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We've picked up some HF impact sockets and used them with good
success. Maybe our Craftsman impact tool is too wimpy to stress
them, but we've yet to break one.

But we have lost one or two, grrr..

I wonder where folks have gone to buy single sockets. Sears is
rather $$ and HD does not seem to have anything but sets, like
HF.
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On 2010-12-25, David Lesher wrote:
We've picked up some HF impact sockets and used them with good
success. Maybe our Craftsman impact tool is too wimpy to stress
them, but we've yet to break one.

But we have lost one or two, grrr..

I wonder where folks have gone to buy single sockets. Sears is
rather $$ and HD does not seem to have anything but sets, like
HF.


McMaster carr has them, not too cheaply.

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On 12/25/2010 04:55 AM, David Lesher wrote:
We've picked up some HF impact sockets and used them with good
success. Maybe our Craftsman impact tool is too wimpy to stress
them, but we've yet to break one.

But we have lost one or two, grrr..

I wonder where folks have gone to buy single sockets. Sears is
rather $$ and HD does not seem to have anything but sets, like
HF.


Used tool places have buckets of them, usually pretty reasonably priced.

BobH

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I wonder where folks have gone to buy single sockets.
... have anything but sets, like HF.


Actually, HF does sell individual sockets. As "parts". When I broke a
HF socket and called to have it replaced, a misunderstanding resulted in
me going down the buy-a-part path instead of the
getting-a-free-replacement path.

So, call them up, ask for the parts department, give them the item
number of the set & the sizes that you need. It may take a while to
receive them.

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On 12/25/2010 04:55 AM, David Lesher wrote:
We've picked up some HF impact sockets and used them with good
success. Maybe our Craftsman impact tool is too wimpy to stress
them, but we've yet to break one.

But we have lost one or two, grrr..

I wonder where folks have gone to buy single sockets. Sears is
rather $$ and HD does not seem to have anything but sets, like
HF.


Used tool places have buckets of them, usually pretty reasonably priced.

BobH


Actually found some OK Stanley impact socket sets at Wally Mart, definitely
better than HF and cheap enough not to worry about buying the sleeve. Some
of the crummy Taiwanese ones I've bought in the past got sloppy and the slop
actually wasted most of the impact energy.




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We've picked up some HF impact sockets and used them with good
success. Maybe our Craftsman impact tool is too wimpy to stress
them, but we've yet to break one.

But we have lost one or two, grrr..

I wonder where folks have gone to buy single sockets. Sears is
rather $$ and HD does not seem to have anything but sets, like
HF.


Usually also pricey, but some of the old autoparts stores (not the chains)
used to stock individual tools. Usually a top name brand. Also, some of
the old school independent hardware stores or franchise / membership stores
like Ace or True Value or Joe's Hardware. Individual tools have always cost
a more than sets.






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We've picked up some HF impact sockets and used them with good
success. Maybe our Craftsman impact tool is too wimpy to stress
them, but we've yet to break one.

But we have lost one or two, grrr..

I wonder where folks have gone to buy single sockets. Sears is
rather $$ and HD does not seem to have anything but sets, like
HF.


How about a "real tool jobber"
Your Snap-Off salesman will gladly provide you with whatever size you
need in whatever quantity you want. (just as an example) as will any
industrial supplier.
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On Dec 24, 9:55*pm, David Lesher wrote:
We've picked up some HF impact sockets and used them with good
success. Maybe our Craftsman impact tool is too wimpy to stress
them, but we've yet to break one.

But we have lost one or two, grrr..

I wonder where folks have gone to buy single sockets. Sears is
rather $$ and HD does not seem to have anything but sets, like
HF.
--
A host is a host from coast to
& no one will talk to a host that's close........[v].(301) 56-LINUX
Unless the host (that isn't close).........................pob 1433
is busy, hung or dead....................................20915-1433


Sears, NAPA, Autozone, Tool King(has local store but is on the web),
small old hardware stores, that's for new onesies. Pawn shops around
here usually have bins full of sockets, cheap. Sometimes you can get
the whole set from HF for what one socket elsewhere runs, on sale and
with 20% coupon.

Stan
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We've picked up some HF impact sockets and used them with good
success. Maybe our Craftsman impact tool is too wimpy to stress
them, but we've yet to break one.

But we have lost one or two, grrr..

I wonder where folks have gone to buy single sockets. Sears is
rather $$ and HD does not seem to have anything but sets, like
HF.

Princess Auto is reasonable if you happen to visit my neck of the
woods.


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On Dec 24, 11:55*pm, David Lesher wrote:
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I wonder where folks have gone to buy single sockets. Sears is
rather $$ and HD does not seem to have anything but sets, like
HF.


These are where I go:
http://local.yahoo.com/info-10351789...esale-hooksett
http://local.yahoo.com/info-10331911...n-center-derry

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Advance Auto Parts and Batteries has some individual
sockets. Typically about $6 per socket. I find that if I
need two or more, it's usually cheaper to go back to HF and
buy a $10 set.

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We've picked up some HF impact sockets and used them with
good
success. Maybe our Craftsman impact tool is too wimpy to
stress
them, but we've yet to break one.

But we have lost one or two, grrr..

I wonder where folks have gone to buy single sockets. Sears
is
rather $$ and HD does not seem to have anything but sets,
like
HF.
--
A host is a host from coast to

& no one will talk to a host that's close........[v].(301)
56-LINUX
Unless the host (that isn't
close).........................pob 1433
is busy, hung or
dead....................................20915-1433


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Pawn shops usually have a bin full of mis-matched sockets for cheap...


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