I don't know what it is. Maybe there's some astrological phenomenon. Maybe I'm old or have a degenerative brain disease. But it's strap-changing season, and I am launching lose little fackers everywhere. No reasonable explanation for it—same bars, same tool, same watches. Thought I'd share because I almost just put my eye out with one and spent 5 minutes disassembling the sofa to find its twin.
Yes. You have to have a good supply. This is very common, much to the detriment of my vacuum cleaner.
I've been swapping out straps for 15 years and I've never had such a solid string of missile launches. The curved ones are the devil.
On a related note, is it normal for older springbars to disintegrate? I'm assuming it's okay to throw them out, but I have the pieces in a ziploc just in case. Sorry for the highjack.
Yes, they can get rusty and the springs lose their tension over time. Swapping in new spring bars is considered part of normal maintenance during service, like gaskets.
Excellent advice. Hence, I keep some in stock. Keeping stock also helps in case one springs off into another dimension.
The trick to finding a spring-bar is that you have to stop looking, and then you will just happen to see it.
I tried the plastic bag thing, and it didn't work worth crap. I had to go back to my Bergeon 6767 springbar tool.
The carpet around my desk is about now around 30% springbars. My problem isn't them launching, it's them rolling off the desk since our floors in our old home are uneven.
My wife gets bored and rearranges the furniture every few months. By the time I adjust/level the legs it gets moved to a different corner.
