Thread 107160872

Why is a plastic case good enough for heavy duty power tools but not for a phone or laptop?

Aren't stink pads all plastic now

>>107161142
it is a heavy duty tool for professionals just like Hilti tools

plastics also stored in the balls btw
no i wish i was joking

>>107161484
Explains why I've been shooting little gi joe dudes for years.

>>107160872 (OP)
no one can afford tools that break because they fell a couple feet, so they're engineered seriously with appropriate materials.

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.

>>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.

>>107160872 (OP)
if you make the phone exterior out of the same quality plastic as a power tool it'll double the price

>>107161919
glass fiber reinforced abs isn't terribly expensive

>>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.

>>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.

>>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

>>107161484
Learn punctuation, you literate nigger.

>>107161919
injection molded frp is much cheaper than milled aluminum.

>>107160872 (OP)
Cause ABS plastic is not as fancy or premium as glass or aluminium

>>107160872 (OP)
Heavy duty plastic

>>107160872 (OP)
Because the plastic needs to be thick and ribbed for your pleasure if you want it to be strong.

>>107164794
Then make the plastic thick.
Still going to be as thin as your phone with your phone case.

>>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?

>>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.

>>107165109
the battery is already ruggedized though

>>107165217
by having a plastic cage and plastic case
bare 18650s are not something you should be dropping on hard surfaces

>>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