I was cleaning the doodads in the 3/8" drawer last night and shot some oil into my little star shaped Mac XR1 GL "Palm ratchet" and started thinking.
I've owned this thing just this side of forever, maybe thirty years, and never seen another like it. I suspect that it uses a sprag internally. It's handier than a third thumb when you need it but can get pretty slippery with it's smooth finish. Knurling in the five recesses would have been a major plus.
At any rate, any input on the little critter would be welcome as would any information on the Mac Tools date codes. The code on this one is J3.
Nolan
"Malcolm Bricklin, he of the Bricklin SV1, wouldn't be satisfied until he had forced every American to walk to work. To that end, in 1985, he began importing the Yugo GV, which turned out to be the Mona Lisa of bad cars. Built in Soviet-bloc Yugoslavia, the Yugo had the distinct feeling of something assembled at gunpoint. Interestingly, in a car where "carpet" was listed as a standard feature, the Yugo had a rear-window defroster — reportedly to keep your hands warm while you pushed it. The engines went ka-blooey, the electrical system — such as it was — would sizzle, and things would just fall off. Yugo. Or not."
I've owned this thing just this side of forever, maybe thirty years, and never seen another like it. I suspect that it uses a sprag internally. It's handier than a third thumb when you need it but can get pretty slippery with it's smooth finish. Knurling in the five recesses would have been a major plus.
At any rate, any input on the little critter would be welcome as would any information on the Mac Tools date codes. The code on this one is J3.
Nolan
"Malcolm Bricklin, he of the Bricklin SV1, wouldn't be satisfied until he had forced every American to walk to work. To that end, in 1985, he began importing the Yugo GV, which turned out to be the Mona Lisa of bad cars. Built in Soviet-bloc Yugoslavia, the Yugo had the distinct feeling of something assembled at gunpoint. Interestingly, in a car where "carpet" was listed as a standard feature, the Yugo had a rear-window defroster — reportedly to keep your hands warm while you pushed it. The engines went ka-blooey, the electrical system — such as it was — would sizzle, and things would just fall off. Yugo. Or not."