Square nut socket

[Max Power]

I am restoring an old butcher block and I need to source two square nut sockets to take this thing apart. Nut looks to be about 3/4 inch flat to flat, what size 12 point might work? A cheap source for 2 square sockets?

 

[uscarry45]

Would this work

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[dmaxfireman]

Craftsman 50744

bunch of them on ebay right now

 

[sparky 1971]

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[KnurledNut]

I am restoring an old butcher block and I need to source two square nut sockets to take this thing apart. Nut looks to be about 3/4 inch flat to flat, what size 12 point might work? A cheap source for 2 square sockets?

23mm would be your best fit in 12 point.

A 3/4 drive female to 1/2 drive male reducer (used backward), and a 1/2 8 point socket would work if you already have those.

 

[JeepYJ]

8 point sockets are what you need. Search Amazon or eBay.

 

[Ingram306]

8 point socket

 

[Vwpower]

You need Wright 10 point sockets! Go buy some!

 

[JoeMcGov]

And a final confirmation for 8 POINT socket. I have a set of six of them in my toolbox.

 

[APEowner]

That's what 8 point sockets are for.

 

[Walkers]

An open end wrench will work just fine.

 

[Shiftless]

An open end wrench will work just fine.

Not if the nuts are in recessed holes

 

[The Cobbler]

You need Wright 10 point sockets! Go buy some!

scratching my head... how does a 10 point socket fit a square?

 

[Walkers]

Not if the nuts are in recessed holes

Just have to hammer the wrench in there!

 

[RTM]

6 point and 4 point in one = ten point

it looks like a double 4 point, but the width is larger so the hex only hits 2 of the 4 points.

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[mikegt4]

Those Wright 10 point sockets look like something that needs to be collectable. Notice that the catalog date is 1956, a time when square fasteners were becoming less common and hex fasteners were becoming the norm. Those of us that were around back then remember that square nuts were pretty common. I have several glass jars full of them from my Dad's model railroad tables.

 

[General Geoff]

An open end wrench will work just fine.

Bingo. Especially if this is a one-and-done restoration.

Or you could go spline socket. the 24mm in this one should do nicely.

Amazon.com

 

[gigamel]

23-24mm 12pt.
The formula is:
S12 = 1.22 * S4

Or use the female/square end of a 3/4" socket/extension as a square socket - hex socket paired with allen and ratchet at the other end.
We all have 1/4", 3/8", 1/2" and 3/4" square "sockets" in the tool box

 

[welder4956]

OK, my solutions tend to involve welding when I don't have the right tool. So, a short length of 1" x 1" x 1/8" wall square tube with a piece of 1/2" round bar or similar welded on for a handle would do the trick.

 

[johninct]

If you go with a 12 point socket, it needs to be NON Flank Drive . I would get either a 4 or 8 point one.

 

[619DioFan]

Pipe plug sockets are for square fasteners, bought mine from sunex. also have spline drive sockets for other odd shapes. never owned an 8 point socket.

 

[matthew]

Figuring out alternate ways is fun

If depth is the problem but clearance around the hole isn’t too tight, file a hex nut so it has a square hole, and drive it with a hex socket.

 

[Max Power]

Thank you all so much. I can't use a wrench as the nuts are recessed.

 

[ecotec]

I probably have 5-8 of each of the 5 sizes of 8pt sockets between 1/4” and 1/2”. I do not know if I have any 3/4” 8pt sockets.

Honestly, I would probably just use a 12pt.

 

[Max Power]

I got it done. As I was scrounging steel angle scraps to weld into a socket I found some square tubing that worked.

 

[Steve_P]

You could work thru your 12 point sockets and see if one fits. Generally, they don't as others have said. Proto, Williams, etc make chrome 8 point sockets.

edit- whoops, too slow typing

 

[Ole Slewfoot]

I just get out an old square socket...

 

[ecotec]

I just get out an old square socket...

Yeah you do. I have never seen a boxed set like that with so many 4pt sockets and tools. I have seen pretty expansive pipe plug socket sets with internal and external square sockets, but they did not have the tools.

 

[sz0k30]

Honestly, I would probably just use a 12pt.

Its been mentioned many times that a 12 point will not work on a square nut. You need an 8 point sometimes called a double 4.

 

[gigamel]

12 point works fine


Even better for 3/4” (and 1/2” 3/8” 1/4”) just use the square end of socket/extension (3/4” and 1/2”)

 

[Mohawk Dave]

8 point sockets are commonly called Double Square. I have a full Snappy set, but Grey and Sunex also make great ones.