WRONG. Not only is it not better, it's WORSE. The only time thread sealant is superior to Teflon tape is in high pressure connections. In household plumbing, the seal quality of properly applied thread sealant is similar to properly applied Teflon tape. Meanwhile you've now added a sealing substance that is more difficult to remove and replace on a fitting designed to be removed. You're argument is akin to using threadlocker red instead of threadlocker blue because "it will hold better." oof.
It doesn't even pick up paint like it shows in the video. Plus... It's just paint. In the time it takes to get sugar, apply it, stir it up, and then go to clean it you can just use 1 paper towel to clean 99% of it and then a second, slightly damp paper towel to get the rest.
pretty sure it's pre-AI slop; content farms. 5-minute crafts (the giant russian company with offices full of people on desks making fake shit) or the Vietnamese/Indonesian/Indian companies that came in their wake
If you torqued a pipe hard enough to snap it in half at the threads while trying to loosen it, there is no way two loose bolts and a screw driver are going to unscrew that.
The first one is sorta pointless. Use the disc lock and then just spin the disc by hand. The pipe one, ok that might work sometimes but why not use a punch? A nail works as one, once. Whats that drain hose draining? The pipe snapped only works for copper or ones not corroded so bad its chemically welded together. The paint/sugar 100% doesnt work like that. The PTFE tape does work. The zip tie on cable sorta works, depends on the cable.
I use the tape trick for drilling bamboo all the time. A punch could easily split it. You can, however, use a small chisel and make a divot that way... but the tape lets me write all over it without scribbling all over the wood.
You don't even need a zip tie to re-wrap the cable, just use your fingers if the cable is clean and unbroken, or a pliers if there's a danger of injury. The key point is to wrap from the beginning of the fray towards the end of the cable, not from the frayed end. I re-wrap bicycle brake cables all the time and then use a cap to prevent a re-occurrence.
Fucking thank you. I have to regularly switch from a diamond blade to a metal cutting disc, I've maybe used the key once. I just use my hand, or if the disc is hot, hit the lock and roll it in the ground. No need to damage or potentially break your existing tools.
Oh I always use a proper key for the thin aluminum carbide cutting discs as they can fail in a very spectacular way. There's less chance that can happen if there's plenty of pressure keeping the center delaminating.
Ive never had a disc fail like that, and I use tons of harbor fright ones. Ive had more issue with the 12" and larger ones doing that cause I am often twisting them and just being stupid about the cut. If you often have this issue then I would keep a proper key taped to the cord or handle (i do that anyhow cause I lose them else-wise)
Yeah it is extremely rare, but remember it's basically resin and good wishes keeping those laminate layers together at very high speeds and you can't tell if a disc is factory faulty by looking at it. Forcing that nut to really press them together hard will make most disc breakups far less violent and even less likely because the disc can't slip off all the way from center. The composite structure will keep it in place, but for only as long it will not delaminate, which it now can't.
Ehh... half of these are iffy on functioning or temporary fixes at best while you wait on the proper stuff, but the other half very much follow the 'Sometimes the best tool for the job is the tool you have on hand', and a couple are almost the right way to do it without hyper specialized tools(The wrapping in a tight spot one, specifically)
Contrarian bullshittery. Most were just common sense applications of leverage/friction that one might not have thought of in the moment. There's maybe two that are "half-assed" jobs (or more reasonably: temporary fixes until proper hardware can be procured (the wire in the hose (that wire will rust or damage the hose long term, but it'll direct water away from a wall or pooling area until better solution) and the dual-nut hitch (will hold perfectly well until proper wire-clamps installed)) fo
I dont want to be contrarian, but: the grinder thing? you either need to glue the pliers in the nut to do that, cuz the pliers will torque far too much to stay in the holes or three hands: one for the disk stopper, one for the pliers and one for the screwdriver. Better to put on some leather gloves, use the disk stopper and hit the disk with a 10° angle. The nut will unscrew easy AF. The metal pipe? tape is useless. better to take a puncher and make a microcenter. >
the piece of wire in the hose will rust ASAP, especially in an heavy calcareous water. the broken threaded part? only work 50% of the times because you need steel bolts with heavy thread to incide and lock in the broken part. This also mean that, unless the part is deformed and/or made in iron, the bolts can easly slip because they cant indent. Not a bad idea, but require certain things. the security wire and bolts work well too, but then you either need to tie the loose end of the wire >
Great. Now you get to pay more money and wait anywhere from 2 days to 4 weeks to complete your job. Great. You have completed the task in the most inefficient way possible.
You see, needle nose pliers are not designed to get a sideways load like that. They are made to do quite a different thing. It is not a pray bar. Also, if you cannot undo the disk by hand, it most probably requires significant force to unscrew that nut. You know, they say: "give an idiot a crystal dick, he not only breaks the dick but also cuts his hands". Use tools to do things they are made for.
Look, you can drive nails with a microscope. It is quite heavy and has a nice tube for comfortable grip. And you don't need to do that every time. You do stoopid thing to the tool once, it is crippled permanently. Needle nose pliers with bent jaws are of a very limited usefullness.
Hekatombe
satanicblackmagic
ah yes, for all the times my grinder disc gets stuck :<
gordy77
That cat definitely killed someone
PullShporttel
https://imgur.com/bM3JKnw
Bytencoder
alquin13
Was that a cat doing one of those?
LerryV2
Push in the wheel lock, grab the grinder disk, turn, it unscrews the nut. I havent used one of those spanner wrenches in years
apLundell
Things like this are all either "How to avoid spending $5 on a tool." or "Here's how we solved a situation so specific it'll never happen to you."
BronyDanza
Thread sealant over that Teflon tape garbage.
gablestout
WRONG. Not only is it not better, it's WORSE.
The only time thread sealant is superior to Teflon tape is in high pressure connections.
In household plumbing, the seal quality of properly applied thread sealant is similar to properly applied Teflon tape. Meanwhile you've now added a sealing substance that is more difficult to remove and replace on a fitting designed to be removed.
You're argument is akin to using threadlocker red instead of threadlocker blue because "it will hold better." oof.
Yasashii93
These are some useful tip I’ll never remember when I actually need them.
linexnewt
pro-tip - you'll never need them
sochilln
https://media3.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPWE1NzM3M2U1NnFqcTVqdTBjZDVsbHE1b2Q0ZGYwMjZwNmt3Yzg2MTJwc2lqZDhyNiZlcD12MV9naWZzX3NlYXJjaCZjdD1n/3o85xwkNJVNIFmQnHq/200w.webp
discostewsm
Does sugar also pick up blood the same way? Asking for.... a friend who can't talk right now.
Badprenup
It doesn't even pick up paint like it shows in the video. Plus... It's just paint. In the time it takes to get sugar, apply it, stir it up, and then go to clean it you can just use 1 paper towel to clean 99% of it and then a second, slightly damp paper towel to get the rest.
MeestowKitty
This reeks of AI.
gablestout
How, exactly, does this "reek of AI"?
EntropyReign
pretty sure it's pre-AI slop; content farms. 5-minute crafts (the giant russian company with offices full of people on desks making fake shit) or the Vietnamese/Indonesian/Indian companies that came in their wake
MeestowKitty
I feel like somehow that's not much better.
mirrorz
If you torqued a pipe hard enough to snap it in half at the threads while trying to loosen it, there is no way two loose bolts and a screw driver are going to unscrew that.
MCTMCT
I would try WD-40 in the first place.
TK421isAFK
You would be better off using something that is actually made to dissolve corrosion, like PB Blaster.
whiskeywonka
The first one is sorta pointless. Use the disc lock and then just spin the disc by hand. The pipe one, ok that might work sometimes but why not use a punch? A nail works as one, once. Whats that drain hose draining? The pipe snapped only works for copper or ones not corroded so bad its chemically welded together. The paint/sugar 100% doesnt work like that. The PTFE tape does work. The zip tie on cable sorta works, depends on the cable.
savanik
I use the tape trick for drilling bamboo all the time. A punch could easily split it. You can, however, use a small chisel and make a divot that way... but the tape lets me write all over it without scribbling all over the wood.
whiskeywonka
ya wood is far different than a pipe
Type17
You don't even need a zip tie to re-wrap the cable, just use your fingers if the cable is clean and unbroken, or a pliers if there's a danger of injury. The key point is to wrap from the beginning of the fray towards the end of the cable, not from the frayed end. I re-wrap bicycle brake cables all the time and then use a cap to prevent a re-occurrence.
davebarton315101
Yeah, because everything works better with a blood sacrifice. Every stair I ever built has my blood on it but don’t tell anyone.
whiskeywonka
Thats how you know you are a good craftsman
WorstWurst
Fucking thank you. I have to regularly switch from a diamond blade to a metal cutting disc, I've maybe used the key once. I just use my hand, or if the disc is hot, hit the lock and roll it in the ground. No need to damage or potentially break your existing tools.
MinistryOfSillyTalks
Oh I always use a proper key for the thin aluminum carbide cutting discs as they can fail in a very spectacular way. There's less chance that can happen if there's plenty of pressure keeping the center delaminating.
whiskeywonka
Ive never had a disc fail like that, and I use tons of harbor fright ones. Ive had more issue with the 12" and larger ones doing that cause I am often twisting them and just being stupid about the cut. If you often have this issue then I would keep a proper key taped to the cord or handle (i do that anyhow cause I lose them else-wise)
MinistryOfSillyTalks
Yeah it is extremely rare, but remember it's basically resin and good wishes keeping those laminate layers together at very high speeds and you can't tell if a disc is factory faulty by looking at it. Forcing that nut to really press them together hard will make most disc breakups far less violent and even less likely because the disc can't slip off all the way from center. The composite structure will keep it in place, but for only as long it will not delaminate, which it now can't.
ipointoutnahtzeesbyreplyingtothem
"Don't have the tools to do a job correctly, or fucked up and did a job wrong? Here's some hacks to do it half-assed instead of the right way!"
charliechaplinslookalike
You may not be a Nazi but your still kinda a goose
ByThePowerOfSCIENCE
*instead of dropping everything to drive to the hardware store for a single-use gadget that they may not even carry
HiddenSanity
Ehh... half of these are iffy on functioning or temporary fixes at best while you wait on the proper stuff, but the other half very much follow the 'Sometimes the best tool for the job is the tool you have on hand', and a couple are almost the right way to do it without hyper specialized tools(The wrapping in a tight spot one, specifically)
Theraininspaindrainsmainlydownthemainvein
Well yes, they're labelled as "hacks" not "the correct way of doing things"
InsertUnimaginativeUsernameHere
Hey! I need to know these.
fastlaserjockey
Contrarian bullshittery.
Most were just common sense applications of leverage/friction that one might not have thought of in the moment.
There's maybe two that are "half-assed" jobs (or more reasonably: temporary fixes until proper hardware can be procured (the wire in the hose (that wire will rust or damage the hose long term, but it'll direct water away from a wall or pooling area until better solution) and the dual-nut hitch (will hold perfectly well until proper wire-clamps installed))
fo
fastlaserjockey
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almost missed a close parenthesis. Was about to have everything I typed for the rest of the day be part of that comment.
LinguisticBitch
I’ll forgive you.
Unclescam
You assume I still have the spanner for my angle grinder? No. It disappeared long ago.
AzgarOgly
Is it magical? It disappeared by itself? Does it have a free will? Or you should say "I have lost it"?
2B4UALL
Useful anyway
ipointoutnahtzeesbyreplyingtothem
Useful would be showing the proper way to do things. This is viral bait crap.
ByThePowerOfSCIENCE
the proper way is whatever does the job well and doesn't create a hazard
SmokeyEmcee
The one where they are getting the threaded part out with the two bolts is actually genius… change my mind
ignotoCiResto
I dont want to be contrarian, but: the grinder thing? you either need to glue the pliers in the nut to do that, cuz the pliers will torque far too much to stay in the holes or three hands: one for the disk stopper, one for the pliers and one for the screwdriver. Better to put on some leather gloves, use the disk stopper and hit the disk with a 10° angle. The nut will unscrew easy AF.
The metal pipe? tape is useless. better to take a puncher and make a microcenter. >
ignotoCiResto
the piece of wire in the hose will rust ASAP, especially in an heavy calcareous water. the broken threaded part? only work 50% of the times because you need steel bolts with heavy thread to incide and lock in the broken part. This also mean that, unless the part is deformed and/or made in iron, the bolts can easly slip because they cant indent. Not a bad idea, but require certain things. the security wire and bolts work well too, but then you either need to tie the loose end of the wire >
ipointoutnahtzeesbyreplyingtothem
two seconds in google
HiddenSanity
You got a set of those in your toolbox then?
SilverFoxChaser
Great. Now you get to pay more money and wait anywhere from 2 days to 4 weeks to complete your job. Great. You have completed the task in the most inefficient way possible.
AzgarOgly
So I have lost my angle grinder wrench, so now I destroy my needle nose pliers too, because I am a total failure when it comes to using tools.
Skuggen
No new tools until you've used up all your current ones!
fastlaserjockey
Are your pliers made of cheese? How does this destroy your pliers? Some people just gotta be shitty about everything
AzgarOgly
You see, needle nose pliers are not designed to get a sideways load like that. They are made to do quite a different thing. It is not a pray bar.
Also, if you cannot undo the disk by hand, it most probably requires significant force to unscrew that nut.
You know, they say: "give an idiot a crystal dick, he not only breaks the dick but also cuts his hands". Use tools to do things they are made for.
MCTMCT
Take can take the load, it's not like they're meant to be a permanent solution.
AzgarOgly
Look, you can drive nails with a microscope. It is quite heavy and has a nice tube for comfortable grip. And you don't need to do that every time.
You do stoopid thing to the tool once, it is crippled permanently. Needle nose pliers with bent jaws are of a very limited usefullness.
MCTMCT
They don't bent that easily. You'd be suprised how many tools can be used "wrong" and they still work while using correctly.