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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Motorbike DIY and accidental wheelie...This didn't happen to me (thank feck) but to a mate of mine who is also a biker. (Yes, even now.)
When lubricating the drivechain on a motorcycle, the accepted procedure is to put the bike on the center stand or onto a paddock stand, so the back wheel is up in the air, put the bike in first gear so the back wheel spins freely, squirt your chain lube onto the chain so it's well and truly greased up, and then give it a rev to fling off the excess grease.
One day this friend (who shall remain unnamed) was doing exactly this in the back garden of his house, where he had spent the previous day putting up a new fence.
All went well until he got to the 'rev the engine' part. When he forgot that the back wheel is supposed to stay off the floor, and allowed it to come down while near the redline in first gear.
This resulted in an impromptu power wheelie straight through his new fence, before the whole ensemble flipping over backwards with the bike landing on top of him.
No, he didn't let go once it started to move.
(, Mon 7 Apr 2008, 17:26, Reply)
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