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• Apr 16, 2013

• #136

Kate said:

:bomb2: No it's not. Oh I'm sorry, of course he's beneath us Sparkes. He got made redundant and after a bit of searching he got offered a job with a building firm through a friend. He didn't want to be a dole scrounger so he took it. It's a job, he always works as part of a team on large industrial, hes not just trying to be a 'jack'.

Think how you would feel if someone chatted shyte about your OH. If I knew how to delete posts I would

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Sorry if I offended you Kate it wasn't meant to. Just a little gentle mick taking (as I suspect you're doing to me right now)

 

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Kate

• Apr 18, 2013

• #137

i only just noticed your post

 

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mick1985

• Apr 18, 2013

• #138

Magnet on end of telescopic pen! It's a must have.

 

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Devon Sparky

• Apr 20, 2013

• #139

I've recently used this booklet a fair bit, not a tool as such, but I keep it in the tool box. You can have a look/buy one here Product Availability - dott solutions Other than that, and very cheap, make sure you have a wire coat hanger in your tool kit. You can buy the best rods in the world but a wire hanger, bent to the right shape is invaluable!:shades_smile:

 

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• Apr 20, 2013

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Devon Sparky said:

I've recently used this booklet a fair bit, not a tool as such, but I keep it in the tool box. You can have a look/buy one here Product Availability - dott solutions Other than that, and very cheap, make sure you have a wire coat hanger in your tool kit. You can buy the best rods in the world but a wire hanger, bent to the right shape is invaluable!:shades_smile:

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ceiling grid wire works just as well and comes in handy toolbox sizes

very good availability on all good sites

 

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pauljpickering8

• Apr 22, 2013

• #141

My boss used to have an Ex-BT escort van, he locked the keys in and we managed to get some ceiling grid wire and feed it through the old flashing light hole and open the door... +1 for Ceiling grid wire!! Did take us like 3 hours though

 

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dan86

• Apr 22, 2013

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pauljpickering8 said:

My boss used to have an Ex-BT escort van, he locked the keys in and we managed to get some ceiling grid wire and feed it through the old flashing light hole and open the door... +1 for Ceiling grid wire!! Did take us like 3 hours though

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must have been having an off day then. I can get into one of them old things in less than 30 seconds!

 

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• Apr 22, 2013

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My first car was a Cavalier, I locked the keys inside it one rainy Friday evening and had to break into it with the coathanger trick. On the corner of our street was a phone box and there was a queue at it. One of the buggers rang the police on me and they turned up before I got into the thing.

 

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chopper76

• Apr 22, 2013

• #144

Small right angle screwdriver set, useful when night stores have been fixed in tight corners or programmers have been fitted on top of other accessories too close to get normal drivers into

 

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RichardMoore

• Apr 23, 2013

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Modular driver for breakers

 

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jase

• Apr 24, 2013

• #146

one of these, Havent used a hacksaw for ages now, great for allsorts

 

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• Apr 24, 2013

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An empty box comes handy so you can make a sleeving dispenser, then no one can pull the wrong loop and turn the whole bundle into a mess of spaghetti

 

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• Apr 24, 2013

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I keep my earth sleeve in a ragged bundle in my toolbox. If I can't find an end I just chop into it til I have a dozen ends to choose from. Drives my workmate nuts

 

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• Apr 24, 2013

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I keep my earth sleeve in a ragged bundle in my toolbox. If I can't find an end I just chop into it til I have a dozen ends to choose from. Drives my workmate nuts

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Haha that's what the guys do to me, I'm sad about my earth sleeve and try to keep it bundled, this method is no good for the boots of a general site though, I'll give it two days and if its not been slung in the skip cos it looks like rubbish then it'll be kicked to bits!

 

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• Aug 20, 2016

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Just bumping some threads in the Electrical Tools Forum, if it's not current topic just ignore it and it'll drop off the list, you're welcome to reply to it if it's still current topic though