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J-sews · **Reply #60 on:** September 05, 2009, 08:19:10 PM

Couple pics of the disassembled plier head.

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AHB · **Reply #61 on:** September 05, 2009, 08:29:11 PM

Whoa, Good Mod-Job...

jzmtl · **Reply #62 on:** September 05, 2009, 09:02:12 PM

Mike, Lord of the Spammers! · **Reply #63 on:** September 05, 2009, 10:10:06 PM

Top job that matey

Gareth · **Reply #64 on:** September 05, 2009, 11:28:00 PM

that's fantastic.

So why can't SOG manage it?

Anthony · **Reply #65 on:** September 06, 2009, 12:43:38 AM

Does it close?

Looks good!

max6166 · **Reply #66 on:** September 06, 2009, 01:24:54 AM

That is just freakin' awesome! Amazing job, J-sews!

I never really understood what the problem was that stopped SOG from releasing theirs. Now I am even more confused...

Which model of cutter did you end up using?

J-sews · **Reply #67 on:** September 06, 2009, 02:31:00 AM

I ended up using the one pictured in the first post of this thread

But it was far too thick to fit within the SOG handles, so after cutting off the excess handle length, I ground it down to proper thickness. It ended up being about 3/16" (4mm) thinner than it started. My biggest worry was that removing all this extra thickness would end up taking the "head" off the pivot pin, allowing the two halves of the cutter head to fall apart. Luckily that didn't happen though.

Then it was a matter of welding a blob of metal onto the end of each handle stub, shaping it to size, then drilling a hole through for the handle pivots.

An unexpected hurdle was the little rivets that go through the SOG handle gears. $:-\$ The dang things stick out the backside of the gears. I never noticed the slot SOG puts in their plier heads for clearance. I had to machine a slot through mine for the same reason:

Really the only shortcoming of this mod is that the cutting surfaces don't extend all the way down to the pivot. See in the picture below where there is a "hole" about where you would normally have hard wire cutters on a regular multitool? Its there because of how much extra thickness I had to remove to get the cutter head to fit. I actually ground all the way through at that point.

It couldn't be helped though. $:-\$ Still and all, it works great! And because the cutter is made of hard tool steel, it doesn't really need a hard wire notch anyhow.

Tinnie · **Reply #68 on:** September 06, 2009, 03:06:21 AM

Superb job Bob

DaveK · **Reply #69 on:** September 06, 2009, 03:10:33 AM

That is quality Bob. Great job

WhichDawg · **Reply #70 on:** September 06, 2009, 04:17:48 AM

Holy Cow Bob, that's fantastic

Sog called, they want to know what your doing next Saturday!

J-sews · **Reply #71 on:** September 06, 2009, 04:19:28 AM

Quote from: WhichDawg on September 06, 2009, 04:17:48 AM

Holy Cow Bob, that's fantastic

Sog called, they want to know what your doing next Saturday!

Actually I just spoke to them. They're peeved that the cutter head doesn't say SOG SOG SOG SOG SOG SOG all over it

Zack · **Reply #72 on:** September 06, 2009, 04:35:56 AM

Well done Bob, that is something to be very proud of...so.....Can I have it.

Tinnie · **Reply #73 on:** September 06, 2009, 04:49:15 AM

Quote from: J-sews on September 06, 2009, 04:19:28 AM

Quote from: WhichDawg on September 06, 2009, 04:17:48 AM
Holy Cow Bob, that's fantastic

Sog called, they want to know what your doing next Saturday!

Actually I just spoke to them. They're peeved that the cutter head doesn't say SOG SOG SOG SOG SOG SOG all over it

Umm...are you going to make more for us

MultiMat · **Reply #74 on:** September 06, 2009, 05:10:55 AM

Bob you are one clever cookie

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I would be interested to hear with the help of compound leverage , what that bad boy can cut

J-sews · **Reply #75 on:** September 06, 2009, 05:12:52 AM

Quote from: MultiMat on September 06, 2009, 05:10:55 AM

Bob you are one clever cookie .

I would be interested to hear with the help of compound leverage , what that bad boy can cut

Oww! Quitcher pokin' me!

http://forum.multitool.org/index.php/topic,1177.75.html

Spoonrobot · **Reply #76 on:** September 06, 2009, 06:15:47 AM

Nice job Bob!

So the way this works is I just send you my PowerLock and a pair of side cutters and in a few days you send me back your homebrew PowerCut, right?

scrappy · **Reply #77 on:** September 06, 2009, 06:38:55 AM

bob
you are my hero. I am amazed!

WhichDawg · **Reply #78 on:** September 06, 2009, 07:19:27 AM

When Bob does something, he does it right! (eventually)

cliosguy · **Reply #79 on:** September 06, 2009, 08:09:36 AM

AWESOME job mate

prime77 · **Reply #80 on:** September 06, 2009, 08:11:49 AM

Job well done Bob.

Chalk another tool on the list that Bob has and the rest of use never will.

Neil · **Reply #81 on:** September 06, 2009, 06:15:40 PM

First up, that is a superb mod!

But what a lot of effort required

When I first saw you'd managed it I was thinking cool, perhaps I can make one as well. Then I read on

Enjoy your very cool new tool Bob. Us mortals will just have to wait for SOG to pull their finger out.

Freudian Frog · **Reply #82 on:** September 06, 2009, 06:35:54 PM

... Bob where do you live again?

J-sews · **Reply #83 on:** September 06, 2009, 07:42:32 PM

Quote from: Neil on September 06, 2009, 06:15:40 PM

First up, that is a superb mod!

But what a lot of effort required

When I first saw you'd managed it I was thinking cool, perhaps I can make one as well. Then I read on

Enjoy your very cool new tool Bob. Us mortals will just have to wait for SOG to pull their finger out.

Yah, the equipment I've got access to is not the sort everyone has set up in their back shed.

The biggest obstacle for most folks would be getting the thickness of the cutter head down to size. Multitools tend to have much thinner heads than regular pliers. If we could find a head of the proper thickness to begin with, the whole mod would be a lot simpler. $:-\$

J-sews · **Reply #84 on:** September 06, 2009, 07:45:20 PM

Quote from: Princess Pollywog on September 06, 2009, 06:35:54 PM

... Bob where do you live again?

In a little pond, not big enough for the both of us PP.

Nutznboltz · **Reply #85 on:** September 06, 2009, 08:54:08 PM

Really awesome job there J-sews

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WhichDawg · **Reply #86 on:** September 07, 2009, 08:06:44 AM

I don't mean to make this a Bob-Luv-In but he always tells us how he does things
and helps us do it ourselves

now if we could just get him to open shop!

AHB · **Reply #87 on:** September 07, 2009, 07:21:45 PM

Quote from: WhichDawg on September 07, 2009, 08:06:44 AM

I don't mean to make this a Bob-Luv-In but he always tells us how he does things
and helps us do it ourselves now if we could just get him to open shop!

But you done it anyway...

And +1

on the "Bob Shop"..

J-sews · **Reply #88 on:** September 07, 2009, 09:24:39 PM

Ack! No Bob-Luv-Ins allowed!

We only permit Neil-Luv-Ins and Spork-Luv-Ins on this forum

gafftapegreenia · **Reply #89 on:** September 07, 2009, 09:28:46 PM

Best. mod. ever.

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