Doug White wrote:
wrote in
:

Winston wrote:
wrote:
Has anyone seen a ratchet spanner with the ratchet on an *open* end
of
a spanner (rather than the box end which is common)?

I have just the job for a 22 mm version...if it exists!

Michael Koblic,
Campbell River, BC


http://www.ultimategarage.com/shop/part.php?products_id=2978
http://www.northerntool.com/shop/tools/product_200415263_200415263

These do?

--Winston

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SsNX3...eature=related

The problem with this approach (and some of the others mentioned) is that
it ratchets on the nut.
Eventually, it's going to round over the nut.
OK for a 1 shot deal, but not for regular use on the same nut.

Long before the nut is unservicable, the machine
will be in the scrap heap for other reasons.
( Any design that has 'insufficient tool clearance'
for often - accessed fasteners is likely to have
additional design flaws that will limit the life
of the machine, generally speaking.)

--Winston