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Offline Tom Dodd

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Another new Brit
on: February 16, 2018, 12:11:33 PM
Good morning all,

Im Tom (if my username didn't already give it away) and im saying hello from the sunny south west of England ... although, ill probably have to run inside for an umbrella in 5 minutes

Im a service engineer and i love taking stuff apart and fixing/modifying stuff, hence a love of tools

I haven't been into MTs/SAKs for very long but ive been bit by the bug recently and can't stop trawling ebay etc for deals. I stumbled across this forum while looking for sak mods and i most say it seems to be one of the nicest forums ive ever come across. The helpfulness and comradery is impressive and the banter on a whole seems more appropriate than abusive ... Most forums ive been a part of struggle with all of the above in some way

On to gear ...

For the past couple years ive been EDCing a squirt ES4, a vic PX and some kind of pocketable torch (ultratac k18 right now) whether im working or not, but on the job I carry a wenger laptop backpack stuffed to the brim. Among the 'dedicated' tools in the pack lives a gear pouch with a rebar or surge as backup for when the es4 isn't man enough. My 111mm outrider lives in my volvo, a juice cs4 in the kitchen draw, style cs on the living room coffee table, moraknives in the shed and im sure theres other stuff hiding round here somewhere

If/when I figure out pictures ill probably start a thread in 'general discussion' if anyone is interested in my musings on cars, guitars, electronics and .... well, i guess, MTs and the like

Tom out.


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Re: Another new Brit
Reply #1 on: February 16, 2018, 12:31:06 PM
jeans 5th pocket carry


the LM family meeting ... rebar must be in the doghouse


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Re: Another new Brit
Reply #2 on: February 16, 2018, 12:36:17 PM
right, i think ive cracked it with the pics

so, one of the ovlov ... my main project for the time being.


and as im off work today, im heading to the shed.


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Re: Another new Brit
Reply #3 on: February 16, 2018, 03:20:46 PM
Greetings and welcome.  I like your 5th pocket carry.  Not sure I've seen someone carry the ES4 daily, pretty neat. 
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Re: Another new Brit
Reply #4 on: February 16, 2018, 03:31:13 PM
Welcome from a Brit from the rainy side of England! (Manchester) :D
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Re: Another new Brit
Reply #5 on: February 16, 2018, 03:31:53 PM
Welcome Tom  :tu:
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Re: Another new Brit
Reply #6 on: February 16, 2018, 03:45:53 PM
Welcome from a Brit from the rainy side of England! (Manchester) :D

Oooooh, Im a Yorkshireman, so i know a bit about the cold dark north, albeit from the wrong side of the 'mountains'. Ive been down in Gloucester for the last decade and its actually surprising the difference a couple hundred miles makes to the weather ... not that the Cotswolds is even remotely comparable to Israel!!  :D

Greetings and welcome.  I like your 5th pocket carry.  Not sure I've seen someone carry the ES4 daily, pretty neat. 

thanks, its definitely not the obvious choice of MTs but i love it! its just a shame ive broken the scissors spring


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Re: Another new Brit
Reply #7 on: February 16, 2018, 03:56:42 PM
Welcome, Tom!

 :cheers: :tu:

Don't get me started on LM's scissors springs...

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Re: Another new Brit
Reply #8 on: February 16, 2018, 04:00:04 PM
I think quite a few have had issues with the LM squirt scissors.  Sadly I even thing someone has experienced a broken spring while the tool was sitting  :facepalm:.
Esse Quam Videri


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Re: Another new Brit
Reply #9 on: February 16, 2018, 04:00:34 PM
Howdy, Tom!

Hope you will continue to keep us updated with the 'ovlov' project.  :cheers:


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Re: Another new Brit
Reply #10 on: February 16, 2018, 04:15:16 PM
Hi Tom and welcome to :MTO:
Looks like you will fit right in  :tu:
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Re: Another new Brit
Reply #11 on: February 16, 2018, 04:18:42 PM
Howdy, Tom!

Hope you will continue to keep us updated with the 'ovlov' project.  :cheers:

oh no, not encouragement  ;) theres a good chance i wont shut up about it if i get started


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Re: Another new Brit
Reply #12 on: February 16, 2018, 04:39:17 PM
Howdy, Tom!

Hope you will continue to keep us updated with the 'ovlov' project.  :cheers:

oh no, not encouragement  ;) theres a good chance i wont shut up about it if i get started

Oh yes, please do :pok:
Is that a belt drive CVT one?
Cheers!
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Re: Another new Brit
Reply #13 on: February 16, 2018, 04:40:26 PM
Aye-up! (that's what they say in Yorkshire isn't it?)... I like Yorkshirites - they're my kind of people! I'm a Jock which is better still.  :salute:


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Re: Another new Brit
Reply #14 on: February 16, 2018, 04:53:59 PM
Howdy, Tom!

Hope you will continue to keep us updated with the 'ovlov' project.  :cheers:

oh no, not encouragement  ;) theres a good chance i wont shut up about it if i get started

Oh yes, please do :pok:
Is that a belt drive CVT one?

no its a 360 GLT, so it has the redblock engine, torque tube and transaxle m47 5 spd gearbox over the back axle

my previous volvo was a CVT 340, i only bought it out of curiousity (thats the engineer in me  :D) and just had to know how the CVT worked, it was loads of fun.... very slow fun. it just 'woooooshed' around. so i chopped the coils and put some steel box section under the axle and drove it 'low and slow' around bristol when i lived there a few years back.

Aye-up! (that's what they say in Yorkshire isn't it?)... I like Yorkshirites - they're my kind of people! I'm a Jock which is better still.  :salute:

They do indeed Fuzz! :tu:

now all the farmers and pirates around here say it too, when i enter the pub.  8)

i like Jocks too, straight talkers and tough as nails, my kind of people .... better still? maybe, maybe not.


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Re: Another new Brit
Reply #15 on: February 16, 2018, 05:09:22 PM
 :cheers:

Used to have a predecessor to the 340 in the form of a Daf 55, with an 1100 cc Renault engine and a CVT, ages ago. Proved too difficult to maintain down here...

Anyway, test passed (just kidding), welcome :tu:
Cheers!
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Re: Another new Brit
Reply #16 on: February 16, 2018, 05:38:38 PM
I think quite a few have had issues with the LM squirt scissors.  Sadly I even thing someone has experienced a broken spring while the tool was sitting  :facepalm:.

It happened to me, on a Style PS. Twice!

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It is just a matter of time before they add the word “Syndrome” after my last name.

I don't have OCD, I have OCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ.

I'd give my right arm to be ambidextrous.

Eff the ineffable, scrut the inscrutable.

IYCRTYSWTMTFOT



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Re: Another new Brit
Reply #17 on: February 16, 2018, 05:57:26 PM
Welcome Tom ,from another fellow brit tinkerer  :D :cheers:


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Re: Another new Brit
Reply #18 on: February 16, 2018, 07:53:10 PM
Welcome to :MTO:  :cheers: :tu:


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Re: Another new Brit
Reply #19 on: February 20, 2018, 04:21:44 PM
Welcome to :MTO: Tom :cheers: Some great looking gear :like: :like:


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Re: Another new Brit
Reply #20 on: February 23, 2018, 11:56:05 AM
Welcome from a Brit from the rainy side of England! (Manchester) :D

Oooooh, Im a Yorkshireman, so i know a bit about the cold dark north, albeit from the wrong side of the 'mountains'. Ive been down in Gloucester for the last decade and its actually surprising the difference a couple hundred miles makes to the weather ... not that the Cotswolds is even remotely comparable to Israel!!  :D

Greetings and welcome.  I like your 5th pocket carry.  Not sure I've seen someone carry the ES4 daily, pretty neat. 

thanks, its definitely not the obvious choice of MTs but i love it! its just a shame ive broken the scissors spring
Welcome Tom  :salute:

Up the South West Massiiiiiiive! I'm in Bath the last 4 years, but was in Gloucester before that - Love the place!

Can you send the ES4 for repair?
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Re: Another new Brit
Reply #21 on: February 23, 2018, 12:14:08 PM
Welcome from a Brit from the rainy side of England! (Manchester) :D

Oooooh, Im a Yorkshireman, so i know a bit about the cold dark north, albeit from the wrong side of the 'mountains'. Ive been down in Gloucester for the last decade and its actually surprising the difference a couple hundred miles makes to the weather ... not that the Cotswolds is even remotely comparable to Israel!!  :D

Greetings and welcome.  I like your 5th pocket carry.  Not sure I've seen someone carry the ES4 daily, pretty neat. 

thanks, its definitely not the obvious choice of MTs but i love it! its just a shame ive broken the scissors spring
Welcome Tom  :salute:

Up the South West Massiiiiiiive! I'm in Bath the last 4 years, but was in Gloucester before that - Love the place!

Can you send the ES4 for repair?

How can that be?!
 :think: :think:

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You're still so dirty...

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It is just a matter of time before they add the word “Syndrome” after my last name.

I don't have OCD, I have OCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ.

I'd give my right arm to be ambidextrous.

Eff the ineffable, scrut the inscrutable.

IYCRTYSWTMTFOT



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Re: Another new Brit
Reply #22 on: February 23, 2018, 01:02:45 PM
yeah, I should put some water in it maybe.
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Re: Another new Brit
Reply #23 on: February 23, 2018, 01:55:03 PM
yeah, I should put some water in it maybe.

And soap! Don't forget the soap!

 :pok: :pok:
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It is just a matter of time before they add the word “Syndrome” after my last name.

I don't have OCD, I have OCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ.

I'd give my right arm to be ambidextrous.

Eff the ineffable, scrut the inscrutable.

IYCRTYSWTMTFOT



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Re: Another new Brit
Reply #24 on: February 23, 2018, 01:55:57 PM
yeah, I should put some water in it maybe.

And soap! Don't forget the soap!

 :pok: :pok:

And don't worry, dks will be along shortly to scrub your back...

 :D :D
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It is just a matter of time before they add the word “Syndrome” after my last name.

I don't have OCD, I have OCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ.

I'd give my right arm to be ambidextrous.

Eff the ineffable, scrut the inscrutable.

IYCRTYSWTMTFOT



 

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