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Could use some old 1930s SK ratchet help!

Started by Skwrenchfind, November 05, 2019, 07:17:28 PM

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Skwrenchfind

Hi all, new wrench fan here. Picked up this set for $15 at a Pawn shop and could use a little ID help. It is an older socket pass through wrench with five sockets. The only marking is 105. The sockets just have fractional marks. I looked and found an SK on Alloy Artifacts, but it had a SK in a diamond along with my 105. Mine has no SK.

Could you help and tell if it's the same? Here is a link to that site. http://alloy-artifacts.org/sherman-klove.html

d42jeep

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S-K didn't put their logo on lots of their early tools. Yours looks exactly like mine. After WW2 they started using the diamond logo on virtually all of the drive tools.
-Don
Member of PHARTS-  Perfect Handle Admiration, Restoration and Torturing Society
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Skwrenchfind

Quote from: d42jeep on November 05, 2019, 07:46:09 PM
S-K didn't put their logo on lots of their early tools. Yours looks exactly like mine. After WW2 they started using the diamond logo on virtually all of the drive tools.
-Don

Thanks for the quick smarts Don!

bonneyman

How's it work, wrenchfinder? If any grindiness at all just soak it in 50/50 ATF/acetone.
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Skwrenchfind

Quote from: bonneyman on November 06, 2019, 08:54:30 PM
How's it work, wrenchfinder? If any grindiness at all just soak it in 50/50 ATF/acetone.

The old owner used part of the side of the ratchet as a hammer and bent it slightly. Thanks for the advice! I will do that. It has a good click but binds up when it hits the bad side. I will not try to turn many fasteners lol

Northwoods

I would be tempted to put that buggered edge in a vise and give it just a little squeeze to try and relieve it.
But I sometimes cause more problems than I solve.  So....
The ORIGINAL Northwoods.

Skwrenchfind