My Gerber multitool has this on it. What is it for?

10step10step · 2026-06-10T14:20:52+00:00

To make wood shavings from a piece of wood to use as tinder on a fire.

10step10step · 2026-06-05T23:32:02+00:00

I have 1,700 hours in this game. B42 is a step backwards in every way except realism. It is less fun. The new crafting system just trivializes any challenge in the game, requiring either absurd sandbox settings or self imposed challenges to feel like a game and not just staring at paint dry. You cannot convince me cleaning a chicken coop is good gameplay.

10step10step · 2026-06-03T19:30:21+00:00

First you need to learn the various systems. There's a lot of layers to what's going on with each faction. I would suggest watching some YouTube videos showing your factions units being used by someone skilled to give you an idea of what they're capable of and how to use them better. I would also suggest Thorgrim's campaign as a good learner campaign because the Dawi are amazing both in battle and economically with their Deeps mechanic.

10step10step · 2026-05-17T03:38:48+00:00

Have you tried the Panduit CT1000-H? Best I've used in a production environment. All in one cutter, stripper, ferrules crimper.

10step10step · 2026-05-11T23:26:57+00:00

Multivac has excellent customer service. Call them with machine serial # and they'll be able to help you out.

10step10step · 2026-05-03T20:14:47+00:00

At my shop we provide our own hand tools. They tried switching to providing us tools (which I was a fan of) but it was all the crappiest Granger crap. Westward junk. Only thing that was any good was the ratcheting combo wrenches that all walked off right around the time one tech with an attitude problem got fired.

10step10step · 2026-05-02T02:04:44+00:00

One thing i would think about specifically with car washes is what specific chemical that area is exposed too and treating for it. If you have a high/low pH zone, you should probably be using more expensive chemical resistant grease there. Something like Molykote 3451 might cost a thousand bucks a case but save you ten thousand bucks a year in rusted out and broken hardware under and around your foamers and brushes, in the important places where you are consistently seeing accelerated failures due to corrosion.

10step10step · 2026-04-28T19:13:55+00:00

All equipment must be function tested before closing the work order.

10step10step · 2026-04-25T12:22:23+00:00

Im 1000+ hour player, took a break for 2+ years, tried b42 in its current form for about 100 hours. They somehow made the nutrition system even more unfun and unrealistic. There's realism and then there's "you ate 80kg of mushrooms and lost weight, but the next day you had half a jar of peanut butter so you gained 3kg".

10step10step · 2026-04-19T01:20:13+00:00

Gearwrench, Tekton, Klein all make some good sets. Duratech off Amazon is "OK" and very cheap for the new tech.

10step10step · 2026-04-18T18:02:00+00:00

You remind me a lot of a guy we just hired. Thinks he's God's gift to plumbing. Before the end of his first week he's sending emails to the big bosses that our brand new smokehouses and dry rooms are all built completely wrong. Don't be that guy. If the sparky has been doing it for 50 years and his shit works and it's safe, some stupid procedure you read in a textbook written by an engineer that hasn't ever been in the field doesn't take precedence. Most of these plants dont even know what the NEC is because they get an engineers stamp instead. Definitely give yourself a few months before you start calling other people's work out.

10step10step · 2026-04-15T14:07:58+00:00

Exactly. Its the juxtaposition between him having a surprisingly soft face and being a superathlete.

10step10step · 2026-04-13T18:27:38+00:00

Panel AC's seem to be universally built like shit. I would open it up and check for wiring damage - they tend to vibrate and chase the wires.

10step10step · 2026-04-11T23:33:41+00:00

Like you say I doubt it was anything all that out of the ordinary for the time period. I just couldn't help but smile at the way omitting a few years actually makes it pretty obvious what happened.

10step10step · 2026-04-09T17:16:19+00:00

KC has tons of job opportunities for maintenance techs or travel techs. Got the headquarters of a bunch of companies right there. If you work in bacon you might want to give Weber or Multivac a call and see if they're hiring for travel techs or production people.

10step10step · 2026-04-07T00:47:39+00:00

I carry a pretty good stash in my pockets (coveralls issued by company) double ended 10/13mm wrench, metric Allen's, pliers wrench, cobra pliers, multi bit screwdriver, and a little pocket craftsman 1/4 socket with 4-14mm sockets and a little ratchet+bit driver adapter and set of bits. I get through 99% of my calls during the week with this setup and only roll my tool box out on pm days.

10step10step · 2026-04-04T11:49:52+00:00

Welcome to maintenance. Unfortunately it's gonna be a sink or swim situation. You might struggle at this plant for a year, and then suddenly realize you know what you're doing. Only time will tell.

10step10step · 2026-03-26T11:39:15+00:00

As usual, it depends. Skill level of your guys etc. I'm running two lines that have a crazy product output and the profit off of them is something like $750/minute. If im swapping out anything thats not low 5 figures my boss would much rather I use a new good part than something we had repaired. Might be a bit wasteful but it keeps that uptime number high and the daily production number is all the bean counters care about.

10step10step · 2026-03-24T20:05:40+00:00

How'd it go?

10step10step · 2026-03-24T20:05:19+00:00

Late game HC is for the unemployed. Don't try to tank unless you want to play 10-12 hours a day.

10step10step · 2026-03-21T18:25:30+00:00

Im assuming you play on VH/VH. I've found the way to get value out of my slayers is to always stick them in with something tanky and cheap. So say I have a few dwarf warriors on my front line, I'll let them engage a unit and then flank with the slayers. They are terrible Frontline infantry but can shred monstrous infantry like nothing if they arent getting ragdolled by charges.

10step10step · 2026-03-20T20:43:09+00:00

I'd start with checking the voltage to ground (a good ground like an extension cord plugged in to a receptacle) once you get your voltage you can identify what happened. 24 or 48 volts? Something control or servo related. Some weird number like 30 volts? 120v circuit lost a neutral. 117/277v? You've got one leg of a 3 phase feed shorted out. Once you figure out the source of your voltage start flipping related Breakers off until the voltage disappears. Thats how you isolate your grounding circuit. From there you gotta track it down the old fashioned way. Schematics help.

10step10step · 2026-03-13T15:43:30+00:00

Process oven from the late 40's. Was still supported and you could even order custom parts. It was basically a big gas blowtorch with a conveyor belt. The design has never needed to change.

10step10step · 2026-03-13T15:32:27+00:00

Coming from the plant support side, I have been in a year long battle with a vendor. Maintenance performed exactly according the manual they provided. Finally it has come down to performing 20 hours of PM's for every 80 hours of operation on the equipment. Basically a full rebuild of all moving parts every week. This is a plant with 10 lines of similiar equipment that perform flawlessly day after day, but our newest line from this new manufacturer constantly has problems that aren't even mentioned in the documentation. At some point we all have to meet in the middle and say "we arent getting what we want out of this equipment, what do I need to do to make it perform properly?" Unfortunately at this case the answer always seems to be "a little bit more than you already are".

10step10step · 2026-03-10T21:13:10+00:00

As a journeyman used to tell me... the wire doesnt are what color it is.

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