SwissTool Adventures , Episode Three

[Dunc]

Continuing on from this thread http://forum.multitool.org/index.php/topic,2386.0.html

Heres part Three...........

SWISSTOOL THE HAMMER

Thursday night I found myself on exercise with the lifeboat doing search patterns in the dark .It was a really dark night too and we had to rely on the GPS/Chartplotter to guide us through the sea defence reefs .The launch went smoothly and once clear of the bay and reefs we put our radio call into the coastguard to advise them of our exercise , duration and crew onboard .Once underway we noticed the compass on the helm position had no light to illuminate it . This wasn't the end of the world as we had the chartplotter but it made things very difficult as we couldn't just tell the Helmsman a course to steer and really made the point of our exercise difficult . So the first thing we did was to check the wiring and fuse . To do this we needed to unscrew and remove an inspection cover but it wouldn't budge . No matter how hard we tried it wouldn't budge   So I grabbed the trusty Swisstool and used it as a hammer to knock the inspection cover in an aniticlockwise direction . I must have hit it hard about 9 or 10 times before it budged  
  Well we looked inside with a torch but were unable to see anything wrong  
   In the end the problem was solved by picking up another crew member  ( now 4 in total ) and held a torch on the compass so the relevent bearing could be passed to helm .

It was as great night and was quite exciting speeding along in total darkness .  
    Most important though was no swisstools were hurt in the making of this thread .

Heres a pic of the inspection cover



I took these two pics when we got back . You can clearly see the track the boat made and the search pattern we did . You can also see the 9 reefs which we passed through and had to make sure we didn't run into them while doing the exercise . They are huge but were invisible in the dark .The plotter is in night mode hence the strange colours .





Reefs in daylight





Dunc

[cliosguy]

nice one Dunc

[Mike, Lord of the Spammers!]

Bet you were glad you were carrying a tank

[Magic Bus]

Good ole Swisstool 

[J-sews]

Good work Duncan, SwissTool to the rescue again!   Did anyone ever admit to being the gorilla that over-tightened the access cover?

[Neil]

   Dunc gets to use his MTs adventuring on the darkened waters.  Me, I get to pull a bit of plastic out of the kitchen sink's plug hole.    Not quite the same

I suppose I could make up some tall tale of polar bear ambush in the local woods 

Nicely done Dunc   

Neil

[Dunc]

Good work Duncan, SwissTool to the rescue again!   Did anyone ever admit to being the gorilla that over-tightened the access cover?

No but the search continues and when found he or she will walk the plank 

Dunc

[Dunc]

  Dunc gets to use his MTs adventuring on the darkened waters.  Me, I get to pull a bit of plastic out of the kitchen sink's plug hole.    Not quite the same

I suppose I could make up some tall tale of polar bear ambush in the local woods 

Nicely done Dunc   

Neil

I used a multi today to remove the small plastic drain cover in the garden today as it was all gunked up and minging ....................









I used a PST 

Dunc

[max6166]

Has anybody ever gone to the next step, and actually hammered in nails with ST? 

[Neil]

Why    I thought that's what the Surge was for

Neil

[Dunc]

Why    I thought that's what the Surge was for

Neil

If I had one then it would have been my first choice 

I will just say that on the boat if I didn't have my Swisstool I would have used my Sebenza as that was close by too 

Dunc

[Leatherman123]

I have used my beater EDC SURGE as a hammer numerous times; it works flawlessly!  I have also tied some 550 cord to the SURGE's lanyard ring and thrown it over a high branch!

[Dunc]

I really must get one as a spare Anchor 

Dunc

[WhichDawg]

maybe he was using it/hanging it as a "rattler"  to ward off evil Spirits!

cool stories Dunc5, great training and I really enjoy a good ST adventure!

[Mike, Lord of the Spammers!]

  Dunc gets to use his MTs adventuring on the darkened waters.  Me, I get to pull a bit of plastic out of the kitchen sink's plug hole.    Not quite the same

I suppose I could make up some tall tale of polar bear ambush in the local woods 

Nicely done Dunc   

Neil

What are you implying

[Benner]

Erm, I hope you don't doubt our story or my skills Neil. 

[Mike, Lord of the Spammers!]

Erm, I hope you don't doubt our story or my skills Neil. 

He better bloody not, or you can re-enact it at the meet, and guess who'll be wearing the Polar Bear suit Neil

[Benner]

Erm, I hope you don't doubt our story or my skills Neil. 

He better bloody not, or you can re-enact it at the meet, and guess who'll be wearing the Polar Bear suit Neil

Well I can if need be.  I didn't stretch myself too much. 

[Mike, Lord of the Spammers!]

Erm, I hope you don't doubt our story or my skills Neil. 

He better bloody not, or you can re-enact it at the meet, and guess who'll be wearing the Polar Bear suit Neil

Well I can if need be.  I didn't stretch myself too much. 

Good to know , I'd just rather not see you at your most evil again

[Roadie]

Has anybody ever gone to the next step, and actually hammered in nails with ST? 

Yes I wasn't that happy about it being done but there was no other choice.....it survived with no problems just wasn't happy about it

[Mike, Lord of the Spammers!]

Has anybody ever gone to the next step, and actually hammered in nails with ST? 

Yes I wasn't that happy about it being done but there was no other choice.....it survived with no problems just wasn't happy about it

I can understand that

[Roadie]

I can understand that

I did lie slightly there was another option....my Spirit, but there was no way that was going to happen!!! It's times like those i'm glad i keep multitools in all my guitar/cable cases

[Mike, Lord of the Spammers!]

I can understand that

I did lie slightly there was another option....my Spirit, but there was no way that was going to happen!!! It's times like those i'm glad i keep multitools in all my guitar/cable cases

I would've still of used a mate's head first though

[Roadie]

I would've still of used a mate's head first though

Yeah but you Southerners don't have anything in your heads to damage

[Poncho65]

  Great tale Dunc

I would've still of used a mate's head first though

Yeah but you Southerners don't have anything in your heads to damage

 

[Anthony]

So did you ever figure out why the compass light was out?

[Mike, Lord of the Spammers!]

I would've still of used a mate's head first though

Yeah but you Southerners don't have anything in your heads to damage

That may be true, but I still find it offensive

[Dunc]

So did you ever figure out why the compass light was out?

Yep faulty bulb , should be fixed when I go to the boathouse this morning 

Dunc

[Poncho65]

So did you ever figure out why the compass light was out?

Yep faulty bulb , should be fixed when I go to the boathouse this morning 

Dunc

 

[Anthony]

So did you ever figure out why the compass light was out?

Yep faulty bulb , should be fixed when I go to the boathouse this morning 

Dunc

Maybe it will be replaced by a LED