Nice tool...improved
02-26-2008 | 09:00 PM
#1
Thread Starter
Nice tool...improved
If you have seen this before you know what it is. If not take a guess. After using it for about 10 Min, I modified it.
Note the wood piece. It works much better now although I could super improve it with a laser cutter, billet aluminum and some bearings lol.
Note the wood piece. It works much better now although I could super improve it with a laser cutter, billet aluminum and some bearings lol.
02-26-2008 | 09:28 PM
#4
RE: Nice tool...improved
I haven't used one in years but I can still dance like Chubby Checker without one.
I don't see what the improvement does. Are you turning that disk by hand or just something to get a better hold of?
I don't see what the improvement does. Are you turning that disk by hand or just something to get a better hold of?
02-26-2008 | 09:30 PM
#5
RE: Nice tool...improved
ORIGINAL: dbarrym
Indispensible tool...mine has seen lots of use, both model and full scale!
But I find wrapping by hand and tightening with a small pair of wide nosed/needle nose pliers works better on tiny airline connections.
Barry
Indispensible tool...mine has seen lots of use, both model and full scale!
But I find wrapping by hand and tightening with a small pair of wide nosed/needle nose pliers works better on tiny airline connections.
Barry
02-26-2008 | 09:44 PM
#6
Thread Starter
RE: Nice tool...improved
Well, the top on mine doesnt spin when you pull it. It's soldered to the shaft. The wood acts like a cam that allows the handle to spin freely when you pull on the "wood only".
02-26-2008 | 11:37 PM
#9
Thread Starter
RE: Nice tool...improved
ORIGINAL: causeitflies-RCU
Small vice grips work like a charm
ORIGINAL: dbarrym
Indispensible tool...mine has seen lots of use, both model and full scale!
But I find wrapping by hand and tightening with a small pair of wide nosed/needle nose pliers works better on tiny airline connections.
Barry
Indispensible tool...mine has seen lots of use, both model and full scale!
But I find wrapping by hand and tightening with a small pair of wide nosed/needle nose pliers works better on tiny airline connections.
Barry
02-27-2008 | 01:47 AM
#10
RE: Nice tool...improved
ORIGINAL: AndyAndrews
They do but.. This tool applies the correct bulling pressure while tightening. If you just twist with a vice grip the wire binds at the base before tightening around the hose. But you probably know to pull while you are twisting. I knew to pull but not to keep pulling tension the whole time while useing the vice grips. I thought it worked fine...and it does without doing that but its so much better of a twist if you pull a little while you are twisting. I never really noticed this until I used this tool.
ORIGINAL: causeitflies-RCU
Small vice grips work like a charm
ORIGINAL: dbarrym
Indispensible tool...mine has seen lots of use, both model and full scale!
But I find wrapping by hand and tightening with a small pair of wide nosed/needle nose pliers works better on tiny airline connections.
Barry
Indispensible tool...mine has seen lots of use, both model and full scale!
But I find wrapping by hand and tightening with a small pair of wide nosed/needle nose pliers works better on tiny airline connections.
Barry
