To avoid these ads, REGISTER NOW!

Was this wrench AI designed?!?

To avoid these ads, REGISTER NOW!
A

Astro_Pneumatic_Tools

Well-known member
Joined
Oct 30, 2013
Messages
2,106
Location
South El Monte
This is the type of product you can sell to a brand/company but never an end user. Like if you find it, and go to a customer brand's hand tool product manager and are like "Look! You've never had something like this, it wouldn't overlap anything. All new sales. No one else has it yet" and they'd just do it.
Then you'd sell a whole 7 pieces to actual people using tools

I call this the indexing square drive ratchet phenomenon. You see large brands, every 10 years come out with an indexing head 3/8" ratchet or something. Because everyone who was around last time it was released and then discontinued a year later after the novelty purchases dry up is now retired or in new roles and the new folks 10 years later see a whole new gap in their line that's all new dollars. Then repeat.
 
K

KnurledNut

Well-known member
Joined
Jan 28, 2011
Messages
8,096
Location
n/a
Astro_Pneumatic_Tools said:
This is the type of product you can sell to a brand/company but never an end user. Like if you find it, and go to a customer brand's hand tool product manager and are like "Look! You've never had something like this, it wouldn't overlap anything. All new sales. No one else has it yet" and they'd just do it.
Then you'd sell a whole 7 pieces to actual people using tools

I call this the indexing square drive ratchet phenomenon. You see large brands, every 10 years come out with an indexing head 3/8" ratchet or something. Because everyone who was around last time it was released and then discontinued a year later after the novelty purchases dry up is now retired or in new roles and the new folks 10 years later see a whole new gap in their line that's all new dollars. Then repeat.
Click to expand...
Excuse me sir, but are you telling me my Proto hard handle indexing flexhead purchase was a gimmick?


55288662772_01a05c9b7b_b.jpg
 
OP
T

Toold_up

Well-known member
Joined
Feb 9, 2019
Messages
640
Location
Attached
I think the only thing it's missing is a 1/2 drive flex male end so you can use a 1/2 -> 3/8 -> 1/4 adapters for sockets/bits... Actually I might weld a 1/2 drive flex handle to the end of a 10" adjustable wrench and throw it in a vehicle box with a lugnut socket...
 
E

Etchase

Well-known member
Joined
Nov 10, 2017
Messages
1,978
Location
Hawaii
I bought mine from Amazon warehouse three years ago for $16. As you can see it hasn’t got much use. Well not any actual work, except entertaining me with its operation. Its build isn’t bad. Im happy with the purchase! Now the Astro wobbling ratchet set was less entertaining to play with, because it had less moving parts. I have an indexing ratchet too. Nothing better than a novelty tool.

IMG_2528.jpegIMG_9180.jpeg
 
Last edited:
M

M.Jay

Well-known member
Joined
Nov 3, 2025
Messages
214
Location
Southern Germany
Toold_up said:
Telescopic adjustable flex head with reversible jaw. It has all the buzz words!
Click to expand...
In the digital world, they call it bloatware when software is overloaded with too many unnecessary features. So guess we should call this a bloattool then.

Etchase said:
Now the Astro wobbling ratchet set was less entertaining to play with, because it had less moving parts.
Click to expand...
Astro_Pneumatic_Tools said:
We are far from immune, haha
Click to expand...
Ever since I saw that Youtube Video from Ballinator a few years ago, I want such a wobbling ratchet! Not because I think it would be particularly useful, but because I love collecting oddball tools.
 
To avoid these ads, REGISTER NOW!
N

neophyte

Well-known member
Joined
Apr 23, 2012
Messages
9,558
Location
Pennsylvannia
To be fair, Joseph Eifel survived gor decades selling his Plierench, although he did come up with a couple other designs.
The original Plierench was a set of parallel jaw pliers, with high leverage jaws similar to the Knipex Plier Wrench, but the jaws were inline with the handles, and the jaws were interchangeable, and usable for both compressing and expanding.
There was also a cutter jaw for tube cutting.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
To avoid these ads, REGISTER NOW!
Top Bottom