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General Category => GENERAL DISCUSSION TO INCLUDE OFF TOPIC => Topic started by: coolmercury on July 15, 2020, 06:18:33 PM

Title: Craftsman ratcheting box end wrenches
Post by: coolmercury on July 15, 2020, 06:18:33 PM
I got these wrenches in a box lot at auction.  Looking on e-bay I see they are high dollar and I wonder why.  I had not seen this type before and they didn't ring any bells for me. They a V and V upside down and made in the USA. Note: they are not reversable, they have to be flipped.
Title: Re: Craftsman ratcheting box end wrenches
Post by: hickory n Steel on July 15, 2020, 06:20:04 PM
Seems all us made Craftsman wrenches command high dollar on EBAY, socket sets can be reasonable but not wrenches for some reason.
Title: Re: Craftsman ratcheting box end wrenches
Post by: oldnslo on July 15, 2020, 06:56:09 PM
That style is new to these eyes.
Title: Re: Craftsman ratcheting box end wrenches
Post by: J.A.F.E. on July 15, 2020, 07:20:19 PM
They are not common wrenches and the unusual sells. Cool score!
Title: Re: Craftsman ratcheting box end wrenches
Post by: fatfillup on July 17, 2020, 04:22:00 AM
My buddy Pete invented that pawless design.  Didn't know they brought big money .  The full polish Armstrong combos like that are quite good looking .
Title: Re: Craftsman ratcheting box end wrenches
Post by: coolmercury on July 17, 2020, 08:09:55 AM
I didn't pay that much for them, they were part of a 40 wrench lot just over half USA and the rest China for $20.00.  Then when I looked on e-bay there were two posts in the $100.00 range for the set of four.  So I was wondering what is so  special about them.
Title: Re: Craftsman ratcheting box end wrenches
Post by: goodfellow on July 17, 2020, 08:21:30 AM
Original old school Craftsman tools are bringing pretty big money on ebay these days. Not surprised that these wrenches are going for good money.

Saw a set of chrome Craftsman Industrial combos go for $400 recently
Title: Re: Craftsman ratcheting box end wrenches
Post by: Matt_T on July 17, 2020, 08:24:42 AM
Quote from: fatfillup on July 17, 2020, 04:22:00 AM
My buddy Pete invented that pawless design.

As in gearless? The Kobalt versions I've got definitely ratchet and feel like a fairly coarse double pawl mechanism. The 12mm is a newer "gearwrench" style.
Title: Re: Craftsman ratcheting box end wrenches
Post by: bonneyman on July 17, 2020, 10:08:16 AM
AS I recall those types of Craftsman ratcheting wrenches were a not 100% engaged design. Meaning they would engage in one direction and ratchet in the other - but if you moved or lifted the box wrench it would disengage the teeth and allow you to relocate the shank for another partial twist in tight situation.
I found the system annoying. It'd slip if I didn't hold the pressure just right, and you definitely couldn't ratchet fast like I can with GW's. But others probably liked the feature.