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saw this the other day and said that has to go to the bottom of my todo list, then today I needed it for hold a nut to mount under my luggage rack that is close to the body on my buggy. would have saved cramped fingers. although a long nose vice grip plier would have worked but it was late and I was not thinking to good.
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olderdan (May 16, 2017)
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olderdan (May 16, 2017)
If you don't have carpet tape on hand, wind duct tape onto the stick with the sticky side outward. Keeping carpet tape around is a good idea though; I've machined small parts by attaching them to a faceplate with the stuff.
If carpet tape is too aggressive in the nut-holding scenario simply stick a magnet on the tape and hold the nut with the magnet.
Wooden paint stirrers, often given away at paint stores, can substitute for the yardstick if one only needs a shorter reach.
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Using yard sticks , paint stirs and soda straws with sticky tape is a great quick fix solution to a seldom encountered problem, that often times hardly warrants buying or making a more permanent tool.
Not exactly the same thing but back when I was modifying D10 caterpillar blades I had to make several cuts as far as 5 ft deep inside of the blade to do this I clamped the torch handle to a broom handle then screwed an eyelet into the wood and tied a small cable to the cut lever then through the eyelet back to where I could pull on the cable to depress the lever worked great and I didn't have to spend over $1000.00 for a specialized demolition torch like those used by scrapers at the metal recycling places.
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Since folks seem to have liked my yardstick/carpet tape third hand, here's another hint along the same lines to add to your arsenal...
I always keep a pair of wooden chopsticks in my tool bag(s). While long forceps, e.g.,
https://www.amazon.com/Dissekt-Rite-...ywords=forceps
are handy as a shirt pocket, chopsticks have certain advantages over them...
Cheap, often free if you eat lots of Asian food
Don't conduct heat or electricity and can't be magnetized
Can be shaped into job-specific shapes with a sharp knife
Pieces can be sliced off to shim wood screws in an overly large hole
If you're not confident wielding chopsticks, get a couple of chopstick helpers...
https://www.amazon.com/Inteliventor-...27s+chopsticks
which will allow you to make your chopsticks work like conventional forceps.
Last edited by mklotz; May 21, 2017 at 10:04 AM.
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