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.
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.
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.
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
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.
Yasashii93
These are some useful tip I’ll never remember when I actually need them.
Bytencoder
Hekatombe
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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!"
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.
2B4UALL
Useful anyway
ipointoutnahtzeesbyreplyingtothem
Useful would be showing the proper way to do things. This is viral bait crap.
SmokeyEmcee
The one where they are getting the threaded part out with the two bolts is actually genius… change my mind
ipointoutnahtzeesbyreplyingtothem
two seconds in google
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.