Vintage Heller Bros "Masterrench" Self Adjusting Wrench Review

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\In this video we look at a 1920's version of the Speedwrench.
A unique design for a self-adjusting ratcheting wrench, that can wrench at an angle.
We'll see if the claim of 45 degree wrenching is true, when I attempt to wrench around my beer.

This wrench was designed by Homer Mead & Earnest Lynch in 1921, and was sold by the Heller Bros in New Jersey.

1921 Patent:
https://patents.google.com/patent/US1533602A/en?oq=us+1%2c533%2c602

Masterrench trademark:
https://www.google.com/books/edition/Official_Gazette_of_the_United_States_Pa/b03vaeXZJG8C?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PA982&printsec=frontcover

1927 ad:
https://www.google.com/books/edition/Metropolitan_Management_Transportation_a/ZzojAQAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=masterrench&pg=PA375&printsec=frontcover

1926 ad:
https://www.google.com/books/edition/Commercial_America/utDmAAAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=masterrench&pg=RA6-PA49&printsec=frontcover

Heller Brother's Catalogs:
https://archive.org/search?query=creator%3A%22Heller+Brothers+Co.%22

Heller Brothers History:
http://alloy-artifacts.org/heller-brothers-company.html

00:00 Overview
00:58 History
01:40 Wrenching Around my Beer
02:31 Outro

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