Husky tools

[Steven 33]

New one for me unmarked ratchet

Maybe this should be in craftsman who knows but the case is husky. Here's another

 

[3baygarage]

New one for me unmarked ratchet

I think you might have solved a mystery for me. This has turned out to be an interesting night.

https://www.garagejournal.com/forum...in-and-associated-thread.277603/post-10338977

 

[Steven 33]

I think you might have solved a mystery for me. This has turned out to be an interesting night.

https://www.garagejournal.com/forum...in-and-associated-thread.277603/post-10338977

It's been pretty informative for me as well ha. I may have to do a deep drive but I think it's safe to say it was made for husky but it's a little odd that the only other one I have found a picture of is yours. I should start posting more of the mystery tools I pick up someone always knows something

 

[Steven 33]

It's just crazy to me that husky is not more popular Sigmund mundl in my opinion Is one of the biggest contributors to the industry and has been involved in many innovations. I also found evidence that he was instrumental in the creation of the vanadium ratchets with his involvement with the creation of the gearless ratchets. If there are any out there I hope to one day find one of these

 

[Ricky Joe]

There weren't rockets back then......

Robert Goddard conducted the first successful rocket launch in 1926.

 

[Steven 33]

Robert Goddard conducted the first successful rocket launch in 1926.

Wow 40 feet high and probably blew everyone's mind! Simpler times I guess.

 

[Steven 33]

Husky flex head tool

 

[B Halverson]

I never researched Husky, but picked this up at a local garage sale a few weeks ago for a dollar along with some other old tools, maybe someone here can tell me about it. It is the small 5/16" size, the box etc. are the size of most manufacturers 1/4" sets. I thought it was nice because it was complete and I don't see small sets as much as I see large sets of socket tools. It is like a pack of cigarettes. I like how they bothered to mark the sockets square or hex, as if someone was going to use the tools who might need help figuring that out.

 

[Steven 33]

I never researched Husky, but picked this up at a local garage sale a few weeks ago for a dollar along with some other old tools, maybe someone here can tell me about it. It is the small 5/16" size, the box etc. are the size of most manufacturers 1/4" sets. I thought it was nice because it was complete and I don't see small sets as much as I see large sets of socket tools. It is like a pack of cigarettes. I like how they bothered to mark the sockets square or hex, as if someone was going to use the tools who might need help figuring that out.

Awesome set! One of the first versions.

 

[Steven 33]

I never researched Husky, but picked this up at a local garage sale a few weeks ago for a dollar along with some other old tools, maybe someone here can tell me about it. It is the small 5/16" size, the box etc. are the size of most manufacturers 1/4" sets. I thought it was nice because it was complete and I don't see small sets as much as I see large sets of socket tools. It is like a pack of cigarettes. I like how they bothered to mark the sockets square or hex, as if someone was going to use the tools who might need help figuring that out.

Would love to purchase if it's something you'd part with. I believe this is the version but hard to say for sure with there being different unknown versions out there and no decal left on it

 

[Oldtuleguy]

Bit hard to read but it's set no. 999. Husky also had a partnership with williams, resulting in a dual marked williams-husky set. Williams later continued to offer the set marked only Williams.

 

[B Halverson]

Would love to purchase if it's something you'd part with. I believe this is the version but hard to say for sure with there being different unknown versions out there and no decal left on it

What I notice are the dividers in the boxes, the way they are installed is different, some are in straight, some are slanted, and they are not all the same. Maybe that is a clue or a way to classify them.

 

[Oldtuleguy]

The husky only marked midget sets came in 2 known versions, the 999 set and a smaller set in a cardboard box.

 

[Steven 33]

Bit hard to read but it's set no. 999. Husky also had a partnership with williams, resulting in a dual marked williams-husky set. Williams later continued to offer the set marked only Williams.

Awesome sets! I'm still missing the earlier ones. Pretty hard to find. Funny how they did a collab because husky "wrench" co didn't make wrenches yet ha

 

[Steven 33]

 

[Oldtuleguy]

Here's one with a better label

 

[four.cycle]

because husky "wrench" co didn't make wrenches yet

^ because they were "socket wrenches" before they were just called "sockets".

 

[B Halverson]

I found a possible local history for the 5/16" no. 999 set a few posts back. It has been etched "ECE CO", and when I looked in a 1929 city directory I have on hand, I found an Erie City Electric Company, which supplied power to the city back in the day. So this set may have worked for them for a while in some way before being taken home by one of their employees? It is always fun for me when I find a name stamped or etched on a tool that I can research.

 

[Oldtuleguy]

Great research!

 

[Steven 33]

The husky only marked midget sets came in 2 known versions, the 999 set and a smaller set in a cardboard box.

Husky seems to be pretty good as far as providing accurate illustrations of their sets. Which makes me wonder if there a set out there that actually looks like the "baby set" from the cats. My only problem is that some of these sets are hard to find illustrations of. Here's a cool one I found. There's also a table showing every socket type and size they made but i forgot to save it and now cant find

 

[Steven 33]

 

[Steven 33]

Partially cleaned up. This is the heaviest set I've ever seen! Definitely heavier than a full Snap-on 7/8 drive set and Definitely cooler.

 

[Steven 33]

Husky socket size table

 

[Patrick Eubanks]

Partially cleaned up. This is the heaviest set I've ever seen! Definitely heavier than a full Snap-on 7/8 drive set and Definitely cooler.

Now that is as great as it gets.
Congrats Steven

 

[Oldtuleguy]

Nice! Here is an hd set. Looks pretty similar.

 

[Patrick Eubanks]

Nice! Here is an hd set. Looks pretty similar.

You guys are killing it this morning. Super nice set

 

[Patrick Eubanks]

Nice! Here is an hd set. Looks pretty similar.

Does the 7/8 ratchet not come with a short ratchet plug?

 

[Oldtuleguy]

It does!

 

[Patrick Eubanks]

It does!

I’m missing the plug for my 7/8”

 

[Steven 33]

Nice! Here is an hd set. Looks pretty similar.

Is that the one from ebay a while back? It's the same set as mine actually. Mines missing the speeders which I had but foolishly traded away before getting this.
There's basically 7 main sets the "baby set" then the 190 utility set i think it's called.
Then the 986
And then there's a giant set that goes up to 2-3/8 (I have most of that set but no case)
And the duel set is literally just the other 2 sets (heavy duty and standard) put together

 

[Oldtuleguy]

They had a full range of sets. Pretty scarce but worth collecting if you have the patience. I am missing some of the smaller sockets in this one, I'm sure it may take a while to fill it out.

 

[Steven 33]

They had a full range of sets. Pretty scarce but worth collecting if you have the patience. I am missing some of the smaller sockets in this one, I'm sure it may take a while to fill it out.

Oh yea definitely more sets than that like the drain plug set and multiple different williams colab sets and whatever these big 4pts came from. There's still cats that are out there somewhere.

 

[Steven 33]

They had a full range of sets. Pretty scarce but worth collecting if you have the patience. I am missing some of the smaller sockets in this one, I'm sure it may take a while to fill it out.

I could probably get you pretty close to complete on the sockets.

 

[Oldtuleguy]

I'll look to see what's missing

 

[Oldtuleguy]

I’m missing the plug for my 7/8”

Fairly easy to make out of 7/8 hex stock.

 

[Steven 33]

Check this one out

 

[Oldtuleguy]

That's a weird one!

 

[Steven 33]

That's a weird one!

Its part of this series. I have the tilting offset one and now the long solid speed Tee. Still not sure what the combination tees actually look like but slowly unearthing a lot of this stuff

 

[Oldtuleguy]

Cool. Have you located a catalog?

 

[B Halverson]

A half-inch set that came from an old man who lived several blocks from me before going into a home. He probably bought them shortly after WWII. Visited him in the home and he said he was a mechanic working on B-25 bombers during WWII on the islands off of Alaska, and got to ride along when they sank Japanese ships with a 75mm gun in the nose of the plane. I have a number of other tools that were his too.