What did you use your SAK for today?

[VictaEder]

Handyman installed the handle on my new saw.

 

[mitch13]

Handyman installed the handle on my new saw.

But why?? Handyman has a great saw
Just kidding nice 1 mate.

 

[mitch13]

Giving the kids room a good clean. So the vacuum needs TLC.
I reckon kids should come with a toxic bio hazard warning till about 25

 

[sonofwilfred]

I cut a gas hose so I could fit a timer in line.

 

[b yond]

St. Paddy's Day lunch at work, corned beef, cabbage, and potatoes.

https://imgur.com/a/irIFugf

 

[sonofwilfred]

My son snipped fishing line with his Classic.

 

[sonofwilfred]

I cut open filter boxes for a "nut runner" service.

 

[redsparrow]

Finally remembered to take pics of, the best use of a SAK... using a Rambler to set a Traveler free.
The Traveler was acquired in anticipation of an upcoming car camping trip. A trip that might competently be served by the Rambler alone. But where's the fun in that?

Here's the liberated Wenger after making it's escape (with the Rambler's help) from the mailing envelope

Heroic stuff indeed. Even if I do say so myself.

 

[Wild Willie]

A hydraulic line blew on the bucket truck a few days ago, which necessities pulling the whole bundle of hoses through the boom to replace it. A line tied to the ends helps pulling them back through the boom to the bucket... A perfect task for the parcel hook on the swisschamp.

 

[sonofwilfred]

I have a question mate, what's a bucket truck?

 

[Wild Willie]

I have a question mate, what's a bucket truck?

Not sure what the Australian term for it would be, I did try to look... Mine is a GMC topkick 7500 with a 55 foot lift on it. We just call the man basket a bucket.

 

[sonofwilfred]

Not sure what the Australian term for it would be, I did try to look... Mine is a GMC topkick 7500 with a 55 foot lift on it. We just call the man basket a bucket.

Ah yes, we would call that a cherry picker.
That would definitely be a pain running hoses through.

It reminds me of a Simpsons episode

 

[Wild Willie]

Cherry picker is one of the terms that slipped my mind. I usually think of those as being on a smaller platform. Our truck weighs 15 ton with the forestry body on it.

And yessir, it's a real pain in the rear end to get the lines threaded back through the boom. No shortage of foul language being used during that process...

 

[Rsmith_77]

Heh
We call them boom lifts

 

[sonofwilfred]

Heh
We call them boom lifts

Interesting. We would call our variants of cherry pickers, boom lift, scissor lift, knuckle lift and truck mounted. I guess there all EWP's.

 

[b yond]

Yesterday I needed to get into some locked cabinets at work, and I didn't have the key.

I used a Super Tinker and a paperclip to jimmy the lock, all while humming the Macgyver theme song.

Today I used a SwissChamp I've had for 28 years to uninstall a battery from a server rack UPS.

 

[Rsmith_77]

Ahhh a scissor lift is completely different in (well my areas terminology) although I have heard cherry picker used interchangeably

 

[sonofwilfred]

Black textas don't work on black oil filters so I scratched the engine hours into the lift pump's oil filter paint so I can keep track of servicing.

 

[SAKsRCool]

I used the mini screwdriver in my Ranger's corkscrew to adjust the sights on my Glock 44. It fit those tiny screws perfectly. Then I used the metal file to pry out some staples from the target stands.

 

[mitch13]

To see, the wipes are also handy to clean a blade.