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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>john</DIV>
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<DIV><B>From:</B> <<A>eric@megageek.com</A>></DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <<A>Shop-talk@autox.team.net</A>></DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> 7/24/2020 10:49:39 AM</DIV>
<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></BODY></HTML>