Shop Floor Talk  

Go Back   Shop Floor Talk > Welding and Metalworking Forums > Mechanical & Electrical

 
 
SFT Search:
View Poll Results: Where to store the Harbor Freight, double ended 1/4" x 3/8" drive flex ratchet
In the 1/4" drawer 2 5.88%
In the 3/8" drawer 3 8.82%
In a drawer of its own 5 14.71%
Damn!!, this is too complicated, throw it away 24 70.59%
Voters: 34. You may not vote on this poll

Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
  #1  
Old 08-31-2011, 07:57 PM
platypus20's Avatar
platypus20 platypus20 is offline
Boiler God
 
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: camillus, ny (syracuse)
Posts: 10,035
Default Harbor Freight Double Ended Ratchet

First off, I'm blaming Mack for this.

As stated in the Double-Double Secret SFT Thread, I mentioned a Harbor Freight double ended ratchet. This is about 14" long, with a 1/4" drive head at one end and a 3/8" drive head at the other, both of the heads also flex, 180 degrees. As it comes from Harbor Freight, it a Pittsburgh brand, part # 67994, very thin and the drive heads are very small in diameter. I question if the 14" length is excessive for anything using a 1/4" drive socket, but testing will tell. As with the majority of all HF hand tools it has a Lifetime Warranty.

Now for the question that Mack raised, where do you store it?? Please take part in the poll, as it a perplexing issue.




jack
Attached Thumbnails
Click image for larger version

Name:	SFT 1 010x.jpg
Views:	565
Size:	94.4 KB
ID:	80880   Click image for larger version

Name:	SFT 1 012x.jpg
Views:	507
Size:	93.8 KB
ID:	80881  

Last edited by platypus20; 08-31-2011 at 08:03 PM.
Reply With Quote
  #2  
Old 08-31-2011, 08:01 PM
JH35's Avatar
JH35 JH35 is offline
Elite Member
 
Join Date: May 2011
Location: South Central Lower Michigan
Posts: 1,197
Default

Pickup tool box. That may be too handy to have stashed away in the barn. Usually I am wherever my truck is, so the tool will be close by.

Jeff
__________________
Curator of the canned cycles.

I'm a man, but I can change, if I have to, I guess.--Red Green

Home is where the G91G28X0Y0 is.
Reply With Quote
  #3  
Old 08-31-2011, 08:22 PM
H80N's Avatar
H80N H80N is offline
That Man Behind The Curtain
 
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: NE Pa
Posts: 5,180
Default

could be useful if you welded a couple of tabs to it and used it as a handle to open and close a wooden gate..................

I would store it on the gate.....
__________________
.
.

Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain..


The more you Know, The Better you Know, How little you Know (old Estonian saying)
Reply With Quote
  #4  
Old 08-31-2011, 08:24 PM
rickairmedic's Avatar
rickairmedic rickairmedic is offline
SFT HVAC Guru
 
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Louisville, Ky.
Posts: 3,138
Send a message via AIM to rickairmedic Send a message via MSN to rickairmedic Send a message via Yahoo to rickairmedic
Default

Jack my answer wasnt available in the poll . I say they are cheap so get another one and put one in each drawer . I actually keep all of my 3/8 extensions in the 1/4" drawer as theres more room for them in it and its just the next drawer in the stack.


Rick
__________________
if it aint broke fix it till it is
Proud member of the garbage gang and sub chapter Mole Hill gang

Politically Correct : A term used for whiny pu**ies that need sh*t sugar coated .
Reply With Quote
  #5  
Old 08-31-2011, 08:31 PM
Jim-TX's Avatar
Jim-TX Jim-TX is offline
Chairman of the Headboard
 
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Abilene, TX
Posts: 2,413
Default

Is there a designated drawer for broken tools?
__________________
Jim
Reply With Quote
  #6  
Old 08-31-2011, 09:07 PM
akabull's Avatar
akabull akabull is offline
Maine-iac
 
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Albany Township, Maine
Posts: 2,238
Send a message via MSN to akabull
Default

Rick beat me to it, I was going to say buy another and put one in each drawer as well.
__________________
Chris in Maine
Reply With Quote
  #7  
Old 08-31-2011, 10:05 PM
Little's Avatar
Little Little is offline
Bit Off Center
 
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: New Mexico
Posts: 214
Default

hell, if yer conflicted, saw it in half and put one half in each drawer
__________________
Little
Reply With Quote
  #8  
Old 08-31-2011, 10:28 PM
Norm W's Avatar
Norm W Norm W is offline
Elite Member
 
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Syracuse, NY
Posts: 3,056
Default

If you saw it in half you'll not only get two for the price of one, but you'll make the handle short enough to keep torque under control. Such a deal Then you'll also get twice the good out of your 20% off coupon.
__________________
Make over, make do, or do without

Why do I have to press one for English when you're just gonna transfer me to someone I can't understand anyway?

Grant me the strength to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can & the friends to post my bail when I finally snap!
Reply With Quote
  #9  
Old 08-31-2011, 11:15 PM
RED caddy's Avatar
RED caddy RED caddy is offline

10-28-1951 to 4-19-2021
Da Chief
 
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Venice, Florida
Posts: 5,556
Default

Huh?




RED
__________________
A 160 MPH drive, down a 2 lane blacktop, all by yourself, is NOT anti-social behaviour... I drag race because football, baseball, and golf only need ONE ball. Paul.


What I really need to know is, WHEN DOES THE SHOOTING START?
Reply With Quote
  #10  
Old 08-31-2011, 11:38 PM
matthew_g's Avatar
matthew_g matthew_g is offline
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Bairnsdale, Australia
Posts: 682
Default

I can't take part in the POLL because it is missing one answer.
Just buy 2 of them and have one in each draw
Problem solved
__________________
A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they’ll never sit in.
Reply With Quote
Reply

Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off

Forum Jump

Web Search:

All times are GMT -5. The time now is 10:11 PM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.11
Copyright ©2000 - 2025, vBulletin Solutions Inc.