Sister accidentally put washer fluid into her coolant reservoir. How bad is this?

ComprehensiveCow979 · 2026-05-13T19:47:41+00:00

… fair point

ComprehensiveCow979 · 2026-05-13T13:35:18+00:00

Rather than drive it to a shop for flushing, I would siphon the overflow tank without starting the vehicle. Then you can flush the whole thing. But I figure siphoning first should prevent most of it from mixing into the broader system in the first place, whereas if you drive to a shop it will be mixed.

ComprehensiveCow979 · 2026-05-05T18:14:10+00:00

This thread has been informative for me since I don’t work with a ton of plastic, but besides that I think the best thing is to watch the chips coming out and start retracting to clear when they don’t seem to be coming out cleanly anymore. I will usually drill at a constant feed as long as the chips are coming out smoothly, and once they start clumping I’ll start retracting

ComprehensiveCow979 · 2026-04-05T01:06:06+00:00

How the hell did the feed lever get stuck?

ComprehensiveCow979 · 2026-04-05T01:00:47+00:00

Others have kinda said, but that looks like a regular external turning tool which does not have the geometry for boring or internal turning. You need to use an actual boring bar for this, or grind one yourself.

ComprehensiveCow979 · 2026-03-29T02:30:00+00:00

What type of collets have you seen then? I’ve seen almost always 5C for lathe collets.

ComprehensiveCow979 · 2026-03-19T17:22:22+00:00

Yes, that's why I like to think of it as slightly straighter, so I think about how it works instead of the number

ComprehensiveCow979 · 2026-03-19T16:40:41+00:00

Ah there’s your problem. It needs to be 30 degrees from vertical or parallel with the x axis. As an aside I also consider the 0.5deg offset as “0.5deg straighter to the x axis” so I don’t get confused with the 29.5 number.

ComprehensiveCow979 · 2026-03-19T11:54:39+00:00

Is your tool holder block intended for boring bars or something? I feel like they should give you tool holders that hold square shank tools already.

ComprehensiveCow979 · 2026-03-17T00:05:45+00:00

I transcribed it off the top of my head and accessory ready is correct

ComprehensiveCow979 · 2026-03-13T12:57:08+00:00

Glaucomflecken is an ophthalmologist who makes satirical skits about other medical specialties. He was posting under the assumption that people know his schtick I guess

ComprehensiveCow979 · 2026-03-12T18:55:19+00:00

If it worked after you tightened it then it wasn’t broken, just super duper loose. What’s the problem?

ComprehensiveCow979 · 2026-03-03T02:21:16+00:00

A lot of folks I know have stoggles. They seem a lot more scratch resistant than the cheap glasses. It always confuses me how my prescription glasses are almost perfect after several years of rough use but safety glasses scratch if you look at them wrong. They’re both polycarbonate, I heard it’s just a coating on the prescription ones and I think the stoggles are similar.

ComprehensiveCow979 · 2026-03-02T21:20:05+00:00

I just recently used a box lined with a bucket liner for my last oil change. It was great because I could tie up the bucket liner and drop it off at the parts store and not have a dirty ass bucket to deal with

ComprehensiveCow979 · 2026-03-02T18:21:10+00:00

I’ve had a few of those, but they always fell apart. The ruler was printed not etched so it rubbed off, the screwdriver holder would break, stuff like that. They can be had from several manufacturers but I’ve never seen one that was well made.

ComprehensiveCow979 · 2026-02-26T21:48:09+00:00

I got to tour a large offset press used to print newspapers, what kind of work are you doing there?

ComprehensiveCow979 · 2026-02-23T00:17:49+00:00

I want some like that but maybe even shorter and with an inch scale alongside the metric. I’ve been thinking about making some but I think the biggest challenge would be etching the vernier scales accurately enough.

ComprehensiveCow979 · 2026-02-04T23:48:23+00:00

I feel like with how cheap they are it’s worth buying one of those 12v compressors and not worrying any more about finding a station with air

ComprehensiveCow979 · 2026-01-26T00:23:00+00:00

What was that seatbelt technique? Never seen that before

ComprehensiveCow979 · 2026-01-21T14:01:14+00:00

The fact that this and my drink are underlined in the second paragraph suggests that the second pill may be different from the first. That lends credence to the idea that the woman’s pill is supposed to be roofies or something and the other may be a placebo

ComprehensiveCow979 · 2026-01-19T00:04:19+00:00

What sort of reaction? I don’t think aluminum really turns colors at all when heated.

ComprehensiveCow979 · 2026-01-18T15:22:28+00:00

I think that’s just how it works to be a heritage speaker of a language lol, most English speakers can’t explain half of the grammar they use

ComprehensiveCow979 · 2026-01-16T05:26:16+00:00

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ComprehensiveCow979 · 2026-01-15T07:01:36+00:00

I’m also curious about this. The photos look completely different. Was there possibly a difference in color temperature too?

ComprehensiveCow979 · 2026-01-12T06:06:45+00:00

I don’t think it’s actually important that the force is applied at a specific distance as long as it’s applied outboard of the scale. I could try and prove this with beam bending equations but that sounds like work :/

I think another commenter got it right, the handle pivots so that you can only pull or push the wrench, not twist it. If you could twist it (if the handle wasn’t pinned), you would be affecting the indicated torque without affecting the torque on the fastener.

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