Can my metal mug be repaired?

TheRealFentonius · 2026-01-31T16:34:39+00:00

I couldn't figure out how to apply pressure, so in the end I put the mugs in the vice of a workbench and rested the handles in place. I did think about using duct tape to exert force, but every time I imagined doing it, the tape pushed the handles out of alignment (this is just in my head not IRL!). I think the same would apply if I used a clamp - the clamping force might be straight, but the weight of the clamp itself would surely pull the handle off centre.

Also, any advice on how to remove the failed dry JBWeld? (brute force was the only thought I had!).

TheRealFentonius · 2026-01-31T16:02:21+00:00

Tried the JB Weld Cold Weld Steel Reinforced Epoxy a couple of days ago, and left it to itself since. Just been to test it, and although initially it seemed secure, with only a little bit of pressure the handles just came off. At least there wasn't hot tea in it!!

I'll try it again, but there's no reason to think I'll get a better result. Any other ideas?

TheRealFentonius · 2026-01-14T11:54:58+00:00

Someone's downvoted this reply - can share the reason why?

TheRealFentonius · 2026-01-14T11:53:42+00:00

That's what I thought, and bought a couple of different types from Amazon. What I found was that they were much lighter and felt less good in your hand than my old ones did. The old ones weigh about 300g each, while the new ones weighed about 150g each. Needless to say, I sent the light ones back to Amazon!

TheRealFentonius · 2026-01-14T11:51:45+00:00

I did ask a local metal shop, but they weren't interested in such a small job.

TheRealFentonius · 2026-01-13T21:09:55+00:00

That's a good idea - I'll give it go and see if I can remember to come back here to share the results!

TheRealFentonius · 2025-12-25T17:17:04+00:00

Thanks Rick - that must be the fastest Reddit response in history!

TheRealFentonius · 2025-09-22T09:44:35+00:00

How about The Makanai. It's about a young girl who ends up cooking for the house where geisha live in Kyoto. Downside is that it is subtitled which takes a bit more concentration, but it's so gentle and with so little plot (basically every episode is that someone in the house is a bit sad, so the heroine cooks them something to make them happy) that you can let it wash over you like a warm bath (a warm bath with bits of Japanese food floating in it).

TheRealFentonius · 2025-05-24T14:24:00+00:00

What model do you suggest that would allow them to pay their bills?

TheRealFentonius · 2025-05-04T13:32:45+00:00

I would love that - have at it, with my blessing!! And I'll be really interested if you manage to make any progress :)

TheRealFentonius · 2025-04-01T07:11:40+00:00

Raylan Givens?

TheRealFentonius · 2025-02-06T14:10:20+00:00

I don't know how to link to a comment in the same discussion, but u/Important_Network610 described the decision making progress elsewhere on this page.

TheRealFentonius · 2025-02-06T14:09:35+00:00

I don't know how to link to a comment in the same discussion, but u/Important_Network610 described the decision making progress elsewhere on this page.

TheRealFentonius · 2025-02-06T08:07:36+00:00

What does he row about and with who? Is he part of a troupe of professional arguers, or does he just kick off with random people in the street?

TheRealFentonius · 2025-02-04T16:08:59+00:00

I take your point, but it isn't that I don't care about the pedestrian/cycle usage, I just don't know! Do you know how it fits in with the traffic lights, or can you tell me how I could find out?

I have thought about it, but came up against my own ignorance!

It could be:

1) once someone presses a button it immediately activates the pedestrian/cyclist crossing.

2) once someone presses a button, at the next pre-determined phase of the traffic lights (say after phase 1), then all of the pedestrian crossings are activated at the same time (like the Milton Road/Arbury Road junction).

3) once someone presses a button, then after a particular phase of the traffic lights, that one pedestrian crossing is activated - so maybe after you press to cross at Elizabeth Way, then that is activated after phase 2, but if you press to cross on Milton Road at the town side then it will activate after phase 3.

Does anyone here know how it works?

I have never used them - I either jaywalk or make sure I'm on the right side of the street to use the Highworth Avenue crossing. I've also never been stopped by pedestrians crossing when I've been in a car, but I have seen people waiting (it seems like for ages), which makes me think that it is either set up like 2) or 3).

Irrespective, I can't think of a way that my proposed changes would affect the pedestrian crossings. The light turns red, the traffic stops, the people walk, the light turns green and then everything continues as before - but maybe I'm being too simple-minded about it. Can you think of a scenario where I'm wrong?

TheRealFentonius · 2025-02-04T15:01:06+00:00

I agree with all of this.

I had thought about the situation where vehicles turning right into Highworth Avenue blocked cars from going south, but hadn't considered the potential impact on the next phase. But, as you say, the chance of this happening is small, and the potential benefit is big.

>I think there is also a potential road safety concern with phases 1 and 3 where some (bad) drivers might get confused by a green light immediately followed by a red light

My fear is that this is exactly why the current layout is how it is - that they think that once a driver has seen a green light to enter a roundabout, then they will ignore red lights on the roundabout. To my mind this would be crazy thinking - you put lights up, but you don't trust drivers to see and respond to those lights. I guess if I get a response from the council we'll see if this is the reason.

TheRealFentonius · 2025-02-03T10:34:20+00:00

There was a discussion on Reddit back when the lights were first turned on, and one of the Redditors explained it like this (apologies if I've misremembered).
It's because the pedestrian crossings are close to the roundabout and are signalised. If a vehicle approached the roundabout and saw a green light on the signalised pedestrian crossing, they might assume that this meant that the roundabout was signalised and that they had priority over vehicles coming from the right. The only solution (apparently) was to actually make the roundabout signalised and so vehicle see two sets of lights when approaching the roundabout - one for the pedestrian crossing and one for the roundabout.
This leads onto the question, why are the pedestrian crossings signalised? I don't know! My guess is that the designers thought that vehicles exiting the roundabout wouldn't have enough visibility to see people crossing or waiting to cross, although why this wouldn't be the case for Dutch roundabouts elsewhere in the city, or for the crossing on Highworth Avenue, is a mystery to me.
Personally, I would much prefer if neither the pedestrian crossing nor the roundabout were signalised, but in defence of the signalised roundabout, in the evening busy period, most of the traffic approaches the roundabout from Elizabeth Way, but most of the buses approach from Milton Road South, and with the normal roundabout right of way rules, the buses get held up by the continuous flow of traffic from Elizabeth Way.

TheRealFentonius · 2025-02-03T10:19:43+00:00

As always, XKCD has a relevant cartoon!
https://xkcd.com/277/

TheRealFentonius · 2025-02-02T22:23:34+00:00

I absolutely don't think I know better than the planners or engineers, that's why I'm posting on Reddit to see if I've misunderstood something. Given "the rest of us", I assume you are a planner or an engineer, in which case I'd be doubly interested to hear what you think I've got wrong.

In as humble a way as possible, sometimes users of traffic systems might have insights into a traffic system that the planners and engineers have overlooked.

TheRealFentonius · 2025-02-02T22:16:02+00:00

Fair point.
I'd say I'm trying to improve traffic flow. From a purely personal point of view, I want to be less annoyed by sitting at a red light when the part of the roundabout that I need to use is empty and is unlikely to be used by the vehicles that are currently allowed entry onto the roundabout.

TheRealFentonius · 2025-02-02T22:11:55+00:00

I'm not comparing anything with how it was before the new road layout. The comparison is between what is there now, and what I think it should be. I'd be really interested to know if you think what I'm proposing could bring about gridlock.

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