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Posted by Lyle Gunderson on January 25, 2007, 12:00 am
>
>>
>> Angle grinders are unbelievably cheap and nigh-on indispensable.
>>
>> Harbor Freight has them for as little as $9.99 and there's a retail
>> store in SLC.
>>
>>
http://da.harborfreight.com/cpisearch/web/search.do?keyword=angle+grinder&Submit=Go
Spend
>>
>> $20 for the grinder + a package of 10 cutoff wheels and there's
>> not much you can't cut through. You can spend a lot more on a nicer
>> grinder (paddle switch, more durable gearbox, nicer cord, better
>> mechanicals) but it really isn't necessary for occasional use.
>>
>> As other folks said, you don't need fancy tools to take off and replace
>> a chain with a rivet link, an angle grinder, a big vise grips or a
>> C-clamp,
>> and a couple of ball pein hammers are really all you need.
>>
>
> Well, there you go, that is what I get for reading the Honda Shop manual.
>
> I am a cheap SOB, and I do already own a cut off tool (need to borrow the
> neighbors air compressor).
>
> But damn, why is it that every problem looks like a nail when all you have
> is a hammer?
>
> And last night I had an epiphany and realized how to leverage my trailer to
> act as a track stand.
>
> I just wish shim and bucket valve adjustments lent themselves to brute
> force.
>
> Bryan
The track stand is going to be a lot handier and nicer to use than your
trailer.
And the tool to swage the master link won't be a waste -- I'll borrow
it from you!
--
Lyle D. Gunderson * You can lead a gift horse to water,
lyle *at* mac.com * but an early bird in the hand
DoD # 8383 * is worth a pound of cure.
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