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PelicanPines
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Damn that's pretty. Nice size as well. At first glance it looked smaller. Actually.... at first glance... I pictured my nose hair trimmer.
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I think it's gorgeous...
I also don't think it's all that practical given modern alternatives.
Despite that, I think it's cool as ****. And I love that someone decided to spend the time and effort to make it.
freudianfloyd
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It seems to me that MyMechanics did a restoration video of a ratcheting screwdriver very similar to that.
Yep, found it. 1891 German Weltrekord
Yep, found it. 1891 German Weltrekord
LeonardY
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Love the design. I would be afraid to use it and scratch it.
Ton ton
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Thank you for starting a screwdriver thread. They are the best threads on garage journal.
The restoration in the video is INSANE! Thanks for sharing
paulsomlo
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I'm not a fan of ratcheting screwdrivers, but ratcheting with that side handle could be really useful. I don't see any provision for bit storage, though?
marty_p
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That is super impressive -- once again.
As a bonus, the expected delivery window is in time for Christmas gifts for your peeps who already have everything else.
As a bonus, the expected delivery window is in time for Christmas gifts for your peeps who already have everything else.
freudianfloyd
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Sorry, I didn't mean for the video link to sidetrack your thread, I just found the video entertaining.
KnurledNut
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Reminds me of the early spring-loaded Snap-on ratchet adaptors, which worked in either direction without the need for a switch:
rjn2649
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I think that side handle feature is really a great idea, really see it as useful in some tight spaces. But I think at that price, I would just wouldn't want to scratch it, or worse yet set it down someplace, to have someone else pick it up. I wish them the best of luck.
Cleave
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Looks like a great product for tight places and the fit and finish are great. I've installed a number of screws with bit braces, and this thing will work just fine, though you can't spin it around and around with the side handle out like you can a brace. Reminds me a little of the old corner braces, except you can fold up the handle.
unknownroad
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I wanna hate it, because an 8-tooth ratcheting screwdriver that weighs the better part of a pound is answering a question that no one is really asking, but that is exactly the sort of thing I'd buy if I didn't have to work for my money.
Denwood
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I've run a Kickstarter campaign before, and was pretty happy to raise $100K. That was for a project that required $65K in injection moulding costs, and a pile more for patents etc.
These guys raised $800K (and counting) for something someone else invented, and they have a few machine tools and machining time to invest...or they'll outsource all of it. I give them Kudos.
Someone else will copy this and you'll see on Amazon via China with zero patent protection, but if you look at Metmo's other projects, they likely don't care as they are serialising "novel" metal bits.
These guys raised $800K (and counting) for something someone else invented, and they have a few machine tools and machining time to invest...or they'll outsource all of it. I give them Kudos.
Someone else will copy this and you'll see on Amazon via China with zero patent protection, but if you look at Metmo's other projects, they likely don't care as they are serialising "novel" metal bits.
Iridium rand
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kickstarters are generally all about two things, one is advertising/hype, the other is that it has to look cool. This appears to have both, they even specifically describe it’s use as a fidget/desk toy (which seem to make for very popular kickstarter products). Obviously very overbuilt with looks in mind and costs several times what an equally functional and durable version could cost with minimal changes
Denwood
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For us it was market research and production funding. If a product is successful on KickStarter, then you have some degree of confidence that the product will find an audience. Doing a project like we did (which involved some very expensive injection molds @ ~ 75% of our total raised funds) meant that we could go ahead and release the product with some assurance that we weren't going to lose a pile of cash. As it was, even with that vote of confidence, the product did not do well in the market, so we essentially had to shelve it shortly after release. We made zero, but also mitigated losses.
Motoman1100
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Of course it would be hard to beat the restoration by the master himself...
61,000,000 views and worth every minute of viewing time. .... My Mechanics
GirchyGirchy
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Holy ****, they sell a $260 steel cube. Two things move in and out. What's wrong with people?
Mk3 Stainless Steel MetMo Cube
The most precision engineered cube you can buy! A beautifully machined stainless steel marvel of engineering! The original MetMo Cube unique and perfected.
www.metmo.co.uk
Ton ton
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The steel cube has fairly decent reviews.
Ganymedes
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Hi, Guys, this ratching screwdriver is a damn nice tool, but nothing new under the sun: I have, since the seventies a Facom AMM M with 5 inserts, 2 flat, 2 phillips and a 3/8" square . It is described in my eldest Facom catalog F73 on page 182. I use this tool very not often.
My elderst catalogue F64, too.
Inspired by <my mechanics>, I tried to make my replica of Facom AMM last November. It was fun to make one of these "mammoth" ratchet screwdrivers.
Materials used: copper/titanium. Of course, pb swiss was sacrificed.
For years Facom haven't changed its design, the AMM A looks almost the same as AMM.
alabamawindchime
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Anything with "fidget", as part of the description, loses me immediately.
I never did understand Mediterranean area "worry beads", either.
I never did understand Mediterranean area "worry beads", either.