Craftsman Speed Spinner Ratchet

[maddawg1952]

Can I join? There are 2 in this drawer.

 

[PelicanPines]

Quote:
Originally Posted by PelicanPines
You guys would **** less if you had an extra... cough... wink... It's one of my wish list items as well.

Hey Secret Santa is coming up right Hey Secret Santa is coming up right

LOL. Thanks for the idea but I already got a blue handle one for WAY cheap because it has a nick in the handle. Doesn't matter to me but it dropped the price on ebay.

 

[nine4gmc]

All you guys with two should be ashamed of yourselves... damn hoarders...I can't find a single one...

 

[Mopar-Scooby-Doo]

Hey PelicanPines what brand are those blue handle socket drivers?

 

[gtlaw]

Those are vim

 

[PelicanPines]

Hey PelicanPines what brand are those blue handle socket drivers?

Vim tools locking 3/8 drive in stubby and long.

 

[Bdgjr215]

Heres mine got it at a flea mkt about 92-93 for 5 bucks with a long extension
On it . I was building engines at the time and i found it pretty useful.I posted
It in another thread last week about craftsman ratchets and another member
Told me me about the crazy prices on eBay. I don't use it too much anymore but
I still think its pretty cool

 

[Mopar-Scooby-Doo]

Thanks guys

 

[Rory Bellows]

Been looking for one for years with no luck. Baby bullets seem to be another unicorn.

 

[toolmaven]

I have one, too. It is in nice condition. I also have its cousin by Herbrand with a long extension and a plastic grip. Don't recall paying more than $20 for either, but I've had the Herbrand 20 years and the Craftsman about 15 years. I know I got the Craftsman at a swap meet in Alabama. The Herbrand was dead stock at an auto parts store in NJ.

 

[toolmaven]

The ell handles, item 4 in Outlaw's catalog page post are also quite uncommon these days. I don't know if Sears Craftsman ever had them in 1/4" drive, but would love to have a good one. I mess with old electro-mechanical devices other than cars. They are great for holding the "nut on the back" and slip off less easily than a regular wrench. I have found a couple each 3/8" and 1/2" and a Proto 3/4" but it only has the drive on the short end. I suppose the other end is for the pipe!

 

[four.cycle]

Craftsman 3/8" drive speed spinner ratchet
V w/butterfly selector
$65 + $5.75 shipping right now. 11 bids now. auction ends Sunday 01/03
http://www.ebay.com/itm/381505391878?_trksid=p2055119.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT

SOLD $91 (18 bids) 01/03/16

 

[four.cycle]

not a Craftsman, but here you go:

Herbrand 3/8" drive "Speedratchet" spinner ratchet
$200 + $5.25 shipping OBO "buy now"
http://www.ebay.com/itm/111870936582?_trksid=p2055119.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT

 

[Gear Wolf]

1960 to 1963 only. The patent was approved in 1959.
Short run, Long lasting.

Hey jake can you shoot me the patent # for the Spinner Ratchet?

 

[jakemac]

Doom - I've spent the morning trying to find it, but I can't remember where I originally found it on the internet. I should have saved the info, but well, you know how it goes. I did the search a year or two ago (maybe three).

I do remember that it was around the same time that the patent for the butterfly selector was done. That patent for the butterfly was applied for in 1958 and approved in 1959 (can't find that one at the moment either), so the speeder had to have been done at that time as well.

Right now, I just don't have an answer for you, sorry.

 

[cajunfirehawk]

I found this thread thru an online search and this looks like the longest one for these on GJ so here goes; 2 landed in my mailbox on the same day...

One w/blue handle;
One with ? handle;

I need to clean them up good and look at the internals for a possible rebuild but they both feel fine?

 

[jpickar]

I found this thread thru an online search and this looks like the longest one for these on GJ so here goes; 2 landed in my mailbox on the same day...

One w/blue handle;
One with ? handle;

I need to clean them up good and look at the internals for a possible rebuild but they both feel fine?

Two of the spinner ratchets! OK how much did you have to pay for them. And don't say $2 ea!
John

 

[66354dream]

Well, I just got back from checking my super secret parts stash. I had to sneak past the living trees in the magic forest, feed the dragon, and kick the three headed dog in the nuts, but once I finally remembered which gargoyle to poke in the eye to open the door, I found that I have all the parts I need to rebuild the ratchet.

Now I just need to get the damned thing apart.



Outlaw - You're probably right, I wasn't planning on playing with the handle anyway though.

Sounds like foreplay

 

[Bobcat753]

I really want to find one at a yard sale or estate sale... but I think I will have to settle for paying a premium for one on EBay. They seem really useful.

 

[cajunfirehawk]

I got one or two more...

 

[Richard Cranium]

Eight, you have 8 of them. You win, you have the most that I have seen.

 

[Outlawmws]

Eight, you have 8 of them. You win, you have the most that I have seen.

That he is showing you. I suspect he's teasing us along...

 

[jpickar]

I got one or two more...

OMG your a tool hog!!!!! No wonder there aren't any at the flea markets!
John

 

[cajunfirehawk]

That he is showing you. I suspect he's teasing us along...

I actually Do have these other three that were not in that pic above in the "rebuild phase", they were already cleaned in my ultrasonic and just need to put back together w/some superlube...Its like a sickness

 

[PelicanPines]

ELEVEN !!! I have nothing good to say now... 11 damn.

 

[Richard Cranium]

Damn, I thought I was doing good at two.
I bet I got mine cheaper then he got his.
I got both of mine at a yard sale for fifty cents each.
I paid and ran back to my car before any one could change their mind.

 

[jpickar]

I actually Do have these other three that were not in that pic above in the "rebuild phase", they were already cleaned in my ultrasonic and just need to put back together w/some superlube...Its like a sickness

Yes you are a sick, sick man!
John

 

[Outlawmws]

I actually Do have these other three that were not in that pic above in the "rebuild phase", they were already cleaned in my ultrasonic and just need to put back together w/some superlube...Its like a sickness

 

[Jim C.]

After a few years of looking for a nice one, about two years ago, I found it (background). Well, late last week, I found another one (foreground) in slightly better condition.

Jim C.

 

[Jason280]

I have spent a lot of time in pawn shops and tool stores, and still have never seen one of these in the wild...

 

[Bobcat753]

These are my two. One I bought off a member here for $100, my first speeder, and the second I just bought this past Saturday for $10. Both are the Blue handled which is cool.

 

[Jim C.]

I have spent a lot of time in pawn shops and tool stores, and still have never seen one of these in the wild...

I saw one in the wild about five years ago, and the guy wanted $75 for it. It was in bad condition to include a poorly centered "hang hole" drilled in the handle, a lot of finish loss, plenty of rust, and a good scrape on one side of the plastic handle. I passed on it.

I got my first one on eBay a couple years ago and paid full market price for it. There were a few other bidders going after it, so i didn't get it for a you **** price. I got my second one last week from a full time "tool picker." I got it for a reasonable price given its condition, and didn't have to duke it out with other bidders on eBay.

Those Cman speeders show up on eBay almost every week in conditions that can range from junk to top collector quality. Regardless of condition, every seller thinks he/she is sitting on a $100+ tool. Most that I see are user quality at best and probably not worth more than $40 - $50 at best..... and that should include free shipping. Anyway, the best place to find one is probably on eBay.

Jim C.

 

[jeejay]

Mythology 101: Unit I


Chapter 1: Unicorns

Chapter 2: Cyclops

Chapter 3: Craftsman Spinner Ratchet ranging from .50 to $25 at Pawn Shops & Yard Sales.

Chapter 4: Serpentine Swivelet? Or Loch Ness, whichever (contrivance).

 

[Snakebyt]

i want one of these, i have been looking at pawn shops here and there, but havent seen one yet

 

[jeejay]

omg, last year i happen to find a large box at an estate sale of a tool sales man with about 125 new ones in it for $38......I had no idea of the value, I made metal sculptures creatures out the tools. I used them as the body of caterpillars, spiders and ants, bent wrenched as legs and welded them to it

Sounds like the Kirk Wrench.

By the way, there's another topic here about offset ratchet adapters, which could be similar to these little speed spinners (minus the counter weight), with a swivel extension plugged in (and smaller versions of those can be made with a single ball bearing, or a piece of hose, etc). I like the functionality of such Z swivels, because they can be rotated with one hand, whereas a T swivel requires two hands.

As far as rotating a sliding T swivel, it doesn't require a weight balanced handle unless it is being free spun, so I don't think that's really necessary for rotating a Z swivel. Not that there's anything wrong with balancing it, or maybe this is optimal for certain situations too.

The Craftsmans are cool, in an Art Deco kind of way, regardless.

A pencil sharpener was patented in 1934, but never produced.

Of course, a ratcheting one was...​

 

[JohnDeere1]

I have one I don't want anymore it's a blue handle I think and I bought it from a flea market for cheap if I remember right I'm just not a fan.

 

[Richard Cranium]

You should list it in the classifieds, I am sure some one here will want it.
I ended up with 3 and I traded one of mine with a member here on G.J. and back down to only 2, But if I was to find another one cheap I would once again add to my collection.

 

[hemifalcon]

Just a couple more.. technically closer to 1-1/2 stubbies...






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[DadsTools]

Here's mine.

 

[jakemac]

Just a couple more.. technically closer to 1-1/2 stubbies...






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Oh, THE HORROR !!!!!!!