Yesterday I found a perfectly good 10mm socket on the ground! The tool gods must be pleased with their humble servant to provide such a gift! To keep them satisfied I later cleaned and reorganized the garage.

    • MeatPilot@sh.itjust.works
      11·
      10 days ago

      For all who spent much longer than they wanted for this project searching the garage and only finding the the 9 and 11. Close to defeat you find a 3/8 and think, “maybe this time” and it just slips, so you pick up the adjustable wrench in shame. You slowly weep as you spend ages turning the bolt only 10 degrees with each twist.

    • Bluewing
      111·
      10 days ago

      Everyone has lost a 10mm wrench or socket at some point in time. Sometimes many times. For SAE, it’s 9/16". I have lost many of both sizes over the years. Particularly when I was farming. I planted enough of them in those fields that I should have had a bumper crop growing out there. But nope, it’s either poor germination or I live in a growing zone that is uninhabitable for growing sockets and wrenches.

      I think that finding a lost wrench or socket is a bad omen. It’s always been a predictor of an expensive repair is in my future, and I’m going to need that tool.

      • The Real King Gordon
        6·
        10 days ago

        I personally dropped a 5/16 down deep into the interior of my wife’s car last week. I salute you, fallen soldier!

        • bluGill@fedia.io
          2·
          10 days ago

          Tip: Any car that needs non metric sockets is a collectable antique and should be used only for car shows. Next time use the right tool even if something else is close.

          The above isn’t completely true but it is very close.

          • Bluewing
            2·
            10 days ago

            That’s so true. The only thing I really use SAE tools for is fixing antique tractors anymore. But I sold my 1941 H Farmall this past winter. So everything I have is now metric.