Advanced Tool Design Model ATD-4601 42 Piece 3/8" Drive Standard and Deep SAE and Metric Impact Socket Set
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Great value for a 3/8" impact socket set
I bought this set to complement my recent purchase of an Ingersoll Rand 3/8" butterfly impact wrench. This assortment of sockets is well suited to this size drive. The set includes both metric and english (SAE) sizes in both standard depth and deep sockets. The quality of the sockets is very good. All feature 6-pointed wells with radiused corners (Snap-On used to call this "flank drive"). This feature helps prevent distorting the corners on the bolt or nut you are turning by applying the turning force to the face of the bolt/nut slightly toward the center of the face where it's stronger that it is at the actual corner (vertex). The waist of the socket is also thru-drilled (3/16" dia holes) to accommodate those impact wrenchs that have a thru drilled drive capable of accepting a retaining pin. This is something you don't see too often, but is required for tools used by steel workers who many be using a tool at high elevations over others below them on a worksite.The sockets...
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Product Description
Contains: (1) Universal Joint; (1) 3" extension; 5/16", 3/8", 7/16", 1/2", 9/16", 5/8", 11/16", 3/4" Standard sockets; 8mm, 9mm, 10mm, 11mm, 12mm, 13mm, 14mm, 15mm, 16mm, 17mm, 18mm, and 19mm standard sockets. Also contains 5/16", 3/8", 7/16", 1/2", 9/16", 5/8", 11/16", 3/4" Deep sockets; 8mm, 9mm, 10mm, 11mm, 12mm, 13mm, 14mm, 15mm, 16mm, 17mm, 18mm, and 19mm Deep sockets. Top to learn more
Great 3/8" socket set for the money. CroMoly.
WHY I BOUGHT THIS: I normally use 1/2" drive sockets and go to 1/4" for the tight spots. This set fills in the "in between" and will be used as my default "road set" when traveling. You can use an impact socket just about anywhere you can use a socket, and impact sockets are in general some the toughest sockets available. These are CroMoly steel, the precise 41xx alloy is unknown. This is a very inclusive set, with Standard SAE deep and shallow, Metric deep and shallow, a low articulation swivel adapter and and one extension. The downside: The black oxide coating nor the CroMoly found on ANY impact set does not have the "rust resistance" hard chrome has. Per socket weight is higher due to heavy wall construction. WHY I DID NOT GIVE THIS 5 STARS: The set is made in China, so someone in the US pays for these with a job. Don't expect warranty. The blow-molded case has those crappy hinges that you KNOW will fatigue and crack apart. Some of the...
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Affordable,replaceable...they work
Bought these socket sets for two community tool boxes at a bussiness I own. Half of the solution was also buying socket organizers. If & when some sockets come up missing...replacement won't break the bank...PLUS so far these have really held up much better than expected...I know they are imports & I'll choose Craftsman for myself(probable also imported by now) but these have really surprised me at how they have held up.
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