Handy Tool Tip - Indispensible!

[TJGladeRaider]

I needed a "pointy thingy" that wouldn't scratch inserts, or plastic crystals and rummaged thru things until I found some of those hardwood little spears you use to make kabobs of one kind or another. At about a foot long, they look like a toothpick on steroids.

When you break off a four-to-five inch piece, it gives you a very hard, pointy piece of wood on one end, and a rough textured flat end on the other. Bearing in mind that these are straight grained hardwood, and not like some cheap pine, that ends are very tough.

Unlike factory inserts that press into place, these cheap plastic things are glued in so when you change them, you need a way to scrape the glue out - and that point end works perfect.

Bezel inserts are what a machinist would call "interference fit," which is to say that they are slightly bigger than the bezel they snap into and sometimes getting them pressed into place is really tough. Using that hard flat end, I can press as hard as I can on a place about 3/16 of an inch round, and I'm pretty stout.

Trust me - you cannot break this little stick pressing straight down. You can work your way around the toughest bezel insert this way and bring a hell of a lot of force to bear without so much as a scuff mark.

When your done, you can use that flat end to polish the insert.

Bill

[Linder]

Nice tip!

Thanks, Bill!

[kingkitesurf]

Difficult to picture without pictures....

Please provide some with this genious trick...

[TJGladeRaider]

Difficult to picture without pictures....

Please provide some with this genious trick...

Your wish is my command!

Bill

[kingkitesurf]

Thanks!