I believe it is called an 'impact coil lifter'. American may have replacement parts for the rounded out shoulders. Jon At 05:50 PM 6/16/97 -0700, you wrote: >Dear Ralph, > >I believe I've heard the name for that gadget is a slide hammer. It's handy >because it works just as well tapping coils down as it does lifting them. I >have a neat well-tempered one made by the same elderly machinist who altered >the Sciortino tool for me. > >Its effect on a finger is the same as a regular hammer's. > >I heard your words loud and clear -- thought they were an echo from a >certain departed list member ... > >Regards, > >Susan > >--------------------------------------------------------------- >Ralph Martin wrote: >>I think I remember you saying that you are using the Insta Coiler as >>well. I invested in a plier type tool from Utah for coil tightening but >>didn't have much success with it . I've since gone to the weight type. >>The type where you tuck the fork under the coil and slide a weight up. >>Works very well except the time last month when one of my fingers got >>between the weight and the stop. My pure, white virginal Irish finger still >>has the blood blister. You probably heard my words even where you live. >Susan Kline >P.O. Box 1651 >Philomath, OR 97370 >skline@proaxis.com > >"If you learn one useless thing every day, in a single year you'll learn 365 >useless things." > -- Ashleigh Brilliant > > >
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