Tool brand question

[Andrew R Stewart]

So my brain has seen too many tools over the years. Please help. Back in the 1990s there were some frame building jigs/tools sold by a supplier (United tool, Nova??) named something like Nortac. A stem jig, a frame jig, fork bending forms. Can any one lend more specific info to this effort, the name of the manufacturer?

I'm compiling a photo album of my tooling and want to be as accurate as I can in crediting tools to brands. Many thanks. Andy.

[steve garro]

So my brain has seen too many tools over the years. Please help. Back in the 1990s there were some frame building jigs/tools sold by a supplier (United tool, Nova??) named something like Nortac. A stem jig, a frame jig, fork bending forms. Can any one lend more specific info to this effort, the name of the manufacturer?

I'm compiling a photo album of my tooling and want to be as accurate as I can in crediting tools to brands. Many thanks. Andy.

Yep - Nova sold the Nortac.

I think the mandrel Nova sold was by Hammill



- Garro.

[Andrew R Stewart]

Steve- Many thanks, since my post I dove into my old catalog box and found the Nova brochure listing the Nortac stuff. I agree with the likelihood that Hammill's source for their mandrel was the Nortac one too. But the Hammill has had some finishing that the Nortac didn't (and I have each). Happy Holidays, keep your torches warm and your beer cold. Andy.