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2. Proto (tools) - Wikipedia

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   Proto was founded in 1907 by Alphonse Plomb, Jacob Weninger, and Charles Williams as the Plomb Tool Company, a small blacksmith shop making chisels in Los Angeles. In 1933, Plomb released what is commonly credited as the first combination wrench. [1]

3. Lowell Corporation - Wikipedia

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   The company was originally based in Worcester, Massachusetts and called the Lowell Wrench Company. [1] Lowell Corporation produces ratchet wrenches and other hand tools used for High Line and Pipeline Utility installation and repair. Lowell also makes ratchets as handles and clutches for inclusion in original industrial and commercial equipment.

4. Blackhawk (tools) - Wikipedia

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   It made automotive tools, such as wrenches and sockets, [1] and a number of specialty tools. [2] Blackhawk introduced a number of innovations to conventional drive tools, such as the "Lock-On" system of locking sockets, [3] gearless ratchets, [4] [5] telescoping ratchet handles, [6] and 7/16" drive tools. [7]

5. Socket wrench - Wikipedia

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   Socket set with ratchet (above), four hex sockets and a universal joint. A socket wrench (or socket spanner) is a type of spanner (or wrench [1] in North American English) that uses a closed socket format, rather than a typical open wrench/spanner to turn a fastener, typically in the form of a nut or bolt.

6. Ratchet (device) - Wikipedia

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   A ratchet (occasionally spelled rachet) is a mechanical device that allows continuous linear or rotary motion in only one direction while preventing motion in the opposite direction. Ratchets are widely used in machinery and tools. The word ratchet is also used informally to refer to a ratcheting socket wrench.

7. Mac Tools - Wikipedia

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   Mac Tools manufactured tools are produced in various Stanley Black & Decker facilities around the world. Mac Tools USA hardline tools are manufactured in their partner plant of Proto Dallas. Their primary distribution center is located in Hilliard, Ohio, United States. Mac Tools business model is a franchise system with roughly 1500 ...