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There are these special roofing screws, for corrugated iron roofs, that come with a rubber washer that helps seal the hole when screwed in.
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Nope. It was a larger disk, about 5 cm diameter with a hole in the middle, and convex/concave shape like a gigantic robot contact lense. We'd drill
regular screws through the hole in the middle, on the convex side. I enjoy working with power tools but 4 hours of screwing on end... Sometimes the
robot lenses were badly produced and the screw'd go in crooked... sometimes I'd get bits of metal in my eye. Sometimes the drill slipped and hit my
fingers.
(This was way after the start of my eye problems and the only eye accident I had there was with a dolly in a blister pack.)
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Quote: Originally posted by polydigm  | | There are these special roofing screws, for corrugated iron roofs, that come with a rubber washer that helps seal the hole when screwed in.
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that I see and that I use, yes.
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| Quote: Originally posted by BBP | Nope. It was a larger disk, about 5 cm diameter with a hole in the middle, and convex/concave shape like a gigantic robot contact lense. We'd drill
regular screws through the hole in the middle, on the convex side. I enjoy working with power tools but 4 hours of screwing on end... Sometimes the
robot lenses were badly produced and the screw'd go in crooked... sometimes I'd get bits of metal in my eye. Sometimes the drill slipped and hit my
fingers.
(This was way after the start of my eye problems and the only eye accident I had there was with a dolly in a blister pack.) |
Aren't you supposed to wear protection glasses when doing that?
You mean that kind of screw?
If so, yes I use them.
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No, not those. Anyway the supervisor told me they got shipped to England, so you wouldn't have been in contact with my handiwork anyway.
After the incident with the blister packs I did start to bring my own glasses in. They had them there but maybe they didn't think there was so much
risk.
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Where I worked they always gave us glasses when we had to drill some metal stuff, I received bits of metal in my eyes once or twice so I always used
them, probably ther only piece of protection I used systematically cause those tiny slags can really damage the eye.
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I know. Dad had one of them in his eye and they had to drill it out. Eeeeeeeeow!
Because of that he's not allowed to go to the MRI chamber with me.
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14GX50MM CLEARFIX SCREWS FOR POLYCARB SHEETS
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No, sorry... It's closer though, but the disk was much larger and you only drilled the screw in for one cm.
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who's that good looking knight?
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He was in the fanfare. His father asked if I wanted a picture with him.
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A big hug to you all for Valentines!
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A big hug to you too, Bonny.
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Had a join request from a new member!
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cool, a new member.
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He hasn't signed in yet, though.
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Hmm... looks like a bust...
Had a couple of nasty days with headaches...
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Sorry to hear you haven't been well Bonny.
I've been having a very good summer so far. The original major surgery I had in June 2010 not only saved my life, but after some recovery time, gave
me much better health than I'd had for some time, but it was only the first stage of the process and there have still been some niggling problems. The
surgery I had in March 2015 was the second and final stage of the process and seems to have taken care of the remaining niggles. By October 2015 and
since I have been feeling very well. The bad news is that I have arthritis in both thumbs. Playing guitar and piano now routinely involve dealing with
a certain amount of pain. Anyway, I'm back in lectures next week, having transformed our gardens during the summer break and I'm very pleased with the
results. I haven't been this physically active for a long time.
Based on the last six years of my life, having said all that out loud, something will now go very wrong.
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Good day in all. Found a Simpsons Season 3 Deluxe Edition DVD box at the charity shop and had a phonecall from my blind friend.
Stay healthy Poly!
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