AI6YR Ben2d ago
Aha! Found the perfect replacement adjustment arm for this bicycle trainer! #BikeTooter #repair #kludge
Show threadAndrew Henry2d ago

@ai6yr

Mother-in-law has a bunch of vise-grips she is trying to give away.

You make me think I can’t have too many vise-grips.

Show threadM.S. Bellows, Jr.2d ago

@AndrewHenry @ai6yr
Friend.

Friend.

You can't have too many vise-grips.

Show threadSarah E Bourne1d ago
@msbellows @AndrewHenry @ai6yr The accelerator cale snapped on our VW Fastback. We were able to coast downhill to a typical Maine gas station/store, where we got some picture wire. The vice grips (already in one of the trunks) served to hold one end of the wire and to use as a gas pedal. Worked well enough to drive another 3 hours to Boston. I'll always have a place in my heart for vice grips.
Show threadJeff1d ago
@sbourne @msbellows @AndrewHenry @ai6yr
If it's being used in your heart, wouldn't it be a locking hemostat? 🤪
Show threadAI6YR Ben1d ago
@evilotto @sbourne @msbellows @AndrewHenry someone called for a hemostat?
Show threadGary @N8DMT
@ai6yr Hemostats are the electronic nerd’s equivalent to the mechanical nerd’s vice-grips. Hemo’s are great third hands for soldering stuff - especially if they are the curved tips version.
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Show threadAI6YR Ben1d ago
@n8dmt Particularly important I learned for soldering diodes, which tend to be heat sensitive.
Show threadglasspshr1d ago
@ai6yr @n8dmt I’ve heard the bigger ones are just called clamps, not hemostats. I have both
Show threadAG7GM Dan1d ago
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Show threadNazo1d ago
@n8dmt @ai6yr I couldn't agree more. And beyond that, they're incredibly useful for all sorts of random projects ranging from digging out a broken connector to helping hold something in place while fixing it. I have a whole set of them with different sizes even because I use them that much, lol.
Show threadCavyherd1d ago

@n8dmt @ai6yr

A small pair of vice-grips was among the tool set my dad gave me when I graduated high school. I still have nearly all of those tools. (I think one screwdriver may have gone walkies.)

My hemostats I picked up more recently. I have two pair in different sizes. (The thing I need that don't have is some sort of non-locking hemostat kind of thing.) Like, needlenose pliers, but with loop handles.

My hardware store also finally stocked dental picks.