Alright, let me tell you about trying to follow this specific instruction today, the one noted as 1 juan 5 7. Found it in some old practical guide I dug up, thought I’d give it a proper go instead of just winging it like usual.
So, the project was simple: fixing a wobbly table leg. Annoying thing, always shifting when you put something on it. The guide had this whole section, chapter 1, section 5, and then step 7. That was the one I decided to focus on, figured it must be the key step, right?
Getting Started – The Plan vs Reality
First, I cleared some space. Got the table upside down. Located the wobbly leg. Easy enough. Then I looked up 1 juan 5 7. It said something like, “Ensure perpendicularity before final torque application.” Sounded fancy.
Okay, “perpendicularity.” I guess it meant making sure the leg was straight up and down relative to the tabletop. I grabbed my square tool. Tried to line it up. Fiddled with the leg. Tightened the main bolt a bit, checked with the square again. Loosened it, adjusted, tightened again. This went on for a while.
- Checked the angle.
- Tightened the bolt slightly.
- Checked again.
- Made a tiny adjustment.
- Tightened a bit more.
Seemed okay, visually at least. The square said it was pretty close to 90 degrees. Then the “final torque application” part. I just tightened the bolt firmly. Not crazy tight, didn’t want to strip anything.
The Result and Thoughts
Flipped the table back over. Put some weight on it. Guess what? Still wobbled. Maybe a tiny bit less, but definitely not fixed.
So, that whole “1 juan 5 7” step? Didn’t really crack it. I ended up just shoving a folded piece of cardboard under the short leg, the old-fashioned way. Rock solid now.
Maybe I didn’t understand “perpendicularity” right in this context, or maybe the problem wasn’t just the angle but the leg length itself, which step 1-5-7 didn’t mention. Sometimes these specific instructions, they make you focus on one thing when the real issue is simpler or somewhere else entirely. Just goes to show, following steps blindly doesn’t always beat looking at the whole picture and using a bit of common sense. The cardboard fix took like 10 seconds. Trying to follow 1 juan 5 7 took me a good 20 minutes and didn’t even work.
