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Old 03-12-18, 08:03 AM   #3626
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Default Re: Smile of the day - What is yours?

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Originally Posted by Adam Ef View Post
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I wasn't?
How do you mean?


I mean you can see how when I first started using it a couple of years ago the bolt that holds the moving arm to the lower beam (with the black thumbscrew on it) made a mark in one spot. As it's bent gradually over time with each use that mark has moved a mm or two to the right, eventually creating a line along the lower beam where the bolt clamps down on it. If it was a miss-use of the stand (that caused a sudden bend) then that mark would suddenly jump place along the beam rather than creating an even steady line along it over time.


It would take a hell of a lot of force to bend it the amount it was out by in one go from mis-using it! Trying to get it back into shape was impossible. Even in a fully kitted out fabricators workshop with heavy machinery they had to put a slit in the weld to weaken it to be able to bend it back and then reweld it.
Pass. Don't remember posting that
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