"spaco" wrote in message
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If it's only one, how about using a grindstone in a Dremel tool?
I wouldn't think the socket would be case hardened; it's not a wear
issue. I'd assume the material would be hard all the way through.
If the socket IS case hardened, then the case should only be 20 or 30
thou deep.

Those sockets usually are made of proprietary tool steel that's high in
vanadium, and heat treated for fairly high toughness (thus, the vanadium).
Good ones are not case hardened.

It's tough material to cut and will wreck ordinary HSS drill bits unless you
get everything right.


One other thought: Don't break the set up. Get a cheap set to do this
to, or do as I do:
Get just the socket you need at a flea market or at any Pawn Shop.

Pete Stanaitis


rodjava wrote:

I have a Craftsmans socket set and I need to drill a hole into one of
the sockets.

I take it that it's case harden as my drill bits don't even scratch
the surface.

Thank you all in advance.

Rod
San Francisco