Spark plug
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Powder extinguishers are horrible to clean up after, but I would Rather be cleaning fire extinguisher powder up than , sifting through the remains of the workshop to find anything salvagible.
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Tidy up at the end of every day in the workshop or it will end up looking like mine.........
You have been warned
Im not looking forward to cleaning up the mess ive left the last time i was in there
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That was me trying to remove the strimmer head a few years back. Had it in the vice, breaker bar on the spanner, couldn't get it to shift.
Went inside for lunch and was munching me sandwich and realised "sh*t - I bet it's a reverse thread". Of course it was
chunkolini
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Uk racer asked me for picc's of how I wrap my leads.
Not much to it really.
But it does avoid the tangles you get when using lots of tools on the same job.
The grinders often live on the end of my workbench, all plugged in to a four way connector. That used to get into a hideous mess when I was busy.
All the plugs are numbered or labelled as well.
Not much to it really.
But it does avoid the tangles you get when using lots of tools on the same job.
The grinders often live on the end of my workbench, all plugged in to a four way connector. That used to get into a hideous mess when I was busy.
All the plugs are numbered or labelled as well.
Spark plug
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It kills me just watching someone someone wrapping the cable tightly round a grinder, drill or whatever.
Yeah but the advice was meant to ensure people dont buy a dry power...even if given one buy a C02 instead....
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If you loan tools to people, write it down in a book and make sure they see you do it.
I only loan to a select few that respect tools and return them without asking but even they forget occasionally, and so do I.
I would have a no loan policy but my mates have got some seriously nice tools and machines that I use so fairs fair.
I only loan to a select few that respect tools and return them without asking but even they forget occasionally, and so do I.
I would have a no loan policy but my mates have got some seriously nice tools and machines that I use so fairs fair.
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My other half is banned from using my extension leads for that reason, she ruins them by coiling them so they end up with a permenant twist. I won't let her coil the lead on the pressure washer either.
Spark plug
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Generally I coil them in a figure 8 in a similar fashion to chunko.
I've spent countless hours at work changing and repairing damaged and broken cables on power tools, it makes you respect them that little bit more.
Just before Christmas a joiner friend of mine gave me 8 various power tool all with damaged cords. Most where damaged at the cable entry into the tool caused by wrapping too tight. When he picked them up the first thing he done was to wrap them up tight again
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Hes right...
I had one loose in the back of my van ages ago, piled a load of stuff on top of it and thought no more of it, the pin dropped out at some point, and when I started to unload, I caught the handle. But couldn't get to it to stop it
Made a hell of a mess in the back of a Berlingo
. Nothing compared to the mess 2/3 tonnes of powdered milk makes being dropped from 20ft in the air though
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Looks like the insulator on the jigsaw, where it comes out of the strain relief, is all ready damaged.
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Did spot that one, it is ancient.
the snooper
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don't use these type of spring compressor, they will eventually cause you to see parts of your hands you shouldn't be seeing nasty things
The garage I did work experience in had some nasty stories of them popping off and going through ceilings, they used a pneumatic one in a cage but probably not that ideal for a home user, I've seen one type where the two sides are linked together to stop them slipping off
