72-tooth-count gearing allows this ratchet to progress after only 5 degrees of swing. And, to help keep knuckle-busting to a minimum, we appreciated its smooth quick-release button on the rear of ...

The spring is likewise kept to its required position by means of a pawl which catches into ratchet teeth on one of the flanges of the drum, and there is a similar contrivance on the other flange ...

moment for [Leo]. For a ratchet, he used a strip of bandsaw blade oriented so the teeth point upward. A complex bit of spring steel, bent to engage with the blade’s teeth, forms a pawl to keep ...