Quick Spot & Quick Spot Jr.

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Tool Description:

“The present invention relates to tools for locating and
identifying the center of an aperture such as in workpieces
or in templates for laying out and drilling a plurality of
apertures in workpieces.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a tool
for rapidly locating the center of apertures of various configurations and sizes and which is relatively simple and
economical to manufacture.

It is also an object to provide such a tool for centering
a center drill within the aperture of a workpiece or a template to enable precise drilling of the hole in the desired location.”

From the original patent’s description of the “Quick Spot” Centering Tool.

How to use the Quick Spot:

1. Roughly center it in the hole.

2. Press down to center the unit.

3. Make sure the unit is centered

4. Hold it at 90* firmly, and strike the center shaft firmly.

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Dating a Quick Spot

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The three ways to date a Quick Spot punch are:

No Stampings or mention of patents
Stamping on body of tool with company name, and “Patent Pending”
Stamping on body of tool with company name and “Patent 3,191,462”
<Unknown information> Raised and contoured top instead of flat top.

These two Quick Spot Punches are NOS – “New Old Stock” and have never been used.

We are able to accurately date when these were manufactured from a few details that are on the packaging.

From the Glastonbury address that is listed, it shows that it was manufactured after 1954.

From the JT Slocomb Globe logo, it was manufactured at the latest at 1959.

So both of these Quick Spot Punches were manufactured between 1954 – 1959.