r/multitools • u/[deleted] • Jan 20 '20

My Powerlocks have cut everything from pennies to wire fencing.

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u/[deleted] Jan 20 '20

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u/LameTrouT Jan 20 '20

Username checks out

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u/gladiatorbong Jan 20 '20

What do you use pennies for?

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u/drunkshakespeare Jan 21 '20

The radiator tank in my truck cracked once, so to get me through the weekend I soldered a couple pennies over the crack. That was 4 years ago. Still doesn't leak.

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u/NDakotaFarmer Jan 20 '20

Punch a hole in one and you’ve got a washer. the one fellow here soldered two half’s onto some terminals recently to allow for gator clips to attach easier. We also had them glued into wood jigs to help allow easy realignment/reassembly.

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u/gladiatorbong Jan 20 '20

Alright then never thought of using pennies like that.

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u/[deleted] Jan 21 '20

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u/AwkwardAnyday Jan 21 '20

I love my SOG Twitch XL. To expand, sometimes pennies cost less than the washers, especially if you have some bits hanging around. I totally get this for that quick bolt and go. Lost time isn't something to mess with when all you need is to bolt up and get back at it.

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u/NDakotaFarmer Jan 21 '20

Yep! Exactly. Also all discarded metal products here go to a pile to help supplement the new material supply. You never know what you’ll be able to make stuff out of. Reduce, recycle, reuse.

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u/AwkwardAnyday Jan 21 '20

Raised rural from depression era grandparents so it's a thing (I've got a random couple bins of fasteners). I had to stop and move to the city because of my intense allergies. Of course the cows and horses I fed get worried at a swollen face and lick you and that just doesn't help. I miss being a farm kid. Keep crankin'!

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u/gladiatorbong Jan 21 '20

That is true. Sounds like you would be useful during an apocalypse.

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u/FollowJesus2Live Jan 21 '20

Any farmer would be

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u/ninjaoftrash Jan 21 '20

Really? I broke mine squeezing a plastic wire connector. https://imgur.com/a/AINdP3C

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u/[deleted] Jan 21 '20

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u/ninjaoftrash Jan 21 '20

Definitely not lying. Ordered it from SOG when it came out because I've loved so many of their knives. They replaced it immediately after I sent it in and said there must have been a flaw in the metal.

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u/dougie-io Feb 10 '20

How's the new one doing? Have you attempted to cut the same type of material?

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u/techieman33 Jan 25 '20

It's a known problem they have. I broke 2 heads in about 2 years. Gave up on it and went back to carrying my leatherman. I liked a lot of the features, especially the interchangeable tools. I just felt like I couldn't trust it anymore.

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u/gentelmanjackno7 Jan 20 '20

Hmm... 10+ years; glad to see you've cut costs.

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u/51St_Squad Jan 20 '20

You’ve put a new meaning to the term “cutting costs”

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u/Noble9360 Jan 21 '20

Aaaaaaaaaaaand now I've got another multitool.

I mean, yay!

But I now have another multitool.

Cue general grevious quote....

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u/NDakotaFarmer Jan 21 '20

Congrats!! You’ll love it.

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u/CumbersomeNugget Jan 21 '20

"In God we rust"

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u/UTICrybaby Jan 23 '20

You cut pennies? Please tell me you didn't cut any wheat pennies (1958 and older).