Male Male Socket Adapters 1

[drawoh]

Has anyone ever seen such a thing?

I have ordered a Snap On torque angle gauge for one of our scientists to do alignment. She wants to rotate a nut from underneath while looking down at the gauge.

The worst case here is that I will have to buy an extender, cut it off with a hacksaw and add a 1/4" socket drive with a file. I would be nice if I could find something off the shelf.

JHG

 

[btrueblood]

Uh...a piece of 1/4" hardened and ground tool steel stock? Like what you could find on McMaster.com?

 

[hydtools]

Your angle gauge has 3/8" square drive. Like btrueblood says, use square stock. You may have to round over the corners.

Ted

 

[KENAT]

Yes, if memory serves I have at least one socket set that comes with one, I think it even has a ball detente in one end.

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[DuncanM]

I have a set similar to the link below. Can be used with spanner/wrench OR a socket & ratchet.

http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/..._productId_174979_langId_-1_categoryId_165469

 

[MintJulep]

They have existed in the past.

http://home.comcast.net/~alloy-artifacts/duro-indestro-p5.html

 

[drawoh]

MintJulep,

They exist now!

Thank you. The right search term works in Google.

http://www.wihatools.com/600seri/602_access_3_8.htm

JHG

 

[msquared48]

Sounds like a plumbing union.

Mike McCann
MMC Engineering

http://mmcengineering.tripod.com

 

[btrueblood]

Drawoh...can you explain why a piece of square stock won't work for you? Just curious.

 

[hydtools]

I would guess that simple square stock has no retention detents.

Ted

 

[drawoh]

btrueblood,

That is a good question.

I don't have any square stock lying around. If I modify something, I will probably have to take it home and work in my backyard shed. It may be worth checking Home Depot. The extender noted above, will not cost much more.

JHG