[rollei_list] Re: Stillson Wrenches and Zerk Fittings

never heard that one either, despite having done my
engineering apprenticeship in Yorkshire :-(

--- tyco <tyco@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> "Pump Pliers", perhaps, the generic english term?
> Much used in Yorkshire and 
> parts south, the scots only gargle something which
> is difficult for the 
> sassenachs to catch.  John
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "FRANK DERNIE" <frank.dernie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2008 7:44 PM
> Subject: [rollei_list] Re: Stillson Wrenches and
> Zerk Fittings
> 
> 
> I was brought up in Lancashire in northern England.
> The wrench you describe was referred to as a
> Stillson
> on the farm FWIW. I have actually never heard such a
> device called a pipe wrench, though there is a
> generic
> English term which escapes me for the moment. Wrench
> is actually an American term in England it would be
> rarely if ever used. (Spanner is the UK word, often
> used slang term "spaniard" in the motor racing
> business, as in pass me that 12mm spaniard would
> you?)
> FWIW
> Frank
> 
> 
> --- Marc James Small <marcsmall@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> > At 08:07 PM 7/21/2008, Richard Knoppow wrote:
> >
> >
> >  >    I _have_ a Stillson wrench_. I think Alemite
> > was first
> >  >with grease fittings and grease guns but am not
> > sure. Its
> >  >curious how much stuff which is everyday
> familiar
> > to me is
> >  >completely unheard of by the younger folks I
> talk
> > to.
> >  >Sometimes I feel like Rip van Winkle. Of course,
> > L.A. is
> >  >full of stuff that is not only gone but has left
> > no trace
> >  >whatever. Even streets get moved.
> >  >    Anyone remember Autolite stores? Just call
> > Western Union
> >  >and ask for operator 25, "Your always right with
> > Autolite,
> >  >Goodnight."
> >
> >
> > I never realized that Stillson was a brand name
> > peculiar to western Pennsylvania, Ohio, and
> > Michigan until I went into a hardware store in
> > Williamsburg, Virginia, to buy one.  The clerk
> > cracked up laughing and said, "you must be from
> > Pittsburgh!" I acknowledged this, and he told me
> > that the generic term was "pipe wrench" -- and
> > then sold me a Stillson brand wrench, which he
> > stocked, he claimed, for Luddites such as myself.
> >
> > Sure, I remember Autolite stores.  I also recall
> > when Monkey Ward had outlets in every small town
> > and when they would undercut Sears by 10% for
> > better items.  Sears tools were great but J C
> > Penney beat them on price and quality.  Them was
> the
> > days!
> >
> > The patent for the grease nipple was granted to
> > Oscar Zerk in 1929.  Alemite was a company which
> > manufactured these.  It was absorbed into the
> > Stewart instrument company, who made the
> > speedometers for the Ford Model T,  at the same
> > time they bought out Warner to form
> > Stewart-Warner, the guys who used to make the VW
> > gasoline heaters, a necessity for those of us who
> > drive air-cooled VW's in decent climes.
> >
> > So, yes, it is properly a Zerk fitting.
> >
> > Marc
> >
> >
> > msmall@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Cha robh bàs fir gun ghràs fir!
> >
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