Designing a new tool...
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Designing a new tool...
Hey ya'll...looking for some input here...
For an engineering class I am taking, we are assigned the problem of designing a new tool...later this year we will actually be making a prototype of this tool. My question, what kinds of tools do you guys think would be a good idea? What is something that could be created to ease the everyday life? They say there's power in numbers, hopefully more creativity as well.
Thanks for any/all input!!!
RICE H8R
For an engineering class I am taking, we are assigned the problem of designing a new tool...later this year we will actually be making a prototype of this tool. My question, what kinds of tools do you guys think would be a good idea? What is something that could be created to ease the everyday life? They say there's power in numbers, hopefully more creativity as well.
Thanks for any/all input!!!
RICE H8R
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A Floating Bolt retriever for the Space Shuttle or a better tool to install those outside bolts!
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how about a left handed pair of pliers or a variable speed claw hammer
sorry bout that. i currently have a set of screw drivers (flat head) that hold the screw by flaring out at the end. I was wondering if there was a similar design for phillips screws? i work on some computerised stuff so magnetising them is out of the question.
sorry bout that. i currently have a set of screw drivers (flat head) that hold the screw by flaring out at the end. I was wondering if there was a similar design for phillips screws? i work on some computerised stuff so magnetising them is out of the question.
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I have an assortment of clip leads I have made for various projects that involved tracing wires. I have always thought that a tool like a tape measure that would dispense a wire with a clip lead from one end and have a second wire with a probe or clip lead on the other and an indicator light on the tool body to indicate continuity would be a handy tool.
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How about a HOME Owned version of a moling machine for utility installs?
You know, So I can run a Cable TV cable or Water or Gas line to the garage from the house.
Or an electrical line to a flower garden to install lighting so I don't dig a trench
You know, So I can run a Cable TV cable or Water or Gas line to the garage from the house.
Or an electrical line to a flower garden to install lighting so I don't dig a trench
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Originally Posted by Mil1ion
How about a HOME Owned version of a moling machine for utility installs?
You know, So I can run a Cable TV cable or Water or Gas line to the garage from the house.
Or an electrical line to a flower garden to install lighting so I don't dig a trench
You know, So I can run a Cable TV cable or Water or Gas line to the garage from the house.
Or an electrical line to a flower garden to install lighting so I don't dig a trench
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Originally Posted by Rick32
how about a left handed pair of pliers or a variable speed claw hammer sorry bout that. i currently have a set of screw drivers (flat head) that hold the screw by flaring out at the end. I was wondering if there was a similar design for phillips screws? i work on some computerised stuff so magnetising them is out of the question.
sorry bout that. i currently have a set of screw drivers (flat head) that hold the screw by flaring out at the end. I was wondering if there was a similar design for phillips screws? i work on some computerised stuff so magnetising them is out of the question.
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