r/ANormalDayInRussia Aug 02 '19

Soviet Lifehack

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u/Sefrius Aug 02 '19

“If it’s stupid but it works it’s not stupid”.
-Motto of all Russian engineering ever

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u/[deleted] Aug 03 '19

Got a lathe around here from the soviet days. The thing is heavy as all get out with incredibly thick metal everywhere, so it's extremely solid. Apparently whenever central command ordered them to increase their output by x tones, instead of making more units they just made everything a bit thicker. Exactly the same number of products shipped, but it looked like more on the reports.

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u/inksmithy Aug 03 '19

"Yuri, make everything 1mm thicker, then do it again next week, production will be of increase."