Thumper Club Forum
Club House => Chatter => Topic started by: timbo on November 28, 2016, 10:19:14 PM
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Just thought I'd throw this one out there for discussion. What job in the shed gives you the most satisfaction? For example, is it retapping a thread? Or maybe scraping off old gasket with a stanley blade? Or maybe the "crack", as the impact driver loosens a screw/bolt? Or maybe something else?
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I really enjoy being able to actually find and use something that i hung up somewhere because ` it might be useful one day` , double the pleasure if the item is for someone else, my shed is a complete tip, but i really do know where most things are most of the time..
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How about stripping down a '94 Yamaha XT225 Serow (15k miles) and not shearing any bolts or fasteners - even the fiddly wee allen head exhaust retaining bolts came out without any fuss. I tell you I was in a state of shock for a while!! Happy at the same time though. Very satisfying.
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Any successful electrical job because it's usually more to do with luck than judgement. Otherwise, it's seating a fork seal without mullering it :)
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It would have to be that moment when I tighten up the last nut or bolt after spending six months in the garage building a "special" and you just stand back with brew in hand admiring ones handy work...great feeling
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.... as opposed to when you're admiring it and see that circlip that you forgot to put back lying on the bench. Or when you've finally put the kickstart and gear lever back on the Commando gearbox, filled it with oil with no leaks, and can't remember whether you tightened the mainshaft nut and have to take it all apart again. Or you carefully fit the outer primary chaincase to the Sunbeam (with its 16 tiny screws), congratulate yourself on the lack of oil leaks then realise you have to take it off again as you can't get at the mag fixings to adjust the mag chain......
But seriously my best times are when I have to design and make a component on the lathe and it actually works.
(http://www.iansoady.org.uk/Sunbeam/images/telltale%201.jpg)
(http://www.iansoady.org.uk/Sunbeam/images/telltale%202.jpg)
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Very nice Ian, but what is it? It looks like an oil pressure relief valve....
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Close but no cigar - it's an oil pressure indicator. The pressure pushes the piston making the reduced end stick out. A bit tricky to see it as you thunder along......
The seals are teflon which was surprisingly easy to machine.
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Just doing a job once successfully, without having to redo, remake, or repaint, now that is very satisfying! ::)
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Good question. I've thought about it long and hard and the most satisfying jobs are those where I don't actually break anything else whilst doing the original job!
I also like cleaning rust off things with a rotary wire brush in a drill.
Ian
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polishing the alloy bits ,music on couple of beers , great stuff ;D tommy
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I like clearing enough shite of the floor so I can see the concrete ..... I must get around to doing it :'( :-\
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I agree with all the above suggestions :)
I also find it very satisfying when bits and pieces arrive in the post, that you've ordered, or from the local vapour blaster ;)
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Beating technology. Shed wise, when an ECU blink codes or you get the service light off by grounding a wire. More likely sat at the dining room table when I find my phone has recorded a GPS track without flattening its battry trying to joint ****ing Facebook.
Andy
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Ah yes, ****ing Facebook! I'm not on it, but the missus is and the constant distraction has given me more "unofficial" shed time - no clocking in and out! :) My silver lining provided by the undoubted cloud that is ****ing Facebook!
I know, why don't we have a "Meals" section on here - we post up pictures of what we've got to eat, just to take the p1ss gently?!
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I tried it so I could look at the RealClassic group but the constant ads and suggestions of things I might want to look at or "like" (never did) just drove me berserk so I cancelled my membership.
You get a much nicer class of people here.........
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Alison lives on Faceache, mostly for her Akita dog rescue though. But she's forever nagging me to get my own page. I don't think so..... >:(