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Charles Carroll
Feb 24, 2012, 12:52:43 PM2/24/12
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Dear all,
The last time I was in the UK I asked Carl if he had any ideas for how to
unscrew an obstinate wing nut. On my shell a wing nut that holds down an
AussieRail had become stuck and I had exhausted all ideas about how to
loosen it.
Carl jumped up, went to a trash bin, fetched out a small cylindrical piece
of aluminum, and in less than 90 seconds made a perfect wing nut stick. I
don’t know how when you tighten a wing nut with just your hand it gets
stuck. But as we all know it does. So I was grateful to have Carl’s stick,
and have used it for the last two years, and can report that it has never
failed.
Then Tuesday I lost it.
I find the this loss particularly embarrassing and have been reluctant to
mention it to Carl, so I have been doing just a bit of research on tools
that remove stuck wing nuts. The internet is so amazing! The most expensive
tool I found was $94.00 US. Can you believe that? It is a bit precious, don’t
you think?
So anyway, I found the below link on Row2K. The Wing Nut Stick looks good.
You can make it yourself in a few minutes, and it looks like it will do the
job with a pesky wing nut, and it also looks like it will last forever, and
best of all it floats. This is crucially important, as I have so recently
discovered.
If anyone has a moment, may I ask you to take a look at this link? While it
appears to me with my limited understanding to be the least expensive, best
method for making a wing nut tool, some of you with your vast experience
may have even a better idea.
http://row2k.com/columns/index.cfm?action=read&id=608
Cordially,
Charles
The last time I was in the UK I asked Carl if he had any ideas for how to
unscrew an obstinate wing nut. On my shell a wing nut that holds down an
AussieRail had become stuck and I had exhausted all ideas about how to
loosen it.
Carl jumped up, went to a trash bin, fetched out a small cylindrical piece
of aluminum, and in less than 90 seconds made a perfect wing nut stick. I
don’t know how when you tighten a wing nut with just your hand it gets
stuck. But as we all know it does. So I was grateful to have Carl’s stick,
and have used it for the last two years, and can report that it has never
failed.
Then Tuesday I lost it.
I find the this loss particularly embarrassing and have been reluctant to
mention it to Carl, so I have been doing just a bit of research on tools
that remove stuck wing nuts. The internet is so amazing! The most expensive
tool I found was $94.00 US. Can you believe that? It is a bit precious, don’t
you think?
So anyway, I found the below link on Row2K. The Wing Nut Stick looks good.
You can make it yourself in a few minutes, and it looks like it will do the
job with a pesky wing nut, and it also looks like it will last forever, and
best of all it floats. This is crucially important, as I have so recently
discovered.
If anyone has a moment, may I ask you to take a look at this link? While it
appears to me with my limited understanding to be the least expensive, best
method for making a wing nut tool, some of you with your vast experience
may have even a better idea.
http://row2k.com/columns/index.cfm?action=read&id=608
Cordially,
Charles
Carl
Feb 24, 2012, 1:40:51 PM2/24/12
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(the extra 'i' being 'cos it's made in the UK) tube with notched end
would've been winging its way to you.
But how often have you had to adjust existing settings? No, I'd better
not ask such awkward questions......
;)
Carl
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sully
Feb 24, 2012, 6:25:16 PM2/24/12
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old and decrepit shells collected from all over
California. Often making one rowable again means
replacing tracks, which is most frustrating because
at these vintages, most wing nuts are frozen and
are often difficult to reach.
I painstakingly constructed a deep well socket
with a nut imbedded and did some grinding and
had my son do some welding such that the
socket could fit the wingnuts fairly firmly, and
I could get good leverage from various angles
to be able to at least shear the bolt if the
wingnut wanted to stay.
Said socket has disappeared. Grrrrr.....
master of rythmn
Feb 24, 2012, 6:49:15 PM2/24/12
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I can't see why our olympic crews don't use good old brass thumbscrews
and leather clogs. It would be good to see a medal crew sporting
reinforced rowing shorts and sliding on tuffnel double action seats.
The cox should be at least twelve stone for stability and be ready
with spare thumbscrews in his pocket as well as a hip flask.
Steve.
Carl
Feb 25, 2012, 1:09:13 PM2/25/12
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>>> (the extra 'i' being 'cos it's made in the UK) tube with notched end
>>> would've been winging its way to you.
>>
>> I feel Charles' pain. I have a large stock of very
>> old and decrepit shells collected from all over
>> California. Often making one rowable again means
>> replacing tracks, which is most frustrating because
>> at these vintages, most wing nuts are frozen and
>> are often difficult to reach.
>>
>> I painstakingly constructed a deep well socket
>> with a nut imbedded and did some grinding and
>> had my son do some welding such that the
>> socket could fit the wingnuts fairly firmly, and
>> I could get good leverage from various angles
>> to be able to at least shear the bolt if the
>> wingnut wanted to stay.
>>
>> Said socket has disappeared. Grrrrr.....- Hide quoted text -
>>
>> - Show quoted text -
>
> I can't see why our olympic crews don't use good old brass thumbscrews
> and leather clogs. It would be good to see a medal crew sporting
> reinforced rowing shorts and sliding on tuffnel double action seats.
> The cox should be at least twelve stone for stability and be ready
> with spare thumbscrews in his pocket as well as a hip flask.
> Steve.
But that's how it would still be, Steve, had FISA started legislating
>>> would've been winging its way to you.
>>
>> I feel Charles' pain. I have a large stock of very
>> old and decrepit shells collected from all over
>> California. Often making one rowable again means
>> replacing tracks, which is most frustrating because
>> at these vintages, most wing nuts are frozen and
>> are often difficult to reach.
>>
>> I painstakingly constructed a deep well socket
>> with a nut imbedded and did some grinding and
>> had my son do some welding such that the
>> socket could fit the wingnuts fairly firmly, and
>> I could get good leverage from various angles
>> to be able to at least shear the bolt if the
>> wingnut wanted to stay.
>>
>> Said socket has disappeared. Grrrrr.....- Hide quoted text -
>>
>> - Show quoted text -
>
> I can't see why our olympic crews don't use good old brass thumbscrews
> and leather clogs. It would be good to see a medal crew sporting
> reinforced rowing shorts and sliding on tuffnel double action seats.
> The cox should be at least twelve stone for stability and be ready
> with spare thumbscrews in his pocket as well as a hip flask.
> Steve.
back in 1950 on kit uniformity, equipment design & construction, boat
weights, product identification & all the rest, instead of waiting until
the 1980s to start all that control-freakery. But in many ways the
admin of international rowing was a whole lot less pompous &
self-regarding in those days. And there was hugely less money &
influence sloshing around.
Funnily enough, & contrary to today's popular belief, the minimum boat
weights would not be much higher, if at all, had FISA had started its
spate of regulation in the 1950s since many racing boats even then were
at or below the current FISA minima.
Cheers -
LakeGator
Feb 25, 2012, 2:59:01 PM2/25/12
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AJ
Feb 26, 2012, 4:59:44 AM2/26/12
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Ideally the crew would also row in college scarves and the stroke
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would be smoking his pipe on the start before tapping it in the side
of his boat to empty the bowl before signalling to the umpire with a
nonchalant wave that he was now ready to race.
master of rythmn
Feb 26, 2012, 6:31:29 PM2/26/12
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Absolutely my dear chap, all a matter of style. A monocle also looks
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good and can always be attached by a cord which must not be too long
or it could interfere with the sliding seat mechanism.
Clinker eights made with copper rivets and cedar planks may take a
few strokes to get going but by golly what momentum. Once word got
around we would have to adhere to a fisa maximum weight limit.
I would love to have a British crew racing at the Olympics with the
same funding, ability and gung ho attitude of Eddie the Eagle Edwards.
Then the word 'Games' would mean something again.
Steve.
AJ
Feb 27, 2012, 6:12:21 AM2/27/12
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adhering to the true Corinthian spirit. There is yet hope for the
world. Whilst no crew comprised of true gentlemen would want anything
quite so ambitious as a 'coach' the erstwhile gentleman pictured in
this archive detailed below would, I am sure, give valuable assistance
on points of effortless good form.
http://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/photo/furry-trainer-high-res-stock-photography/HD5476-001
Roger
Feb 27, 2012, 12:20:37 PM2/27/12
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I have a an old box spanner which I put a wide slot in with a hack
saw. Works a treat and the other end still functions as a spanner.
ng...@aol.com
Feb 28, 2012, 3:58:07 AM2/28/12
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On 27 Feb., 12:12, AJ <aja...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> Marvellous - am jolly glad to see that there are still some chaps
> adhering to the true Corinthian spirit. There is yet hope for the
> world. Whilst no crew comprised of true gentlemen would want anything
> quite so ambitious as a 'coach' the erstwhile gentleman pictured in
> this archive detailed below would, I am sure, give valuable assistance
> on points of effortless good form.
>
> http://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/photo/furry-trainer-high-res-stoc...
>
> Marvellous - am jolly glad to see that there are still some chaps
> adhering to the true Corinthian spirit. There is yet hope for the
> world. Whilst no crew comprised of true gentlemen would want anything
> quite so ambitious as a 'coach' the erstwhile gentleman pictured in
> this archive detailed below would, I am sure, give valuable assistance
> on points of effortless good form.
>
Really? I think he looks as if he'd be more use shouting the odds at
Chepstow.
AJ
Feb 28, 2012, 5:40:43 AM2/28/12
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Hope this link will open.
http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=EccyR2uZMvYC&pg=PA65&lpg=PA65&dq=peter+haig-thomas+%2B+rowing&source=bl&ots=BYlq6q9law&sig=2SMJpJrEnC8Tsd_OBYTTz0krLMo&hl=en&sa=X&ei=Ta1MT6HWIsrQhAfc28UF&sqi=2&ved=0CC8Q6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=peter%20haig-thomas%20%2B%20rowing&f=false
Just wonderful.
sully
Feb 28, 2012, 12:46:00 PM2/28/12
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On Feb 28, 2:40 am, AJ <aja...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> On Feb 28, 8:58 am, "ng...@aol.com" <ng...@aol.com> wrote:
>
> > On 27 Feb., 12:12, AJ <aja...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > Marvellous - am jolly glad to see that there are still some chaps
> > > adhering to the true Corinthian spirit. There is yet hope for the
> > > world. Whilst no crew comprised of true gentlemen would want anything
> > > quite so ambitious as a 'coach' the erstwhile gentleman pictured in
> > > this archive detailed below would, I am sure, give valuable assistance
> > > on points of effortless good form.
>
> > > http://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/photo/furry-trainer-high-res-stoc...
>
> > Really? I think he looks as if he'd be more use shouting the odds at
> > Chepstow.
>
> That's Old Etonians for you.
>
> Hope this link will open.
>
> http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=EccyR2uZMvYC&pg=PA65&lpg=PA65&dq=p...
> On Feb 28, 8:58 am, "ng...@aol.com" <ng...@aol.com> wrote:
>
> > On 27 Feb., 12:12, AJ <aja...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > Marvellous - am jolly glad to see that there are still some chaps
> > > adhering to the true Corinthian spirit. There is yet hope for the
> > > world. Whilst no crew comprised of true gentlemen would want anything
> > > quite so ambitious as a 'coach' the erstwhile gentleman pictured in
> > > this archive detailed below would, I am sure, give valuable assistance
> > > on points of effortless good form.
>
> > > http://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/photo/furry-trainer-high-res-stoc...
>
> > Really? I think he looks as if he'd be more use shouting the odds at
> > Chepstow.
>
> That's Old Etonians for you.
>
> Hope this link will open.
>
>
> Just wonderful.
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Walter Martindale
Mar 1, 2012, 5:50:59 AM3/1/12
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sully
Mar 1, 2012, 12:22:30 PM3/1/12
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sully
Mar 1, 2012, 5:05:38 PM3/1/12
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On Feb 28, 2:40 am, AJ <aja...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> On Feb 28, 8:58 am, "ng...@aol.com" <ng...@aol.com> wrote:
>
> > On 27 Feb., 12:12, AJ <aja...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > Marvellous - am jolly glad to see that there are still some chaps
> > > adhering to the true Corinthian spirit. There is yet hope for the
> > > world. Whilst no crew comprised of true gentlemen would want anything
> > > quite so ambitious as a 'coach' the erstwhile gentleman pictured in
> > > this archive detailed below would, I am sure, give valuable assistance
> > > on points of effortless good form.
>
> > > http://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/photo/furry-trainer-high-res-stoc...
>
> > Really? I think he looks as if he'd be more use shouting the odds at
> > Chepstow.
>
> That's Old Etonians for you.
>
> Hope this link will open.
>
> http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=EccyR2uZMvYC&pg=PA65&lpg=PA65&dq=p...
>
> > On 27 Feb., 12:12, AJ <aja...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > Marvellous - am jolly glad to see that there are still some chaps
> > > adhering to the true Corinthian spirit. There is yet hope for the
> > > world. Whilst no crew comprised of true gentlemen would want anything
> > > quite so ambitious as a 'coach' the erstwhile gentleman pictured in
> > > this archive detailed below would, I am sure, give valuable assistance
> > > on points of effortless good form.
>
> > > http://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/photo/furry-trainer-high-res-stoc...
>
> > Really? I think he looks as if he'd be more use shouting the odds at
> > Chepstow.
>
> That's Old Etonians for you.
>
> Hope this link will open.
>
>
> Just wonderful.
Wonderful read. Hilarious the part in there where
Col. Blimp had conceived asynchronous rowing
and loading a spring on the seat during the
recovery to release on the drive (similar to our
recent sloped tracks thread).
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