Help identifying old ratchet

[Hiatt1991]

Hi guys. I got this old 1/2" drive ratchet at a garage sale today. It's well made and doesn't appear to be a Chinese brand. It doesn't have any markings on it at all. I tried to find some when I rebuilt it but I couldn't find anything. Any help would be appreciated.

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[Stadger]

Is it all aluminum?

 

[twertsy]

Hi guys. I got this old 1/2" drive ratchet at a garage sale today. It's well made and doesn't appear to be a Chinese brand. It doesn't have any markings on it at all. I tried to find some when I rebuilt it but I couldn't find anything. Any help would be appreciated.

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Walden

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[Hiatt1991]

Is it all aluminum?

No it's pretty heavy. I think it's chromed steel.

 

[Hiatt1991]

Walden

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Thanks! I wonder why it doesn't have a manufacturers label. Do you have any idea when it was made?

 

[twertsy]

Thanks! I wonder why it doesn't have a manufacturers label. Do you have any idea when it was made?

I have a bunch with no makers marks. Probably made for a chain store.

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[elidas]

Walden

 

[DadsTools]

Very interesting ratchet, wouldn't that hub interfere with the socket?

 

[ganymede]

Very interesting ratchet, wouldn't that hub interfere with the socket?

Looks like it would but some one dis assembled it and put the gear in upside down.

 

[3baygarage]

Very interesting ratchet, wouldn't that hub interfere with the socket?

Yeah, it's on the wrong side.

 

[Hiatt1991]

Oops. That was my fault. Haha

 

[Hiatt1991]

All fixed

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[DadsTools]

All fixed

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I see....buy it's less interesting now.

 

[Hiatt1991]

I see....buy it's less interesting now.

Damn. I'll switch it back! Haha

 

[d42jeep]

I have found a few unmarked Walden ratchets and sockets. Here is an unmarked 1/4" drive ratchet.
-Don

 

[M_George]

Not sure what the plating is, but some of the ratchets plated like that are WWII era.

 

[d42jeep]

I think the plating is chrome and I believe that it is postwar. Below is an image from a 1944 Walden cat of the 1/4" set and it shows the refrigeration type ratchet. In 1945 the dark finish ratchets may be correct. Here are some shots I posted of my Walden ratchets on Twertsy's thread.
-Don