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Old 05-10-2009, 11:04 AM   #1
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This could be a great thread. I'll start, but this will benshort because it's hard to type.

Yesterday I was wondering what the little thingn at the end of Zipdee awning roller does. A picture is worth a tous and words.
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Old 05-10-2009, 11:12 AM   #2
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Looks like you found out...Did you learn anything, Grasshopper?
What we need to find is a smiley hopping around in pain, holding a foot.

I have many lumps and bumps from working on our Airstreams, it seems the most common is knots on my head from running into the deployed awning arms. Of course, I can't take any photos, because I usually can't see right after whacking myself in the head...
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Old 05-10-2009, 01:19 PM   #3
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Looks like you found out...Did you learn anything, Grasshopper?
I learned a good way to get to sit in the ER for 6 hours,

By the way the photo is the after photo. After the end of my thumb was stitched back together.

But the ER doc gave me some cool tools for future airstream projects.
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Old 05-10-2009, 01:24 PM   #4
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ouch
what did you do? i am trying to picture the thingy but can't remember...
get well soon!
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Old 05-10-2009, 01:48 PM   #5
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I'd swear that's a photo of my thumb, after slipping when scraping some goo off the shell...

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Old 05-10-2009, 02:05 PM   #6
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Ouchie, ouchie! I don't think I want to touch the end of my Zip Dee--ever!
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Old 05-10-2009, 02:36 PM   #7
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ouch
what did you do? i am trying to picture the thingy but can't remember...
get well soon!
The awning roller was not on the AS and separate from the arms. (I plan to cut it down and put it on my Tradewind) Evidently, when you pull on this little lever thingy if the awning spring is tensioned it releases it really, really quickly. It was kind of like the thingy that holds the cheese on a mousetrap.

When I have put out mousetraps, they never work. Mice are intelligent
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Old 05-10-2009, 02:50 PM   #8
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reminds me of a story:


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Old 05-10-2009, 03:16 PM   #9
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Your dog cares so much about you. In the picture your pooch is laying there with not a care in the world... so much for comforting you.
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Old 05-10-2009, 04:33 PM   #10
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A thousand words eh? Would you care to share just a few of them with us.
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Old 05-11-2009, 11:04 AM   #11
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Enjoyed this You Tube post. I laughed to tears. Thanks. Having been a bricklayer for a number of years made it that much funnier to me.
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Old 05-11-2009, 01:27 PM   #12
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My thumb is now functional enough to type.

Thanks for the story Excella. Things can always be worse.
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Old 05-11-2009, 02:51 PM   #13
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so, how is the awning?

so far, in 3 seasons (4 months each) besides the usual cuts and bruises, i've lost a thumb nail, blacked another, broken 3 ribs (at one time) and in Feb. a broken wrist. nobody told me this lifestyle was hazardous.
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Old 05-11-2009, 03:27 PM   #14
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My thumb is now functional enough to type.
fine, fine, but is the awning OK?!?
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