Saturday 23 July 2016

Wood

Well, not wood but logs.
The end of winter 2015-16 saw about 0.75 stere of logs in the store.
6 trailer loads of logs (about 2 hours per load ~0.5st - cutting trees into 25cm lengths, splitting, moving trailer to store, stacking in store) have now been stacked, adding about 2.75 stere
24/8 added another 2 trailer loads. Store up to 4.5 st.

Monday 18 July 2016

Menabo roof bars

A set of aluminium locking bars for €86 delivered, or about 1/2 of what Thule want. My existing Thule 750 feet will not in any way work with the new fitting kit (confirmed by Thule  and a few posts on-line) which requires a 754. A 754 is over €100, plus the fitting kit at around €40. The existing bars are possibly ok, but a tad short. Thule refused to tell me if I could modify the 750 to make them work, so I took this as a yes, but it's a (financial) risk. Thule told me there was no way except to use a 754. They lost their sense of humour when I pointed out that they had competitors and that I can buy and throw the Menabo bars away and still have enough cash left over to buy another set. Perhaps there's no price comparison internet in Sweden.
So Menabo bars it is. They're ok. For reasons best known the them (well, it's cheaper) the bars don't use the threaded holes for the bars under the gutters. Still, they fit just fine and are nice and light. Like Thule, they use an annoying allen key to tighten it all down.
A nice touch on the rails is a channel you can drop fixings into, so the ski rack can just slide on.

Wednesday 13 July 2016

Dewalt DC981 Rohm chuck

Securing screw for chuck is Torx t20 LH. Measures 6.2mm on thread, 5.7 on shank. Not a set screw.hex head  - it had a rounded rather than flat bottom to the head.
Found a Dewalt service sheet that implies it's always a bit stiff, as there is a special fixture, which involved removing part of the drill initially. IIRC Tighten screw to 9Nm and chuck to 45Nm.
A bit reluctant, but a soak in lubricating oil over night loosened it up. Put back without thread lock.
Didn't remove chuck. Cleaned up the jaws, and oiled as much as possible. One stiff point around 8mm went away. Hopefully this will cure the slippage.
Looked and didn't find any videos, but it looks like the way into the chuck is to hold the area just below the knurled part (probably need to remove chuck) and unscrew normally. Watch out for falling ball bearings!

Friday 1 July 2016

Stihl strimmer head

Bought head 46-2 from SoulĂ© €38.80. Came with 5m of 2.7 red line. Line seems to have a groove running down it.

Supplementary gate remote microcontroller stopped working

A few more failures in 2017. 9/12/17 added a watchdog.