Found a Snap on Catalog I had in a pile here. Date on the accompanying price list was 2001.
One thing I found interesting was the tooth count on their ratchets was 36, only a 10 degrees arc swing. Many ratchets being sold today, even the cheap harbor freight stuff, brag in advertising about 72 to 90 tooth counts with tiny little arc swings.
This made me chuckle a bit...since my old USA made "Craftsperson" ratchets are 36 tooth. Yet, I can't really recall a time where a smaller arc swing would have made the difference of doing or not doing a project. They all still function well, so I'm not about to toss them and buy higher tooth count ratchets.
Golly gee, How did those guys wrenching at the turn of the century accomplish anything with such archaic ratchet technology?
