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Papa Emeritus III posted:I don't know what happened there but it looks like a lot of close calls. Piece of rebar stuck out of the concrete road, the underside of the car caught it and it pierced all the way through.
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spankmeister posted:Piece of rebar stuck out of the concrete road, the underside of the car caught it and it pierced all the way through. Are you sure? Looking at the angle here i'd expect to be able to see the entry point in front of the seat ![]() Edit: Sorry everyone didn't realise that was all images in one. Edit2: Also the cushioning ejected from the seat seems to suggest the rebar penetrated from behind. Edit3: But the way the jacket is pinned up at the back means the rebar must have penetrated from the front. I'm stumped here guys. Pissflaps fucked around with this message at 22:26 on Mar 24, 2018 |
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I think it came up under the seat.
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It's just what it looks like -- the rebar was lying in the road, maybe sticking up a bit, and when the car drove over it, it pierced the thin sheet metal under the car and came up under/through the seat. The car's inertia kept it coasting forwards until the rebar was rammed ten feet out the back window.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqQhQSbe6fw
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Pissflaps posted:Edit2: Also the cushioning ejected from the seat seems to suggest the rebar penetrated from behind. P sure that's not cushion material but scraps of the driver's shirt, pants, flesh or all of the above
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spankmeister posted:In this case they are absolutely correct but the UK is so incredibly risk-averse. They have warning signs on EVERYTHING. If they could make you wear a high visibility jacket and safety harness when taking a crap they would. London was really bad with those.... 4 inches of water: ![]() And I'm not convinced the deep water would be your biggest problem: ![]()
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Sagebrush posted:It's just what it looks like -- the rebar was lying in the road, maybe sticking up a bit, and when the car drove over it, it pierced the thin sheet metal under the car and came up under/through the seat. The car's inertia kept it coasting forwards until the rebar was rammed ten feet out the back window. That's even worse than what I originally thought ![]()
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I figure that if someone had gotten impaled they would've had to cut the rebar to get them out so apparently somehow nobody got hurt in that
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Ika posted:And I'm not convinced the deep water would be your biggest problem: DANGER: DEEP WATER also enormous murdercats, whatever
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Something similar happened to a train I was on. Someone had put a piece of metal on the tracks the wheels hit it and launched it into the underside of the carriage. Luckily no one was sitting in the seat it destroyed but it made one hell of a racket while it was happening.
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aphid_licker posted:I figure that if someone had gotten impaled they would've had to cut the rebar to get them out so apparently somehow nobody got hurt in that I'm sure bricks were still shat. Dr. Garbanzo posted:Something similar happened to a train I was on. Someone had put a piece of metal on the tracks the wheels hit it and launched it into the underside of the carriage. Luckily no one was sitting in the seat it destroyed but it made one hell of a racket while it was happening. Shat, I say!
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Dr. Garbanzo posted:Something similar happened to a train I was on. Someone had put a piece of metal on the tracks the wheels hit it and launched it into the underside of the carriage. Luckily no one was sitting in the seat it destroyed but it made one hell of a racket while it was happening. Thats basically what caused the derailment at echede. Only that the piece of metal that went through the floor was part of one of the wheels. And that it scooped up a piece of (guidance?) rail, causing the derailment.
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We didn’t come off the track but sat there for a while so they could assess damage before crawling to the first station where they could park the train for towing to the workshop. It would have been impossible for the train to miss it cause the section of track is blind corners in massive cuttings. Same section of track has seen a couple of big derailments/ crashes and people hit. Edit: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glenbrook_rail_accident this was the most recent one that happened. Similar area but otherside of the station.
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Gfycat version where you can see the air from a tire blowing at :44 seconds https://giant.gfycat.com/ZigzagElectricLemur.webm
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aphid_licker posted:I figure that if someone had gotten impaled they would've had to cut the rebar to get them out so apparently somehow nobody got hurt in that Look at the clothing jammed into the back seat - I thought it was a pair of boxer shorts ripped from the driver. EDIT: The sloth has a friend: ![]() Humphreys fucked around with this message at 07:23 on Mar 25, 2018 |
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Humphreys posted:Look at the clothing jammed into the back seat - I thought it was a pair of boxer shorts ripped from the driver. Nah it's a jacket. Also there is no blood on the rebar.
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Dr. Garbanzo posted:Something similar happened to a train I was on. Someone had put a piece of metal on the tracks the wheels hit it and launched it into the underside of the carriage. Luckily no one was sitting in the seat it destroyed but it made one hell of a racket while it was happening. ![]() x
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Humphreys posted:Look at the clothing jammed into the back seat - I thought it was a pair of boxer shorts ripped from the driver. Rookie mistake. You need to use a much smaller crocodile to undo the bolts on a flange that size. Caiman would do the job, otherwise you’re just going to round those hex bolts. Sticko fucked around with this message at 12:07 on Mar 25, 2018 |
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Caiman? Look at this idiot. Doesn't even know in the real world you have to use a Gharial to remove these bolts with proper torque distribution on the heads.
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Sticko posted:Rookie mistake. You need to use a much smaller crocodile to undo the bolts on a flange that size. Caiman would do the job, otherwise you’re just going to round those hex bolts. I had thought the purpose of Gator grip was to be a universal socket though?
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Humphreys posted:EDIT: The sloth has a friend: Steve, it says here to use and alligator wrench. Do you see the wrench part?
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1p9QRfNLxvQ
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This isn't the cursed images thread
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This was linked in another thread - pouring out molten metal when some spills on damp ground.
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The madman finally did it.![]() He survived with minor injuries. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/self-taught-rocket-scientist-finally-blasts-california-sky-n859801
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Gorilla Salad posted:This was linked in another thread - pouring out molten metal when some spills on damp ground. As they say, there are no small accidents in a foundry...
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Zopotantor posted:As they say, there are no small accidents in a foundry... Looks like they were pouring 30 gallons into a 10 gallon container. I don't know how they were hoping NOT to spill any?? `Nemesis posted:The madman finally did it. Should have launched from the top of that mountain ![]() Ak Gara fucked around with this message at 16:40 on Mar 25, 2018 |
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`Nemesis posted:The madman finally did it. Maybe next time he should strap the rocket on to an old railroad hand car, blast it and himself along tracks through an abandoned railroad tunnel, and claim that he's developed a steam-powered hyperloop car. ![]()
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Gorilla Salad posted:This was linked in another thread - pouring out molten metal when some spills on damp ground. Welp, that sure is terrifying.
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Pigsfeet on Rye posted:Maybe next time he should strap the rocket on to an old railroad hand car, blast it and himself along tracks through an abandoned railroad tunnel, and claim that he's developed a steam-powered hyperloop car. This bloke has flown further in his home made steam rocket than I have in anything I've made.
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cakesmith handyman posted:This bloke has flown further in his home made steam rocket than I have in anything I've made. The only thing that's holding you back is your sense of self-preservation!
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Ak Gara posted:Looks like they were pouring 30 gallons into a 10 gallon container. I don't know how they were hoping NOT to spill any?? quote:Some backstory. We were attempting to do what is called a double tap. It is where you fill one ladle (what holds the molten iron) and then that crew will move and a second ladle will be filled. There was a miss communication between the two pour crews and the result was some fireworks. No one was seriously injured. One person had some burns, but nothing serious enough to go to the er
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Pigsfeet on Rye posted:Maybe next time he should strap the rocket on to an old railroad hand car, blast it and himself along tracks through an abandoned railroad tunnel, and claim that he's developed a steam-powered hyperloop car. Wile E. Coyote will be seeing you in court
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I'm not a woodturner so I gotta ask is this man a dumbass? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6bkaVGnvpE&t=400s Skip in to 6m40s if you like, but actually I have questions about the whole video. Also that's part two. Part one also gives me the questions. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0Mod_92VZA
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`Nemesis posted:The madman finally did it. “It brings out the nuts,” opines elderly limo driver who launched himself into the air in a homemade rocket in order to prove that the Earth is shaped like a Frisbee by Wham-O.
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There's staircases that would have taken him up higher than that. A cheap light aircraft would take him way higher. There's so many more practical and safe ways to get like 10x as high as he went in his stupid steam rocket.
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Baronjutter posted:There's staircases that would have taken him up higher than that. A cheap light aircraft would take him way higher. There's so many more practical and safe ways to get like 10x as high as he went in his stupid steam rocket. Yeah, but are those ways going to allow him to milk donation money from his followers?
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Zil posted:Yeah, but are those ways going to allow him to milk donation money from his followers? A 60 year old dude collecting money to walk up to the top of the Burj Khalifa in order to do flat earth research might not generate the same level of excitement...
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