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Post by chippie on Nov 21, 2020 15:56:01 GMT 1
Just the job for those left or right handed
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Post by remmington on Nov 21, 2020 15:59:31 GMT 1
Just the job for those left or right handed Why?  |
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Post by rhyds on Nov 21, 2020 17:32:44 GMT 1
Just the job for those left or right handed Why? Its imperial one end and metric the other! |
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Post by remmington on Nov 21, 2020 17:44:34 GMT 1
Why? Its imperial one end and metric the other! That made me - an old man smile -  |
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Post by chippie on Nov 21, 2020 17:54:09 GMT 1
Nooooo......
Its left threaded nuts/bolts and right handed at the other end.....😂😂
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Post by upkeep on Nov 22, 2020 10:13:12 GMT 1
Had an apprentice once who was Ambiuseless clueless using either hand.
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Post by chippie on Nov 22, 2020 10:21:59 GMT 1
Its imperial one end and metric the other! That made me - an old man smile - You're not old....,just a mature member of the greater good 👍 |
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Post by remmington on Nov 22, 2020 10:30:22 GMT 1
That made me - an old man smile - You're not old....,just a mature member of the greater good 👍 I did not feel too old this week. Lad in his early thirties (relative of my wife) was trying to get a spin on oil filter off a Focus with a set of oil filter pliers and failed it was too tight. "stand aside child" Picked the filter pliers up - gripped them with all my strength and turned the filter off. How I can have more arm strength than a "strapping great big" thirty year old lad I don't know? But I did...! |
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Post by Noberator on Nov 22, 2020 13:21:35 GMT 1
You're not old....,just a mature member of the greater good 👍 I did not feel too old this week. Lad in his early thirties (relative of my wife) was trying to get a spin on oil filter off a Focus with a set of oil filter pliers and failed it was too tight. "stand aside child" Picked the filter pliers up - gripped them with all my strength and turned the filter off. But I did...!  |
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Post by Rhubarb on Nov 22, 2020 13:27:35 GMT 1
This tool is for undoing 2 nuts at once. Saves time innit  |
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Post by studabear on Nov 22, 2020 13:33:34 GMT 1
You're not old....,just a mature member of the greater good 👍 I did not feel too old this week. Lad in his early thirties (relative of my wife) was trying to get a spin on oil filter off a Focus with a set of oil filter pliers and failed it was too tight. "stand aside child" Picked the filter pliers up - gripped them with all my strength and turned the filter off. How I can have more arm strength than a "strapping great big" thirty year old lad I don't know? But I did...! It's a bit of workshop bravado I reckon, it brings out additional strength for the purpose of 1upmanship. We get it regular. Even down to tools in our place. Example my pal bought the dearest Mac 1/2" air gun, it wouldn't undo a transit wheel nut so first I laughed, wound him up and said do you want me to get mine to which he said I had no chance. Got my Mac gun (rebranded ingersoll rand titanium) but with my short 21mm impact socket, undone it instantly. His face was a picture. 😁 |
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Post by Joepublic on Nov 22, 2020 17:43:30 GMT 1
You're not old....,just a mature member of the greater good 👍 I did not feel too old this week. Lad in his early thirties (relative of my wife) was trying to get a spin on oil filter off a Focus with a set of oil filter pliers and failed it was too tight. "stand aside child" Picked the filter pliers up - gripped them with all my strength and turned the filter off. How I can have more arm strength than a "strapping great big" thirty year old lad I don't know? But I did...! I work with and have trained 2 lads in their 30s, both gym bodies, they struggle like crazy with anything that requires technique - coordination and muscle at the same time, both are of the Playstation / xbox generation. One in particular has been hard work, this week he's been to hospital with a really nasty self inflicted steam burn, still the nurses had some eye candy to look at with his top off. |
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Post by valhalla on Nov 22, 2020 23:39:46 GMT 1
As Noberator says, technique.
My young pair of helping-hands is always amazed by how strong I am, but I try to show him that it is all in the way you apply the forces, and use what muscles you still have (not many.....) to best effect.
One example is keeping opposing spanners, for example steering tie-rod locknuts, close together and aligned to allow you to just squeeze them closed to break a joint. HH couldn't undo one of the locknuts a few weeks back on the Doblo steering tie-rods, he struggled for 10minutes before giving-up, then I came along and did the job with one hand.....
It's not big, but it's clever......
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Post by remmington on Nov 23, 2020 21:17:04 GMT 1
As Noberator says, technique. My young pair of helping-hands is always amazed by how strong I am, but I try to show him that it is all in the way you apply the forces, and use what muscles you still have (not many.....) to best effect. One example is keeping opposing spanners, for example steering tie-rod locknuts, close together and aligned to allow you to just squeeze them closed to break a joint. HH couldn't undo one of the locknuts a few weeks back on the Doblo steering tie-rods, he struggled for 10minutes before giving-up, then I came along and did the job with one hand..... It's not big, but it's clever...... One thing I have noticed about getting older - I feel the cold later in the day when the sun is going down - more than I did when I was younger. |
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Post by chippie on Nov 23, 2020 21:28:15 GMT 1
I've noticed a lot of things since getting older......cold, as you say, memory not as sharp, my arthritis is getting worse....I have trouble holding things in my right hand.....the list goes on....
My doctor used to say' your body is like a car engine, parts start to wear out....'
Hope I dont need a rebore....or have a knocking big end....😂
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