It ain't exactly Ai...

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It ain't exactly Ai...

Postby Morsecode » Tue Feb 27, 2024 10:12 pm

But it works.

I guess I threw my old popsicle stick gadget away, I turned the house upside down looking for it.

adapt, improvise, overcome

Two sturdy bolts with square headnuts from my railroad related misc
A flat carpenter's pencil (which I can never find when I need one)
A tiny piece of two-sided tape

The left bolt is a rest, right bolt serves as the balancing point (technical term escapes me), Sharpie off the center point of the pencil, attach standard zinc cent with a little tape to prevent slippage...And I'm in business.

Of course, this entire setup could be flawed if I have the world's only known copper 2015 Lincoln as my control penny :roll:

Naturally, as every self respecting handsorter knows, you want to complete this task every couple boxes rather than every couple months, else it quickly begins to suck.
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Re: It ain't exactly Ai...

Postby Recyclersteve » Tue Feb 27, 2024 10:51 pm

Interesting contraption…
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Re: It ain't exactly Ai...

Postby Morsecode » Wed Feb 28, 2024 12:13 am

I neglected to mention it's for weighing 82's.

I'm sure most of you figured that out :lol:
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Re: It ain't exactly Ai...

Postby 68Camaro » Wed Feb 28, 2024 9:30 am

Pivot, perhaps?...

Been shown on here many times (usually with popsicle sticks, but a carpenter pencil works) and perhaps not recently (and since we have no way to flag critical posts we have to bring stuff up over and over again for people that either are new, overlooked it, or are like our president and just don't remember).
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Re: It ain't exactly Ai...

Postby Morsecode » Wed Feb 28, 2024 10:59 am

"You're a lying, dog-faced penny soldier"

"Mr. President...what's your favorite flavor of ice cream?"

"uh..choc,choc mint...minty chalky...Friendlys...San Francisco Mint!"

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Re: It ain't exactly Ai...

Postby TXSTARFIRE » Wed Feb 28, 2024 12:58 pm

Fulcrum.
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Re: It ain't exactly Ai...

Postby Morsecode » Wed Feb 28, 2024 2:08 pm

I almost said fulcrum. :angel:
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Re: It ain't exactly Ai...

Postby 68Camaro » Wed Feb 28, 2024 3:52 pm

Yeah, fulcrum is the word you wanted. The lever pivots on the fulcrum. Calling it a pivot is turning a verb into a noun.
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Re: It ain't exactly Ai...

Postby Morsecode » Wed Feb 28, 2024 6:23 pm

68Camaro wrote: The lever pivots on the fulcrum. Calling it a pivot is turning a verb into a noun.


Thanks for the nostalgic journey back to Conjunction Junction...

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