On Wed, 18 Feb 1998, Allen Nugent wrote:
> At 19:46 17/02/98 -0500, you wrote:
> >Another tool that sounds like this is METRINCH. ...
> >... Have others on the list tried this product...any reports?
>
> I have only one MetrInch socket, which I bought for a siezed wheel nut that
> was getting rounded, and it worked great. I'm going to buy some more, for
> similar situations. The beauty of the design is that the stress is placed on
> the flats, not the corners, of the nut.
Snap-On Tools' Flank Drive sockets are advertised to be similar; they are
releived around the corners of the hex, so that the contact point is more
towards the 'flank' of the fastener.
Of course, you still have to buy a whole bunch of them. I think they also
have Whitworth sockets (But no 7/16 square plug sockets).
-Malcolm
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