Mystery Ratchet! What is it?
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ganymede
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Head crimp, selector lever and drive plug look Duro. The handle is throwing me off though.
Beneath the rust on the cover plates you may find markings.
Beneath the rust on the cover plates you may find markings.
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Do a search for N.F. McNaught ratchet. That one looks right to me.
d42jeep
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That's good spotting, User Name. McNaught was one of the founders of Duro/Indestro.
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You're welcome. That's a neat looking ratchet. I don't have one myself...yet.
Looks like Ganymede was pretty much spot on as well. All the similarities with Duro Metal made ratchets makes perfect sense with the McNaught connection.
Looks like Ganymede was pretty much spot on as well. All the similarities with Duro Metal made ratchets makes perfect sense with the McNaught connection.
four.cycle
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Indestro / Duro-Chrome.
I'm inclined to think Indestro on that model because of the handle design.
From other comments here about that model (and a couple others) I am also inclined to think it was made for one of their private-label accounts or possibly a military/GSA contract.
see the "Duro Ratchet?" thread HERE: http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=36699
see posts # 45, 46, 57, and 61
from what I have been able to suss out, it's a model 677, the drive adapter is a model 3215 (the mushroom-head one with the knurling)
patent number is the give-away: 1902878
the patent was issued 1933 - that's not necessarily an indication that the unit itself is that old. they used that design (and patent number) clear up into the late 1950s (or early 1960s). my model # 3201 uses the same patent number as well.
I'm inclined to think Indestro on that model because of the handle design.
From other comments here about that model (and a couple others) I am also inclined to think it was made for one of their private-label accounts or possibly a military/GSA contract.
see the "Duro Ratchet?" thread HERE: http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=36699
see posts # 45, 46, 57, and 61
from what I have been able to suss out, it's a model 677, the drive adapter is a model 3215 (the mushroom-head one with the knurling)
patent number is the give-away: 1902878
the patent was issued 1933 - that's not necessarily an indication that the unit itself is that old. they used that design (and patent number) clear up into the late 1950s (or early 1960s). my model # 3201 uses the same patent number as well.
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