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Title: unmarked 1/4" drive ratchet
Post by: lptools on March 18, 2017, 06:01:07 PM

Hello, I hope that I have not posted this before. This is a 1/4" Drive Ratchet, no markings, single screw on cover plate, shifter knob closer to the top of the head. Overall length is 5". Thanks, Lou

Title: Re: unmarked 1/4" drive ratchet
Post by: Northwoods on March 18, 2017, 07:05:40 PM

If it's a true 1/4", wouldn't it be an unmarked Plomb WF-8S?

Title: Re: unmarked 1/4" drive ratchet
Post by: lptools on March 18, 2017, 07:13:12 PM

Hello, Northwoods. It is a true 1/4" drive, mic'd at .248. Thanks, Lou

Title: Re: unmarked 1/4" drive ratchet
Post by: EVILDR235 on March 19, 2017, 02:30:04 AM

I don't know why Plomb made some of those ratchets without a name. Being WWII era stuff maybe it was to confuse the Nazi's. I just got a unmarked one in 9/32 drive. I believe I have that style of Plomb in 1/4, 9/32, 3/8 and 1/2 drive sizes all unmarked. Did Plomb ever make a 3/4 or 1 inch in that style of ratchet ?

EvilDr235

Title: Re: unmarked 1/4" drive ratchet
Post by: lptools on March 19, 2017, 08:50:00 AM

Hello, Northwoods. Thanks for pointing me in the right direction. I looked at AA, this sure looks like a Plomb WF-8 S 1/4" Drive Ratchet. I looked agin for markings, nothing found. Thanks again, Lou

Title: Re: unmarked 1/4" drive ratchet
Post by: Northwoods on March 19, 2017, 02:55:24 PM

Quote from: EVILDR235 on March 19, 2017, 02:30:04 AM

I don't know why Plomb made some of those ratchets without a name. Being WWII era stuff maybe it was to confuse the Nazi's. I just got a unmarked one in 9/32 drive. I believe I have that style of Plomb in 1/4, 9/32, 3/8 and 1/2 drive sizes all unmarked. Did Plomb ever make a 3/4 or 1 inch in that style of ratchet ?

EvilDr235

Never heard of one.
I would like to get ahold of a 1/2" Proto in that. Style. They do exist.