令和６年能登半島の地震と豪雨による被害の御見舞と早い復興を願います。 私は趣味としてDIYを楽しんでいて小さな物から大きな物まで修理したり作成したりしています。 （写真：梅津正道隊員撮影） I wish to express my condolences for the damage caused by the 2024 Noto Peninsula earthquake and torrential rains, and hope for an early recovery. I enjoy DIY as a hobby, repairing and making small and big things.
妻からテーブル下の収納を増やして欲しいというリクエストがありました。My wife requested more storage under the table.
作業前はこんな感じです。Before the work, this is what it looked like.
籠の中はティシュー、綿棒、爪切り、かかと削りなどが入っています。 Inside the basket are tissues, cotton swabs, nail clippers, heel sharpeners, etc.
テーブルの下半分を使っています。The bottom half of the table is used.
今回は２倍の収納面積にしました。For this project, we doubled the storage area.
高さも２倍あります。It is also twice as high.
今迄と同じものが入っていますが、高さが２倍に増えたので余裕が出来て取り出しやすくしまいやすい感じです。They are the same as before, but now they are twice as high, so there is more room and they are easier to take out and put away.
With this one, a hair dryer and hair oil can be stored. The question remains as to why we dry our hair on the sofa, but please understand that this is a family situation.
It was so sad to see the little toilet seat cover part come loose and make the toilet seat move around a bit. It was only after three days that the toilet seat cover started to close more slowly, so I decided to take it apart to see what was going on.
取説が無かったのでネットからダウンロードして取外し取り付け方法などをみてスタートです。
There was no instruction manual, so I downloaded it from the Internet and started the repair after reading the removal and installation instructions.
便座と蓋をセットで取り外します。Remove the toilet seat and lid as a set.
これは右側のヒンジ部異常なし。There is no abnormality in the right hinge.
これは左のヒンジ部かなり汚れていたのでクリーニングしてこの通り This left hinge part was quite dirty, so I cleaned it and looked like this.
The receiving side of the left hinge was black with dirt. After wiping off the dirt with a rag, I removed what appeared to be a red arrow crack in the metal part.
やはり金属製のパーツが、真っ二つに割れていました。As expected, the metal parts were broken in two.
I don’t have any pictures after this, but after cleaning the broken parts with thinner and joining them with epoxy putty, they managed to stick together, so I inserted them in their original positions and restored the toilet seat and lid, and the previous movement was restored. The repair is complete, but there is a possibility that the glued parts may peel off in the future, so I would like to purchase the parts, but they seem to be discontinued parts. To be continued
（4.12）
エポキシパテの強度不足で再度割れてしまいました。It cracked again due to the lack of strength of the epoxy putty.
今度は金属パテを使います。This time I will use metal putty.
こんな感じです。硬化に24時間掛かるのでノンビリやりたいと思います。つづく。It is like this. It takes 24 hours to harden, so I would like to do it straight away.to be continued
(4.15)
パテが固まってからこの部品を組み込んで修理完了となった。暫く経過観察します。つづく。
After the putty had hardened, the parts were installed and the repair was completed. I will observe the progress for a while. to be continued.
（4.20）
エポキシ系のパテは強度不足で再び割れてしまいました。次は金属粉入りの物を取り寄せることにしました。 The epoxy putty was not strong enough and cracked again. Next time, I will order the one with metal powder.
同時にアルミ製のブロックを補強を兼ねて挿入して At the same time, insert an aluminum block for reinforcement.
I would like to glue it like this. It looks like the next batch of adhesive will arrive in early May, which will take some time to import. to be continued.
（5.12）
連休明けの到着予定が遅れて11日になりました。The scheduled arrival after the holidays was delayed to May 11.
早速修理を始めました。Repairs began immediately.
準備していたアルミ製ブロックと一緒に接着しました。I glued it together with the aluminum block I had prepared.
逆側の亀裂部分にも少し盛りました。I also heaped a little on the crack on the opposite side.
この状態で24時間硬化するのを待ちます。つづく I will wait for 24 hours for it to cure in this condition. To be continued
（5.13）
パーツを組み込むためにはみ出したパテを丁寧に削る作業をして組み込むことが出来ました。I am able to incorporate the parts by carefully scraping off excess putty to incorporate the parts.
硬化を確実にするため明日取り付けて開閉動作の確認をします。つづく To ensure hardening, the parts will be installed tomorrow to check the open/close operation. To be continued
(5.13)
カバーを開けた状態（取り付け時の状態）で１日経ったので閉めの動作を確認したいと思います。After one day with the cover open (as installed), I would like to check the closing operation.
始めから最後までユックリと閉まりました。ヒンジ部品の割れは今のところ大丈夫です。暫く経過観察しながら使います。It closed smoothly from the beginning to the end. The cracks of the hinge parts are fine so far. I will use it while observing the progress for a while.
(5.23)
経過観察３日目で又割れてしまいました。パーツをプラスチックの中に収めるためにパテを厚く出来ず強度が足りない事が原因の様です。 On the third day of observation, it cracked again.It seems that the reason for the lack of strength is that I could not make the putty thick enough to fit the parts into the plastic.
今回は一気に固めづに４回に分けて接着を行ないます。This time, we will glue the parts in 4 parts instead of hardening them all at once.
更に針金を併用して金具の分裂防止を図りたいと思います。針金を固定するためにも１回で固める事は止め少しづつ針金を締め付けながら固めていきます。Further, we will use a wire to prevent the metal fittings from splitting. In order to fix the wire, we will not fix it at once, but will tighten the wire a little at a time.
それからアルミ製ブロックに穴を開け針金を通すことにしました。And then, we decided to make a hole in the aluminum block and put the wire through it.
針金を捻じってから接着で固めました。I twisted the wire and glued it in place.
最後に接着剤（パテ）の薄い箇所に肉盛りをしました。この状態で３日程待って硬化を待ちたいと思います。つづく Finally, I put a layer of filler on the thin adhesive (putty). I will wait 3 days for the adhesive to harden. To be continued
After 7 days of trial use, a crack appeared. This time, it was reinforced with wire, so although it cracked, it did not split in two. If we do not take some measures, this will repeat itself.
This picture shows the connecting part with the damper that closes the lid when it is closed. When I put it between pliers and turned it, I found that it was very hard. I would like to disassemble it and examine the damper part, because I think this hardness may be the cause of breaking the part.
本体を分解したところです、赤丸の部分にダンパーが入っているようです。
Here is a picture of the main unit disassembled. The damper seems to be in the part circled in red.
この中です。This is the inside of the damper.
中にはこのようなダンパーで白い部分が回る部分です。There is a damper like this inside, and the white part is the part that rotates.
Inside the damper, there was a hard translucent grease-like substance. This grease seems to have hardened over time. If I removed all of it, it would turn too lightly, so I decided to put half of it back and restore it.
これでパーツに亀裂が入らなくなると思います。
I think this will prevent the parts from cracking.
This is the blower of the deodorizer. When I looked at it, I found dust stuck to it, so I cleaned it with a brush. I think this will improve the suction power. Assembly has been restored. It will take a little more time for gluing. To be continued
I started the test again. The lid was closed tightly, so I put some silicone grease into the damper and it started to slow down a little. I’ll keep watching how it goes. To be continued.
After that, the progress was good and there is no sign of cracks on the hinge parts. The amount of grease is too little or the viscosity is too weak, so there is not enough resistance when the lid closes, and it closes quickly. To be continued
Today I disassembled the hinge parts for inspection and found them cracked again. The load on the parts had been considerably reduced by injecting low-viscosity grease, but the cracks appeared even after reinforcing with wire.
So we gave up on repairing the cracked parts and decided to abandon the soft-close function of the lid. We substituted the hinge parts with plastic pipes and decided not to mesh them with the shaft that turns the damper.
蓋は重力に逆らうこと無く、あっという間に閉まりますがヒンジ部分を壊す心配は無くなりました。The lid closes quickly without defying gravity, but there is no longer any danger of breaking the hinge part.
The hinge with the plastic pipe has become inconvenient. The lid sensor is built into the damper, causing the bidet to move strangely and the deodorizing fan to run constantly.
In order to solve the problem, we removed all the grease from the damper and made it resistorless, so that the hinge parts would not break because of the lack of resistance. I think it will last for a few more years. The End
私の作業部屋には流しが無いので液体物を捨てる時に道路際の排水桝まで行かなければならないので不便です。そこで、古い洗面器を利用して流しを作る事にしました。My workroom does not have a sink, which is inconvenient because I have to go to the drainage basin by the road to dispose of liquids. So I decided to make a sink using an old washbasin.
洗面器に排水穴を開けます。Drill a drainage hole in the basin.
アマゾンで購入した排水栓を取付けます。Attach a drain plug purchased from Amazon.com.
流し本体は完成です。つづく
The main body of the sink is completed. To be continued
(6.19)
本日は流しの台を作って２か所に設置します。Today we will build a sink stand and install it in two locations.
これは外壁の台です不要になった、まな板を利用しました。This is an exterior platform made from a cutting board that is no longer needed.
外壁にL 型金具を取り付けます。L-shaped metal fittings are attached to the exterior wall.
裏は補強の板を１枚追加しています。I added one additional board for reinforcement on the back.
台をビスで金具と接続します。The stand is connected to the metal fittings with screws.
流しを載せると、こうなります。This is what it looks like when the sink is placed on it.
これは作業室用の台です。This is a stand for the workroom.
作業室は狭いので適正な場所が無いので宅配ボックス投入口の上にしました。There is no suitable place in the workroom because it is too small, so I placed it on top of the delivery box slot.
右側のブラケットに差し込むだけの簡易的な物で必要ないときは取り外しておこうと思います。It is a simple thing that just plugs into the bracket on the right side, and I will remove it when it is not needed.
流しは1つで必要な場所に移動して使用します。つづく
Only one sink will be used, and it will be moved to the place where it is needed. To be continued
(6.21)
排水パイプを接続します。Connect the drainage pipe.
簡易な方法で流しから排水管に繋いでいます。A simple method is used to connect from the sink to the drain pipe.
トヨの排水も合流させました。The drainage from the toyo is also joined.
この先は作業室の流しに配管します。This end is plumbed to the sink in the workroom.
試験的に流してみました。Test flow.
バッチリ流れました。つづく
It flowed perfectly. To be continued
（6.23）
作業室に排水管を設置しました。Drainage pipes were installed in the workroom.
ピンク色の洗面器は作業室で使う事にして、水色の洗面器を外用にすることにしました。つづく
The pink basin is to be used in the workroom and the light blue basin for outside use. To be continued
（6.26）
本日は流しに水道を配管します。Plumb the water supply to the sink today.
外部の流しに廃材の塩ビ管を使って配管しました。I plumbed in the outside sink using scrap PVC pipe.
作業室内の流しも廃材のシャワーホースを使って配管しました。Also, plumbed the sink in the workroom using a scrap shower hose.
（6.30）
流しの下が配管類で乱雑に見えるので目隠しを目的に100均ですだれを買って取り付けました。つづく
Below the sink, the plumbing looks messy, so I bought a blindfold from a 100 yen store and installed it to hide the plumbing. To be continued
