I was feeding some nuts onto a 18" threaded rod last night and came to the realization after the third time doing it that someone must have a better way to do it. I was using a combination of my impact driver for the first 2" and my nut drivers as far as I could, but it was slow and annoying.
My nut drivers are only 3" shafts and I know Klien (I'm sure others do too) makes 6" shaft nut drivers. So that is a possibility, though an expensive one.
I went searching for a hollow socket extension shaft and found the patents for a few and one made by gearwrench, I think (seems it only works with their drive system). I also went looking for some really deep sockets but didn't turn up much (special name I'm missing, maybe). I was wondering if anyone knows of either product that works with a standard drive.
If not anyone have any tricks for running nuts down a threaded rod fast? I know there is a trick using the chuck of a drill to guide it down. I also just stuck the rod into my chuck for the first two nuts but that only worked until the rod was in the piece, it's an annoying little problem.
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My nut drivers are only 3" shafts and I know Klien (I'm sure others do too) makes 6" shaft nut drivers. So that is a possibility, though an expensive one.
I went searching for a hollow socket extension shaft and found the patents for a few and one made by gearwrench, I think (seems it only works with their drive system). I also went looking for some really deep sockets but didn't turn up much (special name I'm missing, maybe). I was wondering if anyone knows of either product that works with a standard drive.
If not anyone have any tricks for running nuts down a threaded rod fast? I know there is a trick using the chuck of a drill to guide it down. I also just stuck the rod into my chuck for the first two nuts but that only worked until the rod was in the piece, it's an annoying little problem.
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