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3 piece plier set - Machine screw drill. 3 Piece Plier Set
re-stringing step 3 This is the "Tucson Twister" holster (prototype 1) shown being set up for a new belt mount location. The mount point is now secure on this side. Once the rig is setup how you like it, it's time to cut off the tiny "adjustment cord". Adjustments later are still possible: use needlenose pliers to pull the 550 cord off, and to run it into another kydex mount point just use another small piece of string. This is the first working prototype for a "universal tilt" outside-the-waistband holster. Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 license: creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ Read: feel free to make one for personal use, credit me if you share the design and drop me a line for low-cost commercial licensing fees. This rig is mostly leather, with two strips of thick .125" grade kydex sewn in. Each strip has holes along their length that act as alternate attachment points for the belt strap. There are eight mounting positions on the "triggerguard side", eleven on the "sights side", allowing for an impressive level of flexibility in both ride height and tilt angle. Bent spoke as a DIY skirt guard clip.
A 2 year old Batavus 3-speed Old Dutch washed ashore at our shop, and we were asked to give the bike a check-up. This bike has been used, heavily, and stored outdoors full time. It had a little bit of superficial rust on the bars and bell, and a caked-on layer of road dust (having never had a bath but those given to it by the heavens). The bike was also missing the little plastic and rubber clips that hold the jasbeschermers (aka skirt guard) in place. Having no real way of obtaining replacements here in Los Angeles, I turned to a pile of old spokes and fabricated a set! I pulled the clips off of a Pashley Roadster as examples. Then, holding the spoke in my bench vise, I used pliers and my hands to bend and fold the spoke into shape. A quick clip of the excess with some crappy Park Tool "wire cutters" (CN-10's - perfect for cutting string and spokes, not so good at actual bike cables) and the jasbechermers clips were ready to go. If you're stuck at home with a missing skirt guard clip, a piece of coat hangar wire ought to do the trick. You can bend it using two pairs of pliers. DIY jasbechermers clip FTW! Similar posts: drill screwdriver bits where can i buy a torx screwdriver slotted screwdriver mechanic tool set how to use an electric drill makita cordless screwdriver black decker aaw100 8 inch auto wrench adjusting wrench |