Craftsman Set

[Levaughn]

Does this look like a complete Craftsman set, or are the pieces mix and match? Plus approx how old is it? There are no model numbers on any of the tools. Thanks.

3/8 - 3/4 12pt. Sockets
"V" Selector Switch Ratchet
13/16 Spark Plug Socket
3/8 Universal
5/8 6pt. Flex Socket
10 inch Extension
3 inch Extension
10 inch Breaker Bar
10 inch Sliding Breaker Bar
15 1/2 inch Speed Wrench

 

[alinc100]

From the 1960 Catalog :

 

[Levaughn]

Thanks! It seems it's missing the middle extension and that bar between the Breaker Bar and the Ratchet.

 

[Jim C.]

Here’s what the set set looked like back in 1960.

Jim C.

 

[Levaughn]

Thanks. I see the Ratchet doesn't go with the set. What was that plain skinny bar used for?

 

[Private Lugnutz]

If you mean the crossbar, it's to spin the hinge handle ("flex handle") in its upright position. A good reminder that the modern, colloquial "breaker bar" is a very narrowly defining term.

Nice find. And nice set, Jim.

 

[Jim C.]

Yeah, what Lugz says! Thanks sir! The only thing I might add is that those cross bars were available for breaker bars in all three drive sizes (1/4”, 3/8” and 1/2”). They’re not the easiest things to find. They do show up on eBay occasionally.

Jim. C.

 

[Levaughn]

If you mean the crossbar, it's to spin the hinge handle ("flex handle") in its upright position. A good reminder that the modern, colloquial "breaker bar" is a very narrowly defining term.

Nice find. And nice set, Jim.

Thanks. I bought it at an estate sale about ten years ago. The pieces were scattered in different tool boxes. In my other tools, I may have a crossbar and the correct ratchet.

 

[Levaughn]

I found a cross bar in my collection of tools. I couldn't locate a ratchet but I came close. The selector looks the same, but it has the -VG- # 44811 model number on it.

 

[Jim C.]

Nice job finding the cross bar! Those are not always easy to come by. The ratchet you’re looking for was manufactured at some point between 1956 and 1959/60. The ratchet you have was manufactured in the mid 1990s.

Jim C.

 

[Levaughn]

Thanks. The search is on!

 

[Jim C.]

If you click on the Craftsman Teardrop Ratchet Type Study link below, you’ll go to page one of the type study. The ratchet you’re looking for is a Type 1, which is described in the first reply.

Jim C.

 

[Levaughn]

These are two other sets I have. One is a Fleet and the other is a Wright. The Fleet is missing the 9/16, and the Wright is missing the 9/16 & 1/2. If there was more in either of the sets, I'd be glad to know. Thanks.