*sigh* Compatibility of Paul Chen Multi Tasker and Gerber heads?

BenH · **on:** September 30, 2010, 04:28:00 PM

Got a Multi Tasker yesterday - figured it was cheap enough to be worth a go (I allotted myself a tenner to spend on Heinnies; should have got an Artifact

)and I liked the idea of a shear-based MT (I was planning to round off the pointy end to make it safe for first aid, etc.).

Anyway, I've broken it already

Don't know how it happened, but the shears pivot is no longer tight enough to hold the blades together sufficiently - even when tightened up fully it seems fine until anything thicker than paper is put in it, then the blades slip away from each other. It's strange that I have no idea when I did it, because it must surely have been a fair bit of force, but it was just a case of trying to use it to cut a shoelace and it didn't work, having worked fine the time before

Oh well, it was only £10. And I quite like the rest of it (I actually really like the silly-seeming file idea), so I was wondering whether there's anything I could do to salvage it, so:

1. Are Gerber plier heads compatible with the PC body (which was, at some point or another, designed by someone from Gerber / Fiskars and seems more or less the same as MP-series Gerber bodies)?

2. If 'yes' to 1., does anyone have a spare one they'd sell me? Blunt nose would be better to reduce the superfluity of the mini-pliers on the PC.

3. If 'no' to 1., does anybody have replacement PCMT shears?

Ben

J-sews · **Reply #1 on:** October 01, 2010, 04:12:34 AM

I can check the compatibility question when I get home this weekend.

(but I don't have an extra 600 head available) $:-\$

MultiMat · **Reply #2 on:** October 01, 2010, 05:56:35 AM

Could you not get a replacement Paul Chen MT or refund from Heinnies , sounds like a fair warranty claim too me

BenH · **Reply #3 on:** October 01, 2010, 08:07:42 PM

It probably would be a fair claim, but by the time I noticed, I'd already filed the sharp end of the shears down so I guess they'd be entitled to give it back; in all fairness (though I can't see how it would happen - hand filing is pretty gentle really) perhaps it was something in that process that made it go.

J-sews · **Reply #4 on:** October 02, 2010, 03:27:27 AM

As near as I can measure, a Gerber 600-series plier head will work fine in Paul Chen Multitasker handles.

That being said, it appears that the shears on the Paul Chen pivot around a bolt & nut set. Maybe you can take yours apart Ben and just tighten them up with some needlenose pliers?