>in regards to the poundy thing (there must be a name for it (I call it a
>poundimiform, actually), i also have a pair of sockets in the appropriate
>sizes, 3/4 " drive, a slider breaker bar the same, also a converter to 1/2"
>so  i can use it with the 1/2" ratchet or breaker bar, as the urge strikes,
>but the poundymiform is cheaper to buy than that pile of stuff.

When an axle nut and I couldn't reach agreement, I went to a local welding
shop and had them weld a 3/4" drive bit at right angles, to the end of a
five-foot long, quarter-inch wall mild steel pipe. Haven't lost an argument
with an axle nut since.   :^)
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