Whats in your stocking for Christmas
December 15, 2008 – 7:47 amMerry Christmas (Yup, I said it!) Not very politically correct, am I!
With Christmas coming up, this is a great time for all to think about little tools and things to add to the gift list. For instance, I told my kids I want a new Leatherman (preferably a Skeletool) for Christmas. I have quite few flashlights, but never can find them for some reason (each kid has their own flashlight, but they are getting a new one this season!)
Speaking of which – Earlier this year I discussed the Husky Flashlight from Home Depot. It is an aluminum housed critter with LED’s. Well, I now have two non functional lights due to the wires breaking when the kids disassembled them to see whats under the LED’s! A quick way to avoid this – slightly unscrew the LED side (do not completely remove!) and put some clear nail polish on the threads and rescrew the cap! This will act like locktite and reduce the potential for the removal of the LED side. The issue here is that the wires are sooooo short that removing the LED side will basically snap the solder joint for the wire! a real bummer. I still like the lights, but now have a repair job on hand for 2 of the 3 lights.
More to come later!
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6 Responses to “Whats in your stocking for Christmas”
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