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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Car maintenancemini gearboxes are full of oil and the selector from the gearlever goes in a little `ole with a rubber sealat about 40K miles this leaks and the block slowly gets less full of oil and the exhaust gets splattered causing a fire risk. to change this you drift out a roll pin that holds the remote. Sadly the roll pin will have corroded before getting oily and a proper pin punch leaves you nowhere to Put the hammer. I hnow if i use the flexydrive on my drill i can drill it out. Drill is latched on all goes well, then the drill sticks and drill body and flexidrive flail around, catch a great chunk of my hair ( not possible now) and rip it by the roots. manage to kick drill untangle bloody hair and retire hurt. Bingo! a can of freezer spray to shrink it and self tapping screw used as a drift. why didn`t I think of that?
(, Mon 7 Apr 2008, 19:31, 1 reply)
Roll pinsRoll pins like brass and alloy sheet have a fearsome habit of 'picking up' when drilled and should be drilled with care (and a bit with a modified angle). I always thought the best bet was to replace them with a proper pin as I am sure they are a crappy british engineering short cut (i.e bodge) anyway.
(, Mon 7 Apr 2008, 22:33, closed)
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