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kaberettSo after yesterday's disappointing visit to Dr Bike, ewt kindly nudged me to Have Another Go at sorting it out myself.
I dug out my copy of the manual and, this time, also checked the installation instructions, which strongly implied that the bit I thought was A Problem I probably needed to Do Something With was indeed A Problem. Having ascertained that interacting with it more vigorously probably wouldn't cause anything to explode, and also what torque it wanted tightening to, I checked in with A about borrowing his torque wrench (... which I proceeded to not actually use...), reoriented the bike, and put the nice bike human's very helpful YouTube video on again, as background reassurance.
Helpfully, this highlighted another place where it would be helpful for me to apply More Sheer Brute Force!
... but also this time I had a better idea of what I was doing, so I didn't pause the video every few seconds, and crucially and in particular this meant that I actually let it run to the end of the video and, er...
(And then I scrolled down a little and read the video description, which, er, similarly: This is a complicated and time consuming job. Please make sure you follow the steps correctly. It is advisable to take your bicycle to a local bicycle shop who is experienced at this procedure.)
So I am feeling quite smug about having sorted it out. (I loaded it up with Allotment Stuff for the test-ride on the quiet bit of road right in front of our building, so that if it all worked I could Just Go To The Allotment, and it did so I did.)
... meanwhile, in another part of the forest: my ridiculous Everything continues to the tune of "apparently I am going to be picking up an overlocker that needs its tension sorting out from a friendly freecycle human". I left it several hours before enquiring, and then made it very clear that I wanted to be at the back of the queue for it, but... I... will shortly own an overlocker? I will shortly own an overlocker. What even.
ewt kindly nudged me to Have Another Go at sorting it out myself.I dug out my copy of the manual and, this time, also checked the installation instructions, which strongly implied that the bit I thought was A Problem I probably needed to Do Something With was indeed A Problem. Having ascertained that interacting with it more vigorously probably wouldn't cause anything to explode, and also what torque it wanted tightening to, I checked in with A about borrowing his torque wrench (... which I proceeded to not actually use...), reoriented the bike, and put the nice bike human's very helpful YouTube video on again, as background reassurance.
Helpfully, this highlighted another place where it would be helpful for me to apply More Sheer Brute Force!
... but also this time I had a better idea of what I was doing, so I didn't pause the video every few seconds, and crucially and in particular this meant that I actually let it run to the end of the video and, er...
Please bear in mind, this is a very advanced job, so if you don't feel comfortable doing this, do take it to your local bicycle shop and they can do this for you.... whoops?
(And then I scrolled down a little and read the video description, which, er, similarly: This is a complicated and time consuming job. Please make sure you follow the steps correctly. It is advisable to take your bicycle to a local bicycle shop who is experienced at this procedure.)
So I am feeling quite smug about having sorted it out. (I loaded it up with Allotment Stuff for the test-ride on the quiet bit of road right in front of our building, so that if it all worked I could Just Go To The Allotment, and it did so I did.)
... meanwhile, in another part of the forest: my ridiculous Everything continues to the tune of "apparently I am going to be picking up an overlocker that needs its tension sorting out from a friendly freecycle human". I left it several hours before enquiring, and then made it very clear that I wanted to be at the back of the queue for it, but... I... will shortly own an overlocker? I will shortly own an overlocker. What even.
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Date: 2023-02-02 11:10 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2023-02-03 06:09 am (UTC)Um.
At some point I would absolutely love to come and Overlock Some Shit.
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Date: 2023-02-03 08:36 am (UTC)PLEASE DO -- my pitch was "I'm not (yet) a serious sewist but I know lots of people who are and I'm fairly confident I can sort out the tension problems", so help with getting it to fulfil its purpose in life would be enthusiastically and gratefully welcomed!
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Date: 2023-02-03 08:49 am (UTC)I am also not a serious sewist, but a lot of what I would like to do is seriously easier on an overlocker.
(See, for example, the image search results for "katwise coat"... outerwear that fits me correctly and is warm, reasonably showerproof (or at least warm when drenched through) and 100% compostable is very difficult to find, and I would still rather solve this by making something than by throwing money at a tailor.)
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Date: 2023-02-03 08:13 am (UTC)Hooray progress!
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Date: 2023-02-03 10:26 am (UTC)Ooh, an overlocker. :o I've never used one, but they're such a mainstay on Sewing Bee that I really should keep half an eye out for one for Lisa for when they are in a sewing mood.
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Date: 2023-02-03 11:18 am (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2023-02-03 12:04 pm (UTC)Eeeee! I recently acquired an overlocker and just yesterday got it working.
I found this person's videos helpful: https://www.youtube.com/@InStitches
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Date: 2023-02-03 11:59 pm (UTC)As I have already said elsewhere, thank you! :)
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Date: 2023-02-06 02:17 pm (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2023-02-04 02:45 am (UTC)Wolf
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Date: 2023-02-08 03:02 pm (UTC)