Tools I'd like to see made

[rick carpenter]

Maybe they're out there and I don't know what to search for. Anyhow, add to the list!

Swivel head bent spark plug socket wrench
Swivel head box end wrenches
Ratcheting non-reversible flex head wrenches with flex limited to +/- 15*

 

[txvwnut]

Look up spark plug ratchet, Snapon sells one and its my favorite ratchet.
Bucket head wrench for the swivel the box end.
Don’t think there‘s an option for the last want.

 

[KnurledNut]

Swivel head box end wrenches

Swivel as in roto or flex? Non-ratcheting?

 

[Madjik Man]

Double box end. 0 degree offset. One side fixed the other side reversible ratcheting (non flex)

 

[KnurledNut]

Swivel head bent spark plug socket wrench

Look up spark plug ratchet, Snapon sells one and its my favorite ratchet.

Flex-head bent handles are common, but I believe Rick means a roto-head bent handle. Im not aware of one.

 

[CoogarXR]

I would like to see a 1/4 spinner handle with the usual big plastic handle, a 1/4" drive female in the end of the handle for extra leverage, AND the drive end able to flip sideways to turn into a breaker. I have seen spinner handles with the 1/4 drive female embedded, and I've seen spinners with the flip-end (always chintzy though, never seen a quality one), and I've seen breaker bars with the flip-end, but they just have a skinny knurled steel handle. I want a beefy 1/4" spinner that does it all, baby!

 

[drmarkr]

"Ratcheting non-reversible flex head wrenches with flex limited to +/- 15*"

I'd jump on a set of these!

 

[Chrome Vanadium Cody]

Blackhawk wedg head wrenches in more extensive sae sizes plus metric sizes. I find these super useful and am thinking of grinding some other wrenches down to copy them

 

[KnurledNut]

I would like to see a 1/4 spinner handle with the usual big plastic handle, a 1/4" drive female in the end of the handle for extra leverage, AND the drive end able to flip sideways to turn into a breaker. I have seen spinner handles with the 1/4 drive female embedded, and I've seen spinners with the flip-end (always chintzy though, never seen a quality one), and I've seen breaker bars with the flip-end, but they just have a skinny knurled steel handle. I want a beefy 1/4" spinner that does it all, baby!

I liked this idea enough to go make one. I used a 1/4" breaker bar that has a female square in the handle and lengthened it with a 2" extension, so its solid end to end. I'll probably add a slide collar to lock it in the straight position.


1/15/24 edit to add pics of collar:

 

[Retired dozer fixer]

I would have liked to see a 3/4” flex head ratchet

 

[rick carpenter]

Swivel as in roto or flex? Non-ratcheting?

I had 'swivel' in my brain. To clarify, a ratcheting roto-head with a box end rather than an anvil. It would be more of a why not tool than one absolutely needed.

 

[noid]

I feel like what some of you are describing are the TONE RMA400L wrenches.

Worth every penny, easily top 3 of my favorite tools.

 

[southalabama]

In a few years someone will claim a tool company stole their idea if any of these tools get produced. We seem to get a few of those threads a year by new members.

 

[KnurledNut]

I have always wanted a set of standard length, 0° offset, double box end, NON-RATCHETING, locking, FLEX. Someone made a combination wrench with both ends that flexed years ago, but it was lower quality.

 

[Fedwrench]

I feel like what some of you are describing are the TONE RMA400L wrenches.

Worth every penny, easily top 3 of my favorite tools.

I would really like to see a standard length version of the satin finished Tone wrench. I've wanted that type for years because, sometimes XL is too long
I'm not a fan of the reverse switch on the edge of the full polished flex head wrench pictured. My old SK G Pro series had that feature, and I'd end up bumping it when I didn't want to.
Tone had a booth at this year's SEMA show. I hope they develop a much larger presence in the USA.

 

[Steve_P]

I would really like to see a standard length version of the satin finished Tone wrench. I've wanted that type for years because, sometimes XL is too long
I'm not a fan of the reverse switch on the edge of the full polished flex head wrench pictured. My old SK G Pro series had that feature, and I'd end up bumping it when I didn't want to.
Tone had a booth at this year's SEMA show. I hope they develop a much larger presence in the USA.

Yeah, I'd like to see more Tone stuff available in the US. I have a few things by them, but I had to get them from Amazon.jp. Now that has essentially been eliminated as a source for me, I"m not doing the ship from Amazon to a second shipper, so it would be great if a dealer in the US would pick them up and stock some stuff.

 

[noid]

Yeah, I'd like to see more Tone stuff available in the US. I have a few things by them, but I had to get them from Amazon.jp. Now that has essentially been eliminated as a source for me, I"m not doing the ship from Amazon to a second shipper, so it would be great if a dealer in the US would pick them up and stock some stuff.

I think the biggest hurdle there is the size of their catalogue; its significant inventory for anyone to carry.

I would really like to see a standard length version of the satin finished Tone wrench. I've wanted that type for years because, sometimes XL is too long
I'm not a fan of the reverse switch on the edge of the full polished flex head wrench pictured. My old SK G Pro series had that feature, and I'd end up bumping it when I didn't want to.
Tone had a booth at this year's SEMA show. I hope they develop a much larger presence in the USA.

You could check out the rmw300 set, but its not flexhead.

 

[bookman51]

Not a tool but an implement I could pull behind my garden tractor to rake grave/rock back on to my driveway. Looking for quick, cheap, and easy (a rare and almost unknown combination).

 

[carmantl]

That implement is usually behind a bit larger tractor and is known as a box blade. We use it every week after our road cranes chew up the craneyard.

 

[bookman51]

I have a box blade, a land plane, a belly blade, front blade, and a rear blade on my several tractors. None work very well in getting rock out of grass and back on to the roadway. What I have not tried is a rock rake or a rotary brush on a tractor. So far the most effective way is an old fashioned hand rake, but not my favorite thing to do. Thanks

 

[Wrench97]

A rock rake will take most of the grass along with the rocks.

 

[MovingAlong]

How about bespoke tool sets? For example, when buying a new 2024 Hyundai Sonata you could by a set that included every tool required to maintain (might even have Level 1, Level 2, etc depending on what maintenance you have planned: 6k only, 30k, 90k?) that vehicle and only those tools required. Then when you traded it in on a 2025 Nissan Rogue, you could trade the tool kit in as well.

Or at least publish a manufacturers/mechanics list to take the guess work out for specific vehicles. i.e. what tools are required for oil & filters? what tools for brakes? what tools for timing belts?

Would also like a four pound hammer that weighs only two pounds...

 

[KnurledNut]

Bump. Added pics to my post #9.

 

[nadogail]

Many times I have wished for a Board Strecher.

 

[Bannik254]

Pass-through Air/Electric ratchet that would allow up to M24 to pass through the socket. It's a niche use case, no market but it would save so much time when you have stupid long threaded rod.