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Old September 19th, 2006, 08:21 AM
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I've been looking for a tool lanyard that is detachable. The closest I've come up with is a piece of tie line. I'd like something a little better, but something I can remove and attach to another tool. Suggestions?
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SetWear makes something like your describing ... http://www.setwear.com/ToolLeash.html
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Old September 19th, 2006, 03:37 PM
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two beaners and a coiled phone cord... or simply buy a 25' phone cord and put it on all of you tools that you plan on taking into the air.
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Duluth Trading Supply has very good ones. I have both versions of theirs, one with two 'biners, and one that has a 'biner on one end, and elastic cord on the other.
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Tie line works for me. It's really cheap, reliable and doesn't get in the way too much.
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I use a climbing duty carribeaner, with a smaller one that houses the tools which are all connected to the big one by tie wire. Kinda confusing set up, but it's safe and it works for me.
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Ya, everyone arround here uses tieline that is abit stiff, and they just loop it through a loop of itself and attach it / detach it that way... Simple, cheap, reliable.
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Default Re: tool lanyards???

Around here, it's either tie line or a coiled phone cord. The coiled phone cord works great when you don't want great big loops of tie line hanging around to get caught on the c-clamps when the electric flies out.
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We use ones from www.toolsforstagecraft.com. They have snapclips on each end with a coiled plastic lanyard that is retractable. They come in multiple colors and my students love them.
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I buy coiled black handset phone cord... which is getting hard to find by the way, in the cordless phone era... A basic biner and the big heat shrink tubing. Slide the tubing on the phone cord. Tie a good tight knot, then slip the heat shrink tubing over it and melt with your favorite heat source. They look like an expensive purchased product.
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