home made 3/4" rachet

[bullchuck]

i have been lurking (and reading ) here for a while and thought i woul post. i work at a recycling place that bales up cardboard , alum. cans , plastic pop bottles and what ever else is in the stuff. we baled up some cardboard one day and one bale had a TIWAN 3/4" torque wrench sticking out the end of the bale. i pulled it out and the handle was bent like a pretzel. the head was in good shape so i cut the handle off and made a new handle. i could only salvage about 3" of the handle. i used 1 1/4" tubing for the handle. now i have a 3/4" rachet when ever i need it. all this free:bounce:

of corse this is nothing compared to the two and half pounds of canabus :pimpflashthat was found about two weeks later. had to call the cops on this one.

[goodfellow]

That's good thinkin' -- both on the ratchet and the weed :thumbup: Good job, that's a nice ratchet

[billymade]

Can you take the head apart and put the drive on the other side? Is on the wrong side?

[Blacknwhitepit]

Can you take the head apart and put the drive on the other side? Is on the wrong side?

That does look kinda weird....


-BWP

[bullchuck]

yes the head comes apart but canot be revirsed. i allready looked into that. but for what little it will be used i can live with the lever on the bottom.:beer:

[zuspiel]

Nice job and nice first post! What kept you from posting earlier? Did you think "If I only read and not post anything, I might escape the ratchet buying addiction...":bounce:

[wrenchr]

i have been lurking (and reading ) here for a while and thought i woul post. i work at a recycling place that bales up cardboard , alum. cans , plastic pop bottles and what ever else is in the stuff. we baled up some cardboard one day and one bale had a TIWAN 3/4" torque wrench sticking out the end of the bale. i pulled it out and the handle was bent like a pretzel. the head was in good shape so i cut the handle off and made a new handle. i could only salvage about 3" of the handle. i used 1 1/4" tubing for the handle. now i have a 3/4" rachet when ever i need it. all this free:bounce:

of corse this is nothing compared to the two and half pounds of canabus :pimpflashthat was found about two weeks later. had to call the cops on this one.

Are you sure it was not 4 lbs before calling the cops???:bounce::lol_hitti