professional Screwdrivers
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Way cool! If repair business slows down, you can always pull teeth to pick up some extra income. : ) I need to buy some of those. "A repairman can never have too many pliers (or forceps)".
I should have read your post more carefully!
I have just noticed another pair of players with an arrow. The one most on the left with blue handles. It is Musicmedics spring inserting pliers:
http://www.musicmedic.com/catalog/products/tool-pl100.html
They were an early repair purchase that I would not repeat
Chris
I have just noticed another pair of players with an arrow. The one most on the left with blue handles. It is Musicmedics spring inserting pliers:
http://www.musicmedic.com/catalog/products/tool-pl100.html
They were an early repair purchase that I would not repeat
Chris
Ha! Let me know if you need help identifying them for purchase. The idea, I got from Steve Howard, who has literally taught me everything I know.
A couple of weeks after I had the conversation with him, I had a routine check with my dentist, who gave me a catalogue!
Chris
That would be a great help to identify which models you find most useful. My preliminary research has found a relatively inexpensive source. It is interesting that they have American extracting forceps and English extracting forceps. Does that mean English teeth are different than American teeth?
That sounds like a set-up line for Jay Leno.
Ever watch topgear on the BBC?
Dental equipment can be a great source for woodinwd repair tools. I went to a couple of dental equipment exhibitions and still a bunch of catalogues from many different types of companies. I got some leads from a few dentists and dental technicians too. One of my most useful and important tools, a dental lab micromotor, is (obviously) a dental tool. A lot of micromotor bits too.
I have a few of those pliers too (slightly modified the jaws). I like the way you use them. I barely use them and personally prefer other methods for the same jobs you described.
Why do you regret buying the Music Medic spring pliers? I have spring pliers from another source, with a similar but slightly different design, and I like them a lot. Is it something specific about the ones you bought that you don't like?
Occasionally when someone sees (or rather hears) my micromotor they might ask if I can also fix a filling for them...
I very much so like the looks of these screwdrivers. If they've got 'em in Torx, I know what folks can get me as stocking stuffers.
I also like the idea of that magnetic knife holder. I think I'd consider that for my workbench at, well, work. I'd need a carry case, though: I used to be on the road 90% of the time, but I'm now in the office 99% of the time. However, it pays to be prepared for that 1% of the time.
I'm too lazy to look at who mentioned that he used a broken screwdriver for prying off difficult pads. In the computer world, we use something that's generally referred to as a "black stick" (for obvious reasons). It's used for prying things up when you don't want to accidentally scratch something. The ones I linkied to are a bit pricey: I've seen under 50 cents. (I also suppose you could wrap a couple twist ties around it to hang to that magnetic knife rack.)
Speaking of the magnetic knife rack, with modern computers, the only thing you still have to be extra-careful about with magnetism is the monitor. Things have gotten more static electricity resistant, too.
"It's not the Stig, but it's the Stig's American cousin."
in reference to Spring tools, here are my 2 favorite ones.
Luckily, with clarinet it is easy to take a post off of the body and work separately for those really tough problems.
BELOW: The top tool is a spring installer (aka, it pushes it into the spring hole). The design takes into consideration the post head if you tackle from directly above.
The lower tool can also really push it in, but is normally used for when springs are broken off at the post and one would use the pointy end to push the spring nib out of the post.
BELOW: Up close of the Spring installer tool
If one takes the posts off of the body then there are other tools which look like thick springs (thin punches) which allow one to use a hammer if necessary.
Luckily, with clarinet it is easy to take a post off of the body and work separately for those really tough problems.
BELOW: The top tool is a spring installer (aka, it pushes it into the spring hole). The design takes into consideration the post head if you tackle from directly above.
The lower tool can also really push it in, but is normally used for when springs are broken off at the post and one would use the pointy end to push the spring nib out of the post.
BELOW: Up close of the Spring installer tool
If one takes the posts off of the body then there are other tools which look like thick springs (thin punches) which allow one to use a hammer if necessary.
might be a tad expensive for stocking stuffers .. but you can get me a few
Bodies are about $24 each, and the blades vary but avg about $20 each
if i recall there are 2 sizes for bodies as the blades vary dependent upon end blade/body thickness
They have discontinued them. I have mine all with the big handles, since that helps with torque for the more resistant screws I use them for.
Here the equivalent ones I use. Tope left to install springs and remove which broke with a bit of length left sticking out of the post (or when removing complete ones, cut close and use the pliers). The other two are for removing springs broken at the post, but they can also be used in the same way as the top left one (never done it with the right one though, only the bottom one when I wanted the parallel jaws).
How about "neener, neener my tools are better than your tools"? That would be a good name too.
How about "neener, neener my tools are better than your tools"? That would be a good name too.
I like the title "A better tool for pulling teeth ..."
figuratively and literally thanks to Chris
Someone mentioned electric mini-screwdrivers.
I was walking thru the Home Despot today. My explicit reason was to buy grass and weed killer. My implicit reason was to look at shinies. I came across a $5 screwdriver set. I didn't buy it because of the amazing "high quality." I bought it because it had a standard-size screwdriver bit to precision-bit adapter. I can use it with my Black and Decker rechargeable. It'll help if I have to disassemble another aluminum iMac: you have to remove about 20 really tight Torx screws to get to the inside of it.
I'm not worried about the amount of torque, but I can definitely agree that the B&D would be wayyyy too much for musical instrument applications.
I also have a couple of torque-calibrated screwdrivers at work. They're odd-sized, so I've had very few opportunities to use them. It is interesting to have a screwdriver that will only tighten so much and that's it. I should sell them. They're about $280 new ....
I was walking thru the Home Despot today. My explicit reason was to buy grass and weed killer. My implicit reason was to look at shinies. I came across a $5 screwdriver set. I didn't buy it because of the amazing "high quality." I bought it because it had a standard-size screwdriver bit to precision-bit adapter. I can use it with my Black and Decker rechargeable. It'll help if I have to disassemble another aluminum iMac: you have to remove about 20 really tight Torx screws to get to the inside of it.
I'm not worried about the amount of torque, but I can definitely agree that the B&D would be wayyyy too much for musical instrument applications.
I also have a couple of torque-calibrated screwdrivers at work. They're odd-sized, so I've had very few opportunities to use them. It is interesting to have a screwdriver that will only tighten so much and that's it. I should sell them. They're about $280 new ....