in the other thread about garbage can wheel replacements of wood i realized
that i have fixed a few things with wood replacements
i had a pair of stainless sewing scissors and the handles became brittle and
broke
i traced the handles and got out the dremel tool and made new ones from
some maple scraps and they are better than new
a missing trash can flap got replaced with redwood & cedar
tool handles of course
On Saturday, August 29, 2015 at 5:02:30 PM UTC-4, Electric Comet wrote:
> in the other thread about garbage can wheel replacements of wood i realized
> that i have fixed a few things with wood replacements
>
> i had a pair of stainless sewing scissors and the handles became brittle and
> broke
>
> i traced the handles and got out the dremel tool and made new ones from
> some maple scraps and they are better than new
>
> a missing trash can flap got replaced with redwood & cedar
>
> tool handles of course
2002 Mitsubishi Gallant
If you turned the temperature knob all the way to the coldest position, it
was hit or miss whether or not you would get any heat when you turned the
knob back towards hot. The damper doors would close at the cold position but
they wouldn't always open back up to let the heat come in.
Under the dash I found the linkage from the temperature knob to the damper
door motor. I cut a small block of wood and attached it to the linkage,
preventing the linkage from moving to the fully cold position. At the knob
end it still felt like a solid stop, but it was about 1 "line" above fully
cold on the dial.
The damper doors opened and closed properly from that point on and the
minuscule difference between true "fully cold" and my "almost fully cold"
was imperceptible.
On Tue, 1 Sep 2015 03:44:18 -0700 (PDT), "Dr. Deb"
<[email protected]> wrote:
>On Saturday, August 29, 2015 at 4:02:30 PM UTC-5, Electric Comet wrote:
>> in the other thread about garbage can wheel replacements of wood i realized
>> that i have fixed a few things with wood replacements
>>
>> i had a pair of stainless sewing scissors and the handles became brittle and
>> broke
>>
>> i traced the handles and got out the dremel tool and made new ones from
>> some maple scraps and they are better than new
>>
>> a missing trash can flap got replaced with redwood & cedar
>>
>> tool handles of course
>
>
>Had the plastic handle on my table saw fence break. Replaced it with a piece of Katalox (Mexican Ebony) turned on my mini lathe. Looks almost like it was original with the fence.
>
>BTW, I used the drill the blank on the lathe, cut a 1/4" off the drilled end, chisel out for your nut in the remaining blank, epoxy back together, mount on a threaded rod and turn trick of mounting the threaded insert. At least you do not have to worry about the threaded insert backing out doing it that way.
A friend broke the steering tie rod on his Land Rover Series 3 wagon
while in Malawi, and had to get back to Zambia
An old wooden shovel handle and some fence wire did the job.
On Saturday, August 29, 2015 at 4:02:30 PM UTC-5, Electric Comet wrote:
> in the other thread about garbage can wheel replacements of wood i realiz=
ed
> that i have fixed a few things with wood replacements
>=20
> i had a pair of stainless sewing scissors and the handles became brittle =
and
> broke
>=20
> i traced the handles and got out the dremel tool and made new ones from
> some maple scraps and they are better than new
>=20
> a missing trash can flap got replaced with redwood & cedar
>=20
> tool handles of course
Had the plastic handle on my table saw fence break. Replaced it with a pie=
ce of Katalox (Mexican Ebony) turned on my mini lathe. Looks almost like i=
t was original with the fence. =20
BTW, I used the drill the blank on the lathe, cut a 1/4" off the drilled en=
d, chisel out for your nut in the remaining blank, epoxy back together, mou=
nt on a threaded rod and turn trick of mounting the threaded insert. At l=
east you do not have to worry about the threaded insert backing out doing i=
t that way.
On Monday, August 31, 2015 at 1:25:03 PM UTC-4, Larry Kraus wrote:
> On 8/29/2015 4:58 PM, Electric Comet wrote:
> > in the other thread about garbage can wheel replacements of wood i real=
ized
> > that i have fixed a few things with wood replacements
> >
...snip...
> Borrowed my father-in-laws '84 Chrysler for a few days. Fabric headliner=
=20
> had come loose and sat on my head, could not see out the rear. (He was=20
> much shorter, it didn't bother him.) Ripped five 3/16" square ribs from=
=20
> scrap cherry, long enough to spring into place across the roof,=20
> supported by the window trim. Looks factory installed, still working=20
> fine 8 years later.
This probably counts more as an upgrade as opposed to a repair, but I consi=
dered it a "fix" to the conversion van that I leased back in '97.
The conversion package for the Dodge Ram van came with cheap plastic cup ho=
lders that were screwed to the conversion walls. Square fold down units. Th=
e "windows sills" were fabric covered particle board, creating a shelf. I m=
ade new shelves from some 3/4" pine (stained dark) and cut big holes in the=
m. I inserted mesh pen/pencil holders as the actual cup holder.
http://www.staples-3p.com/s7/is/image/Staples/s0136648_sc7?$splssku$
They were the perfect size for water bottles and soda cans. There was just =
enough space between the "conversion walls" and the original walls of the v=
an for the cups to slide right in between leaving the new window shelves in=
the same position as the originals.
I also made a matching cup holder unit to sit on top of the engine compartm=
ent housing in the cab area.=20
It looked similar to this:
http://thumbs2.ebaystatic.com/d/l225/m/m4ndECgHK80tyZrUBBWdXeg.jpg
The original "cup holders" were nothing more than 1/2" deep recesses in the=
top of engine bay cover. They worked great as long as you were parked.
Again, more of an upgrade, but I sure thought that the conversion needed to=
be "fixed", and wood was what I used to fix it.
On Saturday, August 29, 2015 at 4:02:30 PM UTC-5, Electric Comet wrote:
>=20
> tool handles of course
Made wood handles for homemade lathe tools, shop made hammer handles, made =
wood gates for metal fence (I can't weld to save my life), butts for socket=
chisels, wheels for a garden cart (from pressure treated wood), made wheel=
barrow handles, rigged temporary scaffold repair, cased a broken tool box =
with plywood, etc.
Wood isn't much more than play dough for me. There are very few instances =
where would can't be used as at least a temporary fix, and most of the time=
, permanent.
Robert
On 8/29/2015 4:58 PM, Electric Comet wrote:
> in the other thread about garbage can wheel replacements of wood i realized
> that i have fixed a few things with wood replacements
>
> i had a pair of stainless sewing scissors and the handles became brittle and
> broke
>
> i traced the handles and got out the dremel tool and made new ones from
> some maple scraps and they are better than new
>
> a missing trash can flap got replaced with redwood & cedar
>
> tool handles of course
>
One garbage can wheel, two layers 3/4" ply, about 10 years old now.
One knob for the front-end loader control lever on my compact tractor.
Missing rubber knob got snagged and pulled off on a tree, I think.
Replaced with turned scrap of ash about 2 1/2 by 3, several coats of
poly and epoxied onto the 1/2" steel rod. 5 years ago. Still looks purty...
Borrowed my father-in-laws '84 Chrysler for a few days. Fabric headliner
had come loose and sat on my head, could not see out the rear. (He was
much shorter, it didn't bother him.) Ripped five 3/16" square ribs from
scrap cherry, long enough to spring into place across the roof,
supported by the window trim. Looks factory installed, still working
fine 8 years later.
In article <[email protected]>,
[email protected] says...
>
> On Tue, 1 Sep 2015 03:44:18 -0700 (PDT), "Dr. Deb"
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> >On Saturday, August 29, 2015 at 4:02:30 PM UTC-5, Electric Comet wrote:
> >> in the other thread about garbage can wheel replacements of wood i realized
> >> that i have fixed a few things with wood replacements
> >>
> >> i had a pair of stainless sewing scissors and the handles became brittle and
> >> broke
> >>
> >> i traced the handles and got out the dremel tool and made new ones from
> >> some maple scraps and they are better than new
> >>
> >> a missing trash can flap got replaced with redwood & cedar
> >>
> >> tool handles of course
> >
> >
> >Had the plastic handle on my table saw fence break. Replaced it with a piece of Katalox (Mexican Ebony) turned on my mini lathe. Looks almost like it was original with the fence.
> >
> >BTW, I used the drill the blank on the lathe, cut a 1/4" off the drilled end, chisel out for your nut in the remaining blank, epoxy back together, mount on a threaded rod and turn trick of mounting the threaded insert. At least you do not have to worry about the threaded insert backing out doing it that way.
> A friend broke the steering tie rod on his Land Rover Series 3 wagon
> while in Malawi, and had to get back to Zambia
>
> An old wooden shovel handle and some fence wire did the job.
I don't recall how El Auruns fixed the busted spring on the Rolls that
he was driving around all over the desert teaching the Arabs how to be
pains in the butt, but I suspect that a piece of lumber of some sort was
involved.
Electric Comet wrote:
> in the other thread about garbage can wheel replacements of wood i realized
> that i have fixed a few things with wood replacements
>
> i had a pair of stainless sewing scissors and the handles became brittle and
> broke
>
> i traced the handles and got out the dremel tool and made new ones from
> some maple scraps and they are better than new
>
> a missing trash can flap got replaced with redwood & cedar
>
> tool handles of course
>
Then there is the woodturner who lost an eye:
A guy lost an eye in an accident, and made himself a wooden eye as a
prosthetic. But he became withdrawn over his appearance. A friend
finally persuaded him to come to community dance, but he just stood there
all alone.
He finally noticed a young lady sitting alone, and saw (with his one
good eye) that she too had a prosthetic, to replace a leg she had lost.
He thought to himself, "maybe she would dance with me."
So gathering his courage he approached her and asked, "Would you like to
dance?"
She looked up with a smile and said, "Would I! Would I!"
So he pointed back at her and said, "Peg leg! Peg leg!"
--
GW Ross
A big enough hammer fixes anything
On Saturday, August 29, 2015 at 5:02:30 PM UTC-4, Electric Comet wrote:
> in the other thread about garbage can wheel replacements of wood i realized
> that i have fixed a few things with wood replacements
>
> i had a pair of stainless sewing scissors and the handles became brittle and
> broke
>
> i traced the handles and got out the dremel tool and made new ones from
> some maple scraps and they are better than new
>
> a missing trash can flap got replaced with redwood & cedar
>
> tool handles of course
She has some trouble sneaking up on chipmunks these days, but otherwise the repair worked out pretty well.
http://i440.photobucket.com/albums/qq121/DerbyDad03/WoodFix_zpsoqkauezd.jpg
What goes 99-thump, 99-thump, 99-thump?
On Tuesday, September 1, 2015 at 12:27:07 PM UTC-4, G. Ross wrote:
> Electric Comet wrote:
> > in the other thread about garbage can wheel replacements of wood i realized
> > that i have fixed a few things with wood replacements
> >
> > i had a pair of stainless sewing scissors and the handles became brittle and
> > broke
> >
> > i traced the handles and got out the dremel tool and made new ones from
> > some maple scraps and they are better than new
> >
> > a missing trash can flap got replaced with redwood & cedar
> >
> > tool handles of course
> >
>
>
> Then there is the woodturner who lost an eye:
>
> A guy lost an eye in an accident, and made himself a wooden eye as a
> prosthetic. But he became withdrawn over his appearance. A friend
> finally persuaded him to come to community dance, but he just stood there
> all alone.
>
> He finally noticed a young lady sitting alone, and saw (with his one
> good eye) that she too had a prosthetic, to replace a leg she had lost.
> He thought to himself, "maybe she would dance with me."
>
> So gathering his courage he approached her and asked, "Would you like to
> dance?"
> She looked up with a smile and said, "Would I! Would I!"
> So he pointed back at her and said, "Peg leg! Peg leg!"
>
>
What a coincidence! I heard about a similar situation at another dance.
So he pointed back at her and said, "Hair lip! Hair lip!"
I wonder if it was the same guy. He's never going to get a date with an attitude like that. ;-)
On 8/31/2015 5:04 AM, [email protected] wrote:
> There are very few instances where would can't be used as at least a temporary fix, and most of the time, permanent.
Yup. I've got a wooden gall bladder, myself.
<[email protected]> wrote in message
On Saturday, August 29, 2015 at 4:02:30 PM UTC-5, Electric Comet wrote:
>
> tool handles of course
Made wood handles for homemade lathe tools, shop made hammer handles, made
wood gates for metal fence (I can't weld to save my life), butts for socket
chisels, wheels for a garden cart (from pressure treated wood), made wheel
barrow handles, rigged temporary scaffold repair, cased a broken tool box
with plywood, etc.
Wood isn't much more than play dough for me. There are very few instances
where would can't be used as at least a temporary fix, and most of the time,
permanent.
Robert
How about pail handles. Drill a hole through a dowel, split it in
half lengthwise and glue it back together on the bail. Those
plastic roller handles are junk. btw, golf balls make nice file
handles too...just beware of the liquid center filled ones.
On Tue, 1 Sep 2015 12:52:26 -0700 (PDT)
DerbyDad03 <[email protected]> wrote:
> The damper doors opened and closed properly from that point on and
> the minuscule difference between true "fully cold" and my "almost
> fully cold" was imperceptible.
nice one
plus now you can sell it and say it has wood grain in the interior
On Tue, 01 Sep 2015 12:27:10 -0400
"G. Ross" <[email protected]> wrote:
> So gathering his courage he approached her and asked, "Would you like
> to dance?"
> She looked up with a smile and said, "Would I! Would I!"
> So he pointed back at her and said, "Peg leg! Peg leg!"
not bad
do not see many wood turning jokes
On 8/31/2015 9:37 AM, Greg Guarino wrote:
> On 8/31/2015 5:04 AM, [email protected] wrote:
>> There are very few instances where would can't be used as at least a
>> temporary fix, and most of the time, permanent.
Window lifts in the back doors of my Buick. That made them stay up!