plug follower/flashlight... AMAZING!!!

[Wade]

the other day I was working on my @#$&*!'n... wonderful little Schlage 5-pin that has hicked my @$$ for a couple of months...

I needed a plug follower... I found one, it is a Garrity AAA stainless steel pen flashlight!! it fits perfectly!!

...just wanted to share that with yall, in case you need a idea for a flashlight/plug follower combo.
HERES THE LINK:

http://www.garritylites.com/site/retail_details.php?recid=50

-over and out

[SFGOON]

Funny how sometimes stuff sometimes fits in other stuff

[TOWCH]

I like drill bits myself. One of these days I'll get around to making some proper ones.

[Wade]

how can you do that? won't the cuts in the bit screw things up?

[TOWCH]

The flutes don't go all the way back, there's an area that is unfluted for the chuck. The bit's made for smaller chucks won't work though.

[vector40]

... jeez TOWCH... what size bits are you talking about?

[Dent]

I use a sharpie

[The Wanderer]

Silly me. I've been using a plug follower, as a plug follower. Perhaps we need a new section for these "McGuyverisms". Members could cast these pearls of wisdom before......us.... . It could end up being a good resource for people who can't afford to go out and buy everything they need. With a couple of wiper blade inserts, a Dremel, some sandpaper and a Garrity AAA flashlight almost anything is possible!!

[illusion]

a piece of carved wood!!!! a piece of carved wood!!!!

[SFGOON]

A drill but? I dunno, it seems like the pins could fall into the gaps in the bit, couldn't they?

[zeke79]

You would only use the unflutted section that is tightened in the drill chuck. This is a solid area of the drill bit so the pins will stay in the shell and cannot fall anywhere.

[Shrub]

I now use a home made version that also loads the top pins and springs in

Thought i had come up with somthing until i found it in the HPC catalogue

[foo]

I use 1/4" drive deepwell sockets. Lots of sizes to choose from if you've got both metric and SAE sets...

[Wade]

I think the flashlight is a better idea than my old idea... mozzerela sticks

[MudSlinger]

you wouldnt use the drill bit by itself. Didnt anybody take IPC. While operating the drill at the proper speed, the entire surfuce of the plug hole is Effectivly Occupied thus no pins will fall out in the spaces on the drill bit. Common guys its simple.