Coil lifter (was:Susan, Sam and list)

[Jon Page]

I believe it is called an 'impact coil lifter'.  American may have 
replacement parts for the rounded out shoulders.
Jon

At 05:50 PM 6/16/97 -0700, you wrote:
>Dear Ralph,
>
>I believe I've heard the name for that gadget is a slide hammer. It's handy
>because it works just as well tapping coils down as it does lifting them. I
>have a neat well-tempered one made by the same elderly machinist who altered
>the Sciortino tool for me. 
>
>Its effect on a finger is the same as a regular hammer's.
>
>I heard your words loud and clear -- thought they were an echo from a
>certain departed list member ...
>
>Regards,
>
>Susan 
>
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>Ralph Martin wrote:
>>I think I remember you saying that you are using the Insta Coiler as
>>well. I invested in a plier type tool from Utah for coil tightening but
>>didn't have much success with it . I've since gone to the weight type. 
>>The type where you tuck the fork under the coil and slide a weight up.
>>Works very well except the time last month when one of my fingers got
>>between the weight and the stop. My pure, white virginal Irish finger still
>>has the blood blister. You probably heard my words even where you live.
>Susan Kline
>P.O. Box 1651
>Philomath, OR 97370
>skline@proaxis.com
>
>"If you learn one useless thing every day, in a single year you'll learn 365
>useless things."
>			-- Ashleigh Brilliant
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