Mystery ratchet

Gwamp · 03-17-2004, 05:13 PM

I picked up this socket set 15 or so years ago used and just recently I lost a couple of the sockets and I went hunting around Google a bit to see if I could find the company that made that as they have been more than durable and have taken all the hard use I could throw at them. My search turned up zip...zero...nothing! All of the tools in the set have JS engraved in them (not someones initials) along with a # that probably indicates what part it it and USA The ratchet has the following:

JS 13000 USA on it.

Anyone ever heard of this brand of tools?

Here is a pic of the ratchet.

Joe_W · 03-17-2004, 05:15 PM

I have a ratchet that looks just like it. Can't remember for sure where I got it but it was a low cost tool from a parts shop or something similar

Motornoggin · 03-17-2004, 05:18 PM

My dad has one that looks just like it too. It is part of a set in a blue metal case with some common sockets in 3/8 and 1/4" drive with an adapter and an extension. I will ask him what brand it is.

azrain · 03-17-2004, 05:18 PM

Steelman maybe? I think that they manufacture and import / export tools for OEM's.

Mike

animator · 03-17-2004, 05:21 PM

Looks just like one that I use now. It is my grandpa's and he's had it forever. Not sure of the name though.

ecrist · 03-17-2004, 05:25 PM

Looks just like one I have. I've beat the snot outta it and its held up better than any of the crapsman tools I have.

Gwamp · 03-17-2004, 05:31 PM

The ratchet is 1/2 inch drive and the head of the ratchet looks to be rebuildable. I was kinda hoping it was a snap-on one off or belonged to one of the other major tool makers. It has good weight and does not feel like junk tools feel when you use them.

TLCObsession · 03-17-2004, 06:09 PM

Looks just like an S*K that I have...

yotayard · 03-17-2004, 06:17 PM

kinda looks like one i got from wal mart

offroader1006 · 03-17-2004, 07:05 PM

i think its a popular mechanics set

i have one just like it, really old too

UZI 9mm · 03-17-2004, 07:05 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by azrain
Steelman maybe? I think that they manufacture and import / export tools for OEM's.

Mike

you may be right. I googled "js wrenches" and got this site:http://www.steelman-js.com/default.htm

The ratchet I saw didn't look like the one gwamp posted, but heck, ya never know

Dust Puppy · 03-18-2004, 07:04 PM

ive got one of those.... like everyone else it was my dads from one of his old sets. ive destroyed more craftsman ratchets then i care to admit but htat one still kicks ass.

fj40guy · 03-19-2004, 08:13 AM

Had one like that, but lost it.

For Trivia....
Picutred are a snap on rachet, and a unknown extension.

My Grandfather bought the extension. Maybe 1920??? Dad bought the Snap On around 1938 (he was working as a mechanic).

I still use both tools! On the "Snap On" the lettering is almost worn off....

Tom

Blame Canada · 03-19-2004, 10:41 AM

Looks just like the one that came free with my Gator Grip one Christmas!

Lasted about 25 minutes, then the innards ceased to be contained inside the ratchet.

TEX · 03-19-2004, 10:44 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by TLCObsession
Looks just like an S*K that I have...

Ditto, thinking S*K Wayne. If so, I really like my set (much better than Craftsman IMO).

TEX

03-17-2004, 05:13 PM	#1
Gwamp Registered User Join Date: Jun 2002 Member # 12449 Location: Oregoon Coast Posts: 725	Mystery ratchet I picked up this socket set 15 or so years ago used and just recently I lost a couple of the sockets and I went hunting around Google a bit to see if I could find the company that made that as they have been more than durable and have taken all the hard use I could throw at them. My search turned up zip...zero...nothing! All of the tools in the set have JS engraved in them (not someones initials) along with a # that probably indicates what part it it and USA The ratchet has the following: JS 13000 USA on it. Anyone ever heard of this brand of tools? Here is a pic of the ratchet. __________________ (oO) /\|\|\ Cthulhu for president "Man will never be free until the last king is strangled with the entrails of the last priest." ~Denis Diderot [URL=http://gwamp.com/offtopic/]Visit The Land of Off Topic![/URL]

03-17-2004, 05:18 PM	#3
Motornoggin Registered User Join Date: Aug 2002 Member # 13268 Location: Hillsbororegon Posts: 1,349	My dad has one that looks just like it too. It is part of a set in a blue metal case with some common sockets in 3/8 and 1/4" drive with an adapter and an extension. I will ask him what brand it is. __________________ [url]www.ravenoffroad.com[/url], ROROHVC-President, TRAC-4x4 rep.

03-17-2004, 05:21 PM	#5
animator Registered User Join Date: Sep 2002 Member # 13701 Location: Plano/Dallas Posts: 2,501	Looks just like one that I use now. It is my grandpa's and he's had it forever. Not sure of the name though. __________________ I make stuff.

03-17-2004, 05:25 PM	#6
ecrist Registered User Join Date: Jul 2002 Member # 12578 Location: Sun City, AZ Posts: 560	Looks just like one I have. I've beat the snot outta it and its held up better than any of the crapsman tools I have. __________________ Eric / `--'> < [] []////////\|:::} \_.--.> "I want to depart this world the same way I arrived; screaming and covered in someone else's blood"

03-17-2004, 05:31 PM	#7
Gwamp Registered User Join Date: Jun 2002 Member # 12449 Location: Oregoon Coast Posts: 725	The ratchet is 1/2 inch drive and the head of the ratchet looks to be rebuildable. I was kinda hoping it was a snap-on one off or belonged to one of the other major tool makers. It has good weight and does not feel like junk tools feel when you use them. __________________ (oO) /\|\|\ Cthulhu for president "Man will never be free until the last king is strangled with the entrails of the last priest." ~Denis Diderot [URL=http://gwamp.com/offtopic/]Visit The Land of Off Topic![/URL]

03-17-2004, 05:18 PM	#4
azrain Wheeler Join Date: Jun 2003 Member # 20597 Location: PHX Posts: 129	Steelman maybe? I think that they manufacture and import / export tools for OEM's. Mike

03-17-2004, 06:09 PM	#8
TLCObsession Registered User Join Date: Feb 2001 Member # 3245 Location: Bellingham, WA Posts: 1,016	Looks just like an S*K that I have... __________________ Never subscribe to a conspiracy theory when the stupidity theory will suffice.

03-17-2004, 06:17 PM	#9
yotayard Registered User Join Date: Feb 2003 Member # 17026 Location: cali grown Posts: 292	kinda looks like one i got from wal mart __________________ [B][SIZE=3]I am your link to the food chain[/SIZE][/B]

03-17-2004, 07:05 PM	#10
offroader1006 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2003 Member # 21548 Location: SC Posts: 242	i think its a popular mechanics set i have one just like it, really old too __________________ What fun is a sweet truck if you don't abuse the piss out of it?

03-19-2004, 08:13 AM	#13
fj40guy Out flying... Join Date: Jan 2002 Member # 9576 Location: Texas... off 183A Posts: 2,114	Had one like that, but lost it. For Trivia.... Picutred are a snap on rachet, and a unknown extension. My Grandfather bought the extension. Maybe 1920??? Dad bought the Snap On around 1938 (he was working as a mechanic). I still use both tools! On the "Snap On" the lettering is almost worn off.... Tom Attached Images

03-19-2004, 10:41 AM	#14
Blame Canada Rock God Join Date: Jun 2001 Member # 5176 Location: Abbotsford, BC Posts: 1,108	Looks just like the one that came free with my Gator Grip one Christmas! Lasted about 25 minutes, then the innards ceased to be contained inside the ratchet. __________________ I keep my post count low by posting in chit-chat. STOLEN!!! -->'80 CJ-7 w/ 258 I-6,T-176,D300, '94 YJ tub, '83 toy axles front & rear, Smirffield front axles, w/3.90's, 'YJ rears up front, and a bunch of home-grown patches, all sitting on BFG 35" MTs. Post #411

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