Ratchets? where are the ratchets,,,,,,,??????

Quote from: mrchuck on July 27, 2012, 07:59:41 AM
Ratchets? where are the ratchets,,,,,,,??????

Here's a few:

Ahhhhhhhh, thanks!! I'm not sure what is wrong with me,,,but I love ratchets.
I just bought a 3 piece tool box because it had about 14 ratchets in the 1000 lbs of made in the USA tools in the 3 piece roll-a-way that I just bought yesterday.
What am I gonna do with a 3/4" air impact wrench with 31/2"S-K sockets down to 1"???
about 1000lbs of tools overall, just to get to the "ratchets".
I may have to check into AL-ANON cause I am definitely an addict!!!!!!

As for the refrigeration wrenches you show,,, there was a "Bonney" refrig in the box.
I put it with the "other" same type refrig types.
I like Bonney, as they are no longer making tools.

Thanks immensely for the ratchet photos,,,,as it calmed me down,,, and the straight jacket I wear when sleeping now will fit again!!!!

Bus seems to have enough refrigeration wrenches to fix every refrigerator in Texas ;P

Bus, what is the neat wood handle cog type ratchet in the last picture on the right side above the tagged ratchet?

Quote from: rusty on July 27, 2012, 08:41:10 PM
Bus seems to have enough refrigeration wrenches to fix every refrigerator in Texas ;P

Bus, what is the neat wood handle cog type ratchet in the last picture on the right side above the tagged ratchet?

It's not marked and I have never found a patent or any other information. Have you seen a similar patent.

Bus in the picture of the wrenches on the wall is a rusty 6 point hanging on top of a red one. Can you ID it as I have 1 and no info on it. Thanks

QuoteIt's not marked and I have never found a patent or any other information. Have you seen a similar patent

The earliest patent I know of for a ratchet (which you seem to have a nice example of ;P)  is also the last one I know of with an exposed external face gear and pawl. So the most I can do is speculate it is before 1850's and perhaps french from the pawl's curvy brass style.....

I asked mostly because it is a very striking ratchet :)

Quote from: rusty on July 28, 2012, 07:50:30 PM

QuoteIt's not marked and I have never found a patent or any other information. Have you seen a similar patent

The earliest patent I know of for a ratchet (which you seem to have a nice example of ;P)  is also the last one I know of with an exposed external face gear and pawl. So the most I can do is speculate it is before 1850's and perhaps french from the pawl's curvy brass style.....

I asked mostly because it is a very striking ratchet :)

Yes especially when it strikes you in the head

Bus,
   That's a very nice collection of stuff.  Thanks for sharing.
Skylab

Quote from: Neals on July 27, 2012, 11:35:59 PM
Bus in the picture of the wrenches on the wall is a rusty 6 point hanging on top of a red one. Can you ID it as I have 1 and no info on it. Thanks

The red one is an International Harvester combine cylinder turning wrench but I don't know what the top one is for (there are actually two of them hanging there).

Quote from: rusty on July 28, 2012, 07:50:30 PM

QuoteIt's not marked and I have never found a patent or any other information. Have you seen a similar patent

The earliest patent I know of for a ratchet

That's the one on the left with the tag, It's Z. W. Avery's patent of March 13. 1847, patent No. 5,009. It was assigned to Benjamin Webb and is marked: "Webb's Patent 1847". I would love to find at least one of the inserts.

http://www.datamp.org/patents/advance.php?pn=5009&id=13679&set=12