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carlsfootprints:
When I was still in college, I used nail cutter as my side cutter and wire stripper. Very handy and portable  ;)
bitseeker:

--- Quote from: G0HZU on October 13, 2018, 12:06:45 pm ---I've used my Tek RSA3408A 8GHz real time spectrum analyser as a battery charger via the USB port a few times.

http://www.testequipmenthq.com/datasheets/TEKTRONIX-RSA3408A-Datasheet.pdf

I think you can buy cheaper and smaller battery chargers than the Tek but it does seem to work very well :)

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That's wonderfully inappropriate.  :-DD A prize should go to the person who does that with an Infiniium UXR 110 GHz oscilloscope. ;D
TERRA Operative:

--- Quote from: GeorgeOfTheJungle on October 13, 2018, 12:29:08 pm ---I like to peel the wires with my teeth.

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I used to do that as a child. Stripped some of the enamel off the top of my bottom front teeth.
Now I got a sensitive spot right there.
SeanB:
120mm mains power fan works for me to defrost. Just use a wire to hold it in place ( it has guards front and rear) and it melts the ice quite fast, but not so fast that I cannot keep up with a old bath towel and a bucket.

Another is I needed a small anvil, so use the 14lb sledge hammer as one, with the tiny little ball peen hammer to work the solid rivet I was making to the right shape. Made some rivet setting tools out of steel rod (old dot matrix printer parts)and made them so I could hold the flat end on the rivet and have the crown on the other side formed neatly, just used lighter force on a large hammer to get the right shape without deforming the base material too much. Solid rivets beat pop rivets when you can get to both sides for strength any day.
station240:
Using side cutters to grip the head of a completely stripped screws, from the side.
Works as not only are you gripping the head, but slightly underneath it at well.

Downside is not only due to damage/chip the cutting surface, but on one cheap set of side cutters, I managed to break one cutting part off entirely.
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