At least you don't need a vice grip. That's what coozies are for. And hemostats. <div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Dec 12, 2012 at 6:30 PM, Ron Nossaman <<a href="mailto:rnossaman@cox.net" target="_blank">rnossaman@cox.net</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"> Way back when I first combined a slide hammer with a vise grip, I thought I'd invented something cool. I later found out that a thousand or so people had invented it before I ever thought of it. Well, they're invented yet again and available commercially for sale. <a href="http://toolcoonline.com/wordpress/our-products/slammer-hammer/" target="_blank">http://toolcoonline.com/wordpress/our-products/slammer-hammer/</a> Theirs is prettier than mine, a good looking tool. You have to supply your own vise grip, and it's apparently best not to use an old woren out one. Made in are shop in Ohio by non English writing people. I thought you'd like to know. Ron N </blockquote></div>