Restoration of Vintage Indestro Socket Sets.
Today we clean up a couple of Indestro socket sets from the 50’s. They were a very common sight in cars and around the home and came in many variations. Here we look at a 11 and 19 piece wall sets.
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Two great restorations! A fitting tribute to the Indestro brand.
That extension with the long hex bar was ingenious.
Thank you!
Thanks for sharing your restoration techniques! This week I found an "Indestro" offset wrench in a wall on my job site. I really like it and would like to bring it back to it's original patina. It's an SAE 11/16" by 5/8". It will get some use!
Just got this metric set for $10. Nice little set
Man…If I would have had a kit like that when I was a Kid I would have had a fun time using it
These really look similar, non-withstanding the technology changes in socket sets, like some modern Wiha sets. So the idea is still very marketable, and wouldn't we all have loved getting these sets on our 16th birthday?! Thinking about the restoration (and this is always a function of how much energy you want to put into it of course), it made me wonder if there are any print transfer sheets one could use with their ink printer. We can do things now that were crazy hard 30 years ago: like use our phone to take a picture of the lettering, lift it in a software tool, and if there is a reverse transfer product available, we could repaint a set like this and put the exact copy of the text on the device. Lacquer it, and its good like new from a finish perspective. What do you think ScoutCrafter and viewers? Has anyone done something like this?
Love this so kewl
You can also bathe these ratchets in a cup of transmission oil overnight if it feels gummed up or gives too much resistance in the backswing. Come back the next day and just spin it on a bolt in a vice and you will feel it loosen up and see the dirty transmission fluid work its way out through the gaps. Transmission fluid is a great cleaner as well as a lubricant.
The green was standart
The red was imperial
Thanks Scoutcrafter for your reply,please keep up the god work,am looking forward to more of your very good videos,and am going to look for one of these socket sets locally..sort of think Id like one again
Thanks for your series of videos,well done,properly spoken,good explanations..I remember the Japanese knock-offs of these socket sets..They looked very similar,almost identical..They were sold here in Australia,by Coles department stores,under their own house brand name of "Sturdee" which was generally quite good for the price. There were three types,Metric,SAE and BSW…Finish was a zinc coating sort of like galvanised ..simple little sets,and no doubt quite handy..but us boys always aspired to Sidchrome,which was our trusted locally made brand of tools..Sidchrome was sadly sold to Stanley who kept the name,closed the factory and transferred production to Asia..
I have a blue set from Japan that I've got on the to do list to get cleaned up. I don't think they were ever used.
I had a set of those given to me when I was a kid back in the early 80s. I dumped them when I got a “fancy” craftsman socket set in the 90s. Sigh…
I have a small fractional set like the red set has. Got for a buck in a pawn shop. No ratchet but just the Allen type wrench. I use it to show students the history of tools. I teach Industrial Electrical Maintanence at a trade school.
Japan wasnt quality in the 50s due to america stealing their tech and patents and also due to the war we threw upon them and the nuclear bomb we dropped upon them which should be the no 1 war crime in history and biggest crime against humanity
Don't you despise those plastic 3-in1 bottles? I can't find a metal one (locally) to save my life. I particularly dislike the ones with the so-called 'Marksman' spout. Love 3-in1 oil, though…
Thank you for some great info!
Not seen wall hanging sets before.. very nice..
Are the Genuine Indestro Socket Set wrench with stamped recessed handles? I have on that just has a smooth handle no recess, I'm assuming it's the Japan version?
I inherited a set of these from my father, minus the holder, and just thought it was an old fashioned ratchet set that I would never use. . When I tried to change the differential oil in my truck, the only socket I had that was large enough to remove the plug was from this set. Thanks, Dad. Time to get them out and clean them up.
I got a couple of ratchet wrenches that look like those rachets in your sets. I got like 2 or 3 of them in different sizes. I'll get some pics of them to show you.
Hey man, thanks for the memories. My late father had a set of the red kind back in the 1960s and 70s, I wonder what happened to them? He also used 3 in 1 oil and I have the last bottle he purchased. What a great channel BTW and I am a new subscriber.
I have watched many of your vids and in some cases, have been so excited to get to the next, I neglected to "like" the vid. Needless to say, I was wrong in not paying closer attention, but you have a way with restoration. I love your vids and will keep watching(I have subscribed) and will try to remember to stop.. take a breath.. and like the vid. Good job and thanks for the detailed, informative and always respectful aproach to craftsmanship.
All I can say is the more of these I watch the more jealous I am of whoever is gonna end up inheriting all of these tools. As much as I love vintage tools all of my time and spare cash are going into my blacksmithing/bladesmithing shop. Once the buildout is finally done I'm going to start trolling eBay for some of these cool older tools.
Interesting socket sets. They cleaned up nice.
Very good Restoration my friend nice tool set
I have green set just like that. I need to do exactly what you did. Thank you.
I have always had the standard set – now to scout out the Metric set.
In the UK there were some very cheap copies but they were not made of steel and bent when you tried to undo anything.
They turned out very nice !!!!!!
Really awesome!
I have a USA made set that’s similar. It has no case. It has 6 point sockets ranging from 7/16” to 3/4”. My uncle gave it too me back in the late 60s as a starter set. I gave it too my son as a starter socket set in the early 90s.
I'll keep my eyes open for these. Nice sets.
Those thru ratchets were just pure genius I feel. For the average task at hand, they were plenty good.
Those would look great on a garage wall
Purchased an Irwin 11/14 perfect handle screwdriver yesterday . Is a protect is rusted and needs the handle
You should think about investing in a sonic cleaner I got one and it cleans stuff like sockets real well, just use a little simple green, also for rusty tools have you tried evaporust? Works great to.., your videos are great though keep it up
I still have some Indestro 1/2" drive sockets that I got 50 years ago. The ratchet gave out while I was working in the oilfield in the early 80's, but they were good tools. I still use the breakover bar.
Thanks, great job.
Ive thrown so many of those away. Haha
Nice set. They turned out very shiny.
I enjoyed it. Have only one question. Sometimes you cut your voice in the end of a sentence. Why is that? You also talk in the “ we form “. Do you have somebody with you?
Great videos, keep them coming. I have felt completely in love with “old” tools and their restoration. ( hope you can understand my English)
Greetings Koos from Norway
very rare to see, in the uk, ive never seen a complete set, they were hex drive as they fitted the car jacks of the time too, this was before snap on invented the sq 1/4-3/8-1/2 standard we see now. before then it was hex or non standard sq drives lke 5/16. amazing how compact they are unlike the toolkits of today with a millions sockets and exts and variants, just those, a set of 6 wrenches , a couple of screwdrivers and you had it all
Pretty ingenious for the day. I like the wall hanging display. Those would look great in my garage. I've never seen this set up before but I'll be looking now.
I have a correct my statement. Snap On did not take them over my error. Indestro and Duro operated into the 1990's . Thanks
Thanks. Learned a lot and remembered one in my dad’s tool box in the 1950’s.
I should add I have both 3/8 and 1/2 Drive. I think they also had 3/4 drive. Thanks again.
Outstanding! Have many of these sockets from my grandfather . Six point and the twelve point, like yours mind cleanup very well. I used them all the time for big jobs. My ratchet is different the handle flexes , not stamped. Thanks again. I think Snap On brought them out. May be wrong. Thanks again
Very nice. I've had great luck with citric acid…have you used that to remove rust on your restorations?