Help identify Vintage US Made sockets

[Mumbly00]

Bought a mixed lot of tools and included were these 1/4" drive sockets, all they say on them in "made in U.S.A" and are notched all the way around.

i included a 1/4 Craftsman teardrop for size reference, since im guessing everyone knows how big those are, and the 3/16" is the same for the unknown and craftsman again for size reference.


thanks for all your help

 

[jjjrmx5]

My first guess would be Indestro.

 

[ganymede]

I will guess New Britain and that they are from an economy or starter set.

 

[Steven67fr]

I second indestro/duro metal products. They made many economy sets like that.

 

[Mumbly00]

Im not a collector, just trying to fill up my tool box, is there any value to them?

instead of starting a new thread, i have a couple WTF are they

the two metal handle ones im assuming go together since they have matching handles. the red handle with the curved neck is labeled "Canada" and the Mac i tried googling the model number, but google came up with nothing. and the wood handle looks like a leather working tool.

thanks again everyone.
hope this works this time

 

[Deskmechanic]

Clutch head screwdriver.
As for the sockets they are good for a junkyard or road set but I wouldn't personally use them as my main tools since they aren't replaceable and they have old-style corner engagement. I have some that are exactly like those in a Western Automotive box. The breaker in the set is marked Indestro but the sockets are not.

 

[ibedayank]

#1 speed square drive
#2 snapring pliers
#3 hog ring
#4 spline roller for repairing window screens??
#5 short cluth drive

 

[Mumbly00]

Boy you guys are fast

Thanks for everything

 

[jjjrmx5]

#1 speed square drive

yep--aka square Robertson drive. Unless bent and used as a prybar it's a speeder.
I;m still pondering that one. LOLZ.

#4 spline roller for repairing window screens??

That looks like a leather working or perforating tool.
Common in both hide work and the paper/printing industry for prototyping/perfing.

Screen cord/spline tools have wheels with a u-groove in them, not teeth. Or the many many I have seen/used.


As for the sockets, the low line Indestros I have are in sets where the metal holder is stamped Indestro that holds all the sockets, but each socket is only stamped with the size, no COO.

Frustrating in this day and age, but , given the current Asian tools sold, kinda a full circle.

 

[MN Falcon]

Here are a couple picts of most of an Indestro 1454 set that I have. The knurling on yours reminded me of mine, but not quite the same. My set has hex drive, but that means nothing.

Maybe you can find a better match on alloy artifacts if no one else can say for sure.

http://home.comcast.net/~alloy-artifacts/

 

[sc3013]

The splined roller thing looks like the tool I have to roll down a patch on a tire or tube for repair.

 

[katy]

"The splined roller thing looks like the tool I have to roll down a patch on a tire or tube for repair"

That's what it is, old school stuff.

 

[sk farmer]

The splined roller thing looks like the tool I have to roll down a patch on a tire or tube for repair.

"The splined roller thing looks like the tool I have to roll down a patch on a tire or tube for repair"

That's what it is, old school stuff.

^^^^^this

 

[gungatim]

The splined roller thing looks like the tool I have to roll down a patch on a tire or tube for repair.

Ayup. I have a couple of those with plastic handles, not too common anymore but old timers will know the benefit of using them when patching tubes.

 

[nyrapscalion]

Here are a couple picts of most of an Indestro 1454 set that I have. The knurling on yours reminded me of mine, but not quite the same. My set has hex drive, but that means nothing.

Maybe you can find a better match on alloy artifacts if no one else can say for sure.

http://home.comcast.net/~alloy-artifacts/

I have this same set. The writing on the end (I believe) said New Britain.
It was a bit worn off when I picked up the set.
Hex key drive is what got me to buy it.

 

[MN Falcon]

I have this same set. The writing on the end (I believe) said New Britain.
It was a bit worn off when I picked up the set.
Hex key drive is what got me to buy it.

I don't think any of the tools are marked at all. No USA, no name, just the size on the sockets. I assumed Indestro from what I saw on here when I saw the guy advertising it. It says Indestro 1454 in paint on the back of the metal holder.

Same as this one:
http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=78741

I loved the Hex drive as well.

Here is an ad from 1955 Popular Mechanics on the 1454 set I found in google books:

 

[lbgradwell]

#1 speed square drive

yep--aka square Robertson drive. Unless bent and used as a prybar it's a speeder.
I;m still pondering that one. LOLZ.

A Robertson driver - correct. The red colour means it's a size #2 and it was made by a company called Will...

It's also badly bent - perhaps on purpose to be used as a speeder - because it didn't come that way!