I was working in a house the other day and the pre-hung doors all had
nickel hinges. The hinges had a bottom cap (as some hinges do) that
made the top and bottom look the same. I hadn't seen this particular
hinge before but didn't think anything about it.
I noticed that on a couple of the hinges the bottom cap looked as if
it was about to fall out (as they sometimes do) so I gave one a tap
with my hammer to push it back in. It didn't slide in as I thought it
would so I gave it another good whack and in it went. I went over to
the other door and "fixed" it too.
The next day I had to remove one of the doors to cut a hole in the
jamb for a jamb switch. It turns out that the top cap is not attached
to the hinge pin but instead is a threaded cap. The pin is a separate
piece down inside the barrel of the hinge that you have to drive out
with a punch......after you unscrew the bottom cap!
Yep....the bottom cap is threaded too!

It turns out that these were some kind of special order commercial
hinge. I got to replace the two hinges I "fixed". They were $30 a
pair.
Man was I glad I only fixed two of them!


Mike O.

Ever hear the "Dutch" screwdriver story?

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FF

On Wed, 02 Feb 2005 23:20:16 -0600, Mike wrote:

I was working in a house the other day and the pre-hung doors all had
nickel hinges. The hinges had a bottom cap (as some hinges do) that
made the top and bottom look the same. I hadn't seen this particular
hinge before but didn't think anything about it.
I noticed that on a couple of the hinges the bottom cap looked as if
it was about to fall out (as they sometimes do) so I gave one a tap
with my hammer to push it back in. It didn't slide in as I thought it
would so I gave it another good whack and in it went. I went over to
the other door and "fixed" it too.
The next day I had to remove one of the doors to cut a hole in the
jamb for a jamb switch. It turns out that the top cap is not attached
to the hinge pin but instead is a threaded cap. The pin is a separate
piece down inside the barrel of the hinge that you have to drive out
with a punch......after you unscrew the bottom cap!
Yep....the bottom cap is threaded too!

It turns out that these were some kind of special order commercial
hinge. I got to replace the two hinges I "fixed". They were $30 a
pair.
Man was I glad I only fixed two of them!

Oh boy. I know those hinges. About 20 years ago I did exactly the
same thing. Guess it isn't smart to wander around with a hammer in
your hand.

Tim Douglass

http://www.DouglassClan.com

Wed, Feb 2, 2005, 11:20pm (EST-1) (Mike) laments:
snip=A0 I got to replace the two hinges I "fixed". They were $30 a
pair. snip

ROTFLMAO

I'd probably have done the same thing, but it's still funny.



JOAT
Intellectual brilliance is no guarantee against being dead wrong.
- David Fasold

In article .com,
wrote:

Ever hear the "Dutch" screwdriver story?

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FF


No.

Okay....out with it...!

Thanks for the lesson, I am glad I learned from your mistake.

Robatoy wrote:
In article .com,
wrote:

Ever hear the "Dutch" screwdriver story?



No.

Okay....out with it...!

Near the bottom of this article, mind the line-wrap:

http://groups-beta.google.com/group/...1?dmode=source

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FF

In article . com,
wrote:

http://groups-beta.google.com/group/...553f6921?dmode
=source


Thank you *S*

On Wed, 02 Feb 2005 22:01:03 -0800, Tim Douglass
wrote:

Guess it isn't smart to wander around with a hammer in
your hand.

Hmmm.....you're not the first to tell me that! :-)

Mike O.

On 2 Feb 2005 21:58:33 -0800, wrote:

Ever hear the "Dutch" screwdriver story?

I just read it.
I must be Dutch!! g

Mike O.

On Thu, 03 Feb 2005 18:44:46 -0600, Mike wrote:

On Wed, 02 Feb 2005 22:01:03 -0800, Tim Douglass
wrote:

Guess it isn't smart to wander around with a hammer in
your hand.

Hmmm.....you're not the first to tell me that! :-)

I was doing a small job a while back with a guy who was a great
devotee of Norm. When I, through some mysterious set of circumstances
which I cannot recall precisely at the moment, enthusiastically
smacked my finger with the hammer he merely looked at me as I was
hopping up and down holding my bleeding digit and asked "Did you read,
understand and follow all the safety rules that came with that tool?"
To which I could only reply "No, but I *am* wearing safety glasses!"

Tim Douglass

http://www.DouglassClan.com

J T wrote:

Wed, Feb 2, 2005, 11:20pm (EST-1) (Mike) laments:
snip* I got to replace the two hinges I "fixed". They were $30 a
pair. snip

ROTFLMAO

I'd probably have done the same thing, but it's still funny.

I *know* I would have. I can see the hammer in my hands now. Ouch.

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"Tim Douglass" wrote in message

Oh boy. I know those hinges. About 20 years ago I did exactly the
same thing. Guess it isn't smart to wander around with a hammer in
your hand.

"if all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail"

je