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Ah, there we go. Thanks for giving credit where it's due Andre!


_Kyle

--- On Thu, 6/24/10, Andre Majorel <aym-htnys@...> wrote:

From: Andre Majorel <aym-htnys@...>
Subject: Re: [motm] Colored Washers
To: motm@yahoogroups.com
Date: Thursday, June 24, 2010, 2:17 AM

On 2010-06-23 18:40 -0700, Kyle Stephens wrote:

> I think this came up on SDIY a while back, in context of
> tightening nuts and not scratching the panel - Ian Fritz iirc
> said he uses a plastic shopping bag.

It was a certain Tristan in the "Non-marring nut drivers" thread
from 2009-10-03.

> Thin enough to grip the nut, just thick enough for the driver
> not to not damage the panel. Same idea would work for protecting
> nuts wouldn't it?

Tried it. It works very well. A piece of thick PE bag is pretty
good for tightening a 1/2" nut with a 13 mm socket spanner.

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André Majorel http://www.teaser.fr/~amajorel/