Hi All

You arrive hone from work to find the washing machine has packed up. You
remove the top, sort out the problem and then spend 15 mins searching the
conservatory floor for the final self tapper that holds the top
on................................................ .

.................................... only to find it sticking to the magnetic
bit holder on your drill driver.

Grrrr!


--
Dave
The Medway Handyman
www.medwayhandyman.co.uk
01634 717930
07850 597257

"The Medway Handyman" wrote in message
. uk...
Hi All

You arrive hone from work to find the washing machine has packed up. You
remove the top, sort out the problem and then spend 15 mins searching the
conservatory floor for the final self tapper that holds the top
on................................................ .

................................... only to find it sticking to the
magnetic bit holder on your drill driver.

Grrrr!


That's the trouble with today's penny pinching ways - in my day they used to
have at least 2 or 3 totally superfluous screws that you had to remove
before you got to the one that stuck to the bit driver . . . Luckily you
only had to replace 1 of them for security - or 2 to have one spare for next
time.

"The Medway Handyman" wrote in message
. uk...
Hi All

You arrive hone from work to find the washing machine has packed up. You
remove the top, sort out the problem and then spend 15 mins searching the
conservatory floor for the final self tapper that holds the top
on................................................ .

................................... only to find it sticking to the
magnetic bit holder on your drill driver.

Grrrr!


--
Dave
The Medway Handyman

Easily done. I once wasted a lot longer than 15 minutes looking for my SDS
chuck adaptor before finding it in my SDS drill.

Adam

In message , The Medway
Handyman writes
Hi All

You arrive hone from work to find the washing machine has packed up. You
remove the top, sort out the problem and then spend 15 mins searching the
conservatory floor for the final self tapper that holds the top
on............................................... ..

................................... only to find it sticking to the magnetic
bit holder on your drill driver.

You should have got a man in ...

--
geoff

On Fri, 05 May 2006 22:23:13 GMT, "The Medway Handyman"
wrote:

|Hi All
|
|You arrive hone from work to find the washing machine has packed up. You
|remove the top, sort out the problem and then spend 15 mins searching the
|conservatory floor for the final self tapper that holds the top
|on............................................... ..
|
|................................... only to find it sticking to the magnetic
|bit holder on your drill driver.

You lost your self tappers box?
My many boxes of old screws etc. got me out of many holes :-)
--
Dave Fawthrop dave hyphenologist co uk Google Groups is IME the *worst*
method of accessing usenet. GG subscribers would be well advised get a
newsreader, say Agent, and a newsserver, say news.individual.net. These
will allow them: to see only *new* posts, a killfile, and other goodies.

raden wrote:

You should have got a man in ...

What? The Medway Findthatselftapperman?


--
Dave
The Medway Handyman
www.medwayhandyman.co.uk
01634 717930
07850 597257

The Medway Handyman wrote:
Hi All

You arrive hone from work to find the washing machine has packed up. You
remove the top, sort out the problem and then spend 15 mins searching the
conservatory floor for the final self tapper that holds the top
on................................................ .


I usually have a surplus of screws when I finish doing anything to a
washing machine. I think the thoughtful manufacturer puts them there in
case of losses such as described.

john2

On Sat, 06 May 2006 18:54:29 +0100, john2
wrote:

|The Medway Handyman wrote:
| Hi All
|
| You arrive hone from work to find the washing machine has packed up. You
| remove the top, sort out the problem and then spend 15 mins searching the
| conservatory floor for the final self tapper that holds the top
| on................................................ .
|
|
|I usually have a surplus of screws when I finish doing anything to a
|washing machine. I think the thoughtful manufacturer puts them there in
|case of losses such as described.

It is called "Safety Factor" traditionally everything is twice as strong as
it needs to be without falling to bits. Ask any Design Engineer.
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Dave Fawthrop dave hyphenologist co uk Google Groups is IME the *worst*
method of accessing usenet. GG subscribers would be well advised get a
newsreader, say Agent, and a newsserver, say news.individual.net. These
will allow them: to see only *new* posts, a killfile, and other goodies.

In message , The Medway
Handyman writes
raden wrote:

You should have got a man in ...

What? The Medway Findthatselftapperman?

I believe someone in your area even has a website ...

--
geoff

raden wrote:

You should have got a man in ...

What? The Medway Findthatselftapperman?

I believe someone in your area even has a website ...

Would that be www.MedwayFindthatselftapperman.co.uk?

I wonder if it's a modern, friendly site complete wih prices?

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Dave
The Medway Handyman
www.medwayhandyman.co.uk
01634 717930
07850 597257

In article ,
john2 wrote:
I usually have a surplus of screws when I finish doing anything to a
washing machine. I think the thoughtful manufacturer puts them there in
case of losses such as described.

Before stripping throw a handful of assorted screws into the tray you use
to collect the screws in. That way you'll not worry about some being left
over on re-assembly.

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*Too many clicks spoil the browse *

Dave Plowman London SW
To e-mail, change noise into sound.

Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article ,
john2 wrote:

I usually have a surplus of screws when I finish doing anything to a
washing machine. I think the thoughtful manufacturer puts them there in
case of losses such as described.


Before stripping throw a handful of assorted screws into the tray you use
to collect the screws in. That way you'll not worry about some being left
over on re-assembly.


Best to add a few BA, Whitworth and AF size bolts too as the originals
often are a very poor fit IMHO.