Sat, Sep 13, 2003, 3:10am (EDT+4) snipped-for-privacy@bigpond.net.au (Kim=A0Berichon) claims: I remember him telling me that it worked Ok as a standard rachet screwdriver but when it is extended in the pump action it jams before ones pushes on the handle to make the screwdriver head turn.
I don't think I recall any I ever used, working as a ratchet screwdriver.
Seems I recall my grandfather's binding, or jamming, sometimes at full extension. And, that was over 50 years ago. I got ont quite awhile back on eBay, don't think it's a Stanley tho, but haven't used it enough to say on that one.
Anyway, standard procedure was to lift it off the screw, gently push the handle down about 1/2" or so, to get it engaged sorta, re-engage the screw slot, then push it down. If you still needed to drive the screw more, you didn't let the handle extend quite all the way. No prob.
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