I was working in a house the other day and the pre-hung doors all had
nickel hinges. The hinges had a bottom cap (as some hinges do) that
made the top and bottom look the same. I hadn't seen this particular
hinge before but didn't think anything about it.
I noticed that on a couple of the hinges the bottom cap looked as if
it was about to fall out (as they sometimes do) so I gave one a tap
with my hammer to push it back in. It didn't slide in as I thought it
would so I gave it another good whack and in it went. I went over to
the other door and "fixed" it too.
The next day I had to remove one of the doors to cut a hole in the
jamb for a jamb switch. It turns out that the top cap is not attached
to the hinge pin but instead is a threaded cap. The pin is a separate
piece down inside the barrel of the hinge that you have to drive out
with a punch......after you unscrew the bottom cap!
Yep....the bottom cap is threaded too!
It turns out that these were some kind of special order commercial
hinge. I got to replace the two hinges I "fixed". They were $30 a
pair.
Man was I glad I only fixed two of them!
Mike O.
On Thu, 03 Feb 2005 18:44:46 -0600, Mike <[email protected]> wrote:
>On Wed, 02 Feb 2005 22:01:03 -0800, Tim Douglass
><[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Guess it isn't smart to wander around with a hammer in
>>your hand.
>
>Hmmm.....you're not the first to tell me that! :-)
I was doing a small job a while back with a guy who was a great
devotee of Norm. When I, through some mysterious set of circumstances
which I cannot recall precisely at the moment, enthusiastically
smacked my finger with the hammer he merely looked at me as I was
hopping up and down holding my bleeding digit and asked "Did you read,
understand and follow all the safety rules that came with that tool?"
To which I could only reply "No, but I *am* wearing safety glasses!"
Tim Douglass
http://www.DouglassClan.com
Robatoy wrote:
> In article <[email protected]>,
> [email protected] wrote:
>
> > Ever hear the "Dutch" screwdriver story?
> >
>
> No.
>
> Okay....out with it...!
Near the bottom of this article, mind the line-wrap:
http://groups-beta.google.com/group/rec.woodworking/msg/5a2bf211553f6921?dmode=source
--
FF
J T wrote:
> Wed, Feb 2, 2005, 11:20pm (EST-1) [email protected] (Mike) laments:
> <snip> I got to replace the two hinges I "fixed". They were $30 a
> pair. <snip>
>
> ROTFLMAO
>
> I'd probably have done the same thing, but it's still funny.
I *know* I would have. I can see the hammer in my hands now. Ouch.
--
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Wed, Feb 2, 2005, 11:20pm (EST-1) [email protected] (Mike) laments:
<snip>=A0 I got to replace the two hinges I "fixed". They were $30 a
pair. <snip>
ROTFLMAO
I'd probably have done the same thing, but it's still funny.
JOAT
Intellectual brilliance is no guarantee against being dead wrong.
- David Fasold
"Tim Douglass" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> Oh boy. I know those hinges. About 20 years ago I did exactly the
> same thing. Guess it isn't smart to wander around with a hammer in
> your hand.
"if all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail"
je
In article <[email protected]>,
[email protected] wrote:
> http://groups-beta.google.com/group/rec.woodworking/msg/5a2bf211553f6921?dmode
> =source
Thank you *S*
In article <[email protected]>,
[email protected] wrote:
> Ever hear the "Dutch" screwdriver story?
>
> --
>
> FF
>
No.
Okay....out with it...!
On Wed, 02 Feb 2005 22:01:03 -0800, Tim Douglass
<[email protected]> wrote:
> Guess it isn't smart to wander around with a hammer in
>your hand.
Hmmm.....you're not the first to tell me that! :-)
Mike O.
On Wed, 02 Feb 2005 23:20:16 -0600, Mike <[email protected]> wrote:
>I was working in a house the other day and the pre-hung doors all had
>nickel hinges. The hinges had a bottom cap (as some hinges do) that
>made the top and bottom look the same. I hadn't seen this particular
>hinge before but didn't think anything about it.
>I noticed that on a couple of the hinges the bottom cap looked as if
>it was about to fall out (as they sometimes do) so I gave one a tap
>with my hammer to push it back in. It didn't slide in as I thought it
>would so I gave it another good whack and in it went. I went over to
>the other door and "fixed" it too.
>The next day I had to remove one of the doors to cut a hole in the
>jamb for a jamb switch. It turns out that the top cap is not attached
>to the hinge pin but instead is a threaded cap. The pin is a separate
>piece down inside the barrel of the hinge that you have to drive out
>with a punch......after you unscrew the bottom cap!
>Yep....the bottom cap is threaded too!
>
>It turns out that these were some kind of special order commercial
>hinge. I got to replace the two hinges I "fixed". They were $30 a
>pair.
>Man was I glad I only fixed two of them!
Oh boy. I know those hinges. About 20 years ago I did exactly the
same thing. Guess it isn't smart to wander around with a hammer in
your hand.
Tim Douglass
http://www.DouglassClan.com
On 2 Feb 2005 21:58:33 -0800, [email protected] wrote:
>Ever hear the "Dutch" screwdriver story?
I just read it.
I must be Dutch!! <g>
Mike O.