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Anonymous No.107160872 [Report] >>107161750 >>107161919 >>107162143 >>107162174 >>107162187 >>107162281 >>107164213 >>107164794 >>107165061 >>107165286
Why is a plastic case good enough for heavy duty power tools but not for a phone or laptop?
Anonymous No.107161142 [Report] >>107161226
Aren't stink pads all plastic now
Anonymous No.107161226 [Report]
>>107161142
it is a heavy duty tool for professionals just like Hilti tools
Anonymous No.107161484 [Report] >>107161498 >>107162188
plastics also stored in the balls btw
no i wish i was joking
Anonymous No.107161498 [Report]
>>107161484
Explains why I've been shooting little gi joe dudes for years.
Anonymous No.107161750 [Report]
>>107160872 (OP)
no one can afford tools that break because they fell a couple feet, so they're engineered seriously with appropriate materials.
Anonymous No.107161800 [Report] >>107161825
Plastic is the best material for phones, but because it's cheap, some brands often replace it with glass or aluminum, which, despite being inferior, offers an idea of luxury.
Anonymous No.107161825 [Report]
>>107161800
This, its retarded.
Plastic can absorb impact and is easily replacable. But they have to sell a sense of luxury to the poor.
Plastic IS good enough for laptops, but only if its thick.
Anonymous No.107161919 [Report] >>107161958 >>107162225
>>107160872 (OP)
if you make the phone exterior out of the same quality plastic as a power tool it'll double the price
Anonymous No.107161958 [Report]
>>107161919
glass fiber reinforced abs isn't terribly expensive
Anonymous No.107162143 [Report]
>>107160872 (OP)
Because all the common mechanically best plastics look and feel "cheap" - cloudy and/or grainy.
Even on your pic black plastic part on the front looks uneven under direct light.
And if you try to polish it it will get scratched to shit instantly.
Anonymous No.107162174 [Report]
>>107160872 (OP)
Feel. It doesn't feel smooth or sleek.
Looks. As above.
Size. It has to be thick plastic which then doesn't meet top two criteria.
Anonymous No.107162187 [Report]
>>107160872 (OP)
The plastic in a powertool isn't loadbearing, it's a shell around a metal spine/the mechanism
The main wear you'll see on a laptop is abrasion from dust on your fingers in the air, it's all aluminum or fancier magnesium so yeah it's all a larp when you think about it
Anonymous No.107162188 [Report]
>>107161484
Learn punctuation, you literate nigger.
Anonymous No.107162225 [Report]
>>107161919
injection molded frp is much cheaper than milled aluminum.
Anonymous No.107162281 [Report]
>>107160872 (OP)
Cause ABS plastic is not as fancy or premium as glass or aluminium
Anonymous No.107164213 [Report]
>>107160872 (OP)
Heavy duty plastic
Anonymous No.107164794 [Report] >>107164805
>>107160872 (OP)
Because the plastic needs to be thick and ribbed for your pleasure if you want it to be strong.
Anonymous No.107164805 [Report]
>>107164794
Then make the plastic thick.
Still going to be as thin as your phone with your phone case.
Anonymous No.107165061 [Report] >>107165109
>>107160872 (OP)
power tools are just a thick plastic camshell built around a brushless electric motor and an all-metal impact driver mechanism and some wiring to connect to the battery, they don't have displays or fragile sensors and they experience severe shocks and case damage just from normal use so why would a drop from waist height break it?
Anonymous No.107165109 [Report] >>107165217
>>107165061
You're gonna fuck up your motor and gearbox easily by dropping them on asphalt without any casing to protect it.
Not to mention the high energy lithium battery.
Anonymous No.107165217 [Report] >>107165247
>>107165109
the battery is already ruggedized though
Anonymous No.107165247 [Report]
>>107165217
by having a plastic cage and plastic case
bare 18650s are not something you should be dropping on hard surfaces
baritone !DIN0bsbxx2 No.107165286 [Report]
>>107160872 (OP)
>PA6+GF30 (nylon 6, 30% by mass glass fiber)
>internal metal frame
>ruggedized battery (5 or 10+ 18650 cells)
they still shit the bed but they dont have any GLASS on the front and back, or are very thin warranting an all metal casing
Weak mental retardation thread, though