Weird new Wera ratchet

[wellstig1]

Saw this today when putting together an order

http://chadstoolbox.com/05003692002-wera-8002-c-koloss-drive-ratchet.aspx

Oh, and this too

http://chadstoolbox.com/05073230002-wera-8001-a-bitratchet.aspx

 

[skeletonizer]

LOL. I don't know that I could ever train myself to use the head of a ratchet for a hammer. It just seems wrong.

 

[wellstig1]

I just checked their website and found thats what it is for. That is the most awesome ratchet ever.

 

[baucom]

I kinda like the second 1, but that first 1 just looks strange. It's a neat concept, but that ratchet head looks huge with the hammer faces on it.

 

[Joe B.]

Go stand in to tool department at Sears and watch the returns for a few hours on a Saturday morning. Craftsman ratchets have made excellent hammers for years.

 

[UncleJoe]

The interactive video on the mfg website is awesome. The attachments, the centering pin, the extension. That tool is really interesting. Far more there than at first glance.

 

[Scout Driver]

Go stand in to tool department at Sears and watch the returns for a few hours on a Saturday morning. Craftsman ratchets have made excellent hammers for years.

LOL, that's funny! Nearly got coffee to come out my nose!

Scott

 

[arkangel06]

That second one is awesome!

 

[thk2c]

the bit ratchet looks nice.

The hammer thing.....well i have a ratchet and i have a hammer......seems too bulky anyway

 

[wellstig1]

Does snap on have a bit ratchet in the dual 80 design?

 

[woody 73]

looks like something Dr. Mccoy on star track would use on the Klingons...

 

[Monte]

 

[volpster31]

that is sweet!!!! i dont see a 3/8 version though (thats the size i need)

 

[Stephenw]

Damn, there goes my patent idea...

 

[nordstar]

Stephenw, that is an awesome hammer/ratchet. Did you make it?

 

[HankMurphy]

Hammer ratchets have been around a long time. Look for "Scaffold Ratchet" on ebay. I know that Wright and Snapon both make them, possibly some other US makes, and there are also imports. Here is the Snappy:

http://buy1.snapon.com/catalog/item...6&group_ID=345&store=snapon-store&dir=catalog

I've always kind of wanted one of these, but it's never gotten high enough in the priority list to get one.

Cheers,

 

[tonydanzah]

is that a fine tooth? and where can you buy them online, I don't see them on chadstoolbox.

 

[superautobacs]

It has a working angle of 6*. What's considered a fine-tooth?

The Koloss wasn't designed with the automechanic in mind: check out Wera TV for the full scope of the product.

 

[tonydanzah]

5* is normally a fine tooth so I think six might count. Where can you buy them?

 

[mcdtommy23]

I would buy one right now if they had it with a telescoping handle.

 

[Old Donn]

Is it really that big a hassle to bring a hammer too?

 

[DaMaN]

Saw this today when putting together an order

http://chadstoolbox.com/05003692002-wera-8002-c-koloss-drive-ratchet.aspx

Oh, and this too

http://chadstoolbox.com/05073230002-wera-8001-a-bitratchet.aspx

Yummy, that 2nd one is ****!

 

[Diablo]

I think im gonna have to get one of those bit ratchets. Ive been looking for one for a while and this is perfect

 

[babzog]

LOL. I don't know that I could ever train myself to use the head of a ratchet for a hammer. It just seems wrong.

Tell that to my son. He thinks it's a marvellous plan!

Of course, he's only 3 1/2.

 

[DaMaN]

Could not resist I am in for 1 bit ratchet @ chads

 

[scottmlew]

Which style of bits work with the bit ratchet? Any recommendations for a set?

 

[superautobacs]

Any style of 1/4" bit will work with them.

 

[Monte]

is that a fine tooth? and where can you buy them online, I don't see them on chadstoolbox.

I think they are 60 tooth

The "Koloss" is also available from chads

http://chadstoolbox.com/search.aspx?find=koloss

 

[FNFS2000]

WERA doesn't seem to give a tooth count, but it is a dual pawl according to their images at wera.de

 

[FNFS2000]

I hate preorders and finding out about things before I can actually get them... I feel like a 9 year old waiting for Christmas.... Where are my new tools??? At least I guess I'll be among the first in the US to see one in person...

 

[DaMaN]

My bit holder just shipped! Just got the email from Chad's Toolbox.

 

[novadude]

How are the bits held in the bit ratchet? Looks like a spring clip deal. I can't recall if ALL 1/4" bits have a groove to accept the spring clip.

 

[superautobacs]

How are the bits held in the bit ratchet? Looks like a spring clip deal. I can't recall if ALL 1/4" bits have a groove to accept the spring clip.

If the holding mechanism is anything like mine, which I'm pretty sure it is, you're right.
All the standard length 1/4" bits I own have the grooves in them.

 

[Teken]

I'm sorry but I don't believe a ratchet should be used / employed as a striking device at all. When people start adding things on to something that has a basic assigned task, not only does it start looking ugly, it enforces others to abuse tools that aren't designed for said task.

Now I know Wera has purposely designed and manufactured this ratchet because there had to be a need, and as one of the GJ members stated Sears has probably warrantied hundreds over the years because those fracking morons had the same thought process and didnt have enough common sense to get up off their sorry aszz and get the correct impact tool to do the job . . .

I don't know, but I was raised, trained, and schooled that each tool has a purpose and you don't use those tools for random things such as the above . . .

Just my thought . . .

 

[Danglerb]

Bit ratchet looks neat, but $34 at chads plus shipping, and its very much the sort of thing you never know if you like until its in your hands, plus I have two or three cheap similar things and don't use them very often, not to mention my new GearWrench 1/4" keychain wrench.

If you have the need to tap sockets a few times to seat them, maybe the hammer ratchet would be handy, but I can't see whacking anything with it, not even an impact driver.

 

[rockchucker]

I am not a huge fan of some of the newer Multi-Use Tools out there today. I will use my 1/2 Craftsman Ratchet in a bind or stranded or with no other option.

Right Tool for the right job.

 

[novadude]

Anyone using the sunex bit ratchet? Looks like a similar deal for less $.

 

[48548]

Anyone using the sunex bit ratchet? Looks like a similar deal for less $.

Since you asked here you are.... Also the Wera is 60 teeth I read somewhere.... Nice and smaller than the sunex as well, I show it next to a snap on TM936 flex head bit ratchet.

 

[48548]

I thought people would be all over this....

 

[Monte]

nice !!!!! I like it !!