You know that you cannot use a ratchet unless you have a socket to fit on the end of it. The socket is the part of this two-part tool that does all of the bolt or fastener turning, while the ratchet handle applies all the torque for that turning to occur. The combination of these two, the socket and the ratchet, make for a very efficient mechanism for turning both to loosen or to tighten a wide variety of bolts and fasteners. (See Pawls and How They Can Help You to find out how ratchets work.) The ratchet has a switch on it that will allow it do either job of tightening or loosening with the flip of a switch. The ratchet also has a square fitting on the head that allows the socket to be attached to the ratchet. This square fitting has a spring-loaded ball that presses against the socket and keeps the socket in place until you decide to remove it from the handle.
The four most common sizes of these square fittings are 1/4 inch, 3/8 inch, 1/2 inch, and 3/4 inch. This square fitting is where the ratchet gets its name of "drive". For instance, the ratchet with the square fitting that is 1/4 inch in size is known as a 1/4 inch drive or 1/4 drive. It is strange, but there are no metric drives, they are all measured in inches. There are some larger drives than the ones list above, but these larger drives are most often used for special purpose fasteners like would be found on industrial equipment. The sizing of sockets, however, does come in a full range of both inches and metric measures. As you might expect sockets are usually most useful when they are available in sets. You never know what size socket you will need in your work, so having a set of different sizes is best. A typical socket set that is 1/4 inch usually has sockets that will fit fastener heads that are from 5/32 inch to 1/2 inch, while a 3/8 inch set would have sockets from 3/8 inch to 7/8 inch in size. The number of sockets in the set can vary also, from about 6 as a small socket set up to 12 or 15 as a large set.
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Sometimes the set of sockets will come with the appropriate ratchet handle to complete their utility. But they do not always have a ratchet handle included. Sockets vary in the design that they have for fitting onto the fasteners that they are required to turn. Some sockets are what are called "8-point" because they have a design inside them that has 8 points in it. The 8-point socket has been around for a long time. It was originally intended for use with fasteners that had square tops. Since manufacturers do not make as many square bolt and fasteners heads as they once did, there is less demand and need for 8-point sockets now. Most sockets are now made with the 6-point or 12-point design. This is because most bolts manufactured now have hexagonal shaped heads and the 6-point and 12-point sockets fit them very well. The 12-point socket can still be used to turn a square-headed fastener and they also offer more mounting corners that the 6-point sockets. The 12-point has a greater risk of rounding the corners of the fastener that does the 6-point. Most of the time the 6-point socket is used for high torque applications, while the 12-point can be used where less torque is needed.
Situations occur where sockets are placed under a great deal of torque pressure when doing their job. This has called for the development of higher resilient sockets that are called impact sockets. The regular chrome socket is strong, but it can fail under a great deal of torque. Sometimes the failure is so catastrophic that the socket will shatter. This is why a thicker type of socket was created. The material of this impact socket will twist and deform before it will shatter when put under high stress. Usually the impact socket has much thicker walls than that of the standard chrome socket. Most of the time the impact socket is used with a pneumatic or air tool so that higher torque can be achieved on the fastener. The chrome socket is always used with a manual ratchet handle. In fact if a chrome socket is placed on an air tool it is likely to shatter when a lot of torque is applied on the fastener.
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