The random thought thread

[skookumchuck]

Re: The random thought thread

I don't want to date myself too much but I was working on a Savin liquid toner copier that had magnet reed switch sensors activated by metal flags. When working on the machine I lost a metal e-clip and could not find it. As you can imagine, it went into the magnet side of the sensor and caused random jams for weeks. Just on the edge of replacing the machine, I found the clip. It was also on a Savin liquid toner machine that I had my first (and last) taste of main corona voltage. At least it was low current and doesn't blow up your flesh like the final output of the tubes in radio transmitters that I worked on in the '70's. What a walk down memory lane!

[slimslob]

Re: The random thought thread

I don't want to date myself too much but I was working on a Savin liquid toner copier that had magnet reed switch sensors activated by metal flags. When working on the machine I lost a metal e-clip and could not find it. As you can imagine, it went into the magnet side of the sensor and caused random jams for weeks. Just on the edge of replacing the machine, I found the clip. It was also on a Savin liquid toner machine that I had my first (and last) taste of main corona voltage. At least it was low current and doesn't blow up your flesh like the final output of the tubes in radio transmitters that I worked on in the '70's. What a walk down memory lane!

SCM used to make a fluid toner e-stat, the SCM 550, that used a xenon strobe for exposure. Copy paper never stopped. When the lead edge hit the registration switch, the strobe fired. The power pack for the strobe could push 21KV at 15 Amps. Multipage instructions on how to prep the power pack for safe removal.

[NeoMatrix]

Re: The random thought thread

didn't know that C or E clip remover/inserter was already invented - made I like the simplicity of the design in previous picture. I had in mind a type of bend nose pliers or calliper/mastic gun / wire stripper mechanism application. But it seems overcomplicated comparing to the existing one.
I think I'll try to make a prototype over christmas time extended holiday

Plastic magnet/attract tool exists "Well processed blue tag at the end of a screw driver" or piece of two-sided tape tape always works .


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Yep! Plastic magnets,I would love one as well.
The best plastic magnet is chewing-gum on the end of a Stick!!...
I've also used silicon sealant on a stick before it dries hard, works around moisture too.

I have a long thin telescopic handle magnet with a built in LED light at the end. I use it to find lost screws/clips in dark places.
I also have a spare magnetic dev roller that I roll along the floor to pick up lost E-clips or screws. Works well in grass to find metal nail/screws car tyre hazards in my yard.

[NeoMatrix]

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Two downsides with the tool pictured earlier are that it requires a clear line of sight to the clip for the entire length of the tool, and the thin flat piece will bend rather easily if you are not at total peace with all of the world.
I've wrecked at least three of those, and the latter downside is what usually dooms that type of tool in my experience.

Yes I believe you require a Zen like focused state of being after you forgot an e-clip inside the gearbox of two hour rebuild.
I must admit I have straighten the tool shaft once or twice in it's life time. It's come in handy though more times than not.

[NeoMatrix]

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How about this for a preliminary mockup?

[ATTACH=CONFIG]27380[/ATTACH]

=^..^=

Nice try... I like your ingenuity...
I feel the gears on the shaft of the screw drivers would have to remain one-to-one in sync with the heads of the screws, any
angular deviation and the drivers would not fit into the screw slots, you would be forced to use a single driver to re-align them.

[ZOOTECH]

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Nice try... I like your ingenuity...
I feel the gears on the shaft of the screw drivers would have to remain one-to-one in sync with the heads of the screws, any
angular deviation and the drivers would not fit into the screw slots, you would be forced to use a single driver to re-align them.

Whaaaaat? You are sending me to a tech class when I knew nothing, or is this a search for that fictitious tool that doesn't exist?

[NeoMatrix]

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Whaaaaat? You are sending me to a tech class when I knew nothing, or is this a search for that fictitious tool that doesn't exist?

I would believe the picture would be a fictious tool that doesn't exist.
The picture I download from Black cat looked like a double blade screw driver with one handle and gear drive in the center of the shafts. I could be seeing it different though....

[blackcat4866]

Re: The random thought thread

Correct. Fictitious tool for sending E-clips flying, maybe even longer distances, or under the heaviest thing in the room. I thought of something less complicated ... haven't drawn it up yet. The problem with the second idea is it's size specific to the shaft (i.e. 4 tools instead of 1: 4mm, 6mm, 8mm, 10mm shaft). =^..^=

E-clip remover2.JPG

How about this?

[NeoMatrix]

Re: The random thought thread

Re. metal or plastic eclips (aka jezzzzzzus clips):
Depending on the size of the e-clip, I will try and refit them using my thumb with the e-clip just under the edge of my thumb-nail.
I can remove them this way as well.

[Iowatech]

Re: The random thought thread

Re. metal or plastic eclips (aka jezzzzzzus clips):
Depending on the size of the e-clip, I will try and refit them using my thumb with the e-clip just under the edge of my thumb-nail.
I can remove them this way as well.

With all due respect and awe, you have much stronger thumbnails than I do.
I suppose that's because I've smashed mine off a couple of times. I did that just a few weeks ago when I slammed my thumb in the dishwasher door... er, I mean the car door, um, I hit it with my three pound machinist's sledge?
Aw, crap.

[ZOOTECH]

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With all due respect and awe, you have much stronger thumbnails than I do.
I suppose that's because I've smashed mine off a couple of times. I did that just a few weeks ago when I slammed my thumb in the dishwasher door... er, I mean the car door, um, I hit it with my three pound machinist's sledge?
Aw, crap.

We don't have a dish washer; I AM the dish washer.

[fixthecopier]

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A 1000 piece CMYK puzzle

[ZOOTECH]

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A 1000 piece CMYK puzzle

Thanks, fix, I haven't gone to sleep yet, and I'm already having nightmares.

[slimslob]

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We don't have a dish washer; I AM the dish washer.

We have a dish washer. I still end up being the one who has to load it, run it and unload it.

[slimslob]

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A 1000 piece CMYK puzzle

Where can I get one. I used to be an avid jigsaw puzzle fan.