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Friday, March 15, 2019

Fein Sander/Cutter -- Bought used... (after cleaning)

The tool body and the cord had a lot of dirt and white paint splatter on it. Use a sharp blade to clean the paint off the tool. Pretty much left the paint on the cord because it's easy to damage the insulation in the process of trying to remove the paint. Just cleaned the cord...

Installed the abrasive attachment on the tool. Plugged it in and tested it's function and it appears to be working fine. This is a vibration tool (not rotating). There's a dial towards the rear of the tool for adjusting the vibration speed.

The Allen key for exchanging the attachment was missing. Replaced it (5 mm size).

Tange bike - part 10 (Brake Levers, Upper half of the headset, seat post clamp bolt & seat post assembly (all need cleaning; don't know if some of this stuff will clean up enough to reuse...))

Thursday, March 14, 2019

Tange bike - part 9 - (gooseneck, handlebar & fork condition)

Don't know if this gooseneck is even worth trying to save by filing & sanding...

Looks like the gooseneck was too small for the handlebar & someone forced them together, thus causing the damage to the handlebar (& gooseneck?). Don't know if the bar is worth saving also...

Although dirty, I think the fork and bearing just need some cleaning & re-lubing.

Replaced the light fixture for the walk-in closet -- a small job that turned out to be a medium job

Bought a 4 ft LED fixture from Costco to replace the broken fluorescent unit. The original fluorescent fixture is hard-wired in and has the light unit built into a wood molded frame and has a cover over the light (to diffuse and soften the light). The replacement that I bought from Costco is meant to be stand-alone and plugged into an outlet. So, a lot of adapting had to be done to fit a square peg into a round hole...