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I bought about 30 ,5gal. pails of old tools last fall, started going through them and realized I don't know what most are for. Was hoping some of the folks on here could help ID them.
Thanks for your help.
Kevin
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well, the 2nd one down on the right looks like the one in a ford tool kit as well as the bottom one on the left in the same colum, the ones 5th down i think are jd plow wrenches at least the ones i have, have jd green left on parts of them, thats about all i can name
 
on a 2nd look i also have the one on the right with the horizonal bars on it but i dont know what it is from either, i should know what the tool on the bottom middle with the wooden handel is, but i cant bring it to mind ive seen it before neat collection though
 

You'll need to do some research. Find a manufacturers name or logo on each wrench and also a part number. Some of the wrenches in that picture look like they may have been part of a common, ordinary wrench set, and several of them are definately wrenches that were furnished with a particular farm implement such as a corn planter, potato digger, etc., and were designed specifically for making adjustments on THAT particular machine.
 
Bottom row, 4th from the left. That looks like the thing they use at church to open the high hinged windows with. It's on the end of a 10 ft pole.

That's my guess.

Tim
 
a few I recognise,and some are not old just abused!like the others have said,4th down on left plow wrench possibly ford.top center battery wrench try it works great for removing bolts in battery cables,top right ford wrench I think model T or possibly A,bottom three from left are plumbing wrenches used for removing plugs in cleanouts etc (mostly on cast iron pipe)the one with the flat thing on side is newest and still sold,two on far right in the center that are made for square nuts are old,though fairly common they were sold with wagons and a variety of early farm equipment we called them cultivator wrenches,bottom far right is I believe a wrench used on cutting torches to fit the various nuts on regulators,wrench in center is (i believe)used for repairing valves many brands required special wrenches to dis-assemble,fourth one down in center appears to be a early wrench for removing nuts on sink traps all the modern ones are still made that way but are longer,bottom second from right is also a ford wrench I think from a N toolkit but Im not positive,3rd and 4th down on right are lug wrenches I think,3rd one down in center the flat one also came as a set with a farm implement but I cant recall which implement. hope this helps!
 
cross beam on door...third down looks like a old acetylene torch wrench...back before they had knobs on the bottles...little square opening fit valve stem.
 
Some of you "OLD" guys must remember SQUARE nuts,
Why don"t they use them anymore? The were harder
to "round off". When I started my apprenticeship
as a locomotive mechanic, early 60"s, all of the
old locomotives, made in late 30"s and 40"s and
1950"s had lots of square nuts.
 
Great find! A few of them look like some that I have. I think all those old tools are really neat. Sorry, don't know what they all are. Several of them are wrenches/tools that were sent with new equipment when purchased back in the day. Someday I want to mount a couple of sheets of peg board on my garage wall and mount all my old tools like that insted of sitting around in buckets and drawers.
 
i think modern machine assy practices are a big factor in the loss of square nuts.plus I think if you did some checking you will find hex nuts stronger and actually twist off less(or so ive been told) probably simpler to make also.one thing I DONT miss about square nuts is having a wrench slip and hitting the corner of one with my knuckles! those things would take a hunk out.
 
Not sure what you mean by "OLD". Yes I remember square nuts. I also remember how hard it was in some places to get the wrench on them. With a sqaure nut you have only four places to place the wrench to get ahold. That is one reason I can think of.
 
a couple more I reconize as possibles,,third down on left appears to out of a set issued by the military.bottom row fourth from left with wooden handle MIGHT be what we called a hot stick .line men would use them to close switches ,hook up transformers, and things of that sort,telegraph and railroad workers also maybe.center on bottom,that looks like a extension was also used in plumbing for removing recessed plugs.the two lug wrenches were used as i recall on trucks with duals one end fit the nut on inside other end on the outside,looks like the one i used to use anyway.
 
I'd love to have a bunch of those. My wife might get upset with me but I would take the wall of this room and cover the wall with them just to make a why in the world wall. I think if they where cleaned up a little bit and a very little at hat and then hung on a wall you would have a very nice conversation piece there
 
I see those Ford/Ferguson plow wrenches for sale at flea markets for from $15 to $30 depending on the condition.
 
Thanks for all the answers. I havn't went through all of them yet, so more to find. Don't have the wall space to hang them all, so I don't know what their faith is.
Thanks, Kevin
 
the second one down in the center with the wide end sure is familair,though I cant place it,,theres one here somewhere,I'm wanting to say for adjusting speed on combine cyl but that doesnt sound right. anyway its a implement wrench for sure and the deep side had a specific purpose.plug wrench maybe for reaching down in recess of head.
 
If you clean them up a little bit on some of them you may find tractor/car companies and maybe even part numbers. I have a couple old wrenches around and one of them is a Moline Plow co. one part numberB169 that I have hanging on the wall in my computer room with a couple other wrenches
 
We refurbish a lot of old machinery at the museum where I volunter. To keep these machines authentic we often have to replace square nuts. Some are getting hard to find. Some of the really old ones are not very square and are difficult to fit a wrench on.
 
Nice find! Keep then dry and have a tool collector ID and price them. Rule of thumb of collectors is leave them alone don't clean up and do not paint or drill holes to hang them up. Must not been any collector at the sale.
 
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