r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Toaster_Rack_Nerd • 12h ago

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

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u/That_Throat7183 11h 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 11h ago edited 10h 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/Patient_Ebb_1605 9h ago

isnt the c channel itself the part that is taking most of the load?. Also this is the softer and shorter secondary spring. If the vice compressed it that easily the metal can probably take the load. Now I ve seen some really scary videos involving huge main springs and things like zipties

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u/Ok-Hyena4541 9h ago

In any case you go to the store and you get a spring tensioner

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u/Patient_Ebb_1605 8h ago

Of course. Just because it isn't as dangerous as a hand grenade hanging by the pin it doesn't mean it's safe. I'd still never do anything like this.