The Hacked Leatherman Owners Club.

[zoidberg]

Thanks antouant for the inspiration. 

[ducttapetech]

Sweet mod!

Nate

[zoidberg]

Sweet mod!

Nate

More pics over here for those interested.

[Monrogue]

That's a seriously hacked Rebar zoidberg-nice job buddy

[zoidberg]

That's a seriously hacked Rebar zoidberg-nice job buddy

 

It is pretty good for a spare parts build. 

[Obi1shinobee]

  very nice zoid ..    but fuse lock make bigger

[Breezy12]

That's a seriously hacked Rebar zoidberg-nice job buddy

 

It is pretty good for a spare parts build. 

pretty damn good, I'd say!

I need to do the same thing with a pile of spare BO parts soon... might have to try out that clip mod too.

[zoidberg]

That's a seriously hacked Rebar zoidberg-nice job buddy

 

It is pretty good for a spare parts build. 

pretty damn good, I'd say!

I need to do the same thing with a pile of spare BO parts soon... might have to try out that clip mod too.

Here is a great idea...

I think there's also a lot of promise in fitting the removable clip from a Wave into the space that's between the file and the small screwdriver of the Rebar, after replacing the lanyard with an appropriate diameter spacer (or grinding a smidge off the diameter of the Lanyard attachment, and keeping it in/on the Rebar).

...worth looking at.  BO sounds nice. 

[detron]

just a handle swap

My coworker asked me to do the swap, because he wanted the orange and BO tools,  and as payment, I get the BO, with Silver tools!   seemed fair to me.

so here are the factory tools





hard to see, but notice the different angles on the large flat drivers (I took a better angled photo,  but you could not see the silver one)





so I like using the engineer pliers, but I also like NOT scratching the body of the tools so I decided to try something new, and it worked fairly decently.

I used these



and put them on the end of the pliers like so





they wore out before I was finished, I just replaced them and it was all good.

here is the tear down results



so, I also wanted to switch the lock releases so that the Orange Tool had black insides and locks.



ALL DONE!!!!!

orange handles, with black tools, black pliers, black locks, and black knurled knobs.










AND the BO handles with all silver everywhere.

[Lichtbote]

Looks great - a big improvement for both. 

[pingu]

This is just Orangeless UK torture

[zoidberg]

Shot detron. 

[detron]

thanks everyone

[Monrogue]

Nice work Detron   The orange/black Fuse is a cool looking MT

[Aloha]

Great work Detron 

[derekmac]

I like!! 

[ducttapetech]

Good work Detron! Those look good.

Nate

[Breezy12]

really nice work, detron! and great idea to use those labels on the tips of the engineer screw pliers.

[pingu]

This is my final and definitive "knifeless" Rebar.

Has gained LM small scissors from Fuse and my combo 'F' wrench in lieu of the blades, whose function is provided by a legal folder.   Of the original LM tools the cap-lifter required a 0.4mm thickness reduction.  The saw is SOG with the original saw on permanent loan to Fuse.

Not my urban EDC but definitely my go-to MT.


 

[Kampfer]

[Obi1shinobee]

 

[zoidberg]

 

[zoidberg]

Just saw this and had to share. Could be handy if I make a skinny TTi.

[Breezy12]

Just saw this and had to share. Could be handy if I make a skinny TTi.

 

[Rux]

Who's a guy got to pay to have them hack my Rebar? 

[zoidberg]

What hack are you after?

[Breezy12]

What hack are you after?

what he said... let us know what you're after, and I'm sure one of us can help you out.

[JBW1]

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That's awesome man, that's exactly what I need. I have the AL and but was planning on going to the surge, mainly because of the outside accessible scissors and replaceable wire cutters. Hut but I love my 154cm blade. Guess its time to get a security hex bit and start HACKN'. Great job all!!!!
   

[Breezy12]

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That's awesome man, that's exactly what I need. I have the AL and but was planning on going to the surge, mainly because of the outside accessible scissors and replaceable wire cutters. Hut but I love my 154cm blade. Guess its time to get a security hex bit and start HACKN'. Great job all!!!!
   

thanks man, glad you like it! and welcome to the forum!

for this particular mod, you won't need a security torx bit, as both the Charge AL and Rebar are held together with the knurled screws, and the Wingman can be disassembled with just a standard torx bit.

oh, and you'll need a Dremel (or similar tool) to enlarge the pivot hole of the Wingman scissors in order for them to fit on the Charge.

[JBW1]

Thanks breezy12 for the advise, would any pliers fit, i.e. rebar Supertool