Mark,
I find the smaller sizes handy to use taps when cleaning out threaded holes.
And then you can use socket extensions for the hard to get/reach places like
a tap extension or pulley tap.
Joe Szwed
> -----Original Message-----
> Howdy,
>
> I shouldn't have expected anyone to give me any credit... :-)
>
> Obviously 8 pt sockets would be used for square nuts. I just about
> _never_ see them in real life (at least where you'd want to use a socket).
>
> Hence the question.
>
> Mark
>
> (I've got square nuts on my lathe and plumbing caps, but who wants a
> socket for those?)
>
> Mark
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