What Did You Use Your Multitool For Today?

thebullfrog · **Reply #1830 on:** January 22, 2011, 12:15:55 AM

Used my Spirit to cut open the bottom of the brand new couch to try and retrieve our snake that crawled in there. I still can't get him out. My GF is going to use the Spirit to stab me when she gets home tonight.

Reinier · **Reply #1831 on:** January 22, 2011, 09:26:23 AM

Quote from: thebullfrog on January 22, 2011, 12:15:55 AM

Used my Spirit to cut open the bottom of the brand new couch to try and retrieve our snake that crawled in there. I still can't get him out. My GF is going to use the Spirit to stab me when she gets home tonight.

Neil · **Reply #1832 on:** January 22, 2011, 01:02:50 PM

My mate's electric scooter wasn't working and he suspected the batteries. So I went around armed with multimeter. The problem was immediately obvious, the wire from the bike's charging socket to the battery pack had come loose. The full size pliers were too big to allow me to recrimp the wire back into its connector so a rummage around my coat pockets produced my Clutch. Job completed successfully

Probably its last outing as the plier head is sprained and it was a real pain to use

I managed to sprain it last year when opening a plastic butterfly nut designed to be opened by hand.

For the money is a neat little tool but those pliers can only handle the same kind of workload as the ones on a SAK.

edcgear · **Reply #1833 on:** January 22, 2011, 01:04:11 PM

Quote from: thebullfrog on January 22, 2011, 12:15:55 AM

Used my Spirit to cut open the bottom of the brand new couch to try and retrieve our snake that crawled in there. I still can't get him out. My GF is going to use the Spirit to stab me when she gets home tonight.

Then the advice is keep spirit on desk, and hide all of your tactical long blades... Better to be stabbed with spirit then with some tactical wicked blade...

Sorry just trying to be "wize guy"!

Sazabi · **Reply #1834 on:** January 22, 2011, 01:38:42 PM

Quote from: Neil on January 22, 2011, 01:02:50 PM

My mate's electric scooter wasn't working and he suspected the batteries. So I went around armed with multimeter. The problem was immediately obvious, the wire from the bike's charging socket to the battery pack had come loose. The full size pliers were too big to allow me to recrimp the wire back into its connector so a rummage around my coat pockets produced my Clutch. Job completed successfully

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Probably its last outing as the plier head is sprained and it was a real pain to use I managed to sprain it last year when opening a plastic butterfly nut designed to be opened by hand.

For the money is a neat little tool but those pliers can only handle the same kind of workload as the ones on a SAK.

Gerber warranty repair/replacement time?

Neil · **Reply #1835 on:** January 22, 2011, 03:09:38 PM

Quote from: Sazabi on January 22, 2011, 01:38:42 PM

Gerber warranty repair/replacement time?

Possibly. I did cause the damage to the tool but I honestly thought it was a job that they should have been able to handle with ease. How wrong I was.

Nikos · **Reply #1836 on:** January 22, 2011, 04:10:22 PM

Just guided my GF by phone to open up her desktop computer, disconnect a failing hard disk drive, and close it up again... all done with her SS Micra. Great success!

edcgear · **Reply #1837 on:** January 22, 2011, 04:14:03 PM

Quote from: Nikos on January 22, 2011, 04:10:22 PM

Just guided my GF by phone to open up her desktop computer, disconnect a failing hard disk drive, and close it up again... all done with her SS Micra. Great success!

GF... Desktop... With micra...

You should start a 0800-fixit-guide

Good job matey...

καλά κάνει ο φίλος

Mr. Whippy · **Reply #1838 on:** January 22, 2011, 05:07:20 PM

Repaired my CRKT Folding Razel with my cybertool 41 (Torx bit)

(The Razel needed cleaning and retightening of the pivot pin.)

thebullfrog · **Reply #1839 on:** January 23, 2011, 12:26:03 AM

Quote from: edcgear on January 22, 2011, 01:04:11 PM

Quote from: thebullfrog on January 22, 2011, 12:15:55 AM
Used my Spirit to cut open the bottom of the brand new couch to try and retrieve our snake that crawled in there. I still can't get him out. My GF is going to use the Spirit to stab me when she gets home tonight.

Then the advice is keep spirit on desk, and hide all of your tactical long blades... Better to be stabbed with spirit then with some tactical wicked blade...

Sorry just trying to be "wize guy"!

Haha I actually finally got the snake out before she got home from work so no stabbing.

edcgear · **Reply #1840 on:** January 23, 2011, 12:35:38 AM

Used my SwissChamp

to unscrew old license plates holder on car, then I realised front holder is screwed with philips head screws, and rear with regular bolts....

And then... Ratatataaa... My Spirit jump in for rescue!!

ICanFixThat · **Reply #1841 on:** January 23, 2011, 05:42:25 AM

I used my Spirit to fix a "new" pair of Clauss scissors, that due to poor manufacturing tolerances and non existent QC was shipped defective. They may look fancy, but they are not. I was cut in the process by the scissors, so I curse that company and it's management. Now the scissors are fixed, and they can sh... that "lifetime" warranty crap.

The Spirit on the other hand is actually built to last!

Zed · **Reply #1842 on:** January 23, 2011, 10:30:49 AM

Saturday night at work i used the pliers on the wave to shut off a leaking radiator,water was pouring out everywhere , see this is when its very handy to carry a MT

Sazabi · **Reply #1843 on:** January 23, 2011, 04:11:10 PM

Videoed a wedding yesterday, and my Explorer Plus' pen came in quite handy for labeling tapes.

See post in The Breakroom for a tangent to this post.

rlocock · **Reply #1844 on:** January 23, 2011, 07:55:32 PM

Used the pliers on my Leatherman PS4 to slightly tighten the clip on my space pen,as it was slipping and I was afraid it might scratch the lacquer.

Mr. Whippy · **Reply #1845 on:** January 24, 2011, 08:36:25 PM

Quote from: Neil on January 22, 2011, 03:09:38 PM

Quote from: Sazabi on January 22, 2011, 01:38:42 PM

Gerber warranty repair/replacement time?

Possibly. I did cause the damage to the tool but I honestly thought it was a job that they should have been able to handle with ease. How wrong I was.

To my way of thinking, Pliers are meant to ply things.

Twisting a butterfly nut is definitely within the confines of plying and should be covered.

Quote

ply 1 (pl)
tr.v. plied (pld), ply·ing, plies (plz)
1. To join together, as by molding or twisting.
2. To double over (cloth, for example).

AHB · **Reply #1846 on:** January 24, 2011, 08:54:58 PM

Used my Sideclip to cut some kobbertube for a customer..

Sparky415 · **Reply #1847 on:** January 24, 2011, 09:11:18 PM

Quote from: AHB on January 24, 2011, 08:54:58 PM

Used my Sideclip to cut some kobbertube for a customer..

Whats a 'kobbertube'? can you eat one?

is it what plumbers use?

AHB · **Reply #1848 on:** January 24, 2011, 10:00:51 PM

Quote from: sparky415 on January 24, 2011, 09:11:18 PM

Quote from: AHB on January 24, 2011, 08:54:58 PM
Used my Sideclip to cut some kobbertube for a customer..

Whats a 'kobbertube'? can you eat one?

is it what plumbers use?

Yes, my mistake.. Copper..

ryan1835 · **Reply #1849 on:** January 24, 2011, 10:15:58 PM

errrm how did you cut that with a sideclip :S

Sparky415 · **Reply #1850 on:** January 24, 2011, 10:30:07 PM

I was hoping it was a kind of sausage

That looks like what we call 'micro bore' (8 or 10mm I think) over here

Allan probably bites through it

Sazabi · **Reply #1851 on:** January 25, 2011, 01:33:22 AM

Quote from: sparky415 on January 24, 2011, 10:30:07 PM

I was hoping it was a kind of sausage

That looks like what we call 'micro bore' (8 or 10mm I think) over here

Allan probably bites through it

I don't know about that, but I bet you that this guy does.

getpower · **Reply #1852 on:** January 25, 2011, 04:55:28 AM

I used the PE blade on my ST300 for cutting up a whole bunch of boxes at work. The. I immediately went to my Sharpmaker and made the blade razor sharp again.

Later I used the big slotted screwdriver to change the blade in my Stanley Box knife.

Kinda ironic now that I think about what I've done.

Reinier · **Reply #1853 on:** January 25, 2011, 02:13:31 PM

I used my Victorinox Classic to open the VSAKCS newsletter

With my name on the back

Reinier · **Reply #1854 on:** January 25, 2011, 04:13:20 PM

Today, I actually used a multi purpose hook!

I don't think I had ever used the hook before... except for making long silly SAK chains by connecting several SAKs by their key rings and hooks

Anyway, I wanted to remove the inner part of my Tile drain in order to clean it. It turned out the mutli purpose hook is the ideal tool for that job! I don't think I can think of a better way to do this

getpower · **Reply #1855 on:** January 26, 2011, 02:34:59 AM

Used the ST 300 to pull the reatainer spring out of the bit holder on a Chicago Pneumatic Rivet Buster.

The tag end if the spring kept slipping out of the jaws of the pliers and I got
a nasty bruise on my finger now from it.

That, and all the wire I could handle. It's seemed like every coiled up hose today was held in a coil by a piece of bailing wire.

yud · **Reply #1856 on:** January 26, 2011, 04:27:37 PM

I just used my Paratool to replace my Trail Guide sissor spring

Mr. Whippy · **Reply #1857 on:** January 30, 2011, 08:09:38 PM

Used the Charge ALX (along with a 15mm, 19mm and 21mm box end wrenches) to replace the nozzle on our oil fired on demand hot water heater.

getpower · **Reply #1858 on:** January 31, 2011, 07:55:00 AM

I got to use my new BO ST 300 today.

I had to change the lightbulb for the third brakelight on my F150, also one of the license plate lights went out and the Kershaw Skyline and the 300 assisted in that one too.

And in case anyone reads this and is wondering, no, I am not lucky enough to have to replace two bulbs that went out at the same time. I noticed the license plate light was out tonight, but the third brake light has been out for the whole two years that I've had the truck.

By the way, check those lights guys. Just another stupid reason for a police officer to pull you over and give you a $25 fix-it ticket.

Sazabi · **Reply #1859 on:** January 31, 2011, 04:37:55 PM

Except for the rare vehicle, I hardly ever/never see cars that have license plate lights.

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