Especially if you needed a tool (or makeshift replacement tool because you lost the factory tool) to release it! The base was too small for the Lock-On push buttons.
There is quite a bit of money on that table, especially the torpedo handle drive tools. Ebay sold listings will give you a very accurate accounting of value as there have been a good number of bomb box listings lately.
That's a pretty clean looking set. As previously suggested, Ebay is probably your best bet to get top dollar.
So here is an operational 7/16" drive Torkflash wrench. The previous owner came up with a simple solution adapting the use of a modern AAA battery with a piece of corrugated plastic wiring conduit and a spring that appears to have come from a robust old school click type writing pen.
In that case, I guarantee you that if you dropped that entire lot, including the bomb box, on Ebay, it would land well north of 600 dollars. In extreme cases, you'll see a bidding war and it could end like this.
Now I'm going to have to build one of these AAA contraptions to see if I get the same result.WooHoo! Now I have a fully functional gimmicky torque wrench. Thanks for the info CRTDI!
You're welcome. Glad to see that you got it working again.WooHoo! Now I have a fully functional gimmicky torque wrench. Thanks for the info CRTDI!
DonI just got the decals for my blackhawk jack display and put them on the jacks
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I love seeing things like this. My grandfather had a similar setup that he made from Coca Cola crates. He used them to service a fleet of Studebaker delivery trucks.If anybody is interested, here are my Grandfathers Blackhawk (and Williams) 1/2” Drive tools, from the U.K. I’ve posted some odd pics before, but never the full set.
The Blackhawk is all Whitworth sized, and was acquired to maintain the Bedford trucks the family operated. The Williams tools are all later, and are SAE sized. These were needed when American trucks were acquired during the war.
These, and other similar sized tools, were stored in the home made trays you see, which slid into a large first world war vintage ammunition box. This lived on Grandfathers bench, but was portable if needed.
So, youth of today please note, just because you have decent tools, you don’t need to go into debt buying a huge tool box!
There are 7 of those trays. The others hold 3/8 drive, screwdrivers/pliers, hammers, punches and “specialist” tools. He had two other boxes for wrenches (one for Whitworth and one for SAE) a box of “heavy” tools (big adjustables, pipe wrenches and pry bars) and a box of “fabrication” tools (hacksaw, files, chisels, body hammers etc).
Folks back then seemed to be more innovative, and they always seemed to make the best of the resources they had. I couldn’t imagine my Grandfather ever buying a tool box when he could adapt something surplus for next to no cost.
Those Bullet tip tools are really cool. I see that Herbrand made similars in the 1940's and--believe it or not--I saw a couple of Walden Bullet rats the other day on e-bay. https://www.ebay.com/itm/255011704423?hash=item3b5fe1ce67:g:SVUAAOSwj~5gwVZY and https://www.ebay.com/itm/143846650089?epid=1327722433&hash=item217dedb0e9:g:dwEAAOSwGKJfrzow
Dang that’s cool. I’ll take a look but pretty sure this wrenches I had were in the box you bought from me.
I'm way ahead of you partner. lol. I looked but no cigar.
Hold down the button on the back of the ratchet head then turn the bit left or right to set the ratcheting direction. This assumes that the mechanism still works. Nice haul.
