09-12-2014, 03:24 AM
Bwaaahahahahaa! You're funny! 
I don't have the socket in my hand to look at, but you do---- It's basically a barrel with a smooth bore, threaded exterior, and a race milled into the interior, right? Is the race in the center of the .503" long barrel? It looks like it'd actually be located towards the front end. Right? If you grind material off the back end, it shouldn't interfere with anything should it?
If so, then just grind it down a bit. Measuring with a Mk 1 thumbnail on an iPad screen seems to indicate you could take some off the back without hurting anything. The limit to how much you could remove is the depth to which the swivel plug would reach inside the socket. The swivel plug itself may even be a little grind-able for it's tip penetration depth, but I don't know how they did their ball detent inside, so I couldn't say that for sure without deconstructing one.
If you didn't grind down the socket length and instead used a jamb nut--- Yes, it'd be a very heavy weight (LOL), but for aesthetic purposes it'd cover the protruding threads.:o:p
I don't have the socket in my hand to look at, but you do---- It's basically a barrel with a smooth bore, threaded exterior, and a race milled into the interior, right? Is the race in the center of the .503" long barrel? It looks like it'd actually be located towards the front end. Right? If you grind material off the back end, it shouldn't interfere with anything should it?
If so, then just grind it down a bit. Measuring with a Mk 1 thumbnail on an iPad screen seems to indicate you could take some off the back without hurting anything. The limit to how much you could remove is the depth to which the swivel plug would reach inside the socket. The swivel plug itself may even be a little grind-able for it's tip penetration depth, but I don't know how they did their ball detent inside, so I couldn't say that for sure without deconstructing one.
If you didn't grind down the socket length and instead used a jamb nut--- Yes, it'd be a very heavy weight (LOL), but for aesthetic purposes it'd cover the protruding threads.:o:p
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