9mm socket - anyone use it for anything?

[Vidar]

A 9mm socket is missing from many sockets sets, but present in others. That there exists 9mm sockets indicates that they are used somewhere, but I can't find a single nut or bolt standard that specify to use it for anything. (That said there are plenty of obscure variants of nuts and bolts standards that I don't have).

My own 9mm sockets are still as new, and thus never used it seems. And I can't remember or find anything that uses it.

Do anyone actually use a 9mm socket for anything? If so what?

[gerleatherberman]

I have used the sub-10mm(9mm, 8mm and 7mm) sockets on occasion when I did car stereo installs and modifications in college(amplifier casings used the 9mm sometimes, as well as head unit brackets on some cars), but I don't think I've used a 9mm since then. And with my particular profession, the metric sets don't see much action, unless I have to work on my car.

I'll check my box-O-bolts later and see if I still have any that are 9mm.

[gerleatherberman]

Found a housing nut and it uses 9mm.
I am showing the nut fitting a 9mm wrench for reference.

[ThundahBeagle]

Agreed 9mm and 7mm is good for a lot of automotive dashboard work. Even some car battery terminals are 9mm or 10mm. I sure find enough use for them.

[Vidar]

I have used the sub-10mm(9mm, 8mm and 7mm) sockets on occasion when I did car stereo installs and modifications in college(amplifier casings used the 9mm sometimes, as well as head unit brackets on some cars), but I don't think I've used a 9mm since then. And with my particular profession, the metric sets don't see much action, unless I have to work on my car.

Thanks! 

So 9mm is not quite as rare as bigfoot then. Still seems to be quite rare. (7 is fairly common while 8 and 10 is very common).

Too bad all these different standards (ansi, iso, din, jis, gb, mil and what not) can't manage to standardize among themselves so there is an actual real life standard. Edit: Too many standards = no standard.

[gerleatherberman]

I look at it as a reason to buy more toys....I mean tools.

[Vidar]

I look at it as a reason to buy more toys....I mean tools.

You need a reason for that? Nobody told me that.  

[gerleatherberman]

 

True. "I want a new tool, so I need a new tool" always works.

[Noa Isumi]

When I built rescue equipment we had a special tool for seating snap rings on pivot pins... but when we got rush orders and needed extra help on the line I used to hand out 9mm nut drivers to do the job
The help would get the seating tool and those of us that knew how they were supposed to be seated used the drivers

[Vidar]

True. "I want a new tool, so I need a new tool" always works.

Shopping can't buy you happiness though. Hm. That almost sounds profound or something. What is in this drink?

[AlephZero]

True. "I want a new tool, so I need a new tool" always works.

Shopping can't buy you happiness though. Hm. That almost sounds profound or something. What is in this drink?

Kool-Aid? 

[ThePeacent]

I've only used a very special kind of 9mm, and it's not something I should talk about 

[Vidar]

Kool-Aid? 

Yes, I might need some cool-aid. It said Cola on the bottle, but it did smell weird.

I've only used a very special kind of 9mm, and it's not something I should talk about 

You got a good set of sizes right there. I wont ask.

[Gerhard Gerber]

Colgate shampoo bottle + fuel hose + 9mm socket = bong
 


 

[smiller43147]

I think I've had to reset car wipers a few times, and those nuts were 9mm.

[Vidar]

I think I've had to reset car wipers a few times, and those nuts were 9mm.

Mine has always been 10, but of course different brands might go different ways. Good to know.

It seems 9mm is live and roaming freely around in rarified spaces. Someday I might catch a glimpse up close and personal. Hm. I've heard of train- and birdwatchers - am I slowly turning into a socket watcher? 

Colgate shampoo bottle + fuel hose + 9mm socket = bong

I can't really see that working? And this is a family forum so I'm afraid to ask for details! I might end up on some stairs where most others are already...

[ThePeacent]

I think I've had to reset car wipers a few times, and those nuts were 9mm.

so, they were nuts 

[Vidar]

so, they were nuts 

Nuts will be nuts - nuthing nuts about that.

[zoidberg]

I've heard of train- and birdwatchers - am I slowly turning into a socket watcher? 

Welcome to the society.   

[zoidberg]

[Grant Lamontagne]

I honestly have no idea which sized sockets I use most often.   

I generally just sort of grab them one at a time until I find the one that fits, then use it and put it away without really paying attention to which one it was.  If I do remember it, I usually remember it as "the one that is two up from the change" with "the change" being the ones that are inset, versus the ones that aren't.



Def

[Vidar]

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Hahaha!

I honestly have no idea which sized sockets I use most often.   

I have a fairly distinct subset of 8, 10, 13, 17, 19 which is used for maybe 95% of stuff around here. But then there is the remaining 5%... And stuff made in countries with other standards might have differences due to that. It seems the only way to be certain is to have one of every single possible size - because sometime someone somewhere decided it had to be just that offbeat size instead of a common one.

Oh well. I had hoped to skip over 9, but I guess not.

[Grant Lamontagne]

The set pictured above is my "travel set" that I use for most things because it is way more portable.  I also have a much larger "at home" set that I use for things around the house.  It is also portable, but not quite as much as it is large and quite heavy.









Def

[Vidar]

That seems like quite a handy box.

I have some Kamasa set for portable, but it is more like car portable than carrying around portable. And oh the joy every time I open it upside down and get to sort all the pieces back in... 

[Grant Lamontagne]

That seems like quite a handy box.

I have some Kamasa set for portable, but it is more like car portable than carrying around portable. And oh the joy every time I open it upside down and get to sort all the pieces back in... 

Yeah, it always reminds me of the Perfection game from the 80's....



Here's a look at some of my tools, including sockets and wrenches, and some more details on each:

https://forum.multitool.org/index.php/topic,74233.0.html

I have been known to take my wrench roll and small socket set in a Maxpedition bag lots of times.  Despite being heavy they are often very much appreciated or missed, depending on whether I had the sense to bring them or not!

Def