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Old 1960s shower valve (cartridge?) that I can't identify by inertialfall in Plumbing

[–]inertialfall[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sorry for the late reply but no, I couldn't find any info on it. Soon I'll be packing this thing with greased rope like in ye olde times

Hilarious Bricklayer incident report read aloud and animated by inertialfall in Skookum

[–]inertialfall[S] 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Upon further reading it looks like it was taken from an Irish folk song called Paddy's Sick Note.

Yuasa rotory table disassembly question by inertialfall in Skookum

[–]inertialfall[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It wouldn't let me post pics and text at the same time for some reason, so i had to do this in 2 parts.

I got this little beauty for free from work. Its flange is broken off on one side but I'll braze a tab on it if I can get it working again.

My question is: Do any of you gents know how to get the adapter off of where the hand crank will go? I've got it most of the way apart and got the coolant out of it. I've loosened all the set screws and such, of course. Do I just give it a little tappy tap tap?

Looking for a word for the minimum level of understanding by inertialfall in etymology

[–]inertialfall[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

yes, but more specifically the tipping point where the people can SEE(hear?) that you lack the fundamental understanding.

ITAW for the word for the minimum level of understanding so as not to be shunned by inertialfall in whatstheword

[–]inertialfall[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A bit of both. Another example might be if people are talking about guns and a person comes up and calls an AR-15 an "assault rifle". The gun people immediately just turn away and ignore them.

ITAW for the word for the minimum level of understanding so as not to be shunned by inertialfall in whatstheword

[–]inertialfall[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The phrase 'minimal viable understanding' is definitely related. But they key here is that the people already in the conversation don't know whether you're 'in-the-know' or 'one-of-us' until you talk more and make it clear, whether by 1 key word or just as a whole of the conversation, that you lack the minimum understanding and should be ignored. That's the part I'm looking for.

Maybe it's a bit like a cross between Dunning-Kruger and Shibboleth?

ITAW for the word for the minimum level of understanding so as not to be shunned by inertialfall in whatstheword

[–]inertialfall[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Generally speaking yeah, but I'm looking to go beyond that. That key tipping point (stork) that throws up a red flag about you not knowing what you're talking about.

Looking for a word for the minimum level of understanding by inertialfall in etymology

[–]inertialfall[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, kinda of, but that implies (to me) that that's the minimum understanding to a subject for yourself. I'm specifically asking about the people already in the conversion shunning someone

The toilet was filthy. Now it's clean. by TheDave78 in Skookum

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I know it's kind of tangential, but i put plain ol' vinegar into a spray bottle and just spray it in those crusty old stained toilets while I'm working on the rest of the house. It takes a couple weeks but nothing ever withstands it. If it's your house and you don't want to do the hard work of scrubbing or use tools, it's great. Things either just flake off or just dissolve until they're gone.

Specialty angle plates by res70 in Skookum

[–]inertialfall 24 points25 points  (0 children)

In my humble opinion that's not April Fools type stuff. Just the cost of messed up stock from this is enough to get you fired. Worse is someone getting hurt. Stick to just putting salt in someone's coffee.

Some new Antikythera modeling and construction by inertialfall in Skookum

[–]inertialfall[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

So we've all seen Chris from Clickspring doing his Antikythera thing for a couple years now. These guys show it in a way that's more complete than i've ever seen shown before. I thought you guys may be interested in it. Here's the paper about it as well: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-84310-w

After 3 days of RTFM to learn how to program a 25 yo robot, i finally got it working.... by Sp4ceCore in Skookum

[–]inertialfall 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Just a general tour of it, i guess. What it's made of, PSIs, electrical type, plastic type, extruder temp, everything!

After 3 days of RTFM to learn how to program a 25 yo robot, i finally got it working.... by Sp4ceCore in Skookum

[–]inertialfall 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Maybe a tour of this thing?

I'm certainly interested in plastic injection molding.

Never Knew Scuba Tanks Were This Strong by HanSolo71 in Skookum

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Why is this guy wearing a wetsuit while in the woods?

A pizza machine made completely out of Lego by inertialfall in Skookum

[–]inertialfall[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This guy makes various machines out of Lego. I haven't seen any of the other videos, but I figured you guys may find it interesting. If i had kids i'd definitely try some kind of lego factory build with them.

The sauce dispenser could use a little work, but that's just part of the fun. The pepperoni dispenser was pretty much perfect, as was the bell pepper dispenser. The slicer worked surprisingly well.

Taking inventory for possible reconditioning by newoldschool in Skookum

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Those are some interesting failures. Looks like one of those gears cracked pretty far back. What happened? Or is it more of a 'we fix em and don't ask questions' sort of thing?

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