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au Offline erratic

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Hi from down under
on: March 10, 2013, 08:54:54 AM
Hi - I'm a Dutchman living in Australia. Have had a number of multitools over the years, and my current go-to tool is an original skeletool (2009 vintage, I think), and has been for a couple of years of faithful, faultless service.

Am endlessly fascinated by multitools, and need something with a few more tools (stronger pliers, for starters), hence my joining.
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Re: Hi from down under
Reply #1 on: March 10, 2013, 10:16:52 AM
Hi erratic, welcome to the forum. :cheers:  As you probably know by now there are lots of choices out there, so you can afford to be a little fussy.  I always recommend to people that the think about what features are most important to them and take it from there.  Also make sure you look at all the manufactures, Leatherman, SOG, Gerber, Victorinox and one or two others, they all do some great products.

Tougher pliers than a Skele isn't that hard, most 4" tools will do that.  So you need to think what's next on your "wants" list; pocket or belt carry?  Screwdrivers?  Scissors? etc etc. :)
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Re: Hi from down under
Reply #2 on: March 10, 2013, 10:38:12 AM
Quote from: Gareth on March 10, 2013, 10:16:52 AM
Hi erratic, welcome to the forum. :cheers:  As you probably know by now there are lots of choices out there, so you can afford to be a little fussy.  I always recommend to people that the think about what features are most important to them and take it from there.  Also make sure you look at all the manufactures, Leatherman, SOG, Gerber, Victorinox and one or two others, they all do some great products.

Tougher pliers than a Skele isn't that hard, most 4" tools will do that.  So you need to think what's next on your "wants" list; pocket or belt carry?  Screwdrivers?  Scissors? etc etc. :)
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Re: Hi from down under
Reply #3 on: March 10, 2013, 10:56:41 AM
Quote from: Gareth on March 10, 2013, 10:16:52 AM
Hi erratic, welcome to the forum. :cheers:  As you probably know by now there are lots of choices out there, so you can afford to be a little fussy.  I always recommend to people that the think about what features are most important to them and take it from there.  Also make sure you look at all the manufactures, Leatherman, SOG, Gerber, Victorinox and one or two others, they all do some great products.

Tougher pliers than a Skele isn't that hard, most 4" tools will do that.  So you need to think what's next on your "wants" list; pocket or belt carry?  Screwdrivers?  Scissors? etc etc. :)

Thanks Gareth. Scissors no - have a small selection of nice ones in the back of the 4wd for when I am out bush. But yes, screwdrivers are a must, and I'd really like something that can take standard screwdriver bits rather than the LM flat ones. Would give me a lot more options - torx, hex etc etc.

No belt carry would be that appropriate here, so weight isn't too much of a concern

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Re: Hi from down under
Reply #4 on: March 10, 2013, 11:07:37 AM
Welcome erratic  :cheers: what you need is a wave with a modded standard bit adapter  :tu: or a sog powerlock for its compound leverage pliers and 1/4 bit adapter,
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Re: Hi from down under
Reply #5 on: March 10, 2013, 11:11:52 AM
Quote from: Zed on March 10, 2013, 11:07:37 AM
Welcome erratic  :cheers: what you need is a wave with a modded standard bit adapter  :tu: or a sog powerlock for its compound leverage pliers and 1/4 bit adapter,

Having browsed the forum a bit I'm getting the feel for the place. I suspect that when you say to get a wave OR a SOG, you really mean 'get both!' :)

Will check both those out. I've a couple of days off. Sounds like a perfect excuse to go windowshopping!

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Re: Hi from down under
Reply #6 on: March 10, 2013, 01:07:33 PM
Quote from: erratic on March 10, 2013, 11:11:52 AM
Quote from: Zed on March 10, 2013, 11:07:37 AM
Welcome erratic  :cheers: what you need is a wave with a modded standard bit adapter  :tu: or a sog powerlock for its compound leverage pliers and 1/4 bit adapter,

Having browsed the forum a bit I'm getting the feel for the place. I suspect that when you say to get a wave OR a SOG, you really mean 'get both!' :)

Will check both those out. I've a couple of days off. Sounds like a perfect excuse to go windowshopping!

He's got your number Zed. :D :D
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Re: Hi from down under
Reply #7 on: March 10, 2013, 01:11:39 PM
Good to have you here.. :tu:
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Reply #8 on: March 10, 2013, 01:18:27 PM
Welcome aboard.
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Reply #9 on: March 10, 2013, 01:22:11 PM
BTW if you pose the question in our General Tool section with all your wants, you'll likely get a bigger response. :tu:
http://forum.multitool.org/index.php/board,4.0.html
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Re: Hi from down under
Reply #10 on: March 10, 2013, 01:23:25 PM
Quote from: erratic on March 10, 2013, 10:56:41 AM
....yes, screwdrivers are a must, and I'd really like something that can take standard screwdriver bits rather than the LM flat ones. Would give me a lot more options - torx, hex etc etc.

If your screwdrivering tends towards the heavy duty I suggest you also check out the Leatherman "Universal Tool Adapter" which will take any 1/4 bit and fits many (not all) MTs.  The bit drivers on LMs aren't super robust, and so are the weak link in the chain. More info here:

http://forum.multitool.org/index.php/topic,37038.msg595567.html#msg595567
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Re: Hi from down under
Reply #11 on: March 10, 2013, 02:00:17 PM
Welcome to the loony bin forum. :cheers:
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Re: Hi from down under
Reply #12 on: March 10, 2013, 02:52:08 PM
Thanks for the welcome and advice everyone. Appreciate it.

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Reply #13 on: March 10, 2013, 04:33:42 PM
We love enabling new members :D

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Reply #14 on: March 10, 2013, 09:30:25 PM
Welkom ;)
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Reply #15 on: March 10, 2013, 10:11:33 PM
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Reply #16 on: March 11, 2013, 05:30:34 PM
Hi!
What? Enablers! Are you serrrrious? Where? I dont see any.
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Re: Hi from down under
Reply #17 on: March 12, 2013, 08:16:29 AM
G'day & welcome mate  :D :D

I do like my Victorinox Spirit + ratchet driver kit  :think:. Really needs to stay in the sheath so pocket cary is a little tricky but not impossible  :think: :think:




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Re: Hi from down under
Reply #18 on: March 12, 2013, 08:38:25 AM
I have a homemade universal bit adapter for my Charge -

Take a normal bit extender and grind it down thusly


Universal bit adapter ahoy!


Also - welcome!
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Reply #19 on: March 12, 2013, 09:30:34 AM
Welcome aboard  :tu:


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Re: Hi from down under
Reply #20 on: March 12, 2013, 03:27:43 PM
Mvyrmind - now that's an excellent idea, and I have all the parts already!

Multimat - with temptations like that one I can tell that my bank manager is going to rue the day I joined this forum!

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Reply #21 on: March 19, 2013, 10:07:58 PM
My bank manager hasn't found out yet :ahhh :twak:

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