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Re: tools
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Peter Cole
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Re: Tools
Bob and fellow listers,
An interesting website for those looking for early tools. Talking of tools
I've always wondered about socket sets. I guess none of us would undertake
any serious work on our cars without first reaching for our trusty socket
sets but clearly sockets sets did not feature prominently in the 1940s and
50s. When did they come about?
I remember buying my first 'set' in about 1967. In those days they did not
come in a fancy case with a zillion pieces. I just bought a wrench and the
sockets I needed. I think the wrench cost me five shillings, or was is
seven and sixpence? It was certainly less than a quid. A grand total of
four A/F sockets was all I need to work on my car! I still have the wrench
and the four sockets. The wrench had a ratchet mechanism but no reversing
lever. You had to turn the thing over to undo nuts.
Does anyone else have any recollections of early socket sets?
Peter Cole.
Bognor Regis
England
2009/11/14 Robert F. Butson.
An interesting website for those looking for early tools. Talking of tools
I've always wondered about socket sets. I guess none of us would undertake
any serious work on our cars without first reaching for our trusty socket
sets but clearly sockets sets did not feature prominently in the 1940s and
50s. When did they come about?
I remember buying my first 'set' in about 1967. In those days they did not
come in a fancy case with a zillion pieces. I just bought a wrench and the
sockets I needed. I think the wrench cost me five shillings, or was is
seven and sixpence? It was certainly less than a quid. A grand total of
four A/F sockets was all I need to work on my car! I still have the wrench
and the four sockets. The wrench had a ratchet mechanism but no reversing
lever. You had to turn the thing over to undo nuts.
Does anyone else have any recollections of early socket sets?
Peter Cole.
Bognor Regis
England
2009/11/14 Robert F. Butson.
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Re: Tools
Peter.
I do not know when sockets sets came into being, However while employed by Trans Canada Airlines in 1948 I purchased a set of snap-on 5/16 drive sockets. they were referred to as a set of FERRET sockets.
With memory loss being the second sign of old age I do now know when I misplaced or lost them.
TCA became Air Canada later but during that time they flew NorthStars with four Rolls Royce Merlins. I still have my BluePoint BSW combination wrenches. Those were purchased as War-surplus and were not chrome plated but had a zinc like color.
Sandy
I do not know when sockets sets came into being, However while employed by Trans Canada Airlines in 1948 I purchased a set of snap-on 5/16 drive sockets. they were referred to as a set of FERRET sockets.
With memory loss being the second sign of old age I do now know when I misplaced or lost them.
TCA became Air Canada later but during that time they flew NorthStars with four Rolls Royce Merlins. I still have my BluePoint BSW combination wrenches. Those were purchased as War-surplus and were not chrome plated but had a zinc like color.
Sandy
----- Original Message -----
From: Peter Cole
To: Robert F. Butson.
Cc: mg-tabc@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sunday, November 15, 2009 6:50 AM
Subject: Re: [mg-tabc] Tools
Bob and fellow listers,
An interesting website for those looking for early tools. Talking of tools
I've always wondered about socket sets. I guess none of us would undertake
any serious work on our cars without first reaching for our trusty socket
sets but clearly sockets sets did not feature prominently in the 1940s and
50s. When did they come about?
I remember buying my first 'set' in about 1967. In those days they did not
come in a fancy case with a zillion pieces. I just bought a wrench and the
sockets I needed. I think the wrench cost me five shillings, or was is
seven and sixpence? It was certainly less than a quid. A grand total of
four A/F sockets was all I need to work on my car! I still have the wrench
and the four sockets. The wrench had a ratchet mechanism but no reversing
lever. You had to turn the thing over to undo nuts.
Does anyone else have any recollections of early socket sets?
Peter Cole.
Bognor Regis
England
2009/11/14 Robert F. Butson.
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> Wales UK.
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Re: Tools
Hi Peter,
I bought my first TD in January 1958. So I needed BSF wrenches and sockets.
Sears Craftman sockets filled the bill and I bought nine 1/2" drive BSF
sockets for $9.00. Guaranteed for life. Good thing I have never broken or
lost a socket as they are not now available from Sears.
If you bought A/F sockets, you must hve been working on a "modern" car as
the 1956 MGA was the first MG to use A/F bolt heads.
Bob Grunau
Canada
Bob and fellow listers,
An interesting website for those looking for early tools. Talking of tools
I've always wondered about socket sets. I guess none of us would undertake
any serious work on our cars without first reaching for our trusty socket
sets but clearly sockets sets did not feature prominently in the 1940s and
50s. When did they come about?
I remember buying my first 'set' in about 1967. In those days they did not
come in a fancy case with a zillion pieces. I just bought a wrench and the
sockets I needed. I think the wrench cost me five shillings, or was is
seven and sixpence? It was certainly less than a quid. A grand total of
four A/F sockets was all I need to work on my car! I still have the wrench
and the four sockets. The wrench had a ratchet mechanism but no reversing
lever. You had to turn the thing over to undo nuts.
Does anyone else have any recollections of early socket sets?
Peter Cole.
Bognor Regis
England
2009/11/14 Robert F. Butson.
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I bought my first TD in January 1958. So I needed BSF wrenches and sockets.
Sears Craftman sockets filled the bill and I bought nine 1/2" drive BSF
sockets for $9.00. Guaranteed for life. Good thing I have never broken or
lost a socket as they are not now available from Sears.
If you bought A/F sockets, you must hve been working on a "modern" car as
the 1956 MGA was the first MG to use A/F bolt heads.
Bob Grunau
Canada
Bob and fellow listers,
An interesting website for those looking for early tools. Talking of tools
I've always wondered about socket sets. I guess none of us would undertake
any serious work on our cars without first reaching for our trusty socket
sets but clearly sockets sets did not feature prominently in the 1940s and
50s. When did they come about?
I remember buying my first 'set' in about 1967. In those days they did not
come in a fancy case with a zillion pieces. I just bought a wrench and the
sockets I needed. I think the wrench cost me five shillings, or was is
seven and sixpence? It was certainly less than a quid. A grand total of
four A/F sockets was all I need to work on my car! I still have the wrench
and the four sockets. The wrench had a ratchet mechanism but no reversing
lever. You had to turn the thing over to undo nuts.
Does anyone else have any recollections of early socket sets?
Peter Cole.
Bognor Regis
England
2009/11/14 Robert F. Butson.
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Re: Tools
I started working in an auto body shop in 1950,and my boss had a compete tool box filled with Snap-on products. these were for american cars of the era so they were US standard size. the socket sets i bought from the Snap-on dealer, were very expensive for a kid working for ..75 cents an hour. I still have the complete sets, in their tray.
bill TC 3338
bill TC 3338
----- Original Message -----
From: "BOB GRUNAU"
To: "Peter Cole" , "Robert F. Butson."
Cc: mg-tabc@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sunday, November 15, 2009 4:45:48 AM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific
Subject: RE: [mg-tabc] Tools
Hi Peter,
I bought my first TD in January 1958. So I needed BSF wrenches and sockets.
Sears Craftman sockets filled the bill and I bought nine 1/2" drive BSF
sockets for $9.00. Guaranteed for life. Good thing I have never broken or
lost a socket as they are not now available from Sears.
If you bought A/F sockets, you must hve been working on a "modern" car as
the 1956 MGA was the first MG to use A/F bolt heads.
Bob Grunau
Canada
Bob and fellow listers,
An interesting website for those looking for early tools. Talking of tools
I've always wondered about socket sets. I guess none of us would undertake
any serious work on our cars without first reaching for our trusty socket
sets but clearly sockets sets did not feature prominently in the 1940s and
50s. When did they come about?
I remember buying my first 'set' in about 1967. In those days they did not
come in a fancy case with a zillion pieces. I just bought a wrench and the
sockets I needed. I think the wrench cost me five shillings, or was is
seven and sixpence? It was certainly less than a quid. A grand total of
four A/F sockets was all I need to work on my car! I still have the wrench
and the four sockets. The wrench had a ratchet mechanism but no reversing
lever. You had to turn the thing over to undo nuts.
Does anyone else have any recollections of early socket sets?
Peter Cole.
Bognor Regis
England
2009/11/14 Robert F. Butson. < robbut@onetel.com >
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Charles Hill
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Re: Tools
It looks like socket wrenches have been around for a while.
Check this link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snap-on
Regards,
Charles Hill
Check this link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snap-on
Regards,
Charles Hill
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David Lodge
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Re: Tools
Hello Sandy, Bob,
My father bought me a wooden boxed set of 'Gordon' brand offset ring spanners (later lost to a burglary) for my 21st. birthday. This was in the 60s (or thereabouts, ahem). I don't recall ratchets/sockets being around then; at least not in Northamptonshire!
Regards, Lodge
My father bought me a wooden boxed set of 'Gordon' brand offset ring spanners (later lost to a burglary) for my 21st. birthday. This was in the 60s (or thereabouts, ahem). I don't recall ratchets/sockets being around then; at least not in Northamptonshire!
Regards, Lodge
--- On Sun, 15/11/09, SANDY SANDERS wrote:
From: SANDY SANDERS
Subject: Re: [mg-tabc] Tools
To: "Robert F. Butson." , "Peter Cole"
Cc: mg-tabc@yahoogroups.com
Date: Sunday, 15 November, 2009, 12:15
Peter.
I do not know when sockets sets came into being, However while employed by Trans Canada Airlines in 1948 I purchased a set of snap-on 5/16 drive sockets. they were referred to as a set of FERRET sockets.
With memory loss being the second sign of old age I do now know when I misplaced or lost them.
TCA became Air Canada later but during that time they flew NorthStars with four Rolls Royce Merlins. I still have my BluePoint BSW combination wrenches. Those were purchased as War-surplus and were not chrome plated but had a zinc like color.
Sandy
----- Original Message -----
From: Peter Cole
To: Robert F. Butson.
Cc: mg-tabc@yahoogroups .com
Sent: Sunday, November 15, 2009 6:50 AM
Subject: Re: [mg-tabc] Tools
Bob and fellow listers,
An interesting website for those looking for early tools. Talking of tools
I've always wondered about socket sets. I guess none of us would undertake
any serious work on our cars without first reaching for our trusty socket
sets but clearly sockets sets did not feature prominently in the 1940s and
50s. When did they come about?
I remember buying my first 'set' in about 1967. In those days they did not
come in a fancy case with a zillion pieces. I just bought a wrench and the
sockets I needed. I think the wrench cost me five shillings, or was is
seven and sixpence? It was certainly less than a quid. A grand total of
four A/F sockets was all I need to work on my car! I still have the wrench
and the four sockets. The wrench had a ratchet mechanism but no reversing
lever. You had to turn the thing over to undo nuts.
Does anyone else have any recollections of early socket sets?
Peter Cole.
Bognor Regis
England
2009/11/14 Robert F. Butson.
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> Wales UK.
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Re: Tools
I still have a Plumb 5/16 reversing ratchet and about a half dozen Plumb sockets that belonged to my father when he was an aircraft mechanic for Pacific Airmotive Corp (Burbank, CA) in the 40 s and early 50 s. They were a repair facility for Pratt & Whitney and Allison engines.
Jim
From: mg-tabc@yahoogroups.com [mailto:mg-tabc@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of David Lodge
Sent: Sunday, November 15, 2009 8:46 PM
To: Robert F. Butson.; Peter Cole; SANDY SANDERS
Cc: mg-tabc@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [mg-tabc] Tools
Hello Sandy, Bob,
My father bought me a wooden boxed set of 'Gordon' brand offset ring spanners (later lost to a burglary) for my 21st. birthday. This was in the 60s (or thereabouts, ahem). I don't recall ratchets/sockets being around then; at least not in Northamptonshire!
Regards, Lodge
Jim
From: mg-tabc@yahoogroups.com [mailto:mg-tabc@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of David Lodge
Sent: Sunday, November 15, 2009 8:46 PM
To: Robert F. Butson.; Peter Cole; SANDY SANDERS
Cc: mg-tabc@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [mg-tabc] Tools
Hello Sandy, Bob,
My father bought me a wooden boxed set of 'Gordon' brand offset ring spanners (later lost to a burglary) for my 21st. birthday. This was in the 60s (or thereabouts, ahem). I don't recall ratchets/sockets being around then; at least not in Northamptonshire!
Regards, Lodge
--- On Sun, 15/11/09, SANDY SANDERS wrote:
From: SANDY SANDERS
Subject: Re: [mg-tabc] Tools
To: "Robert F. Butson." , "Peter Cole"
Cc: mg-tabc@yahoogroups.com
Date: Sunday, 15 November, 2009, 12:15
Peter.
I do not know when sockets sets came into being, However while employed by Trans Canada Airlines in 1948 I purchased a set of snap-on 5/16 drive sockets. they were referred to as a set of FERRET sockets.
With memory loss being the second sign of old age I do now know when I misplaced or lost them.
TCA became Air Canada later but during that time they flew NorthStars with four Rolls Royce Merlins. I still have my BluePoint BSW combination wrenches. Those were purchased as War-surplus and were not chrome plated but had a zinc like color.
Sandy
----- Original Message -----
From: Peter Cole
To: Robert F. Butson.
Cc: mg-tabc@yahoogroups .com
Sent: Sunday, November 15, 2009 6:50 AM
Subject: Re: [mg-tabc] Tools
Bob and fellow listers,
An interesting website for those looking for early tools. Talking of tools
I've always wondered about socket sets. I guess none of us would undertake
any serious work on our cars without first reaching for our trusty socket
sets but clearly sockets sets did not feature prominently in the 1940s and
50s. When did they come about?
I remember buying my first 'set' in about 1967. In those days they did not
come in a fancy case with a zillion pieces. I just bought a wrench and the
sockets I needed. I think the wrench cost me five shillings, or was is
seven and sixpence? It was certainly less than a quid. A grand total of
four A/F sockets was all I need to work on my car! I still have the wrench
and the four sockets. The wrench had a ratchet mechanism but no reversing
lever. You had to turn the thing over to undo nuts.
Does anyone else have any recollections of early socket sets?
Peter Cole.
Bognor Regis
England
2009/11/14 Robert F. Butson.
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> Wales UK.
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Tools
I purchased my first socket set with ratchet,breaker bar and extensions in 1950 while in high school and working in a gas station. I added to the set in 1954 when I bought my first MG and not having Whitworth or metrics available I bought odd sizes from SnapOn Tool sales as they had sockets that could be bought sized by 32 seconds of an inch. Still have most of them. Wow that was 55 years ago. Time flies when your having fun. Dale TC 9749
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Re: Tools
"I started working in an auto body shop in 1950,and my boss had a compete tool box filled with Snap-on products. these were for american cars of the era so they were US standard size. the socket sets i bought from the Snap-on dealer, were very expensive for a kid working for ..75 cents an hour. I still have the complete sets, in their tray. "
When I got my first TD back in the early '70s it was barely running and the body was a bit wobbly due to a sustained offensive by both the wood and tin worms. Niether my trusty Craftsman SAE or Metric sockets and wrenches seemed to fit anything - so I took it completely apart down to a rolling chassis with two sets of vise-grips! Our local M.G.C.C. Centre used to have a winter swap-meet in those days and one of the old-timers came up to me with a lunch-box full of Snap-On Whitworth, BA, and BSF 1/2 and 3/8 drive sockets and wrenches that he had sitting around from the days he used to run a TC. Sold the whole lot to me for $24! Still have 'em!
Snap-On still makes a basic limited set of BSF 3/8 drive sockets and wrenches.
- Mike Hughes - -
'37 TA 0512
Alexandria, Virginia
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When I got my first TD back in the early '70s it was barely running and the body was a bit wobbly due to a sustained offensive by both the wood and tin worms. Niether my trusty Craftsman SAE or Metric sockets and wrenches seemed to fit anything - so I took it completely apart down to a rolling chassis with two sets of vise-grips! Our local M.G.C.C. Centre used to have a winter swap-meet in those days and one of the old-timers came up to me with a lunch-box full of Snap-On Whitworth, BA, and BSF 1/2 and 3/8 drive sockets and wrenches that he had sitting around from the days he used to run a TC. Sold the whole lot to me for $24! Still have 'em!
Snap-On still makes a basic limited set of BSF 3/8 drive sockets and wrenches.
- Mike Hughes - -
'37 TA 0512
Alexandria, Virginia
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