Brass flange inserter tool

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I use hemistats with curved ends.  Works well for me.

Mark Potter
bases-loaded@juno.com

On Wed, 05 Apr 2000 11:35:16 -0700 "Paul S. Larudee"
<larudee@pacbell.net> writes:
> Dear list,
> 
> It is with great sadness that I report the demise of my beloved 
> brass flange
> inserter, which until now made an onerous task much more tolerable.  
> I hope you
> know whereof I speak, the one with the long slender 8" shank and the 
> tiny clip
> plate at the end to hold the flange in position.  It was unavoidably 
> flimsy
> because the plate had to be bent  - usually several times on each 
> job - to hold
> the flanges, so it was bound to give way.
> 
> I can't remember whether I originally got it from Schaff, APSCO or 
> John Ford,
> but of the two who still operate, neither seems to offer the tool.  
> Does anyone
> have any ideas where to get one?  Or possibly a different solution 
> to the
> problem?
> 
> Paul S. Larudee, RPT
> Richmond, CA
>