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Re: Image comments for Round 5 - WTF are these?
Posted by: Mrkim
Date: 05/09/2011 09:46PM
I tolja I had some unusual toys in my box. I have lotsa other goodies that look like deceptively common household stuff that's all in the box for some specific purpose. With necessity bein the mother of invention all kindsa stuff winds up bein used for purposes it was never otherwise intended winking smiley

Maybe we need for 9er to do some diggin in his tools so he can get even grinning smiley

BTW. the last remaining WTF is it on this page is a spark plug boot puller. It's designed to slip the bottom tangs beneath the spark plug boot and squeeze the body of the boot with its curved sides when you scissor it closed and then allow you to slip the pug wire off the spark plug without yankin on the wire itself, which you're never sposta do as it can often internally damage the wires center conductor or even tear the outer insulation of the wire, either of which will ruin the wire and require replacement.

This one, like so many other tools and ideas was a great idea yet underbuilt, problee in efforts by the damned bean counters to maximize profits. This means it's so wimpy just scissorin it closed to get it to grab the boot often causes it to bend the metal of the tool. Though it does work, if it had been made from metal about 1/2 again as thick or from the same gage SS instead it would have been much sturdier and more durable/easier to use (*facepalm*)

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