On Wed, 02 Jul 2014 15:34:06 -0500, F. George McDuffee
wrote:

On Wed, 02 Jul 2014 12:05:48 -0700, Gunner Asch
wrote:

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Shrug. Never did break or deform one..just cant figure out what its
size is...metric and/or standard.
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http://www.amazon.com/s/?ie=UTF8&key...l_2x3twf94x5_b
http://www.use-enco.com/CGI/INPDFF?P...MITEM=804-1025
http://www.etch-o-matic.com/eom.htm


I have (2) of these and probably 8 gallons of various etching fluids

http://www.ecemmi.com/

That being said..I bought a full, brimming, overflowing 5 gallon
bucket full of sockets from a second hand store that went tits up...
for $80..after hand sorting out all the Chinese and Tawaines sockets.
I bought 5 gallons of SnapOn, Craftsman, Proto etc etc sockets from
tiny little sockets of 1/8" all the way up to 2".

That included another 5 gal bucket of breaker bars, ratchets,
extenions etc etc etc.

(I already have (2) sets of 3/4" drive sockets and drives up to
4"..but only (1) 3/4" ratchet )

So I didnt bother hand polishing the black paint off and then making a
stencil for each size..using it 3 times then tossing it...or hitting
each and everyone with an electric engraver..trying to buzz my way
through decent chrome to mark the size on each socket.

I spent another $50 on combination wrenches..another 5 gallon bucket
full..up to 3". Probably 90 combination and end wrenches in metric,
standard and a dozen or so "Whitworth"... (needed for my upcoming
Royal Enfield , Super Meteor motorcycle rebuild)

It just ****ed me off that they ****ing PAINTED those sockets and
under normal use..it all ****ing wore off.

Gunner

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