Spent 45 minutes in my own shed looking for a 10mm socket

I had a wobbly cabinet hinge that needed a simple tighten, and it took me over two hours to finish because I could not find a single 10mm socket anywhere. Finally gave up and used a crescent wrench, which scratched the screw head pretty bad. Has anyone else spent way too long searching for a tool that should be right in front of you?

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the_skyler4d ago

Dude, I actually keep a dedicated 10mm in my kitchen junk drawer now because my main toolbox is a black hole for them lmao. But honestly I think you had it right with the crescent wrench, even if it got a little scratched. Sometimes you just gotta go with what works instead of driving yourself crazy hunting for the perfect tool. That scratch is just character now, right?

mason_ward4d ago

Nah I gotta push back on that one. A crescent wrench on a 10mm bolt is just asking to strip the fastener, especially if it's rusted in there at all. I've been there, rounded off a bolt on my old car's alternator bracket and then spent way longer trying to extract it than I would have just finding the right socket. That scratch on the wrench ain't character, it's a reminder you gave up too easy. Plus, keeping a spare 10mm in the kitchen drawer is smart, but that just proves how dumb it is that we have to do that in the first place. The tool industry clearly has it out for us.