Mundane News

[postman]

Day two of gardening project.After filling the midi skip yesterday,today it was emptying all the tubs in to the skip.Then put up three fence panels and four posts,easy metapost spikes.Ha ha,only i could find the concrete in a woodland area,where a small wall used to be.So i had to dig out some of the concrete using a lump hammer and chisel.Well i was tired lost my temper and walked away for half an hour,went back and dug it out.Fence now looks good,and painting it tomorrow.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

View attachment 407215 some how I seem to have about 4 of these knocking about that came with kids bikes over the years .

I've got a couple of those in one of my tool boxes.

 

[Illaveago]

Stalling potions are open today !

 

[Gravity Aided]

Why, is there a lectionary?

 

[Reynard]

If you've found an old flat (Stamped) spanner that fits then it is a cone spanner (or can be promoted to one) Old bikes used to come with a flat stamped out spanner set one of which was for cones, often there was a large curve on one side with a little square 'sticky outy' knob on the end, that's for the BB lockring.

Nah, it's nothing quite that poncy. Just a basic flat spanner, one 3/4, one 5/8. The 5/8 is near enough spot on for the cones on the bike.

 

[raleighnut]

Nah, it's nothing quite that poncy. Just a basic flat spanner, one 3/4, one 5/8. The 5/8 is near enough spot on for the cones on the bike.

Thin enough to fit the cone?

The Cone and the outer 'lock' nut are tightened against each other to prevent movement,


But the flats on the cones are very narrow, plus 2 spanners are needed to adjust them correctly (a bit like rocker arms/tappets on a car engine)

 

[midlife]

View attachment 407215
Somehow I seem to have about 4 of these knocking about that came with kids bikes over the years .

Kids used to come in the shop and try and nick them off the new bikes on display......

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

I've got a couple of those in one of my tool boxes.

Me too, and I'd actually forgotten what fettling it was for.

 

[roadrash]

I seem to remember trying to fix everything on the bike with one of these as a kid..

 

[raleighnut]

I seem to remember trying to fix everything on the bike with one of these as a kid.. View attachment 407239

One of those, a 'flat stamped' spanner and a screwdriver were my 'toolkit' until I was 16 (Well those and 2 of mums spoons)

 

[roadrash]

sounds like we had the same toolkit, I did discover how easy the dumbbell spanner breaks if you try to undo a stubborn bolt and hit the opposite end with a persuader (hammer)

 

[hopless500]

I seem to remember trying to fix everything on the bike with one of these as a kid.. View attachment 407239

I have one of those for my Wisp.

 

[raleighnut]

sounds like we had the same toolkit, I did discover how easy the dumbbell spanner breaks if you try to undo a stubborn bolt and hit the opposite end with a persuader (hammer)

You were lucky, Dad kept his hammer locked up.......................I 'had' to use a brick end.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

I seem to remember trying to fix everything on the bike with one of these as a kid.. View attachment 407239

I've got a couple of those knocking around somewhere as well

 

[Reynard]

Thin enough to fit the cone?

The Cone and the outer 'lock' nut are tightened against each other to prevent movement,

View attachment 407233
But the flats on the cones are very narrow, plus 2 spanners are needed to adjust them correctly (a bit like rocker arms/tappets on a car engine)

Yes, thin enough - it's about 2mm thick. Used a ring spanner on the other side to undo.

The hub assembly I have is a lot more agricultural than in that pic though, although the pertinent bits are the same.

P.S. I've taken a few engines apart in my time. I have a shattered piston that I cleaned up and turned into a rather nice paperweight.