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MOP CAP wrote:

This has been going on for so long that I can't resist a "tool gloat".
Two years ago I picked up at a fles market 3 new old stock 9 piece 1/2"
drive 8 popint socket sets for $25. Don't bother they are all gone
except for the one I kept.

Chuck P.

I ended up with a complete set of (as in every 8 point socket Craftsman
makes) many years ago now. I have them all together on one of those
'socket rail' gimmicks hanging way up on the back edge of the peg board.

I probably on average have a use for any of them every other year or so,
but can recall them 'saving the day' a few times... mostly dealing with
old square head lag bolts, and turning big 1/2" easy outs doing plumbing
work. A good friend/neighbor had borrowed and used them more than I
have, but doing the same kind of things. They're probably at least 30
plus years old now, and still look new...

The 'lead in chamfers' are a bit excessive on most of them... seems
every time I do use them I think I'd like to do something about that.

Erik