flippin
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In light of the recent thread providing us with an organizational spreadsheet (thank you) for our sockets, I would be curious to see what your thoughts are on the size ranges for each of the most common socket drives (1/4 - 3/8 - 1/2). Though I certainly fall into the category of believing too much is just enough, what do you feel is the practical range for each size taking into consideration both the torque limits of each drive size and real world experience which you might be able to share. I have noticed (myself included) that there are a lot of new faces here at GJ and we are all fascinated by the amount of collective expertise that is available to each of us. That said many of us are feverishly building our tool sets given that the GJ kool-aid has taken effect but it would be reassuring to have you identify what would be a comprehensive set and what sizes are beyond necessary especially if there is overlap. I doubt for example there would ever be a real need for a 1/4" drive 3/4" socket; where the compactness of the 1/4 drive tools are required to work on a fastener that large.
For example;
(1/4"); 5/32 - ?
Many thanks to you all in advance, I am aware that this has been discussed in the past but thought that a fresh thread to correspond with the new spreadsheet may prove useful to the freshmen of Garage Journal.
In light of the recent thread providing us with an organizational spreadsheet (thank you) for our sockets, I would be curious to see what your thoughts are on the size ranges for each of the most common socket drives (1/4 - 3/8 - 1/2). Though I certainly fall into the category of believing too much is just enough, what do you feel is the practical range for each size taking into consideration both the torque limits of each drive size and real world experience which you might be able to share. I have noticed (myself included) that there are a lot of new faces here at GJ and we are all fascinated by the amount of collective expertise that is available to each of us. That said many of us are feverishly building our tool sets given that the GJ kool-aid has taken effect but it would be reassuring to have you identify what would be a comprehensive set and what sizes are beyond necessary especially if there is overlap. I doubt for example there would ever be a real need for a 1/4" drive 3/4" socket; where the compactness of the 1/4 drive tools are required to work on a fastener that large.
For example;
(1/4"); 5/32 - ?
Many thanks to you all in advance, I am aware that this has been discussed in the past but thought that a fresh thread to correspond with the new spreadsheet may prove useful to the freshmen of Garage Journal.
Since my 1/4 ratchets are about 5" long, that's for jobs that are 15-20 ft lbs, my 3/8 ratchets range from 5"-11", so that gives me a range of 15-44 ftlbs, and my 1/2 drive goes from 10-15" giving me 30-60 ftlbs. 