Re: good six sided sockets ?
 

Impact sockets will last a life time,probably a bit more than your budget but as you intend following an engineering career a wise investment for the future when you start purchasing air tools.My set starts at 10mm up to 36mm but I was mainly working on heavy commercials with much higher torque settings than smaller vehicles.
If it is for college work only as set of Clarkes should suffice

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Same here, making and using your own tools is a satisfying feeling. A welding machine of some variety is very useful in that endeavour.

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Bahco, excellent value. I have a 1/2" set in my mobile toolkit.
Quality steel, 6 sided and flank drive. I take it with me rather than my snapon stuff as the range is quite wide

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cheers only problem with impact's is the size the cars im working on are small and hard to get bigger sockets in to but will get a set later on

the sockets will be for every thing college, work and home

will give these a looking at thanks

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Another vote for bahco here, had a lot of their kit at a place I worked, they got very abused. Lots of concrete dust and other abrasive muddy crap about, put away wet a lot etc. as well as the usual daily abuse jumping up and down on them with a scaff pole on the end. I think the sets in use were about 5 years old without failure.

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Look on ebay for Blue Point (another trading name for Snap-On) or a set of used Snap-On ones. I got a full set of Snap-On 3/8 drive 6 sided flank drive sockets on a quick release rail for less than 50 quid recently. I've seen new Snap-On sockets on rails for not a lot more.

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nother vote for clarke

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Bahco +1. Can't go wrong.

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If you are looking for tool for a career i would recomend Snap-on i have stuff i bought 13 years ago. and still have them and they are in good order.

ppl will say that they are over priced etc but IME they are worth every penny if you look after them. there is a reason mechanics buy snap-on.

not sure if they still to credit but they used to and it made it easier.

"buy cheep buy twice"

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well decided that considering im getting £100 next week for dog sitting :p i will get some snap on six sided 3/8 sockets don't really want 1/2 no need for what im doing and out rattle gun is 3/8