Ratchets (with pictures)

[kxxr]

It's been a while since I added anything but I've still been gathering. Here's a very old school Billings and Spencer half inch drive. It's only about 8 and a quarter inches long but it weighs just a hair over a pound. I count 11 clicks for the drive to go full circle.


Here's a similar style, OTC 3/8 drive that looks almost brand new. I count about 25 clicks to go around and it is just under 7 inches long. A beauty.

In the quarter inch I recently got this Wilde USA, which I have never seen one of before. It clicks around about 30 times I think and is 5 and 3/4 inches long.

And finally, another CM 43, this time a Husky USA. It's only 5 inches long and has a very skinny neck and clicks 56 or so times around. It's my favorite of these. I like the older Husky USA stuff and this is a nice one. Enjoy!

[kxxr]

I spotted a couple of nice ones today and got a deal I could not refuse. First one is a 15", half inch drive Craftsman with no part number. I saw one very similar in a 1972 catalog, but I think this one might be older than that. My second guess would be that it's newer than that and third guess - 1972. I'm curious to know the age of it if anyone knows.It's in great shape anyway, and ready for a few more years of service with any luck at all.



The other is a 3/8 drive Snap On FL720 in pretty nice shape. 1980 if I'm reading the date stamp correctly. It's a long one too, at about 10 and a quarter inches. I botched the picture taking with the second pic looking shorter than the first. dammit.

[bonneyman]

Nice =V= rat! About the only tough thing about finding a rebuilt kit for that rat is that the pawl and selector knob are probably "D" post. All of the new kits are a "tang" style. So it won't be original with a new rebuild kit in it. Which doesn't matter if you got the tool to use it!

[OilyRascal]

First I've seen of that selector switch on a Craftsman....not that it means much.  I like the oiler hole feature on the head.

[kxxr]

This crusty old veteran should clean up nicely. New Britain NB40, 3/8 drive ... before cleaning.

[kxxr]

I finally got a Craftsman 'quick clean', but I haven't gotten it apart yet. I'll have to review the posts that cover that. I got a great deal on the Wright 2400 and the Armstrong round head at the same place. All 1/4 drive ratchets.

I already had the 1/4" Stanley Workmaster 'flip drive', so I couldn't pass up this 3/8".

[johnsironsanctuary]

Excuse my ignorance. Never saw a Craftsman Quick clean before. What years were they available?

[kxxr]

80s I think. Some good info here:
http://www.thegaragegazette.com/index.php?topic=4039.0

[scottg]

Gasp!! This knocks me out!!!
 Love the early stuff.
The OTC is red hot too. Looks so new its shocking. 
Bang-a-rang
  yours Scott

[wvginseng]

here is a old 3/4" drive wright N- 320 date code -45 AC

[kxxr]

That Wright 3/4 still looks like it has plenty of pull left in it. I'd like to see it up close.
The other day I found this Thorsen 77C in really nice shape and today, I found it's little brother, the 77MC. It's hard to tell in pictures, but this one seems like the neck might be a little skinnier than the one Oily showed recently. I guess you wouldn't know without them side by side. It's very thin, like the Husky CM 43 pictured above.

[OilyRascal]

I guess you wouldn't know without them side by side.

You can send that one to me, and I'll put them all side-by-side :-)

[kxxr]

That's the plan. I'm just not known for speed though. No one calls me speedy, nor have they ever:)

[stanley62]

I love the big Wright.  I haven't seen that one.  Very Purdy!!!!
Jim

[kxxr]

I got this NB43 body with no guts as a throw in at a local shop. I went to NAPA and they had to order a kit, but I had it in hand the next day for $10.69. I spent the morning learning all of the incorrect things to do when assembling one of these, and then finally stumbled on a method that worked and here it is. Beautiful.