NuggyBuggy
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« on: September 23, 2012, 07:05 PM » |
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I bought a Walko (3) probably two years ago, but due to a whole lot of life getting in the way it spent the time strapped to a wall in my water heater room.
I finally got it out to play with this weekend. In another thread somewhere I mentioned my frustration with adjusting the table struts and with removing them from the legs. I spent a good little while today revisiting that frustration. In the videos the angle adjustment and removal process looks simple, but I can't seem to make anything work without a whole lot of wrestling. If the struts are off the legs I can usually adjust the angle, but once the struts go on the legs all bets are off.
Can anyone give me advice as to how to use these things ? There must be some tricks that I'm not in on. I've downloaded the manuals from Walko but they never helped me the first time around and they're not helping me now.
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ccmviking
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« Reply #1 on: September 23, 2012, 07:21 PM » |
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Use some dri-lube on all the moving parts there and check your alignment. You need to have the table in the a-frame position, and loosen the allen's that hold the struts to the bamboo tables. Move everything around and get it all aligned and carefully tighten everything back up. If they are in a bind at all they can be frustrating.
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PaulMarcel
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« Reply #2 on: September 23, 2012, 07:34 PM » |
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Good to know; I don't use mine often with the tables, but, yeah, they were always a pain to install. Thanks, Chris!
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Alan m
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« Reply #3 on: September 24, 2012, 02:58 AM » |
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i find it a pain sometimes to allign everything. loosen the bolts a touch and its simple
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NuggyBuggy
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« Reply #4 on: September 24, 2012, 11:24 AM » |
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Thanks guys, I'll try lubing the parts and adjusting. It's nice to hear that maybe I am not the only one finding it more difficult than it seems on video.
On another note, does anyone know where one can get another set of the table struts/hinges ?
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Alan m
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« Reply #5 on: September 24, 2012, 12:33 PM » |
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nothing is ever as easy as it looks in the videos. walko will ship them across to you.
i bought 2 more lengths of extrusion (legs) to bolt to the wall so store the tables
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ts 55+2 1400 rails+ 1 lr32 1400 rail, domino+assortment systainer+ domiplate, ct 22 with boom arm+home made thien baffel, lr32 set, rotex 150, home made MFT,home made work center, 6 t locs for other tools, of2000 , ro 90, mft 800, trion , ls 130
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of 1400, MFT 3,, even more t locs for other tools
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« Reply #6 on: September 26, 2012, 12:47 PM » |
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I zipped tied mine with plastic zip ties in the 90 degree position because of the difficulties explained above. One of the tables fits quickly while the other one needs a little persuasion with a leather faced home made mallet. Oops  |
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