I was on rear wheel drive only for the last lot a week or two back, so I've already had a bit of practice..
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pedrobedro
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All will be revealed in the fullness of time. Or not.
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Sort of a cock-up, but more of a memory glitch. The pins and bushings in my 1987 Case 480E loader/backhoe were all still nice and snug, except for one pin in the backhoe, which had just enough play to clank a bit and irritate me, so the other day I decided to do something about it. The bushing didn't seem to have any significant wear, so I machined a new pin (below) from some rather pricey high-strength steel, only to discover that I had already purchased a new OEM replacement pin just after I bought Mr. Case about 15 years ago, which I stuck in a box and never got around to installing. Out of sight, out of mind, I suppose. Oh well, at least I have an extra pin for when the new one wears out...which will probably take at least 100 years at the rate I use the machine.
I can't count the amount of times I have bought stuff I already have.
Worst was some special m/c fork bolts that I had lost during a full bike strip resto.
Ordered from Yam in Japan and took months to arrive holding up the rebuild.
Yep - went to fit them and the old ones were screwed in so I didn't lose them
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I did the same thing with some replacement gib screws for the compound slide on my lathe. I bought some new ones to replace the other new ones that I could no longer find.
When they arrived I fixed the bag to the cupboard door with a magnet (for safe keeping) and immediately found the first set of replacements. Also fixed to the cupboard door with a magnet for safe keeping!
My 'misplaced' stuff didn't cost me anywhere near as much. I had a strip of connector blocks 'somewhere' in the workshop to do a quick job on the other halves mobility scooter. could I find them? nearest odd job store £3 for two strips. I've put them 'safe' LOL
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printing a surround for my kitcar dash board this morning. 12 hour print
just came up here, and the filament has snagged on the roll, and the extruder wheel was skipping
i have managed to free it, cut the filament, untangle and rejoin without stopping the printer.
it does not appear to have left a mark, so caught it maybe just in time.. so i am not sure if should have posted this here, or in things you have fixed today. guess i will know in another 6 hours
just came up here, and the filament has snagged on the roll, and the extruder wheel was skipping
i have managed to free it, cut the filament, untangle and rejoin without stopping the printer.
it does not appear to have left a mark, so caught it maybe just in time.. so i am not sure if should have posted this here, or in things you have fixed today. guess i will know in another 6 hours
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Not today (it has taken me a while to be able to face up to it) but I have royally messed up my shaper.
I was using it to take down some plastic.
There is a pin under the table that runs on a guide which stiffens the whole machine on the cutting stroke.
The piece I was working on was bigger than the shaper would normally take, so the pin went past the end of the guide.
No big deal because it wasn't working hard, but I forgot to lock the pin in place.
Got to the end of travel, so I changed direction and went to do something else while listening to the shaper.
I heard the shaper struggling but by the time I got to it the table was twisted.
The pin had dropped down and when it came to the guide it locked up and stalled the travel, but not before it broke the brackets that clamp the table to the guides.
Today I took it apart to see the full damage.
There are two bits broken and it's all nicely machined square and flat.
There's is very little material to work with, which is why it broke where it did.
This is going to be tricky and I am a complete d**k head.
I was using it to take down some plastic.
There is a pin under the table that runs on a guide which stiffens the whole machine on the cutting stroke.
The piece I was working on was bigger than the shaper would normally take, so the pin went past the end of the guide.
No big deal because it wasn't working hard, but I forgot to lock the pin in place.
Got to the end of travel, so I changed direction and went to do something else while listening to the shaper.
I heard the shaper struggling but by the time I got to it the table was twisted.
The pin had dropped down and when it came to the guide it locked up and stalled the travel, but not before it broke the brackets that clamp the table to the guides.
Today I took it apart to see the full damage.
There are two bits broken and it's all nicely machined square and flat.
There's is very little material to work with, which is why it broke where it did.
This is going to be tricky and I am a complete d**k head.
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Today I flooded a very nice lady's house!
Went to swap a shower, straight swap like for like unit. Switched water off at a valve in the loft changed shower over and went to switch the water back on. Valve went crack and the top of it came away in my hand. I panicked and tried to put it back in but no it was FUBAR! The plumber had put another cannon ball type isolator further down the feed pipe but it was wedged by two 22mm pipes, just managed to bend them apart enough to get a screwdriver in and switch it off, not before te water had made it to the airing cupboard and landing though.
The offending valve and top.
Went to swap a shower, straight swap like for like unit. Switched water off at a valve in the loft changed shower over and went to switch the water back on. Valve went crack and the top of it came away in my hand. I panicked and tried to put it back in but no it was FUBAR! The plumber had put another cannon ball type isolator further down the feed pipe but it was wedged by two 22mm pipes, just managed to bend them apart enough to get a screwdriver in and switch it off, not before te water had made it to the airing cupboard and landing though.
The offending valve and top.
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I’d been mulling over how to fit the c-clip on a ball joint I’d pressed into a lower control arm. It wasn’t the normal type of circlip with the little holes for circlip pliers and my mate (mechanic by trade) had said to just get one end into the groove and use a screwdriver to lever the rest in. Easier said than done as the clip was too stiff for my weedy hands. In a lightbulb moment I decided to cut off a piece of pvc pipe with a similar diameter, cut a couple of slits in the end so as it would expand over the ball joint and tap it down with a hammer onto the clip to force in into the groove. Success! Managed to get one end in and levered the rest in with a screwdriver.
Then I decided to use the same procedure to get the rubber boot on and duly cut a hole in it. One step forward and three steps back
Then I decided to use the same procedure to get the rubber boot on and duly cut a hole in it
. One step forward and three steps back
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Managed to drill 6 holes in the wrong spot by 5mm each on a leg for a frame I'm making. Had to weld up and redrill in the right spot.
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the man that never made a mistake never made anythingThis whole section of the forum gives me great comfort in the fact that others ruin/break/destroy stuff by being a bellend like myself
told my gaffer that and he wasnt amused 
