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[patches]

On 12/18/2021 at 7:21 AM, Hairy said:

Those look great, but please align that one screw head

 

9 hours ago, mazambaan said:

He he maybe a lesson to use allen heads or why phillips was invented 🙃. I thought that was a woodworking thing so we learn but how do you line up the slots if you torque the fasteners (maybe that is anal for screws)?  Grind a little off the thread?

 

Aaah, the old slotted  screws... in brass... 'tis a brave man/woman that attempts to firmly tighten those.

*side note regarding fasteners: this past weekend we were commissioning 2 negative pressure paediatric ICU rooms. After having rapidly (4 weeks) building CDC grade HEPA filtered air extract plant rooms, all the engineering, construction, controls programming, blood, sweat and tears involved, it was 2 stupid little screws on a door closer that nearly did us in. If the door doesn't close properly, the room doesn't seal and can't achieve negative pressure. and the 2 silly little phillips screws fastening the closer to the frame had stripped heads so we couldn't reposition the closer arm. TWO EFFING SCREWS!

[Hairy]

2 hours ago, patches said:

 

 

Aaah, the old slotted  screws... in brass... 'tis a brave man/woman that attempts to firmly tighten those.

*side note regarding fasteners: this past weekend we were commissioning 2 negative pressure paediatric ICU rooms. After having rapidly (4 weeks) building CDC grade HEPA filtered air extract plant rooms, all the engineering, construction, controls programming, blood, sweat and tears involved, it was 2 stupid little screws on a door closer that nearly did us in. If the door doesn't close properly, the room doesn't seal and can't achieve negative pressure. and the 2 silly little phillips screws fastening the closer to the frame had stripped heads so we couldn't reposition the closer arm. TWO EFFING SCREWS!

specify torx hardware going forwards at the hospital?

I will remember that going forward for critical spaces like that.....and also education from the contractor letting his staff know what and why they are doing the work they are and if anything needs to be adjusted or replaced in the future they can not afford a stripped fixing as lives depend on it.

 

Edit: given your timelines, and the closer is a finishing piece the guys must have been under sever pressure and tired, and figured it is fixed in place and that is that ...... still a thousand other things to do before they leave for home.

Edited December 19, 2021 by Hairy

[patches]

13 minutes ago, Hairy said:

specify torx hardware going forwards at the hospital?

I will remember that going forward for critical spaces like that.....and also education from the contractor letting his staff know what and why they are doing the work they are and if anything needs to be adjusted or replaced in the future they can not afford a stripped fixing as lives depend on it.

 

Edit: given your timelines, and the closer is a finishing piece the guys must have been under sever pressure and tired, and figured it is fixed in place and that is that ...... still a thousand other things to do before they leave for home.

Yeah, we we reinstated an existing manual door closer whilst waiting for the spindles on an automatically actuated one, so existing fasteners and hardware were used. And yeah, the guys have been pulling crazy hours. But yeah, a box of torx self tappers could have saved the day.

Anyway, enough about doors... back onto bikes (and even Hairy-esque)...

A couple of Kea's sitting on a Fat Boy overlooking the Southern Alps.

(Kea's are the worlds only Alpine Parrot. Extremely smart, but naughty buggers. They like stealing the rubber linings from car windscreens etc. No doubt they're plotting something with that Harley).

Edited December 19, 2021 by patches

[Hairy]

35 minutes ago, patches said:

Yeah, we we reinstated an existing manual door closer whilst waiting for the spindles on an automatically actuated one, so existing fasteners and hardware were used. And yeah, the guys have been pulling crazy hours. But yeah, a box of torx self tappers could have saved the day.

Anyway, enough about doors... back onto bikes (and even Hairy-esque)...

A couple of Kea's sitting on a Fat Boy overlooking the Southern Alps.

(Kea's are the worlds only Alpine Parrot. Extremely smart, but naughty buggers. They like stealing the rubber linings from car windscreens etc. No doubt they're plotting something with that Harley).

😮❤️

[Spokey]

10 hours ago, patches said:

Yeah, we we reinstated an existing manual door closer whilst waiting for the spindles on an automatically actuated one, so existing fasteners and hardware were used. And yeah, the guys have been pulling crazy hours. But yeah, a box of torx self tappers could have saved the day.

Anyway, enough about doors... back onto bikes (and even Hairy-esque)...

A couple of Kea's sitting on a Fat Boy overlooking the Southern Alps.

(Kea's are the worlds only Alpine Parrot. Extremely smart, but naughty buggers. They like stealing the rubber linings from car windscreens etc. No doubt they're plotting something with that Harley).

Jeepers, stunning…the scenery that is. I need to visit NZ with my  Katoom. Cheaper to rent a bike I guess.

[Thug]

you happy now Hairy? 😉😂

[Andrew_Smith]

Holiday mode activated, well almost, one week of work left...

At least I can enjoy the breeze of the ocean while working.

Fun fact: The duffle bag is fitted with a week's clothes, that bag impresses me on every adventure - love it!

[Hairy]

My new grips I got from Black Sheep Bikes was missing a fixing bolt ........... so I had to unfortunately ride ALL the way their via Durbanville Hills again ..... oh pity me

[dirtypot]

Imagine how good it would be on a bike that could go around corners... 

[Andymann]

3 hours ago, Thug said:

you happy now Hairy? 😉😂

Nope....... still skew 😉

[Andymann]

So back in the late 80's my Dad bought an old Oak desk from Iscor which he had converted into a coffee table.  Part of that conversion was to have the legs cut down so it was less desk, more table.  My Mom of course was disgusted that he dare cut the legs off an Oak desk so she made him keep the four pieces "just in case". This was also about the same time I got the Velo, and in my mind I was going to use one of the pieces to make the wooden ball on top of the gear selector shaft ( remember this bike has a hand-change).  I kept the one piece safe all these years and last week the Apprentices got a new task.....

[Andymann]

It's not original - the original one would have been made out of a hard rubber, but this was just something that I have had in my head for all these years, so I decided what the hell lets do it from wood.  

[Andymann]

And here's where we are so far - it's looking nice - long way to go still but we are making progress!

[Hairy]

3 hours ago, dirtypot said:

Imagine how good it would be on a bike that could go around corners... 

You mistake the Fat Bob for a typical Harley ......................... 

Edit ... my bike is great at corners .... makes me smile from one corners of my face to the other corner

Edited December 20, 2021 by Hairy

[RoddieJ]

2 hours ago, Hairy said:

My new grips I got from Black Sheep Bikes was missing a fixing bolt ........... so I had to unfortunately ride ALL the way their via Durbanville Hills again ..... oh pity me

Which grips did you get? I’m considering replacement grips for my Street Glide... Will probably have to take the scenic route to Gold Rand Harley, all of 8km away as the crow flies, lol

[Hairy]

1 hour ago, RoddieJ said:

Which grips did you get? I’m considering replacement grips for my Street Glide... Will probably have to take the scenic route to Gold Rand Harley, all of 8km away as the crow flies, lol

Let me clarify, the grips are for the YT, and Black Sheep Bikes is a really good trail orientated LBS at Hoogekraal ..... but Black Sheep Bikes would make a kick ass motorbike shop name too!

The HD was just a tool to get their and back ... twice