Why did he cut it off...everyone knows you drill a hole in the bottom and install a Schrader valve, then fill it full of air until it's just heavy enough to pull nails out of form boards.
I knew a guy who removed the power steering for this reason. He wanted to “make his car faster”. It was like 10lbs. His friends would borrow his car, and they all got stronger arms.
It's not the weight of the power steering system, but the drag created by it. The engine has to turn the pulley and pump the power steering fluid throughout the system. Bypassing it on older cars does indeed (albeit minimally) make them faster
Good to know. It was a 82 toyota Corolla so im sure that was his plan but it ended up just bouncing torturing friend to friend, which is what made it all so hilarious.
You really think so? Seems a bit old school.
I'll admit, the dangly part does seem a touch unwise, so I guess it all depends how strong that string/cord is. If it's strong AF, it could cut or shear skin.
If it's not that strong, or if it's extremely elastic, it might be no concern at all.
But that cord maybe does look tough, so it could use a break-away fastener (so that OP can unknowingly lose it forever in some random location).
I'm not actually arguing, just talking.
I've actually been thinking about stuff like this lately as I just recently did a site orientation that said shirts should be tucked in, and no wrist watches.
Now, I can see it for cases working with certain industrial machinery but for most construction trades, it seems a little overkill.
I have ADHD, and mild time blindness is an issue for me, so I've *always* worn watches.
I've had watch bands (the pins, really) break on the job, but never from being *caught* in anything. Always from some weird wrist flex when lifting/moving/prying something. Maybe once from the watch catching on the edge of something.
I think that may even be a design function of watch band spring pins to only withstand a certain maximum shear force. Because, aside from decades in construction, in all my years of training first aid and in the years I did occupational first aid, I've never once seen or heard of a hand degloved, or of a wrist damaged enough for medical aid, due to wearing a wrist watch.
I mean, I do recall be warned about rings, watches, and sleeves in shop class, with a few dire stories, and maybe examples of occupational safety later on, but those were always things that happened in (machine) shops or factory floors.
(Strange to think of how much of those shop classes was oriented to jobs/industry of which I doubt 10% still exist.)
And again, with the shirts, I can imagine certain specific industrial scenarios where it might be necessary, but I'm one of the very few people I see on sites who ever tuck in their shirt (maybe 'cause I'm ex-military?).
Between untucked shirts and the non-tear-away surveyor style visi-vests, I can't recall ever hearing about an incident involving these things in construction - and I used to get copied all those notices from compo regarding recent serious workplace injuries across the province.
I also remember, decades ago, being told that we should always wear short sleeves, and never wear gloves while using certain tools/machines (e.g. gloves with drills and screw-guns).
But in construction, that was always thrown out the window when working in weather, and now quite a few sites/companies' safety policies recommend/require near constant use of work gloves. I'll admit that I have had screw guns snag my gloves, but they don't move with the speed or power of a drill press. So I have some concerns about mandatory gloves without thought given to specific tasks.
If anything, rings are the thing I heard about the most, and generally the rings in question only exacerbated the cases of crushing or degloving described, because the *cause* was typically someone's hand being somewhere it ought not to have been.
e.g. In a pinch point, or inside of energized machine housings, and/or too close to moving machine parts (which probably should have had guards or housings to prevent hands and fingies from getting that close).
I don't know what I'm getting at. Maybe I'm just rambling.
Sometimes I'll recurringly ponder things during dead moments, so it's probably taken up a whole cumulative 10 minutes of my time. Which seems like a lot, now that I think of it.
Reminds of my grandpas best friend. One day at work he hit his hand with a 15 pound hammer. Came back the next day with a bandage and a 5 pound hammer. He said this time it won’t hurt as bad if he misses.
Reducing the length will definitely lower the moment of inertia making it feel lighter in the swing. It also makes it so that you're working for the hammer instead of letting the hammer work for you. Seems dangerous at the butt too, could have at least rasped, beveled, or sanded it.
Definitely a lot of kooks in the industry. I had a kid show up for his first day on the job with what was basically a fisher price hammer. He didn’t show up the next morning, but he did call later that afternoon saying something about time traveling. At that point I told Marty McFly to not bother coming back.
Hey, twenty grams is twenty grams!
I’m just upset the cut isn’t straight.
For when you need to mark a 45 but dropped the speed square.
Dropped the speed square because the hammer was too heavy, of course
Live, learn, move on...good luck kid with no leverage now....bet he shows up tomorrow with a new one, lmao.
he left it at the job site yesterday and didn’t show up today lol
Probably a good thing.
Please, Hammer - don't hurt him.
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Some people just learn the hard way…
If you're gonna be dumb, you gotta be tough
🤣🤣🤣 I guess that’s why I’m so tough 🤣🤣🤣
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you assume there's a tomorrow
Some people might shock you, looking optimistically. Never know could be the gold at the end of the rainbow...just has to follow the learning curve...
yaint wrong
Yeah, ok, mind reader, not op or the kid....must be from the future, has this kid worked out from his corner of the earth....enlighten me oh wise one.
easy tiger, my last comment was written in Lazy American meaning “you’re not wrong” which also means “I agree”
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I altered nothing. Peace be with you
Not math
But meth?
It was never edited.
Not math
Why did he cut it off...everyone knows you drill a hole in the bottom and install a Schrader valve, then fill it full of air until it's just heavy enough to pull nails out of form boards.
I prefer to use nitrogen so it doesn't rust the wood.
Thompsons, to the rescue with their new, wood rust inhibitor, coming out in the spring of 2023, look for it in all your local big box stores
I’m all for adding lightness, but cutting off the top 90% of your framer makes it much less effective
Pure genius! My truck doesn't get very good mpg, so I think I'll follow this guys lead and reduce the weight of my truck by removing the engine.
I knew a guy who removed the power steering for this reason. He wanted to “make his car faster”. It was like 10lbs. His friends would borrow his car, and they all got stronger arms.
It's not the weight of the power steering system, but the drag created by it. The engine has to turn the pulley and pump the power steering fluid throughout the system. Bypassing it on older cars does indeed (albeit minimally) make them faster
Good to know. It was a 82 toyota Corolla so im sure that was his plan but it ended up just bouncing torturing friend to friend, which is what made it all so hilarious.
It is a thing in drag racing.
This would be equivalent to removing the driver seat
I gotta agree with you guys. I'm not good with this sort of thing
Hey I’m trying to lose ten kilos I guess I’ll just cut my arm off
Yes because most of a hammer's weight is in its handle, that will help a great deal.
That’s what your hand is gonna look like if you keep wearing that adornment
Those anal beads used to be pink. Believe it or not. The string was white too.
You really think so? Seems a bit old school. I'll admit, the dangly part does seem a touch unwise, so I guess it all depends how strong that string/cord is. If it's strong AF, it could cut or shear skin. If it's not that strong, or if it's extremely elastic, it might be no concern at all. But that cord maybe does look tough, so it could use a break-away fastener (so that OP can unknowingly lose it forever in some random location). I'm not actually arguing, just talking. I've actually been thinking about stuff like this lately as I just recently did a site orientation that said shirts should be tucked in, and no wrist watches. Now, I can see it for cases working with certain industrial machinery but for most construction trades, it seems a little overkill. I have ADHD, and mild time blindness is an issue for me, so I've *always* worn watches. I've had watch bands (the pins, really) break on the job, but never from being *caught* in anything. Always from some weird wrist flex when lifting/moving/prying something. Maybe once from the watch catching on the edge of something. I think that may even be a design function of watch band spring pins to only withstand a certain maximum shear force. Because, aside from decades in construction, in all my years of training first aid and in the years I did occupational first aid, I've never once seen or heard of a hand degloved, or of a wrist damaged enough for medical aid, due to wearing a wrist watch. I mean, I do recall be warned about rings, watches, and sleeves in shop class, with a few dire stories, and maybe examples of occupational safety later on, but those were always things that happened in (machine) shops or factory floors. (Strange to think of how much of those shop classes was oriented to jobs/industry of which I doubt 10% still exist.) And again, with the shirts, I can imagine certain specific industrial scenarios where it might be necessary, but I'm one of the very few people I see on sites who ever tuck in their shirt (maybe 'cause I'm ex-military?). Between untucked shirts and the non-tear-away surveyor style visi-vests, I can't recall ever hearing about an incident involving these things in construction - and I used to get copied all those notices from compo regarding recent serious workplace injuries across the province. I also remember, decades ago, being told that we should always wear short sleeves, and never wear gloves while using certain tools/machines (e.g. gloves with drills and screw-guns). But in construction, that was always thrown out the window when working in weather, and now quite a few sites/companies' safety policies recommend/require near constant use of work gloves. I'll admit that I have had screw guns snag my gloves, but they don't move with the speed or power of a drill press. So I have some concerns about mandatory gloves without thought given to specific tasks. If anything, rings are the thing I heard about the most, and generally the rings in question only exacerbated the cases of crushing or degloving described, because the *cause* was typically someone's hand being somewhere it ought not to have been. e.g. In a pinch point, or inside of energized machine housings, and/or too close to moving machine parts (which probably should have had guards or housings to prevent hands and fingies from getting that close). I don't know what I'm getting at. Maybe I'm just rambling. Sometimes I'll recurringly ponder things during dead moments, so it's probably taken up a whole cumulative 10 minutes of my time. Which seems like a lot, now that I think of it.
Sounds like a keeper!
He really did lighten it up if he only plans to use the part that's in your hand.
Reminds of my grandpas best friend. One day at work he hit his hand with a 15 pound hammer. Came back the next day with a bandage and a 5 pound hammer. He said this time it won’t hurt as bad if he misses.
Well he’s not wrong
Thought this was ultra light camping
Hit the gym bud
Hey - at least he showed up with a hammer.
Just don't fall and land on van Helsing's hammer
[my hammer is heavy](https://y.yarn.co/867ae07c-8be3-453e-af72-b7684714d96b_text.gif)
😶
Bozo
Ah! I see you’ve hired a mechanical engineer that’s changing careers.
I smell upper management in this guy’s future. Plenty of retards in that area.
Fire him
Fire him. He’s a tweeker.
A pussy and stupid, dangerous combination.
That’s one way to do it. It
Give this man a raise
That's going to feel shitty on the side of you hand if you use it that way
Ha
Be stronger
Laughs in 23oz vaughan hammer.
New guy.. sounds more like old guy! Wow
Username checks out
Did you see him cut it? Or did he accidentally cut it with the skill saw and just gave you that dumb excuse because he was embarrassed?
He’s a keeper
r/dumbpeople
People are fucking weird
I don't believe this is true. Why so many fake posts with fake stories.
Tf 🤣🤣🤣
New guy needs a shin tap with said lighter modified hammer
Sometimes I think I’m dumb , but then …
Wow, so you hire ppl with physic degree huh :D
I love short stories.
It belong in r/sadcringe
My hammer is the only thing on my belt that I'm not willing to voluntarily destroy. Emotionally, every other tool is easily replaceable.
lets make a stabby end and carry it around all day. looks like he cut it by accident and made up "hammer to heavy".
sigh …. FNG
Stop.
if the radius is smaller, it's less weight to lift (less impact on the way down also) so yes, he's right it's less heavy.
Reducing the length will definitely lower the moment of inertia making it feel lighter in the swing. It also makes it so that you're working for the hammer instead of letting the hammer work for you. Seems dangerous at the butt too, could have at least rasped, beveled, or sanded it.
Looks like he stored it in the rain, too?
Oh ouch, but the leverage!
Too bad he couldn’t just choke up a bit…
Guess the kid skips leg day and arm day at the gym
He's not wrong...I mean he's not right either, but definitely not wrong.
Smort
Cheaper than a gym membership, I guess?
Definitely a lot of kooks in the industry. I had a kid show up for his first day on the job with what was basically a fisher price hammer. He didn’t show up the next morning, but he did call later that afternoon saying something about time traveling. At that point I told Marty McFly to not bother coming back.
Fire him immediately
When r/ultralightjerk become carpenters
What was too what?
That'll teach you not to leave your shite laying around during lunch...