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The dryer handle broke.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (2 children)

Next step: download and print a handle

!functionalprint

!f3dp

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago

You wouldn’t DOWNLOAD A HANDLE would you?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

Cool! The under desk drawers were really impressive!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago (2 children)

For: tons of shit

Not for: climbing

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago

But excellent for clipping my keys to my pants.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

It says 150lbs, a climbing carabiner is rated for like 22kN which is about 5000lbs.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

They also screw to lock so they can't accidentally open up. I think I still have some around here somewhere, I used to climb trees for fun.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

There are a number of different locking mechanisms but there’s plenty without extra locking protection. For example: https://www.rei.com/product/162856/black-diamond-hotforge-straight-gate-carabiner?sku=1628560001

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

For anyone wondering, belay carbiners typically lock in some manner but those used on quickdraws for anchors and removable protection (nuts, cams, etc.) typically don't.

A carbiner is strongest when its gate is closed, which is why load rated ones will have not only a gate closed rating (the highest, usually 20-22 kN or even more for steelies), a gate open, and also a lateral load rating. Your belay carbiner, that is the one clipped to your harness and is keeping you affixed to the rope so you don't hit the deck, is typically not redundant. It absolutely, positively, cannot fail. This is typically the biggest, meanest, strongest 'biner you own and will also be a locking one. You do not want brushing up against things, knocking against it, etc. to cause it to come open. You don't want it to be open if it suddenly experiences a shock load, i.e. you fall off the wall, or conversely on your belayer's end if it needs to bear the load of you falling off the wall. And you don't want it coming unclipped and lost when you're halfway up, because that's how you die.

Meanwhile, the 'biners on your anchors and protection theoretically have some redundancy, i.e. you should be clipped to more than one point along your route with more than one anchor and carbiner. But you need to be able to clip and unclip these readily, because you may well be doing so with one hand while you're dangling from your fingernails with the other. Thus they do not lock, and you can clip them to something by just slapping the gate against it.

Your keychain says "not for climbing use" on it. My keychain says ~~Desert Eagle .50~~ Petzl Angie S, 20 kN gate closed, 9 kN gate open, and 7 kN laterally.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

God I love Snatch. Seriously. One of my favorite films. Fuck it, I am going to go put it on.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

As an appliance repairman of 20 years this picture hits harder than you know.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

For a second I thought it was a Boeing door....

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

It might still be.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

These are more expensive than "free", but if you decide to make it look original it's probably an option https://www.repairclinic.com/Shop-For-Parts/a8c70/Dryer-Handle-Parts

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)

The simplicity and genius made me laugh. Good on you, op!

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

Thank you! Glad it made someone laugh today. I was just so done with this dryer door, I thought, “can my old keychains fit these holes?” Yep! They did! I am so not buying a new dryer between paychecks. It’s going to be a few good paychecks before I can even think of buying one. We’re going to keep using it until it can’t be repaired in every respect.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

Thank you, op, I should have said that in my other post. You are welcome, and also clever. Plus, I agree with using it until it's plain unusable. Things are so. flipping. expensive! And it is truly a pleasure to call out genius, for once, instead of... You know, the opposite. The added bonus is, I may be able to remember this, if something breaks that can be remedied in like manner.