wrote:

You can always
rotate the socket 1/4 turn on the 1/2" drive to get 12th of a turn when
space to swing the bar is tight.

I never thought of that!
The math confused me so may I reiterate what I "think" you just said?

Am I correct in assuming you're saying that you can rotate a 12-point
socket by 1/12th, while you can only rotate a 6-point socket by 1/6th ---
but ... if you cleverly rotate /both/ the 6-point socket by 1/6th and the
half-inch socket wrench end of the socket by 1/4, you get the same effect?


yes, but it is so rarely needed it is not worth worrying about

It's still nice to know that you can get the same angle effect out of a six
point socket that you can out of a 12-point socket, simply by rotating the
4-point extension bar location.

Personally, my tools just "grew" over time, where I have some 12 points and
some 6 points where some are normal sockets, deep sockets, and impact
sockets, where I wish I had known what I'm learning in this thread in the
beginning.

Seems to me that the /first/ set anyone should get are normal length & deep
six-point sockets (both metric & SAE).

The metric & SAE 12-point sets should come next, I would think.