I’ve had the same drill press for nearly 20 years. I have always used the same breaker bar and socket to adjust the table. It’s the only place I typically use this socket and bar so since the first year of use I’ve let this breaker bar hang from the tables adjustment bolt.
You can imagine while working with the drill press, inevitably there is some vibration. You can also imagine how this vibration could cause the socket and bar to fall…. On a good day, it would land on my foot, on a bad day the socket would come loose and roll across the shop coming to rest deep under a workbench.
To recycle a recently used quote:
“Insanity: Doing the same thing over but expecting a different result.” – Albert Einstein
5 minutes, a piece of PVC, a zip-tie and 2 magnets later….
No more chasing sockets….
