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Jun 2, 2015 13:56:44 #

f8bengal Loc: West Nawth Carolinah

Just remember where all that stuff is made, and that the English part of the Owner's Guide was probably written by a first-year ESL student at Shanghai Tech, and that the writer thought it was for a vacuum cleaner. Don't despair, it was cheap, and that's what we have come to respect.

Jun 2, 2015 14:20:01 #

DWU2 Loc: Phoenix Arizona area

Gendarme wrote:

When all else fails, get a bigger hammer. Wisdom for the ages.

Another graduate from the BFH Institute of Technology heard from!

Jun 2, 2015 15:37:36 #

Smokin' Joe

I have 2 coffee makers and alternate between them. One is always ready. I refuse to be deprived of my morning cup of "Joe"! (I also have a generator, just in case.)

Jun 2, 2015 17:13:28 #

Baz Loc: Peterborough UK

It's just following the old engineers maxim. Don't force it - use a bigger hammer. Also, if Duct tape or WD40 wont fix it, you are best to just drop it.

Jun 2, 2015 17:48:32 #

DickC Loc: NE Washington state

Gendarme wrote:

Does it move? Yes.
Is it supposed to move? No
Duct Tape.

Does it move? No
Is it supposed to move? Yes
WD-40

See? Problem solved!

:thumbup: :thumbup: :mrgreen:

Jun 2, 2015 17:53:20 #

BBurns Loc: South Bay, California

Anyone here old enough to remember what we used before WD-40 existed?

Jun 2, 2015 18:57:06 #

PAR4DCR Loc: A Sunny Place

Just look on page #176 of the instruction manual :XD: :XD: :XD:

Don

Jun 2, 2015 19:15:22 #

llamb Loc: Northeast Ohio

BBurns wrote:

Anyone here old enough to remember what we used before WD-40 existed?

I use(d) four brass Eagle oil cans.

1 - 50/50 kerosene and refrigerator compressor oil
2 - pure refrigerator compressor oil
3 - 20 weight non-detergent motor oil
4 - 40 weight non-detergent motor oil

If a nut/bolt was really rusted, a squirt of hydrogen peroxide, 10 minute wait followed by a little heat from a torch usually addressed the problem.

Jun 2, 2015 19:45:59 #

2Dragons Loc: The Back of Beyond

[So, the next time your electronics are giving you a hard time, don't hesitate to bang that Mark III or D4s against the wall.[/quote]

I've always been a really big advocate of the "kill it or cure it" concept.

Jun 2, 2015 19:52:35 #

2Dragons Loc: The Back of Beyond

Gendarme wrote:

Does it move? Yes.
Is it supposed to move? No
Duct Tape.

Does it move? No
Is it supposed to move? Yes
WD-40

See? Problem solved!

OMG! I'm still cracking up! That's even better than the BFH.

Jun 2, 2015 21:40:23 #