Comments on: Reader Question: A Ratcheting Insert For 1/4″ Hex Drivers? http://toolmonger.com/2007/07/16/reader-question-a-ratcheting-driver-for-14-hex-tools/ All tools. All the time. Your source for news, information, and reviews of hand tools, power tools, and tools of all kinds. Sat, 11 Oct 2008 21:45:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: TMIB_Seattle http://toolmonger.com/2007/07/16/reader-question-a-ratcheting-driver-for-14-hex-tools/#comment-96010 TMIB_Seattle Sat, 21 Jul 2007 22:21:10 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2007/07/16/reader-question-a-ratcheting-driver-for-14-hex-tools/#comment-96010 Thanks for the comments. I have been out for a week (took the boys to Scout Camp) and am just now catching up on posts. Casey: I agree-- I'm sure it's much more cost effective to make the ratchet in the handle, which is why we see so many cheap ratcheting screwdrivers available. What I'm looking for would likely cost a little more but would add a lot of convenience to things like my leatherman tool. Highvolts: Those might be what I'm looking for. Hard to tell exactly from the pictures. I think the second one (RBS314) is just a tool to make hand-turning the ratchet easier and does not itself contain a racheting mechanism. I may be wrong though. The first one looks promising. I will have to do some research. Thanks! --TMIB Thanks for the comments. I have been out for a week (took the boys to Scout Camp) and am just now catching up on posts.

Casey: I agree– I’m sure it’s much more cost effective to make the ratchet in the handle, which is why we see so many cheap ratcheting screwdrivers available. What I’m looking for would likely cost a little more but would add a lot of convenience to things like my leatherman tool.

Highvolts: Those might be what I’m looking for. Hard to tell exactly from the pictures. I think the second one (RBS314) is just a tool to make hand-turning the ratchet easier and does not itself contain a racheting mechanism. I may be wrong though. The first one looks promising. I will have to do some research. Thanks!

–TMIB

]]> By: highvolts http://toolmonger.com/2007/07/16/reader-question-a-ratcheting-driver-for-14-hex-tools/#comment-94355 highvolts Tue, 17 Jul 2007 12:51:31 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2007/07/16/reader-question-a-ratcheting-driver-for-14-hex-tools/#comment-94355 Snap-On has two options: http://buy1.snapon.com/catalog/item.asp?item_ID=847&group_ID=109&store=snapon-store and http://buy1.snapon.com/catalog/item.asp?P65=&tool=all&item_ID=77182&group_ID=356&store=snapon-store&dir=catalog Snap-On has two options:

http://buy1.snapon.com/catalog/item.asp?item_ID=847&group_ID=109&store=snapon-store

and

http://buy1.snapon.com/catalog/item.asp?P65=&tool=all&item_ID=77182&group_ID=356&store=snapon-store&dir=catalog

]]> By: caseytech http://toolmonger.com/2007/07/16/reader-question-a-ratcheting-driver-for-14-hex-tools/#comment-94209 caseytech Tue, 17 Jul 2007 04:19:06 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2007/07/16/reader-question-a-ratcheting-driver-for-14-hex-tools/#comment-94209 from an engineering standpoint, that sounds like quite a feat and to make it withstand some torque would be another. so to answer your question, I dont know. However, I think it is more cost effective to house the ratchet mechanism in the handle than to make it that tiny to be in a shaft. from an engineering standpoint, that sounds like quite a feat and to make it withstand some torque would be another.

so to answer your question, I dont know.

However, I think it is more cost effective to house the ratchet mechanism in the handle than to make it that tiny to be in a shaft.

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