Deeeeeeep Socket..

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I have made many of these in the past..I'M not sure what they are actually for but a customer needs to extend the socket 10" but can't use a standard extension..So we cut the socket in the saw and add 10" of  2 3/8" OD with a 1/4" wall between the sections..Welds were done with 309 SS...This socket is 1 7/8"...zap!I am not completely insane..Some parts are missing Professional Driver on a closed course....Do not attempt.Just because I'm a  dumbass don't mean that you can be too.So DON'T try any of this **** l do at home.
Reply:I've done very similar in the past, in the field.   Cut the socket in half with a torch, weld the parts to each end of a pipe, put it on the impact ....Normally, we do this because of an excess of male threads, with a standard extension the end of the bolt/allthread will bottom out in the socket.
Reply:Nice looking dimes!Just my 2 cents worth.
Reply:Originally Posted by joedirt1966Nice looking dimes!
Reply:Like jsfab said, use for excess male threads, I made one for my harmonic balancer installation tool. Looks better than mine, always in a hurry to "get it done" for my personal tools.Peter
Reply:Tranny socket for a Harley is 1 7/8 needs pipe added. Not taht much though.Tim Beeker.
Reply:Originally Posted by kaiser715Mine look like I dumped out the change jar.
Reply:Originally Posted by kaiser715He's gotta do those on a milling machine, after he welds.
Reply:always love your pictures and post. I dropped a metal bar bounced and made a small hole in my al radiator (I thought it was in a safe spot). I wish you lived near here to patch it.Dave ReberWadsworth Ohio
Reply:Originally Posted by zapsterNot exactly..I have this "Dime Maker Effect" bit for my die grinder.......zap!
Reply:probably used for anchor bolts. did it all the time when i was hangin steel
Reply:We used those for working with allthread rod. Much faster than anything else.City of L.A. Structural; Manual & Semi-Automatic;"Surely there is a mine for silver, and a place where gold is refined. Iron is taken from the earth, and copper is smelted from ore."Job 28:1,2Lincoln, Miller, Victor & ISV BibleDanny
Reply:I've done the same thing to a socket we use to adjust lift chains on our fleet of forklifts. With new chains there is about 1" of threads out and on the last adjustment there is about 6".Millermatic 200Hobart Handler 120Victor O/A & Ramco BandsawLincoln 225 ACSnapOn AD HoodMiller XMT304/22AHypertherm Powermax 1650 G3Lincoln Idealarc DC600 w/Extreme 12 VSMiller Digital Elite "Joker"
Reply:Originally Posted by turbotankprobably used for anchor bolts. did it all the time when i was hangin steel
Reply:I still have one I made about 30 years ago!At the time, I used to install many 'Dock Levelers' on loading docks to be able to drive forklifts into trucks and trailers for unloading.The dock levelers had springs under them for counter-balancing the weight of the steel plate so the operator could lift and lower them by hand. The springs were adjustable by tightening or loosening a nut on a  1" threaded rod a couple of feet long!Lane
Reply:The welds are nice Maybe i am the only one in this forum that don't have a turning thingy to use when i am welding something round, but isn't the strongest way to weld something like that, using  PG/PF or 3G/3F upwards? just curious ¤If you got money, i've got time
Reply:i've built quit a few of these. primarily for plate heaters. one the i made was 6ft long useing sched 80 2". we used the hell out of that thing..... good job
Reply:I use something similar in 3/4 for backing off brake chambers on heavy truck air brakes.. Snap-on wants 70.00, made mine for less than 10 including the socket.  Works great.  Good lookin weld zap, always makes me jealous when I see you stackin them dimes.I'm spending my Kids inheritance, I dont like him that much anyway!!!!!!Enuff tools to do the job, enough sense to use em.Anybody got a spare set of kidneys?  Trade?
Reply:Originally Posted by RbeckettI use something similar in 3/4 for backing off brake chambers on heavy truck air brakes.. Snap-on wants 70.00, made mine for less than 10 including the socket.  Works great.  Good lookin weld zap, always makes me jealous when I see you stackin them dimes.
Reply:Nice work there. Just curious why the 309 instead of 70-S2. I am not criticizing, or debating it, just wondered what made you chose it? What makes you feel strongly about it?I have done similar things with 347. My father prefers the 70-S2. I know if you go to fast with the 70-S2 it falls off. But done slow like my father does it seems to hold very well. I was just interested in what made you chose it. It is a hard call no matter what.        Sincerely,             William McCormick
Reply:Originally Posted by William McCormick JrNice work there. Just curious why the 309 instead of 70-S2. I am not criticizing, or debating it, just wondered what made you chose it? What makes you feel strongly about it?I have done similar things with 347. My father prefers the 70-S2. I know if you go to fast with the 70-S2 it falls off. But done slow like my father does it seems to hold very well. I was just interested in what made you chose it. It is a hard call no matter what.        Sincerely,             William McCormick
Reply:I was doing some stick welding, on a steel deck. We ran out of 70-18 rod, and I still had to weld the diamond plate deck down. The deck was already structurally sound. So I grabbed some 309 rods and went to town. It flows like butter, and looks like TIG. The only thing I noticed is that if you race that weld it too will crack. It flows so easy that you don't know if you are to temperature. But if you do it slow it seems like very nice material.        Sincerely,             William McCormick
Reply:Originally Posted by Stick-manYou beat me to it. When replacing new chambers, because they always come "caged", it is a long way with a wrench. . . .
Reply:Originally Posted by denrepExcuse the interruptionSrickman, Rbeckett - If you charge the spring section  with air, it's usually not necessary to crank the caging tool, except sometimes maybe a turn or two.Carry on