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Offline Jaan

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Crown race fitting tool - £3 from B&Q!!
« on: April 10, 2013, 09:04 PM »
So I was in B&Q buying some wet and dry paper and having a general browse when I walked past the kitchen / bedroom unit furniture legs and had an idea...

Heres the leg



I pulled out the adjuster...



Wrapped some masking tape to soften the edge...



It fits perfectly... But a tad long - they did sell shorter ones but I wanted to be safe (a little too safe)



A couple of taps with the mallet and hey presto!!!



Not bad for a few quid  ;)

Please don't all queue up and tell me this is the 112th time someone has posted this idea  ;D

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Re: Crown race fitting tool - £3 from B&Q!!
« Reply #1 on: April 10, 2013, 09:11 PM »
Thats a pretty cool little contraption youve found there Chris!  :daumenhoch:


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« Reply #2 on: April 10, 2013, 09:57 PM »
Good find.  I have a short length of scaffolding for the job.

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« Reply #3 on: April 10, 2013, 10:01 PM »
The shorter leg was about £2.50 and would fit in my toolkit better but it did the job and the fit is perfect.

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Re: Crown race fitting tool - £3 from B&Q!!
« Reply #4 on: April 11, 2013, 07:16 AM »
great buy!  will get one of those at the weekend  :daumenhoch:

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Re: Crown race fitting tool - £3 from B&Q!!
« Reply #5 on: April 11, 2013, 09:03 AM »
Mr Swan needs one of these after throwing his dummy out the pram on Monday night!!!!!  :LolLolLolLol:

Good idea bud......  :daumenhoch:

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« Reply #6 on: April 11, 2013, 09:12 AM »
Nice one!  :daumenhoch:

I thought of doing the exact same thing a while a go but I didn't know if it would fit.

What diameter tubing is it?

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« Reply #7 on: April 11, 2013, 09:36 AM »
Bargain... So will you be using the fork as the other table leg?

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« Reply #8 on: April 11, 2013, 10:02 AM »
Spot on that. We had a bitd tool what resembled to video head drums that slid down, but, that looks a lot better. Good find. Now, if you can mod it to fit frame cups too, then your one a winner.
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« Reply #9 on: April 11, 2013, 12:32 PM »
Nice one!  :daumenhoch:

I thought of doing the exact same thing a while a go but I didn't know if it would fit.

What diameter tubing is it?

32mm diameter.  I bought the 300mm leg but theres 100, 200mm etc.  Seeing as most forks measure c.150-160mm the 200mm would be your best bet  :daumenhoch:

http://www.diy.com/nav/fix/hardware/ironmongery/legs___supports/-specificproducttype-furniture_legs/Rothley-Furniture-Leg-L120XV-Black-H200mm-x-32mm-Dia-9282005'skuId=9291705


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« Reply #10 on: April 11, 2013, 01:06 PM »
Nice one!  :daumenhoch:

I thought of doing the exact same thing a while a go but I didn't know if it would fit.

What diameter tubing is it?

32mm diameter.  I bought the 300mm leg but theres 100, 200mm etc.  Seeing as most forks measure c.150-160mm the 200mm would be your best bet  :daumenhoch:

http://www.diy.com/nav/fix/hardware/ironmongery/legs___supports/-specificproducttype-furniture_legs/Rothley-Furniture-Leg-L120XV-Black-H200mm-x-32mm-Dia-9282005'skuId=9291705


Perfect!

Thanks for that!  :daumenhoch:

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« Reply #11 on: April 11, 2013, 01:18 PM »
great idea  :daumenhoch:

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« Reply #12 on: April 11, 2013, 01:19 PM »
Now, if you can mod it to fit frame cups too, then your one a winner.
Two thick, large round washers and a long coarse threaded nut and bolt. They will pull the cups evenly as you do it up  :daumenhoch:
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« Reply #13 on: April 11, 2013, 02:20 PM »
Like this one  :daumenhoch:



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« Reply #14 on: April 11, 2013, 02:22 PM »
You need to lay off the pies...!!

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« Reply #15 on: April 11, 2013, 02:38 PM »
Some sort of northern cuisine Rich?

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« Reply #16 on: April 11, 2013, 02:39 PM »
Some sort of northern cuisine Rich?

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« Reply #17 on: April 11, 2013, 06:13 PM »
Got my crown race 'tool'. Best £2.50 I've spent in a long time!  :daumenhoch:

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Re: Crown race fitting tool - £3 from B&Q!!
« Reply #18 on: April 11, 2013, 06:59 PM »
mine is just a rusty old piece of tube  :tickedoff: But u wouldn't expect anything else off me would ya  :crazy2:

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« Reply #19 on: April 11, 2013, 07:03 PM »
Awesome tool time tip, Jaan 8) :daumenhoch:
I know where I'm going this weekend.


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« Reply #20 on: April 11, 2013, 10:50 PM »
I use the top of an axle stand
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