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alfiesauce said:
Your ring-roller - what size of pipe do you use it on?
I'm assuming you use it on pipe...
The hilti case is sweet... Good cover up for thefty eyes too.
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The ring roller is only for mono-rail track lighting, but I have often wanted to build one for 1/2"~2" RMC - but at that point you would need hydraulics, custom wheels and gear drive - but it could be done.... Anyway - much more consistant than bending monorail by hand.

My lap-top case still looks like a few hundred dollar though.... What it realy needs is a hot pink paint job and a Avon logo to deter thieves. :roll:
 
e57 said:
The ring roller is only for mono-rail track lighting, but I have often wanted to build one for 1/2"~2" RMC - but at that point you would need hydraulics, custom wheels and gear drive - but it could be done.... Anyway - much more consistant than bending monorail by hand.

My lap-top case still looks like a few hundred dollar though.... What it realy needs is a hot pink paint job and a Avon logo to deter thieves. :roll:
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This may attract in San Fran.
 
I was in my warehouse today and saw these relics. The pully rack for pulling out of UG boxes is about 25 years old. The bullhorn rigid was to lift light poles that were hinged at the base.

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I make continuity testers. They are cheap, they have alligator clips and you can hear them far away.

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I made a tool to remove PK glass insulators from neon pan channel signs but I couldn't find it so use your imagination. It was really cool :cool:
 
480,

I have a pair of 9's that are 44 years old,
and they have a spark gap that will strip #6, also.

Never throw away your old 'man toys'!

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Dennis,

Love it!
I made an 'Electric Pencil' once for a secretary who bitched about her computer!
I don't think it was 'up to code', though.
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glene77is said:
480,
What is that thing with a chain used for.
I see it on the end of your fish stick, but I miss the usage!

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Imagine dropping the stick with the chain down (or up) a wall cavity to a box..... use the magnet to 'grab' the chain and pull the chain into the box. Hook up an NM, and pull back up.
 
An electrician showed me his crossbow with a fishing reel mounted on it. The line was tied to the arrow and he would shoot it acrooss ceilings and attics and use the line to pull back whatever he tied to it at the other end. Never tried it myself.

Ray
 
Qouqee,

That See Snake idea is real slick!

I have used pieces of conduit (and couplings) to make a 'portal' for data cable.
The conduit could be flipped around and make it around/over obstructions.
Then Push the data cable through the conduit.
Then leave the conduit as-is, as it hurts nothing.

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480,

Thanks for explaining. Good idea.
That system might allow you to fish by yourself (no pun intended).

I will tell my wife about this, since she usully does the fishing thing.
She is 'good' at snaking a wire out of a box KO and catching the string&bolt.

You already have me looking for some long fan chain,
and next I have to find a snake shaped magnet assemby.

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