12 thoughts on “But in December…

  1. November or December, who cares? There is no best by date on knowledge. Now I have to print this and post it at Home Depot for the ‘experts’ who work there.

  2. A lot of aircraft applications like the mate flanges on a Pratt & Whitney PT-6 turboprop engine use 12 point nuts. I still have my Snap On 12 point 1/4 drive swivel socket set out in the garage in my rollaway and they were the only thing that worked back in my A&P days. That set of 6 little sockets now retails for $348.75.

    • I remember the older Craftsman socket sets were ALL 12-pointer. This was in the 50’s (Yes, I was around then!), and somewhere in the 60’s or maybe even the 70’s the cheap bastards went with 6-point. ALL of my dad’s old sockets are 12-point. Love ’em!

      In-freakin’- destructible…

      • Yeah, but 6 point don’t round nuts and bolts like a 12 pointer can do. You can apply more torque to a 6 pointer, so there…

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