Can't read my $#%^%% sockets any more.

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Getting older sucks. I have to stop what I'm doing, and grab reading glasses to see the lightly engraved sizes on my 25ish year old Craftsman sockets.

The engraving used to be sufficient, not anymore.

Has anyone else run into this problem?

Some ideas I am considering.

#1 Painting sockets, sanding off paint, maybe engraving is deep enough to hold an outline.

#2 buying an engraver, retracing lines.

#3 Sears.com

Any help would be appreciated. Aggravated.
 
I've found that the sockets are hard enough an engraver doesn't solve the problem, it won't engrave deep enough. I bought the socket holders with sizes printed on the top of the plastic pin. Helps somewhat until you get several together out of the tool box
 
I have readers everywhere :lol: Glad they're cheap. My biggest problem is I can't find them when they're on the top of my head. :BangHead:
 
Socket organizer helps, I just grab multiple sockets, I generally have a good idea by feel.

Readers don't work for closeup stuff like under the dash.


Alan
 
Good friend of mine remembers the day he had to where his readers even when working on the old car....he was under the dash of his 63 Impala working on clutch linkage and couldn't see anything...he had to climb out, find his glasses and head back under. ;)
 
65Fury440 said:
Getting older sucks. I have to stop what I'm doing, and grab reading glasses to see the lightly engraved sizes on my 25ish year old Craftsman sockets.

The engraving used to be sufficient, not anymore.

Has anyone else run into this problem?

Some ideas I am considering.

#1 Painting sockets, sanding off paint, maybe engraving is deep enough to hold an outline.

#2 buying an engraver, retracing lines.

#3 Sears.com

Any help would be appreciated. Aggravated.
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I found a great permanent solution to " old man vision " Go to a good eye surgeon . Have him install Multi focal lenses . You will never need any eyeglasses or contact lenses ever!
 
I haven't looked in a while, but Craftsman was making sockets with large identifiers on them; I have two sets. Makes it very easy to grab what you want.

Like these:
Sears.com
 
65Fury440 said:
Getting older sucks. I have to stop what I'm doing, and grab reading glasses to see the lightly engraved sizes on my 25ish year old Craftsman sockets.
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How old is old? Lived most of your life without glasses? Now need them for near and not too happy about it? Other than trying to avoid turning 45 you are going to have to settle for a good pair of glasses with the appropriate correction. Being myopic since 12 I am accustomed to wearing glasses so they don't bother me. Even left them on when reading as a teenager so I am really used to them. What I now wear around the house and office have been specially set up for me to see everything inside of 12 feet to 14 inches.
 
Thanks for all the replies.

I ordered the ebay socket labels, even though the new Craftsman EZ read set would be classier.

Makes me feel better there are other guys that have stashes of reading glasses.
I don't mind glasses sitting down reading, but contorting myself under a car they are a pain.

I'm 51, never needed glasses before. I have, however, started wearing socks with my sandals, just to fit in with the guys at bingo. :)
 
Try terminating fibre optic cable without seeing clearly. When I first started doing it, no problem. About ten years later my arms weren't long enough to insert it into the connectors. That stuff is only 125 microns, the diameter of a hair.
 
I'm chuckling here...

I'm 62 years old. I've had 6 eye surgeries, 3 on each eye. 4 laser procedures. I had cataracts at 31, a severe glaucoma attack in one eye and torn/detached retinas in both eyes. My file at the eye doc is about 2" thick.

I can read a socket with or without my glasses on.
 
here is never looking again , it pull n fit til its right . and then it just the fastener head in your site , or feel , lol .

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I guess I'm just really old school, I can generally look at a nut, bolt or wrench and tell you what size it is. However I'm with you guys looking for my readers when I'm looking at metric stuff. My metric sockets are in organizers and when looking for the right size I take the whole tray to the job and begin trial by error selection.
 
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