Whatizzitt from Maine

[Jeff-C175 7,199]

Just now, ebinmaine said:

I can't see the pic of the mark on the list but VERY nice work....

 

Sooooo.....

Dahekkizzitt???

Scroll down the page a bit, the logos are at the bottom.

 

I bet it's a seal puller, they did mostly automotive tools but later branched into refrigeration too.

 

[ebinmaine 67,018]

13 minutes ago, Jeff-C175 said:

HINSDALE MANUFACTURING

I'm finding a possibility that a VG-1 may have been in a Ford model T tool kit....

[Jeff-C175 7,199]

15 hours ago, ebinmaine said:

Ford model T tool kit....

 

I just looked at some images on the web but didn't see anything like that in the T kit.  Might be a rarity.

 

When I installed the new front tires on my 175 last week I used the Model T tire spoon that I have here.  I've got several of the tools from that kit in my collection.

 

Edited December 20, 2020 by Jeff-C175

[ebinmaine 67,018]

Found a listing that says maybe a valve grinding tool of a sort. 

VG. 

Not sure how that would/could be used...

 

 

[ebinmaine 67,018]

2 minutes ago, Jeff-C175 said:

just looked at some images on the web but didn't see anything like that

I did find a couple. 

 

Worth point and jalopy journal maybe?

 

 

[ebinmaine 67,018]

Here's a top view of the box it came in. 

 

 

 

[ebinmaine 67,018]

About half way down is a "valve grinder attachment". 

 

This is from a 1931 Sears catalog. 

 

 

 

Edited December 20, 2020 by ebinmaine
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[WHNJ701 4,165]

I figured it out!!!  Your getting close, 

It has do with cars, it's not valve grinding or anything with the engine....  I will keep this going unless you want me to blab what it is!

Edited December 20, 2020 by jabelman

[8ntruck 6,946]

2 hours ago, ebinmaine said:

 We play at least twice a week. I used to watch my grandparents play and learned as a kid. I'd forgotten most of it. 

 

Trina has been playing so long she literally does not remember NOT knowing how to shuffle or play cribbage. 

 

 

 

My wife's family played a lot.  One time, her older brother got so fed up loosing to his grand dad that he threw that deck of cards in the lake.  To pull her brother's chain, my wife took another deck of cards and put them in a bucket of water.  Later that weekend, we then took the kids out on a boat ride, along with the soggy deck of cards.  When we got back, we sent the boy's and the soggy cards to find uncle Steve and show him what they 'found'.

[Handy Don 12,040]

1 hour ago, SylvanLakeWH said:

Aaaahhhh...!!!

 

Its a thingamifoobigit... 

I was sure it was either a dojobber or a whatchamacallit. Definitely not a thingamabob, those are always made of plastic.

[ebinmaine 67,018]

19 minutes ago, jabelman said:

I figured it out!!!  Your getting close, 

It has do with cars, it's not valve grinding or anything with the engine....  I will keep this going unless you want me to blab what it is!

I see what it's marked but that's it...

 

[8ntruck 6,946]

10 minutes ago, Handy Don said:

I was sure it was either a dojobber or a whatchamacallit. Definitely not a thingamabob, those are always made of 

Is it a seal puller for a chrome muffler bearing?

[WHNJ701 4,165]

It's only a part of something.  Hmmm.  In the trunk

[Handy Don 12,040]

With the adjustable arms, it seems like a measuring/testing tool, especially with that little point sticking out, but the pivot seems too loose and there is no screw hole for holding what goes in the square socket so that must be in compression when in use.

[ebinmaine 67,018]

7 minutes ago, jabelman said:

It's only a part of something.  Hmmm.  In the trunk

Are we headed for spare tire?

[WHNJ701 4,165]

Just now, ebinmaine said:

Are we headed for spare tire?

Getting closer

[SylvanLakeWH 25,381]

The jack ratchet thingy?

[8ntruck 6,946]

Some sort of tire replacement tool in the Model T era?  Side ring remover?

Edited December 20, 2020 by 8ntruck

[WHNJ701 4,165]

3 minutes ago, SylvanLakeWH said:

The jack ratchet thingy?

I think you got it

[SylvanLakeWH 25,381]

3 minutes ago, jabelman said:

I think you got it

Oh goodie! I’m still waiting on my snow from @ebinmaine and now he owes me a trophy!!! 

[JCM 9,122]

When I first looked at it quick I thought it was a latch from an older double hung window.    

[WHNJ701 4,165]

5 minutes ago, SylvanLakeWH said:

Oh goodie! I’m still waiting on my snow from @ebinmaine and now he owes me a trophy!!! 

I will throw in all our snow too

[ebinmaine 67,018]

35 minutes ago, jabelman said:

I think you got it

So why's it marketed as a valve tool and what's it do?

 

[formariz 11,987]

5 hours ago, SylvanLakeWH said:

Time to ask the Oracle of old tools:

 

@formariz ???

LOL. As the little woman here frequently says , after searching in my “ endless pit of useless knowledge “ I have no answer. 
I am not going to tell her about the “oracle of old tools” for I am afraid of how she will twist that one into another description of me.

[ebinmaine 67,018]

3 minutes ago, formariz said:

LOL. As the little woman here frequently says , after searching in my “ endless pit of useless knowledge “ I have no answer. 
I AM going to tell her about the “oracle of old tools” for I am LOOKING FORWARD TO how she will twist that one into another description of me.

Please fill us in on how that goes....