<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">I know that it is too late now that you have the sockets, but over the decades I have used S-K sockets because they are thin-walled (fit in the tightest spots), have nice cast-in visible size markings, do not break, etc.:<br></div><div dir="ltr"><div><a href="https://sktools.com/shop/sockets-sets.html?cat=6&fractional_or_metric=179&finish=175" target="_blank">https://sktools.com/shop/sockets-sets.html?cat=6&fractional_or_metric=179&finish=175</a> </div><div><br></div><div>I also would vote for the Brother P-touch for labeling, though.<br></div><div><br></div><div>best,</div><div><br></div><div>doug</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Jul 24, 2020 at 9:32 AM john niolon <<a href="mailto:jniolon@att.net" target="_blank">jniolon@att.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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<div>I"m like Erick... I've used the Brothers labels on mine and they hold up pretty good, but if you use them in really greasy or fluid areas they let loose quicker</div>
<div>they hold up better on chrome sockets... impacts don't seem to hold as well... think the surface is a little more porous... I did clean every thing with lacquer</div>
<div>thinner before applying the labels</div>
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<div><b>Subject:</b> [Shop-talk] Socket marking? (and a quick 'why?)</div>
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<font size="2" face="sans-serif">First, why do they not sell metric impact sockets sets with all sizes? I just spend about an hour, with a chart to figure out what brand sockets, and extra ones I needed to make up a full set.</font> <br><br><font size="2" face="sans-serif">They don't even all skip the same sizes. Some skip 16mm, others 20mm etc. I know that some sizes are the same as sae, but what if I don't have an sae set? Just wondering.</font> <br><br><font size="2" face="sans-serif">On to the REAL question.</font> <br><br><font size="2" face="sans-serif">All of my sockets sets that I have are awesome. They aren't to fat to prevent getting into spaces, but don't break when the gorilla (me) turns them. HOWEVER, most of them are losing their labeling. I don't want to have to buy new sets that are engraved, so I wanted some feedback on my options.</font> <br><br><font size="2" face="sans-serif">1-Sticker labels-do they last? I actually use colored tape on a few of my most standard sizes so I can quickly find them, but that needs to be re-applied every few years.</font> <br><br><font size="2" face="sans-serif">2-Markers? Are there markers than can write on these things that will last a while? (If I have to re write them as it wears off, that isn't an issue, as long as it isn't too often.) </font><br><br><font size="2" face="sans-serif">3-Manually engrave them. I have a dremel engraver. Will that work without weakening the socket? Any other way to do it?</font> <br><br><font size="2" face="sans-serif">4- combination of 2 and 3? Engrave then write over the number with a marker?</font> <br><br><font size="2" face="sans-serif">5- any ideas I missed? </font> <br><font size="2" face="sans-serif"><br>Thanks.</font> <br><font size="2" face="sans-serif"><br><br>"Be as beneficent as the sun or the sea, but if your rights as a rational being are trenched on, die on the first inch of your territory." Ralph Waldo Emerson <br>-Who is John Galt?</font> </blockquote></div>
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