The History & Lore of GearWrench / KD Tools
In this video we go over the history of K-D Tools, and the origin story of GearWrench.
How K-D created GearWrench, and then later got replaced by GearWrench.
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Kulp Patents:
https://patents.google.com/?inventor=...
https://patents.google.com/?assignee=...
GearWrench patent:
https://patents.google.com/patent/US5...
KD Tools History:
http://alloy-artifacts.org/k-d-manufa...
Apex Factory Closing:
https://www.thestate.com/news/busines...
1934 KD Catalog:
https://archive.org/details/k-d-tools...
1942 KD Catalog:
https://archive.org/details/k-d-tools...
1969 KD Catalog:
https://archive.org/details/k-d-tools...
2006 GearWrench Catalog:
https://archive.org/details/gear-wren...
2010 KD Catalog:
https://archive.org/details/manualzil...
Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:24 Early Days of K-D
01:10 K-D Gets Bought Out
01:45 The GearWrench is Born
02:37 Apex Era & Closures
03:32 GearWrench Replaces K-D
04:07 Final Thoughts