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lostnfound

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8. A great article. Another issue is repairability. Torque / strength is often too high

Reply to obamanut2012 (Original post)

Thu Mar 7, 2019, 07:23 PM

Mar 2019

If you want to do work to repair household equipment, you may find you don’t quite have enough strength or it feels like everything is just beyond your limit. It used to make me think, “well that’s generally a man’s job”, but I recently realized if women designed the stuff, the design might well consist of components that are just a little smaller / lighter / easier to disconnect. Duh.

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I posted this too. Amazing article, isn't it? nolabear Feb 2019 #6

A great article. Another issue is repairability. Torque / strength is often too high lostnfound Mar 2019 #8