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... for some deep low torque nut or plug... but for something that I don’t deal with... I think?

For below ground check valve lids I have a 3’ 3” scl40 and a 2” chunk of pipe notched with a hole through the top for a screwdriver as leverage. Plenty of other tools that just aren’t coming to mind at the moment.

OpenSights said:

... for some deep low torque nut or plug... but for something that I don’t deal with... I think?

For below ground check valve lids I have a 3’ 3” scl40 and a 2” chunk of pipe notched with a hole through the top for a screwdriver as leverage. Plenty of other tools that just aren’t coming to mind at the moment.

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You're a service guy right? Then you may have needed the tool that I posted or I should say could have used.

I want to see what my highly esteemed plumbing colleagues have fabricated. Maybe I can poach an idea or two which will make my job easier.

Oh goodie! I just saw this thread, I have a few "show and tell" tools I've made. I love home made tools. Pics will be in this evening!

I’ll have to take a picture tomorrow, but a scl 30 notched makes a good check valve cap remove when it’s deep.

OpenSights said:

For below ground check valve lids I have a 3’ 3” scl40 and a 2” chunk of pipe notched with a hole through the top for a screwdriver as leverage. Plenty of other tools that just aren’t coming to mind at the moment.

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I use a piece of 2x4 and a pipe wrench, it fits perfectly between the fins.

Lost my inside cutter so i used my abs cutting weel with a brass w.c bolt an a couple nuts worked better then an off the shelf inside cutter

canuck92 said:

Lost my inside cutter so i used my abs cutting weel with a brass w.c bolt an a couple nuts worked better then an off the shelf inside cutter

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Ive used a fender washer as well. Just nip the edges with snips and it works pretty well.

89plumbum said:

Nothing special. Just what we use to catch dust. Now every truck is stocked with a hepa filter because of this whole silica thing, but this works well too.

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We now have to wear dust masks with cartridges in our province to protect against silicosis. Anyone caught without wearing one when drilling anchor shots for example will get fined. I've been wearing masks since I can't remember.

When I went to work in the other province I was the only person to wear one and they looked at me like I was an extra terrestrial. They never saw masks with cartridges let alone know what the silicosis disease is.

Tango said:

We now have to wear dust masks with cartridges in our province to protect against silicosis. Anyone caught without wearing one when drilling anchor shots for example will get fined. I've been wearing masks since I can't remember.

When I went to work in the other province I was the only person to wear one and they looked at me like I was an extra terrestrial. They never saw masks with cartridges let alone know what the silicosis disease is.

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New osha laws have taken effect. From what I understand, you have 2 options. Hepa filters, or a respitory program. More cost effective to go the hepa route.

The problem with hepa filerters is the employers don't want to buy new drills that accepts filters. When they do buy the filters they clog up fast, the guys don't take care of them. The employers don't buy more filters or the brush collector when they wear out and after a week you're breathing all that crap again.

The last decade as an employee I supplied my own safety equipment from masks, gloves, safety glasses, face shield, harness, ear plugs etc. The employers were supposed to supply that by law but they were D---cks. I was not going to lose my health for those clowns.

The most ingenious tool I've ever made was a spanner to go across the top of a curb stop. too much wasted time trying to get a seized nut out of the top. Just to add to the box of precision bent wrenches, drilled out nut drivers and socket extensions.

Forgot to say its the tool to hold toilet bolts.

Tango said:

Forgot to say its the tool to hold toilet bolts.

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I could tell even before you posted what it was. Awesome!

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