The makerspace wiki is getting scrapped to hell and back by AI bots.

[ben@bluetoot.hardill.me.uk]

@cstross @quixoticgeek

Skyhook for hanging up signs

[azonenberg@ioc.exchange]

@quixoticgeek The 'Tute Screw. It goes in no matter which way you turn it and is impossible to remove.

(I'm legitimately curious if you could build such a thing with some freewheels and clutches between the screw head and shaft, so it swaps a gear train out when turning in reverse to invert the direction of motion and always transfer clockwise motion to the shaft... basically like a full bridge rectifier but mechanical)

Urban Dictionary: Tute Screw

Tute Screw: Shortened version for Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Screw. A screw that has threads that go both ways. No matter which way you turn it, always...

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[feorag@wandering.shop]

@quixoticgeek Tartan paint, and how to thin it. Also, the surprisingly closely related Sky Blue Pink paint.

[mattjohns@mastodon.social]

@quixoticgeek
Cultural differences in techniques (e.g. "Workarounds for use of French hammers with German nails".) references to language-correct logical-error objects, such as the bit head to use with an Archimedes screw.

[westerninfidels@mefi.social]

@darkling @quixoticgeek That's silly everyone knows the Mobius blade only goes on the one way

[darkling@mstdn.social]

@quixoticgeek

Use of marshmallows for grinding and polishing.
Drill bits for square holes(*).
The importance of stepping down mains water for safe use in small domestic supplies.

(*) These actually exist, but I couldn't resist...

[westerninfidels@mefi.social]

@quixoticgeek "Left handed wind shifter" was the tool I got sent to look for

[condorito@mindly.social]

@quixoticgeek

Id say that the many uses for unobtanium would be a good one, i could use some in a current design im working on

[cstross@wandering.shop]

@NotADropbear @quixoticgeek @mattjohns Absolutely: organic food != organic chemistry!

[shanmonster@c.im]

@quixoticgeek how to use wrenches with different kinds of nuts: almonds walnuts, etc.

[shanmonster@c.im]

@quixoticgeek how best to put windsocks on the feet of hurricanes, tornadoes, etc.

[stuartb@social.teamb.space]

@cstross @quixoticgeek tartan paint

[naturemc@mastodon.online]

@quixoticgeek You won't get rid of the scrapers with this.
Did you try #Iocaine as poison? Poisons and leads them to the void. The developer is here on Mastodon.

[jdarnold@indieweb.social]

@quixoticgeek We used to send the newbie Boy Scouts at the campground to the other troop campsites to look for a “left-handed smoke shifter“ and a “bacon stretcher“. Of course, all the other troops were in on the joke, so they’d say oh we just passed it along to Troop ABCD, go over there!

[markhburton@mstdn.social]

@jdarnold @quixoticgeek
So that's what that "pulled pork" is.

[markhburton@mstdn.social]

@quixoticgeek
Maybe some quasi real ones, e.g. restoring leather with dogshit (was used in tanning in the past).

[jdarnold@indieweb.social]

@WesternInfidels @quixoticgeek that’s funny! I just mentioned we used to send the newbies out to look for a left-handed smoke shifter. I wonder why it had to be left-handed?

[c0dec0dec0de@hachyderm.io]

@electric_gumball @quixoticgeek Klein bottle opener (hammer)

[hub@cosocial.ca]

@quixoticgeek round head screwdriver. How to drive a screw with a hammer. Inserting a round peg in square hole (not an allegory)