Posted by Chris on Sunday, May 17, 2009 at 22:52:52 :
In Reply to: a 6-pointed square or a 12-pointed one? posted by David Sherman on Thursday, May 07, 2009 at 21:04:11 :
I'm not at the shop to look at the few old sockets I have designed for square nuts, bolts, and plugs, but 8 points sounds reasonable. I belive they are called star sockets because they look like stars and have deeper facets to capture the square. But that is just from the vapers of my brain.