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General MINI TalkShared experiences, motoring minutes, and other general MINI-related discussion that applies to all MINIs, regardless of model, year or trim.
I watch a lot of Japanese Railway programs (like the ones on NHK World) as well as Japanese crafts and technologies. Japanese trains has the highest accident free records of all nations on the planet. One tool that the skilled mechanics use a lot for inspection is the lowly brass hammer. They have hammers of different design for just about everything. I am in the process of finding a true Japanese brass hammer like the ones used by the trains and railway engineers. A brass inspection hammer is indefensible for finding loose fasteners.
Oh, there is an excellent video on NHK recently about Toto's washlet development and evolution. It is on a series called J-Tech. And yes, they use a hammer to inspect the hi-tech porcelain toilet base that takes 48 hours to make.
Here it is - the video shelf live is just about over so better watch it right away.
There was a time when a Plumber need know only three things; 1.) The hot water is on the left side (perhaps right if you are Canadian), 2.) Pay Day is on Friday and 3.) Sh_t does not flow up hill.
I watch a lot of Japanese Railway programs (like the ones on NHK World) as well as Japanese crafts and technologies. Japanese trains has the highest accident free records of all nations on the planet. One tool that the skilled mechanics use a lot for inspection is the lowly brass hammer. They have hammers of different design for just about everything. I am in the process of finding a true Japanese brass hammer like the ones used by the trains and railway engineers. A brass inspection hammer is indefensible for finding loose fasteners.
Oh, there is an excellent video on NHK recently about Toto's washlet development and evolution. It is on a series called J-Tech. And yes, they use a hammer to inspect the hi-tech porcelain toilet base that takes 48 hours to make.
Here it is - the video shelf live is just about over so better watch it right away.
Your local model railroad / railway shop will have a small, high quality hammer. It has interchangeable tips to the head, including brass, rubber, domed & tapered. I think it will do what you want. Not expensive.
Well not MINI specific in nature but the hammer relative to loose fasteners is part of maintaining a MINI. Could question whether to consider this "Off Topic" but will move it to General Mini Talk to see what others chime in with.
And as some consider those of us that drive MINIs to be somewhat different as the car is just "cute", the video goes to show that those that own a MINI have nothing on a person that has a beeeday in the bathroom.
Because using hammer to look for loose fastener is one lost art, and very much alive and well in countries that craftsmen pride themselves. I have no idea why this thread was moved. The Toto video is extremely interesting for some that never take for granted the design, evolution, dogged pursuit of engineering and atheistic excellence.
Well not MINI specific in nature but the hammer relative to loose fasteners is part of maintaining a MINI. Could question whether to consider this "Off Topic" but will move it to General Mini Talk to see what others chime in with.
Sorry that I didn't see you post just until now. I appreciate the thoughtfulness. Still I feel that relegating it to off topic is a downgrade and heavy-handed as few bother to read there. I like to keep an open mind, and anything of design, engineering, science, craft, and workmanship are all interesting to me. And yes, I have a Toto but I didn't know all the subtle designs and history until this 45 minutes video.
Your local model railroad / railway shop will have a small, high quality hammer. It has interchangeable tips to the head, including brass, rubber, domed & tapered. I think it will do what you want. Not expensive.
I went onto Amazon to so a brief search. There are about 10 selections including some used by model and jewelry making. The weight of the inspection hammer needs to be size for the intended application. The bigger the fastener and structure, the heavier the hammer would be required. For most of the fasteners on the Mini, I reckon 6 to 8 oz.
Sorry that I didn't see you post just until now. I appreciate the thoughtfulness. Still I feel that relegating it to off topic is a downgrade and heavy-handed as few bother to read there. I like to keep an open mind, and anything of design, engineering, science, craft, and workmanship are all interesting to me. And yes, I have a Toto but I didn't know all the subtle designs and history until this 45 minutes video.
Thread started out in the R50/53 area and was moved to the General Mini Talk section. I was thinking that if I moved it to the Off-Topic area it would not get too much action. This is a "damned if you do and damned if you don't" issue as toilets don't have too much to do with MINIs other then the people that drive MINIs do use toilets. The hammer issue relative to fastener tightening is very interesting.
While on the Off-Topic area, there has been discussions taking place on opening up the area. The Corvette Forum, also an IB product, has a pretty lively OT area. A person wants to rant and rave (why let Facebook have all the fun) they can go to the OT area. Want to stick to only MINIs, that's OK we will keep the ranting and raving out of the other sections/subforums.
