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Post by registerme on Oct 31, 2024 10:59:27 GMT
I've bodged it up in the past using the "break a matchstick off in the screw hole" approach, but this time that didn't work. So I took it apart and discovered that whoever installed it used only three screws. Two on one side, one on the other. Guess which one kept giving out? So I went to the local hardware store this morning to buy another screw. I like supporting little independent businesses where possible, even though there's a Scewfix just up the road. Guess how much one one inch screw cost? £1. inb4 all the "they saw you coming" joshing  . |
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Post by benaj on Oct 31, 2024 11:03:54 GMT
It must be the £1 sample. The lady on the bay who listed a specific length of screw wants more, collection only.  |
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Post by Badly Drawn Stickman on Oct 31, 2024 14:46:31 GMT
I've bodged it up in the past using the "break a matchstick off in the screw hole" approach, but this time that didn't work. So I took it apart and discovered that whoever installed it used only three screws. Two on one side, one on the other. Guess which one kept giving out? So I went to the local hardware store this morning to buy another screw. I like supporting little independent businesses where possible, even though there's a Scewfix just up the road. Guess how much one one inch screw cost? £1. inb4 all the "they saw you coming" joshing . Probably because old imperial measurement stuff is pretty rare these days...........
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Post by jonno on Oct 31, 2024 15:02:03 GMT
I've bodged it up in the past using the "break a matchstick off in the screw hole" approach, but this time that didn't work. So I took it apart and discovered that whoever installed it used only three screws. Two on one side, one on the other. Guess which one kept giving out? So I went to the local hardware store this morning to buy another screw. I like supporting little independent businesses where possible, even though there's a Scewfix just up the road. Guess how much one one inch screw cost? £1. inb4 all the "they saw you coming" joshing . The last time I paid £1 for a screw, I ended up with more than I bargained for 
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Post by benaj on Oct 31, 2024 15:16:46 GMT
I found "1 inch wood screws" on the bay. No idea if the sellers couldn't post the right pics for the 1 inch wood screws or doesn't know what 1 inch is. They look more like 20 of 1cm screws.
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Post by adrianc on Oct 31, 2024 15:39:27 GMT
I've bodged it up in the past using the "break a matchstick off in the screw hole" approach, but this time that didn't work. So I took it apart and discovered that whoever installed it used only three screws. Two on one side, one on the other. Guess which one kept giving out? So I went to the local hardware store this morning to buy another screw. I like supporting little independent businesses where possible, even though there's a Scewfix just up the road. Guess how much one one inch screw cost? £1. inb4 all the "they saw you coming" joshing . You should've asked. I've got boxes of screws here, bound to find something the right size for you.
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Post by registerme on Oct 31, 2024 15:46:58 GMT
The draw is now fixed. That's the main thing.
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Post by adrianc on Oct 31, 2024 17:41:27 GMT
The draw is now fixed. That's the main thing ...and it only cost a quid. Bargain!
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Post by captainconfident on Oct 31, 2024 18:18:10 GMT
I've got epic amounts of nuts, bolts, screws due to picking up my dad's habit if pocketing any old nut, screw or washer he spotted on the ground. The accumulation rate slowed markedly after British Leyland stopped making cars though.
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Post by adrianc on Oct 31, 2024 19:53:00 GMT
I've got epic amounts of nuts, bolts, screws due to picking up my dad's habit if pocketing any old nut, screw or washer he spotted on the ground. The accumulation rate slowed markedly after British Leyland stopped making cars though. I properly hate and fear the old coffee jar full of miscellaneous fasteners... You can waste HOURS rummaging through, and never find a matching set of what you actually NEED. Buying my first boxes of shiny new screws was a liberating moment.
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Post by captainconfident on Oct 31, 2024 20:10:13 GMT
I've got epic amounts of nuts, bolts, screws due to picking up my dad's habit if pocketing any old nut, screw or washer he spotted on the ground. The accumulation rate slowed markedly after British Leyland stopped making cars though. I properly hate and fear the old coffee jar full of miscellaneous fasteners... You can waste HOURS rummaging through, and never find a matching set of what you actually NEED. Buying my first boxes of shiny new screws was a liberating moment. No wonder we're going to hell in a handcart, buying new screws?
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Post by adrianc on Oct 31, 2024 20:14:44 GMT
I properly hate and fear the old coffee jar full of miscellaneous fasteners... You can waste HOURS rummaging through, and never find a matching set of what you actually NEED. Buying my first boxes of shiny new screws was a liberating moment. No wonder we're going to hell in a handcart, buying new screws? I hope you're sitting comfortably, but I have actually finished entire boxes of 200+...
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Post by keitha on Oct 31, 2024 21:34:09 GMT
Buying new screws, I can remember my dad straightening nails out to reuse, he had a dried milk tin full of nuts, bolts, screws, washers etc.
I reckon the time I spent searching through that time would buy boxes and boxes of screws etc.
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Post by captainconfident on Nov 1, 2024 0:56:46 GMT
Buying new screws, I can remember my dad straightening nails out to reuse, he had a dried milk tin full of nuts, bolts, screws, washers etc. I reckon the time I spent searching through that time would buy boxes and boxes of screws etc. Your dad is my dad. But if you buy new screws, you miss the triumphant feeling of looking at the item you repaired and remembering, yes ! You went through Dads screw box and you found just the right thing for the job, possibly from the rear suspension unit of a Triumph Toledo. It’s a joy that lasts, I can tell you and yes I do straighten old nails.
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Post by adrianc on Nov 1, 2024 7:41:48 GMT
But if you buy new screws, you miss the triumphant feeling of looking at the item you repaired and remembering, yes ! You went through Dads screw box and you found just the right thing for the job, possibly from the rear suspension unit of a Triumph Toledo. You only wasted four hours and had to compromise with two flat-head, and two pozidrive (one of which is twice the length of the other).
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