Making a Tool for the Hair Clippers

About 10 years ago I made tool to adjust my hair clippers so it wouldn't make that loud clackity sound. Usually the clippers would need adjusting as they warmed up so the tool was very handy and I was ruining scissors trying to turn the adjustment screw with them. The first tool was cut out of thick sheet metal with a hacksaw. It looked like the key to a wind-up toy and it worked fine. However, it's been missing for years.

I have been getting by without it by letting the clippers warm up before using them. But last time I tried to use them, they wouldn't work at all, even after a warm up period (they buzz softly, but the blades do not move). So it was time to make another tool. I looked around for some more thick sheet metal, but then decided on a different design. This was made cold (to save the bother of firing up the forge). I hammered a steel bar flat at one end; shaped it further on the bench grinder; then drilled a small hole near the end. This hole was opened up with a hacksaw, and then smoothed out with a rat tail file. Then I put it in the vice cold and hammered a turn in it; cut the handle to about 100 mm with a hacksaw, and cleaned the whole thing up a bit. Now we are all looking smart with our summer haircuts! Beware dog! You're next!