Name Your Tool Fantasy

[cbass]

MY tool fantasy would be dust collection.Still lookin for them zircon encrusted tweezers though

[Cygnus X1]

MY tool fantasy would be dust collection.Still lookin for them zircon encrusted tweezers though

Dust collector?
I need to get a backhoe first to start to clean this shop!

[cbass]

MY tool fantasy would be dust collection.Still lookin for them zircon encrusted tweezers though

Dust collector?
I need to get a backhoe first to start to clean this shop!

Ibet mines worse

[Cygnus X1]

A challenge!



Got the Zappa reference...good times.
Before we get too far off track.
Yes she's looking at Mouser but can't even find it.

Seems "IEC" is a universal term worthy of $6,000 tool sets.

[boots]

I'd love to have an IEC chassis punch for AC sockets.

Has anybody tried using a "nibbler" for cutting out rectangular holes? They used to be available at Radio Shack. I don't know how well they work.

[strato17]

The pliers dedicated to removing power cord starin relief plugs. How sweet it is to squeeze and be done.

Amen

[Firestorm]

The pliers dedicated to removing power cord starin relief plugs. How sweet it is to squeeze and be done.

,
Amen

I've got those and if you're replacing the same gauge wire, they're great. But that never happens: you replace two conductor w/ three conductor or up the gauge for higher current and nothing fits. Arrrrgh!

[xtian]

Can't we all just live together and share one awesome workspace? About 15k sq ft should do it, with easy access to parts and consumables, cheap food, and a quiet nap space.

[cbass]

Can't we all just live together and share one awesome workspace? About 15k sq ft should do it, with easy access to parts and consumables, cheap food, and a quiet nap space.

I'm in if you include beer

[Phil_S]

... and a quiet nap space.

Uh huh, maybe next to the testing room? I'm a napper. We need a room with a selection of speaker cabs.

Back to the main topic, I recently bought at Shaviv deburring tool. I don't know how I lived without it!

[telentubes]

I bet no one has one of these yet. Under $200 to build... but just barely.

[xtian]

I bet no one has one of these yet. Under $200... but just barely.

…an F-style panini toaster?

[telentubes]

Wow, you are gooood!

[Structo]

I would love to have a complete wood shop someday.....

Well, I can dream.

[rp]

To people wanting Greelee punches, the way to do it is a little at a time, when you have a small order from Mouser add one punch. Or if you have a big order adding $35 might be marginal. That's how I did it, over two years. You only need a few - 1 1/4, 1 1/8, 3/4, 1/2, though now you need 30mm for Beltons instead of 1 1/8.

Someone mentioned the nibbler. Get one, I did, changed my life, amp life anyway. Get the Klein. There's a learning curve as you can't really see what your nibbling but with a 3/8 drill, 1/2 punch, and the nibbler I can do an IEC now in 15 minutes rather than an hour of misery with a file. No metal dust either.

For $150 maybe I can get a science lab rescue chimp and train him to do heaters for me.