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

[Scott Hall]

That is *exactly* how I determine metric socket sizes, and I too
continuously wonder why there isn't an 18mm.

On Thu, Sep 25, 2014 at 11:17 AM, <eric at megageek.com> wrote:

> 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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