In that case, there is a potential to replace the T-bar handle on the end with a basic motor - solves the problem of the socket end being oversized with a motor and a torque setting control can be set at the end also, plus a freewheel to spin when there is no/little resistance
I went to a bookstore and asked the saleswoman, "Where's the self-help section?"
She said if she told me, it would defeat the purpose.
hi, i like the idea of using the torque wrench to get the various values, i will probaly be basing it towards the automotive market as this is where these sorts of tools are most used.
one problem im facing is gearing, a worm drive is a good idea as it offers a good reduction but my problem is when you use the tool as a conventional ratchet power will be put back throught the gearbox and as im aware there is a gr limit that you can do this to. i dont think you can put power back through a worm drive, so im thinking something to disengage the gearbox when not used.
If you have a crown wheel and a worm, i think it will be pretty difficult to turn the worm from force on the crown wheel. If the ratchet mechanism was incorperated in the crown, it would lock against that anway
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When you operate a normal ratchet, on tighteneing, the pawl locks into the drive wheel, giving you the force to tighten your bolt....
If you had teeth ontop of the wheel aswell, that is turned by the worm, the pawl would let it rotate one way, and lock the other. When you flick the reverse lever, it opperates the other way.
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i know what your saying but the turning motion involved with using it as a conventional ratchet will in turn, turn the the gearing and the motor as it will be a fixed gearing system. unless i could make it so power was could only travel from the motor to the socket not from the socket to the motor
We are in the territory of overcoming what some humans have already overcome, we are very adaptable creatures especially when given a repetitive task. Watch a gas delivery guy, BOC or similar walk down the yard spinning two full O2 tanks, one in each hand, you dont appreciate what he has done til you try it yourself.
A guy i work with asked how I can turn a caphead screw with an allan key using the ball end in the caphead and my thumb on the stubby end, I said, I do it all the time and its easy.
We are in the realms of trying to create a problem for the solution,
I dont have a problem doing up nuts in any situation, the 1/4 facom ratchet can work at about 5 degrees rotation, if we find a scenario where this tool is required, then the machine has been very very badly designed with no regard for future maintenance
The ultimatehandyman.org server is down until I can get the dns settings sorted out between "tweedle dee" (the domain name registrars) and "tweedle dum" (the new server hosts).
Judging by the responses from tweedle dee and tweedle dum it could be some time before this issue is resolved as neither of them have given anything that looks remotely like an answer to the question
The player shows a battery powered ratchet type wrench, when the server is up and working.
