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Well in the current lock-down I seem to have managed to get around to sorting a couple of bits out.
Managed to fix the Gtech Air Ram this morning - the button to release the beater bar was stuck and it kept getting warm and cutting out.
After googling it appears that this is caused by hair & carpet fiber being sucked into and wrapping around the bearing and release mechanism.
Managed to gently persuade it out with a srewdriver levering the plastic case out just enough to not break it...
Spent ages with a pick pulling bits of hair and carpet out from the axle- then realised that I could pull the cap off the bearing - still took another 15 minutes to clear melted carpet fiber from the bearing and axle.
So what have you managed to fix?
Tamiya Lunchbox rear suspension and fitted a new rear axle to the D90, a 1/12 MN D90.
I regained 2x11 gearing on my road bike ~2 weeks ago after the mech cable snapped around October, at which point I rarely look it off the turbo. 😳
my glasses. new nose piece kit just arrived thanks to amazon prime..
Daughter's apple headphones that had fallen apart at the earpiece. A little soldering and some super glue - good as new (if you over look that the L and R are now the wrong way up - oops)
Sink U bend which had got progressively plugged by my daughter using it as a disposal point for the matches for her bath-time candles. Looked like a pick-up sticks game down there.
Internet router - busted capacitor,
UP (clonking from chainset) - adjusted
Tumble drier - pads replaced and groove worn into rim filled with resin and sanded back.
Stache - gears needed indexing as they were slightly out.
That’s this week.
Replaced the spring cassettes in the back door handle after the old ones disintegrated. Seconds of a job really but it gives me a tiny amount of pleasure opening the door now.
The sliding door on my sprinter. The cable carrier was borked and snarling up the lower runner - I bought a new one about two months ago but haven't had the time or weather to deal with it til now.
Now the rear door lock is borked 🙂 plenty of time for that 🙂
Hopefully boiler, (electric) have a pack of thermistors on order.
Will do job on my roof this weekend hopefully.
Will do job on my roof this weekend hopefully.
Sounds defiant
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Fixed the dishwasher with an E15 error code.
It's integrated so had to take the whole front off you be able to get behind the kick panel where there is a very small polystyrene disc with a micro switch that triggers if any water gets in there.
Not sure why water did get in there but,I fixed it and it's been ok since. 😊
A beehive repair
Our garden was due to open under Scotland’s Garden Scheme from
April through to September. That got knocked on the head, so my mother started a Facebook blog, it’s Glassmount Garden Blog if anyone is interested.
I just fixed the arm on my 7yo daughters sunglasses, because she's dressed up with those, a Sunhat and a rucksack to pretend she's a traveller going on our holiday thats now cancelled. 🙁
Ipad 3 screen wasn't responding in certain places so £7 for a new touch screen and all working only took about 20mins which was nice.
Clicked on the builder link up there ----^ (Why, WHY DID I DO THAT...)
Got a warning from my anti virus about the site being infected....
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Half way through servicing Mrs P's Kenwood mixer - it was making a hulluva racket so I've taken it apart, found the gearbox needed overhauling and am now waiting for some food-safe grease to be delivered before I stick it back together. Tempted to just whack some Duckhams in there but for some reason she's not keen.
Some fences last weekend that we in danger of failing. Really I need to replace them, but suspect most fencing supply shops aren't open for punters right now. So I repaired them instead. Not pretty.
To do:
Felt a shed. (I have the felt and nails already).
Build a turbo bike out of a random assortment of knackered bits n' pieces.
Service forks.
A toilet roll holder. I know exiting isn't it.
Wall clock. The suspension leaf, (which is the flexible bit that the main pendulum hangs off) wore through. I bought something 'like' but it needed resizing and the T piece removing from the old one and shimming/soldering on. I love repairing stuff rather than just paying someone or chucking away and replacing, (which isn't really possible in this case).
I just fixed myself a sandwich.
Lol!
dishwasher, water getting into base from a perished hose. Dishwater fixed, but the kitchen now needs putting back together.
rear bearing re-build on hope hub. every year for the last 4 years.
building a tablet holder for the bike on the turbo. Need better wood, better tools and an idea of how to use them, apart from that its going to be better than balancing it on the bars for it to fall to the ground ripping the usb plug out again.
Fitted a new ceiling in the bathroom. Old plaster was sagging so expected it to fall down soon. Poked a hole and discovered it was a sheet of plasterboard over old lath and plaster🤦♂️
Didn't fancy ripping that down so screwed some 2x1 batons into the joists and sheeted over that with new plasterboard. Taped and skimmed the gaps, new cornicing on, decorated and new flooring fitted.
This. 1/10hp Tom Senior Simplex, still needs more work yet.
This week:
Rebuilt recording/gaming computer
Couch - Dismantled, deep cleaned, skooshed with stuff - think it had bedbugs in it. I have lots of itchy bites.
Defrosted freezer, fitted new temp sensor
Washing machine borked, fitted new brushes to motor and all good
Car electric window not working - replaced rollers and some seals. Mostly working.
Rewired Marshall guitar can to be switchable stereo/mono so I can bi-amp
Tenement stairwell was a horrorshow - have filled/plastered all the gouges, sanded, washed it down with sugar soap. Just need to mask it all paint but probably next week as that's a lot of chores for this week!
Though I need to rebuild a troublesome beer tap so I can get my saison out of the keg
Fence panel had blown down (and into pieces) in one of the storms. A waiting game followed as neither us or the neighbour wanted to fix it. Wasn't overly bothered as we weren't spending much time at home or in the garden...
Anyway, assumed fencing suppliers aren't open so used the side of the old shed (kept just in case), and a bit of trellis. Worked my way up the fence fixing it with bits of old desk and picnic bench. Not pretty, but won't fall down. And free.
Also reattached Buzz Lightyear's head after about 4 years of him being headless.
If someone could tell me how to fix my cistern, I would do that!
It needs more water for the flushes (you can imagine why), I've seen how to adjust it on yoootoob, but the adjuster is right at the bottom under all that water... and I can't get me arm down there.
I think I fixed the layout of my workroom.
Now that's done, I must get around to fixing something.
It needs more water for the flushes (you can imagine why), I’ve seen how to adjust it on yoootoob, but the adjuster is right at the bottom under all that water… and I can’t get me arm down there.
Turn off the water to it and flush to empty the cistern. Bail out the last bit with a sponge and take the mechanism out of the cistern.
Edit - love that little static engine, but fear if I had one of those I'd turn into the sort of person that sits outside a caravan at steam fairs all weekend just watching it chuff away. 😁
Fully rebuilt a 240 hub ready for building it up into a wheel. Also amazed my daughter with some frankly awful stitching to repair her slippers where the wool had detached from the sole.
Hopefully the lock down will mean I can finally fix my car and the two house doors that the children can't open.
The mortgage
Bugger
MiL's laptop. All I knew was that 'the screen was messed up' (she's 87), so over the phone I had to talk her through getting TeamViewer running - but she had managed to get it into Tablet mode, and turned the screen brightness to minimum, neither of which I knew (or even knew were things) until I had connected to it. When we both feel up to it I'll try to set TeamViewer up for unattended login!
I managed to unblock my Pentel Kerry mechanical pencil. It had been blocked solid for a year.
I'm the new Colin Furze, watch out!
An old GoPro Hero 4 session that I want to use for some time lapse stuff.
The dishwasher last week, and all it cost me was one minor electric shock 🙂
Still trying to open the app on my phone for the old Specialized mission control but can't get it to load. I hope they haven't stopped it
An 11,000 Volt cable - but that is my day job so probably doesn't count.
Wall clock. The suspension leaf, (which is the flexible bit that the main pendulum hangs off) wore through. I bought something ‘like’ but it needed resizing and the T piece removing from the old one and shimming/soldering on. I love repairing stuff rather than just paying someone or chucking away and replacing, (which isn’t really possible in this case).
@tthew spookily enough, ive just got one of those down from my loft in a corona-clearout, it was my mam and dads. had a look and it doesnt work. it looks very much like that one in your post.
are they actually worth anything? not bothered about using it ourselves but dont like just chucking stuff. if theyre worthless tho id sling it, if its worth a few bob id attempt a fix and give it to someone.....
Wired in and set up the closed loop idle control valve on the old Porkie. it's been relying on the throttle body screw and slightly high idle for 10 years.
Dead pleased with the way it reacts with temperature and load now. Rather than stalling when the heated rear screen is switched on or full lock on the steering.
Might try for wasted spark next, after I finish bleeding the brakes. Ran out of Dot fluid yesterday
are they actually worth anything?
Don't know, it came from my Grandma's house and it looks great in our hall. Please don’t sling it though, I'm sure someone would like it even if it's worth nothing and would make a charity donation in return for it. Hell, I would. Where do you live, (not that I could collect it for a while)
ok ok, ill try and fix it then 😀
ill have a look at it tomorrow, altho wifes adamant its not going up, but youre welcome to it, fixed or not. (lincoln btw)
An annoying rattle in 1x SRAM brake rival brake lever - fixed with blue tack and tape and all quiet now!
Lincoln is the wrong side of the country for me sadly. But glad you're not just going to chuck it. Put some photo's up when you have it running!
New motor installed on my Rega turntable as the old one was losing speed all over the place.
The boiler.
Working on wednesday and wife says ...no hot water.
Opened the boiler expecting maybe a pressure drop.
Nope. No power light, check the obvious.- there's power at the spur , there power going into the board , the fuse on the board is good.
No power on the board beyond one of the caps.
No obvious signs of cap death
Look online , find the board needed. Phone several suppliers ......7-10 days - siting the need to get from manufacturer then forward on in uncertain post conditions.
What is the cap - can I change the cap as a temp solution.....not easily it's an encapsulated board for outdoor use
Few more phone calls - my uncle an oil heating engine down south , he managed to get me one on account on next day and then next day ups to me. Arrived at mid day. Fitted by 12:40
We have heat and hot water again and I don't have to keep the stove going 18hrs a day while the north wind blows.
I’ve got a couple of fixes in progress. Refurbishing two cast iron bench ends I saved from a trip to the dump, half way through the repainting before I try and track down new slats.
I could do with some advice on the second one. I need to replace the screw on this. I haven’t tapped or threaded anything before. Am I better off threading a blank screw or buying a threaded screw and tapping the handle? I presume the later is easier?
My old Cyrus One Amp had a sticky volume switch which eventually made it drop to one channel. Took the case off and blew out all the dust and dead spiders, then attacked the volume switch with a can of Servisol. Now it sounds like new again.
Then decided that it was time I got round to doing the controls on the Peavey Bandit 112 guitar amp I bought off eBay about fifteen years ago. It had never really worked as I hoped it would and had more or less given up using it, but was enough for practising through a clean channel when I had the house to myself. There are twelve pots along the front panel, and a handful of jack inputs/outputs, so I stripped them all down and gave each pot a thorough soaking with the Servisol. I also found the positive tip from a 1/4" jackplug stuck in the effects return jack, which may have explained why the stomp switch never worked properly,. Absolute night and day. It's a superb bit of kit!
Then the guitar decided to show an intermittent fault. I checked and resoldered the wiring, and again cleaned up the volume and tone pots with switch cleaner. They must have been really gungy as it sounds like a Strat again. That can of Servisol was possibly the best tenner I've spent in a long time.
Lincoln is the wrong side of the country for me sadly. But glad you’re not just going to chuck it. Put some photo’s up when you have it running!
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doh.... i am a bluddy donut. clock doesnt work so whats my first thought? lets get into the gubbins then! lets take the back off and have a look. screws are seized. WD40. doesnt free them. 2 flathead screwdrivers to prise them out. sorted. the backs off.
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hmmmmm......not much for me to go at. now, how does this thing work then? then it hit me. i remember my old man winding it up with a key. i dont have one, but thats probably all it needed! 😀
ill put it all back together and see if i can get a key from somewhere. a quick google says wind the left hand side 3 and 1/2 turns, right hand side 4 and 1/2 turns or somethings. can anyone confirm how you do actually wind one up? id hate to get a key, overwind it and break it after all this.
thanks
Deck on the lawnmower rusted through
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New deck, all under body parts wire brushed and painted with anti rust paint
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Onzadog
MemberAn 11,000 Volt cable – but that is my day job so probably doesn’t count.
Not quite as high for me only 6,600 Volts as we are on an old circuit that us and Cains Brewery share.
Repaired the Buchholz relays on T1 & T2.
I'm a bit nervous around high voltage stuff (electronics engineer by trade so 24v is fine 😉 ) as in 2013 I was right next to a 1500Kva transformer that went pop, it was one of those full on brown trouser moments 😮
So glad we installed a new remote switching station 4 years ago.
Handsome clock! If it's a similar to ours, and I presume it will be, one of the winders will do the time and the other the bongs. Right hand side is the time, (well it is here) They only wind one way due to the ratchet. 3.5 or 4.5 turns sounds a little light but you are right to err on the side of caution at first. It should run for a week, so maybe go the 3.5 turns and see how long it lasts on that.
Servisol is a great thing.
Fixed the beer tap that didn't work. After stripping down the working ones to compare, it seems a rubber cone washer was too wide and stopping flow when the tap was "open". Took it out and made a new one by using 3 normal rubber washers in ascending size order.
Might see about rewiring my Marshall 4x12" tonight, go from single input only to two separate 2x12"s or a single 4x12" - the way the newer 1960 ones are.
Or maybe look at why the Hope brake on the back of my hardtail is spongy again after bleeding it recently. Pads maybe, hmmm
one of the winders will do the time and the other the bongs.
@tthew thanks mate, any idea what key id need? will it be a specialised clock key or might there be something lying around the house that may do the same job?
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I fixed it for Perchypanther to milk a cow blindfolded
any idea what key id need? will it be a specialised clock key
You'll need some kind of clock winder key, I can't think of anything that be pressed into service that would do the square drive in the recess. eBay is where I'd look, but there are different sizes so you'll have to measure across the flats and make sure you get the right one.
Fixed the fuse box cover in the bingo bus, the little Christmas tree screw had broken and I'd all but given up on finding a replacemt. Eventually sourced some for a BMW boot carpet but needed some adjusting. A session on the grinder got the head to the right diameter and now I don't have a gaping hole in my dash.
Present project (when I'm finished night shifts) is putting the whirligig back up, the old spike had rusted on and the tip long gone, I cut that off with the angle grinder last week and wire brushed it the pole underneath before cutting 10mm off the end where it had rotted. Just waiting on rust remover for the inside and pivot heads and I'll get it painted and back up.
Just remembered I have an old E4 needing unseized and a pair of J5s that met a similar end. Suspect the Juicys may remain that way. Also some garden tools needing cleaned up.
You’ll need some kind of clock winder key,
@tthew bingo! found it in the binbag it was stored in, just as i was clearing up 🙂
however, it doesnt seem to have made any difference, so maybe you can suggest my next move? ive glued the broken bit of wood back to the top of it, cleaned it up with wood polish and glass cleaner, and put it on the wall (wife at work obviously, theres every chance itll come down later :D)
i googled the left and right winders, which also bore out your 'right hand side for time', so started winding it. itll only go clockwise, it did 2 full revolutions then hit a stop, so i didnt push it any further. nowt was happening so i started the pendulum swinging, thinking maybe once it gets going itll keep going for a week or so. yep, started swinging and 'ticking', but it only lasts about a minute or so before stopping.
ok, lets try the LH side. maybe 1 turn before a stop, so again, didnt push it. so..... both sides seem to have been wound as far as they should go, but clock doesnt go for more than a couple of minutes.
any idea why?
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Kinect sensor on my Xbox One.
It's been flaky since I got it like five years ago, turns on when it feels like it and often needed either unplugging / reconnecting or a full reboot of the console to wake it up. I got it second hand from Cash Converters and I rather suspect that that's why it was in there in the first place. I never bothered much about it because the times it actually got used were minimal.
Fast forward to yesterday, I thought it'd be good given the current situation to get Skype running on the Xbox. Trying to set it up, every time I enabled video the Kinect almost immediately shut down. A quick google suggested that they're prone to overheating so I figured, I'll mend it or end it.
Tore it down, which was a sod of a job. Discovered that the fan on the back is attached to a speed controller which throttles it down / off to save power. Snipped the wires to the controller, paid my blood sacrifice, put it all back together and it's been working perfectly ever since.
any idea why?
It's broken. 😁
Blimey, I'm no expert but yes, it does sound like it's fully wound, or even over-wound. In fact on your picture of the mechanism I can see the right hand spring, (when viewing from the front) wound tight up.
It might be that the springs are bound up on themsevles, even if they aren't you won't be able to try anything else without the energy in them being released. To do this I think you'll have to get the hands off, (there's a little cotter pin retaining them, push that out and they should slide off fairly easily) and the face, which is probably bolted to the movement somehow. When you can see the front of the movement there should be a ratchet wheel and pawl, a bit like you get in a freehub.
With the key on the winder release the pawl but (this is the important bit!) DON'T JUST LET THE SPRING TENSION FLY OUT! Keep hold of the key and carefully unwind the spring. It'll likely be a massive force on the key too, so be careful. If you let it fly out it'll really knacker something. After that I'd try just wind it a couple of turns and see if it runs. You'll need actual good advice if this doesn't work. 👍
Mrs BWD's reading glasses after a very small screw that clamps the lens in the frame on one side fell out, cue much wailing and gnashing of teeth. Screwed back in place using a watchmaker's screwdriver and tightened the one on the other side so it doesn't go the same way.
I should replace the wifi card in my MacBook along with the antenna, but I can't really be arsed.
It’s broken. 😁
wow, i have no idea what youre actually looking for in that photo but ill take your word for it. just looks like normal cogs to me, cant see how you would know how they are overwound or owt, but ill bow down to your superior knowledge 😀
nowt to lose by trying what you suggest, and ill try and be careful. you just kow whats gonna happen dont you...... ill be posting later saying that everything flew off, or i havent a clue how to put it all back together. i fear the worst 😀
thanks for your help.
You’ll need actual good advice if this doesn’t work. 👍
bahhh, looks like i need actual good advice then :-/
did as you said. firstly the hands didnt come off ever so well so must admit i yanked em a bit, but finally got em off. face wasnt screwed to the gubbins, there were 4 cotter pins in each corner, so tapped em out. had a good look at it, still couldnt see what you saw in those cogs, but hey ho 😀
the pawls were pretty much as you described and it was quite an easy process to prise away and wind back half a turn or so on each spindle.
i then put it all back together, i worked out why the hands had been so difficult, id actually forced a cog away from the gubbins, but i worked out how to pull off the cover, get the teeth meshed again and re-cover.
cotter pins back in, the gubbins is as it was before but with no hands on the clock. i thought it doesnt matter about these yet as ill just see if the pendulum keeps swinging. it doesnt :-/
couple of minutes, starting with a nice regular beat tick, tock, tick, tock but i knew it was failing when the sound started to be more ticktock.....ticktock.....ticktock if you see what i mean, more irregular. then pendulum stopped.
im not missing anything simple am i? a schoolboy error? once wound up, i assume theres nothing more youd need to do besides start the pendulum swinging?
if not ill start a dedicated thread, theres got to be a clockmender (horologist?) in our ranks hasnt there? 😀
thanks again, its been interesting tinkering about, but i fear the worst now.
cheers
My CNC router. It was missing steps on the z axis, then stopped altogether. Not a great time to buy a new motor or lead screw. Stripped it down and eventually fount the bottom support bearing was seized. Not sure why as it doesn't take much load. Luckily I had one the right size in my random bearings drawer. What could've been complicated and expensive turned out to be quite simple and free. Gave it a clean and oil too.
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havent been able to do much since i broke my ribs and collarbone the day before isolation started, but i ordered a collarbone bra off ebay . straps were too uncomfortable so i tokk chin strap padding off a helmet(s)and another bit lying around and it all feels much better now
@sadexpunk
My folks have a similar clock. Apparently it's all about getting it balanced perfectly; theirs is a mantle-piece one and is very temperamental. Once yours is in place on the wall and is dead plumb the pendulum should keep going itself. They have had a succession of clock repairers tinker with theirs, and it's never cheap. I think there's a reason electric movements became the norm...
Keep slightly adjusting the 'verticalness' of the clock and see if the pendulum keeps going.
hmmm ok thanks, ill get the spirit level out, cheers.
well, i think youve hit the nail on the head mate, thanks 🙂
i set it with the bubble, but was getting the same issue, tick-tock-tick-tock slowly becoming ticktock......ticktock.....ticktock, so i just started tapping the bottom from one side to the other until it was a more regular tick-tock-tick-tock again, and its still going!!
so then i thought hmmmm but the bubbles out so it cant be square. which then led me to the 2 screws under the shelf holding the clock....
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id originally thought they were just screws to hold the clock in, but theyre probably adjusting screws for positioning. so for instance if i set the bubble square and it started stopping again, i could just raise and lower these until the ticktocks were more regular again.
just while ive been typing this tho i heard the clock go into the whirring mode ready for a 'dong', but the dong never came, its been donging previously (bluddy hell i cant believe what im typing here 😀 )
one thing at a time, ill see how it goes with the pendulum first.
of course, all this may be a waste of time when mrs ex-punk gets in from work and chucks it in the bin 😀
thanks guys
@sadexpunk - the other thing to try is a tiny bit of clock oil. I've got one that is weights driven rather than spring - it occasionally needs a little oil (I bought some clock oil of ebay) to keep the cogs turning. About once a year I put a drop on each of the axles and this seems to keep it running fairly smoothly.
From the pics I'd say its already had a bit too much oil over the years. Might be time for a deep clean before putting some more oil on.
Also, how many pairs of glasses are you wearing?
GEM80 Fast I/O analogue card at 3am this morning, fine soldering in the early hours with slightly shaky hands is not fun I can tell you.
Anyway all up and running but I'm slightly concerned as the base voltage at work has risen since so many local firms are not running we are now at 254v SP and 447v 3PH.
If any of you know Induction motors, they start to pull way over their FLC once the voltage goes past a certain point 🙁
The bumper on my car.
It had a few really big stone chips low down, quite a bit of paint was missing.
Took about an hour of sanding to get the paint round the area and the small divots in the plastic smoothed out then 3 rattle cans (primer, colour, lacquer).
I quite enjoy doing simple body work jobs on the car, with a bit of care and patience plus a few cans of paint you can do a really good repair and save yourself a few quid
Great clock knowledge!
The pinion that drives the regulator on my 'bongs' is really worn, so I don't wind that up. It also doesn't stop bonging through the night, which can be annoying so it just does the time.
@sadexpunk
The "whirring with no donging" might mean the chiming spring needs winding, assuming one winds the clock mechanism and the other winds the spring for the chimes. If it's now keeping a regular ticking it sounds like your one step further forward. Of course, you'll rapidly get fed up with the thing chiming every quarter hour, and eventually stop winding the chiming mech anyway!
grrrr.....thought id fixed it but noop.....
firstly the 'dong' doesnt work, no problem, that may be for the best, but its trying to dong 4 times when the clock says 20 past 8 for instance. yep, i realise what ive done, when i re-meshed that cog i just put it in any old place, the hands need to be exact.
ok, waited for it to dong again (twice), so i stopped the pendulum. right, its now two o clock, if i set the hands for two then we're good to go. stripped it all down again, grrr, another little cog dropped off, wasnt sure where that went, think i worked it out, put it all back together. bit more fell off, stripped again, back together agin, did this twice more, then right, thats it, its going back on the wall.....
same old story with balance, it kept stopping, tapping it bit by bit, yessss.....got it so it kept going. pendulum been swinging now for 8 hrs, must be balanced, then 5 minutes ago the tick tock just stopped. it went quiet, pendulum gradually stopped. and i cant get it going again.
so..... even if it was sooooo slightly out as to stop after 8 hrs, youd expect another swing to get it going again even if for a few more hours?
nope, i just cant get it to tick tock again.
im at tipping point now, bin it or carry on trying to fix it 😀
wife is looking on laughing, waiting for me to bin it myself so she doesnt get the blame for it going in the bin 😀
what could be wrong with it now do you think? the ironic thing is, it was probably fine in the first place, just needed balancing, ive almost certainly ****ed it by tinkering 😀
thanks
EDIT: ive wound it a few more turns again so its not that....
The plastic handle had fallen off my edging spade ages ago. I tried to rivet it back on but wouldn't work so it has been knocking about for ages on the verge of being binned. Using it yesterday, my 4yo took it and I had to explain to be careful because the handle has fallen off. She said "Use a bolt to fix it back on". I did. It worked. She's smarter than me.
eat your heart out kayak! 😀
wifes been badgering me for years to fix the lock on the garden gate. the whole gates like triggers broom these days, had so many bits of wood screwed on to replace broken bits where the winds smashed it against the house due to no lock and swinging freely. the metal latch and lock snapped ages ago so no time like a lockdown to look through the 'bits and pieces thatll come in useful one day'.
cue a few cut-offs from our decking, a couple of steel eyelets, and a socket spanner thats surplus to requirements.
bit of trial and error placing the cut-offs so nobody can put their hands through from the other side to open (although a swift kick on the gate would smash it anyway) and shazam. itll keep out the opportunists anyways....
its the sh1ttest looking lock in the world but it makes me laugh when i look at it 😀
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The two ends had been kicking around the garden as ornaments for a few years since the original slats rotted through. I had some treated planks that I cut to the right width, routed the tops for a comfortable curve and reassembles with stainless steel bolts
Been pretty productive here these past few weeks. Did the front brakes and outer CV boots on Missusalz's TT and fixed the leaky Haldex, threw a fresh BB in the eldest's mountain bike, rebuilt the ram in my Costco low entry trolley jack, and I've gotten stuck right back in to my 914. That just needs some fresh fuel lines and some dodgy wiring sorted and that's ready to roll, too.