Zefal Competition or HP Pump - head removal ?

[still just me]

How do you take the head off on of these old boys?

Thanks,

[A Muzi]

still just me wrote:
> How do you take the head off on of these old boys?

with your Zéfal 350mm screwdriver:
http://www.yellowjersey.org/ZEFALV.JPG
--
Andrew Muzi
www.yellowjersey.org
Open every day since 1 April, 1971

[Chalo]

still just me wrote:
>
> How do you take the head off on of these old boys?

http://www.fdjtool.com/store/showitem.asp?item=SH908

Chalo

[still just me]

On Thu, 06 Mar 2008 11:46:13 -0600, A Muzi <am@yellowjersey.org>
wrote:

>with your Zéfal 350mm screwdriver:
>http://www.yellowjersey.org/ZEFALV.JPG

Thanks. (At least it's not a 350mm torx)

[still just me]

On Thu, 6 Mar 2008 12:19:33 -0800 (PST), Chalo
<chalo.colina@gmail.com> wrote:

>http://www.fdjtool.com/store/showitem.asp?item=SH908
>
>Chalo

I was drinking while reading that - bill for the keyboard is in the
mail :-)

[Michael Press]

In article
<ec03a14f-11bd-4206-aed2-7cb18e2a2ab4@59g2000hsb.googlegroups.com>,
Chalo <chalo.colina@gmail.com> wrote:

> still just me wrote:
> >
> > How do you take the head off on of these old boys?
>
> http://www.fdjtool.com/store/showitem.asp?item=SH908

Is that a sheet steel chassis?
Anybody make that tool with a forged chassis?
Carbon steel blades? Is that good? What is the alternative?

Thanks.

--
Michael Press

[Mark]

still just me wrote:
> On Thu, 06 Mar 2008 11:46:13 -0600, A Muzi <am@yellowjersey.org>
> wrote:
>
>> with your Zéfal 350mm screwdriver:
>> http://www.yellowjersey.org/ZEFALV.JPG
>
> Thanks. (At least it's not a 350mm torx)

ISTR that 3/8" drive ratchet extensions fit inside the Zefal HP pump
tube, so if you've got enough extensions and a flat-end screwdriver bit,
you're in business.

Mark J.

[carlfogel@comcast.net]

On Mar 6, 11:07*pm, Mark <remove.mandmlj.t...@remove.comcast.this.net>
wrote:
> still just me wrote:
> > On Thu, 06 Mar 2008 11:46:13 -0600, A Muzi <a...@yellowjersey.org>
> > wrote:
>
> >> with your Zéfal 350mm screwdriver:
> >>http://www.yellowjersey.org/ZEFALV.JPG
>
> > Thanks. (At least it's not a 350mm torx)
>
> ISTR that 3/8" drive ratchet extensions fit inside the Zefal HP pump
> tube, so if you've got enough extensions and a flat-end screwdriver bit,
> you're in business.
>
> Mark J.

Dear Mark,

I don't use them often, but this $6 trio of 12 to 24 inch socket
wrench extensions from Harbor Freight has been awfully useful:

http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/Displayitem.taf?itemnumber=39193

With the help of a 3/8 x 1/4 adaptor, you can combine all three into a
54-inch extension.

If no one is watching, you can also put a nail in the hollow end, hold
it in place a piece of putty, and hammer on the other end to get at
otherwise impossible carpentry problems.

Cheers,

Carl Fogel

[Ben C]

On 2008-03-07, Michael Press <rubrum@pacbell.net> wrote:
> In article
><ec03a14f-11bd-4206-aed2-7cb18e2a2ab4@59g2000hsb.googlegroups.com>,
> Chalo <chalo.colina@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> still just me wrote:
>> >
>> > How do you take the head off on of these old boys?
>>
>> http://www.fdjtool.com/store/showitem.asp?item=SH908
>
> Is that a sheet steel chassis?
> Anybody make that tool with a forged chassis?
> Carbon steel blades? Is that good? What is the alternative?

That machine sounds a bit weedy from the actual description. It's
moderately hard work but you can cut 1.6mm sheet steel perfectly well
with a pair of inexpensive hand-held tin-snips.