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Hit it with a Hilti
Years ago Hilti sold a gadget under this slogan. It was essentially a tough
plastic sleeve with an inner punch and was designed to make driving hardened picture-hanging nails into masonry safe and easy for the average joe. It worked well but I've lost mine and I would like to buy another. Hilti don't seem to make anything like that any more. Any ideas where I can get one, or something similar? Tim |
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Tim wrote:
Years ago Hilti sold a gadget under this slogan. It was essentially a tough plastic sleeve with an inner punch and was designed to make driving hardened picture-hanging nails into masonry safe and easy for the average joe. It worked well but I've lost mine and I would like to buy another. Hilti don't seem to make anything like that any more. Any ideas where I can get one, or something similar? Tim Source ebay? -- Sir Benjamin Middlethwaite |
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The3rd Earl Of Derby : Tim wrote: Years ago Hilti sold a gadget under this slogan. It was essentially a tough plastic sleeve with an inner punch and was designed to make driving hardened picture-hanging nails into masonry safe and easy for the average joe. It worked well but I've lost mine and I would like to buy another. Hilti don't seem to make anything like that any more. Any ideas where I can get one, or something similar? Tim Source ebay? Good idea, but nothing there. This gadget would have sold for around £1, so I don't expect many are being resold. |
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Hit it with a Hilti
"Tim" wrote in message ... The3rd Earl Of Derby : Tim wrote: Years ago Hilti sold a gadget under this slogan. It was essentially a tough plastic sleeve with an inner punch and was designed to make driving hardened picture-hanging nails into masonry safe and easy for the average joe. It worked well but I've lost mine and I would like to buy another. Hilti don't seem to make anything like that any more. Any ideas where I can get one, or something similar? Tim Source ebay? Good idea, but nothing there. This gadget would have sold for around £1, so I don't expect many are being resold. Still availible from Hilti. It is the BD1hand drvie tool. Look at www.hilti.co.uk under the DX tools section. |
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Hit it with a Hilti
Stephen Dawson wrote
Tim wrote: Years ago Hilti sold a gadget under this slogan. It was essentially a tough plastic sleeve with an inner punch and was designed to make driving hardened picture-hanging nails into masonry safe and easy for the average joe. It worked well but I've lost mine and I would like to buy another. Hilti don't seem to make anything like that any more. Any ideas where I can get one, or something similar? Still availible from Hilti. It is the BD1hand drvie tool. Look at www.hilti.co.uk under the DX tools section. Many thanks. I had looked round the Hilti site but didn't spot that one. The Hilti page says this: Uses:- Hand driving of 'micky pins' Tim |
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As far as I know this gadget was never officialy sold. But you probably can get it in a Hilti Center (you can find the address of a Hilti Center in your area on www.hilti.com).
I heared that this "tool" will be produced to be sold regularely next year (I do not know a specific date). Unfurtunately I cannot say if it will be sold worldwide (in each of the 120 Hilti market organisations) or just in some special one. I hope to remember your request when I get more informations and post it. |
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Tim wrote: It was essentially a tough plastic sleeve with an inner punch and was designed to make driving hardened picture-hanging nails into masonry safe and easy for the average joe. Marvellous gadget. Make your own with a nail punch and a couple of layers of heatshrink tube. Can't think what I'd do without it for starting nails awkwardly high up in walls. Nail punch tip hardness is a bit critical. Too hard and masonry nails might fight with it. Too soft (most nailpunches) and it'll mushroom, which is hard to tidy up after you've stuck the tube nose on it. |
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