[Shop-talk] Blackening sockets/wrenches stamped markings.

[eric at megageek.com]

Metric is easy to ID by sight...


"Give me a 12mm."  (I find that 9 times out of ten, it's a 12mm.)  8>)

If it looks much bigger, "give me the 14mm."


Of course, the 17mm is always too small and the 19mm is too big, and for 
some reason, no metric set comes with an 18mm!

Eric P
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