And this is why I need constant adult supervision! Thanks Don.I don’t know about the box but the single knurl New Britain sockets are earlier than the double row knurled sockets. The sockets in this catalog would be single knurl.
-Don
Soooo...that 1940 catalog looked promising but, alas, my six point sockets are NM 6xx series, so my set has to fall after 1940 (NM 6X series sockets) and prior to 1948 (M 6xx series sockets).
Yes, I think I'll label it a #608 box and skip calling it the set with the spinner.
Yes, that caught my eye too...weirdness!The 1940 catalog page was the one I worked from when putting together my New Britain 1/4” drive sets.
Here is the 607 set missing the screwdriver bit.
Here is the 602 set.
The middle #608 set never made any sense to me. Why have a ratchet plug with no ratchet?
-Don
Would you consider it easier or harder than completing a Hinsdale set?
The whole time I was out in the shop scratching my head witb NB, my Indestro and Thorsen stuff was calling my name...
That's because you have them all down there!
Well, I don't know about unicorn. If I'm reading @Patrick Eubanks' comment correctly, at least four (4) Hurley patent ratchets exist. We know that AA has one, that @Oldtuleguy has two (of course!), and that Patrick apparently also has one - without the adaptor to make it work. So, more like the final confirmed sightings of the last family of dodos, one already lame, on the coast of Mauritius in 1661!
There could be more out there. Heck, there could be more here. I don't recall seeing one posted before, but none are showing up in a search of this thread or this forum on the word "Hurley".
Then again, many years from now, after we've all been hit by busses, heart attacks, dementia, or some other natural malady, OTG's ratchets won't show up on some lucky finder's search, either, and he will go away from GJ unrequited in his quest to locate other examples of the rare bird he just found, because OTG, in classic anti-Audubon/anti-Dr. Livingstone/anti-P.T. Barnum all Show little to no Tell fashion - acquiring and posting photos of near extinct creatures with as few words as possible and a casualness and an ensuing lack of exuberant fanfare that belies their near-extinction - did NOT include the word "Hurley" or the patent info (1386708 / August 8, 1921) in his post!
Note to Future Finder of #Hurley ratchet: see post #1531.
Self-cueing the belated exuberant fanfare... AWESOME acquisitions, OTG!
Yes.
-Don
That’s a beauty.
I nearly missed it - it was at the bottom of a bucket full of mostly junk, including several cheap 1/4" ratchets which all look the same at a quick glance. I stabbed my hand on something in the bucket, and was about to give up when I saw there was one more dirt-covered ratchet that looked a little nicer - there it was.
This NDF-514 wrench was displayed in a group of more modern wrenches at the local flea market Sunday. I put it in the pile and the asking price for the group I had selected was quite reasonable.
This is the "Nut Master" design, which isn't quite ratcheting, but grips better than the ratcheting designs. I don't think I'll be using it regularly, but it is worthy of display, and might actually be useful!
3/8 and 7/16 openings.
Indeed. Nice find. They branded these Blackhawk, too, after the acquisition, but I don't have any examples. Diebold (1954), to his credit, cited the Original Gangster - Carpenter, 1891, as well as others, including Henot (1934), a Frenchman, in his patent submission. Due to the timing, he could not cite Petit (1953), who is responsible for the...
...versions. He did not cite his fellow countryman, but he was almost certainly aware and inspired by it. Nice sets, Outlaw. For those who may not know, the brand name SURPANS is a portmanteau of sur pans, which translates as 'on the sides' or 'on the flats.'
What amuses (and irritates) me is people referring to vintage and historical films as "videos".Kind of like "filming people". Nobody shoots "film" any more!
