Duro-Chrome catalog???

[OldToolMan]

dose anyone have a catalog to identify what this 1/4"dr. socket is for -4549- looks like round head with 2 flats. Help... Larry

 

[BigAl62]

Picture?

 

[condition001]

I just picked up one of these and I know I've seen the fastener it fits...somewhere...at some point. Any ideas since this thread started in 2013?




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[four.cycle]

possibly a special purpose socket for a Stromberg carburetor jet?

see: https://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=439680

please let us know what is stamped on the sides of the socket.

yes, there are old Duro catalogs laying about. I just came across one digging out an old Indestro catalog.

also check HERE:
https://archive.org/details/internationaltoolcataloglibrary

 

[Wamsutta]

I could sure use one of those if it was a 1/4 inch across the flats. I have a 1/4 inch combination wrench with the jaws of the open end spread out because I was using it on something that a 1/4 inch combination wrench wasn't designed for. But a 1/4 inch double D socket would be perfect.

 

[ChrisLS8]

I remember seeing a fastener on a strut hat of some kind.

 

[four.cycle]

Wamsutta:
You might consider finding an older Billings or Williams (or possibly Bridgeport) open-end with a 1/4" opening.

Head thickness might be a wee bit more substantial than modern-day production stuff.
(Might be pure speculation on my part as well, but my Bridgeport "Hy-Power" lobster claw set is pretty beefy.)

https://www.ebay.com/itm/1950s-Vtg-...nist-Wrench-Lath-Square-Tool-USA/153780464672

https://www.ebay.com/itm/ANTIQUE-JH...SN-725-1-4x5-16-MFD-1914-24-NICE/183844250026 (looks like it might be toasted)

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Billings-Spencer-1109-1-4-Wrench/292734911489 (confirm size?)

 

[condition001]

Thanks for the information! I wouldn't have guessed carb jets. I was picturing something that would hold the threaded end of a bolt while tightening a nut, like on a strut. (Thanks for helping me remember that, ChrisLS8!)

It measures 3/8" between the flat sides.

It reads:

4549
-Duro-
Chrome
U.S.A.

I also found it in an HVAC tool kit, but it may have other uses as well...

https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/duro-chrome-vintage-ratchet-socket-411244980


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[four.cycle]

ahhhh... okay ......

see HERE:

https://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?p=7727669
#post7727669

(* scroll down just a bit in that post to find the list of contents in the kit *)

 

[metaldad]

I also found it in an HVAC tool kit, but it may have other uses as well...

https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/duro-chrome-vintage-ratchet-socket-411244980


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i have that set, in the original case, in the crypt. dont remember, off hand, how many pieces

 

[bryanrj]

I am a bit late to the party, but I am going through a Bonney RF81 28 piece refrigeration set, and it has an RF67 double D with the same dimensions (3/8 and 1/2) as the Duro-Chrome 4549. The Bonney catalog C-1 (1947), page 87 describes the RF67 as a Kerotest Valve Packing Nut Socket. An example of the packing nut is shown. I first thought that my Bonney set was a carburetor kit, but found out later that it was for refrigeration.