What Did You Use Your Multitool For Today?

Jors · **Reply #1800 on:** December 29, 2010, 05:43:58 PM

A key broke in two inside the boot lock of one of our Opel Corsa vehicles.
-I used the flat bit and pliers to open (remove) the lock holding clip,
-flat bit to remove the circlip,
-miniature flat bit and regular flat to remove the lock opening cover,
-use pliers to cut wire and bend it to a L-shape, together with mini flat, to force key tip slightly and then pulled it out with tip of pliers,
-Pliers to replace lock cover and crimp it's edges
-pliers to replace circlip.

So:
One tool for a complex job for the other guys who could only watch as they did not have a life saver, Leatherman!

Neil · **Reply #1801 on:** December 29, 2010, 06:52:21 PM

Quote from: Reinier on December 28, 2010, 08:21:46 PM

That's a cool Cybertool!
What's custom, apart from the Phillips and the watch case opener?

Pics are from when it was new. Not quite as shiny and unblemished now

ICanFixThat · **Reply #1802 on:** December 29, 2010, 07:59:19 PM

That is one Cool CyberTool!! It's tool selections make so much sense. I just wish Vic's pliers were as thin as the Wenger ones. Maybe they should borrow the Wenger pliers for their next CyberTool.

The watch caseback opener was a brilliant idea. I think Vic should take not of this tool configuration.

Since we have a bit-driver the only thing I would change is I would put a corkscrew on it to carry the mini screwdriver... Too bad they don't have a layer tool like the Wenger micro screw driver on the PTC.

Reinier · **Reply #1803 on:** December 29, 2010, 08:04:07 PM

Thanks for posting those pics! I love that CT. It's really awesome! I agree with ICanFixThat on he Phillips though

scrappy · **Reply #1804 on:** December 30, 2010, 01:12:27 AM

that is the coolest cyber tool ever

AHB · **Reply #1805 on:** December 30, 2010, 09:57:41 AM

Quote from: scrappy on December 30, 2010, 01:12:27 AM

that is the coolest cyber tool ever

x10

Neil · **Reply #1806 on:** December 30, 2010, 12:36:42 PM

Its a great configuration and is one of my most used SAKs. You can blame Gareth for it having a phillips on the back, he bullied me into it

Obviously for this SAKs role a corkscrew is superfluous but the mini screwdriver would have been useful on occasion.

The file hasn't ever been used though and would be something I'd drop next time. That said you need something between the driver and blade really to make blade extraction easier. Tools that would be handy on it would be a magnifier and some kind of flat tipped light prying tool (bigger than on the back but smaller than a bottle opener.

The most used tool on it is the watch opener. In this age of sealed units its a must have tool and one Victorinox should seriously consider adding to their 91mm line-up.

Mr. Whippy · **Reply #1807 on:** December 30, 2010, 12:52:48 PM

Quote from: Neil on December 30, 2010, 12:36:42 PM

Its a great configuration and is one of my most used SAKs. You can blame Gareth for it having a phillips on the back, he bullied me into it Obviously for this SAKs role a corkscrew is superfluous but the mini screwdriver would have been useful on occasion.

The file hasn't ever been used though and would be something I'd drop next time. That said you need something between the driver and blade really to make blade extraction easier. Tools that would be handy on it would be a magnifier and some kind of flat tipped light prying tool (bigger than on the back but smaller than a bottle opener.

The most used tool on it is the watch opener. In this age of sealed units its a must have tool and one Victorinox should seriously consider adding to their 91mm line-up.

Totally agree. Essential for all these high design concealed fastener cases.

ICanFixThat · **Reply #1808 on:** December 30, 2010, 06:18:42 PM

I thought the file was great, but maybe that would have been more practical in the 80s and early 90s when there was more sheetmetal used.

As far as case openers go, I got a great new little Wenger a while back. I had not got around to photographing it until now, but the cool thing is it has a fixed blade. It looks like their regular Alox case openers, but it's a single layer from one piece of stainless steel. It's also a current model, and is often available on ebay cheap (with branding). I picked up one without any branding, including no Wenger logo.

Wenger Watchmaker 60

Gareth · **Reply #1809 on:** December 31, 2010, 12:32:34 AM

Quote from: Neil on December 30, 2010, 12:36:42 PM

Its a great configuration and is one of my most used SAKs. You can blame Gareth for it having a phillips on the back, he bullied me into it Obviously for this SAKs role a corkscrew is superfluous but the mini screwdriver would have been useful on occasion.

The file hasn't ever been used though and would be something I'd drop next time. That said you need something between the driver and blade really to make blade extraction easier. Tools that would be handy on it would be a magnifier and some kind of flat tipped light prying tool (bigger than on the back but smaller than a bottle opener.

The most used tool on it is the watch opener. In this age of sealed units its a must have tool and one Victorinox should seriously consider adding to their 91mm line-up.

Oi! No passing the buck now, I didn't peen the thing together.

cerbera147 · **Reply #1810 on:** January 08, 2011, 03:42:05 PM

I took the Christmas lights down from the outside of the house last night. Just over the porch

I chose one of my newest arrivals to take on the job of pulling out the staples; Supertool 300 it was then

Did a mighty fine job as you'd imagine

Jmora · **Reply #1811 on:** January 09, 2011, 10:50:19 PM

working in the cafe, we have an apple custard cake that always looks terrible when you cut it into slices, as the top is very brittle and it just crumbles and breaks up under an ordinary knife. The result, for so many years we have been serving a cake to customers that looks like it was assaulted by the guy out of american pie

. I have my new spyderco ladybug on my keyring, and used that to cut the surface instead of the kitchen knives. The spider cut like a laser, and the surface did not crumble at all. My colleagues were completely in awe of knife and cake.

edcgear · **Reply #1812 on:** January 09, 2011, 11:05:32 PM

Quote from: Neil on December 30, 2010, 12:36:42 PM

Its a great configuration and is one of my most used SAKs. You can blame Gareth for it having a phillips on the back, he bullied me into it Obviously for this SAKs role a corkscrew is superfluous but the mini screwdriver would have been useful on occasion.

The file hasn't ever been used though and would be something I'd drop next time. That said you need something between the driver and blade really to make blade extraction easier. Tools that would be handy on it would be a magnifier and some kind of flat tipped light prying tool (bigger than on the back but smaller than a bottle opener.

The most used tool on it is the watch opener. In this age of sealed units its a must have tool and one Victorinox should seriously consider adding to their 91mm line-up.

One more thing should be there, a blade from electrician... Just love that type, looks very handy...

Great CT matey... I must buy one (or few) and send to Neil's custom SAK's shop for overhaulin...

Neil · **Reply #1813 on:** January 11, 2011, 09:47:57 PM

I actually tried fitting an electrician's blade in place of the main blade on that. It was close, really close but wouldn't quite fit

edcgear · **Reply #1814 on:** January 11, 2011, 09:51:31 PM

Quote from: Neil on January 11, 2011, 09:47:57 PM

I actually tried fitting an electrician's blade in place of the main blade on that. It was close, really close but wouldn't quite fit

Too bad it wont fit, IMO it is very usefull, and great compliment on CT...

Neil · **Reply #1815 on:** January 11, 2011, 09:54:10 PM

They'd be nothing to stop it going on another layer though, I just thought on that SAK the main blade would have been best being replaced with something smaller.

Mercury · **Reply #1816 on:** January 12, 2011, 10:42:56 AM

I used my supertinker to pry open a can of paint at work, then I used it's main blade to open mail.

jekostas · **Reply #1817 on:** January 13, 2011, 11:34:29 PM

How bloody lazy are people these days?
The foyer of my apartment building tends to be treated as a bit of a "dump site" where people bring stuff they don't want that's either outdated or sort of broken. Went down today and somewhat had tossed, no joke, a carbon fiber camera tripod. The legs were fine, the post was fine, it was just that somewhat had broken the panning head off of it.
So, five minutes with the lovely Gold TiNi Sog PPP, and I have a set of carbon fiber tripod legs, and I already have a good ballhead I can put on it.

Edit: Well, my link's not working, but it's a re-branded Benro tripod. Anyone in to photography would know what that means.

ICanFixThat · **Reply #1818 on:** January 14, 2011, 09:39:00 PM

Quote from: edcgear on January 11, 2011, 09:51:31 PM

Quote from: Neil on January 11, 2011, 09:47:57 PM
I actually tried fitting an electrician's blade in place of the main blade on that. It was close, really close but wouldn't quite fit

Too bad it wont fit, IMO it is very usefull, and great compliment on CT...

Hmm that would be a great idea. I wonder if the Elec. blade from the 84mm knife would adapt better. Maybe we just need to start getting the bitdriver and carrier into the alox scales.

Griffster · **Reply #1819 on:** January 15, 2011, 01:29:34 AM

I used my TTi all day yesterday while doing a small A/V install. Sorry for the rubbish pictures. The pliers retain enough grip to hold a connector while I soldered it. And the eyeglass screwdriver worked as a small terminal driver. Nice!

Griffster

Jmora · **Reply #1820 on:** January 15, 2011, 01:40:59 AM

was cooking dinner, and decided to use my opinel 6 to cut up everything, because I was sick of the blunt kitchen knives in my flat. The knife cut through everything like butter, made it so much easier.

Sparky415 · **Reply #1821 on:** January 15, 2011, 11:21:38 AM

Jekostas, Free stuff

Griff, Using the TTi as a 'heat sink'

Last night used my 'electric Kick' to cut up some squares of carpet at my neighbor house,

This was to make little sliders so I could move some kitchen appliances around on her new vinyl floor

I do like the Kick but miss the OH blade on my Skelletool

Griffster · **Reply #1822 on:** January 16, 2011, 12:51:06 AM

@Sparky415. For sure!

Zag · **Reply #1823 on:** January 16, 2011, 10:22:36 PM

I used my brand new Leatherman ST300

to change the headlight on my wife's Vespa.
As a side note; they couldn't have made the access to that bulb more complicated!

Dunc · **Reply #1824 on:** January 16, 2011, 10:27:02 PM

It was actually yesterday but I used the phillips driver on my Skeletool CX to repair my Daughters guinea pig hutch .

AimlessWanderer · **Reply #1825 on:** January 17, 2011, 12:57:51 AM

I've been tiling my brother's bathroom this weekend, so the swisstool proved quite useful opening PVA tub, breaking tab off adhesive/grout tub, pulling tile spacers out, scraping excess dried adhesive off new tiles, and cleaning edges of existing tiles, opening tile boxes, and cutting up old food tubs to make spatulas for the tricky areas

edcgear · **Reply #1826 on:** January 17, 2011, 03:06:14 AM

Spirit... To take the plates from car...

nuphoria · **Reply #1827 on:** January 17, 2011, 03:50:30 AM

Pioneer Harvester to cut the label out of my pyjamas.... it's pure rock 'n' roll around here

Sazabi · **Reply #1828 on:** January 21, 2011, 10:28:36 PM

After noticing a loose handle on a drawer in the apartment, I went through each of the drawers, checking for any loose handles and tightening any that required attention; my P4 came in quite handy in that regard.

edcgear · **Reply #1829 on:** January 21, 2011, 11:07:09 PM

Spirit... To cut some wires, than to strip them and to reconnect a 3mm stereo jack to speakers...

And Spirit again to pull a needle trough material while sewing my work cloth....

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