Uploaded June 2024 | Updated September 2026, 6 minutes ago

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In this video I do a total teardown & repair of a vintage North Brothers #15 ratcheting screwdriver.
This ratchet screwdriver was missing one of it's pawls, so I had to make a replacement pawl from scratch.
We also do a 'light' restoration on it.
This tool was made by North Brothers, but there are other variations out there made by Stanley, who bought the designs in the 1940's.

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Chapters:
00:00 Overview
00:31 Initial Disassembly
01:19 Removing the seized sleeve
02:15 Making a new Pawl
04:06 Cleaning the mechanism
04:56 Just the Tip
06:27 Reassembly
07:08 How it Works
07:53 Final Reassembly
08:44 Testing the Fix
09:41 Before/After