Broken slinky :(

Rototiller · Post by **Rototiller** » Mon Dec 18, 2006 4:16 pm

Alright, i got a huge f-ing slinky for free. Now it broke.( you know, got tangled and mauled and folded.)

WHoever says throw it away shall get SMACKIFIED!!!

Anyone got any ideas?

EDIT: Okay, fixed it all better. You can lockify at will

MESAJARJARBINKS · Post by **MESAJARJARBINKS** » Mon Dec 18, 2006 4:19 pm

Rototiller wrote:Alright, i got a huge f-ing slinky for free. Now it broke.( you know, got tangled and mauled and folded.)

WHoever says throw it away shall get SMACKIFIED!!!

Anyone got any ideas?

OOOH I KNOW!

this happend to me with the huge ones...those break easier.
What you do is find the "center" of the problem and try and "straiten" it out. then work on one problem to the left of it and one to the right. Straightening it evenly. Then use the non f-ed up coils as an example and bend it back. Takes about (if your canadian:Aboot) a half hour...

yeah its kinda weird i know this...

also there is some danger...Worse comes to worse kill the "dead' end of the slinky by cutting it off and just use the surviving end

ganonbanned · Post by **ganonbanned** » Mon Dec 18, 2006 4:24 pm

son of a *****. that really sucks. man oh man. I cant think of anything, but every time a slinky dies, its a sad day.

MESAJARJARBINKS · Post by **MESAJARJARBINKS** » Mon Dec 18, 2006 4:29 pm

ganonbanned wrote:son of a *****. that really sucks. man oh man. I cant think of anything, but every time a slinky dies, its a sad day.

Lol...when i was like 7 i used to charge people 1.25 (seemed like big money back then

) To fix their slinky...

Meh · Post by **Meh** » Mon Dec 18, 2006 5:09 pm

Hook it up to a vibration generator, observe the longitudinal goodness, and increase the ffrequency and amplitude until the slinky either undoes and recovers or you reach the harmonic resonance frequency of the substance creating it, and it disintegrates, provided enough energy is supplied.

Post by **bicostp** » Mon Dec 18, 2006 5:15 pm

Cut out the broken part and you have TWO Slinkies! (Slinkys? Slinkii?)

Generally, you can untwist them. It's kind of difficult to explain, but you have to undo it in all sorts of ways. Can you post a couple pictures? (One with it relaxed and one with some tension on the Skinky would be helpful.)

gamemasterAS · Post by **gamemasterAS** » Mon Dec 18, 2006 6:50 pm

I just wanna say never stick it out the window of your car and hold onto it because then it will scratch up the side of the car.

Rototiller · Post by **Rototiller** » Mon Dec 18, 2006 7:12 pm

Here's the broken slinky:
http://img242.imageshack.us/my.php?imag ... 003ui1.jpg
Heres my widdle brothers streching it out:
[img=http://img96.imageshack.us/img96/8076/s ... 004zf1.jpg]

and here's a kitten in a box:
[img=http://img183.imageshack.us/img183/656/ ... eryds5.jpg]

Post by **Triton** » Mon Dec 18, 2006 7:14 pm

ewww plastic! metal slinky FTW

wallydawg · Post by **wallydawg** » Mon Dec 18, 2006 7:16 pm

Triton wrote:ewww plastic! metal slinky FTW

haha yeah I had a metal one too way back when. I f'd it up thought when I put the two ends together (either making a circle or a loop). I almost bought another one recently at the goodwill but they wanted $3 for it. Aren't they $1-2 instore?

blackbox_dev · Post by **blackbox_dev** » Mon Dec 18, 2006 7:17 pm

If it was a metal slinky you could cut out the F-ed up part and solder the two halves together.

NiN^_^NiN · Post by **NiN^_^NiN** » Mon Dec 18, 2006 9:05 pm

Thats big? i was expecting half the size of slinky girls slinkys

atari2600a · Post by **atari2600a** » Mon Dec 18, 2006 10:35 pm

I'd suggest cutting it, getting a lighter to melt it back into place & then sand it flat.

limpport · Post by **limpport** » Tue Dec 19, 2006 3:01 pm

It looked like it was stapped near one end. Is it?

Rototiller · Post by **Rototiller** » Tue Dec 19, 2006 3:59 pm

What is stapped?

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