Vessel e assist ratchet?

[cdoublejj]

Anyone tried one yet? https://www.harryepstein.com/products/vessel-e-assist-mini-ratchet-wrench-400er2u

Wonder if it has enough torq for stick threadys

 

[4xdog]

I haven’t, but I’ll bet it’s useful. I use my Vessel electric ball screwdriver all the time.

 

[Steel_Rain]

Anyone tried one yet? https://www.harryepstein.com/products/vessel-e-assist-mini-ratchet-wrench-400er2u

Wonder if it has enough torq for stick threadys

I have it and used it for over a year. It’s underpowered, but great for low torque, light jobs where there is a lot of repetition. I wish it was reversible without the need to flip it over, but rumor is they are working on a more powerful version with that option.

To be 100% clear, this will not replace a full sized power ratchet in any way, but works well for its intended purpose.

 

[garfieldzzz]

I have looked it up on Amazon Japan today and there you can see nicely the guts as somebody broke it. The shank only goes about 1“ in to the handle.
Im still convinced it has good use for fidelly rather small stuff.

The head looks suspiciously the same as my Facom roto bit ratchet.

 

[Steel_Rain]

I haven’t, but I’ll bet it’s useful. I use my Vessel electric ball screwdriver all the time.

Use case just today:




The wife got me three of these tool organizers (for Father’s Day) to assemble and the little guy made this easy.

 

[cdoublejj]

The flipping to reverse is BIG note by all. A little more power revser button might be actual buy for me if I find it my local ma and pa tool shops

 

[NKlamerus]

Absolutely love mine, full time sewing machine mechanic and it fits where only a manual bit ratchet would before.

 

[GeoBruin]

full time sewing machine mechanic

Man, you must keep busy. You lot are a dying breed.

 

[NKlamerus]

Man, you must keep busy. You lot are a dying breed.

I'm an in house technician for a very large hat company you've definitely heard of or worn lol

We have ~450 embroidery heads and ~50 traditional sewing machines with different post styles

Lots of work out there and very few technicians, one of the major brands lost 2/3 of their older techs during COVID

 

[jsaw]

I'm an in house technician for a very large hat company you've definitely heard of or worn lol

We have ~450 embroidery heads and ~50 traditional sewing machines with different post styles

Lots of work out there and very few technicians, one of the major brands lost 2/3 of their older techs during COVID

How did You learn the trade? Where would someone get training for that job. Working on sewing machines mIght be a good job for a retired mechanic

 

[NKlamerus]

How did You learn the trade? Where would someone get training for that job. Working on sewing machines mIght be a good job for a retired mechanic

Luck of the draw mostly, got a call one day from a buddy who needed to hire a new technician and I was excited to leave the job I had at the time. We had known each other for a few years and he understood the niche level of autism and OCD I have

No sewing experience before walking in, just the tinkering, customizing leathermans and rebuilding fishing reels for a decade

The sewing parts aren't that much smaller, a lot of times theres more metal than plastic found in reels, biggest difference is pretty much absolutely everything is timed.

There's not much online for training or tutorials, fortunately I had a few years of trial and error, I've now trained ~6 other mechanics. It really helps that the place I work has damaged things to a degree that no other techs have ever seen.

Would be a great place for older mechanics to start looking, embroidery is much simpler mechanically but there's a LOT more electronic controls and computerization, won't be long before we have AI digitizing and tensioners on the machines

The few guys I've met that had the shakes didn't work out for very long at all, steady hands are a must.

Here's some photos of a hat sucked into a hook, other is 1000m spool of thread that got sucked into some of the internals.