Let's post our Made in USA tool finds (yard sales, old store stock, auctions etc)

[TomSeller]

I have both the traditional raised panel and full polished Craftsman wrenches. I like them both, but I'm partial to the full polished. I then have my Dad's older JH Williams combination wrenches all the way up to 2-3/8" which I have no clue what I'll ever do with the big ones, maybe buy a crushing plant to wrench on, lol.

Sorry, my wrenches are combination like yours, not just open end. They are raised panel except for my stubby sets which are polished. Mine don't go up as large as yours so I don't have to buy a crushing plant. But it would be kind of cool to have one to work on.

 

[DFB]

I have several sets of the regular Craftsman combination wrenches in raised panel design up to 1 1/4 in size and triples of most up to 3/4 inch and 19mm. All bought long enough ago that none are of China origin. I only have the Craftsman polished design in the stubbies. I always liked the feel of the more rounded edge on a Craftsman wrench.

I also have 6 point combination, long handled box end wrenches, drop box style, open end, tappet, flare, and ratchet style ones too. Again all Craftsman. Oh and I have a set of each in both standard and metric of those Craftsman ones that have the notched open end the selling point was that you don't have to remove and rotate the wrench head in a tight spot like you do with standard open end design. The best part of that wrench is that they are a longer wrench than the standard combination. They seem to offer up weird stuff sometimes and I think that is part of Sears demise they have a lot of strange designs on a lot of tools.

On some of the other name wrenches the thinner edge is more sharply defined (similar to a Craftsman tappet wrench) and I found using them a bit more uncomfortable in the bare hand. Over the years I've had the opportunity to use many others like Proto, Blackhawk, Williams and Snapon.

I had started collecting unique old wrenches from flea markets I had seen for sale. Many were only a couple of dollars if that and most were a heck of lot less. A lot of them were for machine maintenance in the big factories. Some were standard garage mechanic items too. I was going to make a pegboard display for garage shop wall. Lost them all though a few years ago (and they're probably back a flea mkt now knowing my ex )


My big wrench set 1 5/16 - 1 1/2 is MIT from JC Whitney many years ago. Michigan Industrial Tools...Michigan China

 

[3930dave]

This might be on here already, but another recent thread reminded me to check these:

ResQMe keychain emergency tool.

resqme

I've used one in an automotive emergency. Works well.

Rgds, D.

 

[Happy Gilmore]

I went to an auction yesterday and finally found an older drill press that's made in the USA. I had been looking for a while and I'm pleased with what I found, a Rockwell 15-017, which judging by the ser.# should be manufactured in 1969.

 

[ultrarunner]

Looks like ones we had at the machine shop before the fire that destroyed the place.

 

[wmonroe]

Nice find.

 

[downsizingnow48]

Found this adjustable wrench while cleaning out my 95 year old father-in-law's tool shed. Near as I can tell it was made sometime from mid 1940s to mid 1950s. By the Diamond Calk Horseshoe Co in Minnesota. A bit of rust but otherwise excellent operating condition. The handle has a particularly nice feel to it.

 

[Happy Gilmore]

Found this adjustable wrench while cleaning out my 95 year old father-in-law's tool shed. Near as I can tell it was made sometime from mid 1940s to mid 1950s. By the Diamond Calk Horseshoe Co in Minnesota. A bit of rust but otherwise excellent operating condition. The handle has a particularly nice feel to it.

Nice find!

 

[ultrarunner]

I really like Diamond... their wrenches open slightly wider than competitors.

 

[Mysfyt]

This is a before and after picture of my Lehmann lathe, made in St Louis MS sometime in the 1960's is my guess. It was headed for the scrapyard when I spotted it at a local machine shop. Spent a couple of years rebuilding it and it is just a beautiful piece of equipment. Just couldn't bear the thought of seeing this in a scrapyard!