Thumbwheel Ratchets?

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What are the purpose of these.....they seem rather un-useful if that can be a word....anyone use these or thoughts about these???


http://www.thetoolwarehouse.net/shop/SK-45172.html

I guess if you need something with the smallest amount of torque possible...


Whats your thoughts

 

[kartracer55]

No, theve got thier place. I rarely use mine, but when i do, its a life saver. Its not on my "things you MUST have" list, but its a cool tool. Not good for bolts over 1/2, but they are great for when your dealing with nylock type fastners that have a bit of drag, and you have a little bit of room.

Id say save the $$$ and go for a 1/2 set first

Jim

 

[dink]

No, theve got thier place. I rarely use mine, but when i do, its a life saver. Its not on my "things you MUST have" list, but its a cool tool. Not good for bolts over 1/2, but they are great for when your dealing with nylock type fastners that have a bit of drag, and you have a little bit of room.

Id say save the $$$ and go for a 1/2 set first

Jim

Hahaha I wouldnt waste my money on a thumb wheel ratchet....I was just curious if people have actually used one before.....kinda of a joke to me really.....my thoughts are its one of those tools the manufacturers were hard up for a new tool so they pulled it out of there butts because they couldnt think of anything

 

[kartracer55]

Nope, they can be pretty handy when your in tight spots and its a pain in the *** to use a ratchet because youc an only get like 3 or 4 clicks each time.

Jim

 

[dink]

Plus I have never seen a thumbwheel ratchet bigger then a 3/8

There is defently better things to spend money on then these

 

[logical]

I have the ones Craftsman sells. They have a female 1/4 hex instead of the 1/4 square male drive. I can put any screwdriver bit in them or they come with an adapter to use 1/4 drive sockets. They are handy for a few tight spots on motorcycles and not at all useless.

 

[mikeyr]

I have several sets of these, don't use them often but when I do there is absolutely no other tool that will fit and no other way to finish the job, they are a necessity in the toolbox.

 

[Cebby]

My old Craftsman ratchets have a the equivalent of a thumbwheel on them. This feature is pretty handy when there isn't enough tension on the nut for the ratchet to engage also.

 

[dink]

I guess if I was hard up and a certain thing was so hard to get at MAYBE I would buy one

 

[eschoendorff]

I have the ones Craftsman sells. They have a female 1/4 hex instead of the 1/4 square male drive. I can put any screwdriver bit in them or they come with an adapter to use 1/4 drive sockets. They are handy for a few tight spots on motorcycles and not at all useless.

I have these too... and when you need them they are indispensible! I also have 1/4" and 3/8" thumbwheel ratchets and they definitely have their place. Granted, I don't use them often, but they sure do make trim fasteners a lot less of a pain. Oh, and the above mentioned are really handy for the very small fateners under the hood of a C4 Corvette.

 

[logical]

The whole concept of a man seeing a tool he doesn't have and thinking that he doesn't need it is very foreign to me.

 

[Luckydevil]

The whole concept of a man seeing a tool he doesn't have and thinking that he doesn't need it is very foreign to me.

I'm sure psychologists already have a name for that disorder.

 

[kartracer55]

Thats the kinda tool you buy when you need it.

Jim

 

[...dave]

The whole concept of a man seeing a tool he doesn't have and thinking that he doesn't need it is very foreign to me.

i picked one of those up last time i ordered stuff from toolwarehouse... i haven't found an essential use for it yet, but i've used it a couple of times for bolts that you can't reach to finger-tighten, but are so low-resistance and low-torque that it gets annoying spinning a full-size ratchet around.

Any tool that makes a job easier is a good tool

...dave

 

[dink]

So then what is the prefered size??? 1/4 or 3/8????

 

[kartracer55]

3/8 is what I have. My 3/8 stuff does small enough so that I rarely have to use 1/4

Jim

 

[dink]

3/8 is what I have. My 3/8 stuff does small enough so that I rarely have to use 1/4

Jim

So then do you just go with the adaptar if you have to go smaller then????

 

[kartracer55]

yeah......

 

[dink]

You guys ****.....now I have this on my list in the columb "buy eventually but no big hurry" section

Thanks love you all