Early Plomb Wrenches

 

Troy Dietz found a very early wrench and asked us to post a page describing them. 

 

These wrenches date from the early 1920's.  They are named "Cap Screw" wrenches in an early undated and unnumbered catalog.  By catalog #8, from 1928, they are listed as "Garage Wrenches". 

 

The early wrenches were made from Ford Model T axles, which were plentiful and inexpensive.  In the early 1900's, Model T axles were a great source of alloy steel strong enough to be forged into tools.