Yesterday's Finds-24AUG12

[Wrenchmensch]

I found these in an hour at the local flea market yesterday.  The 1/4" Husky ratchet  is 6 5/8 inches long. I bought it by mistake, think it would went with my Husky bits kit.  It didn't; it has a square opening, not the hex opening the bits require.  The ratchet does fit in the bit box's molded  opening for a ratchet in the bit box.

The Gearench Refinery Wrench was unusual for me. It is further evidence of the death of the old refinery businesses in our corner of the world.

[Provincial]

The Husky may be for refrigeration valves.  Many of them have square male shanks and 1/4" is a standard size.

[rustynbent]

sweat KK wrench!

[rusty]

odd....

RW1SG is the model, can't tell from the picture if the original head is a rigid or not...

http://www.gearench.com/products/refinery-wrench.asp

The ratchet is likely an H5126, made by New Britain after they aquired The Husky name, also made for craftsman..It is a normal ratchet, it is missing a drive plug.
There is a photo of one on Alloy...  http://home.comcast.net/~alloy-artifacts/newbritain-nonebetter-p2.html

[Wrenchmensch]

Although it sounds like the punch line of an old country joke, I pulled the plug out!  Below shows the ratchet with the plug in. I still cannot use this with the hex-shafted driver points unless I use something like a 1/4-inch socket with a 1/4-inch hex opening. The other photos I hope explain why I bought this little ratchet in the first place -- it fits in the box. However, I may have mixed in an antique ratchet with much later driver points.  I welcome more advice on this.

[rusty]

>However, I may have mixed in an antique ratchet with much later driver points

Uhh...yeah ;

The ratchet dates 1930's-1940's

I doubt the plastic case is before the 70's....

It does fit in there really nicely tho....

[sumner52000]

I like the combination pipe wrench/valve wrench.  I could use one at work.  We have lots of valve wrenches that double as hammers.  What you have would be three tools in one.