Jeff Zanin
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- Jan 2, 2009
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Yesterday my old buddy Max Frustration stopped by the shop. He was hoping to meet Faster, Easier and Smarter who he has heard so much about. Unfortunately for Max those luminaries were out to lunch and they did not return for the rest of the day.
Max is a busy guy but he seemed to have time to hang around, so he was helping me with a minor dust extraction reconfiguration. I have been using the 27mm hose on the CT22 boom arm, and this has been fine for the sanders, Domino and even the TS-75. But with the OF 1400 it seemed that the 36mm hose would be better.
"No problem", says Max. Take off the 27mm which just slides in and out of the boom arm clips and then put on the 36mm. Oh. Look at that. The 36mm fits in the clips but not through the clips.
"No problem", says Max. Just loosen the three screws enough to... ah, drat. Loosening the screws a few turns seems to have disconnected them from the nuts, which were just sitting in the recess on the bracket but have now departed in three different directions, never to be seen again.
"No problem", says Max. Just get three nuts from your secret stash of metric hardware and replace the missing nuts. Maybe we could do something to keep them from disappearing? Yes. We will put blue tape on the nut side of the bracket, this will retain the nuts in the recess when the screws are loosened. This is great, the nuts cannot escape, now slide the hose into the bracket and tighten the screws... Hmmmm. It seems the nuts are now stuck to the tape at the outer edge of the recess which is beyond the end of the screw, which does not engage the nut.
"No problem", says Max. We just need a slightly larger screw to push the nut down into the recess enough to engage the screw while we tighten it. Yes, but the recess is covered with tape, and the nut is stuck to the tape so when I pull the tape back the nut is now outside the recess, barely hanging on to the tape and obviously hoping to escape to wherever the first three nuts have gone.
"No problem", says Max. Just take the nut off the tape, shove it in the recess and push it in there until the screw can engage. OK that seems to work - except now the nut has tilted and is jammed halfway down the recess and will neither engage the screw nor come out so I can straighten it.
"No problem", says Max. Just get something thin and stiff and pointy to pull the nut out, then put it in properly. If I could find something thin and stiff and pointy I would... but never mind that. Yes a dental pick thingy works to pry the nut out of the recess, now push it in carefully keeping it square to the recess while turning the screw to catch it.
There. Only five more brackets @ three screws per bracket = 15 screws to go.
Max's iPhone plays a tune and he answers. After a few "OKs" and "Yeahs" he finishes and announces something has come up, he has to go but good luck with the rest of the project.
It is always good to see Max.
Max is a busy guy but he seemed to have time to hang around, so he was helping me with a minor dust extraction reconfiguration. I have been using the 27mm hose on the CT22 boom arm, and this has been fine for the sanders, Domino and even the TS-75. But with the OF 1400 it seemed that the 36mm hose would be better.
"No problem", says Max. Take off the 27mm which just slides in and out of the boom arm clips and then put on the 36mm. Oh. Look at that. The 36mm fits in the clips but not through the clips.
"No problem", says Max. Just loosen the three screws enough to... ah, drat. Loosening the screws a few turns seems to have disconnected them from the nuts, which were just sitting in the recess on the bracket but have now departed in three different directions, never to be seen again.
"No problem", says Max. Just get three nuts from your secret stash of metric hardware and replace the missing nuts. Maybe we could do something to keep them from disappearing? Yes. We will put blue tape on the nut side of the bracket, this will retain the nuts in the recess when the screws are loosened. This is great, the nuts cannot escape, now slide the hose into the bracket and tighten the screws... Hmmmm. It seems the nuts are now stuck to the tape at the outer edge of the recess which is beyond the end of the screw, which does not engage the nut.
"No problem", says Max. We just need a slightly larger screw to push the nut down into the recess enough to engage the screw while we tighten it. Yes, but the recess is covered with tape, and the nut is stuck to the tape so when I pull the tape back the nut is now outside the recess, barely hanging on to the tape and obviously hoping to escape to wherever the first three nuts have gone.
"No problem", says Max. Just take the nut off the tape, shove it in the recess and push it in there until the screw can engage. OK that seems to work - except now the nut has tilted and is jammed halfway down the recess and will neither engage the screw nor come out so I can straighten it.
"No problem", says Max. Just get something thin and stiff and pointy to pull the nut out, then put it in properly. If I could find something thin and stiff and pointy I would... but never mind that. Yes a dental pick thingy works to pry the nut out of the recess, now push it in carefully keeping it square to the recess while turning the screw to catch it.
There. Only five more brackets @ three screws per bracket = 15 screws to go.
Max's iPhone plays a tune and he answers. After a few "OKs" and "Yeahs" he finishes and announces something has come up, he has to go but good luck with the rest of the project.
It is always good to see Max.
