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Offline Northwoods

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Re: Old socket sets from before WW-2
« Reply #60 on: February 03, 2019, 02:28:33 PM »
Quote from: coolford on January 23, 2019, 03:12:33 PM
When I started this thread I had hoped that others had some old sets to show---so, either you don't have them or don't want to show them.  So here is another Walden, it is a No. 11 and near the end of the pressed steel sockets, the last was the No. 12 I showed previously.  The box appears to be leather, but its hard to tell sometimes and the pressed paper boxes can look the same.
I'm looking at a Walden add, and they call it "fiber."   Sooooooooo paper.
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Re: Old socket sets from before WW-2
« Reply #61 on: February 12, 2019, 04:50:09 PM »
This is a continuation of the Packer Auto Specialty Co. sets usually marked "Ray" and usually known as ray sets.  As I'm only allowed three pictures I will show the next two larger sizes and make another post for the largest one.  The first picture is the largest they made with pressed steel sockets and included a set of square sockets as well as the hex sockets.  Hard to date, but probably 1920's.  The next set in pictures 2 and 3 is when they switched to forged sockets which may have been available only in the larger sized sets.  I have never come across a small set with the forged sockets.  The sockets apparently were of good quality as I have only seen one split socket.  This set contained both hex and square sockets as well as other drive tools.
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Re: Old socket sets from before WW-2
« Reply #62 on: February 12, 2019, 05:17:28 PM »
Hello, Coolford. Thanks for sharing more of your outstanding collection!!! Regards, Lou
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Re: Old socket sets from before WW-2
« Reply #63 on: February 15, 2019, 04:48:33 PM »
Here is the largest "Ray" set, it is missing the ratchet and some fixed socket wrenches.
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Re: Old socket sets from before WW-2
« Reply #64 on: February 15, 2019, 05:19:48 PM »
Time to switch of another company, Hinsdale Tool co.  The GC-20 set shown in the first two pictures is 1/2" hex drive, an early set from the 1920's.  Note the inside label shows both Hinsdale and Sears Roebuck & Co.  Both square and hex sockets but needs a hex ratchet.  Only hex set I have come across.  The third picture is a CN-50 set and is called a mechanics set made of chrome nickel.  It is 1/2 inch drive but in the same box as the hex set so is probably late 20's or early 30's.  Note the breaker bar also converts to a tee wrench.
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Re: Old socket sets from before WW-2
« Reply #65 on: February 16, 2019, 04:41:48 AM »
I’m not sure which ratchet your early Walden set is supposed to have but I have a #716 dated by AA from 1919 to 1922.
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Re: Old socket sets from before WW-2
« Reply #66 on: February 16, 2019, 05:14:51 AM »
Here is my almost complete early Blackhawk set that I received from my neighbor who picked it up at a swap meet in Southern California. It came with some Hinsdale pieces as well. The label is one that should have come in the set.
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Re: Old socket sets from before WW-2
« Reply #67 on: February 16, 2019, 03:28:00 PM »
I’m really getting into this thread!  I wish I had something to add to it.

Jim C.
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Re: Old socket sets from before WW-2
« Reply #68 on: February 16, 2019, 03:43:55 PM »
Don---thanks for the try, but I need a Hinsdale hex ratchet. 
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Re: Old socket sets from before WW-2
« Reply #69 on: February 16, 2019, 09:59:50 PM »
Like this one I used to have?
-Don
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Re: Old socket sets from before WW-2
« Reply #70 on: February 24, 2019, 07:53:28 AM »
Yes, that is the one I need.  To bad you parted with it already. :cry:
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Re: Old socket sets from before WW-2
« Reply #71 on: February 24, 2019, 09:39:28 AM »
perhaps this one?

S15


pics make it look worse than it is

feb556 by Skip Albright, on Flickr
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Re: Old socket sets from before WW-2
« Reply #72 on: February 24, 2019, 09:52:37 AM »
There must be a correct name for that type.
I call it flip-flop.
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Re: Old socket sets from before WW-2
« Reply #73 on: February 24, 2019, 02:06:05 PM »
Looks okay to me, is it for sale or trade?  If so send me a PM.
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Re: Old socket sets from before WW-2
« Reply #74 on: February 25, 2019, 03:43:25 AM »
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