[gryphon]

I'm looking for a set of square-head (not triple square) sockets. I don't care about great quality, as I only intend to use them for occasional, non-automotive projects. The present need is to disassemble some furniture to refinish it. I don't see anything on the Sears or Harbor Freight sites. Any ideas?



Tom

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[flash]

ooh - there is a show on tv about building furniture with hand tools the way they used to - i can't remember the name or the network - however they used to tell you where to get the tools



my folks are nuts about that kind of thing - i'll ask them

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[mikeo]

Are these what you are looking for?



Pipe Plug Sockets

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[gryphon]

Mikeo, those are the kind I am looking for but in smaller sizes to fit screws in furniture. I may visit Ace Hardware today to check out what they have based on a phone conversation with a kid who works there--probably a wild goose chase but not far away.



Flash, thanks and let me know if you find out anything from your parents.



Tom

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[S_Cal968]

Try McMaster Carr they carry a wide variety, there's no minimum order and they'll ship to your door.



McMaster

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[Eric_K]

I was just about the suggest Mcmaster-Carr. They have everything.



Check the bottom of this page:

http://www.mcmaster.com/nav/enter.asp?pagenum=2754

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[968rz]

Two words, "Snap-On"

I got a nice set from them some years ago for wife's hobbies. Around $30/40 I think.

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[ether_joe]

those are called 'Robertson' screws yes?





very common in Canada IIRC.

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[gryphon]

Surprise, surprise, Sarge! Ace Hardware did, in fact, have them in tip sizes #1, #2 & #3, and calls them "square-recess bits," (as does McMaster-Carr).



And, ether joe, good old Google says that they are in fact also called Robertson screws, invented by a Canadian of the same name. Wonder if my furniture was made in Canada?



http://www.mysteriesofcanada.com/Ontario/r...tson_screws.htm



Thanks so much for the great advice.



Tom in AZ

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