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The Wright Stuff
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Nice find. Whenever something like this pops up, I always wonder the same thing - where the heck are all the others?!
Also, how strange (or telling?) is it that the only mfgrs known for making open end wrenches with hex throats - Cornwell, Mac, and Wright - ALL came from Ohio?
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I'll be offering NOS GI Issue Wright 3/4" Drive Sockets in assorted sizes soon as the grass is green up here.
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I picked up this "-7" (1937) dated Wright N-35 1/2" drive ell handle today by way of eBay. It's too large to be a GMTK correct 41-H-1501 but it's the only one I've seen to date.
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That's a cool find, Bill. I have a few of these larger 1930's jobbies from other mfgrs, including an Indestro and a Craftsman (H). The much smaller 41-H-1501 version is a tool I suspect the govt, and specifically the US Army Ordnance Dept, had a hand in specifying. You never see them in catalogs and it has the Ord TAC ES 422 spec in the ORD 5 (vs. a Mfgrs code). Personally, if I had a heavily Wright oriented MVMTS, I wouldn't hesitate to put it in my box. If only to spark a conversation about how these kits evolved from 1938 to 1942 to 1944 through a lot of push and pull between the QMC, the ORD, and the automotive hand tools industry.
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Are we sure that's Wright Tool and Forge and not Wright Aeronautical?
I guess that part number doesn't conform with the typical 8xxx format used by Wright (aeronautical). So, maybe I answered my own question.
Either way, that thing is a MONSTER!
*edit - I couldn't make out the -7 in the image before...
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I guess that part number doesn't conform with the typical 8xxx format used by Wright (aeronautical). So, maybe I answered my own question.
Either way, that thing is a MONSTER!
*edit - I couldn't make out the -7 in the image before...
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Jason,mudbox wrote: ↑Thu Apr 05, 2018 6:55 amAre we sure that's Wright Tool and Forge and not Wright Aeronautical?
I guess that part number doesn't conform with the typical 8xxx format used by Wright (aeronautical). So, maybe I answered my own question.
Either way, that thing is a MONSTER!
*edit - I couldn't make out the -7 in the image before...
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The "N-35" is consistent with the numbering scheme for their other 1/2" drive tools (e.g., N-17 is a 12" flex handle, N-11 sliding tee, etc.).
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Today's post brought the last piece to make up a Wright 41-W-2620 set. A "44+" dated N-312 8" extension (41-B-309-20) was generously donated by a member of Garage Journal.
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Congrats Bill! Can you post a photo of the entire completed set?
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Awesome, Bill!! That’s great!
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Absolutely! EDIT: As an aside, I have all the Wright tools in a post-war GMTK-style box. I can attest that those boxes can hold 80+ pounds of tools!
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Thanks Bill. Nicely done!
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Bill,
Looks great! Congratulations.
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Looks great! Congratulations.
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Cross posting for posterity - Check out a 3/8" drive family photo at this link: What about 3/8" drive tools?
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Saw this on eBay UK... Wright made Whitworth sockets, too.
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