Cheapo repair tools

[PeterGustafsson]

Hi!

Just came back after training, the whole time spent repairing club stuff - my foot is useless for the time being. An epee thread broke inside the tip, just underneath the cup *after* I had applied all the cyanoakrylate bottom glue. Darn!

Anyway - which mechanical tool do you think is worth to spend extra on? I have bought almost all of mine in cheapo stores, and they serve me fine. The only thing that I have that is above really basic price is my wrench, and I don´t think that it would have been good to go cheap on that.

What tool do you think that one must spend the extra buck on?

Made myself a new blade bending tool, complete with a turnbuckle to set the bend easily. Looks quite nice!

Have a nice time!

Peter Gustafsson

[Artisan]

Hi!

What tool do you think that one must spend the extra buck on?

Peter Gustafsson

Get a decent ohm meter. With an accurate ohm meter you can troubleshoot and repair a bodycord without guesswork, and it will pay for itself the first time you DON"T have to buy a whole new cord. It will also help you to solve intermittant epee tip issues. A regular tester is fine for quick "before the bout" checks...but an ohm meter is essential for effective epee armoring.

[CvilleFencer]

I would second the good OHM meter and add a variable speed dremmel or other brand of rotary tool. I use mine for just about everything from cleaning out blade grooves, taking the rust and burs off old blades, cuting tangs, polishing guards and probably a bunch of other stuff around the house.

Mine is a cheapy from Holmier and it has served me fine for over a year of fairly regular work, but I recommend the dremmel drand attachments as they are much better and last longer.

[Purple Fencer]

I would second the good OHM meter and add a variable speed dremmel or other brand of rotary tool. I use mine for just about everything from cleaning out blade grooves, taking the rust and burs off old blades, cuting tangs, polishing guards and probably a bunch of other stuff around the house.

Mine is a cheapy from Holmier and it has served me fine for over a year of fairly regular work, but I recommend the dremmel drand attachments as they are much better and last longer.

An addition to that...if you buy a wheel to grind wires out, get the diamond wheel. It's technically a cutting wheel, but it's about as fast as a tortise going uphill. PERFECT for grinding a wire out. The reinfirced fibreglass cutting wheels are good for cutting the tang down.

[D+F+P=Hadouken!]

A good outside hex wrench, dont buy the plastic kind.

[telkanuru]

A good outside hex wrench, dont buy the plastic kind.

They make plastic *what*? Please tell me you made this up. Please. Humans cannot be this foolish.

[cowpaste]

They make plastic *what*? Please tell me you made this up. Please. Humans cannot be this foolish.

I've seen metal ones that have structural integrity comparable to plastic. :P

[DHCJr]

The Ohm meter is important. I prefer an analog for 2 reasons. We are talking about mechanical connections, which the analog works better and you can get a good analog for much cheaper than a good digital. Make sure it has a x1, not x10 or x1K.

The proper size screwdrivers is also important. The wrong size can break screws.

[D+F+P=Hadouken!]

dont forget to magnetize one screw driver, it makes things easier.