"Snag" wrote in message
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Winston wrote:
Bob La Londe wrote:
(rehashing some old rcm topic names)

I used a cheap 3/4 drive socket today for "home" use. Also some EMT.
I need a 1 5/8 DEEEEEEEEEEEP socket to tighten up the drain
retention nut on the drain I put in one of the mini mill enclosures.

Had some el cheapo 3/4 drive sockets from somewhere. Cut one in half
and welded a piece of 2" EMT between the halves. Worked perfectly.

Attaboy, Bob!

--Winston

Bob isn't the first to come up with that idea , us Harley guys been using
one like that for years to get at the sprocket/front pulley nut on Big
Twins . Mine's made with a piece of 2" pipe about 3" long . It was a pure
bitch cutting that socket in half on the lathe , burned a couple of HSS
cutters before I figgered out it was tempered steel .

Actually I did it years ago to do the clutch on my Electra Glide. Still
have that socket too, and use it from time to time. That socket I used a
piece of rigid conduit for the extension. I cut them in half on the chop
saw. I was just posting a play on past group topics.