Author Topic: Proto Saltus Wrenches (Read 15618 times)

Cruiser808 · « **on:** August 29, 2018, 06:18:30 PM »

Found these at a garage sale earlier this year. Not a full set, but walked away with these and $12 dollars lighter.

bonneyman · « **Reply #1 on:** August 29, 2018, 06:28:28 PM »

Nice! I have a mutt set of Saltus wrenches going. (Bonney, SK, Proto, Mac, Truecraft, Williams)

Been at least a year since I finished the set and haven't used one once yet. Figured I'd try the mix and match set - if they worked well I'd spring for a nice name brand group. I guess that ain't happening.

Though, if a Bonney set became available I'd probably grab it on principle.

goodfellow · « **Reply #2 on:** August 29, 2018, 07:50:23 PM »

You "stole" those wrenches - great work!!

slip knot · « **Reply #3 on:** August 29, 2018, 09:20:58 PM »

I've got a few of the saltus style. I like them for certain things. Each chainsaw box has a saltus in it for chain adjustments. No Protos tho. And yeah you stole those.

DeadNutz · « **Reply #4 on:** August 29, 2018, 09:29:38 PM »

I love Saltus wrenches and would buy Proto all day long for $3 each, heck of a deal. I have a mutt set of SnapOn, MAC and others. I use the 10mm and 1/2 on battery terminal clamps.

skfarmer · « **Reply #5 on:** August 29, 2018, 09:42:51 PM »

nice find. i like saltus wrenches and have an sk set...........but i never use them.

bonneyman · « **Reply #6 on:** August 29, 2018, 09:58:33 PM »

What sizes are your, Cruiser? I have two Protos in 11/16 and 9/16. If you need those sizes for your set, let me know. I'm not married to them.

oldnslo · « **Reply #7 on:** August 29, 2018, 10:00:05 PM »

Wow....a 7/8" version. I've not seen them larger than 3/4" before. I have only 2 in metric, but I'll buy everyone I can get my hands on. I did recently pick up a set of MAC Sabina OH ones the other day. Do they get used? Nope, not a single time, but there is always hope.

Snaparxon · « **Reply #8 on:** August 29, 2018, 10:44:47 PM »

I have Snap on up to 15/16". Mac made them up to 1-1/4

J.A.F.E. · « **Reply #9 on:** August 29, 2018, 11:07:58 PM »

I've always liked the Saltus wrenches.

I rarely see them in any brand and never for 3 a copy.

bonneyman · « **Reply #10 on:** August 29, 2018, 11:08:39 PM »

Quote from: Snaparxon on August 29, 2018, 10:44:47 PM

I have Snap on up to 15/16". Mac made them up to 1-1/4

Geez! What the heck needed a nut that big...and then buried it so only a Saltus wrench could reach it?

Cruiser808 · « **Reply #11 on:** August 29, 2018, 11:42:48 PM »

Quote from: bonneyman on August 29, 2018, 09:58:33 PM

What sizes are your, Cruiser? I have two Protos in 11/16 and 9/16. If you need those sizes for your set, let me know. I'm not married to them.

Hi Bonneyman - the sizes range from 11/16 to 7/8. So far, I’ve only found a need for the 3/4 and 13/16.

bonneyman · « **Reply #12 on:** August 30, 2018, 09:52:30 AM »

Quote from: Cruiser808 on August 29, 2018, 11:42:48 PM

Quote from: bonneyman on August 29, 2018, 09:58:33 PM
What sizes are your, Cruiser? I have two Protos in 11/16 and 9/16. If you need those sizes for your set, let me know. I'm not married to them.

Hi Bonneyman - the sizes range from 11/16 to 7/8. So far, I’ve only found a need for the 3/4 and 13/16.

OK, 10-4

Uncle Buck · « **Reply #13 on:** August 30, 2018, 09:57:19 AM »

I bought a set of Challenger saltus wrenches probably thirty years ago and have never reached for any of them enough to ever use every size. Cool wrenches, glad I have them, don't know why, toolbox bling?

I would have thought I would use them, just too used to grabbing DBE wrenches I guess, then later gearwrenches.

Cruiser808 · « **Reply #14 on:** August 30, 2018, 11:08:28 AM »

+1 on that UB. But they were Protos and I couldn't walk away from them. For some reason, I really like Proto stuff.

oldnslo · « **Reply #15 on:** August 30, 2018, 04:14:05 PM »

^ + 3,629

DeadNutz · « **Reply #16 on:** August 30, 2018, 05:52:42 PM »

Here is my mutt set cobbled together over the years. It runs from 3/8 to 3/4 but somehow I have ended up with three 1/2 wrenches of different brands.
The 3/8 is Proto then in order, Taiwan, Mastercraft, MAC, SnapOn, 2 Craftsman, MAC and S-K Tools.
The metrics are all Truecraft, 10, 11, 13 and have held up very well. I see more SAE Saltus than MM as I have not seen another used MM in the 25 years that I have had the Truecrafts.

Cruiser808 · « **Reply #17 on:** August 30, 2018, 06:25:06 PM »

Those are sweet , DeadNutz.

Uncle Buck · « **Reply #18 on:** August 30, 2018, 06:55:05 PM »

Funny, back in the day, saltus wrenches were catalog order only from Sears. Also, I know they never appeared ever in the Craftsman tool catalog in metric, EVER! I know that for an absolute fact. (The catalog part AFAIK) now perhaps they were in the store in Chicago, that I would believe. Around 1988 I visited Chicago and wound up in a Sears store downtown. I was amazed at the tools I saw in that Sears that I had never seen in my local KCMO stores of the time. They had ALL the cool stuff there I assume because it was the corporate location.

lauver · « **Reply #19 on:** September 02, 2018, 08:26:17 PM »

Gang,

I've got a mixed brand SAE saltus wrench set. I use them mainly for repair & maintenance of power yard equipment. I have a wooden tote with saltus wrenches, a couple of screwdrivers, two chain saw multi tools, 2-stroke fuel mix, chain oil, starter fluid, spare spark plugs, air filters, baling wire, and trimmer line. I used to keep this tote on my pickup all the time when I was in the landscape business. Now, I just bring it out of the garage and take it to wherever I'm working in my yard. I think of it as my yard equipment first-aid kit.

bonneyman · « **Reply #20 on:** September 02, 2018, 11:25:22 PM »

Oh, I forgot to mention I have two metric Saltus wrenches. A Truecraft 10mm 12 pt and a MAC 15mm 6 pt.

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Author Topic: Proto Saltus Wrenches (Read 15618 times)

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