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A Disston screwdriver? - bandit571 - 07-22-2020
While cleaning up a few rusty & krusty screwdrivers...
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One turned out to have a logo on it's shaft...
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Reads: DISSTON
U. S. A.
ELECTRO
Hmmm, since when did Disston make a screwdriver?
Also in the pile of cleaned up screwdrivers...was this "heavy-duty" model..
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Haven't found any markings on it...
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Has a square shank.....blade is at an angle to the flats....forged?
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Not sure if the hanle is Walnut, Rosewood, or just Motor Oil Stain.....9-1/2" overall length.
2 mysteries to solve...( and a stash of other rusty screwdrivers to clean up..)
RE: A Disston screwdriver? - Admiral - 07-22-2020
(07-22-2020, 09:57 AM)bandit571 Wrote: While cleaning up a few rusty & krusty screwdrivers...
One turned out to have a logo on it's shaft...
Reads: DISSTON
U. S. A.
ELECTRO
Hmmm, since when did Disston make a screwdriver?
Disston would have made toilet paper if they could sell it. You'll find the screwdrivers in here at page 221:
http://blackburntools.com/articles/rose-tools-catalog-archives/index.html
Scroll down to Disston, open the 1918 catalog.
RE: A Disston screwdriver? - bandit571 - 07-22-2020
Thank you !
Now, about that square shanked one.....
RE: A Disston screwdriver? - Admiral - 07-22-2020
(07-22-2020, 10:55 AM)bandit571 Wrote: Now, about that square shanked one.....
You are on your own! Hey, I solved the Disston question, whaddy'a want, an egg in your beer!!
I remember back in the late 60's, early '70s, I worked in a paper mill, midnight shift, 10:30pm to 6:30am, and "Mary's," the gin mill right outside the plant, would open for the shift change, and we'd shuffle in for a snort before heading off home to bed, and a lot of the old timers did indeed sink a raw egg in their beers for breakfast.... was not my cup of tea, I ate the hard boiled pickled ones.
RE: A Disston screwdriver? - AHill - 07-23-2020
On the square shanked screwdriver, I can't think of any practical reason you would need an extended taper on one side. It appears the tip is still on the centerline. Maybe just a poor job of forging or grinding at the factory.
RE: A Disston screwdriver? - bandit571 - 07-23-2020
Actually, that taper is the same on both faces of the shaft...both go up 2-5/8" from the tip. Tip is 5/16" wide at the very edge. Shaft is right at 8mm square.
RE: A Disston screwdriver? - grwold - 07-24-2020
I've got a pair of plastic-handled Stanleys with the square shaft & the blade off from the flats. Never considered they might be odd--they've been in the family longer than I have ...
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A quick web search on the model numbers comes up with little, except that they might be named "Workmaster."
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The 6-incher's shaft measures just a hair under 6"; the 4-incher, on the other hand, has a shaft that's a solid ... 3-1/2".
RE: A Disston screwdriver? - AHill - 07-24-2020
(07-23-2020, 04:24 PM)bandit571 Wrote: Actually, that taper is the same on both faces of the shaft...both go up 2-5/8" from the tip. Tip is 5/16" wide at the very edge. Shaft is right at 8mm square.
So help me out. What's the mystery? Is it the fact that there's a square shaft? I'm not following you. Probably my fault for not understanding you.
RE: A Disston screwdriver? - bandit571 - 07-24-2020
Maye a clue as to who made this screwdriver....
RE: A Disston screwdriver? - AHill - 07-26-2020
Looks like the screwdriver that came with the Ford Model A Toolkit.