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I'm watching this really interesting program from the BBC. It is
called (James May) "The Reassembler." He takes everyday stuff,
appliances and such, and takes them apart and reassembles them. He
keeps a running commentary is intelligent, quick thinking, has a good
vocabulary and has a great sense of humor/social awareness. You see
him start with a table full of parts and he puts together (in this
instance a toy electric train). The commentary goes to which
manufacturers built what under which patents and brand names, how to
repair, what goes wrong, what to watch out for; in between all that is
commentary like "back before these 12 volt trains were the norm,
electric trains ran on much higher voltages, and back then, many a kid
succumbed to electrocution playing with them, but kids were cheaper
then too. I lost many of my old mates to train sets..." (interjected
in the running commentary)

He had a long monologue on the differences between what is a bolt and
what is a screw, along with the ambiguity in definitions, then winds
up the monologue with "what's the difference; nobody cares..."

When they pan out you can see several people filming and working boom
microphones, and once in awhile he addresses the production crew
directly.

I just watched the one show so far, and it doesn't look like there are
many episodes. And it must be incredibly time consuming to produce
one show. The show itself is ~1 hour, but no doubt he's probably
fiddling around with the stuff for 4-5X that long to figure out how to
put it together, and taking notes as he takes it apart. (I know how
much time it takes to do that sort of thing) It seems fairly recent
too.
Wikipedia
series 1, 3 episodes, 4 April 2016 - 6 April 2016
series 2, 4 episodes, 28 December 2016 - 18 January 2017
 
On 5/8/2017 9:03 AM, default wrote:
I'm watching this really interesting program from the BBC. It is
called (James May) "The Reassembler." He takes everyday stuff,
appliances and such, and takes them apart and reassembles them. He
keeps a running commentary is intelligent, quick thinking, has a good
vocabulary and has a great sense of humor/social awareness. You see
him start with a table full of parts and he puts together (in this
instance a toy electric train). The commentary goes to which
manufacturers built what under which patents and brand names, how to
repair, what goes wrong, what to watch out for; in between all that is
commentary like "back before these 12 volt trains were the norm,
electric trains ran on much higher voltages, and back then, many a kid
succumbed to electrocution playing with them, but kids were cheaper
then too. I lost many of my old mates to train sets..." (interjected
in the running commentary)

He had a long monologue on the differences between what is a bolt and
what is a screw, along with the ambiguity in definitions, then winds
up the monologue with "what's the difference; nobody cares..."

When they pan out you can see several people filming and working boom
microphones, and once in awhile he addresses the production crew
directly.

I just watched the one show so far, and it doesn't look like there are
many episodes. And it must be incredibly time consuming to produce
one show. The show itself is ~1 hour, but no doubt he's probably
fiddling around with the stuff for 4-5X that long to figure out how to
put it together, and taking notes as he takes it apart. (I know how
much time it takes to do that sort of thing) It seems fairly recent
too.
Wikipedia
series 1, 3 episodes, 4 April 2016 - 6 April 2016
series 2, 4 episodes, 28 December 2016 - 18 January 2017
Click to expand...

Aahem, Excuse me!!
For those blokes that live in that area of the planet that can't get
BBC-4 channel (such as I) and have a desire to watch the bloody show
listed above then go here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nuwjUZCSB2Y

Cheers
 
On 5/8/2017 11:54 AM, ABLE1 wrote:
On 5/8/2017 9:03 AM, default wrote:
I'm watching this really interesting program from the BBC. It is
called (James May) "The Reassembler." He takes everyday stuff,
appliances and such, and takes them apart and reassembles them. He
keeps a running commentary is intelligent, quick thinking, has a good
vocabulary and has a great sense of humor/social awareness. You see
him start with a table full of parts and he puts together (in this
instance a toy electric train). The commentary goes to which
manufacturers built what under which patents and brand names, how to
repair, what goes wrong, what to watch out for; in between all that is
commentary like "back before these 12 volt trains were the norm,
electric trains ran on much higher voltages, and back then, many a kid
succumbed to electrocution playing with them, but kids were cheaper
then too. I lost many of my old mates to train sets..." (interjected
in the running commentary)

He had a long monologue on the differences between what is a bolt and
what is a screw, along with the ambiguity in definitions, then winds
up the monologue with "what's the difference; nobody cares..."

When they pan out you can see several people filming and working boom
microphones, and once in awhile he addresses the production crew
directly.

I just watched the one show so far, and it doesn't look like there are
many episodes. And it must be incredibly time consuming to produce
one show. The show itself is ~1 hour, but no doubt he's probably
fiddling around with the stuff for 4-5X that long to figure out how to
put it together, and taking notes as he takes it apart. (I know how
much time it takes to do that sort of thing) It seems fairly recent
too.
Wikipedia
series 1, 3 episodes, 4 April 2016 - 6 April 2016
series 2, 4 episodes, 28 December 2016 - 18 January 2017


Aahem, Excuse me!!
For those blokes that live in that area of the planet that can't get
BBC-4 channel (such as I) and have a desire to watch the bloody show
listed above then go here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nuwjUZCSB2Y
Click to expand...

He's pretty funny too. :)

--

Rick C
 
On Mon, 8 May 2017 11:54:09 -0400, ABLE1 <someone@nowhere.net> wrote:

On 5/8/2017 9:03 AM, default wrote:
I'm watching this really interesting program from the BBC. It is
called (James May) "The Reassembler." He takes everyday stuff,
appliances and such, and takes them apart and reassembles them. He
keeps a running commentary is intelligent, quick thinking, has a good
vocabulary and has a great sense of humor/social awareness. You see
him start with a table full of parts and he puts together (in this
instance a toy electric train). The commentary goes to which
manufacturers built what under which patents and brand names, how to
repair, what goes wrong, what to watch out for; in between all that is
commentary like "back before these 12 volt trains were the norm,
electric trains ran on much higher voltages, and back then, many a kid
succumbed to electrocution playing with them, but kids were cheaper
then too. I lost many of my old mates to train sets..." (interjected
in the running commentary)

He had a long monologue on the differences between what is a bolt and
what is a screw, along with the ambiguity in definitions, then winds
up the monologue with "what's the difference; nobody cares..."

When they pan out you can see several people filming and working boom
microphones, and once in awhile he addresses the production crew
directly.

I just watched the one show so far, and it doesn't look like there are
many episodes. And it must be incredibly time consuming to produce
one show. The show itself is ~1 hour, but no doubt he's probably
fiddling around with the stuff for 4-5X that long to figure out how to
put it together, and taking notes as he takes it apart. (I know how
much time it takes to do that sort of thing) It seems fairly recent
too.
Wikipedia
series 1, 3 episodes, 4 April 2016 - 6 April 2016
series 2, 4 episodes, 28 December 2016 - 18 January 2017


Aahem, Excuse me!!
For those blokes that live in that area of the planet that can't get
BBC-4 channel (such as I) and have a desire to watch the bloody show
listed above then go here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nuwjUZCSB2Y

Cheers

I guess I should have mentioned, I used "bit torrent" to download it.
Click to expand...
 
On 5/8/2017 2:09 PM, default wrote:
On Mon, 8 May 2017 11:54:09 -0400, ABLE1 <someone@nowhere.net> wrote:

On 5/8/2017 9:03 AM, default wrote:
I'm watching this really interesting program from the BBC. It is
called (James May) "The Reassembler." He takes everyday stuff,
appliances and such, and takes them apart and reassembles them. He
keeps a running commentary is intelligent, quick thinking, has a good
vocabulary and has a great sense of humor/social awareness. You see
him start with a table full of parts and he puts together (in this
instance a toy electric train). The commentary goes to which
manufacturers built what under which patents and brand names, how to
repair, what goes wrong, what to watch out for; in between all that is
commentary like "back before these 12 volt trains were the norm,
electric trains ran on much higher voltages, and back then, many a kid
succumbed to electrocution playing with them, but kids were cheaper
then too. I lost many of my old mates to train sets..." (interjected
in the running commentary)

He had a long monologue on the differences between what is a bolt and
what is a screw, along with the ambiguity in definitions, then winds
up the monologue with "what's the difference; nobody cares..."

When they pan out you can see several people filming and working boom
microphones, and once in awhile he addresses the production crew
directly.

I just watched the one show so far, and it doesn't look like there are
many episodes. And it must be incredibly time consuming to produce
one show. The show itself is ~1 hour, but no doubt he's probably
fiddling around with the stuff for 4-5X that long to figure out how to
put it together, and taking notes as he takes it apart. (I know how
much time it takes to do that sort of thing) It seems fairly recent
too.
Wikipedia
series 1, 3 episodes, 4 April 2016 - 6 April 2016
series 2, 4 episodes, 28 December 2016 - 18 January 2017


Aahem, Excuse me!!
For those blokes that live in that area of the planet that can't get
BBC-4 channel (such as I) and have a desire to watch the bloody show
listed above then go here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nuwjUZCSB2Y

Cheers

I guess I should have mentioned, I used "bit torrent" to download it.
Click to expand...
I'm out of town at my daughters (college graduation) for a couple
days, she started disassembly of her KitchenAid mixer which my wife
purchased in the early 80's. She says it is a little noisy and thinks it
needs lube. My daughter is not intimidated by anything, she will
take on most any repair. (She even changed the oil in my truck many
years ago, turned out to be transmission fluid, but that's another
story.) She ran into a problem getting the drift pin out to remove
the housing to open up the planetary gear assembly, she tried several of
her tools including a drill bit, without success. I suggested we go to
Harbor Freight and get a set of punches. She managed to get the pin
out and the gear assembly is dry and has hard grease in it.
She said, OK, let's stop, I need to start getting ready for the
Graduation ceremony. We can do this tonight or tomorrow.

Anyway, I digress, I looked to see if The Reassmbler had a video on
mixers, he does, > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XnYPOkzy-oI
It's quite enjoyable with a bit of philosophizing and marvel about
the technology in a gear.
Mikek

PS.
The graduation is not a big deal, it is her second BS, also today starts
the first term for her Masters Degree. After that graduation she will
start on her DMD or DDS, depending on where she gets accepted.
I'm tired and please send money. :)
 
On Mon, 8 May 2017 14:41:55 -0500, amdx <nojunk@knology.net> wrote:

On 5/8/2017 2:09 PM, default wrote:
On Mon, 8 May 2017 11:54:09 -0400, ABLE1 <someone@nowhere.net> wrote:

On 5/8/2017 9:03 AM, default wrote:
I'm watching this really interesting program from the BBC. It is
called (James May) "The Reassembler." He takes everyday stuff,
appliances and such, and takes them apart and reassembles them. He
keeps a running commentary is intelligent, quick thinking, has a good
vocabulary and has a great sense of humor/social awareness. You see
him start with a table full of parts and he puts together (in this
instance a toy electric train). The commentary goes to which
manufacturers built what under which patents and brand names, how to
repair, what goes wrong, what to watch out for; in between all that is
commentary like "back before these 12 volt trains were the norm,
electric trains ran on much higher voltages, and back then, many a kid
succumbed to electrocution playing with them, but kids were cheaper
then too. I lost many of my old mates to train sets..." (interjected
in the running commentary)

He had a long monologue on the differences between what is a bolt and
what is a screw, along with the ambiguity in definitions, then winds
up the monologue with "what's the difference; nobody cares..."

When they pan out you can see several people filming and working boom
microphones, and once in awhile he addresses the production crew
directly.

I just watched the one show so far, and it doesn't look like there are
many episodes. And it must be incredibly time consuming to produce
one show. The show itself is ~1 hour, but no doubt he's probably
fiddling around with the stuff for 4-5X that long to figure out how to
put it together, and taking notes as he takes it apart. (I know how
much time it takes to do that sort of thing) It seems fairly recent
too.
Wikipedia
series 1, 3 episodes, 4 April 2016 - 6 April 2016
series 2, 4 episodes, 28 December 2016 - 18 January 2017


Aahem, Excuse me!!
For those blokes that live in that area of the planet that can't get
BBC-4 channel (such as I) and have a desire to watch the bloody show
listed above then go here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nuwjUZCSB2Y

Cheers

I guess I should have mentioned, I used "bit torrent" to download it.

I'm out of town at my daughters (college graduation) for a couple
days, she started disassembly of her KitchenAid mixer which my wife
purchased in the early 80's. She says it is a little noisy and thinks it
needs lube. My daughter is not intimidated by anything, she will
take on most any repair. (She even changed the oil in my truck many
years ago, turned out to be transmission fluid, but that's another
story.) She ran into a problem getting the drift pin out to remove
the housing to open up the planetary gear assembly, she tried several of
her tools including a drill bit, without success. I suggested we go to
Harbor Freight and get a set of punches. She managed to get the pin
out and the gear assembly is dry and has hard grease in it.
She said, OK, let's stop, I need to start getting ready for the
Graduation ceremony. We can do this tonight or tomorrow.

Anyway, I digress, I looked to see if The Reassmbler had a video on
mixers, he does, > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XnYPOkzy-oI
It's quite enjoyable with a bit of philosophizing and marvel about
the technology in a gear.
Mikek

PS.
The graduation is not a big deal, it is her second BS, also today starts
the first term for her Masters Degree. After that graduation she will
start on her DMD or DDS, depending on where she gets accepted.
I'm tired and please send money. :)
Click to expand...

I have a Kitchen Aid 5 qt mixer I bought in ~1978. I use it twice a
week to bake bread or crush grain or grind meat. The brushes died
about two years ago, that and cleaning the contacts on the speed
regulator is the only maintenance I've had to do on it. They use a
really ancient speed regulator: an extra winding on the AC/DC motor
kicks in (via springs and fly weights) to speed things up and the
regulating lever just changes the position of the contacts on the
extra field coil. (I think the newer ones use a Triac circuit)

If I remember... when the housing was off I could get to the planetary
gears in the mixing head without removing the drift pin.
 
On 5/8/2017 3:34 PM, default wrote:
On Mon, 8 May 2017 14:41:55 -0500, amdx <nojunk@knology.net> wrote:

On 5/8/2017 2:09 PM, default wrote:
On Mon, 8 May 2017 11:54:09 -0400, ABLE1 <someone@nowhere.net> wrote:

On 5/8/2017 9:03 AM, default wrote:
I'm watching this really interesting program from the BBC. It is
called (James May) "The Reassembler." He takes everyday stuff,
appliances and such, and takes them apart and reassembles them. He
keeps a running commentary is intelligent, quick thinking, has a good
vocabulary and has a great sense of humor/social awareness. You see
him start with a table full of parts and he puts together (in this
instance a toy electric train). The commentary goes to which
manufacturers built what under which patents and brand names, how to
repair, what goes wrong, what to watch out for; in between all that is
commentary like "back before these 12 volt trains were the norm,
electric trains ran on much higher voltages, and back then, many a kid
succumbed to electrocution playing with them, but kids were cheaper
then too. I lost many of my old mates to train sets..." (interjected
in the running commentary)

He had a long monologue on the differences between what is a bolt and
what is a screw, along with the ambiguity in definitions, then winds
up the monologue with "what's the difference; nobody cares..."

When they pan out you can see several people filming and working boom
microphones, and once in awhile he addresses the production crew
directly.

I just watched the one show so far, and it doesn't look like there are
many episodes. And it must be incredibly time consuming to produce
one show. The show itself is ~1 hour, but no doubt he's probably
fiddling around with the stuff for 4-5X that long to figure out how to
put it together, and taking notes as he takes it apart. (I know how
much time it takes to do that sort of thing) It seems fairly recent
too.
Wikipedia
series 1, 3 episodes, 4 April 2016 - 6 April 2016
series 2, 4 episodes, 28 December 2016 - 18 January 2017


Aahem, Excuse me!!
For those blokes that live in that area of the planet that can't get
BBC-4 channel (such as I) and have a desire to watch the bloody show
listed above then go here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nuwjUZCSB2Y

Cheers

I guess I should have mentioned, I used "bit torrent" to download it.

I'm out of town at my daughters (college graduation) for a couple
days, she started disassembly of her KitchenAid mixer which my wife
purchased in the early 80's. She says it is a little noisy and thinks it
needs lube. My daughter is not intimidated by anything, she will
take on most any repair. (She even changed the oil in my truck many
years ago, turned out to be transmission fluid, but that's another
story.) She ran into a problem getting the drift pin out to remove
the housing to open up the planetary gear assembly, she tried several of
her tools including a drill bit, without success. I suggested we go to
Harbor Freight and get a set of punches. She managed to get the pin
out and the gear assembly is dry and has hard grease in it.
She said, OK, let's stop, I need to start getting ready for the
Graduation ceremony. We can do this tonight or tomorrow.

Anyway, I digress, I looked to see if The Reassmbler had a video on
mixers, he does, > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XnYPOkzy-oI
It's quite enjoyable with a bit of philosophizing and marvel about
the technology in a gear.
Mikek

PS.
The graduation is not a big deal, it is her second BS, also today starts
the first term for her Masters Degree. After that graduation she will
start on her DMD or DDS, depending on where she gets accepted.
I'm tired and please send money. :)

I have a Kitchen Aid 5 qt mixer I bought in ~1978. I use it twice a
week to bake bread or crush grain or grind meat. The brushes died
about two years ago, that and cleaning the contacts on the speed
regulator is the only maintenance I've had to do on it. They use a
really ancient speed regulator: an extra winding on the AC/DC motor
kicks in (via springs and fly weights) to speed things up and the
regulating lever just changes the position of the contacts on the
extra field coil. (I think the newer ones use a Triac circuit)

If I remember... when the housing was off I could get to the planetary
gears in the mixing head without removing the drift pin.
Click to expand...

In 79 they added a Solid State motor speed control and they added SS
to the Model number. You definitely need to remove the pin to
get a look at the planetary gear on her model. Starts at 1:30.
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VeCiivPt7hk

Mikek
 
On Monday, May 8, 2017 at 9:03:27 AM UTC-4, default wrote:
I'm watching this really interesting program from the BBC. It is
called (James May) "The Reassembler." He takes everyday stuff,
appliances and such, and takes them apart and reassembles them. He
keeps a running commentary is intelligent, quick thinking, has a good
vocabulary and has a great sense of humor/social awareness. You see
him start with a table full of parts and he puts together (in this
instance a toy electric train). The commentary goes to which
manufacturers built what under which patents and brand names, how to
repair, what goes wrong, what to watch out for; in between all that is
commentary like "back before these 12 volt trains were the norm,
electric trains ran on much higher voltages, and back then, many a kid
succumbed to electrocution playing with them, but kids were cheaper
then too. I lost many of my old mates to train sets..." (interjected
in the running commentary)

He had a long monologue on the differences between what is a bolt and
what is a screw, along with the ambiguity in definitions, then winds
up the monologue with "what's the difference; nobody cares..."

When they pan out you can see several people filming and working boom
microphones, and once in awhile he addresses the production crew
directly.

I just watched the one show so far, and it doesn't look like there are
many episodes. And it must be incredibly time consuming to produce
one show. The show itself is ~1 hour, but no doubt he's probably
fiddling around with the stuff for 4-5X that long to figure out how to
put it together, and taking notes as he takes it apart. (I know how
much time it takes to do that sort of thing) It seems fairly recent
too.
Wikipedia
series 1, 3 episodes, 4 April 2016 - 6 April 2016
series 2, 4 episodes, 28 December 2016 - 18 January 2017
Click to expand...

Fun thanks, I need more hours in the day.
I do enjoy trying to keep old things working.

George H.
 
On 5/8/2017 2:41 PM, amdx wrote:
On 5/8/2017 2:09 PM, default wrote:
On Mon, 8 May 2017 11:54:09 -0400, ABLE1 <someone@nowhere.net> wrote:

On 5/8/2017 9:03 AM, default wrote:
I'm watching this really interesting program from the BBC. It is
called (James May) "The Reassembler." He takes everyday stuff,
appliances and such, and takes them apart and reassembles them. He
keeps a running commentary is intelligent, quick thinking, has a good
vocabulary and has a great sense of humor/social awareness. You see
him start with a table full of parts and he puts together (in this
instance a toy electric train). The commentary goes to which
manufacturers built what under which patents and brand names, how to
repair, what goes wrong, what to watch out for; in between all that is
commentary like "back before these 12 volt trains were the norm,
electric trains ran on much higher voltages, and back then, many a kid
succumbed to electrocution playing with them, but kids were cheaper
then too. I lost many of my old mates to train sets..." (interjected
in the running commentary)

He had a long monologue on the differences between what is a bolt and
what is a screw, along with the ambiguity in definitions, then winds
up the monologue with "what's the difference; nobody cares..."

When they pan out you can see several people filming and working boom
microphones, and once in awhile he addresses the production crew
directly.

I just watched the one show so far, and it doesn't look like there are
many episodes. And it must be incredibly time consuming to produce
one show. The show itself is ~1 hour, but no doubt he's probably
fiddling around with the stuff for 4-5X that long to figure out how to
put it together, and taking notes as he takes it apart. (I know how
much time it takes to do that sort of thing) It seems fairly recent
too.
Wikipedia
series 1, 3 episodes, 4 April 2016 - 6 April 2016
series 2, 4 episodes, 28 December 2016 - 18 January 2017


Aahem, Excuse me!!
For those blokes that live in that area of the planet that can't get
BBC-4 channel (such as I) and have a desire to watch the bloody show
listed above then go here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nuwjUZCSB2Y

Cheers

I guess I should have mentioned, I used "bit torrent" to download it.

I'm out of town at my daughters (college graduation) for a couple
days, she started disassembly of her KitchenAid mixer which my wife
purchased in the early 80's. She says it is a little noisy and thinks it
needs lube. My daughter is not intimidated by anything, she will
take on most any repair. (She even changed the oil in my truck many
years ago, turned out to be transmission fluid, but that's another
story.) She ran into a problem getting the drift pin out to remove
the housing to open up the planetary gear assembly, she tried several of
her tools including a drill bit, without success. I suggested we go to
Harbor Freight and get a set of punches. She managed to get the pin
out and the gear assembly is dry and has hard grease in it.
She said, OK, let's stop, I need to start getting ready for the
Graduation ceremony. We can do this tonight or tomorrow.

Anyway, I digress, I looked to see if The Reassmbler had a video on
mixers, he does, > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XnYPOkzy-oI
It's quite enjoyable with a bit of philosophizing and marvel about
the technology in a gear.
Mikek

PS.
The graduation is not a big deal, it is her second BS, also today starts
the first term for her Masters Degree. After that graduation she will
start on her DMD or DDS, depending on where she gets accepted.
I'm tired and please send money. :)
Click to expand...
I got an email from my daughter this morning, she got the mixer apart,
moved some of the grease from the top end to the planetary gear area and
reassembled it. It works.
I sent her an email suggesting she check the brushes in the motor,
and get them on order if they are short. Hopefully she can get another
30 years out of it.
She wants to start fly tying as an effort to show she has fine eye
hand coordination for the dental school. Her fiancee likes to fish, so
that might work out.
Mikek

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On 5/10/2017 12:01 PM, amdx wrote:
On 5/8/2017 2:41 PM, amdx wrote:
On 5/8/2017 2:09 PM, default wrote:
On Mon, 8 May 2017 11:54:09 -0400, ABLE1 <someone@nowhere.net> wrote:

On 5/8/2017 9:03 AM, default wrote:
I'm watching this really interesting program from the BBC. It is
called (James May) "The Reassembler." He takes everyday stuff,
appliances and such, and takes them apart and reassembles them. He
keeps a running commentary is intelligent, quick thinking, has a good
vocabulary and has a great sense of humor/social awareness. You see
him start with a table full of parts and he puts together (in this
instance a toy electric train). The commentary goes to which
manufacturers built what under which patents and brand names, how to
repair, what goes wrong, what to watch out for; in between all that is
commentary like "back before these 12 volt trains were the norm,
electric trains ran on much higher voltages, and back then, many a kid
succumbed to electrocution playing with them, but kids were cheaper
then too. I lost many of my old mates to train sets..." (interjected
in the running commentary)

He had a long monologue on the differences between what is a bolt and
what is a screw, along with the ambiguity in definitions, then winds
up the monologue with "what's the difference; nobody cares..."

When they pan out you can see several people filming and working boom
microphones, and once in awhile he addresses the production crew
directly.

I just watched the one show so far, and it doesn't look like there are
many episodes. And it must be incredibly time consuming to produce
one show. The show itself is ~1 hour, but no doubt he's probably
fiddling around with the stuff for 4-5X that long to figure out how to
put it together, and taking notes as he takes it apart. (I know how
much time it takes to do that sort of thing) It seems fairly recent
too.
Wikipedia
series 1, 3 episodes, 4 April 2016 - 6 April 2016
series 2, 4 episodes, 28 December 2016 - 18 January 2017


Aahem, Excuse me!!
For those blokes that live in that area of the planet that can't get
BBC-4 channel (such as I) and have a desire to watch the bloody show
listed above then go here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nuwjUZCSB2Y

Cheers

I guess I should have mentioned, I used "bit torrent" to download it.

I'm out of town at my daughters (college graduation) for a couple
days, she started disassembly of her KitchenAid mixer which my wife
purchased in the early 80's. She says it is a little noisy and thinks
it needs lube. My daughter is not intimidated by anything, she will
take on most any repair. (She even changed the oil in my truck many
years ago, turned out to be transmission fluid, but that's another
story.) She ran into a problem getting the drift pin out to remove
the housing to open up the planetary gear assembly, she tried several
of her tools including a drill bit, without success. I suggested we go
to Harbor Freight and get a set of punches. She managed to get the pin
out and the gear assembly is dry and has hard grease in it.
She said, OK, let's stop, I need to start getting ready for the
Graduation ceremony. We can do this tonight or tomorrow.

Anyway, I digress, I looked to see if The Reassmbler had a video on
mixers, he does, > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XnYPOkzy-oI
It's quite enjoyable with a bit of philosophizing and marvel about
the technology in a gear.
Mikek

PS.
The graduation is not a big deal, it is her second BS, also today
starts the first term for her Masters Degree. After that graduation
she will start on her DMD or DDS, depending on where she gets accepted.
I'm tired and please send money. :)

I got an email from my daughter this morning, she got the mixer apart,
moved some of the grease from the top end to the planetary gear area and
reassembled it. It works.
I sent her an email suggesting she check the brushes in the motor, and
get them on order if they are short. Hopefully she can get another 30
years out of it.
She wants to start fly tying as an effort to show she has fine eye hand
coordination for the dental school. Her fiancee likes to fish, so that
might work out.
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I recall years ago that someone told me the exam involves carving chalk.
I guess that is not entirely unlike dentin. Practice, practice,
practice...

--

Rick C
 
With the right staff and a little fantasy you can get more hits than anyone on youtube:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKHz7wOjb9w


Bret Cahill
 
On Wed, 10 May 2017 16:33:50 -0700 (PDT), Bret Cahill
<bretcahill@aol.com> wrote:

With the right staff and a little fantasy you can get more hits than anyone on youtube:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKHz7wOjb9w


Bret Cahill

You didn't get it...
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