Yup,<div><br></div><div>I got my idea from Ron N., and made the attached agraffe tool utilizing a 3/8" T-Handle, 3/8" x 8" extension and a piece of brass tubing. The tip is cut off the extension, a slot is then cut into the new end of the extension, the tip is ground down, slightly, to allow the brass tubing to fit over it tightly to act as a capture for the agraffe. Pretty simple as far as home made shop tools go. Excellent tool. Very fast to take agraffes in and out.</div>
<div><br></div><div>William R. Monroe</div><div><br></div><div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Oct 26, 2012 at 1:08 PM, Alan Eder <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:reggaepass@aol.com" target="_blank">reggaepass@aol.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><font color="black" face="arial"><font>There are (or, at least, there USED to be) "T" handles available for combination tools. Or, you can make something from a tire iron. Cut off one of the lug tips, grind a slot to receive agraffes, and apply heat shrink tubing around the arm of the iron the slot is cut into to prevent it from slipping off the agraffe. The great fly-wheel effect comes in handy with all of those fines threads to deal with both coming out and going back in. Or you could just chuck that combo tool into a power drill (with a clutch, for installation).</font><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888">
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<pre style="font-size:9pt"><tt>I removed a set of agraffes yesterday with the tool that fits in the combination
handle, and it occurred to me that a much better design would have a T-handle at
the top that one could turn with both hands, exactly like the wrench that
plumbers use to shut off the water at the meter, only smaller. Does anyone know
of a source for an agraffe tool like that?
Paul Mulik
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