Hot or Not? Finger Grip Socket
By Nick Carter
We just noticed these while noodling around the ‘net — the Finger Grip Socket set. Made in the USA but only available in a few places, these seem to be a solution to the often-vexing problem of holding a nut in a tiny space so you can thread a bolt into it.
So what do you guys think — a great solution to an old problem, or just another tool that’ll languish in the back of the toolbox? Let us know in comments.
Finger Wrench [Official Site]
Street Pricing [Google]
Via Amazon [What’s This?]
March 6th, 2009 at 11:54 am
Lee Valley has something similar to this, though universal sized:
http://www.leevalley.com/wood/page.aspx?c=1&p=54669&cat=1,43456,43407
March 6th, 2009 at 1:18 pm
I always just stuck it in a box wrench with a piece of electrical/duct/masking tape over it to hold it in place while I threaded the bolt on.
March 6th, 2009 at 4:02 pm
I think it’s a great idea. Definitely beats wrapping sticky-side-out duct tape around a finger, and hoping the nut doesn’t get knocked off as I wriggle my hand past hoses, cables, or whatever.
March 6th, 2009 at 4:54 pm
Warm. I’ve used these in the past when one of my bosses picked up a set and found that while it worked pretty much as advertised, I would often just go back to my taped finger ways. If you’re the kind of person that always uses the “right” tool for the job then you might like it more than me, but I think I’ve just got a bit too much make-do-with-it-ness in me.
March 6th, 2009 at 10:32 pm
Not. This is something my mother would give me for Christmas. It would get put in the pile with the “as Seen on TV” junk and gadgety crap I get every year. Maybe I could wear a snuggie to use these.