thorsen mystery set

[Cf mtn]

hello all, new to the forum. was doing some yard sales today and picked this up. thorsen sockets, unique caddy. the socket attached to the ratchet is 2". any info on this would be appreciated.

 

[930dreamer]

I've never seen this setup, nice find.

 

[r_olson_06]

Cool set and welcome to the forum. Word of advise this is a start of a slippery slope. This site is full enablers .

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[CNGsaves]

+1 on WELCOME to GJ and awesome first post with unique Thorsen set.

I've never seen such a setup like that . . . . totally cool !!

Only possible way those could be any better is IF they were 6 point !!

 

[bonneyman]

Welcome to the forum!

Interesting piece.
Just a guess, but, I think that's one someone made for themselves. The length, setup, and the "off the shelf" clip. Nicely done, but me thinks home made.

 

[Cf mtn]

Welcome to the forum!

Interesting piece.
Just a guess, but, I think that's one someone made for themselves. The length, setup, and the "off the shelf" clip. Nicely done, but me thinks home made.

hi bonneyman, thanks. funny, i was thinking the same thing. looked on line for something that resembles it and came up empty. they did a good job putting it together, it's cool when you can have an idea and build it?

 

[twertsy]

hello all, new to the forum. was doing some yard sales today and picked this up. thorsen sockets, unique caddy. the socket attached to the ratchet is 2". any info on this would be appreciated.

Might there be a patent number on the bottom of the holder?

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[Cf mtn]

Might there be a patent number on the bottom of the holder?

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hi, no. there are no #'s/marks. another member thinks it may be home made. i'm kinda agreeing.

 

[Bierisch]

Idk anything about it except that I want it. How much did you pay if you don't mind the question?

 

[four.cycle]

Interesting set, to say the least. 79C ratchet with sockets up to 2" seems a pretty narrow set, making me wonder if perhaps this was something put together for a particular set of tasks.
Thorsen (and sister company Giller) made a LOT of different kinds of boxes/holders/clips, but I've never seen anything like that. I'm leaning toward a one-off home-made job there, but I could well be wrong.
A good man on a break wouldn't have much trouble fabricating that piece, though.

Just out of curiosity, how's the ratchet functioning?

 

[Cf mtn]

Idk anything about it except that I want it. How much did you pay if you don't mind the question?

hi, i couldn't let sit there. i knew the next monster was going to take it away. i'd rather not talk price, unfortunately it wasn't cheap.

 

[Cf mtn]

Interesting set, to say the least. 79C ratchet with sockets up to 2" seems a pretty narrow set, making me wonder if perhaps this was something put together for a particular set of tasks.
Thorsen (and sister company Giller) made a LOT of different kinds of boxes/holders/clips, but I've never seen anything like that. I'm leaning toward a one-off home-made job there, but I could well be wrong.
A good man on a break wouldn't have much trouble fabricating that piece, though.

Just out of curiosity, how's the ratchet functioning?

hi, the ratchet seems to function properly. the smallest socket is 11/8. i also picked up some blackhawk comb wrenches 11/4+ at the same sale, maybe truck mech?

 

[four.cycle]

not a clue.... I'm more inclined to think maybe a guy put that together to take care of a machine (or machines) and only needed a small set of sockets - your size range there is pretty narrow in the larger context - a "full" set of 3/4" drive would be about 7/8" up to 2-1/2" (or thereabouts.) definitely open to speculation.
one-off home-made items like that are not all that uncommon. I bought one for a buddy of mine a few years ago - all 3/4" drive - a mish-mash of different brands - all contained in a very narrow wooden tray about 4 inches wide x 20 inches long with a wire bail for a handle. owner/fabricator was a Machinists Mate (Second Class) on a WWII Navy vessel. I would imagine the dimensions of the box were determined by available storage space in that case.

the clasp on yours is kind of a cool touch. obviously whoever made that had looked at a lot of different options to come up with that idea.

if it WAS a Thorsen production item, I would bet money marbles and chalk there would be a patent number (or something) stamped on the bottom of that tray, as twertsy mentioned just above.

 

[Cf mtn]

not a clue.... I'm more inclined to think maybe a guy put that together to take care of a machine (or machines) and only needed a small set of sockets - your size range there is pretty narrow in the larger context - a "full" set of 3/4" drive would be about 7/8" up to 2-1/2" (or thereabouts.) definitely open to speculation.
one-off home-made items like that are not all that uncommon. I bought one for a buddy of mine a few years ago - all 3/4" drive - a mish-mash of different brands - all contained in a very narrow wooden tray about 4 inches wide x 20 inches long with a wire bail for a handle. owner/fabricator was a Machinists Mate (Second Class) on a WWII Navy vessel. I would imagine the dimensions of the box were determined by available storage space in that case.

the clasp on yours is kind of a cool touch. obviously whoever made that had looked at a lot of different options to come up with that idea.

if it WAS a Thorsen production item, I would bet money marbles and chalk there would be a patent number (or something) stamped on the bottom of that tray, as twertsy mentioned just above.

hi, when i pick something like this up the first thing i do (not in front of the seller) is look for #'s. this doesn't have any id on the box itself.