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Post by X201 on Nov 23, 2023 18:44:17 GMT
Just in case anyone else ever needs them:
B&Q call Dog Bolts by their posh name; Hinge Bolts.
OK, I know it’s more accurate, but every tradesperson I’ve ever met has called them Dog Bolts
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Post by minimatt on Dec 12, 2023 16:16:49 GMT
Previous page knocked up a ladder for the limpy cat to climb up to my desk in order that he may tread on all the keys. Incidentally, cat still a little limpy, took him to the vet yesteday - yes I am bleeding - £93 lighter and he's on anti-inflamatorys hoping it's just a sprain. Anyway, the ladder was a bit crap, and friends wanted one so I made some better versions Changes from version 1: solid wood rather than glued up offcuts, little bit wider and carpet taking a greater proportion of the surface because fat cats, rungs fixed from back rather than front (tho suspect glue would suffice) as it looks prettier And prototyped some clamps so they can be fixed to nicer desks than mine without screwing holes in them. Who wants to see a palm knob thrust screw? Yeah you do, you dirty boy. You'll go blind you know. First prototype on the right was a little wider than the hinge for no good reason so made them equal for the second, also had the nut welded in the wrong damn position to give proper clearance for the screw so did that properly second time round. They're just angle iron welded together to form the C shape, the hinge plug welded to the back, hole drilled and M8 nut welded at base for the screw (felt better solution than tapping a thread as angle iron only 3mm), that self adhesive felt you stick to the bottom of furniture legs if they'd scratch a wood floor which conventiently comes in 10cm wide rolls, and the hinge is 10cm, so the clamp is 10cm. And of course, the palm knob thrust screw. Thanks to freddiemercurystwin for helping me find a path to that one. In action, something like this (in background the third prototype - identical to 1st & 2nd): Per ladder costings based on making three, because maybe do more - not sure: Each ladder amounts to £4.49 of wood plus another £1.74 for the rungs. £2 of carpet tile.
Each clamp amounts to £1.11 of steel, £0.75 hinge, £3.46 thrust screw
So in total £8.98 for a hinge fixed model and £13.55 for a clamp fixed one. Add to that, very finger in the air guess of a fiver for glue, sandpaper, welding consumables, tool wear etc. And with some batching about two hours labour for the ladder and another hour for the clamp. Obvs some of that can come down with bulk purchasing (wood in particular can see a quid or two knocked off) and better batching would lessen labour but you're still left with a fucking expensive plank of wood with a bit of carpet stuck to it.
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Post by Vortex on Dec 12, 2023 16:36:46 GMT
Given the vet bills, surely the construction costs are a drop in the ocean!
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Post by freddiemercurystwin on Dec 12, 2023 17:10:36 GMT
Have a google for screen printing clamps or hinge clamps, there might be something available off the shelf, those hinges looks a bit over-engineered and labour intensive.  |
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Post by minimatt on Dec 12, 2023 17:24:24 GMT
Have a google for screen printing clamps or hinge clamps, there might be something available off the shelf, those hinges looks a bit over-engineered and labour intensive.
oh fuck yeah those would do it. would be pricier than homemade but only if I considered my time free, which I'm not inclined to do - I may be easy, but I'm not cheap |
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Post by Tomo on Dec 13, 2023 21:15:58 GMT
Given the vet bills, surely the construction costs are a drop in the ocean! One of our cats has had over 5 grand spent on her this year... Thankfully covered by insurance. |
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Post by Vortex on Dec 13, 2023 21:30:32 GMT
Oof. I thought our last one was expensive with hyperthyroidism, but that was only 70 quid every 3 months for a few years and 500 for one month when their thyroid levels test gave duff results and we had to alter and retest levels for a month.
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Post by Vortex on Dec 13, 2023 21:32:52 GMT
We never have insurance though. All ours have been general moggies and usually it's just jabs & worming.
They get expensive towards the end, so we just pay it out when required. Or they have no road sense 😢
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Post by freddiemercurystwin on Dec 14, 2023 20:58:00 GMT
We never have insurance though. All ours have been general moggies and usually it's just jabs & worming. They get expensive towards the end, so we just pay it out when required. Or they have no road sense 😢 Yes same here, though exchange road sense for climb into the tumble drier.  |
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Post by Zuluhero on Dec 15, 2023 1:28:28 GMT
Omg... 😮
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Post by mrpon on Dec 15, 2023 9:53:08 GMT
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Post by Dougs on Dec 15, 2023 13:17:18 GMT
Poor Fred.  |
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Post by geefe on Jan 7, 2024 15:05:59 GMT
I'm an end terrace and the back of my house, where the shed is, could become a driveway. It'd pull out onto a little side street where a local garage is known to dump cars.
Where I live is a large village/ small town where houses are either 2 bed terrace or new build family homes with drive. Almost nothing inbetween.
The pros are
I'd have a drive
I'd, in theory, have the space to get an EV charging station when the time comes
It would annoy the absolute piss out of the local garage, who just dump cars for weeks on it
The cons are
Do I trust people to leave the space?
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Post by elstoof on Jan 28, 2024 23:25:55 GMT
A circuit board fried in our 10 year old washing machine last year, I talked my wife into getting it fixed rather than replacing. It’s a Miele! They’re built like tanks! It cost £450 to repair but a new Miele is well over a grand now. Felt pretty smug about it until today, where it’s begun pissing water out the bottom when filling. I guess a rubber seal has perished somewhere. John Lewis delivering a new machine on Tuesday and chucking the Miele in a landfill or something I guess
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Post by Blue_Mike on Jan 29, 2024 10:41:19 GMT
A circuit board fried in our 10 year old washing machine last year, I talked my wife into getting it fixed rather than replacing. It’s a Miele! They’re built like tanks! It cost £450 to repair but a new Miele is well over a grand now. Felt pretty smug about it until today, where it’s begun pissing water out the bottom when filling. I guess a rubber seal has perished somewhere. John Lewis delivering a new machine on Tuesday and chucking the Miele in a landfill or something I guess That is unusual. I used to sell white goods, and we always used to joke that you could crash a tank into a Miele washing machine, and the tank would break first. |
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Post by elstoof on Jan 29, 2024 10:49:32 GMT
It is a complete beast, and to be fair mechanically it's still sound despite being in constant family use for almost 12 years. Chips get fried and rubber seals will eventually perish, but the repair cost of these things is unbelievable. 250 quid for a new circuit board plus another 200 for the engineer to fit it, I'd expect a new rubber seal to cost at least as much again once it's been stripped apart and rebuilt
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Post by Dougs on Jan 29, 2024 10:55:14 GMT
Could have gone full Trigger's broom.
Had the dishwasher and washing machine fail at the same time. Went 2nd hand on the dishwasher as wasn't sure if we were upgrading to a full size one, and a Sammy for the washing machine. Which so far is solid as. 6 year warranty too (25 on the drum I think), so pretty happy with it.
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Post by elstoof on Jan 29, 2024 11:59:37 GMT
Went for a 260 quid Hoover washing machine which is a sentence I've been struggling to get my head round, it's only got to last us until the summer. Shame the old girl couldn't have waited a few more months before she pissed herself
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Post by jeepers on Jan 29, 2024 12:04:45 GMT
My Miele dryer gave up the ghost after about six years and the repair cost also sent my jaw to the floor.
New, it cost something like 800 quid; the repair would have taken it to somewhere around 600. And then something else would have failed, with more expense, so I binned it off and bought another brand.
Anecdotal I know but I was deeply unimpressed.
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Post by jeepers on Jan 29, 2024 12:05:34 GMT
Also 459 for a circuit board is such a piss take. What’s it monitoring? How fast the thing is going and what the temp is? That’s a Raspberry Pi task.
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Post by freddiemercurystwin on Jan 29, 2024 12:21:04 GMT
Our W/M was S/H in about 2013 for about £150 off a S/H appliance dealer, it is getting a bit noisy now though, think I'll go S/H again when it dies, I'd hope if a S/H one is gonna go wrong it'll go wrong pretty quick within it's V short warranty period. If it last more than two years you're quids in.
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Post by Syrette on Jan 29, 2024 12:35:45 GMT
I'm an end terrace and the back of my house, where the shed is, could become a driveway. It'd pull out onto a little side street where a local garage is known to dump cars. Where I live is a large village/ small town where houses are either 2 bed terrace or new build family homes with drive. Almost nothing inbetween. The pros are I'd have a drive I'd, in theory, have the space to get an EV charging station when the time comes It would annoy the absolute piss out of the local garage, who just dump cars for weeks on itThe cons are Do I trust people to leave the space? You should do it for that alone. |
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Post by nexus6 on Jan 29, 2024 12:42:58 GMT
Can recommend Bosch for washers and dryers. And dishwashers for that matter.
Had all 3 for 8 years now and not a peep out of them. It can just be luck if yours has a problem right enough.
When I’m back at my desk I’ll elucidate my idea for double dishwasher.
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Post by Dougs on Jan 29, 2024 12:46:01 GMT
I remember our first family dishwasher. That was a Bosch. It kept on going for 30 years. They (genuinely) don't make them like that any more.
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Post by jeepers on Jan 29, 2024 12:56:00 GMT
Yeah, we now have a Neff dishwasher, a Bosch washing machine and dryer.
No failures so far.
Champ of my house is the Samsung microwave (with dials - dials! - not buttons) that cost fuck all and has worked flawlessly for a decade.
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Post by Trowel 🏴 on Jan 29, 2024 13:04:14 GMT
Yeah, we now have a Neff dishwasher, a Bosch washing machine and dryer. No failures so far. Champ of my house is the Samsung microwave (with dials - dials! - not buttons) that cost fuck all and has worked flawlessly for a decade. My mum worked in a nursing home for years, and said all the microwaves with dials lasted forever while the fancy ones with buttons always broke eventually. Must confess that for white goods I usually buy cheap in the sales - generally Beko - and replace and recycle when they fail after 3/4 years. Except our massive Hotpoint fridge which is coming up to 15 years old 🙏 |
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Post by technoish on Jan 29, 2024 14:06:10 GMT
We had dishwasher, washing machine and fridge failures back to back.
The dishwasher we fixed (one of the good German brands), working like a pro now (probably wasn't properly cleaned etc by previous owner).
The washing machine we had investigated but quickly it was clear was not worth repairing, and was ancient.
The fridge was supposed to be fixed but the company kept saying they were waiting for parts and quoted a stupid high part price, when I was like I can literally have next day delivery from the AEG website and the part is £40. And I just got some standard script bullshit how they have better deals as a partner (which was clearly bollocks).
Fairly quickly just ordered a new Samsung fridge, as the costs were also going to be getting close to new and I didn't know how long prev owner had it.
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Post by Blue_Mike on Jan 29, 2024 14:52:58 GMT
Also 459 for a circuit board is such a piss take. What’s it monitoring? How fast the thing is going and what the temp is? That’s a Raspberry Pi task. Don't give people ideas. |
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Post by KD on Jan 29, 2024 15:15:09 GMT
I'm an end terrace and the back of my house, where the shed is, could become a driveway. It'd pull out onto a little side street where a local garage is known to dump cars. Where I live is a large village/ small town where houses are either 2 bed terrace or new build family homes with drive. Almost nothing inbetween. The pros are I'd have a drive I'd, in theory, have the space to get an EV charging station when the time comes It would annoy the absolute piss out of the local garage, who just dump cars for weeks on it The cons are Do I trust people to leave the space? Once your car is parked in a garage or driveway then its illegal for anyone to park in the way of either and is a possible police matter, If your drive/garage is empty then its a council issue. |
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Post by technoish on Jan 29, 2024 16:22:35 GMT
I love these legal titbits.
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