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[-] Donjuanme@lemmy.world 65 points 5 months ago

Effing plastic fasteners, and dry wall..

[-] dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 53 points 5 months ago
[-] danhab99@programming.dev 46 points 5 months ago

It warms my cold dead heart to see a proper web1.0 website

[-] Cosmos7349@lemmy.world 24 points 5 months ago

Dude was a true og. I remember reading about all sorts of stuff on this site forever ago when I was looking into building a bike: https://www.sheldonbrown.com/frame-materials.html

Unfortunately, he passed away in 2008; the site is now being maintained by his wife and close friend.

[-] Jakeroxs@sh.itjust.works 16 points 5 months ago

I can't tell if this is real lmao

[-] eating3645@lemmy.world 39 points 5 months ago

This product is so new that we have not yet determined the actual retail price. Whatever it turns out to be, you'll certainly want at least one. Send us your actual credit card (not just the number!) along with a sample signature, and when the price has been finalized, we'll charge your card accordingly.

Order one and let us know!

[-] Jakeroxs@sh.itjust.works 15 points 5 months ago

Lmfao I didn't read close enough clearly xD

[-] Fuck_u_spez_@sh.itjust.works 8 points 5 months ago

I still give it an 83% chance that at least one random dude named Sheldon Brown has received a stranger's credit card in the mail.

[-] logos@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 months ago

That's a breaker bar.

[-] ChapulinColorado@lemmy.world 36 points 5 months ago

“What is a torque spec for 500 Alex”

[-] Gormadt@lemmy.blahaj.zone 21 points 5 months ago

Torque specs are really really important and not enough people know that to be the case

It's no fun at all having to tap an engine block because someone didn't RTFM. I've done it twice (on the same car 3 years apart) because my brother didn't RTFM the first time, and then still hadn't when he tried to do the water pump on his Subaru the second time. I told him that the next time it needs done to call me and I'll do it for him for the cost of parts. He just has to call me and not fucking touch it.

For those that don't know: RTFM stands for Read The Fucking Manual.

[-] toynbee@lemmy.world 16 points 5 months ago

They'd know what RTFM meant if they RTFM.

[-] BigDanishGuy@sh.itjust.works 4 points 5 months ago

Torque specs are really really important and not enough people know that to be the case

In other cases torque spec was pulled out of the tech writers rectum to avoid having people ask.

[-] kersploosh@sh.itjust.works 9 points 5 months ago

For that bolt, I'd say give it 5 ugga-duggas and call it good.

[-] rmuk@feddit.uk 18 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Nothing that a Few Squirts of Glue™ for extra strength won't solve.

That's a Few Squirts of Glue™

"Surely you will not regret adding a Few Squirts of Glue™!"

[-] agressivelyPassive@feddit.de 15 points 5 months ago

Famous German dad joke: "Nach fest kommt ab" - after tight comes off.

[-] Roflmasterbigpimp@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago

Was looking for this :P

[-] Fosheze@lemmy.world 12 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Just fill the hole with JB weld, put the bolt back in, and let the next guy think he broke it.

[-] gedaliyah@lemmy.world 12 points 5 months ago

That happened to me with plumbing once. It was very wet and expensive.

[-] perviouslyiner@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

yeah, when you turn off a shower so good that the tap turns freely and water is flowing again, that is an expensive time!

[-] Romeowns@lemmy.world 11 points 5 months ago

Tighten until you hear the crack, then back it off a quarter turn.

[-] Gormadt@lemmy.blahaj.zone 12 points 5 months ago

Nah mate, some torque specs are so low that you'll strip it out before you hear such a thing.

Like the water pump bolts on my brother's Subaru. 7 ft/lbs was the torque spec. Now with the new bolts I had to put in there after having to drill and tap the block it's at the correct torque spec. He cored all but 1 bolt out before I could stop him.

[-] dogsoahC@lemm.ee 9 points 5 months ago

Screw that.

[-] Pat_Riot@lemmy.today 5 points 5 months ago

That's called Harley tight. Just take it back a quarter turn.

[-] clif@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago

"guten tight"

"Tighten until you hear the crack, then back a quarter turn"

[-] frezik@midwest.social 3 points 5 months ago

Isntgonnafalloff lbs-ft of torque.

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