Mac m1rx

[TMplayers]

Vintage MAC M1RX 3/8 drive in a 1/4 body. Got the chance to bust this little old ratchet out today and put it to use while working on my riding lawnmower in which its short compact size came in useful in the tight sopts while still being able to use larger size sockets whitout adding the length of a adaptor. This was a great ratchet and truth be told it is extremely tight between teeth and little to no play at all within the ratchet head making it one of the best feeling ratchets within my large collection of all the top ratchets on the market from new all the way back to the late 1920's. Dont get me wrong the fine tooth ratchets of today are pretty amazing but there is something to be said about a ratchet that is 60 years old and still works as good as the day it was made! Quality is not what it used to be in are steel grades of today and Im curious to see how well the ratchets of today fair in 60+ years and see how well they function. Ive personally broke teeth on new snap on, mac, matco ratchets and have bent or broke wreches that where new and have put some of my older stuff onto jobs that was really really tuff with the understanding it might break and thats why I used the old stuff as to not break my new ones and yet time after time the older stuff just keeps going and going and going as if to say " I was here before you, and I will still be here long after your *** is gone " lol lol...Just my opinion and life experience tho

 

[3baygarage]

Nice ratchet. I like the look of the old style.

 

[Almostbroke94]

Good read! Nothing compares to the older stuff, in my opinion.

 

[TMplayers]

I agree the look of the older ratchets was distinctive and one of a kind as where today all ratchets look and feel the same really. And thanks almostbroke94 on the read and yes im firm believer in the older tools in general not just ratchets in fact I go for my older sockets almost always before the newer ones, most of my newer sockets are in a drawer that never gets opened and the sockets I use everyday on my trays are mostly from 50's-60's and they never fail me! I am also a big fan of the older Cornwell Sockets especially the larger size ones as I put some impact hell on those and ive yet to have a single one break or round out and these sockets been around twice as long as ive been alive, simply impressive to say the least.