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I needed a tiny flathead screw driver to close the “water stops” on a imported “tub and shower valve”
The smallest flathead I had, had a tapered shaft and It couldn’t close the stop %100.
Fak!
I was in the city, in a place that was very hard to find parking, so I wasn’t interested in going to buy a tiny flathead, coming back and trying to find parking- so I took my yellow aviator snips and cut a 1/2” copper pipe clip into a long thin flathead. The clip lasted just long enough to close the stops before it twisted.

Was back at this job today- but with a tiny Flathead.. that copper clip saved me 1hr of time and a headache driving/parking!

 

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I made this one years ago and I found it looking for something in my garage.

Nice!

 

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Did you ever curse and swear trying to install a one piece toilet where the flange bolts are inside? Your fingers don't fit and you get bruised and cramped and the nut falls off inside? Now you have to pull the toilet, shake it to get the nut back and replace the wax? Try again and again? I made this!



I had to order this pass through ratchet from South Korea, couldn't find it anywhere else and waited 2 month to receive it. I made my own special sockets for the nuts bolts. I start off with the supplied sleeves (cotter pin sleeve or the one with inward bent sleeve) then I can switch to my pass through sockets. No more fracking around. Guess what I didn't have to install one of them since!

Here's a socket for the dishwasher connection. I got the idea from this site I think.

Nice!

I make my apprentice tighten those bolts!
1/8 of a turn, flip the wrench, 1/8 turn, flip wrench- repeat until tight!

 

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Today I made my own tools twice. The first was for a moen 1248 cartridge in a widespread tub faucet. There is a screw in retaing ring for the cartridge that has notches made to accept a tool you can get from moen. It wasn't until after I was unscrewing it with my copper pipe that I remembered I actually do have that tool in my toolbox. Oh well. Making my own was actually easier than digging to get to it! lolz <img src="http://www.plumbingzone.com/images/smilies/biggrin.png" border="0" alt="" title="Biggrin" class="inlineimg" />



The second one I cut a notch in a piece of 1/2" black iron. It's hard to see in that pic but the c.o. plug I put in was about 6" down. With the notched pipe I could easily tighten the wingnut. I could have used a heavy 3/8" nut to replace the wingnut but for some reason I told my self it was best to leave the wing nut on. <img src="http://www.plumbingzone.com/images/smilies/vs_worry.gif" border="0" alt="" title="Vs Worry" class="inlineimg" /> I have had a rough start to the week. I went the whole day thinking it was tuesday too.

I did the same for the moen tool, it wasn’t available anywhere a while back.
I got the moen tool with a new moen faucet at some point after, I’m pretty sure HD sells them now..

 

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I needed to stop water from draining in the wall while I was changing the cartridge View attachment 130755

Nice, I use a business card to do the samw

 

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Noce