M.net GORD rant
#28
Not sure what you mean by "how did this guy become moderator". Yah, he's a moderator on a heavily moderated forum but it's not like he passed some kind of certification or job interview to get that title.
Getting information off internet forums requires skill in extracting the real content from the bullshit and missinformation. That's expected regardless of who posted it (moderator or otherwise).
I like Gord, he's Canadian.
Getting information off internet forums requires skill in extracting the real content from the bullshit and missinformation. That's expected regardless of who posted it (moderator or otherwise).
I like Gord, he's Canadian.
#29
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one of my post got edited in a "what don't you like about your na, and be honest" thread, I wrote "not enough room to have sex unless your flexible "
and that got deleted with "lets no go there"
ah well...didn't really bother me, but since somebody was ranting hehe.
I've never had a problem w/ Gord?
#30
I think you're wrong. The spring constant (stiffness) is still the same as before, you just have less distance to travel before hitting the bump stop. Think of it this way... I have a spring that takes 300 lbs to compress 1 inch. Now then, I cut 2 inches off the end without changing anything else about the spring. Now I have a spring which still takes 300 lbs to compress 1 inch, it's just shorter. The only way to change the spring rate is by changing the metallurgy, the coil diameter, etc.... not the length.
#31
Sorry guys, but the spring constanst of a helicoil DOES in fact relate to the number of coils. More specifically, to the number of active coils. If you need something to play with to convince yourselves:
http://www.engineersedge.com/spring_comp_calc_k.htm
But you can check any mechanics book past a kindergarten level.
http://www.engineersedge.com/spring_comp_calc_k.htm
But you can check any mechanics book past a kindergarten level.
#32
I think you're wrong. The spring constant (stiffness) is still the same as before, you just have less distance to travel before hitting the bump stop. Think of it this way... I have a spring that takes 300 lbs to compress 1 inch. Now then, I cut 2 inches off the end without changing anything else about the spring. Now I have a spring which still takes 300 lbs to compress 1 inch, it's just shorter. The only way to change the spring rate is by changing the metallurgy, the coil diameter, etc.... not the length.
Nope. Making a spring shorter increases the stiffness.
Imagine you unwound a coilspring and stuck one end in a vise. You apply a given force (say, 200lbs.) to the end of it (let's say it's 4 feet long unwound) and it deflects one inch. You have a 200 lb. spring.
Now, chop a foot off of it. Now it takes more than 200 lbs. to deflect that same spring one inch. You've made the spring stiffer.