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Tim Olson
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 Posted: Fri Mar 30, 2007 5:11 am Post subject: Raving about a new tool |
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Last night I got to try a new tool that I bought. A couple weeks
ago I went to visit SteinAir in their new building (well, new
since I'd been there). Stein showed me some cool new stuff they
sell, and I grabbed up a few items just based on the recommendation
of Stein himself. The one I need to rave about is the "Wire Spoon".
http://www.steinair.com/tools.htm
I didn't know that this would be a big deal. I wired my entire plane
without one. But last night I had to run a couple of wires through
my existing bundles for some new lights, and I tried the spoon.
10 minutes later I was THOROUGHLY impressed and I had to call
Stein and chew him out for not telling me about these things
sooner. What a stinkin' bastage he was to let a good customer
like me build an entire airplane without one of these babies.
Anyway, apparently he only recently started selling them on a
recommendation that people would find them useful. He's always
looking for those useful things for the builders that he can offer.
I'm just telling you today that if you're going to wire your own plane,
you want one of these things. It will easily make a difference in
how nicely you can feed wires into existing bundles.
It's these little things that you can glean from Stein that makes
him such a worthy business to support.
--
Tim Olson - RV-10 N104CD - Flying
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| Posted: Fri Mar 30, 2007 5:43 am Post subject: Raving about a new tool |
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Tim, What do you mean "through my existing bundles"? Do you mean
through bundles that have been tie wrapped or through conduits with
bundles loosely wired through it?
Thanks
On Mar 30, 2007, at 9:10 AM, Tim Olson wrote:
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Last night I got to try a new tool that I bought. A couple weeks
ago I went to visit SteinAir in their new building (well, new
since I'd been there). Stein showed me some cool new stuff they
sell, and I grabbed up a few items just based on the recommendation
of Stein himself. The one I need to rave about is the "Wire Spoon".
http://www.steinair.com/tools.htm
I didn't know that this would be a big deal. I wired my entire plane
without one. But last night I had to run a couple of wires through
my existing bundles for some new lights, and I tried the spoon.
10 minutes later I was THOROUGHLY impressed and I had to call
Stein and chew him out for not telling me about these things
sooner. What a stinkin' bastage he was to let a good customer
like me build an entire airplane without one of these babies.
Anyway, apparently he only recently started selling them on a
recommendation that people would find them useful. He's always
looking for those useful things for the builders that he can offer.
I'm just telling you today that if you're going to wire your own
plane,
you want one of these things. It will easily make a difference in
how nicely you can feed wires into existing bundles.
It's these little things that you can glean from Stein that makes
him such a worthy business to support.
--
Tim Olson - RV-10 N104CD - Flying
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Tim Olson
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| Posted: Fri Mar 30, 2007 6:22 am Post subject: Raving about a new tool |
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I mean through tie wrapped bundles and through all the adel clamp
looking things. You just stuff the spoon in, and then can shove
the wire right through, and it was FAR easier to get that wire
to run under the tie wrap and down the bundle in a straight line.
Without it, you either have to cut all the wraps, and then
they'll flop all over the place, or you have to stuff it in
whatever gap in the tiewrap you can find, even if the wire
isn't going straight down the bundle. These spoons let you
quickly feed it through, and they're not sharp so you don't
have worries about tearing up insulation like if you were
to just stuff a screwdriver in the bundle. Very cool indeed.
It's such a simple tool, yet it's elegantly designed to work
exactly as needed.
Wouldn't do much good in conduit. But in conduit I was
able to pull a wire through using another tip from the
great and powerful Oz (John Cox). In my conduits I left
lengths of plastic string-trimmer line. It's light,
and won't rub through your other wire's insulation.
So when I had to pull a wire through some tight conduit,
I attached it, plus a new string-trimmer section, and pulled it
through. Sure makes these late projects easier. Thanks John!
Tim Olson - RV-10 N104CD - Flying
do not archive
Rob Kermanj wrote:
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Tim, What do you mean "through my existing bundles"? Do you mean
through bundles that have been tie wrapped or through conduits with
bundles loosely wired through it?
Thanks
On Mar 30, 2007, at 9:10 AM, Tim Olson wrote:
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>
> Last night I got to try a new tool that I bought. A couple weeks
> ago I went to visit SteinAir in their new building (well, new
> since I'd been there). Stein showed me some cool new stuff they
> sell, and I grabbed up a few items just based on the recommendation
> of Stein himself. The one I need to rave about is the "Wire Spoon".
> http://www.steinair.com/tools.htm
>
> I didn't know that this would be a big deal. I wired my entire plane
> without one. But last night I had to run a couple of wires through
> my existing bundles for some new lights, and I tried the spoon.
> 10 minutes later I was THOROUGHLY impressed and I had to call
> Stein and chew him out for not telling me about these things
> sooner. What a stinkin' bastage he was to let a good customer
> like me build an entire airplane without one of these babies.
>
> Anyway, apparently he only recently started selling them on a
> recommendation that people would find them useful. He's always
> looking for those useful things for the builders that he can offer.
> I'm just telling you today that if you're going to wire your own plane,
> you want one of these things. It will easily make a difference in
> how nicely you can feed wires into existing bundles.
>
> It's these little things that you can glean from Stein that makes
> him such a worthy business to support.
>
> --Tim Olson - RV-10 N104CD - Flying
>
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| Posted: Fri Mar 30, 2007 6:40 am Post subject: Raving about a new tool |
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Thanks, I will have to try it.
Rob.
On Mar 30, 2007, at 10:21 AM, Tim Olson wrote:
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I mean through tie wrapped bundles and through all the adel clamp
looking things. You just stuff the spoon in, and then can shove
the wire right through, and it was FAR easier to get that wire
to run under the tie wrap and down the bundle in a straight line.
Without it, you either have to cut all the wraps, and then
they'll flop all over the place, or you have to stuff it in
whatever gap in the tiewrap you can find, even if the wire
isn't going straight down the bundle. These spoons let you
quickly feed it through, and they're not sharp so you don't
have worries about tearing up insulation like if you were
to just stuff a screwdriver in the bundle. Very cool indeed.
It's such a simple tool, yet it's elegantly designed to work
exactly as needed.
Wouldn't do much good in conduit. But in conduit I was
able to pull a wire through using another tip from the
great and powerful Oz (John Cox). In my conduits I left
lengths of plastic string-trimmer line. It's light,
and won't rub through your other wire's insulation.
So when I had to pull a wire through some tight conduit,
I attached it, plus a new string-trimmer section, and pulled it
through. Sure makes these late projects easier. Thanks John!
Tim Olson - RV-10 N104CD - Flying
do not archive
Rob Kermanj wrote:
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> Tim, What do you mean "through my existing bundles"? Do you mean
> through bundles that have been tie wrapped or through conduits
> with bundles loosely wired through it?
> Thanks
> On Mar 30, 2007, at 9:10 AM, Tim Olson wrote:
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>> Last night I got to try a new tool that I bought. A couple weeks
>> ago I went to visit SteinAir in their new building (well, new
>> since I'd been there). Stein showed me some cool new stuff they
>> sell, and I grabbed up a few items just based on the recommendation
>> of Stein himself. The one I need to rave about is the "Wire Spoon".
>> http://www.steinair.com/tools.htm
>>
>> I didn't know that this would be a big deal. I wired my entire
>> plane
>> without one. But last night I had to run a couple of wires through
>> my existing bundles for some new lights, and I tried the spoon.
>> 10 minutes later I was THOROUGHLY impressed and I had to call
>> Stein and chew him out for not telling me about these things
>> sooner. What a stinkin' bastage he was to let a good customer
>> like me build an entire airplane without one of these babies.
>>
>> Anyway, apparently he only recently started selling them on a
>> recommendation that people would find them useful. He's always
>> looking for those useful things for the builders that he can offer.
>> I'm just telling you today that if you're going to wire your own
>> plane,
>> you want one of these things. It will easily make a difference in
>> how nicely you can feed wires into existing bundles.
>>
>> It's these little things that you can glean from Stein that makes
>> him such a worthy business to support.
>>
>> --Tim Olson - RV-10 N104CD - Flying
>>
>>
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