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On Thursday, October 22, 2015 at 9:34:36 PM UTC-5, Don Y wrote:
On 10/22/2015 7:22 PM, bob_villa wrote: On Thursday, October 22, 2015 at 8:34:52 PM UTC-5, Don Y wrote: Get a (typical) slotted screwdriver -- AS INDICATED IN THE TEXT OF MY POST. Hold it up to the screen with the handle off to the left. Considering the limitations of ASCII art, can you see a resemblance between the shape of the screwdriver tip and the image on the screen: ------+ / | -----/ | -----\ | \ | ------+ Now, dig out a dictionary and look up the word "symmetry" -- also indicated in my TEXT. Study the above illustration and see if you can identify the SYMMETRY present in THAT image. Now, consult the OTHER image in my post: -----+ / | ------/ | -----\ | \ | ------+ With the SYMMETRY concept fresh in your mind, see if you can identify how this second image differs from the first. Then, imagine how that would relate to the physical screwdriver in your hand! Next, imagine how a machine would *intend* to produce a screwdriver having the original image's shape and why it might, instead, produce the shape of the second image. Finally, imagine why a company would opt for #2 instead of #1 -- or, conversely, why a BETTER company would strive for #1 and consider #2 to be *scrap*. The only thing I notice is a straight edge perpendicular to the shaft? Most flat-blades need to be "tuned" anyway on fine grinder...so it makes little difference. ________ ______/ | | ______ | Would it be more like this? \________| A *sloppy* product looks like: _________ _____/ | | ______ | \________| The spacing changes...it looks good on this reply! You're saying cheap-**** is not ground to a precise shape like old Stanley, wood handle drivers used to. |
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On 10/22/2015 7:41 PM, bob_villa wrote:
On Thursday, October 22, 2015 at 9:34:36 PM UTC-5, Don Y wrote: On 10/22/2015 7:22 PM, bob_villa wrote: On Thursday, October 22, 2015 at 8:34:52 PM UTC-5, Don Y wrote: Get a (typical) slotted screwdriver -- AS INDICATED IN THE TEXT OF MY POST. Hold it up to the screen with the handle off to the left. Considering the limitations of ASCII art, can you see a resemblance between the shape of the screwdriver tip and the image on the screen: ------+ / | -----/ | -----\ | \ | ------+ Now, dig out a dictionary and look up the word "symmetry" -- also indicated in my TEXT. Study the above illustration and see if you can identify the SYMMETRY present in THAT image. Now, consult the OTHER image in my post: -----+ / | ------/ | -----\ | \ | ------+ With the SYMMETRY concept fresh in your mind, see if you can identify how this second image differs from the first. Then, imagine how that would relate to the physical screwdriver in your hand! Next, imagine how a machine would *intend* to produce a screwdriver having the original image's shape and why it might, instead, produce the shape of the second image. Finally, imagine why a company would opt for #2 instead of #1 -- or, conversely, why a BETTER company would strive for #1 and consider #2 to be *scrap*. The only thing I notice is a straight edge perpendicular to the shaft? Most flat-blades need to be "tuned" anyway on fine grinder...so it makes little difference. ________ ______/ | | ______ | Would it be more like this? \________| A *sloppy* product looks like: _________ _____/ | | ______ | \________| The spacing changes...it looks good on this reply! Look at the original post and the difference should be just as obvious (count '-' characters if you must) You're saying cheap-**** is not ground to a precise shape like old Stanley, wood handle drivers used to. They aren't ground (well, the cabinet tip ones ARE ground) but, rather, are *swaged*. A round (assuming the shaft is round cross section) bar is put in a machine that *smashes* the bar to deform it to the shape that you eventually see. If you put the raw bar stock in the center and the "die" in the machine is correctly positioned, an identical amount of material will smoosh out to each side. If you don't care about these "little details", then you'll get more on one side than the other, etc. and your QC folks will just shrug and let the items through. Just like the house painting analogy: you can slop paint on a house any number of ways! But a *good* house painter doesn't slop it all over the window glass in the process! If you want to save a few dollars and hire a "less expensive" painter, then you're implicitly indicating your willingness to accept paint on your windows! Maybe even windows that are painted *shut*! This doesn't significantly impact the strength of the screwdriver, etc. But, it's a detail that you can easily *see*. Then, ask yourself, if a manufacturer isn't willing to worry about these little details, how do you know he's hardened the steel correctly? (can you verify the hardness of the steel in your tools at home? in the store??) Or, that the plating is heavy enough and the underlying metal prepared so that it doesn't flake off 5 minutes after you start using it? Will the handle *shatter* when you strike it with a hammer (because you don't happen to have a chisel handy)? Will the markings/lettering come off after a few minutes of twisting the handle in your palm? Can you verify the proper taper (how "unparallel" the faces are) of the screwdriver's blade? Etc. I could put a R&P screwdriver in your hand and, a moment later, a genuine Philips. Would you be able to tell the difference (without seeing them side by side)? Would you know the consequences of such a substitution? Would you notice it in the store if the set were marked "Special - $1.99!" |
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DerbyDad03 posted for all of us...
How many more times do you think we'll re-hash this subject? +1 -- Tekkie |
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Uncle Monster posted for all of us...
I've tried doxing myself online and find little if anything when using my real name. I've been in stealth mode for so long that I had to jump through all kinds of hoops to convince a prepaid CC issuer that I actually existed. It had something to do with the overreaching intrusive ant-terrorism laws that have yet to catch any real terrorists. Yet non citizens are allowed to enter my country illegally and vote for Democrats without an ID or any proof as to who they are. o_O [8~{} Uncle Terrorist Monster Don't forget Kalifornication which is giving them ids. You know what will follow from there. It just won't be the people down to the south... -- Tekkie |
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On Friday, October 23, 2015 at 3:02:10 PM UTC-5, Tekkie® wrote:
Uncle Monster posted for all of us... I've tried doxing myself online and find little if anything when using my real name. I've been in stealth mode for so long that I had to jump through all kinds of hoops to convince a prepaid CC issuer that I actually existed. It had something to do with the overreaching intrusive ant-terrorism laws that have yet to catch any real terrorists. Yet non citizens are allowed to enter my country illegally and vote for Democrats without an ID or any proof as to who they are. o_O [8~{} Uncle Terrorist Monster Don't forget Kalifornication which is giving them ids. You know what will follow from there. It just won't be the people down to the south... -- Tekkie I'm going to have to research what I heard on a talk radio show. A fellow claiming to be an investigator from South Africa told of people from South Africa and other countries who are NOT citizens of any state in The Union who were voting by mail through California. Those noncitizens were/are voting in Presidential elections for President of The United States. The fraudulent votes are giiving California the most Democrat leanig electors for the Electoral College. This according to the alledged investigator but I expect Democrats to lie, cheat and steal. The end justifies the means is The Commiecrat mantra. o_O [8~{} Uncle Citizen Monster |
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Uncle Monster posted for all of us...
On Friday, October 23, 2015 at 3:02:10 PM UTC-5, Tekkie® wrote: Uncle Monster posted for all of us... I've tried doxing myself online and find little if anything when using my real name. I've been in stealth mode for so long that I had to jump through all kinds of hoops to convince a prepaid CC issuer that I actually existed. It had something to do with the overreaching intrusive ant-terrorism laws that have yet to catch any real terrorists. Yet non citizens are allowed to enter my country illegally and vote for Democrats without an ID or any proof as to who they are. o_O [8~{} Uncle Terrorist Monster Don't forget Kalifornication which is giving them ids. You know what will follow from there. It just won't be the people down to the south... -- Tekkie I'm going to have to research what I heard on a talk radio show. A fellow claiming to be an investigator from South Africa told of people from South Africa and other countries who are NOT citizens of any state in The Union who were voting by mail through California. Those non-citizens wel/are voting in Presidential elections for President of The United States. The fraudulent votes are giving California the most Democrat leaning electors for the Electoral College. This according to the alleged investigator but I expect Democrats to lie, cheat and steal. The end justifies the means is The Commiecrat mantra. o_O [8~{} Uncle Citizen Monster What the heck. cadavers are voting from their graves in Philly and Chicago for a long time. -- Tekkie |
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On Friday, October 23, 2015 at 4:01:44 PM UTC-5, Tekkie® wrote:
Uncle Monster posted for all of us... On Friday, October 23, 2015 at 3:02:10 PM UTC-5, Tekkie® wrote: Uncle Monster posted for all of us... I've tried doxing myself online and find little if anything when using my real name. I've been in stealth mode for so long that I had to jump through all kinds of hoops to convince a prepaid CC issuer that I actually existed. It had something to do with the overreaching intrusive ant-terrorism laws that have yet to catch any real terrorists. Yet non citizens are allowed to enter my country illegally and vote for Democrats without an ID or any proof as to who they are. o_O [8~{} Uncle Terrorist Monster Don't forget Kalifornication which is giving them ids. You know what will follow from there. It just won't be the people down to the south... -- Tekkie I'm going to have to research what I heard on a talk radio show. A fellow claiming to be an investigator from South Africa told of people from South Africa and other countries who are NOT citizens of any state in The Union who were voting by mail through California. Those non-citizens wel/are voting in Presidential elections for President of The United States. The fraudulent votes are giving California the most Democrat leaning electors for the Electoral College. This according to the alleged investigator but I expect Democrats to lie, cheat and steal. The end justifies the means is The Commiecrat mantra. o_O [8~{} Uncle Citizen Monster What the heck. cadavers are voting from their graves in Philly and Chicago for a long time. -- Tekkie There was a story about a little old lady who was a lifelong Democrat and she wanted to be buried in Chicago so she could keep voting after death. ^_^ [8~{} Uncle Live Monster |
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