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    "Cheese grade Chinesium"

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    • Smallbear
      Smallbear last edited by

      This is the very embodiment of cheese grade.

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      Of course, they're from a dollar store set that was never intended to do any serious manual labor, but yeah... For durability, you'd be better off driving screws with a carefully carved carrot.

      Four out of five dentists surveyed recommended playing hockey.

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      • Smallbear
        Smallbear last edited by

        For the record, I'm not disappointed... I got every dime out of them. Just reporting.

        Four out of five dentists surveyed recommended playing hockey.

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        • F
          ForSweden last edited by

          China rocks though

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          • Highlander
            Highlander @Smallbear last edited by

            @smallbear I bought a box of 20 or more hardened #2’s for like $5. I think that may last my lifetime.

            And you may ask yourself, "Where does that highway go to?"

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            • VincentMalamute
              VincentMalamute last edited by

              @ForSweden Taiwan flag. Unless you're making some kind of comment on China-Taiwan politics?

              @Highlander haha! Pass them onto following generations. Highlander's heirloom #2's.

              ...meh...

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              • Smallbear
                Smallbear @ForSweden last edited by

                @forsweden I mean, they supply me with sub-$5 expendable tools so there's certainly an argument to be made

                Four out of five dentists surveyed recommended playing hockey.

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                • ranwhenparked
                  ranwhenparked @VincentMalamute last edited by

                  @vincentmalamute Taiwan is a China, just not maybe what people consider the China.

                  2022 Ioniq SE
                  1964 Corvair Monza

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                  • Rusty Vandura
                    Rusty Vandura @Highlander last edited by

                    @highlander @Shop-Teacher I haven't found any yet of any brand that are good for more than about three screws.

                    Master Chief Dingus

                    The entropy of my garage is always increasing.

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                    • Rusty Vandura
                      Rusty Vandura @VincentMalamute last edited by Rusty Vandura

                      @vincentmalamute @ForSweden Git 'im! (You're supposed to add, "Hope that helps...")

                      Master Chief Dingus

                      The entropy of my garage is always increasing.

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                      • VincentMalamute
                        VincentMalamute @ranwhenparked last edited by

                        @ranwhenparked yah, you'd get strong opinions from China and Taiwan on that.

                        ...meh...

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                        • Exage03040
                          Exage03040 last edited by Exage03040

                          🤣 Never fails.

                          Have a co-worker (who actually moved here from mainland China) always buying Chinese stuff over eBay and the like. Then it comes and he's very disappointment when it's a piece of junk. Shirts, tools, digital calipers... It's habitual, you name it and he's bought it and been disappointed.

                          ToT: https://opposite-lock.com/topic/50740/this-or-that-207-murica-edition

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                          • DasWauto
                            DasWauto @VincentMalamute last edited by

                            @vincentmalamute Taiwan is the remaining portion of the Republic of China that lost the mainland to communism after WWII. The rightful Chinese government, one may argue.

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                            • Rider
                              Rider last edited by

                              Those things are almost impressively shitty. Like, you have to try to make something of such low quality these days.

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                              • Highlander
                                Highlander @Rusty Vandura last edited by

                                @rusty-vandura TWSS

                                And you may ask yourself, "Where does that highway go to?"

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                                • VincentMalamute
                                  VincentMalamute @DasWauto last edited by VincentMalamute

                                  @daswauto Thank you, I'm aware. As well as of the differences in opinion of the status.

                                  ...meh...

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                                  • jminer
                                    jminer @DasWauto last edited by

                                    @daswauto said in "Cheese grade Chinesium":

                                    @vincentmalamute Taiwan is the remaining portion of the Republic of China that lost the mainland to communism after WWII. The rightful Chinese government, one may argue.

                                    Just as some may argue that the british/norse/spanish/french are the rightful ruler of what is now the US. It always makes me laugh when one group claims complete sovereignty or 'right' to rule a place. History cares not for this type of thinking though.

                                    Not intending to start a political conversation, more the fickleness of history is my point.

                                    Former hoarder of motorcycles, recent CA transplant, nerd.

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                                    • MM54
                                      MM54 @Rusty Vandura last edited by

                                      @rusty-vandura said in "Cheese grade Chinesium":

                                      @highlander @Shop-Teacher I haven't found any yet of any brand that are good for more than about three screws.

                                      The impact rated Dewalt ones have been good to me, they come in a little puck of... a bunch. Eventually they will start to round over (if used with a drill) or explode (if on an impact) but they last a very long time before that.

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                                      • jminer
                                        jminer @MM54 last edited by

                                        @mm54 I've got a container of Bosch impact ones that work pretty well. They'll eventually round too but last longer than most I've used before.

                                        Former hoarder of motorcycles, recent CA transplant, nerd.

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                                        • VincentMalamute
                                          VincentMalamute @jminer last edited by

                                          @jminer said in "Cheese grade Chinesium":

                                          Not intending to start a political conversation, more the fickleness of history is my point.

                                          Fickleness of human nature or arrogance or entitlement, really. But yup, I've been trying not to say anything one way or the other.

                                          ...meh...

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                                          • DasWauto
                                            DasWauto @jminer last edited by

                                            @jminer I don’t care to argue it either, I just thought I was explaining @ForSweden’s snark to @VincentMalamute, mistakenly thinking he was unaware of the distinction.

                                            History is of course written by the victors. Claims of sovereignty or rightful rule beyond that are indeed folly. In that context though, the PRC-ROC situation is very interesting though, with their stances towards eachother and the acknowledgment of Taiwan internationally being such a political football in PRC’s push for their narrative to be the history that’s written.

                                            /I may have been down the Wikipedia rabbit hole of Chinese history recently. Pretty sure I still have a few tabs from that open.

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                                            • Smallbear
                                              Smallbear @MM54 last edited by

                                              @mm54 said in "Cheese grade Chinesium":

                                              Eventually they will start to round over (if used with a drill) or explode (if on an impact)

                                              😁 These were used in... A screwdriver powered by nothing more than someone with no upper body strength and fussy wrists.

                                              Gotta make myself feel strong somehow

                                              Four out of five dentists surveyed recommended playing hockey.

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                                              • Old Busted Hotness
                                                Old Busted Hotness @Rider last edited by

                                                @rider said in "Cheese grade Chinesium":

                                                Those things are almost impressively shitty. Like, you have to try to make something of such low quality these days.

                                                Well they've gotta do something with all that lead, now that they can't paint toys with it anymore. Might as well make screwdrivers out of it.

                                                1988 LTD Crown Victoria LX formal roof, 58k survivor
                                                2018 CX-5 Sport AWD

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                                                • Brickman
                                                  Brickman last edited by

                                                  It's looks like it was 3D printed and then chromed.

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                                                  • Smallbear
                                                    Smallbear @Brickman last edited by

                                                    @brickman said in "Cheese grade Chinesium":

                                                    It's looks like it was 3D printed and then chromed.

                                                    I'd actually love to see how they were made. And the specifics of the "metal" used.

                                                    Four out of five dentists surveyed recommended playing hockey.

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                                                    • Shop-Teacher
                                                      Shop-Teacher @Rusty Vandura last edited by

                                                      @rusty-vandura Milwaukee's last longer than average. They are very much consumable though.

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