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[d42jeep]

I received this socket from Roy as part of my ongoing quest to upgrade this wartime Duro 1/2” deep set.
The set over time.
Contents list
An original set.

-Don

 

[Leviton]

Nothing out of the ordinary, but it begged me for a summer sun glamor shot after so many decades in the dark.
Square shank, flathead stubby with 4-sided amber handle. 3.25" overall length.
Marked: Duro-Chrome No. 4731





Found in 1951 and 1962 catalogs. By the 1972 catalog it had a different design. In the 1947 catalog this model number was marked "Durolite" instead of "Duro-Chrome".

 

[four.cycle]

^ They were producing the yellow handled drivers up to the late 1950s / early 1960s.
At some point between the 1961 catalog and the 1972 catalog, they went to the later design.

 

[four.cycle]

top to bottom:

Indestro Super 3580 15 inch adjustable wrench
Indestro Super 3580 15 inch adjustable wrench
Diamond 15 inch adjustable wrench

Anyone have any idea who made the adjustables for Indestro?

 

[d42jeep]

The top one looks to be the Danielson design, probably after being bought out by the Plombpire. Maybe 1957?
-Don

 

[four.cycle]

The top one looks to be the Danielson design, probably after being bought out by the Plombpire. Maybe 1957?

It is marked "R97" near the hang hole on the side showing.
On the other side, it is stamped FORGED ALLOY STEEL P
On the other side it has 15 and MFD. U.S.A. forged in

So... the likely suspect is the old J.P. Danielson plant again! (I just ran into one of these a week or so back)

Square gullet.
Nice unit. Way nicer than the one in the middle. (I think Indestro outsourced that one as well.)(For that matter, I think they outsourced all their adjustables.)

I might offload that Diamond - it's whacky. The screw holding the adjustment wheel appears to be "stuck" - turning the adjustment wheel turns the screw. Turning the screw turns the adjustment wheel. How do you fix that one?

 

[Outlawmws]

How do you fix that one?

Long soak in Evaporust in an USC.

 

[RTM]

Long soak in Evaporust in an USC.

Little bit of abrasive maintenance on the screw shank?

 

[four.cycle]

Thanks. Like I don't already have enough tools that need "repair" already, right?

 

[d42jeep]

This early WW2 1/2” drive Indestro set arrived from an eBay seller yesterday. It is missing a 1/2” D-I socket which shouldn’t be a problem. The ratchet is non reversing whIch was a bit of a surprise but at least it came with the drive plug.
-Don

 

[Tom "Python" Aycock]

Did we ever get a resolve to the #2801 1948 to 1952 quandry? I got this 2801 set off Ebayzz. It's obviously after the 1948 catalog but prior to the numbering change in the 1952 catalog.

 

[Tom "Python" Aycock]

Don,

I just got this in. It's a Indestro Super Quality box with D-I sockets and the #2850 flex handle. The box is 9 3/4 × 3 1/4 so similar to your Duro blue box but this one appears more OD green (and Indestro). Not seeing it in the 1935 catalog so unsure what's supposed to be stocked in it. Have ya seen this one before?

@d42jeep
@four.cycle
The more I look at this I'm thinking this may be a #2701 3/8drive set. It's 9 1/2" wide and 3" deep. The D-I 1/4 drive sockets and flex handle that came with it may just be misplaced. Gonna see if I can find some 1948 3/8 drive 2700 series sockets and see how they fit...

 

[four.cycle]

2800 series = all 1/4" drive Super (2875 RHFT ratchet)
2700 series = all 3/8" drive Super (2775 RHFT ratchet)
1200 series = all 1/2" drive Super SOCKETS (1214, 1220H, etc.) *
3200 series = 1/2" Indestro Super (3275 RHFT ratchet)
6000 series = all 1/4" Indestro Select (6072 oval-head ratchet)
6200 series = 3/8" drive Indestro Select (6272 oval-head ratchet)
6400 series = 1/2" drive Indestro Select (6472 oval-head ratchet)

* there are some oddball "1200" series items that don't follow this rule

 

[Tom "Python" Aycock]

@d42jeep
@four.cycle
The more I look at this I'm thinking this may be a #2701 3/8drive set. It's 9 1/2" wide and 3" deep. The D-I 1/4 drive sockets and flex handle that came with it may just be misplaced. Gonna see if I can find some 1948 3/8 drive 2700 series sockets and see how they fit...

Yep, I believe this to be a 1948 3/8dr #2700 set. The sockets up to 5/8" fit just fine. The remaining two sockets, 11/16 & 3/4 must have been somewhat slimmer because the one 3/4" 2724 socket I have doesn't fit. The pictures in the 1948 catalog illustrates them differently too. My 9" 2781 breaker flex bar fits fine too. So I took the D-I 1/4dr sockets out and placed them into a Duro D-I appropriate box. Now to locate the rest of the missing sockets, a 2788 ratchet with the 1" adapter and a 4-inch double male extension...or it may simply become a #2701 set.

 

[four.cycle]

^ earlier extensions in 1/4 and 3/8" drive are kind of difficult to find.

 

[d42jeep]

Yep, I believe this to be a 1948 3/8dr #2700 set. The sockets up to 5/8" fit just fine. The remaining two sockets, 11/16 & 3/4 must have been somewhat slimmer because the one 3/4" 2724 socket I have doesn't fit. The pictures in the 1948 catalog illustrates them differently too. My 9" 2781 breaker flex bar fits fine too. So I took the D-I 1/4dr sockets out and placed them into a Duro D-I appropriate box. Now to locate the rest of the missing sockets, a 2788 ratchet with the 1" adapter and a 4-inch double male extension...or it may simply become a #2701 set.

This may be the same box made by Indestro for Western Auto.
-Don

 

[matthew]

I didn’t need this 9/16” combo wrench, but thought it needed a home. Pictured with a 11/16” I already had. Always funny to me how much D-I changed but only slightly. “Made In” vs “Forged In”, the part number stamping location and style

 

[d42jeep]

Here is a 41-H-1508 Speeder Handle ½" Drive - Duro Chrome 651D found at an estate sale on Friday.
-Don