually they have bit storage in the handle, are smaller than a push drill, and they don't have the spiral part of the mechanism exposed like the Yankee screwdrivers do.

[ryan95]

I just found this picture on the internet. It shows one of each.

[Larry Schramm]

On 4/24/2020 at 7:58 PM, rocketraider said:

I had wondered about those 19/32 and 29/32 wrenches that are in some older sets I've picked up. Truthfully I figured they were some Chrysler weirdness because I never found that size fastener on GM or even tractors...😜  Good to know what they're for as it helps me date those wrenches within a few years.

 

Actually the old wrenches that are xx/32 are probably for and used on cars built prior to the Society of Automotive Engineers standardizing bolt sizes and thread counts in about 1912 from what I have been told.  I am sure there were some carry over vehicles.   My 1908 has a number of those different size bolts.  I carry a crescent wrench with me on tours.

Edited April 26, 2020 by Larry Schramm (see edit history)

[Frank DuVal]

So, you say a Yankee drill does not exist? 

 

Because this picture looks just like mine:

 

 

[mike6024]

I have only drills with this, no screw bits. Are they missing or what? We've had this for about 60 years. Craftsman.

 

 

Edited April 26, 2020 by mike6024 (see edit history)

[Guest]

3 hours ago, Frank DuVal said:

So, you say a Yankee drill does not exist? 

 

Because this picture looks just like mine:

Just like mine although my Grandmother always referred to it as the "pushy, pulley go like helley drill"

[ryan95]

9 hours ago, Frank DuVal said:

So, you say a Yankee drill does not exist? 

Yankee made push drills too. Probably the most important difference, which I forgot to mention, is that the shanks of the bits are different. The shank of a push drill bit is about half the size. There are adapters though. Look at the picture I found on Google. Early push drills used another type of bit altogether. I think they used a three or four jaw chuck.

 

[Laughing Coyote]

19 hours ago, Frank DuVal said:

Because this picture looks just like mine:

 

 

 

My brother sent me a package earlier this year with some tools that were once my dad's.  One of the items was this exact same Yankee #41 push drill.  When I first saw it I didn't know what it was.  Now that I saw this thread I'm going to have to find a place in the tool box for it. My dad also had the other longer version one as well. 

[JustDave]

Hello rah and everyone,sorry I haven’t been back to this post recently,yes that is one of the steering wheel pullers,they made several different kind,but it’s hard t find the ones that grab the wheel from underneath,I hate tapping on the end of the shaft because I know what I will do,I’m not as heavy handed since I got older but I still can break things if I’m not careful,   Dave

[Frank DuVal]

Our Yankee drill was pressed into service many times to drill a small hole in plaster to hang pictures. 😉  Other times it was for woodworking. Never saw it used on metal. For that we used the breast drill.😁

 

Yes, I have seen the different "chuck" sizes on the tools I have, now it makes sense. The exposed spiral is a screwdriver with the larger chuck and the drill is the smooth shank with the smaller chuck is the drill.👍

Edited April 27, 2020 by Frank DuVal (see edit history)

[zeke01]

I thought you might get a charge out of this. My grandfathers, still in use

[zeke01]

This is electrifying. 

[zeke01]

And just to ratchet things up...

[Doozer]

My dad used to find tools in the wild.

[Guest]

A toolbox from Facebook.

[BearsFan315]

Here is a tool i picked up a few years ago for tune ups on the 1929 Chevrolet, man what a time saver !!

oh course it was missing the socket, so found one close in concept, had a friend cut it down to proper length and works like a charm !!

 

[Olsarge]

3 hours ago, Tinindian said:

A toolbox from Facebook.

That has to be the coolest tool box ever. 

[gossp]

4 hours ago, Tinindian said:

A toolbox from Facebook.

I would never anything done, aside from scrubbing my hands every time I needed something. 

[Guest]

On 4/24/2020 at 7:58 PM, rocketraider said:

 

 

Been wasting time today taking apart old ratchets and doing a clean and lube on them. Amazing how good these old Craftsman, NAPA and Blackhawk pieces work now!

 What a coincidence, I took apart my sticky ratchet

 and lubed it yesterday.

 I was going to throw it out but it turned out to only had some sand in it.😊

[rocketraider]

I dig that WIZARD ratchet! Been accumulating various WIZARD hand tools the last few years as it seems they weren't as common here as others, though 3 towns within 20 miles all had Western Auto stores.

 

My uncle had beaucoups of Montgomery Ward Powr-Kraft hand tools from when they lived in Baltimore. I don't know what happened to them but I'd love to have them for the connection to him as well as to a brand no longer existing.

 

Friend has found a list of Craftsman tools that you can find out what company made the tools for Sears and when.

 

I didn't have any sand in my ratchets, just a lot of dried or non-existent grease. WD40, Q-Tips and a film of SynCo Super Lube synthetic grease I got at Harbor Freight made them work smoothly again. I swear some of those ratchets weren't this smooth new...

[rocketraider]

As me Grandma would have said, I am "partial" to that Allstate dwell-tach too. That's one of the oldest ones I've seen. Totally cool!

[rocketraider]

I have found that Super Lube works well on adjustable wrenches AKA knucklebusters too. I used some PB Blaster on one of the push drills to free it up but I actually think some powdered graphite might be better for one with exposed spiral like the Yankee. Last year Spring Carlisle found a guy who had a case of Lock-Ease graphited fluid for a buck a bottle. Since I was there and it was there...

[PFitz]

On 4/20/2020 at 9:22 PM, Tinindian said:

Must have been somewhere on a Ford, they were the only company that i ever found with ?/32 nuts.

Franklin engines used that 19/32 size in what are called "heavy hex" style nuts..

 

Paul

[Terry Bond]

This is another interesting Smiths Perfect Handle tool - a folding screwdriver. 

Terry

[Doozer]

Have this pic in old car show album. More if any interest.

[Isaiah]

YES BRING IT ON

[28 Chrysler]

Here is a full 1/8 HP compressor from the mid to late 1930s, I have it set to shut off at 25 psi.

[Doozer]

. Here’s another.

Edited May 3, 2020 by Doozer (see edit history)

[c49er]

I wish decorated tool displays were that awesome today.👍

[J.H.Boland]

This GE Tungar battery charger shows a patent date of 1921,the same year as the car in the background. It's wired for 25 cycle,which was changed over to 60 cycle in Ontario in the late '40's and early '50's.

[Doozer]