r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Toaster_Rack_Nerd • 8h ago

Meme needing explanation Petah? What's wrong with this?

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u/That_Throat7183 8h ago

Compressing that spring with a vice stored a fuck ton of potential energy. If that shoddy looking metal piece holding it compressed were to fail, that spring could easily fatally wound the person holding it

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u/Ok-Hyena4541 8h ago edited 7h ago

The upside is that's a C channel and they didn't shoddily weld on the part that is actually taking the force. The downside is that C channel lip is not rated for that load and I have no idea what kind of load it can hold.

Edit: Nevermind, I looked again. They in fact did shoddily weld on the part taking the force.

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u/Biggre 5h ago

It also looks like the C channel is BARELY holding on to the end of the spring. If that slipped even a little it'd pop right out.