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When I made the last set of gas spuds, I broken 3 of the cheap 1/4” hex x 3/8” square socket drive adapters. Today during a quick job, I needed another drive, to drive a 3/8” socket off of a 3/4” drill chuck, so I needed another adapter. Realizing the problems I had before, I decided to make better adapters.
I used a Harbor Freight 3/8” dr x 6” impact extension, cut it down to the required length, then with the hex 5C collet block, The right sized collet, a 1/2” carbide end mill and about 10 minutes of mill work, I had 2 adapters. I was about to clean up and said, maybe some day I will need a 1/2” version, so another Harbor Freight impact extension (1/2” dr x 6”) gave ups its original form, to aid in the shop work needing to be done.
Not a super hard or technical job, but a good job for a quiet Sunday morning.
I used a Harbor Freight 3/8” dr x 6” impact extension, cut it down to the required length, then with the hex 5C collet block, The right sized collet, a 1/2” carbide end mill and about 10 minutes of mill work, I had 2 adapters. I was about to clean up and said, maybe some day I will need a 1/2” version, so another Harbor Freight impact extension (1/2” dr x 6”) gave ups its original form, to aid in the shop work needing to be done.
Not a super hard or technical job, but a good job for a quiet Sunday morning.