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Post by Mr Stabby on Oct 10, 2020 21:09:11 GMT
I crimp off a length every morning. With the M5 cutter? No, with the tea towel holder.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 11, 2020 7:52:35 GMT
naughtyfox will do his usual and try to convince himself his overpriced rubbish is actually the best thing OK, OK, I get it. No good for crimping. I didn't even buy it for crimping - I wanted a wire stripper and for that it worked just fine. So buy the correct tool for the job - they are crap for wire stripping when space is restricted - you know; like boats for instance.
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Post by naughtyfox on Oct 11, 2020 8:20:32 GMT
Space wasn't restricted though. There is room to swing a cat donkey inside our boat.
The only tool I have thought about getting is a multimeter... Fluke seems to have a good name... but then, not sure that we need one. Everything works on our boat, the old adage don't touch it if it ain't broke could be worth bearing in mind.
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Post by Jim on Oct 11, 2020 8:43:21 GMT
Space wasn't restricted though. There is room to swing a cat donkey's knob inside our boat. The only tool I have thought about getting is a multimeter... Fluke seems to have a good name... but then, not sure that we need one. Everything works on our boat, the old adage don't touch it if it ain't broke could be worth bearing in mind. The amount of use it gets will obviously be minimal then, so cheap shit will do for DIAGNOSING any potential problems that do occur when it does break. Most of the time you will only use "continuity" and " dc 20 Voles". It is a vital tool though, for any self respecting self reliant narrowboater.
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Post by Gone on Oct 11, 2020 9:00:28 GMT
Space wasn't restricted though. There is room to swing a cat donkey inside our boat. The only tool I have thought about getting is a multimeter... Fluke seems to have a good name... but then, not sure that we need one. Everything works on our boat, the old adage don't touch it if it ain't broke could be worth bearing in mind. Fluke is very good but very expensive. For a boater a UT203 is good as it measures volts and ohms but also it is a D.C. clamp meter for measuring amps without breaking the circuit. I have one, and would get another if I lost it. From memory, there used to be a version of the UT203 that did not measure D.C. current that was lower in price, so check the spec before you click buy.......
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Post by Deleted on Oct 11, 2020 9:02:53 GMT
Space wasn't restricted though. There is room to swing a cat donkey inside our boat. The only tool I have thought about getting is a multimeter... Fluke seems to have a good name... but then, not sure that we need one. Everything works on our boat, the old adage don't touch it if it ain't broke could be worth bearing in mind. Fluke is very good but very expensive. For a boater a UT203 is good as it measures volts and ohms but also it is a D.C. clamp meter for measuring amps without breaking the circuit. I have one, and would get another if I lost it. From memory, there used to be a version of the UT203 that did not measure D.C. current that was lower in price, so check the spec before you click buy....... I can sell one that doesn't measure DC current if anyone is interested...............................
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Post by Jim on Oct 11, 2020 9:40:36 GMT
No, with the tea towel holder. Have you tried all the orifii on your coffin?
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Post by brummieboy on Oct 19, 2020 15:20:20 GMT
Prime day on Amazon featured a AC/DC clamp meter, multimeter, diode tester if ever you need it , Meterk MK06. The offer price was £20, normally about £30.
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Post by brummieboy on Oct 19, 2020 15:26:27 GMT
Tbh I was amazed to see Knipex make junk like Foxy has in his toolbox! Next you'll be saying Snap-On spanners are shit. And Britool? And Teng? Not shit, but vastly overpriced to cater for the 'drip,drip' weekly payments from the mobile vans. I use 2 sets of spanners daily, one ratchet set, that I bought from Aldi 10 years ago. They came with nice little racks that keep them together so I don't leave them in customers houses. A bargain at approx £8 a pop, and not too expensive to replace if some scrote robs your van.
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Post by naughtyfox on Oct 19, 2020 16:07:15 GMT
Next you'll be saying Snap-On spanners are shit. And Britool? And Teng? but vastly overpriced I think we have some reasonable-quality tools on our boat - and I have used many and they have been handy. Also, if there's a job I can't do, or a mechanic comes to help/do a job and asks have you got such-and-such a tool I can say Yes!... and know where it is. A lot of our tools are from Ebay. Our BSS man came without batteries for his gasometer-thingy... an LR6 was needed as I recall... did we have one? Yup I rather liked looking for tools on Ebay... but now we have all we need/want... apart from a multimeter... and I'm not sure I really want one, prefer to forget about the electrics as everything works just fine. Oh... and a PVC pipe cutter! Stanley knife - yes!
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Post by Jim on Oct 20, 2020 8:17:39 GMT
Picked up a crimp/auto wire stripper tool from the Middle Of Lidl yesterday, looks ideal for the little jobs on the boat/bike etc. comes in a box with a small range of crimp connectors. Ideal for a vulpine 'prentice sparks.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 21, 2020 14:32:26 GMT
Cable stripper = Teeth Cable crimper = screwdriver and hammer
And of course all the tools listed above serve more than one purpose.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 21, 2020 14:41:54 GMT
I did a cable strip with my teeth today actually. Always done it but as one gets older the thickness of wire one can sensibly do decreases.
I try not to do welding wire or starter motor cables these days.
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Post by sealover on Nov 28, 2020 22:48:29 GMT
Space wasn't restricted though. There is room to swing a cat donkey inside our boat. The only tool I have thought about getting is a multimeter... Fluke seems to have a good name... but then, not sure that we need one. Everything works on our boat, the old adage don't touch it if it ain't broke could be worth bearing in mind. the old adage don't touch it if it ain't broke could be worth bearing in mind.[/quote] Very politely put N Fox The expression the shift (engineers) used to use in one of the careers (that was shoreside I had was "Don't f*ck up a going concern". Only problem with that was it wasn't helpful for the routine maintainance records. We hot round that ny leaving that aspect to the opposite 12 hour a day shift. They were suoerkeen to take everything apart including pulling up the floating floor tiles. They would deem our shift as lazy rather than more relaxed. We had a good laugh at them. They must be on 3 Weetabix a day etc. Unfortunately no one had mapped out where the fire alarms were under the floor tiles amongst the cabling. Each time they set off the fire alarms a d sometimes late in evening it resulted in 5 fire engine turning up and the company getting charged as it was such a frequent occurrence. Perfect shift A who never stopped knocking our shift B got a good telling off with internal memos from top management when the costs were realized. Even though Shift B knew the alarm sounding through building had been caused by them and rang company security the fire engines still had to arrive and check it all out.
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