Tales of the tool

[Carthas]

Used my Charge TTi with bit extender today to unscrew the screws keeping a cable plugged into a modem.

[BIG-TARGET]

I used the scissor on my LM Wave to cut off a length of drape to stop an airleak on my foot where the wound-vac is attached

[ducktapehero]

I used my Executive yesterday to open my package from Felinevet, a new Fieldmaster. Then I used the new Fieldmaster to open the rest of the mail.

[J-sews]

I used the scissor on my LM Wave to cut off a length of drape to stop an airleak on my foot where the wound-vac is attached

A length of drape? Bet your wife was real proud of you for that!

[WhichDawg]

I've been using my Spirit and OHT a lot at work, the saw blade in the OHT works great for making holes/cutouts in drywall.
and everything else with the Spirit. I have good dedicated tools for everything but they really come in handy.

[edap617]

I use the bottle opener of my TTi last night to open beers. We went to the park with a lady friend and my buddy. We had a cooler full of beer and they always expect me to have a MT with bottle opener.

[BIG-TARGET]

I used the scissor on my LM Wave to cut off a length of drape to stop an airleak on my foot where the wound-vac is attached

A length of drape? Bet your wife was real proud of you for that!

My wife had nothing to do with it.  She faints at a rare steak. My foot is 3 OPEN wounds, stuffed with a songy material, then  covered in the plastic drape, then attached to the wound -vac hose.

Sucker keeps leaking between the toes.  Hence, more drape enveloped around the toes.

[J-sews]

I used the scissor on my LM Wave to cut off a length of drape to stop an airleak on my foot where the wound-vac is attached

A length of drape? Bet your wife was real proud of you for that!

My wife had nothing to do with it.  She faints at a rare steak. My foot is 3 OPEN wounds, stuffed with a songy material, then  covered in the plastic drape, then attached to the wound -vac hose.

Sucker keeps leaking between the toes.  Hence, more drape enveloped around the toes.

Ahh! Forgive me, I thought you were referring to drapes as in curtains! 

At our house, my wife wouldn't give a damn if I were bleeding to death, no way in heck could I cut off a piece of the drapes to use as a tourniquet!

[Mike]

Is this for plier based multi-tools only? Or are SAK's in general welcome?

Mike

[J-sews]

Is this for plier based multi-tools only? Or are SAK's in general welcome?

Mike

Bring on the SAK stories!!

[Benner]

Is this for plier based multi-tools only? Or are SAK's in general welcome?

Mike

All stories are welcomed. 

[Mike]

Is this for plier based multi-tools only? Or are SAK's in general welcome?

Mike

Bring on the SAK stories!!

Cool! Ok, this past week I did the following with my Huntsman in no particular order. I mean I do use my Spirit, but not nearly as much as just my Huntsman.

1) Tightened a loose knob on a drawer for my wife with the can opener Phillips.
2) Cut two 3/4" thick blackberry vines with the saw while working on the property. Faster than walking to the tool shed to get a pruner.
3) Opened two bottles of wine with the corkscrew (duh!).
4) Opened several pieces of mail and boxes with the small blade.
5) Popped off the decorative covers that hold the toilet seat to the toilet and tightened the large plastic screws with using the flathead screwdriver/bottle opener.
6) Cut open a couple packages of cheese using the large blade.
7) Picked Oreo cookie out of my teeth before going to the store using the toothpick.
8  Cut some small branches and tree roots out of the way on some trails on our property using the saw.
9) Cut a couple of unruly mustache and beard hairs with the scissors.

That's all I have off the top of my head for this week, I'd really be kind of lost if I didn't have a SAK with me.

Mike

[Mike, Lord of the Spammers!]

You've got to love the Huntsman

I'd be lost without a Sak of some kind on me!

[Spoonrobot]

A small glipse of what I've been up to:

-Used the saw on my SwissTool to trim a vine so I could take a running start and swing from it like a pirate at work while I was on lunch.

-Used my Kick to remove several ants from my steering wheel while driving on the freeway. 

-Nail file on the kick to clean up fingernails several times a day.

-Various drivers to fix the dishmachine and sinks at work.

Being back at work has given me a lot more oppurtunity to use my tools, I'm like a fixing machine.

[Roadie]

-Used the saw on my SwissTool to trim a vine so I could take a running start and swing from it like a pirate at work while I was on lunch.

Now thats a fantastic use for a tool

[BIG-TARGET]

I used the scissor on my LM Wave to cut off a length of drape to stop an airleak on my foot where the wound-vac is attached

A length of drape? Bet your wife was real proud of you for that!

My wife had nothing to do with it.  She faints at a rare steak. My foot is 3 OPEN wounds, stuffed with a songy material, then  covered in the plastic drape, then attached to the wound -vac hose.

Sucker keeps leaking between the toes.  Hence, more drape enveloped around the toes.

Ahh! Forgive me, I thought you were referring to drapes as in curtains! 

At our house, my wife wouldn't give a damn if I were bleeding to death, no way in heck could I cut off a piece of the drapes to use as a tourniquet!

That's OK.  Medical equipment has some wierd names.  Like all the meds I was given at the hospital.  Their effect on me was that SEX for me was just a reference to gender

Also plastic wrapped around my foot.  I erked the wife by saying:"Look honey, I'm wrapped in plastic.  If I do die, I go out with my freak on"

BTW, change of subject, here's a unique tale I just posted http://forum.multitool.org/index.php/topic,4356.msg69727.html#new

[WhichDawg]

Used my Kick to remove several ants from my steering wheel while driving on the freeway

how in the heck did you do that? and is that some kind of karate kid thing! 

[CF1973]

I actually got to use the straight pin on the cybertool 34 today. My 9 month old computer was failing to start again, and it wouldn't eject the CDROM. I went looking for a paper clip to mangle, when I realized I had a pin in my pocket. Worked like a charm to get the drawer open part of the way. The flathead did the rest of the job.

[J-sews]

I actually got to use the straight pin on the cybertool 34 today. My 9 month old computer was failing to start again, and it wouldn't eject the CDROM. I went looking for a paper clip to mangle, when I realized I had a pin in my pocket. Worked like a charm to get the drawer open part of the way. The flathead did the rest of the job.

So is the pin on the Cybertool a folding blade? Or is it a removable thing like the toothpick & tweezers?

[gadgetman7]

Let's see, I used the phillips bit on my Skeletool to tighten the screws on my Bowflex. I used the main blade to open several boxes and the wire cutters to cut a piece of cable to hold a gate together until it was fixed. I used my Micra to open a hand towel dispenser that was stuck and remove a hangnail. I also used a Cybertool to tighten the clip on a new Skeletool that a friend is getting.

[CF1973]

I actually got to use the straight pin on the cybertool 34 today. My 9 month old computer was failing to start again, and it wouldn't eject the CDROM. I went looking for a paper clip to mangle, when I realized I had a pin in my pocket. Worked like a charm to get the drawer open part of the way. The flathead did the rest of the job.

So is the pin on the Cybertool a folding blade? Or is it a removable thing like the toothpick & tweezers?

It's a separate straight pin that hides itself in the plastic handle near the base of the corkscrew. The corkscrew needs to be open to fully pull the pin out.

[Benner]

I frequently use the pin on the Plus scales to clear the washer jets on my car.  Works a treat. 

[Grant Lamontagne]

If you look at this pic from SOSAKOnline, you see the pin head sticking out at the base of the corkscrew.  I'll try to get a better picture later if you need it.



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[Leatherman123]

I don't have any PLUS scales for my SAKs.. I think I may buy some from Tim, and also a few used SAKs perhaps...

[ducktapehero]

PLUS scales are great. The pen sure does come in handy if you're like me and loses pens all the time.

[WhichDawg]

yeah, it's a sweet little hiding place



(don't tell us you have one and never knew!)

[Mike, Lord of the Spammers!]

I always put a sewing needle in mine to add too the functionality

[J-sews]

yeah, it's a sweet little hiding place

(don't tell us you have one and never knew!)

Nope, I don't have one and never knew! 

I see the pin, where do they hide the pen?

[Benner]

The pen is the grey coloured headed thingy (stop me if I am getting too technical  )  in the scale you can see in the pic.  It goes in the same side as the tooth pick.

[ducktapehero]

Well I went out in the back yard with my son last night. We have 3 dogs so as you can guess it wasn't long before someone stepped in the dog doody. My Fieldmaster scraped it off. I've also used it recently to cut pork chops, open mail, and I even used the pen on a Wal-Mart trip, I needed to scratch things off my list that I had in my cart and had forgotten my regular pen.