The Great Super Macro Multitool Picture Thread

[Leatherman123]

Wow, your absolutely right! There's a nail nick!

[cgjones]

Would it belong to a Swiss+Tech Screwz-All?

[MultiMat]

Keep trying chaps  BTW you are quite cold & getting colder with your guesses 

[MultiMat]

Do not give up guys, I reckon Bob & Def would know what it comes from  . I will post another teaser tomorrow 

[NutSAK]

Is it from a Swiss Tech Micro model?

[MultiMat]

Is it from a Swiss Tech Micro model?

Na , it comes from a full sized   

[MultiMat]

OK what MT do these pics come from 
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                                             TEASER ONE

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[hawkchucker]

Nothign comes to mind on this one. you got a stumper!

[Stormdrane]

Might be the Schrade Tough Tool, at least  it reminds me of the one I used to have...

[Leatherman123]

Yeah, it definitely is! 

[MultiMat]

Badabing , yay ya got it. It is a very odd tool the Tough Tool l. Full of good ideas but has the ergonomics of a 3 legged rabid camel. My one is the original model . I will post some more pics & thoughts down the track. Still would like to know what purpose the grooves on the Phillips head have   

[hawkchucker]

Huh Thats why I could not figure it out. But he Grooves are to have less slippage.

[J-sews]

Huh Thats why I could not figure it out. But he Grooves are to have less slippage.

That would be my guess too. I've got some Black & Decker phillips hex bits that have the same type of grooves.

[Freudian Frog]

I thought it was so you could REALLY get some gunk up in there and rust your philips head even faster.

[MultiMat]

I thought it was so you could REALLY get some gunk up in there and rust your philips head even faster.

According to some on the forum it is only Leatherman that rust so my Schrade should be ok 

[donvito]

I thought it was so you could REALLY get some gunk up in there and rust your philips head even faster.

According to some on the forum it is only Leatherman that rust so my Schrade should be ok 

Yeah that's what I've heard as well, must be true 

[Gareth]

Playing with camera tonight.

[donvito]

Liking that fluted corkscrew, great shot  how are the fluting more effective compared to the new corkscrew?

[Leatherman123]

I used the fluted cs on my Traveler today.. I have to say, I think it's more effective than the new style..

[Mike, Lord of the Spammers!]

The fluted corkscrew does look the part doesn't it

[NutSAK]

Liking that fluted corkscrew, great shot  how are the fluting more effective compared to the new corkscrew?

They're not.  The new style corkscrew has never failed me.  How can anything be more effective than that?

[DaveK]

I think I asked this before, but can't remember if anyone replied - what was the purpose of the "groove" on the old corkscrew?

[J-sews]

I think I asked this before, but can't remember if anyone replied - what was the purpose of the "groove" on the old corkscrew?

Yah, it seems like a lot of extra work unless there were some advantage to it?

[Anthony]

Hmm..well cork is like a sponge..it's stiff, but it does expand and contract around stuff (contracts into the bottle opening for example, then expands and hold itself firmly in place).

So I'm guessing after the screw is...screwed...into the cork, the cork expands into the fluting, giving it some extra grip.

[Gareth]

I've wondered about this as well.  I just can't see the advantage of the groove.  Why would the smooth corkscrew 'slip'?  It's the spiral that is doing the work.  my thought is that it seems more likely that the groove is just a side product of the manufacturing process that they used to use, you do see some that have a very light trace of a groove that can't possibly make a difference.  Like I say I'm not convinced either way but I do think they look nice. 

[DaveK]

I wonder if one of our members with Vic contacts could ask? I'm really interested to know.

On the last SAK I made from bits I used the CS with the groove, purely because it looks nice, since then I've been wondering what it's all about!

[Benner]

I used the fluted cs on my Traveler today.. I have to say, I think it's more effective than the new style..

In what way?

I have used both and saw no difference.

[NutSAK]

I used the fluted cs on my Traveler today.. I have to say, I think it's more effective than the new style..

In what way?

I have used both and saw no difference.

Yes, do tell.  So, the fluted corkscrew pulled a cork more effectively than the regular corkscrew pulls a cork?  If both corks are pulled, how is one more effective than the other?

I'm not going to do a search on SOSAK, but if my memory serves me, past discussions of this topic revealed that the flute was to reduce splitting of the cork.

[DaveK]

........ past discussions of this topic revealed that the flute was to reduce splitting of the cork.

Blimey, what's the science behind that, can you recall? It sounds like a good reason, I just can't figure why it might help  Maybe it didn't and that's why they changed it 

So many questions......

[Nikos]

Perhaps it's the same principle as the groove on some hunting knives (and the claws of all natural predators): allow the air (and/or blood) to go out as the "implement" goes in?