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Dolfan

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I can find slip stick, they say the Company went under. I loved that stuff for service work. Is there something similar on the market? Thanks
 
Probably a jiffy clip.

The term is also used for a Hubbell Grip-All but since Hubbell hasn't gone anywhere...
 
Dolfan said:
I can find slip stick, they say the Company went under. I loved that stuff for service work. Is there something similar on the market? Thanks
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As I recall this was wire lube that came in a paper roll tube, sort of like a giant crayon. You rubbed the end on the conductors for small/light wire pulls. From back in the day when we used TW wire. I don't recall seeing this for many years.
 
I am surprised that none of you "more experienced"(read older) engineer types haven't responded to this so I must --

THIS is a slip stick :angel:
 
RichB said:
I am surprised that none of you "more experienced"(read older) engineer types haven't responded to this so I must -- THIS is a slip stick
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I thought about taking and posting a photo of the slide rule (i.e., "slip stick") that I have at my desk. But then my OSHA membership has lapsed, and I would need to pay their dues before I could post such a photo. You are familiar with OSHA, aren't you? The "Organization for Silly Humor Adicts." :lol:

 
:lol:Absolutly Charlie!!!--I grew up on a small farm in Montana--and some of the OSHA stuff I have seen that pertains to that environment these days--- :jawdrop:----unbelievable!!
 
RichB said:
I am surprised that none of you "more experienced"(read older) engineer types haven't responded to this so I must --

THIS is a slip stick :angel:
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I still have mine somewhere, by cracky!
 
texie said:
As I recall this was wire lube that came in a paper roll tube, sort of like a giant crayon. You rubbed the end on the conductors for small/light wire pulls. From back in the day when we used TW wire. I don't recall seeing this for many years.
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you are correct sir. on the outside of it, it said "electricians friend". I feel old right now, going on 30 years of puling wire and thinking people just know what I'm taking about. In my opinion, it was the best for small wire pulling jobs. I have go to find something similar to keep on the trucks.
 
GoldDigger said:
I also have the manual and the belt case. :)
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I had/have a Pickett & Ecklel. Dual scale, log log, folded scale.........all singing all dancing.

Well, slide rules worked by using logarithmic scales. When I was going to what you would consider high school we use log tables. Convert to logarithmic and add.
That's what slide rules do.

Napier is your man.
 
Dolfan said:
you are correct sir. on the outside of it, it said "electricians friend". I feel old right now, going on 30 years of puling wire and thinking people just know what I'm taking about. In my opinion, it was the best for small wire pulling jobs. I have go to find something similar to keep on the trucks.
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Wow, we have thoughts ranging from wire lube to slide rules. Yeah, I'm old enough to remember slip stick and slide rules too.
But for the record, the 2 are not related.:)
 
zbang said:
Before the 1950's, a 'calculator' was usually a person that did calculations. They might have used an adding machine, though.
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When Friden introduced a machine that automatically did multiplication and division by repeated addition and subtraction, they called it a calculator. Purely mechanical and motor driven. Same for the Curta "pepper mill" that used a hand crank.
 
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