Nobody Special Posted August 28, 2013 Share Posted August 28, 2013 So, today I stopped by the house of one of the people we buy eggs from (we run a small hatchery), and the owner asked if I wanted some scrap. There's more garden variety stuff not shown, tools, lawnmower blades, etc, but I love these three wee little hammers. The ballpein is about a half inch wide by 2 and a quarter inches long. I didn't tell him I don't have the heart to repurpose these little guys and a couple of the wrenches. The long pointy spanner appears to be handforged, and a couple of the others were definitely modified by his father (the man I got them from is about 70). Not sure what it's for exactly. The wrench end is just that, but the other, dunno. He mentioned his father using it on bridges and that it was possibly 90 plus years old. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmccustomknives Posted August 28, 2013 Share Posted August 28, 2013 That wrench with the pointy end is called a spud wrench, it looks well used. The pointy end was used as a pry bar to align bolt holes so it makes sense that it was used in bridge building. Nice haul. ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinobi Posted August 28, 2013 Share Posted August 28, 2013 JMC beat me to the spud :) as for the hammers, I would rehandle them and use them for small projects in copper or silver. of course if you don't work in small non-ferrous they would still make amusing paperweights :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dodge Posted August 28, 2013 Share Posted August 28, 2013 I have a couple of the small ball peens (opposite the quarter) They are very useful hammers. I keep one by the lathe and drill area for using with transfer punches and such. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GRiley904 Posted August 28, 2013 Share Posted August 28, 2013 My guess at a couple of the other wrenches would be the one all the way to the left looks allot like a spark plug wrench. And the one on the right with the hard bend in it seems repurposed for a similar idea, to get to a hard to reach nut or bolt, allowing for a second wrench to be applied. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobody Special Posted August 29, 2013 Author Share Posted August 29, 2013 I thought the ballpein would be useful for cold rivetting small stock. Looked up the toolmark, it's a Westcraft, apparantly a brand made by Western Auto between late 30s and early 50s. Another time travelling tool. :) (one direction, and veeeeery slowly) Crosspein has a 200 on it, and an I like a roman numeral inside a hexagon. Dunno. 200 maybe 200 grams, so made overseas cheapy? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waylon63 Posted August 29, 2013 Share Posted August 29, 2013 They sell (or used to sell) wrenches with the hard bend like that as a "distributor wrench" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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