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  1. 21st December 2013, 08:28 PM #1
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    Default The alan key mystery.

    Assembled a little schapech dust extractor today. An alan key was included with the nuts and bolts. But I used 2 spanners a phillips head screw driver, and a slotted screw driver. So what was the alan key for?
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    Quote Originally Posted by tea lady View Post
    Assembled a little schapech dust extractor today. An alan key was included with the nuts and bolts. But I used 2 spanners a phillips head screw driver, and a slotted screw driver. So what was the alan key for?
    Its like the whistle that is attached to your buoyancy vest under your seat when you fly. Its just to keep you amused while you are waiting for something else to happen.

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    Quote Originally Posted by doug3030 View Post
    Its like the whistle that is attached to your buoyancy vest under your seat when you fly. Its just to keep you amused while you are waiting for something else to happen.

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    But I can't get a note out of it. Unless I hit it with a hammer.
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    Quote Originally Posted by tea lady View Post
    But I can't get a note out of it. Unless I hit it with a hammer.

    You REALLY dont know what it is for, do you?

    Which video would everyone prefer to see?

    Miley cyrus licking the hammer or Tea Lady trying to get a note out of an alan key?
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    It is a sparsley known fact that Scheppach DEs are assembled somewhere in the dark backwoods of Sweden. Obviously your DE somehow got the wrong instructions included.

    What you have is a KLASEN Charcoal BBQ, Ikea # Article Number : 699.318.01

    You have just assembled it wrongly.

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    The factory probably assemble thousands of units with similar sized nuts & bolts, so it would make sense to them to just have thousands of little plastic baggies with ALL the tin wrenches, allen keys & bent doohickeys needed to assemble their entire range - no problems with getting a blast because Uncle Wang put the table saw kit in the band saw boxes.
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    Quote Originally Posted by bsrlee View Post
    The factory probably assemble thousands of units with similar sized nuts & bolts, so it would make sense to them to just have thousands of little plastic baggies with ALL the tin wrenches, allen keys & bent doohickeys needed to assemble their entire range - no problems with getting a blast because Uncle Wang put the table saw kit in the band saw boxes.
    But I didn't get any spanners or anything I could have used. Don't think it will even fit the chuck screws.
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    It is probably to fit the grub screw on the key-way of the impeller. The fan probably came pre-assembled but you may need it for repairs if it starts rattling or some thing. It could be an odd size.
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    Quote Originally Posted by A Duke View Post
    It is probably to fit the grub screw on the key-way of the impeller. The fan probably came pre-assembled but you may need it for repairs if it starts rattling or some thing. It could be an odd size.
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    Ah. Perhaps that's it. Will have to keep it in the tool box.
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