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Homemade Toaster Repair Tool for Securing Nichrome Screws on reassembly (Model 2)

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Homemade tool for fastening screws and repairing toasters with broken Nichrome wires.

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    • Model Two, of the two I've built. Homemade tools for holding screws to easily insert them into the Mica sheet, when repairing broken Nichrome wire thread in toasters.

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    • Materials Used; in my case I had a thin 4 mm diameter aluminum tube, a thin bicycle brake cable and a small electrician's power strip, the items appearing in the photo are ones I used in Model number one.

    • Model No. 1

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    • Cut the aluminum tube with a tube cutter, to approximately 20 cm. in length.

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    • File a notch at the end of the tube giving it an 'L' shape so it adequately supports the screw to be secured.

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    • Screw supported on the aluminum tube.

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    • Bicycle brake cable inserted into the tube.

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    • Electrician's mini power strips; I used a small one to hold the cable.

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    • Insert the cable into the strip, then secure it with the two screws. We leave enough space in the loop to fit three fingers.

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    • Photos of the end of the loop, whereby we hold the screw.

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    • Example; holding the tool.

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    • Application of a drop of Vaseline to the end of the tube makes the steel cable slide more easily inside the tube. Thus easier to pull and release the screw.

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    • Photos of the completed tool.

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