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Title: Wire Stripper Notch
Post by: Captain Hook on December 07, 2017, 05:02:33 PM
Just wondering if anyone has found any interesting uses for this notch other than a wire stripper, I have used it as a wire bender for paper clips, and repaired a bent up pair of sunglasses with it.
Title: Re: Wire Stripper Notch
Post by: Mini on December 07, 2017, 08:46:27 PM
Generally I forgot that there is that notch, so I think I have never used it 😫.
Title: Re: Wire Stripper Notch
Post by: Archibald Tuttle on December 07, 2017, 10:00:05 PM
There is this ( yet another :) ) cool vid from Nikos with uses for notch.

https://youtu.be/5LTCs439zlI
Title: Re: Wire Stripper Notch
Post by: Barry Rowland on December 08, 2017, 12:32:44 AM
I used mine to bend the ignitor on an old Coleman stove last Summer. 
Title: Re: Wire Stripper Notch
Post by: Captain Hook on December 08, 2017, 02:13:36 AM
There is this ( yet another :) ) cool vid from Nikos with uses for notch.

https://youtu.be/5LTCs439zlI
Nice share!  :tu. I liked the nail prybar idea.
Title: Re: Wire Stripper Notch
Post by: Captain Hook on December 08, 2017, 02:14:36 AM
I used mine to bend the ignitor on an old Coleman stove last Summer.
Good old fashioned ingenuity!
Title: Re: Wire Stripper Notch
Post by: Brock O Lee on December 08, 2017, 02:31:50 AM
I often forget about the notch... A few legit uses there!  :like:
Title: Re: Wire Stripper Notch
Post by: Captain Hook on December 08, 2017, 05:58:19 AM
I often forget about the notch... A few legit uses there!  :like:
  : One of those tools that's an after thought until you need it.
Title: Re: Wire Stripper Notch
Post by: Syem on December 08, 2017, 09:36:20 AM
There are pretty good ideas in this video!

I use it very often to... strip wire :D
Title: Re: Wire Stripper Notch
Post by: cody6268 on December 08, 2017, 02:47:04 PM
Lately, I've been having to fabricate hooks and small pins from paper clips, and all I bought last time was the colorful rubber coated ones. So, it had to come off. I used an older Ranger's cap lifter, which has the ground edge. I did use the notch yesterday to remove a staple, by straightening one of the bent over legs so it could be pulled out.

I'd say it could remove very small nails (i.e. model railroad track nails, cigar boxes) without issue.
Title: Re: Wire Stripper Notch
Post by: Archibald Tuttle on December 08, 2017, 02:53:39 PM
Although I haven’t had time to watch all of his videos, they are on the to-do list , the ones I have perused have been informative. His video of uses for the parcel hook :


https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=cN231NO5ij0

Title: Re: Wire Stripper Notch
Post by: El Corkscrew on December 08, 2017, 07:36:42 PM
 :nothingtoadd:
Title: Re: Wire Stripper Notch
Post by: Mechanickal on December 08, 2017, 09:13:03 PM
I used mine while the opener was on it's half stop to hang them on a nail to store the SAK.
Works only with <2 layers though...
Or you need longer nails.