Comments on: Hot or Not? Stanley MaxDrive Ratchet System http://toolmonger.com/2008/04/14/hot-or-not-stanley-maxdrive-ratchet-system/ All tools. All the time. Your source for news, information, and reviews of hand tools, power tools, and tools of all kinds. Mon, 21 Jul 2008 01:15:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: PutnamEco http://toolmonger.com/2008/04/14/hot-or-not-stanley-maxdrive-ratchet-system/#comment-281018 Tue, 15 Apr 2008 18:58:51 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2008/04/14/hot-or-not-stanley-maxdrive-ratchet-system/#comment-281018 I prefer a 3/8 square drive to 1/4 hex adapter with the above mentioned swivel head ratchet for the odd job that I need a flex head for use with a 1/4 bit. Swivel head ratchet http://toolmonger.com/2007/08/01/snap-ons-innovative-swivel-head/#more-6420 www.amazon.com/Milwaukee-48-03-3630-8-Inch-Square-Adapter/dp/B0009H5DVU ============================================ Moderators: Why didn't you approve my last reply???? I prefer a 3/8 square drive to 1/4 hex adapter with the above mentioned swivel head ratchet for the odd job that I need a flex head for use with a 1/4 bit.

Swivel head ratchet
http://toolmonger.com/2007/08/01/snap-ons-innovative-swivel-head/#more-6420

www.amazon.com/Milwaukee-48-03-3630-8-Inch-Square-Adapter/dp/B0009H5DVU

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Moderators: Why didn’t you approve my last reply????

]]> by: Paul http://toolmonger.com/2008/04/14/hot-or-not-stanley-maxdrive-ratchet-system/#comment-280450 Tue, 15 Apr 2008 00:44:21 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2008/04/14/hot-or-not-stanley-maxdrive-ratchet-system/#comment-280450 I picked one up at Big Lots for $8. But only because the back of the package shows ratcheting box ends as an accessory. But the part number given for them doesn't even show up on Stanley's website. I don't think they ever produced them. Too bad because ratcheting box ends with flex heads are so expensive. I picked one up at Big Lots for $8. But only because the back of the package shows ratcheting box ends as an accessory. But the part number given for them doesn’t even show up on Stanley’s website. I don’t think they ever produced them. Too bad because ratcheting box ends with flex heads are so expensive.

]]> by: eschoendorff http://toolmonger.com/2008/04/14/hot-or-not-stanley-maxdrive-ratchet-system/#comment-280439 Tue, 15 Apr 2008 00:24:55 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2008/04/14/hot-or-not-stanley-maxdrive-ratchet-system/#comment-280439 Honestly, I'd MUCH rather have this... and a bit socket. I have this ratchet in 3/8 drive and I cannot wait to get my hands on the 1/4 version. A truly great tool.... http://buy1.snapon.com/catalog/item.asp?P65=&tool=all&item_ID=67352&group_ID=107&store=snapon-store&dir=catalog Honestly, I’d MUCH rather have this… and a bit socket. I have this ratchet in 3/8 drive and I cannot wait to get my hands on the 1/4 version. A truly great tool….

http://buy1.snapon.com/catalog/item.asp?P65=&tool=all&item_ID=67352&group_ID=107&store=snapon-store&dir=catalog

]]> by: Old Donn http://toolmonger.com/2008/04/14/hot-or-not-stanley-maxdrive-ratchet-system/#comment-280334 Mon, 14 Apr 2008 21:31:38 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2008/04/14/hot-or-not-stanley-maxdrive-ratchet-system/#comment-280334 Not. Oh Lord, deliver me from multi-tools. Looks good in the store, sounds good on TV. Till you get it home and find out how much it can't do. Then it winds up in the botom of the toolbox with the Gator Grip and Metrinch set. Not. Oh Lord, deliver me from multi-tools. Looks good in the store, sounds good on TV. Till you get it home and find out how much it can’t do. Then it winds up in the botom of the toolbox with the Gator Grip and Metrinch set.

]]> by: PutnamEco http://toolmonger.com/2008/04/14/hot-or-not-stanley-maxdrive-ratchet-system/#comment-280263 Mon, 14 Apr 2008 19:54:36 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2008/04/14/hot-or-not-stanley-maxdrive-ratchet-system/#comment-280263 I prefer a different set up. I use an 3/8 square to 1/4 hex adapter on a pivot head ratchet. Definitely something I don't go out of my way to use, but nice to have sitting in the toolbox just in case. hex adapter www.amazon.com/Milwaukee-48-03-3630-8-Inch-Square-Adapter/dp/B0009H5DVU pivot head ratchet http://buy1.snapon.com/catalog/item.asp?P65=&tool=all&item_ID=67464&group_ID=228&store=snapon-store&dir=catalog as seen on Toolmonger http://toolmonger.com/2007/08/01/snap-ons-innovative-swivel-head/ I prefer a different set up. I use an 3/8 square to 1/4 hex adapter on a pivot head ratchet.
Definitely something I don’t go out of my way to use, but nice to have sitting in the toolbox just in case.

hex adapter
www.amazon.com/Milwaukee-48-03-3630-8-Inch-Square-Adapter/dp/B0009H5DVU

pivot head ratchet
http://buy1.snapon.com/catalog/item.asp?P65=&tool=all&item_ID=67464&group_ID=228&store=snapon-store&dir=catalog
as seen on Toolmonger
http://toolmonger.com/2007/08/01/snap-ons-innovative-swivel-head/

]]> by: DaveS http://toolmonger.com/2008/04/14/hot-or-not-stanley-maxdrive-ratchet-system/#comment-280181 Mon, 14 Apr 2008 17:36:13 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2008/04/14/hot-or-not-stanley-maxdrive-ratchet-system/#comment-280181 (Yep, it's a comment on something I haven't actually used - it doesn't happen often...) I used to get along fine with the nut driver handle and adapter found in many socket sets. True, there were times when the extra bulk of the adapter got in the way, and more than once I finished tightening something only to find that I'd left a part or two stuck on the work - or worse, the stack fell apart and parts dropped out of my easy reach. And even when the handle felt puny in my hands, it was enough to get the nut or bolt tight enough to put another tool on the job. Then I got to use a real nut driver, and it changed my world. Good sized handles, nothing extra to fit into a tight place or leave behind. Perfect fit too, some even with through shanks that you can fit another wrench onto. Since that revelation, I've taken the handles and adapters out of all my socket sets - I just can't imagine going back. At most I'll toss one into a go-bag when I'm headed into an unknown situation, but only if space is truly limited and I don't want to take the real things. And I frequently carry my tools around on a bicycle, so you know I'm bulk and weight conscious... So, what Bart's Dad said. (Yep, it’s a comment on something I haven’t actually used - it doesn’t happen often…)

I used to get along fine with the nut driver handle and adapter found in many socket sets. True, there were times when the extra bulk of the adapter got in the way, and more than once I finished tightening something only to find that I’d left a part or two stuck on the work - or worse, the stack fell apart and parts dropped out of my easy reach. And even when the handle felt puny in my hands, it was enough to get the nut or bolt tight enough to put another tool on the job.

Then I got to use a real nut driver, and it changed my world. Good sized handles, nothing extra to fit into a tight place or leave behind. Perfect fit too, some even with through shanks that you can fit another wrench onto.

Since that revelation, I’ve taken the handles and adapters out of all my socket sets - I just can’t imagine going back. At most I’ll toss one into a go-bag when I’m headed into an unknown situation, but only if space is truly limited and I don’t want to take the real things. And I frequently carry my tools around on a bicycle, so you know I’m bulk and weight conscious…

So, what Bart’s Dad said.

]]> by: Bart'sDad http://toolmonger.com/2008/04/14/hot-or-not-stanley-maxdrive-ratchet-system/#comment-280150 Mon, 14 Apr 2008 16:46:44 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2008/04/14/hot-or-not-stanley-maxdrive-ratchet-system/#comment-280150 I find bits to be a pain in the rear quite often. At work I've switched from a bit driver to a ratcheting handle that has changeable blades.You can get in tighter places with regular blades and don't have to fight keeping bits in the driver. As far as this this system goes, it would probably work good in an emergency kit in the trunk of the car where space is a premium. I find bits to be a pain in the rear quite often. At work I’ve switched from a bit driver to a ratcheting handle that has changeable blades.You can get in tighter places with regular blades and don’t have to fight keeping bits in the driver.

As far as this this system goes, it would probably work good in an emergency kit in the trunk of the car where space is a premium.

]]> by: Rob1855 http://toolmonger.com/2008/04/14/hot-or-not-stanley-maxdrive-ratchet-system/#comment-280132 Mon, 14 Apr 2008 16:23:13 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2008/04/14/hot-or-not-stanley-maxdrive-ratchet-system/#comment-280132 Does anyone else miss plain, old fashioned screwdrivers? Seems like everything is a bit driver these days. Does anyone else miss plain, old fashioned screwdrivers? Seems like everything is a bit driver these days.

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