On Sat, 17 Oct 2009 07:55:36 -0400, Nate Nagel
wrote:



Ah, well just take a 5/16" socket and a 3/8" socket of the same drive
size, and a piece of square steel stock the same size to couple the
sockets together. You'll have to hold the whole assembly together with
your hand, as you won't have the little spring loaded balls, but your
only cost will be a short length of square steel.

If you wanted to get real fancy, you could make one - drill a hole in
the end of your square steel stock, but not quite all the way through
(drill bit tip penetrates other side of stock, but doesn't go all the
way through) tap the hole for a set screw with a bottoming tap, drop in
a ball bearing and small spring and loctite in a shallow setscrew.
repeat at other end. But that is likely more trouble than it's worth
for a tool that you will presumably use only a couple times.


Or you could knock the chrome plate off the ends and just solder them
together with plumbers solder, maybe throw a piece of scrap steel
inside to add a little extra strength and solder it too.