That boroscope camera I laughed at saved me 4 hours of work yesterday

I always thought those cheap boroscope cameras were a gimmick for guys who just want to play with gadgets. My coworker Dave kept pushing me to buy one for inspecting inside wing panels. Finally caved and got a $40 one off Amazon last month. Yesterday I had a suspected wiring chafe in a Cessna wing that would have meant pulling half the interior. Stuck that little camera in through an inspection hole and found the issue in about 10 minutes. It was just a loose tie-wrap rubbing against a bundle. Saved me a full afternoon of pulling panels and reinstalling them. Anybody else have a tool they were against but ended up loving?

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river_hall444d ago

Does your coworker Dave take any credit for pushing you to buy it? I've got a guy like that in my shop who's always right about tools I don't think I need. He told me to get a set of those right-angle snap ring pliers six months ago and I told him they were junk for the price. Finally used them on a brake caliper rebuild last week and they made the job so much easier I actually bought him lunch for it. It's annoying when they're right but at least I save time.

charles6784d ago

Hold on there, those are called right angle snap ring pliers? I always just called them 90 degree snap ring pliers myself. But yeah, the right tool makes a huge difference. I think Dave is still waiting on that lunch I owe him for the boroscope thing. He's not the type to let me forget it either.

adam_nguyen74d ago

Huh, I actually don't see it that way. Yeah the 90 degree ones work fine for most stuff but sometimes the right angle ones give you way better clearance on certain jobs. Not every tool has to be a home run for every use case.