DempstersBox

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[–] DempstersBox@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago (2 children)

There's a 'free zone' in Belize that ahh.... It's like a pustulant blister of capitalism. It's gross. Feels gross. Everywhere that isn't actively selling shit is a literal garbage dump, and there's a ton of building carcasses with faded signs falling off of them. Looks like in its heyday it was at best a sleazy strip mall.

[–] DempstersBox@lemmy.world 3 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (3 children)

Also, I get it's a restoration project, which are fun and wholesome, but Fuck push saws.

Pull saws are where it is at! Easier to keep on target, less work, and you can't crease the blade on a cut and ruin the whole fucking saw

Though, I've never seen a pull saw you can play with a bow

[–] DempstersBox@lemmy.world 3 points 4 days ago

I think you're the only other fucker in this thread who may have used their hands before

[–] DempstersBox@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago

How do you clamp a bolt head that's recessed?

[–] DempstersBox@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago

Drilling a spinning bolt is Not Easy. Not impossible, bit there's better ways to go about things

[–] DempstersBox@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago

No he fucking doesn't

[–] DempstersBox@lemmy.world 4 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Wood glue isn't going to hold on metal at all.

Anti-seize to stop spinning? What? No. Anti seize is shit you put on threads so that when you come back years later, they still move.

Long acting lubricant.

And drilling out a bolt that's already spinning isn't going to be a fun time

[–] DempstersBox@lemmy.world 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Super glue is super brittle. Will fail at the first bit of force

[–] DempstersBox@lemmy.world 7 points 4 days ago (5 children)

There's no glue or epoxy on earth I'm aware of that will hold on metal well enough to handle the force of unscrewing a bolt.

You might solder nuts to either side, that might hold and be reversible.

The suggestions of drilling it out also won't work well, if it's already spinning in place, it will spin faster.

I know you don't want to, but cutting a slot is your best bet. If you do it clean, it'll just look like a screw. You could replace with a rivet if you really need a non-screw look for the finish

[–] DempstersBox@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Super glue is super fragile

[–] DempstersBox@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago

You know, fairy tales for children generally involved horror, murder, dismemberment and worse.

To get the kids to be aware of the actual horrors of the world, which are worse.

Hearing a story about, or seeing a fictional or even actual video of some of the fucked up shit people do to each other for stupid fucking reasons is still not actually traumatic.

Experiencing depictions of such shit should absolutely bother you. Should absolutely put you a bit on your toes, in real life, on the daily.

So you can avoid those situations. So you know shit like that's possible, and fucked up fuckers have done it and will do it, and they'll think they're right the whole time.

Because when it does actually happen, that's when it is traumatic, and not just being smart and aware

[–] DempstersBox@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago

Ruining your day isn't ruining your life.

Life sucks. Get a helmet

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