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9/32 nutdriver

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billy brown

08-06-2005 17:14:54




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I was putting up a lite, outside on the garage the other day, and had my craftsman nutdriver set(back when it was american made)out my Dad had given me years ago, to assit in put up the lattern type lite. There were two little acorn nuts that hold the lite on to the bracket, so I that it was 1/4 or 5/16. Well I thought wrong. I had to go to the socket set and get out a 1/4 drive 9/32 socket and place it on a screwdriver type socket driver. Where on earth did they come up with that crazy size of 9/32. Is it close to a metric size or did some engineer just decide to make things hard on everyone. billy

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Alvin NE WI

08-07-2005 19:21:58




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 Re: 9/32 nutdriver in reply to billy brown, 08-06-2005 17:14:54  
It could be worse. what if you had only a ford monkey wrench for the job or a metric cresent wrench??



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hawaiirocky

08-07-2005 17:11:15




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 Re: 9/32 nutdriver in reply to billy brown, 08-06-2005 17:14:54  
I've an eighties Ford truck that seems to have both metric and American-sized boltheads. I finally bought a flank-drive wrench&socket set and ended the problem. No more frustration.



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Carol Martin

08-07-2005 07:23:31




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 Re: 9/32 nutdriver in reply to billy brown, 08-06-2005 17:14:54  
This morning was working on my new storage building and using same 1/4 X 1 1/2 lag screws when all of a sudden I had trouble driving one in with my drill and socket .. Couldn't think for while what was wrong.. there was just one odd ball screw in the bag..same size screw with a 3/8 head instead of the normal 7/16
Cannot imagine how this happened..

Carol



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dr.sportster

08-07-2005 06:25:19




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 Re: 9/32 nutdriver in reply to billy brown, 08-06-2005 17:14:54  
Light= L I G H T.



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Bob

08-06-2005 21:12:42




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 Re: 9/32 nutdriver in reply to billy brown, 08-06-2005 17:14:54  
You must not do any repairs to the trim or dashboard components, or ever install aftermarket radios on GM vehicles!

9/32" has been their favorite size for about 30 years. Of course, they have to throw in a few 1/4" heads just to make it interesting!



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Stickler

08-07-2005 16:15:17




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 Re: 9/32 nutdriver in reply to Bob, 08-06-2005 21:12:42  
Lots of 9/32 nuts in electronics, and on industrial terminal blocks. Remember points and condenser connections? Lots of them were 9/32 too



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Davis In SC

08-06-2005 19:28:59




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 Re: 9/32 nutdriver in reply to billy brown, 08-06-2005 17:14:54  
Has anyone ever noticed how many odd-ball size sockets & wrenches there once were??? I have dozens of wrenches & sockets in weird sizes like 19/32, etc...They sure take up a lot of space in toolboxes....



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CRUSADER

08-07-2005 10:49:56




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 Re: 9/32 nutdriver in reply to Davis In SC, 08-06-2005 19:28:59  
I just added a couple of those 19/32 and 21/32 sockets to my tool conglomoration/set. My father passed away a few months ago, and a portion of the items that I have gotten so far had these sockets in with it. I know that I won't be using them on a day to day basis, but if/when I get ahold of an older ford I may find that they come in handy. Last time I recall them being used was on a 60's vintage 6 cylinder ford engine.

Another good socket to have in the tool box is a 3/8 drive 5/16 twelve point socket. I haven't had to use it in many years, but when I get out (retire) from the military I hope to do some restorations and repair work as a side job. I know that if I ever get a hold of a few IH/Farmall Tractors that require clutch repair that I will once again put the socket to use.

later days mates,
Jim

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2x4

08-06-2005 21:04:13




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 Re: 9/32 nutdriver in reply to Davis In SC, 08-06-2005 19:28:59  
have you noticed also that those are the ones always on top & first thing you grab?



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Joe (Wa)

08-06-2005 19:15:33




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 Re: 9/32 nutdriver in reply to billy brown, 08-06-2005 17:14:54  
Back in the stone age of ship automation many of the 4-40 nuts used to secure PC boards to frames and for other electronic component framing were wrench size 9/32". A hammer mades a dandy substitute for that wrench size.

Joe



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K.B.-826

08-06-2005 19:11:45




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 Re: 9/32 nutdriver in reply to billy brown, 08-06-2005 17:14:54  
Not sure why they ever came up with that size, but it is out there. 11/32 is around, too.



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Davis In SC

08-06-2005 17:45:41




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 Re: 9/32 nutdriver in reply to billy brown, 08-06-2005 17:14:54  
7MM is real close to 9/32, I imagine it was Metric. After all , very few things are made in the USA, anymore....



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Ken Crisman

08-06-2005 20:38:14




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 Re: 9/32 nutdriver in reply to Davis In SC, 08-06-2005 17:45:41  
Why did America have to bow down to those foreignors & change to metric ? We should 've told them to get off their lazy duffs & learn USA talk . We got sold down the drink along time ago .The USA will be under submission of the Japanese or Chinese eventually the way its going . Maybe God will have had enough of this bull before then & close the curtain on this old world . We need to be ready .



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dr.sportster

08-07-2005 06:33:14




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 Re: 9/32 nutdriver in reply to Ken Crisman, 08-06-2005 20:38:14  
President Ford ;Metric conversion act of 1976.Just ignore it.So in order for us to not have to use metrics God should destroy the world.OK thats rational.



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Jack Mc (AZ Jack)

08-06-2005 20:35:44




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 Re: 9/32 nutdriver in reply to Davis In SC, 08-06-2005 17:45:41  
You guys are all showing your young tender age! Way back when-like in the thirties and so there were a lot of 32nd and even 64th sizes. WWII seemed to be the end of most of that sizing. Jack



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Davis In SC

08-06-2005 20:54:30




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 Re: 9/32 nutdriver in reply to Jack Mc (AZ Jack), 08-06-2005 20:35:44  
An old friend of mine told me, that even into the late 40's screw threads were proprietary, for instance, if you needed a bolt for a Brown & Sharpe machine... you had to order it from them...



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Easy

08-07-2005 14:41:05




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 Re: 9/32 nutdriver in reply to Davis In SC, 08-06-2005 20:54:30  
My dad had a small shop in Detroit, and one frequent job was pitman arms for small punch presses. It was usually a double lead thread, but seldom were standard, each press was a little different. Occasionally in Detroit, we would get parts that needed a Whitworth thread. My father, for obvious reasons, is a big fan of the "Machinist's Bible". My dad used a universal mill, with a dividing head for some mill jobs, things that needed involute profiles. Easy.

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