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Recent content by doordoctor

  1. doordoctor

    Hi. I'm Hartley :) 21 years young, looking for other aspies from New Zealand.

    Hello and WELCOME to AC, I am in NJ (USA)
  2. doordoctor

    What are your current obsessions?

    Nice Yale destination unknown! ! it still close smoothly? I love that look of a closer the style you have there is called potbelly/traditional
  3. doordoctor

    What are your current obsessions?

    There is a group on Facebook that is called "door closer enthusiasts" due to how many out there that like them things, right now there are 64 members If interested in joining, you have to request to join as its privacy its set to closed to reduce the chances that there will be any...
  4. doordoctor

    What are your current obsessions?

    I see a problem there, the end where rod hours in closer, that's crooked, it should be flat to end of closer tube
  5. doordoctor

    What are your current obsessions?

    This to me sounds like the material on end of piston contacted to much and whrn its sub 0 its allowing the trapped air to bypass the piston and escape out the rod end of the closer n. Have you tried to remove rhe screw on end of it and spray lubricant in the cylinder to condition the end of...
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    What are your current obsessions?

    Grommit, Yes JLD902 is my page on YouTube. As for taking one apart, i refuse to due to the liability risk involved as there is a REALLY STRONG spring in them and many also require special tools to get apart (strange ypu ask that, neighbor asked same thing this morning!) However there is one...
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    What are your current obsessions?

    it takes also different pressures in practicing the picking to get it just right that you can pick it and not bind the pins while putting pressure on the tension wrench. as for the service call, most of the questions I get, are online only, I hardly ever have to go see it in person to work on...
  8. doordoctor

    What are your current obsessions?

    Also since you mention your in a wheelchair, perfect height for you to pick door locks and work on panic exit bars on fire exit doors!
  9. doordoctor

    What are your current obsessions?

    Yea! As you wrote that I got someone asking for help with a leaking overhead concealed closer at a gas station in NC, it takes time and patience to pick and get a lock open, just practice, practice and more practice can only make you better at it.
  10. doordoctor

    What are your current obsessions?

    Ever hear of the term "lock stock and barrel"? Locksmiths also used to work on guns in 1800's and early 1900s
  11. doordoctor

    What are your current obsessions?

    I know a few closer rebuilders who may be aspies who do just that. One guy who asked for my help with a simple adjustment did once lead to him getting wondering how they work and asked for help to take apart the LCN 4040XP series which in 2011 made it easier to repair when they started to use...
  12. doordoctor

    What are your current obsessions?

    Most of them they are rack and pinion inside with a spring on one side of the rack (piston) that pushes the piston to one side of the closer. Basically when you open door you compress the spring by rotating the pinion and that pushes the piston to other side of closer. When you let door...
  13. doordoctor

    What are your current obsessions?

    Cool, have any pics of the closers? What is your job in the building? Private message me if you want, 30's... sounds like you have norton or LCN or Corbin or russwin "potbelly" style there, if there is any closer with problems please let me know, i am an expert in them and i enjoy helping...
  14. doordoctor

    What are your current obsessions?

    Grommit, I have mild obcession with locks/lockpicking, by any chance are you a member of lockpicking101.com? Lots of aspie pickers there as well as professional locksmiths My Mainstrong interest is door closers! Yes them things at the top of the door that pull it closed after you open them...
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    New to Aspergers Forum

    Welcome to AspieCentral! Hope you enjoy it here
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