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RE: uses for 8 pt sockets

To: "Mark Andy" <mark@sccaprepared.com>, <shop-talk@autox.team.net>
Subject: RE: uses for 8 pt sockets
From: "Joe Szwed" <jszwed@energykinetics.com>
Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2004 15:16:17 -0400
Mark,

I find the smaller sizes handy to use taps when cleaning out threaded holes.
And then you can use socket extensions for the hard to get/reach places like
a tap extension or pulley tap.

Joe Szwed


> -----Original Message-----

> Howdy,
>
> I shouldn't have expected anyone to give me any credit...  :-)
>
> Obviously 8 pt sockets would be used for square nuts.  I just about
> _never_ see them in real life (at least where you'd want to use a socket).
>
> Hence the question.
>
> Mark
>
> (I've got square nuts on my lathe and plumbing caps, but who wants a
> socket for those?)
>
> Mark






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