OK, OK. Nothing to do with electronics what so ever. I just made it to test camera angles etc. However, having made it I thought I might as well publish it - you never know, someone out there might find it useful.
I learned from your video how to access the flat, tension spring, which is where I am currently at, so thank you. But some hopefully helpful critique: use an overhead lamp, or wear a headlamp so the viewer can see what you see. And place the camera overhead as well so that your hands don't block the view as much.
Thank you for sharing! Well I worked along with you and got it all put together and it wasn’t retracting. 😢 then I took the housing cover off and the spring leaped up and smacked me in the nose! 😂 oh well, I tried, no blood shed, just have to spend $30.00 for another one. I threw it away, it was to tangled to salvage.
VEry interesting! On mine, The leash started to retract too slowly, and I thought maybe the spring needed to be replaced. But now I see how tricky it is, I’m glad I went ahead and bought a new one - hopefully sturdier
You have more patience than me sir I too managed well and discovered the coil,spring after much hair pulling. BUT a few moments on I released the spring total. omg you would not believe how much spring/coils are in it 50 revs at a guess so I bit it bowdeluxe. Ha ha new retractor on order.
All I would warn people off is to be carefull of that centre spring other springs cap pop out and its fine if that centre spring hits you the edges are sharp and it can slice skin under the tension its at. Other than that have fun.
Yes, there is a fair amount of energy stored in the main spring. Though the most likely cause of failure it the main spring breaking so there won't be any tension on it when disassembling. You're right though - care is needed when reassembling.
Hello, was watching this video and saw your dog Minnie, may I ask what breed she is, my son has a dog that looks very similar and they are not completly sure what breed he is, be interested to know Minnies breed, many thanks Mike
Our lead has shrunk to 1 meter length (nice doggie ....) It hasn't been the original 5 meters for a long time as me and my son have also tackled the workings of these contraptions so no problems there, however, does anyone know where I could get new tape, I keep trying different searches on Google but I don't get any further than the webbing that is used for normal dogleads and that is too chunky. Anyone any ideas ?
Well, I should have observed better and have held the spring with two fingers like you as I tested it right after fixing it back into the middle piece. It exploded right into my face. 🤦🏼♂️
@@TripplikitElectronics There's quite a bit of tension but I did manage to rewind it. I must've done something wrong though as it doesn't really work. It loses its tension easily, doesn't seem to run smoothly. Not sure if it needs a bit more grease or if I rewound it wrong but I guess it's a goner now. 😭
