Wrenching: a trick for holding on to a loose bolt or nut

[tokalosh]

I use a small rare-earth magnet, slipped under a glove.  Then it's just a question of positioning it until you get the thread started...

Hope this helps!

[Mustang]

most excellent Idea !

[Sasquatch]

Freaking brilliant.

[aeronca]

very cool 8)

[John Stenhouse]

How brilliant

[Colonel Nikolai]

Simplicity begets genius.

[HappyMan]

NICE!  8)

[jphish]

GREAT idea! Thats a good tip - now I gotta find that magnet I threw away.

[Sin_Tiger]

+1 a good deal cheaper than the commercial variant. (http://www.magneticfinger.com/resources/turnprobrochure.pdf)

The only problem comes when you are using stainless nuts, trust me to be a fly in the ointment  :roll: but someone has thought of that (http://www.hexhold.com/shop.php).

[JetdocX]

Cheaper trick:  Superglue the nut to your finger.

It's way cheaper than magnets, or gloves and the skin grows back.   :lol:

[Mustang]

Cheaper trick:  Superglue the nut to your finger.

It's way cheaper than magnets, or gloves and the skin grows back.   :lol:

i've used a dab of grease too to hold a nut to my finger while reaching into the abyss of some machines at work  8)

[Sin_Tiger]

And JetdocX has used a dab of superglue to hold the nut, tightened it up, dropped the socket which rolled to the other side of the garage, discovered he can't get his arm out of there and had to chew his arm off  

[ArcticTiger]

Smart mech trick for sure :D.
But I dont need it, cause i have got "sticky fingers". Everything that comes in my hands, stays there :shock:  (just kidding :D )

[aeronca]

Cheaper trick:  Superglue the nut to your finger.

It's way cheaper than magnets, or gloves and the skin grows back.   :lol:

old aviation trick :lol:

[tokalosh]

all this talk of gluing your nuts to your finger.....I'm glad we're still talking about Tigers! :lol: