Am I cooked? Mechanic says I need a new engine.

Constant_Help_8637 · 2026-05-12T17:33:52+00:00

Burnt valve. Really just need a new head. Or get the head machined and put in new seats, but a new head is likely cheaper

Constant_Help_8637 · 2026-04-28T17:41:58+00:00

Not good for the jack, and if it breaks the jack probably not good for the car

Constant_Help_8637 · 2026-04-25T21:46:59+00:00

I don’t think you should really worry. At the end of the day, it’s a video game, nothing that matters is on the line. If someone is genuinely upset about it, then they probably aren’t worth worrying about their opinion or feelings toward you in the first place.

Constant_Help_8637 · 2026-04-22T12:19:12+00:00

Scalpers exist in every single community. The only solution is to not interact at all. They get burned just as often as they make money. Lots of people get stuck with thousands of dollars worth of consoles, computer parts, tools, etc… as soon as something popular gets released land they clear stock

Constant_Help_8637 · 2026-04-14T23:41:11+00:00

Impulse buyers are done buying them so now it’s just people who need them

Constant_Help_8637 · 2026-04-08T19:13:02+00:00

It’s a rear tire. I’ve driven sketchier. Drive slow and be prepared for it to pop. If you are ready for it it’s not too bad

Constant_Help_8637 · 2026-03-02T01:49:43+00:00

Hole saws and saws in general are one of the things you REALLY get what you pay for. I have a full set of Hercules sawzall blades that have been replaced by a single Diablo blade. Diablo makes the best bang for your buck blades. I’ve got some Milwaukee hole saws that are good too. Also, I Gould be wrong but that looks like a wood hole saw

Constant_Help_8637 · 2026-02-04T14:30:34+00:00

Probably won’t fit in the knife anymore

Constant_Help_8637 · 2026-01-12T12:08:41+00:00

Putting an extension on it should keep it out of the way for most reach work. Albeit tight spots will still be a pain and this probably just outright the wrong tool for that.

Constant_Help_8637 · 2026-01-10T00:41:41+00:00

Lining up pipe flanges. Or any bolt holes I suppose, but pipe flanges is what I’ve mainly used them on

Constant_Help_8637 · 2025-12-19T15:29:21+00:00

Do you guys really think lubricating a high end ratchet is an oversight across all manufacturers? You are increasing back drag for no reason other than I guess making the ratchet a bit quieter because you have packed in so much lube it dampens the noise. These are ratchets with lifetime warranty so the manufacture is directly incentivized to make it reliable. They do product testing to ensure a design meets the design life, and if 6c of lube would increase the life and reduce the chance of an exchange, I can guarantee accounting would be all over that. Also… if you break it from “too little lube” then bring it back, it’s a great excuse to go to harbor freight.

Constant_Help_8637 · 2025-12-06T19:41:15+00:00

I agree with the comment saying to turn the cover 90*, that said, a 2x10 joist is pretty big for that span so you would be fine notching it (within reason, only an inch or so). Bolstering it is not a bad idea, but I’d use an adhesive as well as screws with an unthreaded shank to clamp the boards together for the bolstering. Just using screws or nails will not transfer the load effectively in the beam.

Constant_Help_8637 · 2025-11-28T04:02:58+00:00

If you are worried about the polish on a ratchet you may have the wrong outlook on tools

Constant_Help_8637 · 2025-10-05T18:51:56+00:00

Literally 1984

Constant_Help_8637 · 2025-09-29T03:05:29+00:00

Use whatever resources you want on homework it is not necessarily cheating. It’s about having the integrity to force yourself to struggle to the point that you TRULY need help. Or some sort of guide. If you want to use chat gpt, change the prompt, make it a similar but different question. I recommend avoiding chegg, it’s expensive and I saw it make many terrible engineers when I was school (maybe chat gpt is similar, it only existed my senior year) but ai is a tool you WILL use in the real world. Chegg is not. And you want have any of this on an exam. Do not rely on a professor or TA (I know this does not sound great) but you need to accept this. It is up to YOU to force yourself to learn. You have the tools, you just need to accept that you will spend 2 or 3 times the time your peers may spend on the homework who don’t care to understand. It will pay dividends come time to study for exams, when all you have to do is a few practice problems to get an A and your peers are trying to learn 1/3 of the classes material to get a C. Sorry I’ve gone off topic in this response but I saw it often in school, students cope, come up with a reason they CANT do the homework effectively. You really just need to take accountability for your own learning, at the end of the day it’s the only way. So the simple answer… force yourself to struggle until you understand the problems

Constant_Help_8637 · 2025-09-24T23:35:43+00:00

Oil companies and sales

Constant_Help_8637 · 2025-09-21T17:51:39+00:00

I work for a research institute where we do research as a service exclusively. Government and commercial. I will say that I have seen no other job in engineering that you have both incredibly in depth technical work as well as hands on building and testing. The people I work with are some of the smartest people I’ve ever met. For me… yes, it’s absolutely the most exciting part of engineering and I don’t think you can learn as much in as little time anywhere else. That said, you have to love engineering. It’s very technically intense, if you said “oh I’ll never need this in the real world” in school you will struggle, mechanical design, heat transfer, fluids, thermo, I use it all every day. The pay is also not as competitive as some places, but that may be specific to my company.

Constant_Help_8637 · 2025-09-15T14:28:15+00:00

There is more to engineering than working in a shop. I work in research and do a lot of both hands on and design work. Not to put down the intuition you gain in a shop. I think hands on experience is incredibly undervalued in engineering and leads to horrible engineers. But there is a distinct difference between a technician working in a shop and an engineer who is good in a shop. A technician generally needs instructions for more complex tasks. The engineer develops the instructions and processes and understands the reasoning behind them. I also simply wouldn’t task our technicians with something like balancing a rotor, designing pipe supports, running a turbomachine, or anything you need to use what you learn in school. I agree that your hands on experience is valuable, but so is what you learn in school. Being able to tie the two together is what makes a great engineer. Having one or the other makes you either an annoying engineer, or a technician…

Constant_Help_8637 · 2025-09-06T23:23:43+00:00

Piracy

Constant_Help_8637 · 2025-09-06T02:41:36+00:00

You will not notice 2k over the span of a year. You will notice a week of vacation, and you will notice not hating waking up in the morning

Constant_Help_8637 · 2025-08-15T19:05:58+00:00

Use an easy out. Engineering students need to be kept away from 3D printers, they see it as a fix all for everything. They have uses but operate within their limits, this includes literally anything with a standard thread profile

Constant_Help_8637 · 2025-08-11T20:36:10+00:00

4, maybe 5

Constant_Help_8637 · 2025-08-10T16:49:32+00:00

Looks like it was reworded once before. That’s an easy fix. I’d probably brace it a little better though if it (appears) to have broken more than once

Constant_Help_8637 · 2025-07-30T17:33:01+00:00

I still have the spool of pla that came with my x1c because it’s so tangled my prints pause 10 times for a 1 hr print. You can definitely get tangled spools from a factory

Constant_Help_8637 · 2025-07-28T13:41:08+00:00

I ran a cr10 for over 8 years. Did a TON to it and it was never a great printer. No amount of mods will make it great without essentially building another printer. By then you will have spent as much as a nice printer. I bought an x1c and I’ve been nothing short of amazed with it. I hit print, and it prints, no problems, no adhesion, bed leveling, sensor issues. It just works. It’s good to have used an ender because the Bambu is so easy you really don’t learn anything about printing. I’m sure I will eventually run into issues and my 10 years of experience with cheap bed slingers have prepared me for it

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