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Antiques! => Antique Questions Forum => Topic started by: Csabi975 on October 01, 2017, 04:47:14 AM
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Hi dear Members,
I'm here again, just for Your happiness. :-)
Not so long ago I've bought an old open ended spanner. The seller told me, that could be 100 years old. There is a brand sign on the spanner.
I haven't found yet what that is. My brother told me, that can be Gedore, but it's very unsure.
Has anyone seen a sign like this?
Thanks a lot.
Best wishes;
Csaba
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Well,, I was totally in the dark as to what a spanner was !! Surprised to find it was a wrench !! I have no idea about foreign made tools !! I had quite a few of American made vintage wrenches but gave them to a friend to use !! Almost no value here !!
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First question is, are the slots/openings in both ends of the spanner (wrench) the same width ….. in centimeters?
Now I said centimeters because the “logo” looks to be non-English.
Anyway, if both are the same size then it is my opinion that it is a per se “specialty” wrench that was included with a purchased item for making either “dimensional” adjustments to the mechanism or for quickly loosening up or tightening down a part of the mechanism,
Normally, (double ended) open-end spanners/wrenches are made to fit two (2) sizes of nuts.
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Just by the pic,, they look the same size !!
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The mark is G D Co.
The only G D Co for tools I found is a company in India that specialized in specialty tools, garden tools, etc.
(http://gdtools.com/)
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Well,, I was totally in the dark as to what a spanner was !! Surprised to find it was a wrench !! I have no idea about foreign made tools !! I had quite a few of American made vintage wrenches but gave them to a friend to use !! Almost no value here !!
Hi Mart,
Yes, You are right. Maybe it seems, I'm not a native English speaker, so I've just searched the word in the dictionary. Maybe spanner is the British version... :-) Wrench, yes.
Best wishes;
Csaba from Hungary, Europe
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First question is, are the slots/openings in both ends of the spanner (wrench) the same width ….. in centimeters?
Now I said centimeters because the “logo” looks to be non-English.
Anyway, if both are the same size then it is my opinion that it is a per se “specialty” wrench that was included with a purchased item for making either “dimensional” adjustments to the mechanism or for quickly loosening up or tightening down a part of the mechanism,
Normally, (double ended) open-end spanners/wrenches are made to fit two (2) sizes of nuts.
Hi Cogar,
Thanks a lot!
No, they are different in size. One of them is 33 millimeters (3,3 cm) and there is written 3/4 also. I don't know what that means. The other side is 40 millimeters (4 cm).
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The mark is G D Co.
The only G D Co for tools I found is a company in India that specialized in specialty tools, garden tools, etc.
(http://gdtools.com/)
Hi KC,
Thanks a lot!
I'll check that.
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Just a guess...maybe a wrench that came with the GeDe (Gerurtson Deventer) tractor? ???
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One of them is 33 millimeters (3,3 cm) and there is written 3/4 also. I don't know what that means. The other side is 40 millimeters (4 cm).
WOW, ::) ::) ::) that is a big open-ended spanner (wrench)
33 millimeters = 1.3 inches, ………. and 40 millimeters = 1.57 inches
What is its length, ……. 12 inches or so.
I’m guessing the “grooves” in the piece of paneling are nigh onto 4” centers.
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Mmm,, 3/4 that is on it is US size in inches !! Not sure why that would be on a wrench this size !! 1.3, would not be out of line for an older tractor !!
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Mmm,, 3/4 that is on it is US size in inches !! Not sure why that would be on a wrench this size !! 1.3, would not be out of line for an older tractor !!
Mart;
A 3/4" diameter bolt would take a heavy hex nut approx. 1.29 across the flats.
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What I didn`t get was why it was on the wrench !! I do not know European tools !!
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Just a guess...maybe a wrench that came with the GeDe (Gerurtson Deventer) tractor? ???
Who knows... :-)
I could not find a brand sign (I don't know, how you call a sign/mark of a brand name exactly) from GeDe on the Internet. Just this "writing" on the front of their tractors.
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One of them is 33 millimeters (3,3 cm) and there is written 3/4 also. I don't know what that means. The other side is 40 millimeters (4 cm).
WOW, ::) ::) ::) that is a big open-ended spanner (wrench)
33 millimeters = 1.3 inches, ………. and 40 millimeters = 1.57 inches
What is its length, ……. 12 inches or so.
I’m guessing the “grooves” in the piece of paneling are nigh onto 4” centers.
I have measured: the lenght of the wrench is 38 cm, it's 14,96 inches. Not so huge, but big enough. :-)