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Originally Posted by ThunderCactus
Are you SURE that's 40lbs? looks like a 20... unless you have huge hands
gently lifting 40lbs is one thing
20lbs of shock force is something entirely different
Did you know that if you have a stubborn hex head cap screw that just won't come out,
you can apply 65ft-lbs of force on that little guy and strip the head, and it will not have broken the force of friction holding it in place.
If you come at that screw with a different approach, like an impact wrench, just apply short bursts of 20-30ft-lbs and you'll break it loose without damaging the head.
When you fall on the gun, it's not going to be gradually applied force, it'll be shock force.
And either way, if you used a BETTER plastic, it would be much stronger and you wouldn't have to worry about it breaking the body lol
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Did you know flywheels are bolted down to almost 185lbs of torque and it's a bitch to do that by hand. Here we are again going in another direction, with another topic.. that should have been in another thread, on another forum.
Ok, here we go again. There is no one way to do a job, craft is what you make it. If you can't, well in today's world they have machinery that can, but it's still black smithing. As nut and bolts are too an assembly's. Just because there (is) "a better way to do things." doesn't mean that's the only way to do that thing. I mean its Precision made, Hammer fit. Right? We can make the bearing have 0.00001" of tolerance and it still needs to be set in place with hammer. We also know that grease fits up to 0.0001" before its just smeared out of the way with a compound applicator, and any microscopic residue left behind will literally be burned by the heat of friction and do nothing.
So for the last time,dearest Cactus. I am going to say this...
"I know.."
If I don't know, I will ask... or start the thread with a question and finish that sentence with a "?".
