MAC Ratchet with BRASS Drive?

[Green Coyote]

I picked up a MAC TOOLS 3/8 ratchet XPR8 with a brass head on it. Can't seem to find another one like it doing a google search.... Is this a rare item, or an oddball thing? Comfort grip, not old, ratchets very nicely, maybe a fine tooth.

 

[Skin]

Did you actually take a magnet to it to confirm you're not just seeing the copper layer applied during chroming?

XPR were basically MACs version of Proto Big Dawg. I think they were around 50 tooth which was pretty high for the times.

 

[jumbojak]

I'd like to see this ratchet.

 

[3baygarage]

 

[MattT]

MAC make gold plated "collectors" ratchets from time to time. Might be that rather than brass?

 

[Green Coyote]

Here's a couple pics.... Magnet does stick to it..

 

[Fbmoose48]

Ampro and others make a brass-like alloy for non-sparking ratchets and other tools to be used in environments where sparks = death, however, this alloy is also non-magnetic so I doubt that's why it looks that.

 

[ADSR]

looks like pain

 

[pendragon1998]

looks like paint

Fify

That's what I thought too.

 

[davethorik]

I have a NOS Proto index head ratchet. Not quite the same thing, but close. It has some type of coating on the drive square. Like anodizing, or paint.

 

[DadsTools]

Could it be a titanium coating like on drill bits? The benefit on bits would seem equally advantageous on a ratchet stud.

 

[Michael_in_DE]

Strange. Maybe the previous owner didn't want to engrave it and thought of a different way to differentiate his ratchet from his co-workers and while he had it apart, painted it?

I have a brass breaker bar, but the entire thing is brass. In the no-spark-tools-industry, the whole tool is usually brass.

 

[Fbmoose48]

Strange. Maybe the previous owner didn't want to engrave it and thought of a different way to differentiate his ratchet from his co-workers and while he had it apart, painted it?

I have a brass breaker bar, but the entire thing is brass. In the no-spark-tools-industry, the whole tool is usually brass.

Yeah, I doubt a partial brass tool would pass safety standards at a site that requires them. My thought is that perhaps someone used a non-sparking part in a rebuild.

 

[wrenchr]

it was just a coating Mac used some years ago.

 

[wrenchr]

it was just a coating Mac used some years ago.

While I agree that the one looks like paint.

 

[Michael_in_DE]

My thought is that perhaps someone used a non-sparking part in a rebuild.

I think we have a winning answer right here.

 

[davethorik]

I think we have a winning answer right here.

No, you're wrong. Just a coating. Lol its magnetic so it's not brass or bronze.

 

[Green Coyote]

I took it apart today. color is solid... Definitely supposed to be that way, not painted.. I like that it's not common..... I didn't know there were different material options for rebuild kits?

 

[3baygarage]

You've got a golden ticket!

It looks cool.

Maybe a worker brought it home like that.

 

[wrenchr]

maybe a gold plated version someone swapped out?

 

[M6erfan]

I have no idea, but that is pretty cool

 

[rsanter]

I suspect it is a gold,irriadating rust preventative coating/plating.
Like the gold color on grade 8 bolts