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Finally bought a couple of cheap socket heads so I can stop using crescent wrenches on my tool post and drawbar.
Most obvious way to attach a handle (at least to me) would be drill crosswise and put a bar in the hole. However the sockets are chromed and presumably hardened to some degree. How practical approach is this and are there any tricks to drilling a socket head?
I don't have access to a welder, so that option would require asking someone to do it for me, I'm sure I could find someone but would prefer to just get it done.
I could also take some hardware store bar stock, square off an end and bend it to 90 deg (al-la allen wrench). I've got a cheap MAP torch that might have enough left in the can, but don't really have the setup grab something like that and bend it. All I've got is a pattern makers vise and a small anvil. So I'd probably end up just beating on it on the anvil. The vise does have metal style vice jaws on the bottom but I'm not sure it's up to it.
Final option that I can think of is to mill a piece of softer stuff to fit the 1/2" drive hole and put a bar through that.
What do you think?
-Dave
Most obvious way to attach a handle (at least to me) would be drill crosswise and put a bar in the hole. However the sockets are chromed and presumably hardened to some degree. How practical approach is this and are there any tricks to drilling a socket head?
I don't have access to a welder, so that option would require asking someone to do it for me, I'm sure I could find someone but would prefer to just get it done.
I could also take some hardware store bar stock, square off an end and bend it to 90 deg (al-la allen wrench). I've got a cheap MAP torch that might have enough left in the can, but don't really have the setup grab something like that and bend it. All I've got is a pattern makers vise and a small anvil. So I'd probably end up just beating on it on the anvil. The vise does have metal style vice jaws on the bottom but I'm not sure it's up to it.
Final option that I can think of is to mill a piece of softer stuff to fit the 1/2" drive hole and put a bar through that.
What do you think?
-Dave