Spn1025
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I don't see USA anywhere on those 1/4 breaker bars...
I was thinking the same also. Awaiting PaulsWorkshop or FourCycle's response lol
I don't see USA anywhere on those 1/4 breaker bars...
^^^ You sure four.cycle isn't the seller?![]()
Just got delivery confirmation from the Wright nut driver guy. There's hope for some of us.
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^^^ You sure four.cycle isn't the seller?![]()
I was thinking the same also. Awaiting PaulsWorkshop or FourCycle's response lol
If you like FACOM France, this might be interesting:
FACOM Rachet J151 - 3/8" Drive - new old stock
http://www.ebay.com/itm/172171074670?_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT
$23.39, free shipping, three available. Ends in 1 day 12 hours but I assume the seller will relist (as he did before).
I am not affiliated to the seller. According to the seller "like new condition" but check out the pictures.
If these are the same I have (and I think they are), then these are fully serviceable. You can open the ratchet mechanism with just a screwdriver. After changing the grease, they should be very smooth. In the worst case, you can find a repair kit easily on the Internet.


re: Herbrand 1/4" drive
for reference only. lifted from a previous Ebay ad:
^ neither of the ratchets I got were stamped USA either. they look exactly like the one in the set pictured.
note the kit above does not contain a breaker.
as I recall, however, both extensions and universal joint I found were all marked USA.
the metric shallow and deep-wells I found were a mix of no COO and some marked "Canada".
sorry I don't have photos of all of them at the moment.
pauls_workshop said:Thanks for the added info 4C, I never have actually seen the "Made in Canada" on any Herbrand I have, so perhaps all the Canada was labelled after all. The 1/4 breakers are fine and certainly not Taiwan sourced. Taiwan in the 70's made alot of junk and not many of these kind of tools. I say those are US for sure, as are the sockets I have, all just with the little triangle symbol on them. I like my Herbrand alot. - Paul
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FACOM 11-pc METRIC offset double-end box wrench set w/pouch
10,11,12,13,14,16,16,17,18,19,21,22,23,24,27,30,32 mm
used.
one cent + $18.86 shipping now. 0 bids now. ends Tues. 05/03
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Facom-Box-E...080039?hash=item43ed99abe7:g:7ckAAOSwKfVXE7Xf
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Spn1025:
I am not seeing in that line-up Indestro 2775 or 6272, S-K 45170, or Proto 5249 or 5249BL.
I think you need to get busy.
lol the SK 45170 (Wayne) and Proto 5249 is in there.
What's the difference with the 5249BL? Edit: just black? meh, i'll pass lol. I like chrome.
And yes... time for some Indestro.
Search for Indestro 2775 comes up with nothing.
^ I don't believe the breakers are offshore stuff. The sockets just don't have the same look or feel to them as the Taiwan/Japan made stuff I sold in the 70's and 80's - who knows? It's not S-K or Indestro. But for $6 bucks for a complete set, what do you want?
There is (or was) a mess of Herbrand listed on Ebay where the "made in Canada" stamp is clearly visible, so at least part of the production was marked.

Yeah, I agree, I don't think the 1/4 breaker bars are foreign at all. I'd say certainly US made. Really nice breaker bars. Sockets with the little triangle I think are all US made too, but when their quality was perhaps not as good as earlier in the 60's. Still good stuff, like I said about same as Craftsman US from the era. I have just a few things of Herbrand from the classic 60's era but like them alot. Want to find some more of those for sure. I'm liking more and more old Indestro I find too. Surprised by how good their rachets were once I got one and their wrenches are really something special as you've said 4C. I had just some Indestro sockets in the past. Now SK, I have a ton of and love to death all of it. Just a bit of Wright. Quite a bit of Proto. I don't really need to buy any more hand tools now - have enough really except for a few fill in things here and there for sets. - Paul