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[Neonivek]

I have to say what is interesting about Fatal Frame as a series is that it kind of reverses the trope of the "Sacrificial maiden"

In that in MOST fiction the correct choice is usually for the sacrificial character who was born to die to not sacrifice themselves or others because of the preciousness of life.

Yet in Fatal Frame... Yeah that usually is the source of everyone's problems.

[Egan_BW]

Always remember, Neo, if you're running into trouble, you probably need a human sacrifice.

[TheDarkStar]

This is my 4000th post.

[Orange Wizard]

16394th

[Egan_BW]

Many post. Wow.

[Yoink]

I'm nearing the 20,000 mark. Perhaps I'll throw a party or something!

[Frumple]

I don't know how they did it, but whoever put the blade on this lawnmower somehow managed to get the screw in so tight tools were breaking before it turned (and it didn't turn), but some bloody how still had the blade on loose. Loose enough it wasn't cutting right. I don't understand how that is physically fucking possible. But apparently it is!

[pisskop]

The power of dirt and rust \o/

Its not malus, its brash ignorance

[Frumple]

Dirt, maybe. The screws and whatnot involved are basically new

Florida being, it's not impossible rust was still contributing, but... fairly unlikely. From hearing about it, it sounded like the folks that put it on the first time just kinda' brute forced it with tools that weren't quite right for the job and ended up screwing something up in the process. Go figure, trying to fix the mess ends up twice as hard.

Can't say I'm too surprised, though. The person that supervised the first go spent most of the time I was trying to fix it trying to get me to use shit that wasn't quite appropriate. Vice grip instead of a proper sized wrench, fixed instead of oscillating handle (which I think is half the reason it's like it is -- they used a fixed handled one to manhandle the screw in the first time instead of, y'know, putting it on right), six point wrench on a (somewhat stripped, I think) twelve point nut, stuff like that. S'like. No, I think I'm just going to walk over and find the right one, thanks. Please stop trying to help.

But yeah, I doubt it's malice. Just folks with more arm strength than sense having their brains a bit cooked in the process. Makes folks more likely to make somewhat suboptimal decisions. Hell, happens to me, too, which is why I started around six in the morning instead of fuck-you o'clock, i.e. the rest of the daylight hours.

[Arx]

They probably cross threaded it. If you tighten it hard enough you can get steel biting into steel a good distance. Tricky to budge.

[Frumple]

Yeah, about the conclusion ended up with. Problem being getting it unstuck without breaking something in the machine, which is... not easy given what it's holding together, heh. Stuff that wasn't the screw was bending just with what I was managing

Not particularly my problem anymore, though. Getting foisted off on someone a fair bit stronger and with actual mechanic experience/training. Which is probably what we should have done the moment it was noticed the thing was stuck, but it's a PitA getting the person that wanted this done to not be an impatient stubborn suicidal arse about it and wait for a little bit instead of trying until one or both of us ends up in the hospital and the machine gets broke besides. Rassafrassin' impatient people.

[Amperzand]

At that point I'd just drill the thing out. :V

[Tack]

Yep just drill straight through the screw and try again IMO.
Equally tricky to line up but possibly the only hope.

[Dozebôm Lolumzalìs]

Use the force.

[Tawa]

This is my 4000th post.

I wonder which one of your posts was the 1,000,000th (or was it 2,000,000th?) post on the entire forum. That was you, right?