Can the Universal Tool Adapter be altered to fit the original Wave?

[Lätherman]

Hi all! Just joined the forum, and I've already read many informative posts here. The reviews are excellent.

I've got a Wave that I got for my birthday back in '98, and I've used it regularly since. Not too long afterwards, I bought a UTA, but soon realized it didn't fit the Wave. I never did find a Wave adapter for sale, and now they're both discontinued.

What I'd like to know is if it would be possible to perhaps chop off the two bits of the adapter that get in the way when I'm trying to make it fit the Wave, or if there are other things I'd have to do. I don't have the necessary tools to do this myself, but I know there's a metal workshop at the local school, maybe I could ask someone there if they could do this job.

I don't wanna get a new tool, now when I have a perfectly useful Wave, and I also prefer using the regular bits that I've already got many of to begin with.

What to do?

[yourbadneighbor]

Hi all! Just joined the forum, and I've already read many informative posts here. The reviews are excellent.

I've got a Wave that I got for my birthday back in '98, and I've used it regularly since. Not too long afterwards, I bought a UTA, but soon realized it didn't fit the Wave. I never did find a Wave adapter for sale, and now they're both discontinued.

What I'd like to know is if it would be possible to perhaps chop off the two bits of the adapter that get in the way when I'm trying to make it fit the Wave, or if there are other things I'd have to do. I don't have the necessary tools to do this myself, but I know there's a metal workshop at the local school, maybe I could ask someone there if they could do this job.

I don't wanna get a new tool, now when I have a perfectly useful Wave, and I also prefer using the regular bits that I've already got many of to begin with.

What to do?

Did you ever figure something out for a bit adapter of your wave? If not check out my post from last night. I found a way to make an adapter that goes on my screwdriver from a bit extension.  Leg me know if you have any questions.  And if you figured out something else please let me know of what you did or maybe post it with mine to share it with others.  I am working on a better one that I will share soon. 

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[AimlessWanderer]

I'm surprised nobody responded to the OP all that time ago. Sounds like he might have had the wrong tool adaptor (there were two variations)

[Kampfer]

Perfect fit, that is why it is called the Universal Adapter.

Welcome to MTO.

[zoidberg]

It sounds to me like he has the STA and not the UTA.

Removing the two bumps works but not very well.

More info in this thread. --> Standard Tool Adaptor vs Universal Tool Adaptor

[JustinCase]

The 1st generation "original" (also known as the "standard" edition) Leatherman Tool DOES NOT fit many of the newer Leatherman multi-tools.

The 2nd generation Universal Tool Adapter (UTA) Fits ALL Leatherman 4" and 4.5" full size tools. This adapter is a redesign of the original Tool Adapter to work with newer Leatherman multi-tools that came out after the first adapter was introduced and according to correspondence from Leatherman, UTA adapter fits: PST, PST2, Side Clip, Super Tool, Super Tool 200, Super Tool 300, original Wave, 2nd Gen. Wave, Charge, Surge, 2nd Gen Surge, MUT, Rebar, Sidekick, Wingman, Rev, Kick, Blast, Fuse, Core.

They're two different design so even if you chop off the two bumps/bits it won't work well.