What’s in a Washer?
Some things are so common you forget about them. How often do you think about an ordinary resistor, for example? Yet if you have a bad resistor, you’ll find it can be a big problem. Plus, how can you really understand electronics if you don’t know all the subtle details of a resistor? In the mechanical world, you could make the same arguments about the washer, and [New Mind] is ready to explain the history and the gory details of using washers in a recent video that you can see below.
The simple answer is that washers allow a bolt to fit in a hole otherwise too large, but that’s only a small part of the story. Technically, what you are really doing is distributing the load of a threaded fastener. However, washers can also act as spacers or springs. Some washers can lock, and some indicate various things like wear or preloading conditions.
Plain washers have a surprising number of secondary functions. Spring washers, including Belleville washers, help prevent fasteners from loosening over time. Wave washers look — well — wavy. They provide precise force against the bolt for preloading. Locking washers are also made to prevent fasteners from loosening, but use teeth or stops instead of springs.
There are plenty of standards, of course, that mostly match up. Mostly.
If you like knowing about odd washers, you might also want to know about the bolts that pass through them.
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12 May 1917 | A Jewish woman, Suzanne Feldmann, was born. A stenographer. During the war she lived in France.
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Going by skip is too expensive and driving too tiring/expensive.
Any option I forgot?
Time and money budget are limited.
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Fahmy: US Needs the Gulf Countries More Than It Admits
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What genocide?
Israel has formally requested the International Criminal Court (#ICC) to withdraw arrest warrants for #Netanyahu and ex Defence Minister #Gallant, citing the court's lack of jurisdiction and denying war crimes in Gaza. The request, submitted on May 9, 2025, also asks for a suspension of the ICC’s investigation into alleged atrocity crimes in the Palestinian Territories.
The warrants were initially issued on November 21, 2024, and an arrest warrant for Hamas leader Ibrahim al-Masri was withdrawn in February 2025. The ICC's appeals chamber had previously ordered a review of Israel's objections concerning jurisdiction in April 2025.
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US-China Tariff Pause Doesn’t Change Our Allocation: Koesterich
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State of the world’s #nursing 2025: investing in education, jobs, leadership and service delivery.
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Apple’s 24GB 15-inch M4 MacBook Air just hit new Amazon lows at up to $167 off, more from $849
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AI is a scam, Part 1,569
"After years of depicting Klarna as an AI-first company, the fintech’s CEO reversed himself, telling Bloomberg the company was once again recruiting humans after the AI approach led to “lower quality.” An IBM survey reveals this is a common occurrence for AI use in business, where just 1 in 4 projects delivers the return it promised and even fewer are scaled up."
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How come we keep buying from the tech bros such super dodgy stuff?
As Klarna flips from AI-first to hiring people again, a new landmark survey reveals most AI projects fail to deliver
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The last 2 paragraphs from that article are a glimpse into an heart of pure evil:
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Customer support is already hard on workers without further backend enshittification.
Lo smantellamento della #sanitàPubblica a favore di quella privata prosegue inarrestabile, ma non riguarda solo il sud.
Questo è solo l'inizio.
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This morning I went to protest against the Israeli #Genocide of the Palestinian people on occasion of the Israeli president Herzog visiting #Berlin and being hosted by the German president #Steinmeier. It tells a lot about the complicity of the German public that we were a grand total of six people holding rather lame signs (on account of a near total ban on permissible language)! at least the authorities feared us enough to delegate some thirty cops to move us out of sight.
Hiking is always better with friends!
A quick snap of Bianca from the Hiking group on day 2 of the Camino de Santiago.
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