ok smart guys

Andy

where would i find a tool like this?

wxwax

Conversion not perfect?

wxwax

Looks like it might be homemade? Take a screwdriver of the right proportions and bend?

Andy

wxwax wrote:

Conversion not perfect?

nup - and so i have to adjust it myself (the easy part) if i can find the proper tool (the hard part)...

we'll see about this.

any ideas or are you just here to heckle me?

Andy

wxwax wrote:

Looks like it might be homemade? Take a screwdriver of the right proportions and bend?

what would humungus do?

wxwax

Something like this?

BridgeCity

andy wrote:

where would i find a tool like this?

That is an allan wrench, bent upwards and sharpened.

See here

MIGHT cost you 25 cents at most? You could do the bending under your foot with the right set of pliars Sharpening it would be the only somewhat difficult and tedeous part.. unless you had a dremmel or sorts..

Hope this helps.. I just woke up from a nap, so I could have no idea what you wanted lol

wxwax

Same thing without the bulky handle.

BridgeCity

wxwax wrote:

Same thing without the bulky handle.

That would work as well, only good luck bending that one.. I am assuming that it would be screwdriver strength steel while the generic allen wrench isnt even close to reinforced.. I bend them all the time using them for what they are supposed to be for

In fact, I probably have a couple old ones laying around if you want me to send you one Andy... I could even bend it and sharpen it for you in my friends shop

tlittleton

What size and shape is the screw/nut/fastener tat you need to adjust? There are specialized jewelers screwdrivers that are that small. I run across small hex screws all the time on laptops and PC's, it's just a matter of getting the right size.

gus

andy wrote:

what would humungus do?

Sit back ..... mix a biiiiig bowl of kava & worry about it later. Never do today what you can do tomorrow.

bkriete

It looks like an allen wrench with the head ground down. You could probably do it yourself in ten minutes with a file, or you could hire a guy like Peter Atwood to make one for you.

DoctorIt

was I the only one who read the caption? he tells you its a modified allen wrench and quickly describes how he made it.

come on guys!!


BTW, i agree with above, you could beat up a cheap tool yourself (as in the photo), or guy a precision tool. You're call.

I'm with gus, it's friday, it's beer time

Angelo

wxwax wrote:

Something like this?

or this? http://www.wihatools.com/334_vde.htm


how did you do that linky thing with the word "this"?

digismile

Angelo wrote:

or this? http://www.wihatools.com/334_vde.htm


how did you do that linky thing with the word "this"?

Angelo,
It's right in the toolbar. It looks like a little blue globe with a little chain link.

Simply highlight the word(s) you want to link, hit the "Insert Link" tool, type or paste in the link and hit enter. Your link is here.

Brad

wxwax

What Brad said.

Click on blue globe with chain (right beside the yellow photo link button.)

Type in your text. Like the word 'this."

Hit OK.

Paste in the URL.

Hit OK.

The link and your text go to the bottom of your message. You can move it around by cutting and pasting.

Steve Cavigliano

wxwax wrote:

What Brad said.

Click on blue globe with chain (right beside the yellow photo link button.)

Type in your text. Like the word 'this."

Hit OK.

Paste in the URL.

Hit OK.

The link and your text go to the bottom of your message. You can move it around by cutting and pasting.

I've really got to try this again. I've only tried doing this about 50 times now, with zero success But with these step by step directions even an idiot like me should be able to do it Hey, it took me 2 months to figure out how to link images into my posts

I ain't smart, but I shore can cook :lol


Steve

wxwax

First thing is to copy the URL you want.

Then follow the other steps. I'd do it with pix, but I'm at work.

Angelo

Steve Cavigliano wrote:

I've really got to try this again. I've only tried doing this about 50 times now, with zero success But with these step by step directions even an idiot like me should be able to do it Hey, it took me 2 months to figure out how to link images into my posts

I ain't smart, but I shore can cook :lol


Steve

at least you can cook.... that makes you half the idiot I am!

Angelo

wxwax wrote:

What Brad said.

Click on blue globe with chain (right beside the yellow photo link button.)

Type in your text. Like the word 'this."

Hit OK.

Paste in the URL.

Hit OK.

The link and your text go to the bottom of your message. You can move it around by cutting and pasting.

says you! tried it 5 times. no go joe

Angelo

digismile wrote:

Angelo,
It's right in the toolbar. It looks like a little blue globe with a little chain link.

Simply highlight the word(s) you want to link, hit the "Insert Link" tool, type or paste in the link and hit enter. Your link is here.

Brad

this

Angelo

Angelo wrote:

this

this

Angelo

Angelo wrote:

this

WOOHOO!!!! Now I need to learn to cook. Does barbeque count?

wxwax

Congratulations!

wxwax

Angelo wrote:

says you! tried it 5 times. no go joe

Andy

dan llewellyn over at maxmax is just great. he's taking the camera back, gonna spend the day with it on mon/tues and still get it back to me in time for yosemite ir fun

thanks for your help guys

Steve Cavigliano

No joy


I hit the little blue globe and get a window that has two blank areas. One says "type" and only lets you pick a link type, from a dropdown. The other says URL. You can type a word there instead of an addy, like This or Here, but if you hit OK, the word has no link. If I insert a URL, the whole URL shows up in the post I might as well copy and paste an addy right into the post, skipping that darn globe....lol


Steve

wxwax

Steve Cavigliano wrote:

No joy


I hit the little blue globe and get a window that has two blank areas. One says "type" and only lets you pick a link type, from a dropdown. The other says URL. You can type a word there instead of an addy, like This or Here, but if you hit OK, the word has no link. If I insert a URL, the whole URL shows up in the post I might as well copy and paste an addy right into the post, skipping that darn globe....lol


Steve

You get one window at a time, right?

In the first one, type whatever word you want. That's the word that will show up, underlined, in your post.

Hit OK

Then it changes to the second window. In that one, paste the URL you copied from the address bar of whatever website you want to link to.

After you paste the URL, hit OK.

Bingo.

Andy

how to post hotlinks for dummies

Steve Cavigliano wrote:

No joy


I hit the little blue globe and get a window that has two blank areas. One says "type" and only lets you pick a link type, from a dropdown. The other says URL. You can type a word there instead of an addy, like This or Here, but if you hit OK, the word has no link. If I insert a URL, the whole URL shows up in the post I might as well copy and paste an addy right into the post, skipping that darn globe....lol


Steve

steve

forget the blue globe, forget it. let me put it in terms you will understand.

do this (omit the asterisks):

[*url=www.yourlinkhere.com]now here you put your text[*/url]

[*url=http://pizzatherapy.com/favorite.htm]how to make pizza[*/url]

how to make pizza

gus

Steve Cavigliano wrote:

No joy


I hit the little blue globe and get a window that has two blank areas. One says "type" and only lets you pick a link type, from a dropdown. The other says URL. You can type a word there instead of an addy, like This or Here, but if you hit OK, the word has no link. If I insert a URL, the whole URL shows up in the post I might as well copy and paste an addy right into the post, skipping that darn globe....lol


Steve

Mate...from one boof head to another.

As mentioned..but try to do it again

1/left click & drag mouse over a word/s in your post (ie click here)
2/ click on blue globe with chain link on it
3/ hyperlink box appears
4/ delete the bit thats in the Url section " http"// " (i dont know why its there)
5/ now paste the website you have loaded into your mouse in that window
6/ then click ok

The word/s that you had underlined earlier now represent the web address you pasted in.

Andy

Humungus wrote:

Mate...from one boof head to another.

As mentioned..but try to do it again

1/left click & drag mouse over a word/s in your post (ie click here)
2/ click on blue globe with chain link on it
3/ hyperlink box appears
4/ delete the bit thats in the Url section " http"// " (i dont know why its there)
5/ now paste the website you have loaded into your mouse in that window
6/ then click ok

The word/s that you had underlined earlier now represent the web address you pasted in.

it's kinda true - steve - if 'gus can do it, you ought to be wearin' the dunce cap for the entire yosemite trip