DIY disastersI just can't do power tools. They always fly out of control and end up embedded somewhere they shouldn't. I've no idea how I've still got all the appendages I was born with.
Add to that the fact that nothing ends up square, able to support weight or free of sticking-out sharp bits and you can see why I try to avoid DIY.
Tell us of your own DIY disasters.
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chthonic, Thu 3 Apr 2008, 17:19)
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My DadCouple of quick stories:
He decided to add locks too all the opening windows.
The locks were 2 piece things. Piece 1 was a holder for a bolt. Piece 2 is where the bolt fixes. The idea is that you put the 1st piece on the window and the 2nd on the frame. The bolt paralell with the window so, when locked, you can;t open the window cos the bolt is there holding it in place.
He, ofc, put the 1st piece on the frame with the bolt facing the window.....
Result? You could open the windows when the bolt was lock or unlocked. Oh how we laughed.
He also (still) puts door hinges on the wrong way round.
He once painted a window shut then waiting for the paint to dry before trying to open it.
Doing some garden improvements he decided to attach some steps to the decking and he bought screws the same height as the step base to do it, discovering that the screws only managed to touch the decking and didn't actualy penertrate he decided to glue the steps on instead (lasted under a week)
and finaly, when building a shelving unit he decided to set it up in another room from where it was going because there was more space in that room, when done he realised that the shelves wouldn't fit through the door.
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Crap Little Monkey Deathstar, so good they built it twice, Fri 4 Apr 2008, 12:48,
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HehehMy dad did the assembly mistake with a treadmill machine (one of those big fuck off ones they have down the gym) the other week. I told him not to...but you know parents and the "wisdom of age"...
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