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recman
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PostPosted: 09:48 - 04 Mar 2018    Post subject: Magical sockets. Reply with quote
These may be of interest.
I'd be inclined to think that a plug would sheer off before it rounded off but you never know.

https://youtu.be/iJMTD_OR3RQ
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PostPosted: 10:41 - 04 Mar 2018    Post subject: Reply with quote
yeah .. interestin .. but he does like the sound of his verbose voice ... thankfully there is a fast forward option...
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PostPosted: 10:47 - 04 Mar 2018    Post subject: Re: Magical sockets. Reply with quote
recman wrote:

I'd be inclined to think that a plug would sheer off before it rounded off but you never know.


Agreed, seems a good way to land up with a tube of steel thread stuck in a cylinder head. There again, worth a gamble if you wee going to have to take the head off anyway.

The other one I've seen are metrinch sockets which do grip the flats and cover a wide range of hex sizes. I've never used them but they are reputedly very good if you have cheap/poorly made fittings with iffy sizing that are a poor fit in conventional spanners/sockets.
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recman
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PostPosted: 11:14 - 04 Mar 2018    Post subject: Reply with quote
Copycat73 wrote:
yeah .. interestin .. but he does like the sound of his verbose voice ... thankfully there is a fast forward option...


He is quite sickly but he's also quite thorough which is good for the layman.

I'm just wondering if a hex key could be designed in the same way.
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PostPosted: 13:28 - 04 Mar 2018    Post subject: Reply with quote
The prick keeps pimping shit products out and pretends to know a lot more than he does. Guesses a lot.

Won't watch anything of his.

Can we have a "Delboy" warning?
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PostPosted: 13:47 - 04 Mar 2018    Post subject: Reply with quote
Bogeyman wrote:
At least he's got a garage to work in and not next to some school field on a council house estate. Wink


Youare obviously a bit remedial and might understand pictures more than words, so here goes...

https://i.imgur.com/2bY9hT4.jpg

I know what I'm doing, and if I don't, I ask instead of making shit up. The guy is a poser that is always on the blag for free shit. Now fuck off and stop cluttering up threads because you have a hard-on for me.
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PostPosted: 14:36 - 04 Mar 2018    Post subject: Reply with quote
I think you two should meet and discuss things over a latte.
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PostPosted: 16:15 - 04 Mar 2018    Post subject: Reply with quote
Should be mentioned if anyone was thinking of copying his technique, he was using his torque wrench with one hand on the head of it, which is wrong. You're supposed to be measuring the deflection between the handle and the head. By holding onto the head of the wrench and pushing against it as you pull on the handle, you're measuring the strength of your arms as well as the actual tightening torque

Hands on the handle only.
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PostPosted: 17:40 - 04 Mar 2018    Post subject: Re: Magical sockets. Reply with quote
stinkwheel wrote:


The other one I've seen are metrinch sockets which do grip the flats and cover a wide range of hex sizes. I've never used them but they are reputedly very good if you have cheap/poorly made fittings with iffy sizing that are a poor fit in conventional spanners/sockets.


I bought a set of the sockets and combi spanners about 20 years ago and wouldn't be without them. They've got me out of trouble more times than I care to remember. Very Happy
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PostPosted: 17:42 - 04 Mar 2018    Post subject: Reply with quote
Anyone know how they actually work?

I might get some. I'm a sucker for tools Cool
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PostPosted: 19:02 - 04 Mar 2018    Post subject: Reply with quote
Polarbear wrote:
Anyone know how they actually work?

I would assume that the little grooves up the flats must make it act like a ring spanner that has loads and loads of 'angles', which grip on any surface adjacent to them as pressure is applied
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PostPosted: 19:51 - 04 Mar 2018    Post subject: Reply with quote
idiot-bashing aside, they've presumably re-branded what they used to call "Totaldrive" sockets.

Work well enough, not sure I'd call them magic though.
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PostPosted: 21:16 - 04 Mar 2018    Post subject: Reply with quote
ThatDippyTwat wrote:
The prick keeps pimping shit products out and pretends to know a lot more than he does. Guesses a lot.

Won't watch anything of his.

Can we have a "Delboy" warning?


Pretty much why i stopped watching his stuff, there is a few videos online pointing out that he makes up a lot of stuff up as he goes and doesn't know anywhere near as much as he makes out.
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PostPosted: 23:23 - 04 Mar 2018    Post subject: Reply with quote
recman wrote:
he's also quite thorough which is good for the layman

I sometimes recommend his videos to My First Spannering posters on the basis that if he can do a task, anyone can.
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PostPosted: 23:32 - 04 Mar 2018    Post subject: Reply with quote
I have these by draper and a cheap looking set too from ebay as the photo below.

I personally think they should all be made like this.

https://www.v8register.net/images/265V8NOTE291wheelnut.jpg
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PostPosted: 09:17 - 05 Mar 2018    Post subject: Reply with quote
Often called 'wall drive' - I've been going on about these for years Smile.

I've got the draper 149 piece set which is a nice comprehensive metric-only set, almost all wall drive - way better value for money than the big Halfords one to my mind.

Not only the solution to getting most rounded fasteners off - but also to not rounding them in the first place!

Polarbear wrote:
Anyone know how they actually work?


cb1rocket wrote:

https://www.v8register.net/images/265V8NOTE291wheelnut.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/7XMPZ4r.jpg

The Sealey design looks a bit different, actually:
https://i.imgur.com/a6yz3QO.jpg
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PostPosted: 11:39 - 05 Mar 2018    Post subject: Reply with quote
Irwin bolt grips all day long, never let me down even on the roundest rusty nuts.
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PostPosted: 12:20 - 05 Mar 2018    Post subject: Reply with quote
Hong Kong Phooey wrote:
Irwin bolt grips all day long, never let me down even on the roundest rusty nuts.

As it goes I picked a set of them up the other day half price at Screwfix - however, I'd prefer not to get to the point of needing them in the first place!
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PostPosted: 21:10 - 05 Mar 2018    Post subject: Reply with quote
Hong Kong Phooey wrote:
Irwin bolt grips all day long, never let me down even on the roundest rusty nuts.


I'm with you on that but a deep set rounded off plug needs something special.
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PostPosted: 22:12 - 05 Mar 2018    Post subject: Reply with quote
recman wrote:
Hong Kong Phooey wrote:
Irwin bolt grips all day long, never let me down even on the roundest rusty nuts.


I'm with you on that but a deep set rounded off plug needs something special.


Tru-dat, now I'm thinking of buying a set, as my spannering always seems to go wrong when the shops have all shut and I need the vehicle to get to work the next day.
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PostPosted: 14:35 - 06 Mar 2018    Post subject: Reply with quote
Hong Kong Phooey wrote:
Irwin bolt grips all day long, never let me down even on the roundest rusty nuts.


That's what I've got, off the back of a recommendation on here. Only had to use them a few times but they work great.
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PostPosted: 22:49 - 06 Mar 2018    Post subject: Reply with quote
Hong Kong Phooey wrote:
Irwin bolt grips all day long, never let me down even on the roundest rusty nuts.

Agree.
I've used them to successfully remove knackered deep set socket cap head screws and you don't get more round than that.
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PostPosted: 11:04 - 07 Mar 2018    Post subject: Reply with quote
stinkwheel wrote:
Hands on the handle only.

https://youtu.be/tRR96ILGORU?t=90
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