discussion ITS EASY TO MAKE A MISTAKE BUT DAMM FRUSTRATEING

[boatman]

HI ALL just finish up in my man cave building a radar motor gear box for my tigers fore mast an I spent nearly 5 hrs on this an as the title says well I look back on this as a really stupid mistake as took this unit in an out of the S/S up to 5 times an stripped it all down as when it was out it worked lovely but when I put it back in it wont work with the mast on pic of the unit as this is a rough built unit just to see if I had got the right gears to make the shaft the right speed as this was scrapped later an built properly when it was right the unit below

 

[boatman]

ANYWAY the silver colett is fixed onto the gearin

 

[boatman]

an here it is after all the trouble it caused me of the shaft not turning the culprit a small allen scrub screw that I forgot to fit back into the collet to tighten down onto the R-SHAFT an my finger againist it so you can see how small it is
AAAAAAARRRRGGGGGGGHHHHH
chris

now have anyone eles made a sily mistake that really gets you ? over to you guys hopefully if anyone will admit it ?

 

[Gern]

Far too many to mention Chris - I had a half dozen or so on my Pegasus build alone!

I'd lose the will to live if I had to write a list of all of them!

 

[boatman]

Far too many to mention Chris - I had a half dozen or so on my Pegasus build alone!

I'd lose the will to live if I had to write a list of all of them!

OK Dave youre exscused but what about all the others ?

 

[dave]

One i will admit too, and i suspect many of those who build aircraft have made this error. I have glued the fuselage together and then looked down to the bench to see the cockpit sitting there.

 

[BattleshipBob]

Drained oil on a Volvo FH 12 globetrotter, started refilling with 35 l of oil when i noticed the sump plug on the pit oil drainer and a large puddle

Rhymes with rollocks. Boss not happy bunny nor me as i had to clean it up!!

 

[boatman]

One i will admit too, and i suspect many of those who build aircraft have made this error. I have glued the fuselage together and then looked down to the bench to see the cockpit sitting there.

HOORAY a reply well done Dave yes that's a good one I bet the air was blue thanks for your reply
chris

Drained oil on a Volvo FH 12 globetrotter, started refilling with 35 l of oil when i noticed the sump plug on the pit oil drainer and a large puddle

Rhymes with rollocks. Boss not happy bunny nor me as i had to clean it up!!

AN WOW Bob yes ive done that with my motor bike an rid it about 20 mls an the engine was glowin thanks also for your reply I wonder if any more will come ?
chris

 

[minitnkr]

Spent an hour trying to start my vette forgetting to depress the clutch, allowing ignition to happen. Fired right up after an AH Ha moment.

 

[Mini Me]

Don't you hate that! .........'swhat happens when they design cars to be "Safe and User Friendly" HA!

 

[boatman]

Spent an hour trying to start my vette forgetting to depress the clutch, allowing ignition to happen. Fired right up after an AH Ha moment.

HI PaulE ive got into the habit for yrs now of as soon as I get into my car I push down on the clutch before I try an start as when I was courtin a young lady happened to push my car gear leaver into 1st with her bottom. An I let her go home with her friends as they all came to the disgo togeather an it was dark now well I got in to my banger an just turned the key to start up an the car flew forward straight into the dance hall wall an it smashed all my head lights wow was I angry lol
chris

 

[Mr Bowcat]

I had a similar experience the other day Chris. Glued the side armour onto my Abrams, then realised I should have fitted the front return rollers first. Luckily the glue was still a little soft and I managed to bend the sides out without damage, but it was a close call.

 

[boatman]

I had a similar experience the other day Chris. Glued the side armour onto my Abrams, then realised I should have fitted the front return rollers first. Luckily the glue was still a little soft and I managed to bend the sides out without damage, but it was a close call.

HI Bob just as well you dint use super glue then as it would have stuck in seconds then ud have been right in it lol although I find this super glue debonder is very good
chris

 

[Tim Marlow]

Back in my railway days It was hard to get useful transfers so I used to hand letter all my stock using process white or process black water based paint. It took ages, and things like tank wagons with curved sides were very hard to get straight and even.....
Anyway, once i spent about two hours lettering up a United Dairies wagon. Let it dry, then put on a protective coat of varnish so the water based paint was fixed, and left it overnight to dry before I did the other side....came back to it the next day and found I had a tank wagon perfectly lettered for United Diaries. doh! I don’t think I ever finished it......

 

[Neil Merryweather]

My first full-time job was as a sign writer .More than once I spent a great deal of effort fitting all the letters into the available space, only to find I had either missed a letter out or misspelled something , like COMPETITITION.

 

[Tim Marlow]

I have a good mate who is a chippy.....when he was an apprentice he spent ages putting up an oak door......his boss said “You’ve made a fantastic job of it, the gaps around the edge are nice and even, it opens and closes really smoothly, and has been perfectly finished off....Pity you’ve put it on upside down......“

 

[minitnkr]

My first time doing a brake overhaul on a 60s Fiat roadster, I spent an hour bleeding the system multiple times, trying to get a hard pedal till the boss came over to see what was taking so long. "Wasup"? "I can't get a decent pedal", says I. "Let me feel", says he. "Shipit, old Fiats're all like that". Ask lesson learned. PaulE