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These sockets are made for wire cables, ropes, etc., and are best made
of mild steel. Place the end of a 1-1/2-in. square bar in the fire and
reduce it as shown in the sketch. Cut two outside corners off, as shown
by the dotted lines. Round the ends up. Punch a 1/2-in. hole 2 ins.
from the rounded end in the centre of the piece. Then cut a piece out
with a sharp chisel, equal to the width of the hole. With the fuller,
open the jaws out. Now cut the socket off 4 ins. from the rounded end
and drill a 1/2-in. hole through this end of the socket. A drift pin
3/4 in. on one end and tapered to 3/8 in. on the other is now driven
into the 1/2-in. hole at the jaw side.
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Forge the shank as shown in the drawing while the drift pin is in.
While forging keep driving the drift pin into the hole. When finished
the hole should measure 3/4 in. at the large end and 1/2 in. at the
small end. When the socket is finished cut the ends square and smooth
up. During all the time the steel should never be worked below a red
heat and most of the time at a high heat, below welding heat, until it
is ready for finishing. Now the jaws are ready to be closed. This is
done by placing a piece of flat iron, 3/4 in. thick and the width of
the jaw, in between the opening, and close the jaws on this either with
the hand hammer or a flatter. Drill a 1/2-in. hole in the middle of
the end. This is made for the pin. Make a pin to fit this hole out of
1/2-in. round stock. Upset the end of the bar a little and place it in
a heading tool, driving down and forming a head 1/8 in. thick and 3/4
in. in diameter. Take it out of the heading tool, cut the bolt off 1/2
in. longer than the width of the jaws. This allows for a 3/16-in. hole
and pin. A small 3/16-in. hole is now drilled in the shank of the bolt
and a split pin is put into the hole to prevent its falling out. The
split pin is made by flattening down a piece of 1/8-in. wire in a small
swage to a half round. Now double over to form an eye on one end of the
two flat planes coming together. When this is put in through the hole,
a chisel put in the opening will widen out the ends, thus preventing
them from falling out.
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