Garage Gazette
TOOLS AND THE SHOP => ANTIQUE/COLLECTOR TOOLS/BOXES/HAND ONLY => Topic started by: snapmom on January 22, 2024, 05:35:19 PM
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For a short time in 37 Snap on made some rubber handle drivers. I am missing the 3/8 dr. model F70R, so if you have one you would like ot sell, holler at me.
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Very interesting snapmom. I'm curious about the handle material. Is it rubber, a rubber compound, or a plasticized synthetic. You may not be familiar with Wright tools, but if you are; is the rubberized material akin to the Wright "tootsie roil" handle material?
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I cant imagine those would have survived very well over the years.
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WOW, who would have guessed that any ratchet manufacturers were experimenting with rubber cushioning ratchet handles so long ago. Good luck in your quest to find the missing brother!
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I cant imagine those would have survived very well over the years.
Its a hard rubber, might have been softer at some time.
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I cant imagine those would have survived very well over the years.
Its a hard rubber, might have been softer at some time.
Very cool and rare regardless how they started life for sure! I have always preferred the handle design of the older SO ratchets of the 40's in particular. Understated and very simple in design.
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Very interesting. Was any other company using or promoting a soft grip like that at that time?
I'd bet these are very rare, thanks for sharing!
Sent from my twisted mind of the mudman
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At this time pre-WWII, Craftsman introduced tool handles in yellow-amber plastic. War material needs quickly cancelled these. Only encountered one SO rubber handle tool, but was oil soaked and really deteriorated, so didn't buy it, and was long ago.