Posts Tagged ‘Technical Aids’

Rollituning Part III

Sunday, January 24th, 2010

Bei allen Luftreifen am Rolli sollte man ca. 14 tägig den

Reifendruck

kontrollieren, oder man hat SpaĂź daran einen Anker hinter sich herzuziehen.

Der freundliche Tankwart um die Ecke ist wie dafĂĽr gemacht.
Es hat zwar etwas gedauert, bis er überzeugt war, dass ich wirklich auf meinem Rollirädern 8 Bar Druck haben möchte, nun gut.

Viele Rollifahrer verwenden Reifen der Fa. Schwalbe Typ:
„Marathon Plus“. Betriebsdruck 6-10 Bar.
Angeblich wĂĽrden die Teile auch 12 Bar aushalten.
So mutig war ich noch nicht, ich stand neben einem Rollifahrer als einer seiner Reifen platzte.
Brachial laut. Da piepsen nicht nur die Ohren.

Ich habe einmal einen Rollifahrer kennen gelernt, der nach 4 Jahren das erste mal richtigen Luftdruck auf den Reifen hatte und sich die Bremse dann nachstellen lassen musste, weil er sie nicht mehr drĂĽcken konnte.

Es gibt fĂĽr kleines Geld Minikompressoren die aussehen wie ein Akkuschrauber.
Wenn man an den Schlauch einen vernĂĽnftigen Ventilanschluss montiert, sind die gar nicht schlecht.
Es muss ja nicht immer ein GrĂĽner sein.

Quadriplegic Workshop II

Thursday, January 21st, 2010

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It was used already in the mid of the 1980’s:

The 512 kB USB Stick Version Tetra 1.0 with tie wrap

Each quadriplegic manages to pull out this USB stick. ;-)

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Quadriplegic Workshop I

Wednesday, January 20th, 2010

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I received this photo a couple of days ago.
Look closely,
the plumber didn’t have 2,5 per mill blood alcohol level and mounted the clamp incorrectly.
With this hose clamp you can easily regulate the thermostat.
Great idea!!!


Security advice:
If possible you should upgrade it with a child safety feature in form of a cork.
A wrong grasp could end painfully.

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(Deutsch) Tetrathek Vorwort

Wednesday, January 20th, 2010

Sorry, this entry is only available in Deutsch.

Quadriplegic Tips Part X

Wednesday, January 13th, 2010

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Many quadriplegics don’t work anymore.

To improve one’s budget Poker or Skat are gambled quite often.

In order to better hold the cards,

a tool is used which was thousand fold field-tested

by the German disaster relief organisation (THW).

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Wheelchair Tuning Part II

Tuesday, January 5th, 2010

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Such an active wheelchair is in no way comparable with such a mobile garden bench as you know from the hospitals.

The manufacturers offer the most different wheelchair accessories which might be completely reasonable. You should negotiate about sponsoring in your individual case with your health insurance or bank. Don’t exaggerate, always use original parts of the manufacturer and let professional personnel mount it.

Only screw with your eyes :-)

I have tetra clips at the wheelchair tyres, i.e. the chrome clip is folded forward, then you put the hand into it and pull the wheel off.
It’s not “going“ any easier.

Addendum:

If the driving wheels are dangling, DON’T take it as given.
The length of the axes can be adjusted optimally, even if it is rather inconvenient.

Addendum: The tetra clip is not recommendable if not absolutely needed, because thereby the wheels always have a little “play”, and the metal holders are rattling on the spokes.

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Wheelchair Tuning I

Friday, December 18th, 2009

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For each ambitious frequent traveller a

bicycle tachometer with mileage counter

on the wheelchair is a must.

It does make sense to let the Automobile Association know the kilometre on the highway in case of a defect on the wheelchair ;-)

I guess the pills are already working.

Never, no, no, never ever

you should have the idea like me to install a bicycle tachometer on your wheelchair which is working

radio-based

(at least supposedly) unless you are under psychological counselling at that time.

This device has almost converted me to

believe in Voodoo.

I won’t comment on the fact why the part is sold as solar driven and two batteries are enclosed.

This tachometer had an integrated

So-what-or-I-am-annoying-you mechanism. .

After a couple of hours the tachometer was fixed on the wheelchair, adjusted, programmed, and finally seemed to

work.

The next morning I was sitting on my dining table and had breakfast.

Now check it out:
The display started to

“run wild”

Believe it or not, I have covered a distance of

21 Kilometres (a half marathon)

while consuming

two pieces of toast.

Unimaginable what would have happened if there would have been an egg on top.
When I moved away from my dining table

one meter

everything was OK again!
When I turned out the

dining room light

I could move to my table again without any bugging of the tachometer.

I am a professional electronic technician and felt the inner desire to return my craft certificate to the chamber of commerce when it wasn’t possible for me to get a bicycle tachometer

working.

Four possibilities remained:

1. In future have breakfast in the dark or not at all.
2. Ignore the tachometer, or dispense it at a recycling site.
3. Contact the supplier and explain the issue.
4. Register myself at the Paralympics, it could be true?!

I discovered that the electronic transformer with its phase angle modulated power (even I have learnt something once during my apprenticeship) of the

dining room halogen lamps

was disturbing the wireless transmission of the tachometer.

Something like this should not effect the wireless transmission over 60 cm.
The mistake is not caused by my lamp.
But who would drive his bike in his apartment around his dining table?
Probably nobody has noticed it yet.

I think the technician of the supplier, whom I had on the phone, is still

laughing/crying.

Now I have a tachometer without wireless LAN which is working well.

For the truth of the story I stake with my right front wheel.

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Technical Aids Tips and Tricks II

Thursday, December 17th, 2009

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Der Transport von Gegenständen aller Art ist uns Rollifahrern ein Gräuel, besonders wenn sie rund sind!
Oberschenkel sind gänzlich ungeeignet zur Beförderung von Kernobst.
Die hohe deutsche Ingenieurskunst hat sie nach jahrelanger Forschung herausgebracht:

Die Pflaumentransportbox fĂĽr Rollifahrer

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Die Ähnlichkeit mit einem Eierkarton täuscht!

Hier geht’s,…ääh..fährt man zur

Quadriplegic Tips Part IX

Wednesday, December 16th, 2009

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I dare to state globally that there are no

wheelers which are not exempt from paying TV licensing fee

in Germany.
Due to this fact the program is probably that bad. I confess myself guilty as program Grinch.
Never mind.
We quadriplegics probably don’t pay any TV licensing fee just because we don’t manage it anyway to hold such a high gloss TV guide, let alone to pick the magazine up. Therefore it happens again and again that due to lack of knowledge we are watching a

scripted reality show

on private TV, instead of

The love life of grapevine snails


on the documentary channel.

With a big

binder clip

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from the stationery shop around the corner, the basic right for

TV program knowledge

should be provided again.
Alternatively I can offer a do-it-yourself course with a hole puncher and a key chain.

Now you shouldn’t miss the next episode of Mc Gyver again.

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Quadriplegic Tips Part VIII

Wednesday, December 16th, 2009

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It is in the nature of the quadriplegics that we are spreading chaos all the time. Paper is lying around everywhere. To file the paper piles reasonably I am introducing the world’s first:

tie wrap fishing hanging files

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Technical Aids Tips and Tricks I

Tuesday, December 15th, 2009

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I am user of a

bed designer monkey bar

which I can’t do without.
I have cushioned it with the common sanitary rubber foam for water pipes from the do-it-yourself store.
This tip is an “old hat“.
If you then additionally fix a super-strong round

Ikea magnet

to the bars and hang the monkey bar on to it, it doesn’t
dangle around
in front of your face any more.

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QuadriplegicTips Part VII

Tuesday, December 15th, 2009

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I have made all the time

Crash tests

with my new telephones.

Quite robust these things. :-)

A bit of double-faced adhesive tape and my beloved

non-slip reel

(see older blogpost) can work miracles….

Strong like a tiger, clever like Mc Gyver!

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Quadriplegic Tips Part VI

Tuesday, December 15th, 2009

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Everybody who once had a plaster cast knows this

blue adhesive wrapping tape .

It you wrap it around things like e.g. a bottle this virtually sticks to the hand.
For me who constantly drops things due to the paralysis of my fingers this tape is just brilliant!

For those who don’t like blue the tape is available in red as well ;-)

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Quadriplegic Tips Part V

Tuesday, December 15th, 2009

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Although I can’t open a yoghurt cup any more with my fingers, I can still smash it up!!! ;-)

In this

clamp

you can put cutlery.
This makes it possible, even without finger function, to eat independently with spoon and fork again.

Enjoy your meal!

The cutlery holder is available at medical supply shops, but can also be self-made rather easily. It can be individually adjusted with velcro tape.

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Quadriplegic Tips Part IV

Tuesday, December 15th, 2009

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With this shaver holder composed of a piece of foamed material with hole, available in handicraft shops, coated with non-slip reel of the company
Dycem, many people with restricted motor functions can shave themselves again.

Always shave well, or let yourself shave:
With a full beard it’s likely to entangle in the driving wheels of the wheelchair!
;-)

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