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| Originally Posted by A. Berk Now, anyone ready for another wee tip?  |
"Yes!"
OK... get a tool pouch
"Is that it?"
More or less, yes. Follow the
blue 'commie info' link in my signature, it will take you to a Dutch site that sells commie stuff - you can change the language to Englitch if you don't speak Cloggie. They have a good tool-pouch instore. The pouch clips to the front of your harness like a wee emergency chute. You can put all manner of sh1t in it though I'd mostly recommend;
A 2nd knife (sharp - could be of the folding/locking variety but SHARP)
Plastic vernier callipers
1m 'tailors' tape measure (nick the one out of your mums/dads sewing box)
1m plastic folding 'carpenters' rule (nick the one out of dads/mums toolbox)
A pair of 'chicken legs' (long-legged grips)
10" adjustable wrench (good quality)
'Snipe-nosed' pliers
A chinagraph pencil and/or a paint-stick marker
Some para-cord (3-4m)
A roll of elec tape
Various carabiners, hooks, clips etc.
That'll do for starters, more can be added as you feel but with that lot on you you're not likely to get caught out when the supervisor tells you to measure xxx and mark-up. You'll also be ready for the odd jammed shackle/removing a split-pin/etc, etc.
You'll notice that there's a heavy 'measuring/marking' thread to the contents of that bag of tricks. Accurate measuring and marking (we call it, "Metrology" - get used to using that word... 'metrology') is
very important. With that in mind if you are not used to using tape measures in your everyday work then start doing some 'metrology' now. Get used to talking in millimetres only, don't use centimetres. When you are given a measurement by the supervisor confirm with him that the "
420" he said was
mm and not those daft centi-f@ckin-metres. You wouldn't believe the monster c@ck-ups there have been through mis-interpretation, one said one thing and the other took it as being the other... the end result being 10 X too far out - f@ck-up or what? I regard such an event as the supervisors mistake as he has the responsibility to ensure that the diver is on the same page... but even so, you don't want to be part of such a f@ck-up!
Berko
