Date:         Fri, 11 Apr 2008 11:57:23 -0700
Reply-To:     BenT Syncro <syncro@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         BenT Syncro <syncro@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: vw tools?
Comments: To: J Stewart <fonman4277@comcast.net>
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On 4/11/08, J Stewart <fonman4277@comcast.net> wrote:
>
> Yeah, true, but there's always getting up on Saturday morning and thinking
> "Today I'm gonna do..." and then finding you don't have the right tool. Then
> you can't find it locally, so then you improvise. In my case I had the
> section of flat iron laying around, cut it shorter with my angle grinder,
> drilled two holes and I had my tool. Better than ordering and waiting a
> week, which by then 10 other things have come up and my project ends up
> sitting until another free Saturday rolls around-which isn't too often!
> Jeff



Mr. Fonman,

In some parts of the country that's called poor planning. Fortunately, this
is not one of those critical tools that affect safety in a major way. Think
about jumping out of a plane w/ a bedsheet instead of a parachute. In that
instance, the effectiveness of an improvised tool would be critical --
though not on the way down. It's the landing that gets your full attention.
So improvise away if you wish.



BenT