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Modified Socket Extension Speeds Up Work
Raymond Rodriguez, Waxahachie, Texas: “If I need to drill a hole just deep enough so I don’t hit a water line or an electrical wire, I slide a short piece of pipe over the drill bit to keep the bit from going down too far. A regular socket or a deepwell socket would also work.
  “At one time in my life I was making daily deliveries for a furniture store and often had to set up bunk beds. It took almost 20 bolts to put one bed together so the job took a long time.
  “An impact wrench would have greatly speeded things up but I didn’t want to spend the money. Instead, I took a socket extension and used a cutting torch to cut off the end that normally would have fit onto a ratchet wrench. Then I put the extension in my drill like a bit and used the socket size that I needed on the other end of the extension.”



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2016 - Volume #40, Issue #5