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1/4" drive ratchet set ID

Started by swervncarz, September 13, 2014, 05:03:45 PM

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swervncarz

September 13, 2014, 05:03:45 PM
Does anyone know who made this ratchet set? Ratchet, breaker & Extention are unmarked, sockets say Chrome Vanadium Steel. Found it hiding in an old SK socket box!




lbgradwell

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September 13, 2014, 05:08:44 PM
I believe the origins were determined to have been Wright...

Kijiji King

lauver

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September 18, 2014, 09:59:02 AM
Quote from: lbgradwell on September 13, 2014, 05:08:44 PM
I believe the origins were determined to have been Wright...

LG,

I agree with you on the drive tools, but the socket doesn't look Wright; it looks S-K to me.
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EVILDR235

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September 18, 2014, 12:17:59 PM
That flex handle looks like S&K also to me.

EvilDr235

anglesmith

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September 18, 2014, 05:47:18 PM
Having been caught before! Is it 1/4"??
Graeme

swervncarz

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September 18, 2014, 09:26:22 PM
Quote from: anglesmith on September 18, 2014, 05:47:18 PM
Having been caught before! Is it 1/4"??
Graeme

It's definitely 1/4" drive

swervncarz

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September 18, 2014, 09:30:16 PM
Quote from: lauver on September 18, 2014, 09:59:02 AM
Quote from: lbgradwell on September 13, 2014, 05:08:44 PM
I believe the origins were determined to have been Wright...

LG,

I agree with you on the drive tools, but the socket doesn't look Wright; it looks S-K to me.

I was thinking the same about the sockets, the shape of them looks a lot like some 1/2"drive sk sockets that I have. I don't know anything about old Wright tools & don't see anything that resemble these in searches. Anyone have any links that may show me something?

rusty

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September 19, 2014, 04:52:54 PM
Also think the socket looks like SK, blended taper, knurl, offset line are similar to 40's-50's SK designs.

Odd for it to not say SK tho, SK was more care full than most about hiding it's marks for contract production, Craftsman sockets are distinctly different, as are the MW and Brazil tools..

Just a weathered light rust/WD40 mix patina.

EVILDR235

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September 20, 2014, 10:25:07 PM
I have several S&K flex handles both marked and unmarked. They all look just like yours.

EvilDr235

Billman49

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September 22, 2014, 03:17:51 AM
In the UK 7/32" drive socket sets, usually made by Britool of Sheffield, were made to Goverment contract and often found second hand post WW2. They came in a sturdy tin box, the size of a pencil case, with 0 to 10 BA sockets and a braided flexible drive as well as a tee bar and straight extension... why they were 7/32" and not 1/4" remains a mystery....

lbgradwell

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September 22, 2014, 09:28:23 AM
Quote from: Billman49 on September 22, 2014, 03:17:51 AM
... why they were 7/32" and not 1/4" remains a mystery....

Very likely so they would not "grow legs" and follow the workers home!

Kijiji King

Papaw

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September 22, 2014, 11:35:05 PM
Like the 9/32 Wright Field ones.
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EVILDR235

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September 23, 2014, 03:18:59 AM
I have several Snap-On flex handles in 9/32 drive with a G date code. WW2 military contract tools.

EvilDr235

Billman49

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September 26, 2014, 03:21:57 AM
Sorry, mind not working - I think my UK ones are 9/32" not 7/32" (like the Snap on ones).....

Charles Garrett

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September 26, 2014, 10:51:37 AM
DURING THE WAR THERE WERE 3 PHASE DRILL MOTORS FOR PRODUCTION LINE @ cURTIS wRIGHT IN stl AND TURNED UP IN GREAT QUANTITIES AFTER IN JUNK STORES.   Chuck Garrett
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