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Diamond Calk Horseshoe Co

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JDK

07-18-2003 19:20:34




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Cleanin up some tools the other day and noticed my"Diamond" 15" adjustable(crescent)wrench has a hairline crack on both sides of the jaw slide,outboard the knob.Anyone know whatever happened to Diamond and what kinda warranty they had,Wrench is at least 30yrs old,been a good ole knuckle duster.




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deano from duluth

07-23-2003 13:51:36




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 Re: Diamond Calk Horseshoe Co in reply to JDK, 07-18-2003 19:20:34  
Diamond Tool was bought/taken over many years ago and left a lot of people hurting financially in this area. I am told that it is night and day the quality of the product they put out now! JUNK



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Steve

08-18-2003 17:10:02




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 Re: Re: Diamond Calk Horseshoe Co in reply to deano from duluth, 07-23-2003 13:51:36  
just noticed this discussion on Diamond and realized i could add to it. Diamond along with Bonney and Utica was purchased by Cooper Group around 12 years ago. Cooper already owned Crescent. Diamond's equipment in Duluth was antiquated so they unfortunately shut it down and moved production to its Crescent plant. after a year or two they stopped producing Diamond tools completely. they sold the remaining inventory to us. there is a lot more to the story, if anyone's interested let me know. also we still have quite a bit of the Diamond inventory left; some of it is the product that was manufactured in Duluth. it's on our webiste. thanks
steve
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woody

03-15-2004 23:22:00




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 Re: Re: Re: Diamond Calk Horseshoe Co in reply to Steve, 08-18-2003 17:10:02  
yes please tell me the story!!!



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Fred OH

07-22-2003 09:53:58




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 Re: Diamond Calk Horseshoe Co in reply to JDK, 07-18-2003 19:20:34  
I have one of those good crescent wrenches from a used tool buy once and it was cracked just as you described. I removed the jaw, veed out the crack on each side and welded it with 3/32" Eutectic 608 or Certainium 707 rod. Dressed it with a die grinder, reassembled it, adjusted it for the one inch thick weld bench and put all my weight on it and bounced. It held okay...so it became one of the shop tools...as a less than heavy duty wrench. The proper way to use a adjustable wrench is to bear the pressure against the solid jaw...(curved part on same side as your knuckles when your pulling). I wonder if someone used it backwards to cause the cracks? Years later I found another similar wrench that someone had lost the knurled adjuster from and it had the same jaw as the one I repaired and I put that jaw in the wrench. As someone once said...some peoples children have all the luck! L8R....Fred OH

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John Garner

07-18-2003 20:24:04




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 Re: Diamond Calk Horseshoe Co in reply to JDK, 07-18-2003 19:20:34  
JDK --

Diamond was purchased by Triangle Tool Group back in the mid 1980's and their equipment in Duluth was moved to South Carolina. Then, a few years ago, Cooper Industries bought Triangle Tool Group and shuttered the South Carolina plant.

Cooper moved some of the ex-Diamond products into their Crescent line, using the Diamond name for horseshoes and some imported tools (Nail hammers from Taiwan and files from Brazil . . . both being sold at Costco).

Cooper has never offered the "unconditional lifetime guarantee" that most other toolmakers offer today, and I would not be astonished if they told you that the Diamond adjustable wrench line was no longer available . . . but it won't hurt to ask.

You can track down Cooper Industries Hand Tool Division doing a web search.

John

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randee gorman

02-10-2006 05:38:34




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 Re: Re: Diamond Calk Horseshoe Co in reply to John Garner, 07-18-2003 20:24:04  
Can any one email me with a site that shows Diamond Calk horse shoe co. tools.. I have a very very old double ended wrench? 4 SIZE MULTI USE AND WOULD LOVE TO FIND OUT MORE INFO ON IT?
My email is [email protected] please any info!



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steve

08-18-2003 18:51:59




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 Re: Re: Diamond Calk Horseshoe Co in reply to John Garner, 07-18-2003 20:24:04  
john i noticed your comments on diamond. actually many years ago they merged with bonney and utica to form the triangle tool group. then 10 or 12 years ago cooper bought them. then they shuttered the duluth plant and moved production to their crescent facility. then they integrated aspects of the diamond tools into the crescent line (such as the wide openning jaws). then they closed down production on diamond tools completely and then they sold their remaining inventory to us.
if you have any interest it's on our website at harryepstein.com. thanks
steve

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larry hel

10-26-2005 17:09:40




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 Re: Re: Re: Diamond Calk Horseshoe Co in reply to steve, 08-18-2003 18:51:59  
does anybody know if cresent warranties diamond calk tools ? I have an old one that i broke... wish i knew it was an antique....



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JDK

07-20-2003 11:01:12




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 Re: Re: Diamond Calk Horseshoe Co in reply to John Garner, 07-18-2003 20:24:04  
Thanx John,got ahold of Cooper Hand Tools,after being passed around to 3-4 different people,was told I could not "expect" any "adjustment" on a wrench of that age.I really didn't expect anything else but it don't hurt to check although I felt their"attitude" could have been a bit better. Wish I could figure out the cracks though,wrench is fully functional..what is cracking are the outside corners of the jaw slide slot about 3/8" in.Shouldn't be any stress there but over the years in the tractor toolbox,who knows?

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