On 7/24/2020 9:38 AM, Mark J Bradakis wrote:
> I like those upright socket racks that use pegs with the size imprinted
> on the end. They work great for both metric and inch sizes. Well, they
> work great for about 5 - 10% of my sockets, the rest are an
> organizational mess.
Yeah, exactly. I have some old Vidmar cabinets (came out of the
electronics shop at the auction when they shut down the Mare Island
Naval Shipyard, were full of random resistors and etc. when I got them)
and in the one closest to the workbench I've partitioned one drawer for
metric sockets (and Torx/eTorx) and one for SAE.
As much as it's used these days on stuff I work on I need to better
partition my Torx and eTorx stuff.
I have bins for each size, in larger sizes > 24mm-15/16 I may have only
one or two of each (and in some sizes I need more), in smaller sizes I
have many more (in 1/2 shallow I probably have 10+.)
My sockets run from a couple 1930s Herbrand Van-Chrome to lots of
'60s-80s Craftsman and Proto (from family history or off eBay) to recent
Harbor Freight and comparable brands off Amazon. I just grab whatever's
available. The goal is that I have enough that I'm never scrounging the
bench to find the one I misplaced...
Random eBay socket bags produce some really interesting stuff. I now
have a fair set of 8-point Craftsman sockets. Foundation/house hardware
or ag equipment? Dunno.
John.
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