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I must be blind as a bat because I don't see a stool...I see a bench, and a vise, and a chain sharpener...is there a stool somewhere?
Why, yes there is, back in a dark corner.I must be blind as a bat because I don't see a stool...I see a bench, and a vise, and a chain sharpener...is there a stool somewhere?
I stupidly put an open end wrench into my bench grinder wheel to “open it up” Must have pushed too hard because the wheel took it from my hand, slammed it into the angle adjustment plate and the whole bench grinder lept from the table, did a 360* spin, and scared the pants off of me. Lesson: don’t push very hard the wrenchOnce again, I’m back at it modifying spare & cheap tools to make them work for another purpose. This Villiers I did a full restoration and rebuild on was made in England. It had imperial hardware but nothing I had would fit it.
Turns out I needed 11/32 & 17/32 spanners. I went to loads of shops to no avail. Decided to modify the closest two and made them fit beautifully. Tried my best to keep the faces square and parallel and then filed all the edges to remove the sharp edge too. Took my time using marker pen as a reference.
Now they fit beautifully no Picasso or Monet, but it does the job.
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Most of the time I never use any tool to tighten a gas cap or a bar oil cap. I am in the vast minority of saw operators. Hand tightening is usually all that is needed. Nevertheless, Stihl put stickers on their saws showing screw drivers tightening the caps.It's amazing how tight those freakin caps can get, I swear, it feels like somebody put mine on with a 48" pipe wrench sometimes.
Agreed!!Most of the time I never use any tool to tighten a gas cap or a bar oil cap. I am in the vast minority of saw operators. Hand tightening is usually all that is needed. Nevertheless, Stihl put stickers on their saws showing screw drivers tightening the caps.
Most of the time I never use any tool to tighten a gas cap or a bar oil cap. I am in the vast minority of saw operators. Hand tightening is usually all that is needed. Nevertheless, Stihl put stickers on their saws showing screw drivers tightening the caps.
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