By: Age UK Cumbria
- 17th May 2012 at 18:52Permalink- Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
GTL Tool Chest and Tools from 1930s
Hi all - hope you don't mind me popping on here. I was doing some research on an old tool chest and tool kit that we've had donated at Age UK and this forum came up in my Google search.
We've had a late 1930s tool chest, complete with most of its tools, some of which have hardly if ever been used! It's a GTL (Guaranteed Tools Limited) set and we've even got the brochures and letters that came with it, dated March 1939! We've put it up on Ebay, for want of a better place to put it to see how it goes, but thought I'd put the details up here so anyone interested could go and have a look. It's item no 330733941497 and we've started it off at £20 to get some interest.
I hope it's not against the rules here - all the proceeds are going to Age UK so we're not a commercial enterprise going around spamming people!
It was most likely acquired from the Manors Goods Yard (Newcastle-uopn-Tyne) in the early 1950's, but would date from 1923 at the very latest...
JT442 The number may well be th "Clocking on" number of the Fitter who used it. I served my Aprentiship on B.R. and it was common practice to stamp all your tools with your clocking on number, as they were a bunch of thieving s*ds where I worked.
Jim.
Lincoln .7
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By: ZRX61
- 18th May 2012 at 08:18Permalink- Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
How do you get a finish like that? it look like new.
Plastic bead blasted the old paint off, hit it with DA sander with #220 grit paper (at least I think it was #220), then buzzed it with 3M scotchbrite Roloc discs on a die grinder, wiped it down with lacquer thinner & sprayed it with Rustoleum Hammertone paint from rattlecans.
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By: ZRX61
- 26th December 2012 at 06:12Permalink- Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
By: DC Page
- 1st February 2013 at 21:55Permalink- Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
ZRX61,
I love that chest in post #87, did you figure out where it came from or who it belonged too?
Seeing that reminded me of one of the most beautiful tool chests I've ever seen. Henry Studley's piano repair box.
Henry Studley’s Tool Chest
Henry Studley was an organ and piano maker, carpenter and mason who worked for the Smith Organ Co. at the turn of the 20th century. This tool chest was loaned to the Smithsonian’s Museum of American History for a time, and then sold to a private collector. Closed dimensions are aprox. 39 inches by 20 inches by 9 inches. It opens out to 40 by 40 inches.
By: trumper
- 22nd October 2013 at 09:26Permalink- Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
There's alot of old tools on this forum,don't know about collecting them ,they just turn up on here,a home for the lost and bewildered :).
In the USA what is considered as an old tool? Our old market place used to have a stall for old stuff ,alot pilfered i guess from closed down companies.
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By: ZRX61
- 22nd October 2013 at 21:00Permalink- Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
By: Scott Marlee
- 28th October 2013 at 14:53Permalink- Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Rick if your sick of having that many vices...im in a great need for one :D
my grandad passed away in 2001 when i was too young to appreciate the personal value of his tool collection, so it went to his son, who has since started passing me items, such as these, [ATTACH=CONFIG]222365[/ATTACH]
[ATTACH=CONFIG]222366[/ATTACH]
My grandad worked in the ship yards on the River Wear, as well as at Grove(coles/steels) Cranes, this panel beating hammer was one of his collection, he kept it highly polished after use, unfortunately, due to being stored in a damp environment over the last 12 months, it needs some work doing to it, which is part of this winters project (if you look carefully, you can just make out the engraving of his initials)
another of his collection requiring some treatment
[ATTACH=CONFIG]222368[/ATTACH]
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By: ZRX61
- 28th October 2013 at 16:04Permalink- Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Give that hammer handle a quick scuff with scotchbrite & then rub boiled linseed oil into the handle using #0000 steel wool. It will clean it, preserve it & make it look 100X better.
By: Scott Marlee
- 28th October 2013 at 16:16Permalink- Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
thanks for that, il try it, i used some sand paper on it to take the top layer of damp off, it needs treating now
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By: ZRX61
- 28th October 2013 at 16:29Permalink- Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Have a look at the hammers in post #65. That was after only 1 or 2 coats of linseed, they got a few more after that & look much better :)
Not all of mine get the BLO treatment, some (newer ones) get a coat or 2 of urethane varnish.
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By: ZRX61
- 18th August 2015 at 21:52Permalink- Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Local museum has been evicted from their hangar. I'm trying to part them from this which originally came out of Lockheed. It may have even been made there..
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By: ZRX61 - 22nd March 2012 at 22:10 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Latest find ($10)..Kennedy model 2020. Before & after..
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By: Age UK Cumbria - 17th May 2012 at 18:52 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
GTL Tool Chest and Tools from 1930s
Hi all - hope you don't mind me popping on here. I was doing some research on an old tool chest and tool kit that we've had donated at Age UK and this forum came up in my Google search.
We've had a late 1930s tool chest, complete with most of its tools, some of which have hardly if ever been used! It's a GTL (Guaranteed Tools Limited) set and we've even got the brochures and letters that came with it, dated March 1939! We've put it up on Ebay, for want of a better place to put it to see how it goes, but thought I'd put the details up here so anyone interested could go and have a look. It's item no 330733941497 and we've started it off at £20 to get some interest.
I hope it's not against the rules here - all the proceeds are going to Age UK so we're not a commercial enterprise going around spamming people!
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By: Bruggen 130 - 17th May 2012 at 19:41 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Finish
How do you get a finish like that? it look like new.
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By: Lincoln 7 - 17th May 2012 at 19:59 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
JT442 The number may well be th "Clocking on" number of the Fitter who used it. I served my Aprentiship on B.R. and it was common practice to stamp all your tools with your clocking on number, as they were a bunch of thieving s*ds where I worked.
Jim.
Lincoln .7
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By: ZRX61 - 18th May 2012 at 08:18 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Plastic bead blasted the old paint off, hit it with DA sander with #220 grit paper (at least I think it was #220), then buzzed it with 3M scotchbrite Roloc discs on a die grinder, wiped it down with lacquer thinner & sprayed it with Rustoleum Hammertone paint from rattlecans.
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By: ZRX61 - 26th December 2012 at 06:12 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
A recent find:
Before:
After:
This was in the same stash of stuff I listed here:
http://forum.keypublishing.com/showthread.php?t=118374
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By: ZRX61 - 26th December 2012 at 06:25 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
& to further illustrate the Kennedy 220 in post #82, here it is after prep, before it got painted:
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By: ZRX61 - 1st February 2013 at 20:02 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Todays haul..
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By: DC Page - 1st February 2013 at 21:55 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
ZRX61,
I love that chest in post #87, did you figure out where it came from or who it belonged too?
Seeing that reminded me of one of the most beautiful tool chests I've ever seen. Henry Studley's piano repair box.
Henry Studley’s Tool Chest
Henry Studley was an organ and piano maker, carpenter and mason who worked for the Smith Organ Co. at the turn of the 20th century. This tool chest was loaned to the Smithsonian’s Museum of American History for a time, and then sold to a private collector. Closed dimensions are aprox. 39 inches by 20 inches by 9 inches. It opens out to 40 by 40 inches.
And here is Norm Abram inspecting it:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=C9QaFTI2F9c
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By: ZRX61 - 1st February 2013 at 22:26 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
No name on the Union box, I guess it belonged to the guy who's estate I got it from. You can buy posters of the Studley box.
Forgot this, part of this mornings haul:
Came from here:
http://www.estatesales.net/estate-sales/384333.aspx
I'm going back tomorrow :)
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By: ZRX61 - 28th April 2013 at 22:03 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Something from the motherland :)
& this absolutely MASSIVE vise...
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By: Richard gray - 21st October 2013 at 20:03 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
ZRX61 Have you one of these?
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By: trumper - 22nd October 2013 at 09:26 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
There's alot of old tools on this forum,don't know about collecting them ,they just turn up on here,a home for the lost and bewildered :).
In the USA what is considered as an old tool? Our old market place used to have a stall for old stuff ,alot pilfered i guess from closed down companies.
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By: ZRX61 - 22nd October 2013 at 21:00 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Not that exact model, but I have a few like it.
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By: Scott Marlee - 28th October 2013 at 14:53 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Rick if your sick of having that many vices...im in a great need for one :D
my grandad passed away in 2001 when i was too young to appreciate the personal value of his tool collection, so it went to his son, who has since started passing me items, such as these, [ATTACH=CONFIG]222365[/ATTACH]
[ATTACH=CONFIG]222366[/ATTACH]
My grandad worked in the ship yards on the River Wear, as well as at Grove(coles/steels) Cranes, this panel beating hammer was one of his collection, he kept it highly polished after use, unfortunately, due to being stored in a damp environment over the last 12 months, it needs some work doing to it, which is part of this winters project (if you look carefully, you can just make out the engraving of his initials)
another of his collection requiring some treatment
[ATTACH=CONFIG]222368[/ATTACH]
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By: ZRX61 - 28th October 2013 at 16:04 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Give that hammer handle a quick scuff with scotchbrite & then rub boiled linseed oil into the handle using #0000 steel wool. It will clean it, preserve it & make it look 100X better.
Posts: 1,873
By: Scott Marlee - 28th October 2013 at 16:16 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
thanks for that, il try it, i used some sand paper on it to take the top layer of damp off, it needs treating now
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By: ZRX61 - 28th October 2013 at 16:29 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Have a look at the hammers in post #65. That was after only 1 or 2 coats of linseed, they got a few more after that & look much better :)
Not all of mine get the BLO treatment, some (newer ones) get a coat or 2 of urethane varnish.
Posts: 4,796
By: ZRX61 - 18th August 2015 at 21:52 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Local museum has been evicted from their hangar. I'm trying to part them from this which originally came out of Lockheed. It may have even been made there..