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The Hacked Leatherman Owners Club.

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Re: The Hacked Leatherman Owners Club.
Reply #2280 on: April 14, 2019, 05:10:37 PM
Plenty of spares  :dd: :like: :like:
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Re: The Hacked Leatherman Owners Club.
Reply #2281 on: April 14, 2019, 05:48:23 PM
Thanks for the tip Sam... You just helped me solve my wave saw and file into kick mod... Just so happens my parts supplier has a couple of those bushings laying around... should be on the way tomorrow... :cheers:


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Reply #2282 on: April 14, 2019, 06:05:10 PM
Bare with me. Last one. Trigger happy today.  :P



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Reply #2283 on: April 14, 2019, 06:12:30 PM
Like it nice work Sam :like: :tu:
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Re: The Hacked Leatherman Owners Club.
Reply #2284 on: April 14, 2019, 06:18:01 PM
Thanks for the tip Sam... You just helped me solve my wave saw and file into kick mod... Just so happens my parts supplier has a couple of those bushings laying around... should be on the way tomorrow... :cheers:

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I did tried to get a few from Loki but he warned me the price is going to scare me off.. It did.  :D not his fault. Blame it on shipping!!


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Re: The Hacked Leatherman Owners Club.
Reply #2285 on: April 14, 2019, 07:27:34 PM
Hands getting better at grinding with my bench grinder.  :cheers:

Parts pile? Like I said, I break more things than I fix..  :whistle:

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Wow that’s a lot of parts


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Reply #2286 on: April 14, 2019, 11:01:00 PM

Wow that’s a lot of parts


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Yes it is :dd: :like:

Thanks for the pics, Sam  :salute: :like: and awesome blade work again  :drool:


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Reply #2287 on: April 15, 2019, 03:12:43 AM
Hands getting better at grinding with my bench grinder.  :cheers:

Parts pile? Like I said, I break more things than I fix..  :whistle:

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Holy Crud! can I buy some parts from you? I'd love some rebar/blast saws. Also need the small flat drivers in some of the tools.

Cheers,
H.G.


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Reply #2288 on: April 15, 2019, 03:24:02 AM
Holy Crud! can I buy some parts from you? I'd love some rebar/blast saws. Also need the small flat drivers in some of the tools.

Cheers,
H.G.

I am very very very far from you.. That would not make any economic sense..  :salute:


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Reply #2289 on: April 15, 2019, 04:03:32 AM
I’d wanted to do this mod for years, and it finally became a reality this week, as I got ahold of some of Loki’s wonderful tools to pull apart my Rebar. Now my Wave has the 3D screwdriver and awl from a Rebar, swapped out for the two bit drivers. All in all, the mod went beautifully, and the Wave still closed up nice and tight.








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Reply #2290 on: April 15, 2019, 04:12:12 AM
I’d wanted to do this mod for years, and it finally became a reality this week, as I got ahold of some of Loki’s wonderful tools to pull apart my Rebar. Now my Wave has the 3D screwdriver and awl from a Rebar, swapped out for the two bit drivers. All in all, the mod went beautifully, and the Wave still closed up nice and tight.

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Love the wear on the BO!! Looks like something straight out of a LM advertisement!  :like: :like:


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Re: The Hacked Leatherman Owners Club.
Reply #2291 on: April 15, 2019, 04:22:55 AM
Great pics, Bb :drool: Great tool swap and as Sam said, Awesome :o :cheers:


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Re: The Hacked Leatherman Owners Club.
Reply #2292 on: April 15, 2019, 04:32:20 AM
And the resultant Rebar with bit drivers.

The Rebar swap was much more straight forward than the Wave, but reassembling the Rebar was very challenging without a dedicated jig.



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Re: The Hacked Leatherman Owners Club.
Reply #2293 on: April 15, 2019, 05:47:29 AM
Nicely done Buzz !   :like: :tu:



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Re: The Hacked Leatherman Owners Club.
Reply #2294 on: April 15, 2019, 10:01:21 AM
That looks excellent Buzz.  :tu:
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Re: The Hacked Leatherman Owners Club.
Reply #2295 on: April 15, 2019, 12:08:21 PM
Love the look of the Rebar as well 8) :like:


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Reply #2296 on: April 15, 2019, 12:43:37 PM
Nice work Bb :like: :tu:
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Reply #2297 on: April 15, 2019, 02:58:08 PM
Thanks everybody. The mod was a lot of fun, and much needed. Black Betty (the BO Wave) has been a dedicated camping/adventuring tool since it was purchased in late 2012. I like to keep my outdoor tools as simple as possible, and the bit exchangers didn't really fit into that scenario. I don't have a large need for screwdrivers when I'm outdoors either. As a matter of fact, I don't think I've ever used the eyeglass screwdriver successfully, as the heads have been too small for my last three sets of eyeglasses. So no loss there. And if I do need a phillips, chances are that the large 3D driver will do just fine.

I did consider buying a newer BO Wave with replaceable wire cutters, but again, I prefer to keep my outdoor tools simple, and wire cutters aren't very high on my list for camping/hiking anyway.

The Rebar is probably going into my tool box, replacing my old Skeletool CX, now that the Rebar has bit drivers.
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Re: The Hacked Leatherman Owners Club.
Reply #2298 on: April 15, 2019, 03:14:19 PM
Good analysis Buzz.  :iagree:

I feel the LM bit adapters are over-sold and prefer the solid tools. Just my 2c  :salute:
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Reply #2299 on: April 15, 2019, 03:56:57 PM
Good analysis Buzz.  :iagree:

I feel the LM bit adapters are over-sold and prefer the solid tools. Just my 2c  :salute:

The more I play with them the more I agree..especially the philips in the Rebar. its even more solid than the one in the ST300. If I lose or break the bit I am down 2 tools instead of one, plus I run into reach issues constantly.

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Re: The Hacked Leatherman Owners Club.
Reply #2300 on: April 15, 2019, 04:04:28 PM
Good analysis Buzz.  :iagree:

I feel the LM bit adapters are over-sold and prefer the solid tools. Just my 2c  :salute:

Agreed. I like the idea of using bits for EDC work, but I often have problems with the bits being too short for the job. Never an issue with the 3D phillips, and I do have a BO bit adapter on order for the 3D phillips, in case I continute to EDC Black Betty, as I have for the last couple weeks. It'll be especially nice to adapt the 3D driver over to torx and hex, since I do a lot of work on knives and bicycles.

I did briefly consider going with the Rebar for outdoor stuff, as it had almost every tool I needed, minus the scissors. But the allure of the on-hand opening blades on the Wave was too great. It's funny how I don't need one-hand blades so much in normal life, but they are just incredibly useful outdoors.
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Re: The Hacked Leatherman Owners Club.
Reply #2301 on: April 15, 2019, 04:12:27 PM
This is why I have the long flat bit Phillips/flat in my Charge knife and if I don't have it then I try to have the long bit in a sheath with me at work :cheers: I do love the 3D square shank Phillips that LM has though :tu: I keep the bit adapter in a bit card in my sheath always just in case I do need it with a Rebar or ST300  (or any other tool that it fits :like: )


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Reply #2302 on: April 15, 2019, 07:14:33 PM
This is why I have the long flat bit Phillips/flat in my Charge knife and if I don't have it then I try to have the long bit in a sheath with me at work :cheers: I do love the 3D square shank Phillips that LM has though :tu: I keep the bit adapter in a bit card in my sheath always just in case I do need it with a Rebar or ST300  (or any other tool that it fits :like: )

Pictures pictures! I'd like to see that setup.

Also

Have you considered converting your Wave into a Wave/Rebar hybrid Buzzbait? It truly seems like the best of both worlds.



All the tools in one place.

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Re: The Hacked Leatherman Owners Club.
Reply #2303 on: April 15, 2019, 07:30:20 PM
I will try and get a pic of what I carry with me in my sheath :cheers:


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Re: The Hacked Leatherman Owners Club.
Reply #2304 on: April 15, 2019, 07:32:42 PM
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Reply #2305 on: April 15, 2019, 07:33:15 PM
I always carry this when I am sheath carrying :salute:

A MT (SURGE for this month ;) ) diamond file and jigsaw blades that fit the exchanger, a long Phillips/ flat bit, an awl I made from another long LM bit and my bit card with but adapter :cheers: I carry these with me always and that way no matter what MT I carry, I will have accessories for it :tu:
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Re: The Hacked Leatherman Owners Club.
Reply #2306 on: April 15, 2019, 07:36:03 PM
Nice one Poncho  :like: :tu:
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Re: The Hacked Leatherman Owners Club.
Reply #2307 on: April 15, 2019, 07:36:50 PM
Thanks Ws :hatsoff:


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Re: The Hacked Leatherman Owners Club.
Reply #2308 on: April 15, 2019, 09:47:21 PM
That weathered Black Oxide!  :drool:

By the way, when you guys are talking about a "bit adapter" (or in Poncho's case, "but adapter" :D) you really mean 'Removable Bit Driver'.  :pok:


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Reply #2309 on: April 15, 2019, 09:51:00 PM
That weathered Black Oxide!  :drool:

By the way, when you guys are talking about a "bit adapter" (or in Poncho's case, "but adapter" :D) you really mean 'Removable Bit Driver'.  :pok:

Yeah. What he said. But I prefer "but adapter".
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