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Gerber Center Drive Club

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Re: Gerber Center Drive Club
Reply #60 on: June 13, 2017, 11:36:19 PM
CentreDrive with Grappler and a friend
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Re: Gerber Center Drive Club
Reply #61 on: June 13, 2017, 11:41:49 PM
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Re: Gerber Center Drive Club
Reply #62 on: June 14, 2017, 10:46:29 PM
It's nice to see the Gerbers aren't to uppity to slum it a bit with the Power Access!  :D

Even better to see some of the pics of everyone putting their Center-Drives to work!   :tu:

Def
Leave the dents as they are- let your belongings show their scars as proudly as you do yours.


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Re: Gerber Center Drive Club
Reply #63 on: June 14, 2017, 11:27:46 PM
I really like mine!!
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Re: Gerber Center Drive Club
Reply #64 on: June 15, 2017, 01:57:43 PM
Parcel to pick up on my way home, I'm only expecting one thing so it looks like my centre drive is back  :tu:

I'll find out in 4 hours time


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Re: Gerber Center Drive Club
Reply #65 on: June 16, 2017, 03:03:48 AM
 :like: Hoping for you man!!  Put my cats paw to work tonight  :cheers:
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Re: Gerber Center Drive Club
Reply #66 on: June 16, 2017, 04:17:49 AM
Kevin, good luck with your CentreDrive!
Mine has a new mod.
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Re: Gerber Center Drive Club
Reply #67 on: June 16, 2017, 08:48:06 AM
Sadly it wasn't it. It was a stainless steel funnel that should have come with a small fuel flask.


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Re: Gerber Center Drive Club
Reply #68 on: June 16, 2017, 10:06:20 AM
Sadly it wasn't it. It was a stainless steel funnel that should have come with a small fuel flask.
Pics or it didn't happen  :D
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Re: Gerber Center Drive Club
Reply #69 on: June 16, 2017, 11:37:19 AM
Sadly it wasn't it. It was a stainless steel funnel that should have come with a small fuel flask.
Pics or it didn't happen  :D

You want pics of a 59p mini funnel for a 4oz hip flask that I'm going to use in my fire kit as an emergency fuel bottle?

ok I'll take one when I get home

it was this one https://www.amazon.co.uk/Stainless-Steel-Funnel-Flasks-Flask/dp/B00EC7C86Q/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1497605794&sr=8-1&keywords=hip+flask+funnel  and they are only 41p now  :twak:

edit: to go with this hip flask to use as a mini fuel bottle https://www.amazon.co.uk/Stainless-Whisky-Liquor-Alcohol-Pocket-x/dp/B00M9XEITK/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1497606100&sr=8-3&keywords=4oz+hip+flask
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Re: Gerber Center Drive Club
Reply #70 on: June 16, 2017, 11:48:39 AM
I admire your dedication to the forum Kev  :salute:
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Re: Gerber Center Drive Club
Reply #71 on: June 16, 2017, 02:54:03 PM
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Re: Gerber Center Drive Club
Reply #72 on: June 19, 2017, 02:32:53 AM
Used mine to erect an outdoor kennel for our dogs.
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Re: Gerber Center Drive Club
Reply #73 on: June 19, 2017, 02:35:35 AM
Some refreshments afterwards :drink:  Hot and muggy here today!
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Re: Gerber Center Drive Club
Reply #74 on: June 19, 2017, 02:46:39 AM
Amazing what you can do with an MT   :multi:
Enjoy your adult beverage   :cheers:
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Re: Gerber Center Drive Club
Reply #75 on: June 19, 2017, 02:48:38 AM
 :cheers: I agree and thanks!!
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Re: Gerber Center Drive Club
Reply #76 on: June 21, 2017, 02:13:49 AM
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Re: Gerber Center Drive Club
Reply #77 on: June 21, 2017, 02:57:27 AM
My favorite carry
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Re: Gerber Center Drive Club
Reply #78 on: June 23, 2017, 09:53:53 PM
Day of leisure for us today.
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Re: Gerber Center Drive Club
Reply #79 on: June 26, 2017, 05:32:01 AM

I'm disappointed in Gerber as it appears the alignment issue is at the machining stage for the plier pivot and it is at an angle as when I pull them into line the cutters crash into each other. That one should definitely have been spotted at the factory and there is probably a bad batch out there with the same issue.

It is not just Gerber. Here is a photo of my OHT jaws, AFTER I sent them off to the have the jaws aligned so the cutters would not catch on eachother and the tips would meet equally. They half-butted the repair/return and I got them back only 20 percent better.
I am going to wait another few months before I send them back in again. This time I will request they change the plier altogether. The jaws only meet about 60 percent on light work. If I gently twist them, they sometimes lose all jaw alignment with quite a bit of play for an expensive tool.

Anyway, I am a center drive fan for sure. Mine came to me with no defects and the jaws do not shift a bit after a couple of months use. The cutters are not my favorite. Gerber should switch to thicker 154cm steel on their replacements to solve this well know problem in their replaceable cutter MTs. From a technical viewpoint, this ia not a difficult engineering issue.

First is a pic of the OHT jaw tips with poor jaw contact after a repair claim and the second is the CD with perfect alignment.
It is not the brand in my opinion, but moreso the QC. Maybe someone at the end of a long shift at inspection was just thinking about going home was the person in charge of the checklist. I am guilty of not giving my all at the end of a long work week once in awhile.  :o
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Re: Gerber Center Drive Club
Reply #80 on: June 30, 2017, 04:35:08 AM
More CentreDrive goodness at tonights concert.
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Re: Gerber Center Drive Club
Reply #81 on: June 30, 2017, 04:52:50 AM
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Re: Gerber Center Drive Club
Reply #82 on: June 30, 2017, 04:59:01 AM
BUCK: X-Tract, 360
GERBER: Clutch, Shortcut, Dime*, DimE*, Octane & Crucial FAST
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Crunch, MTO Style CS, Sideclip, BO Kick*
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Re: Gerber Center Drive Club
Reply #83 on: June 30, 2017, 09:07:43 AM
Mines back!!  :mail: :ahhh :ahhh :ahhh :ahhh

Picked it up on my way to work this morning. Just opened the package and it looks all ok to me. Pics later after my meetings.


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Re: Gerber Center Drive Club
Reply #84 on: June 30, 2017, 10:22:08 AM
Mines back!!  :mail: :ahhh :ahhh :ahhh :ahhh

Picked it up on my way to work this morning. Just opened the package and it looks all ok to me. Pics later after my meetings.
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Re: Gerber Center Drive Club
Reply #85 on: June 30, 2017, 12:49:00 PM
Mines back!!  :mail: :ahhh :ahhh :ahhh :ahhh

Picked it up on my way to work this morning. Just opened the package and it looks all ok to me. Pics later after my meetings.
Priorities Kev! Get your priorities right.

I have  :tu: Go to meetings so I can keep my boss happy and keep my job, so I can afford to buy more multi's   :D


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Re: Gerber Center Drive Club
Reply #86 on: June 30, 2017, 01:05:37 PM
Piccies

Old one...



Replacement one  :tu:







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Re: Gerber Center Drive Club
Reply #87 on: June 30, 2017, 01:22:27 PM
Gerber does have great customer service. They recently replaced my Flick with broken scissors with a brand new Diesel. Glad they took good care of you.
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Re: Gerber Center Drive Club
Reply #88 on: June 30, 2017, 03:12:52 PM
That looks a lot better Kev  :tu:


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Re: Gerber Center Drive Club
Reply #89 on: June 30, 2017, 03:18:51 PM
That looks a lot better Kev  :tu:

Yep  :tu:  Everything appears to be lined up where it should be. I managed to bang the end of the pliers while flicking it though and took a bit of BO off it,  you can see it in the pic  :facepalm:


 

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