Frank Pellow
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Last week I purchased this item from Lee Valley (see http://www.leevalley.com/wood/page.aspx?c=1&p=64673&cat=51,64664). It came with no installation instructions, nor (to my surprise) were there any on the Lee Valley web site. I could figure out how to install part of it, but I had no clue how to insert the steel rod into the systainer without (somehow ???) taking the systainer apart. This morning, I talked briefly to George in Lee Valley customer service , and his answer is that, indeed, the systainer must be partly taken apart.
In case others are similarly confused, I offer this illustrated tutorial.
1) Place the systainer so that one of the hinge pins is located over a small hole, such as a dog hole in a woodworking bench. Insert the rod into the interior of the hinge pin and tap it until it comes out.
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Here is a picture of a partly extracted hinge pin:
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2) Push the rod through loop in the flap then insert it into place:
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But don't do what I did that is don't install it back to front. :-[
3) Tap the hinge pin onto the rod: [attachthumb=#4]
4) At this point, I realized that I had inserted the flap the wrong way around on the rod. So I had to remove the hinge pin again. I couldn?t use the same technique. Rather, I pried the pin a little way with some pliers, then used a claw hammer to extract it all the way.
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It's just as well that I figured out this alternative, should I ever want to remove the systainer lid insert some time in the future.
5) The next step is to install the portion that attaches directly to the systainer lid:
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The four holes in the lid attachment must be pressed over the four pins that extrude from the top of the systainer
The attachment snaps easily into place:
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6) Finally, the two screws (shown in the plastic bag in the above photo) are screwed into the two holes in the systainer lid.
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7) Here the lid is installed on a systainer 2 and some of the contents that I intend to store in the systainer have been placed into it.
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The systainer will be used as my off-site office and will be used to store a netbook computer, a camera, office supplies, my diary, and plans (among other things).
In case others are similarly confused, I offer this illustrated tutorial.
1) Place the systainer so that one of the hinge pins is located over a small hole, such as a dog hole in a woodworking bench. Insert the rod into the interior of the hinge pin and tap it until it comes out.
[attachthumb=#1]
Here is a picture of a partly extracted hinge pin:
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2) Push the rod through loop in the flap then insert it into place:
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But don't do what I did that is don't install it back to front. :-[
3) Tap the hinge pin onto the rod: [attachthumb=#4]
4) At this point, I realized that I had inserted the flap the wrong way around on the rod. So I had to remove the hinge pin again. I couldn?t use the same technique. Rather, I pried the pin a little way with some pliers, then used a claw hammer to extract it all the way.
[attachthumb=#5] [attachthumb=#6]
It's just as well that I figured out this alternative, should I ever want to remove the systainer lid insert some time in the future.
5) The next step is to install the portion that attaches directly to the systainer lid:
[attachthumb=#7]
The four holes in the lid attachment must be pressed over the four pins that extrude from the top of the systainer
The attachment snaps easily into place:
[attachthumb=#8]
6) Finally, the two screws (shown in the plastic bag in the above photo) are screwed into the two holes in the systainer lid.
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7) Here the lid is installed on a systainer 2 and some of the contents that I intend to store in the systainer have been placed into it.
[attachthumb=#10]
The systainer will be used as my off-site office and will be used to store a netbook computer, a camera, office supplies, my diary, and plans (among other things).
