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Post# 46252 , Reply# 1   7/12/2008 at 23:00 (5,760 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada)   |   | |
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Once you've done one they're a mystery no more. Just variations on the theme & mechanical properties of tempered steel coils, the simplest being the tape measure. It's not easy to break items as well built as our beloved vacuum cleaners so I always look for any faint sign of life in a perplexing mechanism, take it apart methodically and ponder the parts and intent...until the light bulb goes on over my head. Truly, the Eureka moment. Thanks for letting me know my long winded explanations are being read with the enthusiastic 'you can do it' spirit that is my intention. I've been taking things apart since tot-hood and learn something new every week. Same reason I posted about my travails getting the hydraulic boat pump fixed - it pays to know a good machinist. :-) Really like your thought out uses for the different greases available, Sandy. WD40 or something similar works well, too, in non-essential areas. And as you know my one caution to everyone is to banish 3 in 1 multi purpose oil from your workbench...your house, garage and life, in fact. Substitute pure Sewing Machine oil for those occasions requiring a toothpick tip's worth of lube. Dave |