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Adam Old Ratchet rebuild kits
October 8th, 2005 11:54 AM
October 8, 2005 Old Ratchet rebuild kits


Oh. Those ½ inch drive, old long, chrome finished lever ratchet rebuild kits are still available through Danaher (as far as the Customer service rep knew) for a "mere" $26.76. Yes. I made sure we were not looking up a whole ratchet. It‛s just that small plastic bag with 8 parts in it.

Canvas the stores for an old Craftsman rebuild kit. But, please don't even think of "stocking up". I don't think many (if any) PMTs have much of a stock to begin with and future shipments of these kits are doubtful.

The model number for the ½ inch kit is 43447.

I'm still buying ratchets through eBay. I'm going to have to be careful about which model numbers I pay for. There may not be rebuild kits for them in the not too distant future.

The official line is, "Replace with equivalent new ratchets". They are very good for people who just want a ratchet's functionality. Properly taken care of and used they are excellent tools.

It's just the crazy collectors or people with heirlooms who are going to feel squeezed.
Joe Because....
October 9th, 2005 10:19 AM
Hand tools are generally not "collected" (on a mass scale) they are used...

The Craftsman warranty is a home run, so that's why many folks are buying them, and using, not collecting them.

It would be like Fluidmaster sending you new toilet guts under warranty for free after 10 years and you say, "Man, I liked the old style better, it had a cupped, finished inlet on the top!" . LOL.
Randal ROFLMAO
October 9th, 2005 10:44 AM
Pretty good Joe,



But I was thinking:

"No, the old style was tuned to a 3 gallon toilet!" LOL
Adam Equivalents
October 9th, 2005 03:23 PM
Trust me here. Hand tools are most definitely collected.

There are just too many Tool Guides to Value to support tool "users" alone.

That recently sold eBay $87 1/4 inch drive old Craftsman Ratchet is way... more expensive than a ratchet hanging in the stores.

Gold plated Craftsman tools (never used) have been marketed for the 3rd year in a row.

But, apparently, we have two votes for an equivalent Craftsman ratchet will be fine.

Excellent...

It's folks like you, that allow a simple, successful transaction possible, that make the retail environment rewarding at the end of the day (seriously).
Joe LOL
October 10th, 2005 12:27 PM
You're talking to a guy that reads Fire apparatus journals now, talk about "buffs". LOL :).
Adam Old reference
October 11th, 2005 11:08 PM
October 11, 2005 Old reference


Isn't it fascinating to read about the predecessors of the tool that you are using now.

I feel knowing the history of our tools helps users understand the basic nature of our present day tools and all of the innovations that have gone into making them available to us for our daily work.

It takes what is merely a three-dimensional object and allows the user to experience the object's fourth dimension - time.

Next time you get a chance, take a look at an all metal electric drill.

To go backwards, think of the big breast drill, then the eggbeater drill, then a push drill, an Archimedes's screw drill, various braces, and one of the oldest is simply a drill bit, attached to a stick, that has what looks like a violin bow's string wrapped around the stick to supply the fast turning motion.

To go forward from the all metal electric, think of the drill with a reversing switch, now the drill has a hybrid shell (part metal and part plastic), a hybrid with a reversing switch built into a variable speed trigger control. Now see the all plastic shelled drill. The internal bearings have moved from sleeve type "solid" bearing surfaces to ball and roller bearing affairs. The heaviness of the drill has been addressed, frequently at the expense of the tool's longevity.

I don't know when the battery powered electric drills came on to the scene. It was sometime within my 48 year existence though.

I had some of the earlier models, which probably explains why I am not comfortable relying on the battery powered models, many tool design and manufacture generations later.

The batteries are still expensive, with limited life spans.

But, the freedom from THE CORD has brought millions of dollars of sales of these devices.

They're quick!

Even the chucks are designed for speed. Keyless chucks... curious things. Only the very best models are capable of holding the drill bits well enough to drill through plate steel.

But, heh! How many end users are really going to need this capability?

A "clutch" for not over driving screws. A fantastic invention. It's too bad not many Drill/Driver users don't take the time to use it.

The latest innovation being a bidirectional, sweeping beam LASER. This will no doubt erode measuring and marking practices down a bit more.

But, as long as no one has a problem with tolerance stacking that this type of "measured" hole will generate, it will tremendously add to a project's speed.

I would think some sort of drill bit cooling system might come soon. Why use a drop or two of oil when the "turbo charged" liquid nitrogen cartridge powered cartridges are available.

I think the reason a lot of people are collectors of "old" things, in addition to being users of tools, is perhaps they do this kind of reflection more than day to day tool users do.
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