Show your Indestro and Duro-Chrome tools

[Cope]

My humble 3/8" socket set.

I worked for an auto parts in high school (1964-65), and bought that set. Cost was something like $18.95. In 1966 I traded it to a Snap-on dealer for the exact same pieces in Snap-on and he gave me my money back toward the Snap-on set. IIRC, the Snap-on set was $48.00

 

[four.cycle]

Indestro Select 919 921 922 923 924 15° offset medium double end box wrench 01 by four.cycle, on Flickr

Indestro Select 919 921 922 923 924 15° offset medium double end box wrench 02 by four.cycle, on Flickr

Indestro Select 919 921 922 923 924 15° offset medium double end box wrench 03 by four.cycle, on Flickr

Indestro Select 919 921 922 923 924 15° offset medium double end box wrench

top to bottom:
919 - 1/4" x 5/16" (early 12-point)
921 - 3/8" x 7/16" (early 12-point)
922 - 1/2" x 9/16" (early 12-point)
923 - 5/8" x 11/16" (early 12-point)
924 - 3/4" x 25/32" (early 12-point)

 

[WagonHo!]

Durachrome baby waterpumps

 

[Toothaker]

Not my listing, just something I spotted tonight on CL. Duro socket set for $50.

http://stillwater.craigslist.org/tls/5911110990.html

 

[Outlawmws]

I added another complete set, in the rack, of 1/4" hex drive Duro sockets to the collection last Sat. So I figured I'd roll out the sets for a pic (I may have shown the prior sets before) US patent 2065340 - awarded Dec 22, 1936: https://www.google.com/patents/US2065340

Its the small green set font and center:

All I ever seem to see are 1/4" and 1/2" drive; did they make any in 3/8's? I have seen none, and the two drive sizes overlap for 7/16, so maybe they figured they had it covered...

 

[bonneyman]

Really liking that top set, outlaw. Love how the allen wrench fits into the female ratchet.

As far as there being a 3/8" set, I've never seen one.

 

[Outlawmws]

Thank Bonneyman. Both 1/2" sets are the same but the top one somebody spray bombed, probably to ID it as theirs.

 

[four.cycle]

"...did they make any in 3/8's?"

It would seem that they did:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/201749811249?_trksid=p2055119.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT

Here is a snip from the 1948 Indestro catalog that shows four different 3/8" hex drive sets. The red line through the part number indicates the item has been discontinued.

 

[four.cycle]

Indestro Select 929 1/4" x 5/16" short 45° offset double-end wrench (early 12-point)

Indestro Select 929 1/4" x 5/16" short 45° offset double-end box wrench 01 by four.cycle, on Flickr

Indestro Select 929 1/4" x 5/16" short 45° offset double-end box wrench 02 by four.cycle, on Flickr

Indestro Select 929 1/4" x 5/16" short 45° offset double-end box wrench 03 by four.cycle, on Flickr

Indestro 136 pocket (ignition) screwdriver (early yellow handle)

Indestro 136 small pocket (ignition) screwdriver by four.cycle, on Flickr

 

[Jim_No_Garage]

I have 3 Indestro ratchets:

A 3/8" drive Indestro Super Flex Head (#2736)
A 1/2" drive Indestro Super (#3275)
A 1/2" drive Indestro "open head" (#8470?)

Jim

 

[Outlawmws]

It would seem that they did:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/201749811249?_trksid=p2055119.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT

Here is a snip from the 1948 Indestro catalog that shows four different 3/8" hex drive sets. The red line through the part number indicates the item has been discontinued.

Thanks 4C, Not too surprised they discontinued the 3/8...

 

[CRTDI]

A first for me, DBE battery pliers...

 

[twertsy]

A first for me, DBE battery pliers...

Cool! Never seen one of those!

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[firworks]

I realized I never posted this cool Indestro speeder I found at a local antique mall:
View media item 65837View media item 65838

 

[Rileysan]

Interesting how I immediately thought of you Indestro aficionados (Specifically four.cycle and Twertsy) when I picked this up this Indestro Super 3575 4" adjustable wrench out of a box of junk in a pawn shop. I cleaned it with some WD and a wire brush. Works perfectly! Paid a buck for it.

Brian

 

[four.cycle]

^ that's curious. mine has a different part number stamped on it. nice find.

Indestro Super 3585A 4 inch adjustable wrench by four.cycle, on Flickr

 

[ryan20021982]

2 Duro Chrome I picked up over the last few weeks in other lots

1 Standard 11/16"
1 Tappett Wrench 5/8" - 11/16"

 

[twertsy]

Here are my Duro/Indestro socket & drive tool drawers.





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[ryan20021982]

Alright you win twertsy, you could have 1 upped me with just 3 wrenches and you post 2 drawers full

 

[twertsy]

Alright you win twertsy, you could have 1 upped me with just 3 wrenches and you post 2 drawers full

Lol............don't get me started on my wrench drawers!

Duro/Indestro is VERY plentiful around here, flooding almost every tool related flea market table.

 

[Rileysan]

^ that's curious. mine has a different part number stamped on it. nice find.

Indestro Super 3585A 4 inch adjustable wrench by four.cycle, on Flickr

Perhaps it's the finish that's different on yours?

 

[four.cycle]

sorry... I wasn't thinking. you are correct:

3575 - 4" adjustable black
3585A - 4" adjustable chrome

same/same down the line: 3586, 3587, 3588, 3589, 3590 (6, 8, 10, 12, and 15-inch, respectfully.)

catalog says they even had repair kits available for them! who knew?

 

[Motorman55]

These Indestro 145 offset stamped steel wrenches came in an old Craftsman gray and red tool box I bought a couple weeks ago. I paid $10.00 for the box and there were some vintage tools in it along with these.

Anybody know what year they were produced?

 

[four.cycle]

They are shown in the 1935 catalog and the 1948 catalog. They do not appear in the 1959 catalog.

 

[ganymede]

View media item 67245Those 4 inch adjustables look Williams-ish.
Here's a couple of 8 inchers, one Fleet/Penens and the other Indestro Super.
I guess Duro went through different suppliers for their adjustables...

 

[four.cycle]

hmmm.... I'm not so sure on that.... I have Indestro Super chrome adjustables in 4, 6, and 8-inch. (not sure if I have a 10?)
Perusing Ebay ads just a couple days ago I ran across a "Power-Kraft" 10-inch adjustable with a "D" stamping on it.
I am more inclined to think Duro/Indestro was making them for others, not the other way around.

 

[four.cycle]

posted in another thread, but I'll put them here as well.

top to bottom:
3270 1/2" drive RHFT (52-tooth) flex-head ratchet
3275 1/2" drive RHFT (52-tooth) ratchet - later 3-point selector
3275 1/2" drive RHFT (52-tooth) ratchet - early 4-point selector
3220H 1/2" drive 11½ inch breaker - knurled round handle (earlier version - probably 1950's, early 1960's)
6272 3/8" drive pear-head (24-tooth) ratchet (just for scale)

 

[d42jeep]

Here are some Duro and Indestro ratchets. The two Duro marked ones I recently found on eBay. One is 1/2" drive and the other is 3/8" drive.
-Don

 

[gambo53]

My 1/4 sets from the 1970's

 

[Local]

Beautiful set gambo

 

[BFBOB]

I just scanned this whole thread - 22 pages - yikes!
I only saw one wrench of this Duro-Chrome Streamlined Dart style pictured, by Ryan. That seems to me to add credence to Alloy-Artifacts' info that they were made only in 1942-45, and therefor pretty rare.
War production, cadmium plated. I ran across this info while researching something else and the distinctive design stuck in my head. Then, last week I stumbled across this 9/16 digging through the boneyard at a flea market, and grabbed it! Considering the load I got for a tenner, this guy cost me less than a dollar.

Anyone care to chime in as to AA's dating? It's my only source so far (haven't checked ToolArchives yet) , but I'd be interested in confirmation/refutation.

 

[four.cycle]

^ I think you're going to have to defer to AA for the present.
Closest Duro Chrome catalog available is 1939.
Closest Indestro catalogs available are 1935 and 1948.
That hole in the middle is an unknown.

Sure it's a cad plating and not nickel? Looks pretty bright in the photo.

 

[twertsy]

I just scanned this whole thread - 22 pages - yikes!
I only saw one wrench of this Duro-Chrome Streamlined Dart style pictured, by Ryan. That seems to me to add credence to Alloy-Artifacts' info that they were made only in 1942-45, and therefor pretty rare.
War production, cadmium plated. I ran across this info while researching something else and the distinctive design stuck in my head. Then, last week I stumbled across this 9/16 digging through the boneyard at a flea market, and grabbed it! Considering the load I got for a tenner, this guy cost me less than a dollar.

Anyone care to chime in as to AA's dating? It's my only source so far (haven't checked ToolArchives yet) , but I'd be interested in confirmation/refutation.

I have several of those waiting to be posted. I'll move them up in the priority list.

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[bonneyman]

Here are some Duro and Indestro ratchets. The two Duro marked ones I recently found on eBay. One is 1/2" drive and the other is 3/8" drive.
-Don

Me likes that ratchet design, Don. I have a couple in my bench rotation.

 

[BFBOB]

^ I think you're going to have to defer to AA for the present.
Closest Duro Chrome catalog available is 1939.
Closest Indestro catalogs available are 1935 and 1948.
That hole in the middle is an unknown.

Sure it's a cad plating and not nickel? Looks pretty bright in the photo.

The brightness is to some extent a trick of the light. It changes a lot as you hold it in your hand and move it around. I'm pretty sure it's cadmium - on very close inspection it shows a lot more wear than I'd expect from nickel, especially given the lack of overall signs of use. The whole thing doesn't show in this photo, but overall it's singularly lacking in nicks, scratches dings and the like. Also, AA favors cad for wartime plating.

Just my observations and opinion, I can't be certain.

 

[Brorex]

I added another complete set, in the rack, of 1/4" hex drive Duro sockets to the collection last Sat. So I figured I'd roll out the sets for a pic (I may have shown the prior sets before) US patent 2065340 - awarded Dec 22, 1936: https://www.google.com/patents/US2065340

Its the small green set font and center:

All I ever seem to see are 1/4" and 1/2" drive; did they make any in 3/8's? I have seen none, and the two drive sizes overlap for 7/16, so maybe they figured they had it covered...

I just seen this post. These look similar to what you have there. I don't see indestro or any other company name on them. There is a patent date.

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[four.cycle]

^ The Dec. 31, 1918 patent was issued to Sedgley

http://www.datamp.org/patents/displayPatent.php?id=28364

R.F. Sedgley, Inc., Philadelphia, PA. / http://alloy-artifacts.org/other-makers-p3.html#sedgley

And yes, Indestro did make 3/8" hex drive socket sets contained in various types of holders. I posted a couple pages of them previously in this thread. Also posted here:
http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=344222

 

[four.cycle]

* see also post immediately below *

* see also: http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?p=6348401#post6348401

 

[four.cycle]

* see also post immediately above *







* see also: http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?p=6348401#post6348401

 

[Outlawmws]

I didn't know those came in 4 & 5 pc sets! I always assumed the ones missing a couple were just missing them!

Maybe I have more complete sets than I realized...