Daily Driver, Go Where I Want To Build

[taylormade73]

I didn't even know you left the blocks there. I love the idea of the cribbing tower for a jack.

 

[jjvw]

I didn't even know you left the blocks there. I love the idea of the cribbing tower for a jack.

I didn't notice it until the next tire fell off the next day. Hopefully someone else is appreciating my old blocks as much as I did!

 

[taylormade73]

I didn't notice it until the next tire fell off the next day. Hopefully someone else is appreciating my old blocks as much as I did!

I'm sure they are! We really needed them based on how many busted beads with which we dealt.

 

[hosejockey61]

a pair of 3.5 x 3.5 x 12" wood blocks

I know you think you're a scientist and all, but most "normal" people would simply call those 4x4's....

 

[jjvw]

I know you think you're a scientist and all, but most "normal" people would simply call those 4x4's....

I was going for some kind of efficiency to show that my new blocks are both smaller and larger than the old blocks were without getting into nominal and rough cut lumber.

 

[rasband]

I was going for some kind of efficiency to show that my new blocks are both smaller and larger than the old blocks were without getting into nominal and rough cut lumber.

Surface area is a fun ambiguous way to describe things, you could really confuse the masses.

 

[hosejockey61]

Surface area is a fun ambiguous way to describe things, you could really confuse the masses.

You mean like the surface area of the geometry correction bracket thread?

 

[rasband]

You mean like the surface area of the geometry correction bracket thread?

That one or the one I was booted from.

 

[someguysjeep]

tie a couple black jacks together shove them in the tire light the fuse and turn away they'll set the bead.

 

[jjvw]

How's this? I went from 2.041 board feet of blocking to 4.667 board feet of blocking. Is that any more clear?

 

[Mike_H]

Surface area is a fun ambiguous way to describe things, you could really confuse the masses.

Surface area is not ambiguous at all. It's very defined. The product of length and width.

 

[Mike_H]

How's this? I went from 2.041 board feet of blocking to 5.833 board feet of blocking.

Ohhh... Now your talking. Making people do some division!

 

[rasband]

Surface area is not ambiguous at all. It's very defined. The product of length and width.

If you quote in square feet it absolutely is. There’s no way to reverse what size block was used with only that unit. “I chalked my wheels with 4 square feet of wood”, now tell me if it did anything!

 

[jjvw]

If you quote in square feet it absolutely is. There’s no way to reverse what size block was used with only that unit. “I chalked my wheels with 4 square feet of wood”, now tell me if it did anything!

<pulls out a sheet of veneer>

 

[strumble8]

Don’t forget to oil them, don’t want them to split or warp!

 

[hosejockey61]

And now it is very clear why the geometry correction bracket thread went to complete shit...

 

[Mike_H]

If you quote in square feet it absolutely is. There’s no way to reverse what size block was used with only that unit. “I chalked my wheels with 4 square feet of wood”, now tell me if it did anything!

Did you chalk them, or chock them? Inquiring minds want to know!

 

[jjvw]

And now it is very clear why the geometry correction bracket thread went to complete shit...

 

[mrblaine]

And now it is very clear why the geometry correction bracket thread went to complete shit...

It went to complete shit due to a very simple thing. If you employ the following statement PRN, with authority, and with a high level of frequency, the point gets made and they will figure it out or not but at least you don't have to type out lengthy explanations that are not going to change anyone's mind about anything.

Those of you who think you know what you are talking about really annoy the ever living fuck out of those of us who do.

 

[rasband]

Did you chalk them, or chock them? Inquiring minds want to know!

It looked wrong typing it out.