Transbian_Arsonists (Seraphine)
nicolas ⁂
Ev DelenPardon my pedantry, but either the threads need to be reversed or the direction of rotation. As currently depicted the ball screw (?) will be moving towards the handle reducing the tilt of 'All Modern Digital Infrastructure' rather than what AI is doing, which is to make it more likely to topple.
@evdelen I already reversed the direction, or maybe I was actually right the first time around??? 😅 Look at the post history and let me know if the original version makes more sense?
@nclm The original has the correct orientation, it is increasing the tilt. 😆
@evdelen Oops thanks. Is it because of the way the threaded rod is drawn? Because when I try to mentally think of how it would rotate if it was a normal screw, I feel the newer one is right. But maybe I drew the thread the unstandard way?
@nclm
The way I visualize it with the way the threads are drawn in the revised version, when standing and looking at the handle, if I turned it clockwise, it would cause the screwball to move towards me, the teeth of the screw are biting the ball. And if the ball is moving towards me then, as drawn, the tilt would lessen.
If the ball were on the inside, then the ball travelling towards me would cause the tilt to increase.
Yeah, I think this is because of how the threads are drawn.
I don't know if there is a standard for how the threads of jack screws should be oriented. I know for fastening screws it's "Righty, TIghty. Lefty, Loosey." and for gas appliances it's the opposite. Beyond that I don't know (but would love to learn!)