Coes worcester mass adjustable wrench tool excellent. It was widely used in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries but is now seldom used in the mechanical trades, having been mostly replaced by the newer style of shifting adjustable spannerwrench. Coes reservoir is a 100acre property at the worcester headwaters in the tatnuck brook watershed. Due to only having a few books left volume one will only be sold as a set with volumes two and three. The historic coes knife company where the monkey wrench was invented in. Old coes ads reproduced in one of ken copes wrench books state that coes casehardened their monkey wrenches. Antique coes 6 12 wrench co monkey wrench late 1800 era. Activated carbons capture and store organic compoundschemicalsas a result, coes beach has been shut down. Coes adjustable vintage monkey wrench claudias bargains. Number of bids and bid amounts may be slightly out of date. I highly recommend this book for tool collectors and those interested in the history of tools. A wrench, also called a spanner, is a typically handoperated tool thats used for tightening bolts and nuts. Illustrated with 6 cuts of the various size wrenches.
Coes wrench company was a tool manufacturing company based in worcester, massachusetts. Coes wrench in other collectible tools for sale ebay. If unsafe, implement activated carbonone of three factories that dumped into coes reservoir, coes wrench factory 1898. Page 1 of a collection of tools from various hand tool makers, mostly from the. Alloy artifacts is an online tool museum and resource center for information on 20th century hand tools. See here for some early wrench history a short history of coes wrench can be found here. The davistown museum has received communications from an owner of a wrench with the l. Place worcester, massachusetts, united states notes content screw wrenches.
Coes genuine screw wrenches trade catalogue by coes. Get the best deals on coes wrench when you shop the largest online selection at. Many of his photos were later used in al schulzs book. The first is a quill or metal sleeve, which transfers pressure from the loadbearing ferule to the end nut of a woodhandles coes wrench. Includes trade catalog black and white images physical description 2 pieces. All of the monkey wrenches in the tison tool barn are derived from that design.
Librarything is a cataloging and social networking site for booklovers. The wrench is pulled at a right angle to the axes of the lever action and the bolt or nut. The wrench is pulled at a right angle to the axes of the leveraction and the bolt or nut. This one is in good working condition with some minor staining and light pitting on. Various tool makers alloy artifacts tool history page. Did monkeys invent the monkey wrench hardware stores and. Following a list of wrench patent dates with the names of their makers is the catalog of wrenches, organized alphabetically by maker. See each listing for international shipping options and costs. Vintage coes 612 wood clad very nice handle adjustable. Search the history of over 431 billion web pages on the internet. Herb page the author and publisher of the brothers coes and their legacy of wrenches has given the wrenching news the opportunity to add his excellent book to our inventory of books for wrench collectors. The emf electrical year book for 1921 listed besco as a trade.
Youll find thousands of highquality photographs of different types and makes of tools, with background history on the tool companies that helped shape the industry. I collect old tools and this book is an excellent reference for my research. Worcester tinker loring coes invented the screw wrench, or as it is. The handle is the 1 piece wood type in good condition with wear and a small dings, some hairline cracks in the wood, and chips from overtightening, still solid and in one piece.
Coes monkey wrench early patent dates 8 inch tools. This is a good clean 8 monkey wrench marked coes wrench co. The metal has some sign of pitting but not rusty now. Wrench collecting books for sale the wrenching news.
Coes 8 monkey wrench early patent dates antiques, art, vintage. The wrenching news for all wrench collectors of old. Hawkins and art engstrom were the owners of park schwinn, a bicycle shop in the hazel park area of saint paul, minnesota. Coes wood handle plumbing hand tool pipe monkey wre 2 vintage coes wrench co worcester mass made in usa monkey wrenches p. A second owner has a bar wrench crescent wrench with this patent date. No matter what youre looking for or where you are in the world, our global marketplace of sellers can help you find unique and affordable options. Apparently all i have ever seen with this construction were in fact made by.
April 16, 1841, a patent issued to loring coes for what has since always been known as the coes wrench, and this was reissued june 26, 1849. After 1939 its successor companies manufactured monkey wrenches from coes designs until the mid 1960s. Ratchet wrench robert owen, jr 1881 1956 invented the ratchet wrench. Loring coes and his brother aury gates coes dominated the screw wrench business in the united states for many years. Some wrenches have mouths that can be tightened to better fit various objects that need turning. The two firms merged again in 1888, forming the coes wrench co. This one the wood handle pieces touch directly together.
Coes wrench company manufactured the screw type wrench invented by. They eventually split the company, and operated independently for many years. Monkey wrench charles moncky invented the monkey wrench around 1858. Coes 6 nut wrench knife handle 1890s antique tool wood handle.
Worcester tinker loring coes invented the screw wrench, or as it is more commonly known, the monkey wrench in 1841. Park tool company is an american designer, manufacturer and marketer of bicycle tools and equipment for both professional and home bicycle mechanics. It manufactures over 300 products that range from wheel truing stands to hex wrenches history. The boston wrench group is clearly a colonial or early republic era predecessor to the proliferation of adjustable wrench designs in the 19th century. The reverse is also marked with an n4 code and a pcircle mark forged into the shank. The markings on this are worn and hard to read, the coes wrench coworcester is still legible, the other side has a pat date of which you can read july 6. In 1841 loring coes received a patent for a screw wrench that could be adjusted with one hand. Click to read more about coes genuine screw wrenches trade catalogue by coes wrench company. Note the style of the split wood handle on this one. Coes and his brother aury gates coes worked for the firm of kimball and fuller, a.
Coes and his brother aury gates coes worked for the firm of kimball and fuller, a firm that made machinery for the woolen industry. Get the best deals on coes wrench in other collectible tools when you shop the largest online selection at. Coes wrench company wikimili, the free encyclopedia. Catalog includes circular saws and blade inserts, ice saws, one and twoman crosscut saws, swages, circular saw mandrels. The historic coes knife company where the monkey wrench was invented in 1840 formerly occupied the site. It was later changed to have a thin center strip of metal running the lenghth. We have not been able to accurately date the transitional coes wrench noted above, but its design does not exactly correspond with any of the coes wrenches listed in copes american wrench makers. The forgotten story of americas most famous tool the. An appendix contains an interview with loring coes. The tool works as a lever with notches at the mouth for gripping. In 1909 the coes wrench company advertised a sixfootlong key wrench, shaped like a monkey wrench, for use on railroads. Prior to coes wrench, wrenches had to be adjusted with two hands, but the. Rathbones book on farm wrenches volume two and three we. A much more indepth account can be found in a short book called the brothers coes and their legacy of wrenches which clarifies a lot of confusing points and is my source for most of this article.