Settle this debate- Name this tool

[Dturner7]

Having a debate here at work. Name the tool

 

[KnurledNut]

Its both.

 

[marak]

Ratchet is what I have always called it. But both are correct.

 

[Bockscar]

It's both but I call it a ratchet.

 

[CGarage]

Ratchet or socket wrench ?

 

[Jweebothee]

Both

 

[nvrenufrm]

Technically both, personally I call it a ratchet.

 

[lynx40]

quick release ratchet - by pressing the centre button release's the socket or extension bar they come in 1/4" , 3/8" and 1/2" drive

 

[subroc]

I call it a ratchet. I have never called it a socket wrench.

Tell us about this debate. Is anyone actually claiming the use of either word/term is wrong or only one is correct or the only proper thing to call it is x? Or is this a bunch of drunks arguing over something silly?

 

[Dturner7]

I call it a ratchet. I have never called it a socket wrench.

Tell us about this debate. Is anyone actually claiming the use of either word/term is wrong or only one is correct or the only proper thing to call it is x? Or is this a bunch of drunks arguing over something silly?

It’s nothing serious. Team ratchet is saying only ratchet is correct and team socket wrench is saying both are correct

 

[Toomanytools?]

Socket wrench, the informal name is "ratchet".

 

[Professional Tool User]

It doesn't matter either way, but I call it a ratchet.

 

[alwaysFlOoReD]

How can the poll add up to 112٪? Do some people vote for both options ?

 

[Leaflessshadetree]

Without a socket it's most likely to be a hammer.

 

[RTM]

Dave

 

[WhoWhatNow]

Ratcheting socket wrench

 

[RTM]

Cuz this is a thread about Socket Wrenches, if you want to get pedantic about it

Rusty Relics from a National Historical Landmark

I picked up this set of single offset fixed socket wrenches at a flea market yesterday morning, with hex openings ranging from 7/16" to 1-1/8". I knew they weren't made by Mossberg, Hinsdale, Walden-Worcetser, or Blackhawk, because none of those are hand-forged with a bent octagonal shank. I...

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[BFBOB]

Ratcheting socket wrench

Right. Not to be confused with early attempts where the socket is rotated with an Allen wrench, or sliding T-Bar.

 

[Bears Fan]

Hammer!

 

[Bubba Fett]

Cuz this is a thread about Socket Wrenches, if you want to get pedantic about it

Rusty Relics from a National Historical Landmark

I picked up this set of single offset fixed socket wrenches at a flea market yesterday morning, with hex openings ranging from 7/16" to 1-1/8". I knew they weren't made by Mossberg, Hinsdale, Walden-Worcetser, or Blackhawk, because none of those are hand-forged with a bent octagonal shank. I...

www.garagejournal.com

And here's the modern version of that.


I would call that a socket wrench. The tool that uses removable sockets is technically called a ratchet handle, if I remember correctly. But nobody uses that term. So "ratchet" it is, IMO.

 

[lardy1]

Ratcheting socket wrench

Yep.

 

[darkzero]

Yup, ratcheting socket wrench or if you're over the pond socket spanner. But never in my life have I or anyone I've worked with called it a socket wrench. Ratchet is just much easier & is what I have always called it.

 

[Steve W.]

Name the tool?

FRED.

.

 

[darkzero]

3/8" Pittsburgh Pro

 

[Renegade1LI]

This is what comes to mind I hear socket wrench, I've always called it a ratchet.

Set of double swivel end socket wrenches in bag

Unior tools. Wrenches. Socket wrenches. Set of double swivel end socket wrenches in bag

uniortools.com

 

[sparky 1971]

I call that a ratchet. The photo has what I call a socket wrench, I have a few old SK's in my box, but don't think I have ever used them. I also have a L shaped hex key that a 3/8" drive socket would fit on, maybe that's also a socket wrench. I've never used that either.

 

[Al Borland]

+1 for "Hammer"

 

[4xdog]

I learned “ratchet wrench” from my father, so “ratchet” for short it is.

Socket wrench is the clé a pipe, like the FACOM ones shown earlier. I have those and use ‘em often.

 

[Wrench97]

It's not a "socket" wrench until you put a socket on it

 

[Radio Flyer]

At work, if I ask for a "ratchet" the pictured item is what I'd get.

If I ask for a "socket wrench", I'd expect to get weird looks.

 

[ex-x-fire]

I'd be nice to know where the OP is at.

 

[redwrench60]

Are these people 120 years old?

So sonny, Whaddya say we ride into town to take in a picture show and then go on down to the general store and trade for a socket wrench.

 

[KnurledNut]

The guy that invented it just called it a wrench.

 

[ecotec]

Hammer!

Every tool is a hammer.

 

[darkzero]

My brother got this for Christmas a few years ago. I was kinda jealous but I never use 1/2" ratchets anyway.

 

[MarkH]

Sounds like another debate I run across as I travel through the country.
Is the attached a:
Soda
Soft Drink
Pop
Coke

Last place I was a Coke was the winning option.

 

[mrb1]

Having a debate here at work

Is this the crowd at your "work" in the middle of the debate???

 

[Iridium rand]

My brother got this for Christmas a few years ago. I was kinda jealous but I never use 1/2" ratchets anyway.

Use this every day, can confirm it’s awesome and you should stop being jealous and get one

 

[Iridium rand]

I’d say neither are “wrong” and I have heard them called that before, usually by people who don’t use them often but “ratchet” is unambiguous and there are multiple meanings to what a “socket wrench” is. could be those L shaped pipe wrenches, could be the combo wrenches with a socket on one end, hell there’s no reason a breaker bar can’t be called a “socket wrench” either

 

[GreenIron]

Technically both, personally I call it a ratchet.

Same here.