Barnes tubing cutter

Made by Reed Manufacturing of Erie, Pa. 

The company is still around today making cutting wheels, pipe tools, wrenches and vises.

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Steam locomotive roof

When the Laurel & Tallahoma Western Ry of Laurel, Mississippi ordered their 60-ton standard gauge 3-truck Shay in 1920 they specified- very unusually, it should be outfitted with a full length roof.

Wheel Parts NY wrench

  Here's a somewhat abused large hex wrench presumably for the center nut.  No information on the company that I can find, I don't believe it's related to the Wire Wheel Corp. of Buffalo.

Stevens Arms, 1943

.22s for peace...

BSA C15 engine cutaway, 1959

Artwork by F.W. Beak, Not much information on him online.

 

Crescent double-ended adjustable

  Crescent started making the adjustable wrench as we know it in about1905 although they did not patent it till 1915. The double ended version appeared about the same time and was sold till at least 1960. I suspect they're more fun to look at than they are a useful tool. 

Tonka Airlines luggage tractor

Seems like an unusual model for a toy, especially when Tonka failed to provide an airliner in the same scale... The toy included two luggage wagons.

 

Stanley 39 Dado Plane

I don't often look at old planes too much, this one caught my eye. Between the years 1902 and 1952, Stanley made the #39 plane in 7 sizes, 1/4, 3/8, 1/2, 5/8, 3/4, 13/16 and 7/8". They seem to be a sought after tool.

Datamp Patent 706,704

1982 Jeep

   Did people keep them as a collector item, I wonder? 

  List price seems ridiculously cheap.  In Canada in1982 average income was about $30k per year. Assume the lower prices in the US and the 25-30% exchange rate, it's still much less than a 1/2 year income.

Sidecar Sunday