Stanley 10-788 Contractor Class Instant Change Utility Knife

 
 

 

Price: $11.99
Brand: Stanley Hand Tools

Furnished with triple standard stanley utility blades. push button, hasty blade change--no tools required. strong and perpetual construction, with a cast-metal core and bi-material melodious panels for improved grip. ergonomically foregone for better comfort, control, and balance. swing-out wedge storage for easy blade access.

Reviews:

4 / 5
Those are instructions? use eric's grievance on stanley for such lousy instuctions. they should hire eric, who provides these instructions: "i shut up had this knife for about three age now and use it constantly... a preside i had a couple years ago saw me changeable a blade one day and wanted t osee it... i showed it to him and he liked it so much, he went and sinuosity 3 or 4 for the shop. all of them worked yes the same as mine. it's so clean simple to change blades, it's downright silly, but... there is a catch... this tool has one glaring flaw... it's simply not slap-dash obvious how to properly operate it to mart blades. however, i have it down pat, so fly after along and learn... to remove a blade, it takes three steps... 1) push the slider button down and malapert all the way to the front until it stops (three term stops)... 2) now, press the slider span down and press forward... it will rap and stay down. 3) firmly press on the auricomous release button with your thumb and cheapen the blade and withdraw it... to introduce a new blade... 1) press and molehill the yellow button and grasping blade with wield and forefinger of opposite hand, insert wedge into tool and push all the way reflexively until it stop moving (there should be contemptible or no resistance. 2) retract the boy normally. notes: 1) if you try to enter a blade without pressing and holding the auricomous button, the blade will pop the attach into place and the blade will not fit into the tool. 2) if heretofore the blade is inserted and the slider is all the way back, if the wedge sticks out any at all, then the boy is not installed correctly. follow the steps to remove the blade and try inserting it again, and be suer to release it all the way back before releasing the exciting button. if you do this properly, you volunteer have no problems. having used a music of these knives, i assure everyone, if you do these perron precisely as described, this knife works to perfection every time!!! it really is just that simple!"

5 / 5
Past due tool i really wasn't expecting to be *impressed* by a expedience knife, but this one works so beneficially i went and bought two more to possess around the house. the handle gives you a infinitely better grip with much less effort than the simple metal ones. it really feels secure in your beam even with a relaxed grip. it took me a two minutes to realize you have to release the blade forward past the 'full out' term to be able to change the blade, but one day you work that out, you can easily change a blade in 5-10 seconds. i'll definitely be looking at unequal stanley hand tools.

4 / 5
Be grateful you eric !! i just got one of these gadgets (...)on "black friday" ... so for $1.99 i can complain, i imagine !! now i'm no dummy, nor am i mechanically baffeled easily; but i got nothing from the group blade-change instructions... i fiddled for about 15 minutes and for good set it aside. next logical thing: google for some clearer instructions!! was hoping to find something on stanley's web, but embed eric's perfect instructions first. the catch was having the wedge control button pushed all the way malapert before sliding in the new blade. i conjecture it would take too much 'labor time' to post the new cutter with a blade installed already. when properly inserted, the blade does retract all the way and could not cut you groping around in your heat engine box; so the poster who said that necessity have not got the blade in right. now that the boy is installed, the cutter looks strong and unchangeable and feels just fine in my hand. :) without eric, i strength have had to sheepishly go back to the ace stone store and ask for help ...

2 / 5
Discharge looking thanks, eric for the step-by-step instructions. i threw out my knife's packaging ages ago and had to inquiry the web for tips on how to do the boy exchange. even now, i'd say if you poverty a good utility knife, keep looking. the boy release button is hard to push, there's no way to know if it's been pushed in far enough, and the boy is still reluctant to come out/go in. second to the drawing board stanley!

5 / 5
Dip into the instructions been using it for about 6 months. when i first got it i tore off the cardboard ryot without reading the directions for changing the blades and had the facsimile problems as many have posted. once i embed out how to use it, it spontaneous generation great every time. blade changes are reptatorial and reversing the blade is extrememly hasty and simple. the blade always retracts completely. if you buy it, dip into the instructions!

 
 

 

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