My guess this is a stupid question

Unknown · August 2010

OK, so been egging a few years, but have never seen this addressed....is there a way to get your daisy wheel openings set and then having it stay that way even as you lift it on and off of egg to open? Does anyone care? Not like this is a huge deal, but have thought about it since first day. Even thought about forming a magnet of some sort to hold in set in place.

Is it too early to start drinking now

:woohoo: .

Good friday to all!!!

Cecil · August 2010

put the screw at 12:00

Little Steven · August 2010

Looking at the front of your egg the daisy screw should be directly away from you. Methinks you are using the ceramic cap to kill the fire and putting the daisy in. You need some good solid crud on that baby to stiffen it up.

Steve

Chubby · August 2010

Sure...as you might expect...Naked Whiz wrote his College Thesis on that exact matter!!!

:woohoo:

Check his site for the above info and even pictures!!

Evans

Village Idiot · August 2010

Putting the screw at 12 o'clock should do it, but if you want it "permanent", just shim it with a toothpick.

Zippylip · August 2010

:huh:

Village Idiot · August 2010

Yes, but Cecil said 12:00 and I didn't want to confuse Tooembarrassedtopostwithrealhandle :laugh: :laugh:

Little Steven · August 2010

Must be different in the southern hemisphere, Your toilets flush CCW Gary?

Steve

Village Idiot · August 2010

Little Steven wrote:

Your toilets flush CCW Gary?

Steve

Toilets? I'm in Texas. Please define.

Mickey · August 2010

With the high power help you got on this. The problems of the New York mosque could be fixed in minutes....

Humphrey Chimpden Earwicker · August 2010

CW once said it was 12 o'clock also.
hmmm.

here's a pic i marked up. someone else took this, i forget who.

thing is, you don't just keep the screw in the 6 o'clock position. if you swing the daisy all the way open and then open the lid, it would swing shut again if you kept the screw at the same spot.

the Whiz wrote this idea up a million years ago.

position the screw so that when you open the dome, the sliding door of the daisy will 'hang' off the screw without allowing the door to shut.

here's a bad sketch.

Chubby · August 2010

I'll check the offical rule book to see if that is even allowed!!

:woohoo:

tach18k · August 2010

Is 12:00 north or is 18:00 south, I'm confused. I make sure the screw is right above my dome handle.

Humphrey Chimpden Earwicker · August 2010

that mosque at ground zero. yeah. yikes. i would be really upset too, you know, if it were actually a mosque, and if it were actually being built at ground zero. there are strip clubs closer to ground zero than that thing.

hahaha

so much for the first amendment

Unknown · August 2010

To answer that question.

The first time I saw Tim's picture I thought, "Of course! How obvious is that?"

http://www.tm52.com/bge/slide-daisy.jpg

http://www.tm52.com/bge/

THA · August 2010

as he said, "He's in Texas?" What does flush mean. But I will give him credit, he installed a two holer last year

THA · August 2010

I have the perfect solution to the mosque thing. Simply let five or six of us eggers each go buy a hog and take it to the site and slaughter, er sacrifice, it and then butcher it on site. Take it home and then egg it. Bingo, win-win. Mosque cannot be built on defiled ground and we get a good pork cook on or eggs.

misfit · August 2010

It's always 6 o'clock somewhere...

LFGEnergy · August 2010

With the effort folks put into responding to my question, I feel kindly obliged to pull back that curtain and thank folks personally, regardless of how silly question originally seemed. The concept of moving the screw to coincide with the open position of the daisy wheel was spot on!

No Longer "tooembarressedtopostwithrealhandle"

aka

Dave in Keller, TX

Thanks again, and a great weekend to All!!!

Humphrey Chimpden Earwicker · August 2010

no. that was just necessary for the set-up...

i think it has a small mosque as a part of it, but fundamentally it's a cultural center, from what i understand. people just label it a "mosque" (as though that were bad for some reason), and keep saying it's "in the shadow of ground zero", which is a stretch of imagination

i frankly don't think the fact that the jackwads who hijacked the plane were muslim implies that all muslims are bad.

gingrich said "they don't allow us to build churches over there, why build mosques over here?" (paraphrasing) gee, i dunno, maybe as proof of our fundamental belief in religious freedom?

RVH · August 2010

You can also just wrap a little bit of wire around the screw post. This will impart drag sufficient to overcome the tendency of the wheel to rotate downward while still allowing adjustment.

RU Eggsperienced · August 2010

And what TimM said - WORKS!

Unknown · August 2010

THAT'S the set of pics. i knew there were more than just the one i had (which i guess i got from tim)

Little Steven · August 2010

That is what I said

jeffinsgf · August 2010

Screw position keeps the swinging gate located, and gunk keeps the spinner in the right spot. If you're putting the DFMT in the Egg after every cook, stop. It will be too clean.

BigDaddy - OCT · August 2010

Here you go:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3pZnDCkHuI

Simple and easy...

Spring Chicken · August 2010

The issue of a "Stupid Question" has surfaced many times throughout history, and the more learned believe that the best example of a Stupid Question is the one that is un-asked.

That being said, there has never been a shortage of Stupid Answers.

Spring "Ask Not What It Is Not, Ask What It Is" Chicken
Spring Texas USA

haiku · August 2010

There's no stupid questions when a newbie egger is paying attention and wanting to learn.

Margie
Spicewood, TX

My guess this is a stupid question

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