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[Hickory n Steel]

I've needed a demagnitizer for awhile but kept putting it off, today was the last straw so I picked one up at the hardware store.

Is that a Quick 101 fishing reel? Was my favorite for years.

it's a 110
I like my Shakespeare 2052 and Penn 716 better, but the little D.A.M quick 110 is a nice very overbuilt reel.

[Muddy]

I ordered this long 1/4 Snap-On ratchet back in February when I sent the matco out for February and wasn't sure I was going to get it back. My dealer finally got it in. 

I'll use both for now and see which one I prefer and take the other one home.

[bmwrd0]

1/4" that long I would be worrying about snapping a bolt!

[AbiggerGarage]

Pretty sure that is the Snap on ratchet I bought a couple years back while down visiting the old shop.  I found it works really well with a 24" long locking extension and a magnetic socket to grab and open hose clamps, was also great with shorter extensions on battery hold down's etc. (tighter locations)

[Muddy]

1/4" that long I would be worrying about snapping a bolt!

I snapped the anvil on the Matco. Can't say I've ever broken a bolt with them.

[Uncle Buck]

I like long ratchets!

[TexasT]

I like long ratchets!

I gotta say I do in the "right" context, but more often than not I'll chose the regular length ratchet or even the shorty if it is already loose and just need "spun" off. Though the long handle comes in handy so ya gotta have em in the drawer for those situations too. Then there is the breaker bar and cheater pipe for those situations. That drawer gets full fer shur.

[Hickory n Steel]

Some new hearing protection.

[wilbilt]

1/4" that long I would be worrying about snapping a bolt!

I ordered some 1/2" drive deep sockets a couple of years ago to basically just fill up the socket tray. In the mix was a 1/2" drive deep 10mm.

Who has ever needed a deep 10mm in 1/2" drive? That just sounds like a snap waiting to happen.

Whoever designs these socket trays needs a serious dose of reality.

[wilbilt]

I've needed a demagnitizer for awhile but kept putting it off, today was the last straw so I picked one up at the hardware store.

Is that a Quick 101 fishing reel? Was my favorite for years.

it's a 110
I like my Shakespeare 2052 and Penn 716 better, but the little D.A.M quick 110 is a nice very overbuilt reel.

I might have been thinking 110. I'll have to look. It is out in the shed, but whatever model it is, a very reliable reel. It was given to my by my father-in-law about 40 years ago after he bought a fancy new Daiwa.

I think he regretted that decision LOL.

[Hickory n Steel]

I've needed a demagnitizer for awhile but kept putting it off, today was the last straw so I picked one up at the hardware store.

Is that a Quick 101 fishing reel? Was my favorite for years.

it's a 110
I like my Shakespeare 2052 and Penn 716 better, but the little D.A.M quick 110 is a nice very overbuilt reel.

I might have been thinking 110. I'll have to look. It is out in the shed, but whatever model it is, a very reliable reel. It was given to my by my father-in-law about 40 years ago after he bought a fancy new Daiwa.

I think he regretted that decision LOL.

The 110 is a small ultralight reel,so if it's not a little one it might not be a 110.

I'll bet he did regret that decision , I have examples of the highest quality to ever come out of Japan and they still don't compare with their plastic bail arm and pot metal gears that are adequate enough but still sub par.

Japan is directly responsible for the crappy mechanisms and materials found in 99% of today's spinning reels, but most people just don't realize that there's another way.
They think that the modern methods are the only way to produce a smooth reliable reel, but that's not true and all the extra bearings they use to as a selling point are only necessary to offset the problems with the shitty pot metal gears that would wear out quickly without them.

[bonneyman]

Snagged a Snap-On ratcheting screwdriver recently. It was seized, but I know how they operate and figured I could get it working. Paid $1.
The handle had an owners mark that was ugly as sin, but managed to eliminate most of it. Doesn't affect the operation - man it is smooth!

[j.a.f.e.]

Well done! Quite a score.

[Hickory n Steel]

Great score, too bad the shafts don't come out on the hard handle ones like they do on those rubber handle ones.
I really hate rubber overmolds, the kleins are alright because they a thick rubber grip that I'm pretty sure is molded separately and seated in place.

[j.a.f.e.]

The shafts are held in place with a round tinnerman clip, Remove the clip and the shafts can be removed - they have a 1/4 drive male end like the rubber handle ones all the internal parts are the same between the two drivers.