Bondhus bit sockets

[SRSemenza]

Is anyone familiar with the Bondhus hex bits that are designed to be inserted into any regular socket to form a bit socket? Any good? Pros / cons?

http://www.bondhus.com/bondhus_products/tool_categories/socket_bits/hex.html


Seth

 

[xin]

Is anyone familiar with the Bondhus hex bits that are designed to be inserted into any regular socket to form a bit socket? Any good? Pros / cons?

http://www.bondhus.com/bondhus_products/tool_categories/socket_bits/hex.html


Seth

The tool steel should be good quality not sure where they are sold at?

 

[Theruse]

Not familiar with the socket hex set, but my Bondhus T handle hex Metric set are excellent quality.

 

[Wamsutta]

What is going to hold them in place in a standard 6-point socket?

 

[plinker]

What is going to hold them in place in a standard 6-point socket?

I would assume they fit tight enough to be considered a press fit.


Quality would be good, cost and availability would be the issue to me.

 

[American Locomotive]

We use Bondhus stuff at work, seems well made to me.

 

[DerekV]

What is going to hold them in place in a standard 6-point socket?

There's a little nub (plastic I think?) on the non-business end part of the bit that provides a friction fit within the socket

 

[Wamsutta]

There's a little nub (plastic I think?) on the non-business end part of the bit that provides a friction fit within the socket

I still get the feeling that Bondhus's own sockets would probably work better with their own bits; that's the way it usually works out.

 

[sweet victory]

Look up Garnet tools on YouTube. He explains what retains them and how to install. I believe he used snap on sockets

 

[SRSemenza]

Thanks for the info on these and I checked out a couple of the links. Seems like a useful idea since you could choose your own favorite socket and also for easy replacement when worn or broken. But overall it just seems like I would end up leaving them in a set of sockets anyway. So not sure it is really all that useful in the end.

Seth

 

[sweet victory]

Here's the video I was referring to earlier. The biggest advantage to going this way is having an entire hex bit socket set in the same drive size. If I didn't already own a snap on bit set, I would consider this route.

 

[bob15]

I have their bits in older Bonney, Proto & Snap On hex bit sockets which have a set screw to retain the bit.

The bits themselves are fine, though I did twist the ball end off of the 1/8" bit. Didn't bother calling Bondhus or replacing it, I just continue to use the socket less the angle feature.

 

[5ktq]

I'm not sure it's a good idea. Especially for smaller (say less than 3/8 / 8mm) bits - if you look at a typical bit socket set the small bits have serious meat on them around the bit, more than a normal thin-wall socket. Though maybe part of that is not required, and just there to hold the roll pin / set screw...

 

[aczr2k]

Get the ones that include the sockets, the bits are great but over time the plastic nub will wear down and the bit will not be as tight in the socket and could possibly fall out. The sockets with bits aren't that expensive. They hold up in a machine shop with daily use, that should tell you something. They are lifetime warranty and made in the USA still I think.

 

[speed bump]

I have a set of them with sockets and a set of torx bits with sockets. For my limited home owner use they have held up fine. If I remember one of these days I will pick up an 1/8" hex for work. We have an application that uses 40-50 1/4" set screws that get tightened or loosened roughly every two days.