Valuable lessons to our minors

[Laverdaroo]

A pal sent me this, thought it prudent to share


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[Bryanj]

I use to drive the plant students crazy when they came asking fo a 10mm bolt and thats exactly what i gave them, then told them to go away and sort out exactly what they wanted!

[robvangulik]

That's the same all over the world

[Tomb]

I use to drive the plant students crazy when they came asking fo a 10mm bolt and thats exactly what i gave them, then told them to go away and sort out exactly what they wanted!

Hahahaha years ago when I was a skint Toolmaker I got a second job in a local backstreet garage, I had exactly the same problems with the mechanics, I asked for a 10mm bolt, they gave me an M6. Confused the hell out of them when trying to explain. 😂😂

[McCabe-Thiele (Ted)]

It's always seemed strange to me that metric bolts can have different bolt heads on a given bolt diameter yet alone different pitch sizes.

I grew up using tools at the tail end of Whitworth,BSF & BSP being thrust ito the world of AF that was easy to understand - I could identify an AF thread by sight. One Christmas Wendy bought me a lovely Britool socket set in a Britool Redish steel case it must have cost her a fortune back in the 1980's it would be the last tool set I would ever, ever need it would never wear out or be abused (self delusion).

Then I started servicing my late Mothers Nissan Micras, we moved from Vauxhall & BL to used Mercs - IIRC only two of my lovely Britool sockets fitted anything metric. As I aged the fun of crawling under cars started to evaporate - I converted  to using a Dealership or local garage.

I retired in what turned out to be a number of stages - main job retirement at 55 yrs - a gap year spent fishing & renovating ready for sale a modern terrace house that had been on the rental market for 15 years. (long story).

SWMBO then saw me decline from Pub Lunches once a week towards almost daily ones - I received the appropriate level of verbal warnings & threats so went back to working full time as a driver at local MB dealership.
 
I took the opportunity to go from full time to part time then casual work for Mercedes Dealership (MB) so took up some maintainace work at a local Hotel finally having two casual means of employment until I was 69. A combination of declining health & a serious house fire in Nov 2017 forced me to re-appraise my lifestyle.

I still needed to occupy my time with more than fishing - along came Covid & a Honda 400 in need of some TLC I've caught the restoration  bug - there is no cure.

Sorry a bit of a ramble drifting  off topic but it's too cold in my garage & it's raining & SWMBO is out for the day.

[SumpMagnet]

LOL ....removing the 10mm socket!

Thats really considerate. Saves the kid the effort of losing it.

I own several spare 10mm sockets, just so I can actually find one when I need it. Short, long reach, 1/4"...3/8"...1/2" .... and 3 10mm spanners. I am thinking of putting one on the wall in one of those 'in case of emergency...break glass' boxes, or getting one on a lanyard, so I can hang it rouns my neck.

[Laverdaroo]

I'm down to my last three so I feel an order coming on

[McCabe-Thiele (Ted)]

LOL ....removing the 10mm socket!

Thats really considerate. Saves the kid the effort of losing it.

I own several spare 10mm sockets, just so I can actually find one when I need it. Short, long reach, 1/4"...3/8"...1/2" .... and 3 10mm spanners. I am thinking of putting one on the wall in one of those 'in case of emergency...break glass' boxes, or getting one on a lanyard, so I can hang it rouns my neck.

Does anyone actually make a metric  socket with thin enough walls to fit the Honda Big End nuts ?

[Bryanj]

Yes 1/4 drill with upducers

[McCabe-Thiele (Ted)]

Yes 1/4 drill with upducers

I'm lost what is an upducer ?

I put a cheapish socket in my drill chuck then ground the edges cutting through the chrome finish  with a hand held cutting disc - I have no lathe or the ability to operate one.

[Oddjob]

Up ducer opposite of a Re ducer. In other words, 1/4" to 3/8. With male 1/4" and female 3/8".

[Bryanj]

Thanks Ken, at one time i had enough of the to use a 1/4 drive on a 1 inch bar, and the other way round!

[ST1100]

Let's see if that works:

https://youtube.com/shorts/LQ2XUYmkRmA?feature=share

[ST1100]

However, a year or two later:

[McCabe-Thiele (Ted)]

Ah so you use a 1/4 drive 12mm socket then adapters to fit the Torque wrench. My 1/4 drive Teng socket set has no 12mm socket it goes from 11 to 13 IIRC not missing just not in the set!
It was a cheap set now some 25 years plus old.