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    Van Norman History (currently owned by?)

    We have a press where I work that has two tags riveted on the frame. The top one says "Van Norman Machine Company, Division of Universal American Corp. Springfield 7, Mass. U.S.A. Manufactured By" and on a seperate tag underneath it says "F. A. Nugier Co.,6374 Arizona Circle, Los Angeles 45...
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    Favorite hand tool brands no longer available

    Owatonna Tool Company or just OTC, pullers of all kinds, bearing splitters, slide hammers, hydraulic presses. Bit of a stretch to call a press a hand tool but hand pumped at least. I have'nt bought any in years but I believe they got bought out by Bosch. Not sure of the present quality or where...
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    Favorite hand tool brands no longer available

    I'm with Joe Michaels as far as wood hammer handles. A while back I needed to replace a broken handle on a Blue Point ball peen hammer. The Snap On guy said he didn't have any handles on the truck but he did have a new encased-in-plastic ball peen I could replace it with. I told him to order a...
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    Favorite hand tool brands no longer available

    Hello everyone, this is my first PM post, hope its not a rehash of a previous post. This is something of a continuation of rivett608's "Happy new year" post. My question is what are some hand tool brands that were favorites of yours but are no longer available, at least in the form you once...
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