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Sagebrush posted:zipties go bad once they're opened that literally makes no sense
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Jul 27, 2023 09:08
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they literally do though. notice the last line here:  that is because the nylon dries out and with time becomes weaker and more brittle. not an issue if you are just using them for tying up the wires under your computer or whatever. yes an issue if you are relying on getting specific performance from them in an important application. interestingly nylon also becomes weaker when it absorbs too much water from the air. everything in balance! e: here is a website about it https://www.nelcoproducts.com/blog/effects-moisture-nylon-66-cable-ties/ Sagebrush fucked around with this message at 09:17 on Jul 27, 2023 |
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Jul 27, 2023 09:14
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they just write that there because it tastes bad after it oxygenates. it doesn’t actually get moldy or anything that fast
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Jul 27, 2023 09:26
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I don't have a photo of it in use yet, but I bought myself a hand-crafted gouge for linocut and it just arrived. I'm doing a new project which is going to require me to do a lot of precise dots and it just so happens i found someone making the exact tool for the job. (i got the first one from the right) 
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Jul 27, 2023 17:54
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the russians used a nail the fancy russians attached it to a stick
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Jul 27, 2023 19:06
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armpit_enjoyer posted:I don't have a photo of it in use yet, but I bought myself a hand-crafted gouge for linocut and it just arrived. I'm doing a new project which is going to require me to do a lot of precise dots and it just so happens i found someone making the exact tool for the job. lovely get a little stone to keep it sharp if you don't already have one
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Jul 27, 2023 19:21
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Already did, and I got a whole huge rear end thing of mineral oil for the stone while I was at it. Gonna have so much fun poking holes
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Jul 27, 2023 19:50
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Sagebrush posted:zipties go bad once they're opened so i hope you aren't using those expensive zipties on anything expensive! zipties are a modern miracle
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Jul 28, 2023 03:20
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Wild EEPROM posted:i like the compact milwaukee 8 meter with the printing on both sides. standout isn’t as long as some others, but its light and reasonably durable and somewhat accurate i just noticed that my 8m stanley fatmax tape measure, which is all metric, has the case length stamped on the back in inches  yes, it's very handy to know that the case is 3 3/8 inches in length when the tape reads only in centimeters/millimeters
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Jul 28, 2023 23:26
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1340mm and 3 and 3/8ths inch is absolutely a length i would expect to be a standard plywood width in australia
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Jul 28, 2023 23:31
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my biggest issue with pretty much every tape measure: inches above metric below flip the tape over so you are reading the back side inches above metric below why not make it so when you flip it over the back reads metric above inches below it would be so much more useful. also pretty much every tape measure has the body on the right when you pull out the tape, then you gotta do a hand over hand grip switch to mark out what you want if you are right handed i know lee valley makes a “left hand” tape but its like the only one
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Jul 28, 2023 23:41
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Wild EEPROM posted:my biggest issue with pretty much every tape measure: how about "just metric". a measurement system that isn't stupid and forces you to do decimal↔fractions bullshit (gently caress reagan the metrication killer and gently caress 100 year old "i want my oz/lb back" brexiters)
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Jul 28, 2023 23:52
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sure sounds great lets do it
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Jul 28, 2023 23:56
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decimal inches would be fine too
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Jul 29, 2023 00:01
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its the fractional poo poo that is mostly stupid. Inch, centimeter, whatever. nine sixtyfourths of a cm is just as dumb as nine sixtyfourths of an inch
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Jul 29, 2023 00:03
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would love to but almost all building supplies are still in inches here. the easier solution is to stop reducing fractions. add 1-5/8 to 3/16 and 7/16 and then another 1/4 on it or 1-10/16 plus 3/16 plus 7/16 plus 4/16 easy peasy
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Jul 29, 2023 00:35
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rotor posted:decimal inches would be fine too i had a tape measure that was decimal inches and metric but i lost it  honestly though fractional inch is fine for large things. i'll measure a window at 48 5/16", sure, whatever, idc i'm used to it. but anything under a foot long, decimal inches absolutely.
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Jul 29, 2023 04:26
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i also have an architect's 3/8 scale tape measure. one unit on it is three-eighths of an inch. 3/8" is also 9.53 mm -- visually indistinguishable from a centimeter. whenever we have exchange students i badly want to give them this tape measure to see what happens. but i just can't be that mean
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Jul 29, 2023 04:28
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i have a software architect's tape measure. it's measured in points, so fibonacci
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Jul 29, 2023 05:08
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Sagebrush posted:i also have an architect's 3/8 scale tape measure. one unit on it is three-eighths of an inch. 3/8" is also 9.53 mm -- visually indistinguishable from a centimeter. can i borrow this, for unspecified reasons
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Jul 29, 2023 08:19
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similarly, i have one tape measure that is incremented in tenths of a foot (for engineering drawings that are scaled in decimal feet) it also has inches, but it's real easy to accidentally read the wrong half
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Jul 29, 2023 08:23
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i have a try-square with the dumbest markings. it's in imperial, with a tick mark for each 1/16 of an inch. however, they do not alternate large/small, theres no extra mark for like 1/4 or 1/2, so it's just "how big is this? count the number of tick marks every time" bonus: most of the numbers for the full inches (the only tick marks that are different) are like 3/4 covered by a said number
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Jul 29, 2023 08:39
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i have a regular tape backed with a diameter tape, which is neat but the diameter tape is rarely used
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Jul 29, 2023 10:29
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gently caress the thread title cracks me up anyway I was thinking about how satisfying it is to do something like untighten a super tight nut and then was wondering if there is such a thing on the internet as like a montage of satisfying uses of tools just to sit back and relax and enjoy other people using tools you don't have all I found was this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxFA08qRSoY as far as I can tell, tool porn isn't a thing. unless it takes more than 2 minutes to find, but we may never know
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Jul 29, 2023 12:04
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that extractor thing at the end looked badass I want one
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Jul 29, 2023 12:07
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youtuber My Mechanics is tool porn in many ways. Those videos have use of cool tools (hand and machine), making custom tools for specific uses, loosening stuck bolts and frozen rusted parts, cleaning and scrubbing away dirt and polishing, and restoring old tools like new. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmSXo0XdWoA
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Jul 29, 2023 15:41
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closest thing I have for you is https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MV9dOHRDb3c
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Jul 29, 2023 15:51
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Sagebrush posted:youtuber My Mechanics is tool porn in many ways. Those videos have use of cool tools (hand and machine), making custom tools for specific uses, loosening stuck bolts and frozen rusted parts, cleaning and scrubbing away dirt and polishing, and restoring old tools like new. hes working on a car restoration now which is great cause i love his no-talking style. car restoration videos are infamously tedious, so its cool to see him give it a shot
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Jul 29, 2023 15:52
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armpit_enjoyer posted:closest thing I have for you is sick Sagebrush posted:youtuber My Mechanics is tool porn in many ways. Those videos have use of cool tools (hand and machine), making custom tools for specific uses, loosening stuck bolts and frozen rusted parts, cleaning and scrubbing away dirt and polishing, and restoring old tools like new. thank you
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Jul 29, 2023 20:20
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for restoration stuff i like these guys because sometimes there is a cat (avril the cat) https://youtu.be/UMGjkryVTGI
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Jul 29, 2023 22:50
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my favorite is the mymechanics dude. found him a few years ago and his stuff is always top notch.
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Jul 30, 2023 00:14
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yeah mymechanics and hand tool rescue are the ones I’ve watched a lot of. gonna check out this one rotor linked tonight.
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Jul 30, 2023 00:30
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Elder Postsman posted:yeah mymechanics and hand tool rescue are the ones I’ve watched a lot of. gonna check out this one rotor linked tonight. sometimes I’ll check out the johnnies-come-lately to the restoration world and some of them are so half assed.
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Sagebrush posted:looking at tape measures on amazon going back to this for a moment because I mentioned this to my spouse and both of us are puzzled. Every tape measure we have in the house had a fixed metal hook. Are they loose in America for some reason? If so, why?
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Jul 30, 2023 10:53
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armpit_enjoyer posted:going back to this for a moment because I mentioned this to my spouse and both of us are puzzled. Every tape measure we have in the house had a fixed metal hook. Are they loose in America for some reason? If so, why? It"s so the measurement is accurate whether you're hanging the tape's end off of an edge and pulling , or pushing the end against a surface
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Jul 30, 2023 11:06
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armpit_enjoyer posted:going back to this for a moment because I mentioned this to my spouse and both of us are puzzled. Every tape measure we have in the house had a fixed metal hook. Are they loose in America for some reason? If so, why? lmao they are "loose" everywher unless you buy from aliexpress (i ordered a metal ruler from aliexpress and the first centimetre was 1½ mm short lmao)
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Jul 30, 2023 11:15
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3D Megadoodoo posted:lmao they are "loose" everywher unless you buy from aliexpress but they passed the savings on to you, didn’t they?
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Jul 30, 2023 12:14
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I thought you people were gaslighting me so I actually went and checked. Either I haven't noticed the hooks being loose all my life, or I have been mandela effected into a parallel reality. Because I am never wrong and always competent, I am leaning towards the latter possibility
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Next thing you'll say all your hammers don't have magnetic heads.
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