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"I can do it without even touching the sidewalls." Dude stole my move.

Them car designers are rubbing their little hands together, thinking about all the new tight and awkward spaces they can put their bolts now!

Engineers designing solutions to problems they themselves created.

“This is a gearless ratchet. I am going to use this gearless ratchet.” “Thats a geared ratchet?”

I'd like to see a torque test next

Ok, but if you ever legitimately NEED a zero degree ratchet, someone needs to fire their entire engineering department...

I bought one based upon this video. Makes a nice paperweight because that's all it was good for in real life.

I use this all the time to keep the bolts inside my macaroni pasta tight

Project Farm should do a test with this comparing to other ratchets.

Thank you to all the engineers for creating a world where this tool is necessary.

It may be super tight, but it's not fully zero degrees since it's still moving; would need one of those funky ones with the rotating handles for that

Wait until he sees the ones where the handle turns the head, so much faster and useful in the same ways.

Car manufacturers will be angered. Now they'll put the bolt inside a square metal box, lock the box with a key, and throw the key away. Edit: They just added a landmine inside the box, and it's touch activated

Don't get me wrong. There's maybe one or two instances as a diesel mechanic I could use this tool. But my general rule of thumb is. If I can't get the head of my ratchet into a space. I probably got to go at a different angle or use different tool to get that bolt

As a former small engine mechanic, this is a dream tool for working on lawnmowers.

The gearwrench 120 tooth ratchet he uses at the start, is oke of the best ratchets i have ever used, even being fine tooth it has held up perfectly to me hanging off of it to undo some feckin tight bolts

The toothless ratchets in my neighborhood move pretty fast and get around any situation.

Most people would probably never even need this feature on a ratchet but when you do need it you'll be glad you have it.

This is really good idea and was needed for car work and I love how he didnt diss anyone's products to show they have a coiler one because they all are good depending on the condition

I'm glad he banged the wrench back and forth 40 times when the video starts. I would have never figured out what was going on if he didn't do that for 10 seconds straight

They also make a ratchet where you can twist the grip and it turns the ratchet without moving the handle at all. I have no idea how much torque it can take but they are nice in tight spots.

Just move the ratchet round to the other side 👍🏼

This is the piece engineers planned for mechanics to have, but didn't tell mechanics existed

This cunffuzzels me in many ways of how it was possible do it like that, amazing!

Personally as a mechanic I’d use the open side of the box rather then the small space. You’d be able to turn the ratchets much farther!

Now let's see it on a rusted up threaded bolt that's been slightly damaged

I never knew I would be smiling at a screen just out of fascination for a tool yet here I am

Man i must be getting old but this really excited me lol. There have been so many situations over the years that this would have been a miracle tool for me

The guy under the bench was like "hey can I take a break now?!"

Fun fact: This only works on loose bolts, that are semi hand tightened.

I was LITERALLY just thinking about this yesterday, i swear these advertisers are reading my minds.

machining has gotten soo good these days I love it...

We gotta send one to Project Farm

Let's all take a moment to thank the engineer that made this rachet necessary.

Propably very useful for some use cases. However in a torque test, it would most likely fail miserably.

I have the same Ratchet and it’s one of the best, because it is really very helpful to work in tight spaces like fan hub nuts, roof lights under the roof and for many other jobs. I really prefer everyone to buy that brand’s ratchet. Thanks for making it.

“This is a snap on gearless ratchet” “So that’s a geared ratchet?”

Someone call Project Farm NOW! He needs to test this

This is one of those tools I've needed many times in my life, yet I know as soon as I buy it, I will never need it again.

Very good demonstration !!

A mechanic at my work has ratchet that turns like normal but you can also twist the handle to turn it. Doubles the rotations of this. And for $10 cheaper.

If you order now they'll throw in the paring knife and cookbook for free.

That's exactly what we need 🙆👍👍👍🤝 nice

Orrrr use a Facom twist ratchet where you can twist the handle in either direction to rotate the head, it’s absolutely awesome.

Now, if only manufacturers made stuff that didn't require these ratchets to work on.

*any amount of rust at all has entered the chat*

I need one! Working on cramped engine bay, and using 5 extensions + swivel socket just to undo a bolt is a pain sometimes

That’s useful in certain tight spaces but in most just use an extension

I feel you buddy. I do it fast without touching the side walls too😂

That uses a one-way bearing. It’s a special type of bearing with a wedge which captures each circle inside the bearing, locking it with friction. They are designed for somewhat low-torque applications, so as long as you’re not doing up any bolts too tightly, then It’ll be fine. Otherwise, a normal ratchet is best EDIT: When I wrote this I made some assumptions that it would be a totally normal off-the-shelf one-way bearing, much like some of the rachets I already own and use. It might be diffrent tho. By 'not too tightly' i sorta meant that you arent gonna be doing up the absolute tightest of bolts or the most extreme work with it. I aint a mechanic but i dont think any extremly tight bolts will exist in such a small location. Either way, a regular ratchet will probably still be stronger, simply due to the the mechanical properties of the two mechanisims. There is a reason not everybody uses this!

Love the work ❤

This is fascinating! I wonder how small it could be made and still feasible to mass produce? I never work on large mechanics, but I could think of many tight spots crafters could use it for

Real life scenario.. With a space that small, how did you get the ratchet head through there in the first place?

Do that test again but with even a slight bit of resistance from the fastener

I use this ratchet maybe once a year but boy does it come in handy that one time a year

Snap on or mac tools are great. I used them for 30 years. Only had 1 job where they would not work.

Engineers knew this day would come. And have been designing for it for decades

My Dad had a ratchet like that made in the 50's. If you could get any motion of the arm at all it was enough to turn the socket. But it was pretty worn and if you put much torque on it all of a sudden it would slip. I've still got a couple scars from when I was a young'un and put too much trust in that ratchet. There were times though that it sure came in handy. All those tools sold at an auction sale years ago now. There's a few of them I wish I had, that's one of them.

I like how the guy says the ratchet is gearless like 5 times then the dude behind the cam still says “as a geared ratchet”

Thanks to those brilliant engineers we have

There's a European company that makes ratchets that you can turn by rotating the grip on the handle, so you don't need to rotate the ratchet itself at all and go significantly faster

We’re always coming up with these better products for bad situations. Can the engineers not just stop creating these scenarios in the first place?

For me it’s not about being able to get movement in an unlikely extremely small area but being able to maximise movement in a tight spot.

This lance would be the reason I’d be stuck in elo hell

"I can do it not even touching the side walls." Same bro, that's why she left me

Used to use smaller versions of this when I worked at Boeing on 747's and 777's. Great in tight spots.

I would use that to unscrew the bolts on county fair rides.

I needed one of those earlier today

We need Project Farm to confirm the clams!

The gearless ratchets are good in a demo but not so reliable under pressure.

I have a craftsman ratchet that you twist the handle and it turns as well as swinging the ratchet normally

Can you add some pointless mechanism to make it click tho. That’s my favorite part of using my rachets bc it’s satisfying

If i dont hear my ratchet make the sound, i aint want it lol

My special ratchet still turns the socket with the handle in a fixed position by turning (twisting) the handle !! No right or left movement is necessary. It is a fantastic tool.

you could also put an adapter on the ratchet and then the socket to make it go over the sidewalls

This would be extremely useful to have for me as an industrial mechanic. Can't even count anymore when something like that would have been useful.

This just means more fasteners in more difficult locations. The tool arms race is real.

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I love these videos, im going to buy a programmer and try this on some super old electronics :D

Great demo

Someone give that man a short extension bar.

The first time I seen an ad for one of these I thought it wasn’t needed but after working at an auto shop for a bit I realize how useful this would be

Its a fun back and forth: engineers make a design, hands on people need a tool for a workaround

back in my day we had half that opening to work with

I loved my Stanley rotator, I didn't even need to move the ratchet, just twist the handle and the job was done

Project farm needs to see this!

Impressive. I bet you could turn a nut with the sidewalls pressed all the way up against the shaft of the tool it you applied a vibration to it (phrasing). Not enough to tighten it properly but that'd be one hell of a demo.

I remember my teacher saying that a mechanics worst enemy is the one who designs the vehicles.

2 days later when the grease drys up and there goes your zero force ratcheting

“For a moment, let’s pretend an extension wouldn’t fit but the ratchet head still does. Now…”

Lowes sells one where the handle turns like a screwdriver and does the same thing in a different way. Didn't cost very much either

👍 Wonderful video art work. Thank you very much.

10 hours later... and now we have the bolt fully tightened.

Zero degrees is when you don’t move the handle.

When he says this is the gearless ratchet "as well" 💀

They better be paying the man under the table that's listening on the conversation well enough to turn the dial when needed 😂

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Problem I see, is you gotta BREAK the fastener loose first! Good luck with that!

needed this yesterday