A question about sockets for all...

[SJK2]

Seeing as how these type of threads keep popping up concerning filling up HANSON trays I will try again:

The Question:

Has anyone ever found any "MFG" anywhere now or past that makes the following size sockets.

1/4" drive 12 point standard sae: 5/8"

1/4" drive 12 point deep sae: 5/8"

As I would really like to put this to rest in my mind a definitive answer would help as i have searched and searched...

 

[Busted Bolts]

steve, I have a SO 1/4 dr 5/8 shallow I use , but 6pt part # TM20 check the industrial cat for snap on as they may have this in 12pt. Hope this gets you closer to your find.

 

[trexdoink]

steve, I have a SO 1/4 dr 5/8 shallow I use , but 6pt part # TM20 check the industrial cat for snap on as they may have this in 12pt. Hope this gets you closer to your find.

I have the SO short. Thanks for the info on the other,ive beeen looking for 2 years!

 

[bradweingartner]

I think it should be criminal to put that size in the tray. 15mm 1/4dr too for that matter!

 

[SJK2]

steve, I have a SO 1/4 dr 5/8 shallow I use , but 6pt part # TM20 check the industrial cat for snap on as they may have this in 12pt. Hope this gets you closer to your find.

Bolts,

Thanks for the tip on the"Industerial" snapon site, but nothing in a 12pt in that config...........

Still looking.......

 

[bart1]

That's one reason I use rails - don't have such a compulsion to fill them with specifics.

 

[back2class]

More important...is there any use for a 1/4"dr 5/8 socket?

 

[Sterff]

More important...is there any use for a 1/4"dr 5/8 socket?

I would only use it if working in a tight space. Other than that who knows

 

[SJK2]

All things aside, how to store the sockets or where to use them doesn't matter.


Does anyone manufacture them.???????

 

[BQuicksilver]

I'm not a big fan of trays bc there are a few that I like to have extras of, like 10mm.

 

[trexdoink]

I've been looking for the same socket again lately with no luck.

 

[outcast]

more important...is there any use for a 1/4"dr 5/8 socket?

bingo !!!

 

[outcast]

i bought my first ever trays yesterday. HF black ones. i like them, idk if i will keep them, but i like them. (going to LOWES and sears , today to see what they have).

on the size thing. agree that they are off on the sizes. they should have went 1 size smaller and left out the largest size. if i keep these, i am going to look for a way to shift the # on the tray over to the next slot. and the empty slots. i will just put odd sockets on those.

 

[slipjointed]

I tried doing the whole tray thing until I realized that Wright deep sockets are about 1/4" longer than the pegs on the trays, so you can't even read the numbers... add that to the fact that there are non-sensical sizes, and the trays just didn't make sense.

I think they would be much better if they:

-made a bit more space between sockets, so thicker sockets and impacts of varying brands would fit properly

-did away with the absurd sizes, like 5/8" in 1/4" drive, and some of the smaller 1/2" drive sizes

-lengthened the pegs so that deep and shallow sockets of varying brands would still be usable with the trays

-lose the boss at the base, so that sockets could be stored facing up or down





I went with Wright USA made clip rails and couldn't be happier.

 

[Outlawmws]

The biggest I have in 1/4" drive is 17/32, and that is a 6 pt. (Non impact) Brand? "Malaysia" I don't have a clue where I got it, probably in a junk box. "Take it or leave it" collection...

 

[outcast]

those clip rails. how is it to remove a socket ? i am using old school metal rails, and often i have to use 2 hands to get the socket off

 

[Fedwrench]

No one makes 12 point 1/4 drive 5/8 that I know of. SK made a shallow 6 point 40920, Blue point shallow BLPS1458 shallow, BLPLS1458 deep,

 

[kc-steve]

Yeah, I bought some trays as well and am not as happy using them compared to rails. I have some oddball stuff like old S-K 19/32 and 25/32 in 1/2" drive. In fact, I think I bought the last one of one of those from Epstein's.

Steve

 

[outcast]

i bought the KOBALT 1/4" trays and the 4 rail plate, today. the plate seems plenty nice enough, but perhaps waists a little space. the 1/4" trays, the pegs are pretty flimsy = probably very easy to break (but hey, thats what they make SUPER GLUE for). i think trimming the pegs down a lot will make em much better. compared to the HF trays, i see the HF better in every way. but, as of yet, i have "used" neither.

the KOBALT rails looked VERY NICE. and the magnetic rails where REALLY NICE, but pricy.

what i didn't see :
wrench rails and replacement rails clips.

 

[bgott]

I use my 15mm 1/4" drive deep socket all the time, I would use a 5/8" deep if they made one.