Flat hammer for tuning

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Sunbeem wrote:To be held in both hands, to avoid "Planus digititis".

Sunbeem.
I've never found that to be much of a danger. It's framing hammers that I find to be a problem - I much prefer "Planus digititis" to "Wafflus digitis".
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Re: Flat hammer for tuning

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dougie wrote: It's all quite straight forward to me -
That is probably a shoemaker's hammer,
the nuts are for a slingshot,
the visegrips for working on a Harley,
and the large block is for turning off Fox News.
I thought the hammer was the only tool in the Harley toolkit?
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Re: Flat hammer for tuning

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SteveD wrote:I thought the hammer was the only tool in the Harley toolkit?
No.
3 sizes of Visegrips, and the hammer is a ballpean.
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dougie wrote:
SteveD wrote:I thought the hammer was the only tool in the Harley toolkit?
No.
3 sizes of Visegrips, and the hammer is a ballpean.
And pray it's not an electrical problem.
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Re: Flat hammer for tuning

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With apologies to GSPD, in English-speaking Canada, we refer to a hammer as a "french screwdriver"
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Re: Flat hammer for tuning

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R65 Rob wrote:
dougie wrote:
SteveD wrote:I thought the hammer was the only tool in the Harley toolkit?
No.
3 sizes of Visegrips, and the hammer is a ballpean.
And pray it's not an electrical problem.
Do Harleys actually have electricity?
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Re: Flat hammer for tuning

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old R90 guy wrote:With apologies to GSPD, in English-speaking Canada, we refer to a hammer as a "french screwdriver"
:lol: :lol: :lol: I grew up in Montreal. I am allowed to laugh. :lol: :lol: :lol:
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Re: Flat hammer for tuning

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dougie wrote:
R65 Rob wrote:Do Harleys actually have electricity?
Only until the rider stops at traffic lights and lets his knuckles touch the ground.
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Re: Flat hammer for tuning

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I've got me one of those hammers and a pretty big flat steel plate. The small end on mine does not come to a point. I use it quite a bit. Never used it inside my carburetor, though. :)

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Re: Flat hammer for tuning

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Chuey wrote:I've got me one of those hammers and a pretty big flat steel plate. The small end on mine does not come to a point. I use it quite a bit. Never used it inside my carburetor, though. :)
Chuey
If the small end did come to a point, you could make your own main jets :idea:
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