Post by CampKohler (Sacramento CA) on Jun 12, 2018 15:06:08 GMT -5
Those inexpensive Chinese hand truck/dolly combos (sold by Harbor Freight, etc.) usually have an adjustable-length body. Once the desired length is set, two big (approx. 3") hairpin-shaped clip pins are inserted through holes in the body to lock the moveable and unmovable parts together. When you see these trucks, unless brand new, invariably one of the pins has been lost at one point or another. The unit I have was missing both pins, so, even though they are sold on the 'Net for as little as 94ยข each, I decided to make replacements out of 1/8"-diam. scrap steel rod. Noodling it over, I thought why make two clips? Why not make one long clip that could be inserted across the width of the hand truck to reach in and lock both sides of the body simultaneously? And a long pin would be less likely to be lost.
I found a length of rather tough and springy rod that looked like it would polish up nicely, and decided to use it. I folded one end over and into the familiar curved hairpin bend that retains the clip. The other leg was left straight to reach to the other side of the hand truck.
Here is the pin installed. Notice how it extends across the entire width of the hand truck body.
This is the hairpin bend at the end of the pin which locks the pin in place.
For a finishing touch, I placed a piece of clear plastic tubing* over the hairpin end just to keep the clip from rubbing on the truck's paint job.
*Believe it or not, the plastic tubing was salvaged from a (brand new for the queasy) urine-fetish kit that consisted of a wearable "bladder" that could be drained at will by the plastic tube into the scene of the fun. For the sake of sanitation, it came complete with a bottle of synthetic urine. How odd! You can just imagine how the manufacturer went shopping for it:
I found a length of rather tough and springy rod that looked like it would polish up nicely, and decided to use it. I folded one end over and into the familiar curved hairpin bend that retains the clip. The other leg was left straight to reach to the other side of the hand truck.
Here is the pin installed. Notice how it extends across the entire width of the hand truck body.
This is the hairpin bend at the end of the pin which locks the pin in place.
For a finishing touch, I placed a piece of clear plastic tubing* over the hairpin end just to keep the clip from rubbing on the truck's paint job.
*Believe it or not, the plastic tubing was salvaged from a (brand new for the queasy) urine-fetish kit that consisted of a wearable "bladder" that could be drained at will by the plastic tube into the scene of the fun. For the sake of sanitation, it came complete with a bottle of synthetic urine. How odd! You can just imagine how the manufacturer went shopping for it:
ORDER CLERK: "Acme Chemical Company order desk."
SEX TOY MFR.: "I need one thousand 8-ounce plastic bottles of synthetic urine."
ORDER CLERK: "Synthetic what?"
SEX TOY MFR.: "Urine. You know, piss."
ORDER CLERK: "We've never done that before. What does it have to do?"
SEX TOY MFR.: "It just has to look like urine, but be harmless. Maybe a little piss smell, but I don't know if that really matters. How soon can you send it?"
ORDER CLERK: "Well, we'll figure out something and get back to you today."
Order clerk hangs up and speaks into the PA for the factory floor.
ORDER CLERK: "Attention everyone. For the rest of the day, instead of peeing in the toilets everyone will pee into some one gallon jugs now being put in the restrooms. I've made a sale!"