Cleaned out my toolbox yesterday and counted 37 different 10mm sockets

I was sorting through my main box, getting rid of the junk and broken stuff, and I just started piling up every 10mm I found. Deep wells, shallow, 6-point, 12-point, impact, the ones with the grips that never work. Ended up with 37 of them. It hit me that I've been buying a new pack every time I lose one on a job for over 20 years now. I remember my first service truck, a beat-up Ford with a single socket set. Now I've got enough 10mms to supply a small shop. It's a dumb number, but it really shows how much stuff just... accumulates. You don't even notice until you look. Anyone else ever do a count and get a shock like that?

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jones.nancy2mo ago

Man, that's a wild number! I have to say though, in my own time working on cars, I've lost way more 1/4-inch drive 10mms than the 3/8-inch ones. The little ones just vanish into thin air if you look away for a second. Your pile really shows how it adds up over the years without you even trying.

nathan_lopez692mo ago

You ever read that thing about how 10mm sockets are the most lost tool in the world? Your pile proves it. I bet half of those are just replacements for ones that walked off. It's crazy how you can spend a fortune over the years just on one size.

shanelee2mo ago

Honestly, the 10mm thing is so real it hurts. My dad's old toolbox had a whole drawer just for spare 10mm sockets, like a little graveyard for the ones that never came back from a job. He claimed they got sucked into another dimension under the hood.