Recent content by nk15268

This is his channel: https://www.youtube.com/@GearWolf

Thank Priv Lugnutz! I tried going on the MVPA site but couldn't seem to navigate my way to a forum there. If anyone is a member or knows someone, feel free to refer them to this post or email me. I'd love to see this go to someone who could actually use it, whether for display or actually using...

Close up of the bolt head markings. (Matching Parkerized finished, cat for scale)

This metal sales cabinet of Lamson and Sessions bolts was in my grandfather's workshop for over half a century. He was born in 1905 and passed in 1991. He was a classic handyman. This is his untouched, original, Lamson and Sessions box of nuts and bolts that would have been used for stock at a...

An update to this thread. I fell down a youtube rabbithole and found a guy who is documenting craftsman ratchets for a book. He said both the "Stainless" and "Lifetime" ratchets were stainless steel, just a slightly different mix of metallurgy. (He tested them) BTW, I have been using my 43765...

Bill, Thank you so much for the reply. I appreciate your comments on my recently-passed father-in-laws mystery tools. Though you indicated previously that his two Jo-Tru's were not a military gear, I was actually able to narrow down his years of service in Viet Nam. (Somewhat more poignant...

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My wife came back from the in-laws house with more tools from my father-in-law. I found another JOTRU 10A!!!. This one has a ratcheting head and breaks at 75 inch pounds. It also has an interesting hand etched series of numbers on the shank: "527A04007-13". What say you, Grayspoked?

That's great. I was made in 1962 as well. Mom went into labor during the Cuban Missile Crisis. Gee, no stress there!

That is so cool! You are an amazing source of information. By tang do you mean the socket attachment point? It is 3/8" drive.

No markings other than what's in the photos. It's a mystery tool. :)

I gently placed it in a vice and used an appropriate socket and inch-pound, beam-style, torque wrench: 50 inch pounds is the break away in either direction.

I was contemplating the exact same idea! I will update with the results.

No other information on the tool. I thought (from reading this thread) that the "10A" might be 10 foot pounds?