Tip: simple cover for the exposed gears on older SOG PowerLocks

parnass · **on:** July 02, 2012, 02:15:11 AM

Older SOG PowerLocks and other SOG tools have exposed gear teeth which can make using the multitool painful when applying downward force.

A flexible plastic pipe end cap can be placed temporarily over the end of the multitool to shield your palm from the sharp gear teeth. A 1 inch (inner diameter) cap fits well over the end of the PowerLock. A smaller diameter cap can be used to cover the teeth on other SOG multitools.

The pipe cap I used is very flexible and feels similar to the synthetic rubber material named Plasti Dip. Sorry, I don't know of a supplier for these caps. I found this one in a parking lot behind a home center store.

Grant Lamontagne · **Reply #1 on:** July 02, 2012, 03:04:18 AM

Cool- I never thought of that!

Thanks for the tip!

Def

neillcurrie · **Reply #2 on:** October 16, 2014, 09:12:41 PM

Necro-thread-resuccitation:
I use essentially the same idea, but I shrunk a length of shrink tubing over the gears. This has a few advantages, apart from the obvious protection. Depending on how tight you shrink it, it'll pop off and on easily, and it's quite a bit thinner than the end cap so will live on the end of the SOG when it's in a sheath, so it's harder to lose too.