While doing a bit of clean up in the shop, while waiting on the gas meters to be switched out ( inside for a new outside one) found this...thing..

The brass end has a logo of sorts...

U.S. A.A.F.  While down at the other end...

There is a  N O 2.   There is other markings around  the other side...from what I can make out..

GEO WORTHINGTON  CO

BUFFALO NY USA

Now, about that chuck...

Even my smallest chuck keys look HUGE, compared to this chuck...not sure what size jacob key this takes, or where one might be found..chuck works fine, just can't lock a bit into it...

had to clean the rust spots off, oil things up a bit.  

So...what is this thing from WW2

 

I have some smaller chucks.  Have to look and see if I have any that small.  Willing to bet I do. My collection came from my Grandfather.

Edited October 9, 20196 yr by Woodbutcherbynight

Angle Drill attachment, obviously, but was it used for a specific purpose? Could of just been a general all purpose angle attachment. 

Just now, John Morris said:

Could of just been a general all purpose angle attachment. 

Aircraft mechanics would have one as a regular tool.  That's where I got mine from, my Dad was a AP mechanic for 50 years.

Theory is it was for rivet holes in WW2 aircraft....either on the assembly line, or out in the "field" by flight line mechanics....

 

BTW:  My late FIL was an instructor for B-17 Bombers, before being stationed in North Africa.   Mustered out as a Master Sargent in 1946.  trying to think of what assembly plant was here in Ohio back then....John D. Kinnan was also station at Lockburne A. A. B. in Columbus, OH....

 

 

OK...measured a few things ...largest drill bit?  3/16"  , as a 1/4" is way too big...

Chuck key:  Seems to be a Jacobs  KO...1/8"

Reminds me...what  size rivets did they use?   Maybe they had a "jobber" length bit? 

 

Will try me luck at a "real" Hardware Store this weekend...

Edited October 10, 20196 yr by steven newman

Steve, stay tuned for some pictures tomorrow. I inherited a bunch of aircraft tools in a machinists tool box. Maybe you could use some.

Maybe it was to get into tight places such as inside the wings. I copies the below about rivets.

 

 

To meet AN specifications, rivets must be coated to prevent corrosion. This can be accomplished using zinc chromate, metal spray, or by applying an anodized finish. The latter is usually used. What system is used to identify rivets? Lets look at a typical rivet designation MS20470AD4-8. MS20470 means the rivet has a universal head. The AD means it is a hard or structural rivet. The 4-8 defines the size. The first number is always the diameter of the rivet in 1/32 inch increments and the second number is the length in 1/16 inch increments. So we have a rivet that is 1/8 inch in diameter and ½ inch long. Pretty simple. MS20426 rivets have a 100 degree countersunk head and use the same type identification found above. The length of a rivet is measured from the bottom of the rivet head to the end of the shank on a universal head rivet and from the top of the head to the end of the shank on a countersunk rivet.

 

The full reference is at LINK

 

13 hours ago, Gene Howe said:

Steve, stay tuned for some pictures tomorrow. I inherited a bunch of aircraft tools in a machinists tool box. Maybe you could use some.

Sorry, Steve. It looks like my son cleaned out all the contents of that chest.  He did leave a glass cutter, 5 taps and one die. Darned kid, anyway.

Edited October 10, 20196 yr by Gene Howe

Have the Craftsman version of that tool chest...same colour, even....

 

McMaster-Carr had the key for the chuck...$2.16....had a bit of trouble completing the order.....called them up....straighten things out... CS is sending one out as a FREE SAMPLE, no charge!   Just because of all the trouble I had in placing the order....excellent service!

I'll tell ya what, even empty, that box is mighty heavy. I couldn't find any maker's name on it.

10 hours ago, steven newman said:

sending one out as a FREE SAMPLE, no charge! 

Sweet talked them again didn't you.  Bet you used that story about holding off 3 sharks with a stick when the ship was hit by a torpedo.

 

23 hours ago, Gene Howe said:

I'll tell ya what, even empty, that box is mighty heavy. I couldn't find any maker's name on it.

Looks just like the Kennedy box in brown crinkle finish I have sitting in the Kitchen (and yes, SWMBO knows about it).

 

Edited October 14, 20196 yr by p_toad

Just now, p_toad said:

Looks just like the Kennedy box in brown crinkle finish I have sitting in the Kitchen (and yes, SWMBO knows about it).

I started the clean up, found a label and, yes it is a Kennedy. Smooth finished. The old felt lining in the drawers is shot. I'll probably adhere some new felt to poster board inserts. Don't have a clue as to how to refinish the outside and keep it looking good. 

Yard sale item, a few years back....now sitting on top of the 5 drawer Shop Dresser...filled, of course..

was full when I bought it.....$10?  i think...

Steve, ya gonna rehab it? 

All I did was clean it up a smidge, and set it in it's new home..

Front can be closed up..

parts for the lock are still inside...not needed, right now....

Usually, it sits around all day, looking like this...

10 hours ago, steven newman said:

Yard sale item, a few years back....now sitting on top of the 5 drawer Shop Dresser...filled, of course..

was full when I bought it.....$10?  i think...

 

 

 

 

Box arrive, via Buster Brown, from McMaster-Carr....

May keep the bag, to keep track of both of these items...Chuck Key has arrived!

And...it FITS

Not exactly the biggest things...

But..it works!

 

Hats off to McMaster-Carr's Customer Service!