Tuesday 7 June 2011

Stop Hammer Time


Yes Stanley Kirk Burrell aka MC Hammer it was indeed hammer time.

Tonight i was working on putting the flat end bit on the spoke. To do so i used this tool Brett built i mentioned in an earlier post. For ease of reference I've outlined the process in the following 10 easy steps.

1. First you put the spoke in and tighten the nuts
2. You then tap down to this height of two washers
3. Then you attach this metal thing to the top and swing back to hit it
4. You then hit your ring finger with the hammer really hard







5. You then jump around for a while much to the amusement of all around you.

6. Then you feel nauseous get the sweats and want to lie down.

7. You get empathy and compassion from all concerned and your heart fills with so much joy and love you feel like it will explode. They also suggested humour is the best medicine which I almost overdosed on.

8. Then Janine saves the day and bandages it up for you.
9. You take your cup and ball and go home early much to your displeasure as it hurts to move and this class is the highlight of your week. You come to the sad realisation that while MC Hammer said 'you can't touch this' he never indicated 'you can't smash this with a hammer'. But he was psychic about the hammer time stopping me. Spooky!

10. You write a short and painful blog with one hand take some pain killers and go to bed.

That my friends is the abridged version how to put the end bit on spokes.
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4 comments:

  1. J98 June 2011 at 13:56

    You poor bastard. I hit my hand doing that job too - I just didn't tell anybody. Mind you, I didn't actually split the skin open so I was able to just swear a bit and do that thing where you shake it really hard (like *that's* going to help!?) and take slow, deep breaths. I hope your finger isn't broken!

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  2. Ken12 June 2011 at 23:26

    WOT YOU NEED IS A BIGGER HAMMER!

    http://www.seykota.com/tt/2011/Apr/21-30/sledge_hammer.jpg

    http://www.bartcop.com/bigger-hammer.jpg

    GOOD THING I HAD SAFE SEARCH ON

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  3. Aaron17 June 2011 at 17:39

    Nicely hidden J9 I guess I'm a much bigger wuss. I shook mine as well.
    Thanks for the tip dad lucky you had safe search on I shudder to think what would have come up. I think a bigger hammer would have probably meant a trip to the hospital.

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  4. Gerardo29 November 2013 at 16:23

    Did you done this device?
    Looks interesting.

    In fact are two nuts that clamps the spoke, and the you need to hit it in order to make the head spoke.
    Right?

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