[Spike-A-Pike]

Gees Hockup,
You were not supposed to give the answer that quick... And just for the record, go to a few of the different tackle suppliers and look at the skirt tools some of the places sell and then look at a snap-ring pliers - notice any thing in common?

George,
I think your right; we need to figure out a way to inspire more folks to use their imaginations and quit sitting on them. There was that old saying in the Marines, "We've been doing so much, with so little, for so long, we can do practically anything with nothing." It wasn't just bragging, it was a fact. I can't even begin to figure how many times that was applied in both the Marines and Air Force. In the Air Force, on the flight line in late Aug and Sept the funds for parts were normally gone for the fiscal year, we still had to put fighters on the schedule just as mission capable as the ones after October 1st and the new budget went into effect (if congress could agree and pass one).

None of the guys I worked with were going to put a fighter on the ramp that they were not will to sit in the rear cockpit... Those pilots trusted us with their lives every time they'd start engines.

As a youngster, I watched my father and grandfather devise fixes to farm equipment on the fly at least once a week. The equipment ranged from the milkers, chiller, and later the bulk tank, to tractors, bailer, mowers. Then there was always the fun and excitement of playing midwife for a cow calving for the first time and trying to revive still born calves.

Well I've gone off longer than I planned and strayed off coarse... I apologize for that. Just open your minds, do some research, tinker and tweak a little and just see what you can figure out. We'd be delighted to read more "Look what I figured out and want to share." than "What do you look for in an air brush this week that you didn't look for last week?"