Post up your Thorsen tools!

[four.cycle]

^ all the drive tools should be really easy to find except the speeder.

 

[bonneyman]

I have a Thorsen speeder. But it's 3/8" and not that old.

I normally don't grab speeder handles but being I have a bit of Thorsen I thought it would be smart to grab it when I found it.

 

[four.cycle]

^ that 1420 was a 1/4" drive set. the 62M speeder is a skinny thing. slighty better image:


Thorsen 1420 20-pc 1/4" drive SAE socket set - 1955 Thorsen catalog No. 12155SS

contents: 6M, 7M, 8M, 8MS, 9M, 10M, 10MS, 11M, 12M, 12MS, 14M, 16M, 18M, 33M, 42M, 50M, 53M, 62M, 77M

the set did not originally contain the model 80M spinner handle

 

[bonneyman]

Yeah, 10-4. I was going to donate my speeder to help him complete his set, but mine was 3/8".

 

[Provincial]

bmw has first dibs on my 62M, but if he passes, it will be available.

 

[four.cycle]

^ a 62M is about the only Thorsen piece I do not own in 1/4" drive, I think, but I'm not sure I have that box.

I do have an NOS 62J laying around here somewhere that's never been used. (3/8" drive)

 

[bmwrd0]

Funny enough, I found a 1/4" Thorsen speeder the other day, but it doen't fit my 1420 box. We will see about the one Provincial has. I have the feeling that they are like Plomb, and the bends got changed at some point.

 

[gleman]

I scored a 3/8" metric 12 pt. Set in a nice metal caddy for two bucks.

They are marked 61410 for 10mm 61409 for 9mm. Does anyone know the vintage of these?

 

[four.cycle]

I have the feeling that they are like Plomb, and the bends got changed at some point.[/quite]

I have never had my eyes on a Plomb, but those Thorsen units I've see in various photos looked awfully damn skinny to me. I do not think it would require much effort to turn one into a pretzel.

 

[Lesserstore]

I scored a 3/8" metric 12 pt. Set in a nice metal caddy for two bucks.

They are marked 61410 for 10mm 61409 for 9mm. Does anyone know the vintage of these?

1990s to 2000s as they are made in Taiwan.

 

[four.cycle]

There's a set of 3/8" drive 6-point Thorsen metric sockets right now on Ebay for just under $30 bucks, but I did not post them in the "hot deal" thread because the 13mm is missing and the 17mm looks to be trashed. ( HERE ) <-- these are U.S. made.
Thorsen started bringing the Taiwan-made stuff into country in the mid-1980s, but it took them a while to convert over to the 5-digit part numbering system, so LS is most likely closer on vintage with "1990s - 2000s".

 

[bmwrd0]

All of the 1/4" speeders I have seen are whip thin, doesn't matter who made them.

 

[four.cycle]

^ Interesting. I do not believe I've ever used one, and I don't think I own more than two or three, and they're all 3/8" or 1/2".
I guess I never worried about acquiring any 1/4" speeders because I don't have any 1/4" sets in boxes that long!

 

[d42jeep]

I thought that I had one in my user toolbox but when I checked today it turned out to be a lookalike Proto,
-Don

 

[Oldtuleguy]

I have a giller version

 

[RTM]

That reminds me, I passed on a Giller box full of junk last weekend, if interested, I can grab it for someone, Long and skinny, like four.cycle posted above.

 

[four.cycle]

^ oooo don't pass up Giller boxes - they're built like tanks.

 

[stormking]

Stayed home this weekend so decided to go to an estate sale yesterday. I almost couldn't believe this 3/8" circle TT marked ratchet was sitting in a box of newer tools. It's in perfect condition and looks to have been used very little.
77tt by https://www.flickr.com/photos/119819727@N06/, on Flickr

 

[stormking]

Side view.
77tt by https://www.flickr.com/photos/119819727@N06/, on Flickr

 

[bonneyman]

That is a nice one. Great snag!

 

[3baygarage]

Great find.

 

[d42jeep]

I’m jealous. I’d like to find one of those in the wild! Nice grab.
-Don

 

[d42jeep]

I united my newest Thorsen red box set with the other red box sets at my summer home. The set on the lower left is a 1/4” drive Giller box with a mix of Giller, Action and Thorsen tools.
-Don

 

[stormking]

Like that Yankee Doodle Special.

 

[honza.vosalik]

Here's my board. I just put it up on the wall at my new house today

 

[Username already in use]

Here's a pair of 3/8" drive ACTION Pat. Pending ratchets that I picked up from the flea.
Same ratchet, different handle. I hadn't seen the paddle style handle before.

 

[four.cycle]

I hadn't seen the paddle style handle before.

Neither have I.
Very odd. Looks more "S-K-ish"
Don?

 

[Username already in use]

Very odd. Looks more "S-K-ish"

That's what I thought as well when I first picked it up.

 

[four.cycle]

'zackly... looks like an "Artisan" handle, doesn't it?

 

[d42jeep]

I've never seen a ratchet like that one. Maybe Oily has.
I picked up this metric 3/8" drive set on eBay and my neighbor found the DOE at a garage sale.
-Don

 

[MR.X]

The longer of these 1/2" ratchets is a pretty tough pull.

 

[Provincial]

I picked up a few Thorsen at the auto swap meet Sunday.

The round-shank DBE seems early, and the shorty is cool.

 

[d42jeep]

I bought this spinner on eBay because the only related spinner with a blue handle that I'd seen was marked Giller. I should have checked the pictures more carefully because I didn't notice Giller stamped in the handle until it arrived. Looks like they must have grabbed the shaft out of the wrong bin during fabrication.
-Don

 

[four.cycle]

^ I've seen many of those dual-marked Thorsen/Giller blue-handled spinners on ebay and shied off because..... which set do I put them in?

 

[d42jeep]

It'll be perfect for my mixed set.
-Don

 

[Private Lugnutz]

I just put it up on the wall at my new house today

Looks great.

 

[d42jeep]

I found a 3/4" deep socket today that still had the price tag on it.
-Don

 

[rustyzman]

Don't remember if I ever posted this but... This is my Thorsen tool box that I use as my EDC in one of the vehicles. Had to repair the latch, but it is a really nicely made box that is just the right size for a good general purpose set. I had a much older brown wrinkle SK box with a leather handle that was almost the same size/design, that I gave to a friend.

 

[d42jeep]

Thorsen was sourcing their boxes from Huot for a while. That looks like one of them. My Thorsen box was sourced from Huot as well. Here are some pictures of my mixed Giller, Action and Thorsen set with the mixed spinner replacing the Giller marked spinner.
-Don

 

[d42jeep]

Other than the box layout, I don’t think I can come much closer to my original. I even added a spark plug socket with the original sticker. Most all of the markings on the tools are much more consistent now. I have one missing socket on order. This has been a fun and rewarding project. I texted pictures of the project to my sister in law who is shown sitting next to me in the pictures.
-Don

My project to duplicate my Red Box Special from my 15th Christmas is now officially complete.
-Don