Wright Chrome Socket Interior Finish

[JDon99]

Does anyone have any that they can snap pics of? I've read that Wright uses and older process for broaching their sockets and I am curious as to how smooth they are on the interior. We have some Wright impact sockets at work and they have a lot of drag marks on the interior of the hex end where it was formed, I'm curious how the chrome sets look, especially six-points sets. Thanks fellas.

 

[tyndall]

1-1/16" x 1/2" drive.

 

[bobcatdan]

It's the inside of a socket, who gives a rip.

 

[tyndall]

It's the inside of a socket, who gives a rip.

Any professional that cares about keeping the plating of fasteners intact.

 

[bobcatdan]

Never saw a good fitting socket wreck a bolt. Working on concrete in crusted and manure cover equipment, pretty bolts are not an issue for me.

 

[newchris]

Ive never cared about how a bolt looks, as long as i dont round it the chrome zinc or whatever plating can be as marred up as it wants

 

[Monte]

the Wright sockets are hot forged hence they look not as "clean" on the inside compared to cold forged sockets.

 

[Wamsutta]

Monte, which brands of sockets are cold forged?

 

[Monte]

Monte, which brands of sockets are cold forged?

i´m not too familiar with US brands but Snap-On sockets are cold forged like you can see in this video:

and Cornwell sockets too.
In Germany for example Hazet and Stahlwille use cold forging.
In the US Wright is hot forged, in germany Gedore.
You can see if a socket is cold forged if it looks "clean and crisp" at the inside, basically perfect, while hot forged sockets usually look a bit "crippled" on the inside.

 

[Loscaldazar]

SK is cold forged!

 

[jontar]

I agree, beside a tool polisher on here, nobody but NASA, would care about the inside of a socket, Most bolts get nicks, scraps, and damaged spots on them from being in operation, weather in the industrial world or automotive. When the cars under bellys rusts, nobody will notice the bolt head damage caused by the hot forged socket.

 

[leod]

Any professional that cares about keeping the plating of fasteners intact.

What kind of pros are they?

 

[Hootbro]

Never saw a good fitting socket wreck a bolt. Working on concrete in crusted and manure cover equipment, pretty bolts are not an issue for me.

Not everybody is working in cow **** and crushed concrete. Some industries like aerospace and medical equipment repair require tools that are not going to mar the **** out of something to cause corrosion when some of the specialized fasteners can be up to $100 or more in some instances.

 

[NC-Shaun]

I care when I am bolting together a custom motorcycle that took me forever to build, and I spent hours upon hours at the supply house picking the proper stainless fasteners to use, and many of my bolts are custom cut to my specs.

I try to avoid working in cow dung as much as possible.

 

[bobcatdan]

I was waiting for somebody say working on Harleys. I understand there is are plenty of places where stuff needs to stay perfect. Not in my little world, salt takes any plating off long before I get there.

 

[3baygarage]

Unrelated to the original post but protective lug nut sockets come to mind. To keep nice rims sparkling . Keeping with the theme here, you don't want those lug nuts to look like manure!

 

[Exceller8]

For what it's worth, I think that the entire socket should be fully finished and looking good when new, especially for what quality tools cost these days. With that being said most of my stuff is pretty beat up because I buy most of my tools used but they still work just fine for my needs.

 

[Westly]

On most new products you don't want the slightest marring to be present on fasteners. It's a bad reflection on quality. Can you imagine a S&W pistol just off the line with an even slightly messed up screw head ?

 

[zakmartin]

Can you imagine a S&W pistol just off the line with an even slightly messed up screw head ?

Yes, because it's happened to me twice. S&W's quality control is shoddy at best. But I digress...

 

[Wamsutta]

All that hot forging slag down in the socket is a magnet for grease and dirt.

 

[Hootbro]

All that hot forging slag down in the socket is a magnet for grease and dirt.

To be fair to Wright Tools, their market and marketing is to heavy industries. I would imagine most of their tools in use in the real world, get and stay dirty.