I thought I would share this stuff.
Last year my father gifted me some of my Uncle’s vintage tools. This forced a complete reorganization of my peg boards in my shop, but it was a huge win win.
Of the cool tools I was gifted, was an Indestro Super ½” Drive Ratchet Model 3275 along with a set of sockets, flex handle breaker bar, extensions, and Tee-handles.
I have never heard of Indestro Super Tools but they were built extremely stout, so I did some digging. The web site alloy-artifacts.org has an extensive history and examples of the products from Indestro/ Duro tools. The company or both companies marked their tools with a variety of names and trademarks such as Duro Metal Products, Indestro Manufacturing Company, Duro-Bilt, Indestro Chicago U.S.A., Select Steel, Duro Chrome, Tools of Progress, Spin-Flex, Klip Tite, Chromium-Vanadium, Handy-Hex, Super Quality, Perfection, Indestro Super Tools, Powr-Kraft, Wizard, Westcraft, Westline, Ward’s Riverside, ChromeXQuality, just to name a few. The company dates back to 1916 and one of their first products was the Lilly Hoist Controller, a mechanical and electrical controller for use on safety hoists in mines. The company is best known for their wrenches and socket sets. Their products were sold by numerous companies such as Sears, McMaster-Carr, Montgomery Ward, and Western Auto and eventually closed in 1990. The company held over 34 patents and proved to be quite innovative.
Along with the stout design, the ratchet, flex handle breaker bar and extensions all have cross-bar holes for use as a Tee-handle. This design feature may be present in other brands, but this is the first time I have seen is and it infers to the stout design and quality metals used.
Given the marking on these tools I can assume they are from the 1950s. In this pic there is a few other tools that most likely date back to the 1950s.
Anyway, though it was a cool gift and wanted to share.
Last year my father gifted me some of my Uncle’s vintage tools. This forced a complete reorganization of my peg boards in my shop, but it was a huge win win.
Of the cool tools I was gifted, was an Indestro Super ½” Drive Ratchet Model 3275 along with a set of sockets, flex handle breaker bar, extensions, and Tee-handles.
I have never heard of Indestro Super Tools but they were built extremely stout, so I did some digging. The web site alloy-artifacts.org has an extensive history and examples of the products from Indestro/ Duro tools. The company or both companies marked their tools with a variety of names and trademarks such as Duro Metal Products, Indestro Manufacturing Company, Duro-Bilt, Indestro Chicago U.S.A., Select Steel, Duro Chrome, Tools of Progress, Spin-Flex, Klip Tite, Chromium-Vanadium, Handy-Hex, Super Quality, Perfection, Indestro Super Tools, Powr-Kraft, Wizard, Westcraft, Westline, Ward’s Riverside, ChromeXQuality, just to name a few. The company dates back to 1916 and one of their first products was the Lilly Hoist Controller, a mechanical and electrical controller for use on safety hoists in mines. The company is best known for their wrenches and socket sets. Their products were sold by numerous companies such as Sears, McMaster-Carr, Montgomery Ward, and Western Auto and eventually closed in 1990. The company held over 34 patents and proved to be quite innovative.
Along with the stout design, the ratchet, flex handle breaker bar and extensions all have cross-bar holes for use as a Tee-handle. This design feature may be present in other brands, but this is the first time I have seen is and it infers to the stout design and quality metals used.
Given the marking on these tools I can assume they are from the 1950s. In this pic there is a few other tools that most likely date back to the 1950s.
Anyway, though it was a cool gift and wanted to share.
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