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#30803 10/29/03 04:06 AM
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I've got a pair of those 1 handed ratcheting cutters that now often get used around the house as - Tree Pruners. Expensive garden tool but they sure do work slick. Will anybody else admit to having one prominent nick in their's from cutting ACSR on occasion?

#30804 10/29/03 06:43 AM
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Have you ever looked at the etching of the lineman on the pole on a pair of new Klein sidecutters? I mean before the wear and tear of use makes him fade or disappear? I think they are the same on all of them, but if i look at mine while i open them, his hat seems to fly off his head. I always thought it was a little reminder to be careful everytime you open them up to work on something so that you don't get your hat blown off. One time I worked so many hours in a row and was sorely lacking on sleep and i guess you get a little wacky after awhile because when i pulled my Kleins out of my pouch to use them, i swear they smiled at me.

#30805 10/29/03 06:52 AM
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Ever heard your Kleins "talk" (lol)? We used to keep them lubed up enough so that the handles were loose enough that when you flipped them out of your hand in a rotating motion, the jaws would rattle open and shut. We used to call it making them talk.

#30806 10/29/03 07:21 AM
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pretty hard to beat cordless tools of any kind. Cordless recip saw makes life alittle easier.

#30807 10/29/03 08:56 AM
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I am sitting in front of my favorite tool, the computer.
Other than that, I get teased some for my choices of "Old Timer's" tools.
BTW, for Sven, Fluke is in Taiwan.

#30808 10/29/03 06:34 PM
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I have to agree with some of the other guys here with regards to the Dewalt cordless line. The 18V hammer/driver drill is worth every single penny. Its been thoroughly used and abused daily and has never let me down. I just put a set of new brushes on it and I have no doubt that it will run for another 5 years.

#30809 10/29/03 06:40 PM
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A lot of my favorites are on my electronics bench rather than for general wiring jobs.

Hard to choose between so many useful things, but for work with small parts a "pearl catcher" is very handy (spring-loaded device with three wire "fingers" to pick up and locate nuts, washers, etc.

An Avo 8 Mk. III meter is one of my favorite test instruments. Some scorn such "old fashioned" meters these days, but they're still excellent devices, and I'm kind of attached to mind as it belonged to my late father.

I'm proud to say that in our combined ownership of over 30 years it's still as pristine now as it was when new.

#30810 10/29/03 08:18 PM
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Saw a new one today. Went to the supply house to pick up an order of emergency/exit lights and they had just got in a new shipment Klein tools.

Looking for anything cool and unusual i spotted a box with some screwdrivers in it but i could only see the top of the handles sticking out.

The top of the grip had an odd stamp on it that looked like a torx but with more teeth. So i pulled out this odd screwdriver and it was.... A KLEIN BOTTLE OPENER! The stamp on the handle was a bottle cap! I cracked up.

The guy a the supply house told me i could have one for free and as soon as i got back to the job all my employees wanted one.

My coolest new tool is a dewalt cordless shop vac aka "rat sucker". Man its great to move around a job with no cords sucking rats at each pull box. Not to mention you can clean up a mess with it too.

#30811 10/29/03 08:31 PM
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So i pulled out this odd screwdriver and it was.... A KLEIN BOTTLE OPENER!

Just what you need to open a Klein Bottle! How many dimensions does it open into?
http://www.kleinbottle.com/

#30812 10/29/03 10:23 PM
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A got the 2-piece Klein barbeque set for Christmas last year [Linked Image] Spatula and fork.

Right now my favorite tool in my pouch is my new set of Knipex brand slide jaw pliers. I've always used Channelocs in the past, but the Knipex are really cool! Matt



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