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Started by Emax, Dec 31 2005 10:39 AM

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#1 Emax

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Posted 31 December 2005 - 10:39 AM

We have overlooked the "powered" uses for the adjustable wrench!

Impact Wrench

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Rotary Hammer

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Posted 31 December 2005 - 10:50 AM

Handy replacement fuse. Good for about 25,000 amps!



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Posted 31 December 2005 - 07:13 PM

Also - if you have really strong thumbs - a "metric" wrench makes a dandy nutcracker!

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Posted 02 January 2006 - 08:50 AM

View PostEmax, on Dec 31 2005, 11:50 AM, said:

Handy replacement fuse. Good for about 25,000 amps!
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How many amps is a 6" good for :devil:
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#5 Emax

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Posted 02 January 2006 - 09:18 AM

"How many amps is a 6" good for?"

I'm sure it will outperform the buswork in any swtich it'll fit into. Tried to get current ratings from Crescent and even Craftsman, but they've not gotten back to me.

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Posted 02 January 2006 - 09:51 AM

There's actually a log entry in our books from Blackcomb where someone used a cigarette foil package for a fuse replacement... ended up cooking all the lift HV controls.
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Posted 03 January 2006 - 08:13 AM

View PostEmax, on Dec 31 2005, 08:13 PM, said:

Also - if you have really strong thumbs - a "metric" wrench makes a dandy nutcracker!

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No fake - it works!


I might opt for the 16" Channel Locks for that application!
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Posted 04 January 2006 - 07:03 AM

All this kind of goes along with the thinking that if the only tool that you have is a hammer, then everything looks like a nail.

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Posted 04 January 2006 - 08:55 AM

"if the only tool that you have is a hammer, then everything looks like a nail."

I really like that.
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Posted 04 January 2006 - 01:58 PM

Here's a "powered" application that's been overlooked!
Combination battery carrier / hand warmer.
Both needs that all ski areas have.
Quick and easy installation too.

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Posted 04 January 2006 - 02:08 PM

View PostEmax, on Jan 4 2006, 02:58 PM, said:

Here's a "powered" application that's been overlooked!
Combination battery carrier / hand warmer.
Both needs that all ski areas have.
Quick and easy installation too.

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Only to be used with P.P.E.
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Posted 04 January 2006 - 02:29 PM

O.K. A couple of "un-powered" applications.

[attachment=6875:attachment] C.F.O. - style caliper

[attachment=6875:attachment] C.F.O. - style bathroom fixture

Blew that one.


[attachment=6878:attachment] the C.F.O. - style maintenance dept. caliper

[attachment=6879:attachment] the C.F.O. -approved maintenance dept. TP holder

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Posted 04 January 2006 - 02:44 PM

Dinosaur: "Only to be used with P.P.E."


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Posted 05 January 2006 - 05:51 PM

View PostEmax, on Jan 4 2006, 03:44 PM, said:

Dinosaur: "Only to be used with P.P.E."
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Posted 20 January 2006 - 04:18 PM

:shocking:
I assume at least your guys who are electricians know how the the high tension crew with power companies used crescent wrenches.

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Posted 21 January 2006 - 04:39 AM

And for the rest of us?
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Posted 21 January 2006 - 07:42 AM

View PostLift Dinosaur, on Jan 21 2006, 05:39 AM, said:

And for the rest of us?


They used a untighten crescent wrench to see if a line was hot or not.
A crescent wrench was hung off the end of a series of hot sticks and raised up toward the tension line being tested. When the wrench got close to the line, the jaws and screw would start to make all kinds of noise.
This is caused by the magnetic field that surronds a hot line.
If the linemen did not have a certified set of hot sticks or a set he trusted, they would simply throw the crescent wrench up towards the line and listen.
This may explain why the linemen for the power companies
were the first to wear hard hats, next to steel workers : )
They no longer do this sort thing. One of the hot sticks has a electro-static voltmeter build into it that can
be easily read from the ground. I use to work for a calibration lab that calibrated those meters.
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Posted 21 January 2006 - 08:31 AM

Great post Wally!
I feel another photo coming on...
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Posted 25 January 2006 - 06:56 AM

View PostEmax, on Dec 31 2005, 10:50 AM, said:

Handy replacement fuse. Good for about 25,000 amps!
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