Insta-coiler

Avery avery1 at houston.rr.com
Wed Mar 29 13:58:25 MST 2006


Joe.

I totally agree. Uh oh. We're agreeing again!!!!! : :-D

Avery

At 10:47 AM 3/29/2006, you wrote:

>Marshall said, "We tried placeing the tuning lever where the diagram 
>mentinos, and when you
>turn it, the entire tool turns, handle, sleeve etc. I treid to hold the
>handle in one place as I turned the lever, and man it was like cranking an
>old modle T. Now I know what they menat when they said that a person could
>break their arm. Man I didn't feel as if I were going to break my arm, but
>it was like doing isometric excersizes pushing my hands together nothing
>budging. My poor instructor grabbed that lever with two hands and had to
>crank hard to get it to move while trying to keep the handle of the insta
>coiler stlil. We're both really strong guys but had a tough time with this
>thing, not sure why. so we tried it without putting the tuning lever on top
>of the coiler,on top meaning connecting the tip to the top of the coiler.
>it's a pain trying to grab that little handle of the coiler. Plus the becket
>kept coming loose from the groove of the coiler and it would get loose and
>wobbly."
>
>Marshall,
>Sheesh! All that screwing around, when you could just be taught the 
>Olde-fashioned, time proven way and be done with it. Also, if I had 
>an instructor that couldn't have things READY for the student, I'd 
>dump him/her in a N.Y. second! Still think you need to go to an 
>accredited school and quit with this shotgun learning!
>
>
>
>Joe Garrett, R.P.T. (Oregon)
>Captain, Tool Police
>Squares R I
>
>



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