Poor craftsman ratchets...

[ShadowRuleZ]

They just needed a rebuild!

https://club.craftsman.com/blog/tigger-welding-turning-old-tools-into-new-art

Pretty neat. I see a few RHFTs, hopefully nothing too rare (spinners?) got cut up for it.

 

[M6erfan]

Very cool

 

[stage20]

**** ton of work but i love it. hate to know how much money is ******* in those, even if the guy bought them for a dollar.

 

[racinfarmer]

Wonder how many of those I could have had working with just a simple cleaning.

 

[stage20]

Wonder how many of those I could have had working with just a simple cleaning.

probably 90 of them

 

[hoston23]

on the link it said it took them 2 months and 200ish ratchets. the labor cost more than the ratchets.

 

[Steve08]

**** ton of work but i love it. hate to know how much money is ******* in those, even if the guy bought them for a dollar.
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Wow, it looks amazing!

 

[woody 73]

Very cool but you better never come near my ratchets with the thought of killing them!

 

[MrGiggles]

I started out spinning wrenches with Craftsman RP's, but with the low cost offerings today that are worlds ahead in comfort and design, it doesn't bother me a bit to see them used like that.

 

[1950mercury]

I'm just glad someone found a good use for craftsman rp ratchets

 

[Joe B.]

Considering it is on a Craftsman website and the tools are 100% Craftsman, I would be willing to bet that Sears sent the guy a bunch of tools from the returns bin in a few stores.

 

[bonneyman]

Nice work but it still hurts a little to look at it.

 

[jwsia]

It kills me to see the RHFT ratchets in there. I could care less about the rest of them...cool stuff

 

[darkside91]

Wow that's awesome. Ahh, those are RP ratchets. Heard that term earlier and yeah I've had several of the quarter inch ones start spinning on me.


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[Squddle]

LOVE it!

 

[3baygarage]

Nice work but it still hurts a little to look at it.

^ Yep,this.

 

[mrvm]

Great job creating art with old wornout CM RP. Definitely worth more money or appreciated much more dead than alive....

 

[Super Sport]

Considering it is on a Craftsman website and the tools are 100% Craftsman, I would be willing to bet that Sears sent the guy a bunch of tools from the returns bin in a few stores.

I'm sure that's what happened. The Sears store I worked at had more than enough old ratchets in the back room to do this. I've often wondered if every store has hundreds of them in the back, and what will happen to them when they close up shop...

 

[ganymede]

Under its eye socket I can see a mid 40's Plomb made ratchet. There are probably other collectable rats in the pile too.
Kind of annoying but this is a trend in the 'art' world now so it's futile to get worked up over it.

 

[ravenzfusion]

Finally a good use for these!

 

[Spn1025]

Very cool

your avatar... i have to stop for a minute every time i try to scroll past your posts. thanks

 

[jakemac]

THE PARTS ! THE PARTS !
It just makes me want to cry.



I gotta admit, though. Thats really cool.

 

[shoggoth80]

That does look really cool. Killer garage art, if not just a display piece in the home (I'd do it). Shame that I see some -V- series in there... those were supposed to be some of the better ones. I still have a -v- series RP that is kicking strong. Got it from my wife's grandfather. I pulled the Chinese made one out of the set, and dropped that one in its place. Lol.

 

[stage20]

Under its eye socket I can see a mid 40's Plomb made ratchet. There are probably other collectable rats in the pile too.
Kind of annoying but this is a trend in the 'art' world now so it's futile to get worked up over it.

im sure it was a craftsman circle U...made by plomb. my eyes dont spot it though.

 

[Negen]

Finally a good use for these!

+1

I was thinking the same thing.

Now we need to send him all our dual 80's so he can make another.

 

[stage20]

+1

I was thinking the same thing.

Now we need to send him all our dual 80's so he can make another.

could send in the harbor freight knock offs but they probably wont weld worth a darn. haha.