Just Can't Get Away From Stanley Rule & Level Co.

[Jim Koepke]

Doing a little work in the shop cleaning things up and sharpening some drill bits and such.

One of my odder looking countersinks had the name Wheeler and a patent date of April 12, 1870 stamped into the tang.

Looked it up and low and behold:

Picture 12.png

http://www.datamp.org/patents/displa...01796&id=11527

jtk

[Stew Denton]

Hi Jim,

Interesting countersink. I like to see the Stanley Rule and Level Co. trade marks on old tools, and especially like the lever caps on some of the older Bed Rock planes.

I think Stanley must have made a lot of different tools back then......kind of like the "ACME" on all the things that Wiley Coyote used to try to catch the Roadrunner.

Stew

[Jim Koepke]

Took the camera out to the shop for some pictures. Then the iPod decided to day was the day to be a PITA.

So here is a belated image on this:

Countersink pat 1870.jpg

I do not see a Stanley stamp. It does have a G B Wheeler stamp with a faint G.

jtk

[Stew Denton]

Hi Jim,

The design looks like it might be a good one. Do you use it much, and how well does it seem to work?

Stew

[Jim Koepke]

It works fine when I do use it. It is a bit of a challenge to sharpen.

jtk