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Old 04-21-2010, 12:12 PM   #41
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i don't understand how anyone can say 12 point sockets are crap they don't want, yet the pick up 12 point wrenchses and say oh yeah they work great. how is a 12 point socket differant than a 12 point wrench to justify the difference in opinion?
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Old 04-21-2010, 12:26 PM   #42
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i don't understand how anyone can say 12 point sockets are crap they don't want, yet the pick up 12 point wrenchses and say oh yeah they work great. how is a 12 point socket differant than a 12 point wrench to justify the difference in opinion?
i wondered the same thing. doesn't make sense to me either.
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Old 04-21-2010, 02:15 PM   #43
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i don't understand how anyone can say 12 point sockets are crap they don't want, yet the pick up 12 point wrenchses and say oh yeah they work great. how is a 12 point socket differant than a 12 point wrench to justify the difference in opinion?
I keep expecting Merk to add to this thread by saying the 12 point wrenches have more meat on their bones than sockets do....
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Old 04-21-2010, 02:34 PM   #44
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Maybe they use 6 point wrenches
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Old 04-21-2010, 02:47 PM   #45
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All of My shallow and Deep 3/8" and 1/4" drive sockets are 6pt and my Shallow and Deep 1/2" Drives are 12pt. Just kind of ended up that way. All SO. Never had any of them strip a bolt head (that wasn't already severely damaged). Only Chrome socket I've ever had split was a 6pt Cman.

I do wish SO made a 36mm 1/2" Drive socket in either 12pt or 6pt though. Having that one lone CMAN at the end of my SO sockets always makes me feel a little dirty.
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Old 04-21-2010, 02:54 PM   #46
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i don't understand how anyone can say 12 point sockets are crap they don't want, yet the pick up 12 point wrenchses and say oh yeah they work great. how is a 12 point socket differant than a 12 point wrench to justify the difference in opinion?
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i wondered the same thing. doesn't make sense to me either.
Maybe they are using the sockets on their impact guns and don't want to cop to it. 6 point hand sockets hold up way better on an impact than 12 point hand sockets.
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Old 04-21-2010, 07:29 PM   #47
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i don't understand how anyone can say 12 point sockets are crap they don't want, yet the pick up 12 point wrenchses and say oh yeah they work great. how is a 12 point socket differant than a 12 point wrench to justify the difference in opinion?
I had just been wanting to say that, but you beat me to it...

Personally I prefer to use 12 point tools, but perhaps it's because of my experience using my fathers tools (he was an aircraft tech).
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