stuart noble wrote:
On 05/04/2012 15:32, Geoff Pearson wrote:

"Brian Gaff" wrote in message
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What is wrong with interchangable bits?

Brian

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"Geoff Pearson" wrote in message
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Is it still possible buy a proper ratchet screwdriver that doesn't
have interchangeable tips and a handle that rips skin after the
third screw? I don't want a powered tool either. I can see some
antiques on eBay but nothing new even from a junk maker like
Draper.



They fall out and get lost and you can never get the same turning
force on them. When the right antique turns up on eBay, I will buy
it. It is much easier to work on old things, like houses and
furniture, with the tools that made them in the first place
(accepting that ratchets are only 75 years old).

Even the old style have interchangeable bits

Nope, the originals didnt.

http://www.tooled-up.com/Product.asp...ferrer=froogle

I still use my original Stanley Yankee now and again

That wasnt one of the antiques.