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Electric screwdriver

in Improving your pride and joy and how to fix things Thu Jul 13, 2023 9:10 am
by GCL | 126 Posts

Hi, since the registry office doesn't give me a break, I wanted to hang up the crank by replacing it with an electric screwdriver. I found adapters on the net but I don't know the size of the hexagon of the foot. Could you help me?


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RE: Electric screwdriver

in Improving your pride and joy and how to fix things Thu Jul 13, 2023 1:06 pm
by Simboc2004 | 789 Posts

I bought and use a standard 19mm x 30cm attachment designed for most (all?) caravans. It has done me very well for a number of years. It is, perhaps, a bit long, but even my wife uses it, so it must be good! There are plenty on Ebay from £6.59 to £8.99 - all look much the same. Search for "Caravan 30cm Corner Steady Legs Drill Winder Extension Adapter Socket 19mm" or similar combination of words!

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RE: Electric screwdriver

in Improving your pride and joy and how to fix things Thu Jul 13, 2023 2:26 pm
by AlanC | 107 Posts

I felt that the specifically designed steady winders were too long so bought a 19mm socket from Halfords and a set of short adapters off eBay which included a 1/2-inch drive.
Much easier to wield around the van.

Alan


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RE: Electric screwdriver

in Improving your pride and joy and how to fix things Thu Jul 13, 2023 7:28 pm
by mr_underhill | 688 Posts

I'll second that, an electric drill makes it much easier.


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RE: Electric screwdriver

in Improving your pride and joy and how to fix things Fri Jul 14, 2023 8:58 am
by GCL | 126 Posts

Thank you. I now have a cheap Parkside screwdriver that has a 6mm hex drive, do you know the diameter of the shank?


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RE: Electric screwdriver

in Improving your pride and joy and how to fix things Fri Jul 14, 2023 11:17 am
by AlanC | 107 Posts

These are the Hex drives I use with a standard 19mm socket. Available on Amazon.

Alan

https://www.amazon.co.uk/LEXIVON-Adapter...o_dp&th=1&psc=1


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RE: Electric screwdriver

in Improving your pride and joy and how to fix things Fri Jul 14, 2023 12:09 pm
by Randa france | 13.271 Posts

No, no, no, no, no. To all you noisy devils that wake the rest of the campsite up at 8am in the morning, drilling up your steadies when it's just as easy to wind them up manually and quietly.

Randa


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RE: Electric screwdriver

in Improving your pride and joy and how to fix things Sat Jul 15, 2023 8:02 am
by GCL | 126 Posts

I'm sorry if it's loud at "8am" (that's not dawn)...but my health comes first. Without controversy and in friendship


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RE: Electric screwdriver

in Improving your pride and joy and how to fix things Sat Jul 15, 2023 1:36 pm
by Islay | 322 Posts

Ciao, speriamo che stiate entrambi bene - anche Hydra! Abbiamo visto in televisione che l'Italia è molto calda in questo momento. Speriamo che questo non significhi che la vostra salute sia peggiorata. Riuscite a stare al fresco a Monza? Vi mandiamo i nostri più cari auguri,
Islay, Yann e Sascha!


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RE: Electric screwdriver

in Improving your pride and joy and how to fix things Sat Jul 15, 2023 1:38 pm
by Islay | 322 Posts

Ours are noisy and squeaky with the manual winder LOL


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RE: Electric screwdriver

in Improving your pride and joy and how to fix things Sun Jul 16, 2023 7:56 am
by GCL | 126 Posts

Thanks Islay for your interest. Yes, the sun sends us a lot of heat, but we are, perhaps, more "lucky" because we live on the 7th floor and we have the possibility of having west-north and east windows, so the air flows well. We have air conditioner but we try to use it only when it is not possible to resist. Hydra keeps going out onto the terrace and coming back in, she loves the sun but it's too much for her too. The medications I took in France did their job and it's much better now. Thanks again.


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RE: Electric screwdriver

in Improving your pride and joy and how to fix things Sun Jul 16, 2023 8:56 am
by Steamdrivenandy | 1.051 Posts

Electric drills, campervan doors, the only noise Roger doesn't object to is the plop of a cork coming out of a bottle ....


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RE: Electric screwdriver

in Improving your pride and joy and how to fix things Sun Jul 16, 2023 11:12 am
by Islay | 322 Posts

Corks make great ear plug material!


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RE: Electric screwdriver

in Improving your pride and joy and how to fix things Sun Jul 16, 2023 1:59 pm
by Pepé Le Pew | 2.752 Posts

Quote: Islay wrote in post #13
Corks make great ear plug material!
This will come across as being slightly unkind when it really isn’t meant to, but you must have a proper pair of airbrakes if you can get corks in them.

I’m thinking BFG. That kind of size at the very least.

I can barely get the end of a finger in mine.











If yours really are that big, is there any chance of a photo?


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RE: Electric screwdriver

in Improving your pride and joy and how to fix things Mon Jul 17, 2023 7:52 am
by Islay | 322 Posts

Call me Dumbo!


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