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AndyAndrews 02-26-2008 09:00 PM
Nice tool...improved
 
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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.

ianober 02-26-2008 09:02 PM
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That is the best thing for safety wire ever. I love mine, especially the small one from Harbor Freight!!!!!

dbarrym 02-26-2008 09:25 PM
RE: Nice tool...improved
 
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

causeitflies 02-26-2008 09:28 PM
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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?

causeitflies 02-26-2008 09:30 PM
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
Small vice grips work like a charm;)

AndyAndrews 02-26-2008 09:44 PM
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".

Modelman 02-26-2008 09:45 PM
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Niiiice!

I haven't seen one of those in... 16 years?

I think my crewchief use to sleep with his! LOL!

C.

Synthetic 02-26-2008 10:50 PM
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Harbor Freight has a smaller one?
Don

AndyAndrews 02-26-2008 11:37 PM
RE: Nice tool...improved
 

ORIGINAL: causeitflies-RCU


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
Small vice grips work like a charm;)
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.

causeitflies 02-27-2008 01:47 AM
RE: Nice tool...improved
 

ORIGINAL: AndyAndrews


ORIGINAL: causeitflies-RCU


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
Small vice grips work like a charm;)
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.
Absolutely right!! It's all in the PULL! Keep pulling the whole time and you get perfect twists.[8D]


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