[Shop-talk] Socket holders

[David Scheidt]

On 7/1/07, scott.hall at comcast.net <scott.hall at comcast.net> wrote:
> oh man. I hate socket rails with a passion. when I was stocking up on tools, the first thing I did was toss the rail and get a 'real' holder. I hate having to wrestle the socket off the rail, especially when my hands are oily. though I will concede the rails are the most compact thing going.
>

there's a substantial difference in the quality of the clips, I find.
Most of my rails are Snap-On, as they're what the sockets come on.
These work much better than the crappy ones I got from horrible fright
or the like.  Grab the rail in one hand, the socket  with three
fingers on the other, twist in opposite directions, and the socket
pops right off.  The cheap ones tend to be too tight or too loose.
They do require two hands, but I don't find that to be a problem.  The
time I save not having to chase down loose sockets the first time I
drop the carrier makes up for it.

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David Scheidt
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