tommy, it is a measure of work. A foot pound is the amount of energy requred to move a one lb object one foot. For torque, it is one lb on a one foot lever, so yeah. Multiply lever length by the force. My brain is failing. I actually had to google to kick start it.
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Spike ,'Conversations with Dead People'
Natter 36: But We Digress...
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
sarameg - Jun 20, 2005 2:47:50 pm PDT #3193 of 10001
sarameg - Jun 20, 2005 2:50:32 pm PDT #3194 of 10001
I think my water is coming back.
Either that or my toilet is about to explode. And that would be GROSS.
tommyrot - Jun 20, 2005 2:51:01 pm PDT #3195 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
So my next question is, can I approximate force in the range of 10-15 ft-lbs? Or should I buy a torque wrench? I figure I can just pull on the wrench with force equivelent to the weight of a bag of cat litter....
sarameg - Jun 20, 2005 2:55:58 pm PDT #3196 of 10001
Depends on what you want to breakfix. Me? I'd go for the wrench. My physics education bears little resemblance to reality. Which is how I squashed my unsquashable structure (good thing I'm not an engineer) and how 180lbs of me jumping on the tire iron can't loosen a lug nut.
Lee - Jun 20, 2005 2:57:52 pm PDT #3197 of 10001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
WooHoo! Only three more minutes until I can start the hour countdown!
sarameg - Jun 20, 2005 2:59:02 pm PDT #3198 of 10001
Running water is a beautiful thing. Even if it is a little rusty.
Allyson - Jun 20, 2005 3:01:12 pm PDT #3199 of 10001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
You could almost hear her attorney whimper.
What was her explanation of what it meant?
Lee - Jun 20, 2005 3:04:23 pm PDT #3200 of 10001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
I'm paraphrasing, but it went something like:
Opposing attorney: Excuse me, I may not have quite caught the last thing you said.
DumbAss Witness: he was always trying to jew people down.. you know, save money whereever he could.
tommyrot - Jun 20, 2005 3:05:02 pm PDT #3201 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Argh!
Is it OK if I kill the people who worked on my car?
OK, so I'm gonna install a new carb. The carb sits on a spacer, which sits on the intake manifold. There is a gasket that goes in between the carb and the spacer, and another gasket that goes in between the spacer and the intake manifold. Even someone who knows nothing about cars should be able to grasp this, right?
So I look - there's two gaskets in between the carb and the spacer, and no gasket in between the spacer and the intake manifold.
So that's where that gas smell was coming from....
Well, I only have one new gasket anyway, so I'll just have to install the new carb tomorrow....
dcp - Jun 20, 2005 3:05:54 pm PDT #3202 of 10001
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
Depends on what you want tobreakfix.
"Turn it 'til it cracks, then back off a quarter."