Tue Sep 25, 2018 8:00 pm by K Effective
Not the normal farm repair, but last night my wife snapped the handle off of her recliner. The plastic handle was fine, as was the 1/2" ID square tube it screws to, but the 1/2" OD square tube that slides inside that one broke at one of the holes drilled through it. This smaller tube crosses the chair and operates the foot rest linkage on both sides.
As I was heading to town today anyway, I checked at the local Tractor Supply, and bought a four foot piece of 1/2" OD solid cold rolled. I left it longer, extending all the way out into the plastic handle this time, drilled holes in all the required places, even shaved it down to slide through the plastic bushings like the old, hollow tube.
Certainly not even registering on the Nikki Scale of Fabrication Genius, but a quick fix/improvement that might lead the Mrs. to hate me just a little less tonight. No, probably not.
During reconstruction, I broke the sidewall out of my 5/15" deep well 1/4" drive socket. I've had this Buffalo brand set for nearly 40 years, and despite it's nation of origin and discount pricing, it has served me well.
While at TSC, I always survey the reduced price bins. Of the four things I bought there three were on clearance: $8 for 36 AAA batteries, $7 for a four pack of "impact" 1/2" socket extensions and a 24" long 3/4" drive breaker bar for only $2.99!! Even if it turns out to be "run to failure" or "one time use only" it's worth $3. I should have bought both of them...