Bodge JobsIf you can't fix it with a hammer and a roll of duck tape, it's not worth fixing at all, my old mate said minutes before that nasty business with the hammer and a roll of duck tape. Tell us of McGyver-like repairs and whether they were a brilliant success or a health and safety nightmare.
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Scaryduck LIKES EGG, Thu 10 Mar 2011, 11:58)
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I wouldn't be so certain were I you.www.youtube.com/watch?v=mMcOtNwqqxQ
If it can lift a 5000 lb car, it can certainly hold one standing upright.
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The Resident Loon Not a demographic. Do not measure., Fri 11 Mar 2011, 15:51,
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That's testing the strength of the tapenot the strength of the adhesive.
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WormuIus, Sat 12 Mar 2011, 1:20,
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Actually, it is also testing the strength of the adhesive.You'll note that the tape comes down the sides of the car and is stuck there, not wrapped around it and tied or anything like that. So it is in fact testing the shear strength of the adhesive as well as the tensile strength of the cloth it's made with- and it was the cloth that failed, not the adhesive.
/engineer geekery
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The Resident Loon Not a demographic. Do not measure., Sat 12 Mar 2011, 2:29,
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Slinging the tape over the top of a bar and hanging a car from it is one thingtaping a car to a wall is totally different.
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WormuIus, Sat 12 Mar 2011, 17:39,
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