1/2"socket to hex adaptor for impact driver?

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I bought some from machine mart don’t know if they are specifically rated as impact but have used them for a couple of years on the vehicle with no probs?

of course there is also this ? 

https://www.milwaukeepowertools.co.uk/milwaukee-48325032


Thanks mate, I know you're a millwaukee guy but all the millwaukee impact stuff I have purchased previously has been made of chocolate, quite a few reviews I have read say that this is no different.

 I appreciate that 1/4 inch hex is quite small and probably won't take much abuse but was hoping there would be something out there? 

i got some cheapish ones from screwfix. mostly the 3/8 one thats used in the small impact (1/2 goes in the 1/2 drive impact). works well, does the job


Cheers Andy, I have a Makita with a 1/4 inch hex.  

A 3/8" or 1/2" driver would be great but my wallet is a bit empty right now! :(

 
I got a set of 3 cheapish ones from screwfix,

I've used the 1/2" one to take the wheels off my van, and even loosen the hub nuts [ 46mm ] using my 18v Milwaukee impact, so they take a fair bit of abuse,

 


Like the one @sharpend posted.

I have lots of socket sets, almost to the point of OCD, Don't know why? I just like them I guess!   :innocent

Don't have a 1/2 inch adaptor though I do have a few 1/4 inch adaptors. :C Am doing a fair bit of heavy duty tray & ladder at the moment with my wera ratchet ( the tiny one :lol: ) and need to speed things up a bit! 

@steptoe these? 

https://www.screwfix.com/p/erbauer-socket-driver-set-3-pieces

My impact driver is 160Nm!!

???

Thanks!

:)

 
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Like the one @sharpend posted.

I have lots of socket sets, almost to the point of OCD I don't know why? I just like them I guess :innocent Don't have a 1/2 inch adaptor though I do have a few 1/4 inch adaptors :C Am doing a fair bit of heavy duty tray & ladder at the moment with my wera ratchet ( the tiny one :lol: ) and need to speed things up a bit! 

@steptoe these? 

https://www.screwfix.com/p/erbauer-socket-driver-set-3-pieces

???

Thanks!

:)


mine arent as shiney as those, thinking about it, they may have came from toolstation, or CPC, but, they certainly werent expensive, about a fiver iirc

tbh, if you are doing tray etc, its not as if they will get a load of abuse anyway, even if in an impact

 
mine arent as shiney as those, thinking about it, they may have came from toolstation, or CPC, but, they certainly werent expensive, about a fiver iirc

tbh, if you are doing tray etc, its not as if they will get a load of abuse anyway, even if in an impact


https://www.toolstation.com/shop/p31432

?

I know doing the actual tray shouldn't be too much abuse on them, there is only so much a 6mm roofing bolt will take!  :slap

It's more a bout the fixings we are using, nasty plugless Fischer things.

:)

 
https://www.toolstation.com/shop/p31432

?

I know doing the actual tray shouldn't be too much abuse on them, there is only so much a 6mm roofing bolt will take!  :slap

It's more a bout the fixings we are using, nasty plugless Fischer things.

:)


I hammer in 10mm thunderbolts with mine on a weekly basis,

these type of things

https://www.toolstation.com/shop/p28067?r=googleshopping&rr=marin&utm_source=googleshopping&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=googleshoppingfeed&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIyqWkt-Xd2gIVCLTtCh3ETQ8-EAQYASABEgLX5_D_BwE

looking at the picture, they look like mine,

looking at the price, they look even more like mine,  :D

I've had them a few years now, maybe 3 or 4

 
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make sure you use impact sockets,

normal sockets WILL crack after a while, even good ones
This is why I suggested the nut driver set.

Saves you buying impact sockets too.

I'lll second what Steps has said about hand duty sockets failing on impact guns, they will.

I have 2 with 1/4” hex, 10.8 & 18V, and an 18V 1/2” drive, along with a 3/8” & 1/2” air operated in the workshop, they eat hand sockets eventually, even the best that money can buy, any make.

 
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