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To: combjelly who wrote (1583353)	1/14/2026 4:49:00 PM
From: Heywood40	Respond to of 1584762

This is just another of the many things you think you know, but don't. I do know that the drill in the picture you showed is pretty limited as to the size and type of screw it is going to drive. Here's a 20V Porter-Cable 1/2" impact driver, no bigger than the tool the guy in the photo is using. I have one of these. It's capable of producing 275 foot-pounds of torque. Do you have any idea how much torque that is?

To: combjelly who wrote (1583353)	1/14/2026 5:22:11 PM
From: Heywood40	Respond to of 1584762

WTF was the rationale for whatever was stuffed into the knot? Other than performance art, that is. So they went to some effort to make it a prop. And props, by their nature don't emphasis functionality. I assume they wanted it to be more visible, as you seem to agree. I still plan to make a replica, including the stuffing, just to demonstrate that it won't collapse or unravel, as you have suggested. Under tension, there's no place for any of that rope to go, except tighter around itself and whatever is inside the noose. Making the knot appear bigger is kind of like painting flames and attaching feathers to a guillotine blade to draw attention to it. Even with those flourishes, the blade is just as deadly. So is that knot.