DUNLAP Tools

Re: DUNLAP Tools

Jay Samuels

>I have a couple. I have ground them into skews. They're ok, but they are not Witherbys.

Re: DUNLAP Tools

Bob Hackett

>I have afew and I`d put them up there with Stanley and Greenlee.Not a great chisel,but not a toad either.

Mainely,Bob

GERMANY on back

Ernie Miller Topeka

>They are stamped GERMANY on the back so that would heve them being made befor WWII I would think. any ideas who might have made them for sears?

Re: GERMANY on back

Jay Samuels

>Ernie: So are mine, but I'm not sure that makes them pre-war. They don't strike me as being over 70 years old, and I think post-was material is just marked "Germany", not "Federal Republic of Germany" or the like. But I have no idea who might have made them.

Re: GERMANY on back

Ernie Miller Topeka

>I thought after the war things were marked west Germany. I have been wrong befor.

Well, duh, Ernie - Germans

Bill Houghton, Sebastopol, CA

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Re: Well, duh, Ernie - Germans

Ernie Miller Topeka

>Come on Bill 50 years from know people will be asking about made in america will you say united states? that could be wrong. I was hoping for a company name.

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Jeremy Osner

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dunlap tools for sears

Nancy Wright

>We recently were given an old lathe. It is marked Dunlap tools but also is marked with Sears insignia. It is model # 5340601. We are trying to find a owners manual for it. Any help out there? Thanks

Re: dunlap tools for sears

Ernie Miller Topeka

>Them machines are pretty simple not alot to learn from a manual. do you have specific questions? if so maby we can help. you also might ask on the turning page to the left in the brown bar. If you ask more questions here start a new thread as many people will miss it way down here.

Re: dunlap tools for sears *LINK*

Bill Houghton, Sebastopol, CA

>This maybe isn't the best forum for your question, since we focus on cholesterol-powered hand tools - although I've found the collective knowledge here pretty extensive. You might inquire at the Old Woodworking Machines site, link below. There's a discussion forum there, too. As Ernie suggests, you might also post your question on the turning forum here.

Dunlap was a "second-tier" line for Sears, so it's not surprising that you'd find both logos (logi?). Still, I often find that "homeowner-grade" tools from the 1940's and early 1950's are about as heavy and often as rugged as "pro-grade" stuff sold now - so this may be a worthwhile restoration project. A lot depends on the size of components.


Old Woodworking Machines

Re: DUNLAP Tools

Robert Richard

>My grandfather left me a (Sears)Dunlap 1/2" drill.

Model #1071345 Can anybody date it and maybe give me an idea as to it's worth as a collectible, if any?