Good picture of Wright 10 point socket.

[rhandwor]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/142414280024/www.ebay.com/
Notice how you could lay a six point hex nut in four point opening. This is why they are called 10 point sockets.
They were common on farm equipment at this time.

 

[mike93lx]

Huh, interesting. Very clever

 

[anndel]

Cool

 

[LXCam]

All I see is every tool I recently searched for. Damn Google intuitive BS.

**** even better. I clicked on the link a second time and then the right link appeared. That's cool, never seen that before.

 

[PFSard]

Some pics from the ad

 

[RandyRanderson]

You can sometimes get lucky and use 12 points. I have some square nuts that take a 5/8 wrench, but after a little experimenting I found out a 12 pt 3/4 socket fits pretty good.

 

[NoahG]

I have several of those in chrome but not impact. Searching for a 1/2 in 3/8DR.

 

[morgaj1]

I only see 8 points, what am I missing?

 

[NoahG]

I only see 8 points, what am I missing?

They are made to fit a 6 point and 4 point fastener of the same width. 6 + 4 = 10 points.

 

[WittHay]

The socket in the ad is used for the inner nuts on Budd wheels on semi's. The common size is 13/16" square but some HD off road trucks use 15/16" square. I have a Proto 1" drive 13/16 square and the special Koken socket in the picture is also 13/16" square

 

[rhandwor]

I only see 8 points, what am I missing?

The little notches will allow a hex nut to fit into the opening. The other two sides will fit on the flat side of the nut.

 

[colin39]

The socket in the ad is used for the inner nuts on Budd wheels on semi's. The common size is 13/16" square but some HD off road trucks use 15/16" square. I have a Proto 1" drive 13/16 square and the special Koken socket in the picture is also 13/16" square

Mitsibushi fuso canter uses these, i cant get one here in the y-uk

 

[WittHay]

Mitsibushi fuso canter uses these, i cant get one here in the y-uk

I know Snap-on makes actual 10-point impact sockets for fasteners on Japanese cars. Medium trucks like Hino and Fuso probably use larger versions of theses fasteners.

I never knew Wright made 10-point chrome sockets for 4-point and 6-point, I guess for farm or industrial equipment back in the day.