Spyke
lemmus.org

I feel confident about the quality of the construction of the piece of furniture this was sent with.

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D_Creply
sh.itjust.works

Then it doesn't need much strength. Just duct tape some rope to the buildings or trees, or whatever, and zip them straight over.

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I thought they said clothes line. Like how else are you going to dry out your babies? You monsters put them in the machine or something?

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Rhaedasreply
fedia.io

Most likely, the tools are manufactured by a third party and just dumped into the mix, so it's not as direct a problem as it seems.

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It's for people that have the hands at the other end of their arms.

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J92
lemmy.world

I'd cut the diagram out and mount it in a frame alongside the tool. It's excellent.

I went to a friend's house where her great auntie had mounted a clothes peg in a frame because the orientation of the spring over the wooden arm was the opposite to any she had seen before. And I'm clearly still thinking about it now, some 15 years later.

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lemmy.world

As someone with a set of the common tools, I hate how everything comes with shitty tools, just adding more weight and waste. Like even fucking replacement batteries for console controllers came with a little screwdriver.

And I bet it's all because of those shitty customers that complain about stupid shit like "I don't have the correct tools to use this thing I ordered" and enabling managers that bend over backwards instead of just saying "go to your hardware store and buy a fucking tool" or "look in a mirror" and hanging up on them.

Like how do you even function as a competent adult without some basic tools? Do you just accept that this door with a loose hinge is a pain to close? That this knob or handle just wobbles? That the handle on that shitty pot or pan might just come off as you try to lift the boiling water or even hotter oil inside it, or are pots and pans just too complicated in the first place?

Or is that why people have so many financial issues because the moment something needs some maintenance, it's time to call someone or toss it into the trash and buy a new one?

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Harvey656reply
lemmy.world

I used to be young, and when I was i thought "wow, why would I need tools? A drill? Freaking useless. My dad has one of those?!"

So I have two drills now, 5 or 6 computer kits and am in the process of looking for a good standing toolbox I can trust. Wild how I took a 180 on that thought process.

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Lol yeah, I went from not knowing why they sell those drill sets that come with more than one drill to being happy I bought one of those sets with two drills, in addition to the corded drill that got through my stone counter when I needed to add a faucet. I've even retired the first cheap drill I got when I didn't understand why some drills costed so much.

And the toolbox my dad got me when I was a teenager is still in my front closet, though it's been demoted to hardware box, since I didn't have the heart to get rid of it when my tool collection outgrew it.

I don't use them super often, but often enough that they are easy to get to. And they get put away, other than the tape measure, so I never have to search for them.

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Prusa gives you the option to save $21 by leaving out the tool pack on an MMU3, because logically you already have the same tools if you built a printer.

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piefed.social

The Japanese says "plus driver", which is a better name than "phillips head screwdriver" imo.

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Sasquatchreply
lemmy.ml

Japan typically uses JIS over Phillips though, right?

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sh.itjust.works

Apparently not since 2008, when JIS B 1012 was replaced with ISO 7864, which specifies a more universal cross-head screw drive designed to function well with both Phillips and JIS drivers, alongside a move away from cross-head screws in favor of ISO flavored metric Allen cap screws or Torx bolts.

Then there's Pozidriv, because Europe had the exact same idea as the Japanese: "Let's create our own, better Phillips that won't work with Phillips drivers. I'm smart and am helping." Technically better for all the same reasons Torx is, while being easily confused for Phillips.

Meanwhile, Canada's had it solved from the beginning with the Robertson drive. "Hey ya hosers, just make yer screwdriver square on the end dere. It's like poutine, it's simple and yet pretty good, eh?"

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Sasquatchreply
lemmy.ml

Yeah flat-bottomed polygons are the best. The ONLY exception is flatheads, which should only ever be used on surfaces prone to repainting, because you can scrape paint out pretty easily.

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Dicskareply
lemmy.world

Hell, we call it something like "star head screwdriver" and still everyone knows what it means (no, don't bring up more than 4 apexes (apices)). Imagine moving to a random country and they recommend you to buy an Intel layout keyboard or a Sony audio socket.

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Fair enough, that could also be seen as a star. By "everyone knows what it means" I meant people in my country - I didn't try to suggest everyone else would, as well. But either way, star head still narrows it down less poorly than Philips does (to people who don't immediately know).

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Damarusreply
feddit.org

Or a proper screwdriver, although I can see how your proposal is more fun

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You can only use this nail with the Hammer of T4or, when you quest in the valley of the time before Quality Control.

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🤣 I thought that damn thing was a weird triangle nail?

Which could be easily made with an angle grinder.

It wasn't until a keener-eyed commenter pointed out, then I realized the fucking Phillips head.

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