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I like paint pens

If some Gomer is going to twiddle my bits, he better buy me a drink first. 😉

Just the tip, and only for a minute.

This is pretty much a machinists motto when it comes to setups and just about everything that’s isn’t working because even if everything looks good, your vision isn’t a precision as you may think

Be sure to grab a paint marker and a wax pen, as well. When your working on a vehicle, mark every nut and bolt that you touch.

But if you cross thread it they won't be able to mess with it

Hey you know trail cams are dirt cheap these days. We have feral humans at my work. UN regs state. That we have to call them operators or enemy combatants. I actually prefer abortion survivor but HR made it clear. I can't call them that, make posters stating it & I definitely can't post those around the plant Like wanted posters. Where I explain in detail how the condom defeater watered the insides of a 100 HP VFD. They also seem to very much enjoy. Placing sump pump systems into hand & walk away. I swear to God if breaking expensive shit was an Olympic event. Michael Phelps would be the least famous person in history.

Bright yellow Milwaukee paint pen...

knowing this is me in 20 years cause at the exact time we both went “heh”

Genius! I deal with A LOT of door closers. Most of the building operators are yes men and bored (dangerous combination without training.) so they will turn the closer speed adjustments all the way out until the magic goo comes out or just shy of it so it pulls closed fast enough to maim someone to counteract building pressures during seasonal changes. Then they call me that something is wrong with the closer. Going to start doing this at every site from here on out.

Who writes this shit!!!

This reminds me of the old trick you see in movies of leaving clear tape on your door when you leave to see if anyone's been inside

Though be aware that things that regularly vibrate might cause nuts to loosen on their own. I'm sure there's a joke in there somewhere, but I'm not that good at this.

I mark everything and notes on equipment 😅😂. Psi gauges are marked by me and its funny when im walking a system with someone else and they say " look here see the pressure not right. Its not at its mark" I never say anything other than matbe ya your right its not, but i do enjoy those moments

All you have to do is find the same color, wipe the old mark off, then make a new mark when you're done. Boom, they're never the wiser

Fingernail polish, the twidler in question may line it back up, but the crack in the paint gives it away.

"When next, you happen upon the thing, and its not how it should be"
What an elegant use of the english language! Im just not sure everyone appreciated that so much

Trust before you thrust

Paint pens work great for overt marks on things that sharpies dont work great on

Heh

You're dangerous!!!!

I use ultra violet reactive ink so only I see it. If the mark is gone I don't touch the car.

Witness marks

witness marks are good for a lot of things... ..

THE RE-CAP

Do It to your oil filter before taking it to the dealership while it's still under warranty.

Do it with a red dry erase marker and you can catch the dingus red handed, just apply the dry erase on a hidden side of the knob liberally.

Red is harder to wash out.

I work for a company that does this as a matter of policy, not just to trick the fiddlers but to determine when a machine is starting to shake itself to pieces....

Know a guy that used an UV marker and a black light flashlight for that.

and if you wanna see the twiddler?
libit silvernitra.

I had invisible UV Sharpies that were only visible under 365 nanometer black lights. They were meant for marking things on job sites and things you might think would be stolen one day. And you could always prove it if you could find them again. Of course you would still want to put it in an inconspicuous place so it wouldn't be noticed somehow. I took the opportunity to draw giant dick and balls and big sets of tits all over most of my tools.

Trust but verify - one of the only bits of Reagan worth carrying into the future.

or if the environment permits it, a dab of paint / spray paint

it'll peel the second that fastner is touched, no hiding it

And take lots of pictures

In rollercoaster maintenance we do this on every bolt. But with paint

Do it with a UV marker and the culprit won't know.

The witness mark also tells people you're watching them, and they'd better not touch it.

To re-cap as he puts the cap on. I love this dude

Bro just discovered the torque stripe.

It’s also a good way to see if something is coming loose very slowly

I have preferred putting physical marks (like a scratch) rather than something that can be scrubbed... Just to be a little more certain.

Also helps you know if things are working themselves loses

Being an aircraft mechanic, for torqued fluid lines we sometimes use a thing called torque stripe, basically what you did with the sharpie but way more obvious, really good for telling if a fitting has lost its torque or was loosened at some point!

Interestingly enough, is how often a sharpie mark is needed to make the sharpie that you make sharpie marks with

Ha, re-cap.

I had 3 different colors nail polish

I did this once with my car filters when I took my car to the dealer, I’d write the date i replaced it, and took my car to the dealer to get a tune up done and they claimed they replaced my air filter. Went under the hood and found that in fact my dated filter was still in my car.

The attention to detail should be studied. You are a savant. Well done.

I marked every screw/bolt in machines I worked on, just so I knew I hadn't missed any and a second mark to verify that I had double-checked everything.

Does this trick work on vaginas?