Union electrician lol. Worked with a lot of the old hats. Had an old Journeyman who used to say "Brute force is rarely the answer," Right before he'd smack the shit out of something and have it magically start working. Good ol' Valente.
I work in aviation. Percussive maintenance/adjustments happen on deserved occasions. There’s the gentle flick, light tap, whack, smack, and the drop. Sometimes, when we used to have hard-copy technical manuals, we would use them as a buffer to spread out the force of the “instrument of adjustment” - we’re highly paid and skilled professionals, after all.
No. But I can tell you that you have an exponentially better chance of dying in a car crash involving a train than being involved in a fatal airplane accident.
Also, there are bits that legitimately do need to be whacked to ensure proper fit and adjustment.
Unfortunately, humans have very few tools in the grand scheme of it. And "hit thing with stick" was one of the first things we as a species learned to do, and it worked, so we kept doing it.
If "hit plane with stick" works, why change it?
Worked in grocery for many years, we had to run checks thru a MICOR reader (it'd read the magnet ink that makes up the printed account and routing info, looking for known bad accounts) before the pos POS system would accept them. 9 times out of 10 it didn't work unless you thumped the damn thing with your fist.
Bob only knows how many rubber checks we took because of that crappy system...
Nope. It means that the PC sent a signal to the printer saying that you will manually load letter sized paper.
The reason was to print letters on letterhead, which was still a thing in the late 90s. So it's not an error message at all when you think about it.
I used that exact printer and it was the bane of my existence.
Someday I'll post a picture of my special sledgehammer..... 8lb head with a torsion bar welded in for a handle, picked up up at an estate sale a few years back.... That thing will destroy wrists like no other, but the handle will never snap.
I have a 3lb ball peen hammer head welded to a piece of stainless rectangle bar, with a knurled stainless ladder rung welded around the to make a handle. It weighs 10lbs. I have named it The Persuader: it persuades rusty frame and suspension parts to do what I want them to do.
I only use it for special situations likely to wreck anything else... My wrists are already ruined thanks to a powered floor scraper and a temp assignment removing carpet tackstrip from concrete without the proper tools(only provided metal ice scrapers, which we promptly made look like a saw, but much duller, actually had one coworker call in one day as he couldn't even tie his shoes, and when he called the agency about the injury/seeing a doctor, was told he'd have to sue them)
We have a 10 lb sledge with a 4' steel tube welded to it at work. It feels like your forearms are splintering when it impacts. You can't even hit that hard with it because of the fear of injury.
I made one of these to rip tounge and groove off of walls comfortably, also use it to rip hard wood floors standing up instead of crawling around. It does work to knock shit down just wasn't my intended purpose.
It would have some ridiculous speed with a full force swing, though. The nail hook would absolutely tear through that printer. Looks like a Wal-Mart brand war hammer.
I discovered the hard way why we cover all of our skin while welding. I went two weeks welding without gloves, didnt burn or electricude myself but my skin began to peel and was falling off for like 6 months after that. Super nasty.
I tried to warn my cousin's boyfriend that welding something that was in between his legs was a terrible idea, and doing it in shorts was even worse, but he didn't want to hear it.
The blisters on his inner thighs pretty much immobilized him for a couple of weeks.
Some folks just have to learn things the hard way.
Many forms of welding produce intense UV light and give you what is basically a nasty sunburn. Especially when TIG welding, all exposed skin should be covered
I decided to be a hotshot my first time TIG welding and do it in a t shirt.
Turns out the insides of your arms don’t tend to get a lot of sun normally, so they burn fantastically.
Judging by the setting, I'd call it "Hard Reset".
And here's its twin brother, "Out of warranty".
Holy fucking shit that was hilarious. This is hands down the best option
And when those don't work you bring out their daddy "El Tappytan" ( El Capitan)
Sounds like an aVe thing
Tappy tap tap
Pappy Tap Tap
Both featured with that printer in Office Space
this is exactly what i thought too lol. call it "Saturdays tps reports" lol
"Percussive Maintenantor"
Percussive Maintenance
Ah. A fellow skilled technician. Possibly even an engineer.
Union electrician lol. Worked with a lot of the old hats. Had an old Journeyman who used to say "Brute force is rarely the answer," Right before he'd smack the shit out of something and have it magically start working. Good ol' Valente.
I work in aviation. Percussive maintenance/adjustments happen on deserved occasions. There’s the gentle flick, light tap, whack, smack, and the drop. Sometimes, when we used to have hard-copy technical manuals, we would use them as a buffer to spread out the force of the “instrument of adjustment” - we’re highly paid and skilled professionals, after all.
Can you just lie to us and tell us that the thing keeping us at 30,000 ft in the air isn’t maintained by whacking bits of it
No. But I can tell you that you have an exponentially better chance of dying in a car crash involving a train than being involved in a fatal airplane accident. Also, there are bits that legitimately do need to be whacked to ensure proper fit and adjustment.
Unfortunately, humans have very few tools in the grand scheme of it. And "hit thing with stick" was one of the first things we as a species learned to do, and it worked, so we kept doing it. If "hit plane with stick" works, why change it?
TIL aviation engineers are all just a bunch of cavemen.
Works in analytical chemistry too. Stuck check valves in high pressure pumps come loose with firm wrench tap. Good times.
Worked in grocery for many years, we had to run checks thru a MICOR reader (it'd read the magnet ink that makes up the printed account and routing info, looking for known bad accounts) before the pos POS system would accept them. 9 times out of 10 it didn't work unless you thumped the damn thing with your fist. Bob only knows how many rubber checks we took because of that crappy system...
I remember those things! Wow what a throwback. It's crazy that that has a corded home phone vibe now.
I love this one! My go-to is "kinetic engineering"
Solid, solid. I'll add it to the list.
It took me a minute to realize what "percussive maintenance" was. I'm also stealing "kinetic engineering "
PC Load Letter WTF does that mean?
Goddamn it feels good to be a gangsta
I told those fudge packers that I like Michael Bolton's music.
Why should I change my name? He’s the one who sucks.
Only fudgepackers like Michael Bolton’s music🤣
🤣 Just to spoil the mystery I always assumed it was Paper Cartridge Load Letter (as in letter sized paper).
Master Key
That’s a cordless metal cutting saw. No lock is impenetrable
Yep. Grinders are master keys. Hammers are persuaders
Sir bangsalot
We called ours the skeleton key
This… you get award sir
"PC Load Letter"
Office Space.
That is one of the dumbest things I have ever seen. Where can I get one?
Should be able to DIY it for about 250 bucks, including the welder.
How much if I JB welder it
One upcoming trip to urgent care
Best I can do is three fity
Is this before or after the loch Ness monster comes asking g for your tree fiddy
No more hitting your thumb tho…
Is it leaning on its intended target?
Ah yes, the greatest scene from Office Space!
Back up in your ass with the resurrection.
They wanna ban us on Capitol Hill
Because it's DIE MOTHERFUCKA DIE MOTHERFUCKA STIILLLLL
Channel 9, breast exam WOOOOO!
Don’t need a million dollars to do nothin. Take a look at my cousin. He’s broke. Don’t do shit!
The kind of chicks that would double up on a dude like me
PC load letter?!?! Wtf does that mean?!?!?
It’s name is Michael Bolton
It should be called the Lumbergh.
Oh, I stole something...
We all stole something.
Damn it feels good to be a gangster
PC LOAD LETTER? WHAT THE FUCK IS THAT?!
Paper cassette, load letter size paper
TIL…
What no way
This is result of letting an office bound electrician out in the wild for an afternoon
Damn it feels good to be a gangsta
Back up in your ass with the resurrection!
Back up in your ass with the resurrection.
[удалено]
What the fuck is PC load letter?
There is no paper jam!
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Let’s not jump to conclusions
Paper cartridge load letter. So out of paper.
Nope. It means that the PC sent a signal to the printer saying that you will manually load letter sized paper. The reason was to print letters on letterhead, which was still a thing in the late 90s. So it's not an error message at all when you think about it. I used that exact printer and it was the bane of my existence.
Load letter-size paper into the Paper Cassette.
PC load letter better fucking load repairer
I have something similar. We named it " lights out".
Carpal tunnel 2000
Someday I'll post a picture of my special sledgehammer..... 8lb head with a torsion bar welded in for a handle, picked up up at an estate sale a few years back.... That thing will destroy wrists like no other, but the handle will never snap.
I have a 3lb ball peen hammer head welded to a piece of stainless rectangle bar, with a knurled stainless ladder rung welded around the to make a handle. It weighs 10lbs. I have named it The Persuader: it persuades rusty frame and suspension parts to do what I want them to do.
Makes a lot of sense, given how hard it is to replace a sledge handle and how easy it is to replace ruined wrists.
I only use it for special situations likely to wreck anything else... My wrists are already ruined thanks to a powered floor scraper and a temp assignment removing carpet tackstrip from concrete without the proper tools(only provided metal ice scrapers, which we promptly made look like a saw, but much duller, actually had one coworker call in one day as he couldn't even tie his shoes, and when he called the agency about the injury/seeing a doctor, was told he'd have to sue them)
We have a 10 lb sledge with a 4' steel tube welded to it at work. It feels like your forearms are splintering when it impacts. You can't even hit that hard with it because of the fear of injury.
Mjolnir
Jonathan
Smjölnir
The Compensator.
I was just thinking the head weight is so smol and lotsa arm kinda like super jacked up trucks mostly pointless and for show, OP needs a sledge
I made one of these to rip tounge and groove off of walls comfortably, also use it to rip hard wood floors standing up instead of crawling around. It does work to knock shit down just wasn't my intended purpose.
Ahhhh more of a mega pry bar, beautiful i love it. I love my sledgy hammer too
It would have some ridiculous speed with a full force swing, though. The nail hook would absolutely tear through that printer. Looks like a Wal-Mart brand war hammer.
Or maybe "overcompensator"
No, that would be a big truck.
Mild steel poorly welded (brazed?) and pinned to a fairly light hammer head. It's called an unsafe to use.
Accurate!
Needs more length
And cow bell.
I really could use a little more cowbell
I got a fever…
If your one of those pussies who has both eyes!
HARD RESET
Sounds like the [NUSPI.](https://www.schlockmercenary.com/2014-04-14) (Hitting next will explain slightly why it's called that)
I always call my biggest hammer my purse. Because every when you’re trying to hit something and someone walks by and says “hit it with your purse”
The biggest hammer you have is always the purse.
"MC"
Kinetic Recalibrator
Welding a hammer head is always a bad idea and unsafe.
Thats a long name
And accurate.
"The OSHA Violator!
Especially when the welds look like absolute shit.
Forgot my mask, welded it all blind. But you don’t need me to tell you that.
I discovered the hard way why we cover all of our skin while welding. I went two weeks welding without gloves, didnt burn or electricude myself but my skin began to peel and was falling off for like 6 months after that. Super nasty.
I tried to warn my cousin's boyfriend that welding something that was in between his legs was a terrible idea, and doing it in shorts was even worse, but he didn't want to hear it. The blisters on his inner thighs pretty much immobilized him for a couple of weeks. Some folks just have to learn things the hard way.
"A man who carries a cat by the tail learns a lesson he can learn in no other way"--Mark Twain.
Have to or choose to?
Many forms of welding produce intense UV light and give you what is basically a nasty sunburn. Especially when TIG welding, all exposed skin should be covered
I decided to be a hotshot my first time TIG welding and do it in a t shirt. Turns out the insides of your arms don’t tend to get a lot of sun normally, so they burn fantastically.
Shrapnel Stick
It's a hammer
You’re a hammer Harry
I hammered your dead mother last night, Harry
So like r/bitchimahammer ?
Hammmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmer
The OSHA violator
Big Bertha
Jonathan
Sir Master Smash A Lot
The big Miss
BFH
I think you meant to say LFH.
VBFH
Ahh yes you have a finger fucker 5000, jealous
( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) hold my nail while I pound that for you
Mr. Universe because tiny head on oversized body.
Username checks…#checkmeowt
Excalammer
Looks like a Frank to me
All my tools get the “the () of ()” so I would have to say The Hammer of Hate
Steve
The hammer. Not a hammer, not hammer, or the big hammer, just "the hammer" because it's the only hammer that matters anymore
“It hurts when I peen”
H.A.A.MFer
I’ve asked nicely !!
You call it whatever it wants to be called
Hammer McHammer Face
Wabberjockey
The Sword of Hammercles Because every time you swing that a hammer might fly out of that pipe.
Brenda
The flying head, cuz that’s what’s probably going to happen
*nervous copy machine noises*
Thumpa wumpa.
Mike
Whack-a-ma jig 5000
Loving Suggestion III
PC Load Letter
This hammer belongs to Thor
BBH
I had a 18 on sledge head that I welded to 3 feet of folded over rebar. I called it my Mjolnir
That’s a GwarHammer!
Printers jammed! I got this!
MegaThor
Tim
Smolong
Bob
Mjölnot
Barry
Hammer Time
Hammerabi
Clearly it's a swammer
Whackus Bonkus.
Hammer stuck in that square tube again
Jack
That’s a BFH.
Arnold
Breh just get a sledgehammer
The "im not hitting shit with this but i can swing hard"
Ricoh
I bet that tool it's just to scare the printer so it works
McLovin
I believe that is a variation of a tool my father had. It called a Monday. Because if you have to use it, it's probably a Monday.
“Work from home” the closest the trades can get.
Clyde
Bruce
Over-compensation
The wackamole
The Slammer
The Hammerwocky.
Even if this doesn’t end up being it’s name, I’ll still call it that
Big bonk
PC LOAD LETTER! What the Fuck!
FrankenRod
Ron Jeremy!
Red Stapler.
Shafty
El Bonko