Geez! I hate that!

[Tassie f100]

I had a ryobi 240 v chainsaw which finally died after about 20 years.I bought a new Ryobi the other day and got around to using it yesterday,supposed to be 2300w, anyway goes well,cuts like no tomorrow,seems to handle up to about 30 cm wood pretty well.Might buy a couple of spare chains for about $20 each and an electric sharpener,probably see me off this earth.

[.:4:.]

Originally Posted by Tassie f100

I had a ryobi 240 v chainsaw which finally died after about 20 years.I bought a new Ryobi the other day and got around to using it yesterday,supposed to be 2300w, anyway goes well,cuts like no tomorrow,seems to handle up to about 30 cm wood pretty well.Might buy a couple of spare chains for about $20 each and an electric sharpener,probably see me off this earth.

2300 watts, thats ball park 9.5 amps. Your extention cords must be hating life getting thrashed like that with their 10 amp rating.

[Tassie f100]

Pretty heavy duty lead,probably would be rated at least 15 amp but has 10 amp plug and socket

[.:4:.]

Originally Posted by Tassie f100

Pretty heavy duty lead,probably would be rated at least 15 amp but has 10 amp plug and socket

3600 watt cable is all good, but still 10 amp plugs and sockets, and 10 amp outlet to feed the beast. But you like your chainsaw. I get constantly annoyed by mine because it refuses to quit. A stihl or a husky, yeah you pay for them, but they should deliver. Anything homelite should be 1 and done.

[ford71V8]

Almost finished some paving out the back.
Last 2 pavers needed a little skimming with the grinder to sit nicely.

Got the grinder out and saw I needed to change the wheel to a stone one.

This is where it goes bad, because the little tool thingy you use to change discs isn't in the grinder box like it should be.

I look through the shed.
I tidy up the work bench and look again.
Nothing.
Clock is ticking.

Ring a mate to borrow his so I can just get back to the paving job.
He's not home but the shed is open so head over and look through the 2nd box on the 3rd shelf and you'll find one.
Found the box, his grinder tool has no prongy bits. No good.

Head to dads place - he's got everything so likely has 3 of these things I need.
Everyone is driving around at 30kmh.
Starting to get ****ed off now.
I take a wrong turn and now need to do a U-turn. Have I ever taken a wrong turn heading to my folks?

Get to dads.
Listen to some stories.
We head to his shed and he has 4 of these tools.
Each one has prongy bits... all are wrong spacing.
Out with the adjustable pliers - no go.
I hold the grinder while dad goes to town with hammer and punch.
No go.
We pack up and I head home and get there an hour and a half later than when I left, and my grinder still has a metal disc on it and those 2 pavers are still sitting in the sun where I left them.
More searching.
Missus is looking too now.
This is pointless because there is only one logical place to look, and thats the grinder box and thats empty.

Grab a beer.
Sit and let the anger dissipate.
Go back to the paving job and use my rubber mallet, brute force and ignorance to get those last 2 pavers sitting where they should.

i'm grabbing another beer.
Geez I hate that!

[Yellow_Festiva]

Bunnings sells em with adjustable pins.

[peaterj]

Even if you get one with wrong spacing as long as one pin fits the hole and other pin on the outside of the nut usually works most times.
Or buy one of those quick release nuts.

[Yellow_Festiva]

Treadwear numbers for tyres.

Almost impossible to find anywhere but the actual tyre.

I have no clue why they can't simply include this info with the other stats like load and speed rating on the tyre.

Even the manufacturers own site doesn't mention the number.

Got some tyres today. Asked at the office - he had no clue. Asked the guy fitting them, he had never heard of the number either. I had to show him the number on the sticker.

[Ross 1]

When you find it, zip tie it to the plug end of the cable.

[Yellow_Festiva]

Originally Posted by Ross 1

When you find it, zip tie it to the plug end of the cable.

I hate the fact my DeWalt cordless (and most others that I know of) doesn't have a little nook or recess to put it into.

[Tassie f100]

Originally Posted by Ross 1

When you find it, zip tie it to the plug end of the cable.

Aw c’mon us Ozzies aren’t that sharp

[ford71V8]

Originally Posted by Yellow_Festiva

Bunnings sells em with adjustable pins.

Cheers! Good to know.
I considered heading to Bunnings before dad but was further on and I really just wanted to get back to the job

Originally Posted by peaterj

Even if you get one with wrong spacing as long as one pin fits the hole and other pin on the outside of the nut usually works most times.
Or buy one of those quick release nuts.

Every type the old man had, had pins that were too large

Originally Posted by Ross 1

When you find it, zip tie it to the plug end of the cable.

This is a top idea.
Where were you last disc change?!
I'm predicting I will find it within 24 hours of purchasing a new one

Originally Posted by Tassie f100

Aw c’mon us Ozzies aren’t that sharp

This is a fair call for the day I had.
I couldnt even get to folks place without incident - they've lived there since the 80s and used to be my home

[Citroënbender]

Hammer and a nail punch gets the hub fixing loose, if you’re in a tight spot.

To re-tighten you only need to use friction and your hand - the loaded torque finishes it once you start operating.

[ford71V8]

She's on tight CB, hammer and punch didn't budge it.
New tool is the go to here...next Bunnings trip

[MercuryT]

When really hungry aryer working inside and local store you think is open haa shut early for Easter....

Frustrating!! My fault.fo not being prepared earlier....ha

[.:4:.]

Theres one bloke trimming trees. Not a direct neighbor. His chain saw is boging and stalling. So its to a worse degree doing what mine did. Frictioning through limbs, not actually cutting. I put a new chain on my most hated thing. Its not that hard and makes things easy. Im a little over the top with safety when it comes to rotating blades. But in contradiction, a sharp chain on a motor sword means both less time cutting stuff, and less time for the thing to cut your face off.

[Citroënbender]

I went to fit up my nicely cleaned intake manifold lower half and... Haven’t cleaned the blooming bolts!

Once I’d soaked off the eighth-inch of greasy dirt, it was getting time to pack up. Oh well, mañana!

[oldel]

I hate that. But at least you didn't lose any.

I also hate when you get bored and start a job only to realise you don't have what you thought you did in the shed.

The bottom of the bumper on the e34 is all gouged up like the previous owner had a habit of reversing into low walls when parking, or towing damage. I pulled the bumper off because it's 4 bolts at the back and that's it - can even use the wheel nut brace that comes with the car as they made the nuts the same size.

I wanted to put everything I've learned about bodywork into practice on something simple like a plastic bumper, ie shape with dry 120-180#, smooth with 320# dry, then optional wet sand 400# or higher then paint. So I looked around and found 120# (good enough), 240#, Only had 400# which didn't work at all dry (clogging up) so I did that wet.

I've got no plastic primer or flat black paint. I thought I still had some plastic primer left over when I fixed the falcon's peeling shockwave, or the ex smashed the ELs front bumper. I thought I had some flat black paint from when I resprayed my bar bell weights.
All I had in flat black was no primer epoxy 'kill rust' type paints (but dulux and hichem brands).
Yeah that isn't going to work (yes I did try but I quickly had to get a rag and turps to wipe it off)

[roKWiz]

Working on a public holiday and there is nowhere to buy your lunch from first thing in the morning. Usually spoilt for choice here.

[roKWiz]

Picked up some long awaited tungsten pitching chisels this morning, didn't even get 10 minutes into dressing some granite. Geeze I hate that.
Been buying this stuff a long time now and I'm noticing the quality "Made in the USA" is starting to slide. Its rare to actually split the tungsten itself.
Just as well I ordered 2.

[MercuryT]

Fix my cool road bicycle up perfectly....

...only for some guy to smash into me in wrong bike lane on blind corner. (I'm fine....lucky)

I was angry initially. But as so apologetic I thought it's ok, who knows what's happened to him and family etc so all good.

A graze on arm and that's all.

Bike seemed to ride ok after.....

[.:4:.]

I hate when days at work are as slow as today. Yes i found what should have been enough work changing lamps which is booring, but the wholesaler is running out of stock and doeant have an eta for more. Of the 9 people who work for tenants who still come in, everyone was boored and wanting to chat. One chick even put in a service call mainly to have someone to talk to. I feel like today was a waste of effort getting out of bed.

[roKWiz]

Originally Posted by .:4:.

I hate when days at work are as slow as today. Yes i found what should have been enough work changing lamps which is booring, but the wholesaler is running out of stock and doeant have an eta for more. Of the 9 people who work for tenants who still come in, everyone was boored and wanting to chat. One chick even put in a service call mainly to have someone to talk to. I feel like today was a waste of effort getting out of bed.

Must be time for a new job if you're bored.

[Ross 1]

Originally Posted by roKWiz

Been buying this stuff a long time now and I'm noticing the quality "Made in the USA" is starting to slide.

I used to use a fair bit of Milwaukee hand tools, not the power tools, but am swapping out as needed. Their quality has not been the same for a while now, even their tape measures don't last.

[roKWiz]

Originally Posted by Ross 1

I used to use a fair bit of Milwaukee hand tools, not the power tools, but am swapping out as needed. Their quality has not been the same for a while now, even their tape measures don't last.

Yeah agree, they are not as good. As I only use hand tools, I'm sticking with U.S Vaughan one piece hammers. Estwing are rubbish. See pic 6 weeks old.

German, Rexid make quality Tungsten tips chisels which I love but are getting harder to source lately.
There is a French company making tungsten stuff that ain't so good. Sorry CB.
Trojan once made good stuff but are junk now, Made in China.

[.:4:.]

Originally Posted by roKWiz

Must be time for a new job if you're bored.

Its just at the moment, with 99% of my clients working from home nobody is calling in jobs. Once people start coming back to their jobs will be coming in thick and fast. Even what i was doing today, checking all base building areas of a 28 floor office block for lights out, hardly anything is out because there is nobody around to trigger the sensors so the lights arent getting turned on. And when work does pick up, i can see getting common parts will become an issue as nothings manufactured in australia, its all imported. The reason work have my other service guy and myself coming in is to field the few service calls we get. Although thats a good thing. Neither of us are wasting annual leave, and i can forsee forced leave happening at some point in the near future.

[ford71V8]

Not a "Geez I Hate That", more an update.


Looks like I whinged to enough people about my grinder tool.
Had 2 mates rock up the following day with a variety of tools.
Picked one up that looked like it would work and removed the disc no problem (with a bit of WD40)
Cable tied new tool to the power cord.


While its good that it is sorted, it was a bit unsatisfying rolling up the cord and putting it all away with no use for it now.

[marty351]

What is the highest voltage transmission line?
How far away from high voltage power lines is safe?
How many volts are in a residential power line?
What are high voltage power lines made of?

Just an excerpt.

[.:4:.]

I hate getting stitched up at work. Got a call today from a bloke i work with who asked for a hand wiring up an ac unit. I just thought it was footing a ladder to wire up an outdoor unit for a split system or something. Now theres a reason this bloke intentionally left out what the unit was. Had he outright said it was in the roof of one of the 1880s terraces on phillip st, he knew id say no. So not only do you get covered in herritage dirt, the ceiling space of this newly refurbed terrace is full of 20 years worth of old ac parts, old chairs and other general crap. So you have to negotiate all that whilst still getting filthy. The only worse job ive had to do in those terraces was about a decade ago we ripped up some floor boards in the basement, and me being the skinniest, yep, had to squeeze under there. I found mumified rats, the best kind of rat really. I hate working on those terraces.

[Citroënbender]

Very relatable. I got asked once to dismantle a bunch of ancient (redundant) stuff in an Art Deco block’s boiler room... Discovered a built-in wooden bench was actually a two cube coke bin. That was a filthy job, bucketing coke out of a basement in Elizabeth Bay.