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[misterbill]

Nice finds OTG. Does either the Crescent or Billings have the date codes like Wright puts on their own brand.

Bill

 

[Oldtuleguy]

No date codes bill. Billings set looks 40s and crescent ratchet early 50s.

 

[NoahG]

some speedmaster is plomb! The lettering on the plomb stuff is slanted, the wright stuff is straight.

So these are Plomb? Neat!


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[Oldtuleguy]

Thats the plomb stuff!

 

[Downwindtracker 2]

Another brand Wright did contact work for is ETF in St. Catherine Ontario .

 

[ForrestT]

Wright metric set I put together. Got the partial set at flea market for $2 with case and 4 sockets. Found 2 more on eBay. Found the rest in bulk buy on eBay. Learned from this forum that Wright skipped 16mm and 18mm back in the day. Fun project.




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[Oldtuleguy]

Nice set, that tootsie roll ratchet is clean.

 

[r_olson_06]

Wright metric set I put together. Got the partial set at flea market for $2 with case and 4 sockets. Found 2 more on eBay. Found the rest in bulk buy on eBay. Learned from this forum that Wright skipped 16mm and 18mm back in the day. Fun project.




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Nice work. You now have the set completing bug that most of here on the vintage board suffer from.

Looking for a Round Beam Plomb 1068 Double Box End Wrench

 

[ForrestT]

Nice work. You now have the set completing bug that most of here on the vintage board suffer from.

Looking for a Round Beam Plomb 1068 Double Box End Wrench

Not that bad yet (I hope!). I enjoy sockets, ratchets, and adjustable wrenches and pliers most. The boards you guys do are amazing. Thanks, Roy!


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[ForrestT]

Nice set, that tootsie roll ratchet is clean.

Thanks, Sir!


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[outofbounds]

A handful of Wright Combination wrenches were too cheap to leave behind today. Like shining beacons from a box of rusty junk. 2x 13/16" & 1x 15/16"

 

[MR.X]

Here's an interesting very early 5/8 drive set. It's in great condition, It's uncleaned but there appears to be no real rust or pitting except for the outside of the box. All the sockets except 1 are pre tool number Wright 6 points, 7 have K codes, one has an L code. The exception being a very similar Cornwell-A 1 1/2". The extensions and sliding T breaker are early Wright. The No. 1 sliding 'T' has a K code and the No's 2 & 3 extensions have what look like C ? codes. Interestingly, all have detents on 2 sides of their male drive ends. I don't know if the box is Wright. It has some distinctive features you can see in the pictures. The Husky ratchet is of the era, works great and is a 13/16 female hex drive with a necessary 5/8" sq. adapter. with strong detents.

 

[Oldtuleguy]

That husky ratchet is a rare one. Nice early set.

 

[MR.X]

Thanks OTG.

 

[Private Lugnutz]

Yeah. Sweet. That's the kind of find in the wild where you not only don't mind mixed pedigree, but it even kind of enhances the set.

 

[MR.X]

Yeah. Sweet. That's the kind of find in the wild where you not only don't mind mixed pedigree, but it even kind of enhances the set.

Thanks, I agree. The mix is all late 20's early 30's, it's all in good shape, it includes the HTF and useful adapter and i think because the same guy punched his name in the inside box lid and the ratchet, there's a good chance this set was married almost from the start. I'd rather have the Wright sockets with the tapered bases rather than those heavy straight wall Husky 13/16 hex ones anyway. I would like to see what all came with the Wright set originally though.

 

[misterbill]

I was so hoping I would have won this Wright 1939 catalog on eBay. I hope whoever did win is a GJ member and would be kind enough to share it in PDF form. I grabbed the photos and it at least did solve one mystery for me. The 1/4" sockets shown in post #25 are part of a carburetor set. Specifically, the B-40 was a Step-up piston screwdriver socket for downdraft carburetors, 1/4" drive, 1-1/2" overall. Regardless, it looks like Wright had a fairly complete line in 1939.

Bill

 

[Private Lugnutz]

Dang! I hope tin medic got it!

 

[Oldtuleguy]

I would not mind looking through that.

 

[misterbill]

I recently picked this Wright 1/4" set which I believe is from 1949 (at least a couple of the sockets are dated 1949). It looks very much like the K2S17 set in the 1957 catalog. If the contents are the same then I would be missing a ratchet and a 1/2" socket. It came with an extra New Britain 1/4" socket and an OTC 727 screw starter.

Bill

 

[LesserSon]

I don’t purposely collect Wright, but these eight turned up amongst my other sockets.
Thanks to this thread, I have a better idea of what they are.

1/2dr 12pt
1-1/16” -Y date code (thoughts on the year? NOT 1980, obviously!)
1/2” S152 -55 date code BARBERTON O USA
7/16” S151 -55 date code BARBERTON O USA

3/8dr 6pt
3/4” MS-24 -8 date code (1938?)
5/8” MS-20 -8 date code (1938?)
1/2” MS-16 41+ date code BARBERTON, OHIO MADE IN U.S.A.

3/8dr 12pt
5/8”MS-55 42+ date code AC (Air Corps) BARBERTON, OHIO
9/16” MS-53 41+ date code BARBERTON, OHIO MADE IN U.S.A.

The MS-16 has a substantial helical scratch.

 

[Oldtuleguy]

Before the numerical codes some tools had a letter code but I don't think it has been deciphered.

 

[tin medic]

Newest addition to the catalog collection, 1940.

 

[Oldtuleguy]

Nice

 

[tin medic]

I haven't been able to find any catalogs before 1940 though they must be out there.

 

[MR.X]

Newest addition to the catalog collection, 1940.

Hi. So the 1/2" drive ratchet in that is a N-50?

 

[Oldtuleguy]

The push plug was an n20, the slide button n52, lever selector n62, rhft was n70. N60 had a sort of round selector with a nub on bottom.

 

[tin medic]

Hi. So the 1/2" drive ratchet in that is a N-50?

Correct. The 1940 catalog only has two 1/2 drive ratchets. The compact N-50 at 10-1/4" and the N-51 at 15".

 

[tin medic]

The push plug was an n20, the slide button n52, lever selector n62, rhft was n70. N60 had a sort of round selector with a nub on bottom.

These items are not in the 1940 catalog.

 

[Oldtuleguy]

Thanks have not seen it yet!

 

[Oldtuleguy]

Some 44 to 46 stuff I have been adding to (its a slow process)

 

[misterbill]

I received this V-70 1/4" ratchet today and posed it with it's descendants.

 

[Oldtuleguy]

Nice. I have a wards and a crescent version, who were apparently supplied by wright for a time, both work really good.

 

[Mintgrun]

I found this old MN 60 ratchet last weekend and yesterday I indulged in a little repair work. Someone had replaced the big screw with a hex head bolt and then used a hacksaw to cut off the extra length.


One of the countersinks for the small screws was not as deep as the other, so I fixed that while I was at it. I was glad to find a bit with the same OD.



I found a nice round head screw and cut it a little long, so I could reassemble it and take it back to the belt sander to flush it out.



I'm glad the wrench is bare steel and not plated, so my repair will disappear as the steel oxidizes a bit.




This ratchet was discussed in another thread where Lugs gave a link to yet another discussion about it.

Old Wright 3/8" Drive Ratchet

An old Wright 3/8" drive ratchet and its innards...

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Wright 1/2" drive ratchet

I've had this in my toolbox for about 40 years or so. Given to me by my dad way back when. Anyone have an idea about when these were made?

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I neglected to take a full-body shot, aside from the ones with some other picks-of-of-the-day.
(the long Snap-on has broken teeth)

This photo shows the bolt I replaced.





Tom

EDIT-- I wound up putting a flat spot on the head of that replacement screw, so it looks closer to the original design.

 

[Oldtuleguy]

Nice repair job. I think you saved that one!

 

[misterbill]

Nice work, Tom. It always seems like that big middle screw is the one that goes missing and I can never seem to find one with a correctly shaped head to use as a substitute.

 

[Oldtuleguy]

Some old tappets

 

[Oldtuleguy]

Picked up this frozen n70 with a 55 date code. After 3 days soaking in oil works like new!

 

[four.cycle]

^ Those tappet wrenches are interesting. What's "OP" ?

 

[Oldtuleguy]

Not sure. AA has one with op as well but does not say much about it.