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Default filing flats on a socket

On Thu, 18 Jun 2020 07:50:28 -0700, wws wrote:

On Thursday, June 18, 2020 at 6:09:37 AM UTC-5, maxq wrote:
I'm making a special tool out of a 3/8 drive socket. It'll have to be
turned by a wrench or gripped by vise jaws. I'll file flats on the
square end.

Should the flats be parallel with the square's sides, or have the point
in the middle? This is a high-torque situation.


I'm not smart enough to reinvent the wheel:

https://www.harborfreight.com/3-piec...-drive-socket-

caps-67011.html


Can't access the end - tool slides along an axle. Can't drill a hole
crossways either (well you could but it wouldn't help any).