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Treasures!

Tom_133
Tom_133 Member Posts: 909
in THE MAIN WALL

I have been cleaning out my storage units and finding treasures! I will keep updating more as I find them but here’s one I didn’t even remember!

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Tom
Montpelier Vt
Waherdelcrossv

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  • EBEBRATT-Ed
    EBEBRATT-Ed Member Posts: 16,388

    Used to have a few of those but they got lost/stolen over the years.

    Downfall was jaws were not replaceable when they got dull, and they have less jaw opening capacity than a Ridgid.

    But they are cool, and they work.

    Intplm.
  • mattmia2
    mattmia2 Member Posts: 10,836

    I have sears dunlop banded one like that. I suspect someone could re-grind the teeth. I wonder how they were cut in the factor. Probably with a mill.

  • kcopp
    kcopp Member Posts: 4,466

    My Dad had one of those. I think my brother still has it.

  • hot_rod
    hot_rod Member Posts: 23,258
    https://forum.heatinghelp.com/discussion/comment/1824398#Comment_1824398

    a small triangle file can touch up dull jaws

    Bob "hot rod" Rohr
    trainer for Caleffi NA
    Living the hydronic dream
    delcrossv
  • mattmia2
    mattmia2 Member Posts: 10,836
    https://forum.heatinghelp.com/discussion/comment/1824441#Comment_1824441

    yeah i thought of that, but leveling them first would do better and that would be a lot to do with a file. Is there a foley bellsaw pipe wrench jaw sharpener?

  • Larry Weingarten
    Larry Weingarten Member Posts: 3,579

    Hi, I've had some old tools so hard that the file simply slipped on them. Really good steel! These days I use a Dremel tool with a small grind stone in it. It's nice to feel how well a once-dull tool grabs the pipe after sharpening!

    Yours, Larry

    mattmia2
  • Revenant
    Revenant Member Posts: 50

    The steel in the integral jaw wrenches is a compromise between hardness and ductility. The teeth were cut and then locally heat treated to harden.

    To sharpen, you could use a grinder, or anneal -sharpen, and then re heat treat.

    Ridgid had an economy brand called Ritco with an integral jaw.

    The mainline Ridgid brand since the late 1920s use two or three different steels. One for the handle, and harder less ductile steel for the hook and replaceable jaws.

    Too bad I can't show off my collection of Ridgid calendars. My buddy has a auto repair shop. One day his girlfriend came over and dressed up the calendar tool models with more modest clothing.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Petty

  • Intplm.
    Intplm. Member Posts: 2,176

    I have a similar one in my ID picture on this site. It's one of four? that my late father used. I'm still using them today and they are about one hundred years old.

    Revenant
  • pecmsg
    pecmsg Member Posts: 5,283
    https://forum.heatinghelp.com/discussion/comment/1824388#Comment_1824388

    The up side is a small cheater can be used.

    Revenant
  • Revenant
    Revenant Member Posts: 50

    Re small cheaters:

    The older Ridgids also had a skinnier handle without the bulge on the end. That changed in the mid 1950's around the time the paint went from black to red.

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