Sockets you can use a spanner on

[Fonzey]

I'm trying to add some to my tool collection, but I don't know what they're called and I've been headbutting google images for too long trying to find out!

Basically looking for some sockets that rather than having a 'square' drive for a ratchet, they have a hex head on them for using a spanner or ratchet spanner. I've done a few jobs over the years that have fallen just between access with a flat spanner and access with a ratchet, and I think a set of these would be useful to have.

Any ideas?

[paintman]

Seen that type of head on spark plug sockets but not on anything else.
Have a look through the Snap-on catalogue. If there is any call for them then likely Snap-on would sell them.
Have fun!
www.snapon.com/EN

[Dave.]

Halfords do a low profile socket set, slightly different from what you're describing.

Also found these, unfortunately in Canada....

http://techprotools.ca/index.php?main_page=product...

[Elliot2000]

Like these?

https://www.wiggle.co.uk/x-tools-34-piece-go-throu...

[Fonzey]

Elliot2000 said:

Like these?

https://www.wiggle.co.uk/x-tools-34-piece-go-throu...

DING DING DING!

Yup they'll do nicely, thanks guys. My searching always hit the same sparkplug socket dead end which is pretty limited in sizes.

the pass through/go through sockets is the term I should have been searching for. These look pretty good actually for more applications than I first thought, can use them for winding a nut onto a really long stud as well as the aforementioned access issues.

[GreenV8S]

They look like a variation of a box spanner.