Basic DIY questions?
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existentialist
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I'm told that tapping it with a hammer can help free it. I've also done it by putting the drill into reverse, gripping the chuck HARD, and giving little blips of power to the drill to jerk it loose. Be careful with this, though, because it the knurled chuck slips through your hand, you can end up with some nasty friction burns.
Saul Goodman
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Is that anything like a mandrel?
Elpenor
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danski
"vibey"
I wonder if the hex shank of the arbor has wedged against the sides of chuck.
Can happen with a smaller chuck.
Maybe see if you can twist the arbor anticlockwise against the chuck
I’ve just realised I’ve been calling it the wrong thing then since like forever.Is that anything like a mandrel?
I’m now wondering if it was slang at some point along the way. Like the spring nut / Zebedee thing. Cos literally nobody has ever pulled me on it until now.
Saul Goodman
It's all good, man
It's probably that they sound almost exactly the same.I’m now wondering if it was slang at some point along the way. Like the spring nut / Zebedee thing. Cos literally nobody has ever pulled me on it until now.
Read the description…Is that anything like a mandrel?
You were pulling me on a typo?
teuchter
je suis teuchter
This horrible material that most cheap bathroom fittings seem to be made of ... what is it?
It's kind of chromed on the surface and has the weight of metal but when it breaks it kind of breaks almost like plastic and the broken edge even looks a bit like cement or volcanic rock or something.
It's kind of chromed on the surface and has the weight of metal but when it breaks it kind of breaks almost like plastic and the broken edge even looks a bit like cement or volcanic rock or something.
Saul Goodman
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Die cast Chinesium
existentialist
Tired and unemotional
Those broken edges are just classic fatigue cracking. But yeah, I think it must be some steel alloy that includes cheese.
teuchter
je suis teuchter
Chromed pot metal is what it probably is, then.
They are glass-glass hinges for a shower screen and of course, it would appear to be impossible to find replacement ones with exactly the right hole spacing. So the proper fix is to take out the entire thing, and replace it with a new one, and reseal everything, just because of one tiny bit of broken metal.
Alternatively, some kind of bodge job involving gluing stainless steel hinges onto the hole-plates of the old hinges. This of course will end up taking longer than replacing the whole screen and very likely end up in failure necessitating taking the whole thing out anyway.
Naturally, I shall embark on the latter course of action. I may post my regrets here when the time comes.
They are glass-glass hinges for a shower screen and of course, it would appear to be impossible to find replacement ones with exactly the right hole spacing. So the proper fix is to take out the entire thing, and replace it with a new one, and reseal everything, just because of one tiny bit of broken metal.
Alternatively, some kind of bodge job involving gluing stainless steel hinges onto the hole-plates of the old hinges. This of course will end up taking longer than replacing the whole screen and very likely end up in failure necessitating taking the whole thing out anyway.
Naturally, I shall embark on the latter course of action. I may post my regrets here when the time comes.
prunus
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existentialist
Tired and unemotional
I know that drilling stainless steel can be a bit of a horror, but could some suitable replacement SS hinges be drilled to fit?
I'm always slightly edgy about gluing, probably somewhat unreasonably...
teuchter
je suis teuchter
Same here.
I have also been wondering about fixing mechanically into SS hinges but it would not be entirely straightforward due to how the machine screws that clamp the glass work.
Also, I don't really want to give the cheapo metal that the existing things are made of, additional opportunities to crack by making holes in it.
If I do glue, I'll have to decide whether I ought to try and remove the chrome finish or not, on the portion that gets glued.
There is at least quite a nice big flat surface area to glue to..
Saul Goodman
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What are the hole centres? And hinge centre to hole?
teuchter
je suis teuchter
22mm centre-centre for the holes. And about 26mm hinge centre to first hole.
Saul Goodman
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I'm not finding anything. And you can't drill tempered glass, so good luck with the glue
Although you could buy hinges with completely different centres, and drill them to suit the door.
danski
"vibey"
Could you take to a local welder/fabricator/machine shop and ask if they could make a replacement? Dunno if that would be possible.
discokermit
discokermit
Saul Goodman
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It's an easy job for an engineer, but unless you want a few hundred of them, it'll be cost prohibitive.
teuchter
je suis teuchter
yes or ideally find some with no holes, and then drill them. But then I'd need to make the back plates too, and they wouldn't have those bushing type things to go through the glass holes and prevent over-clamping on the glass and so on.
I think it has to be glue, see if it works, if not replace the entire thing.
discokermit
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depends. small places you might have a good chance of getting it done, management book the metal and labour to another job and pocket the cash. it has to be cash though. i had a boss who did this sort of thing regularly and always charged twenty quid.
the other alternative in a small place is just walk in and ask someone in a boilersuit if they can get it done for cash. i have been approached a few times like that.
Sweet FA
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So now it's stopped raining for 5 minutes, I need to put the paving stones back.
How's that done then? Can I diy it or should I get a bloke?
The bit in between the sheds is fairly straightforward I guess. There are 2 little bits down the sides of each shed. Ignore these?
How's that done then? Can I diy it or should I get a bloke?
The bit in between the sheds is fairly straightforward I guess. There are 2 little bits down the sides of each shed. Ignore these?
The only thing I know about laying paving slabs is they lay them on sand as that makes it easier to level them.
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