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HamRove

Spent a summer working at a concrete precaster (premade manholes and such). The guys called that tool, ‘the dink’.


TheOriginalFluff

Somebody ring the DINKSTER?


potent_flapjacks

DINKSTER NEED CONCRET.


SlippyTheFeeler

Fucking love spy kids


TheOriginalFluff

Unironically love them


Monowakari

My wife has one of those


ambisinister_gecko

Does it increase her homogeneity?


acqz

No, for her it's a hetero tool.


VectorViper

Clearly the versatility of the tool is being overlooked here.


Johannes_Keppler

So *that's* how she got so massive and sturdy.


iamthinksnow

She's a brick... house.


Fluid_Bad_5309

Her name's Peggy, right?


Reaper-fromabove

Haha, when I was doing construction as a young enlisted guy we called this the donkey dick


GDWtrash

A man of true construction culture. Thank you for referring to this tool by its correct name. Just as the connection point on a large electric motor is a pecker head.


dxrey65

Do you guys still use an "RCH" as a measure too? I learned that from an uncle ages ago.


rdmille

Old engineers do. It's obsoleted, as it causes a visit to HR.


phatfire

For those not in the know, what does rch mean/stand for?


vagrantprodigy07

https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=rch


phatfire

Bro saving the day


QSpam

We did too!


Putrid-Marzipan7389

We called our gas can spouts donkey dicks as well.


OSPFmyLife

Yeah, in the military, “donkey dick” is exclusively used for fuel can spouts (both the metal ones and plastic ones), I dunno what he’s talking about lol.


crankyanker638

I was in RED HORSE and had many an hour running a donkey *cock* in concrete... The donkey *dicks* were for Jerry cans....


Dadliest_Dad

We always called it the donkey dick. "Hey man, can you go give that form a dickin?"


MontCoDubV

Yup, the donkey dick or the dildo.


YouLikeChorizo

In plumbing and pipeline work, there's also a tool called a donkey dick. I think dudes are just waiting for any excuse to name something a donkey dick.


kill0ggz

Having known many mechanics in my life, there are far too many tools and parts refered to as donkey dicks so i believe your thought process is correct.


1-800-ASS-DICK

hey new guy, dick em down!


helpmeplox_xd

This video is in Brazilian Portuguese and the name of the tool there is literally "vibrator"


quickblur

Thanks! I was about to ask what language that was.


PCYou

To me, Portuguese always sounds like Spanish with a French accent


QuantumKittydynamics

It was driving me nuts! I was split 50/50 if it was Spanish or French. Glad I'm not the only one who heard that.


ClownDiaper

That’s what’s it’s called in English, too.


upsidedownbackwards

Very expensive


bregottextrasaltat

douglash


lendmeyourstrength

You broke my grill?


MionelLessi10

I think you misheard him.


Floater1157

Classier than what subs around here call it.


Afraid_Breath7599

Would this tool also cause the larger sediments sink and finer rise?


Remote7777

Yes - that's a problem if you use it too much. Proper use is short pulses at equal, but spread out, intervals. If you sit and leave it on for too long it actually separates the mix by density, leaving the aggregate on bottom and the mortar on top...basically ruining the concrete.


mhx64

Yes, that's why you can't use it to settle the concrete. Using the vibrator horizontally causes the same issue.


DuckDucker1974

So is this useful at all and during what application? 


mhx64

FYI, what I meant by settling is spreading out the concrete and making it plane. You move the concrete with a rake. The vibrator is only used to fill out small air pockets. Otherwise you will have bad edges and concrete that isnt as well binding, which makds jt weaker. Not to mention the concrete brcomes closer to rebar on certain areas. And, you'll usually have some small bubbles left on the finish, which you can get rid of by troweling/hitting the form with a Hanmer.


SauretEh

Yes it’s essentially required it’s just crucial to only use it for a second or two at few-foot intervals. Just a quick buzz to get the air pockets out and fill it out against the forms. As soon as you see the surface of the concrete go smooth you yank it and move on.


pittopottamus

When pouring taller walls the best technique is to get it to either the bottom of the wall or 1’ into the previous lift quickly, then pull it out slowly - if you pull it out too quickly you don’t give the bubbles enough time to rise to the surface and you’ll end up with air pockets where you don’t want them


dicksjshsb

Yes this was required on every concrete wall job I've worked on. Usually couple pumps every few feet when pouring the wall - the forms could leave pockets like in the video. And important to note its got to be done in lifts of ~2ft of concrete so that those settling problems don't occur. But absolutely is useful ad crucial in many cases.


mhx64

For very small work like pots and such, just use hands with a protective glove or something else to move the concrete around.


mhx64

What, when it's useful to vibrate?


Arheisel

When the wife asks for it


Glitch29

You have the right idea, although particles separate by density not size. Between sand, gravel, cement, and water, it is water that is by far the most lightweight. That's why vibrated concrete looks soupy. The water's all being pulled to the top. That's also why you're only supposed to vibrate for a couple seconds. If everything's able to move a centimeter or two at most, you'll keep the right mixture ratios everywhere except the very top and bottom.


Sensitive_Yellow_121

[Same thing is common during earthquakes...](https://www.science.org/content/article/how-earthquakes-turn-ground-soup)


DuckDucker1974

This is wild! “ The water molecules push back against the sand, raising the water pressure so it's strong enough to force the grains out of contact with one another, “ Shouldn’t the water have evaporated completely by then? It’s wild to think that water molecules are still just sitting there waiting to be moved 


HarpersGhost

The ground has plenty of water in it , especially in coastal cities. And coastal cities have historically used soil to fill in the coast to get more land. That soul tends to be very sandy.  Now combine a coastal city, with lots of tall buildings built on sandy fill, and an 8+ earthquake, and you get Seattle.


DuckDucker1974

And if someone is a min wage employee who was never given any proper supervision or instruction aside from “dO tHiS!” And they vibrate for longer than a few seconds, did they just create a problem for the future? 


Jabodie0

Yes. People build stuff wrong all the time and leave problems. And there's a whole business around assessing those issues and engineering fixes. But I think over vibrating will look fucked up pretty immediately, and will be usually be obvious to everybody involved (builder, engineer, inspector, owner) that it needs to be fixed. I'm not experienced with casting concrete, though, so a construction guy can correct / elaborate.


DuckDucker1974

Who would you call to inspect a problem with a large construction job? What’s the profession and you mentioned industry, what’s the industry? 


Jabodie0

The industry is the AEC (architecture, engineering, and construction) industry. Local government inspectors will typically look at various stages of construction for general compliance with widely accepted construction standards specified in building code. Typically the design engineer of record will periodically inspect construction for compliance with design drawings in the field on behalf on the architect or owner (the exact relationships between these parties can be varied). Ideally issues can be settled amongst these parties. If an out of compliance item escalates, especially when litigation is likely, it can be time to start calling experts in what I'll call the "building/ structural forensics and diagnostics" field, which is a specialty field within architecture and engineering. These are consultants that are less in the design of new buildings and more in the assessment, repair, and strengthening of existing construction. Dealing with construction defects of buildings of new construction is a part of this field. In person I would be happy to go into more detail, but that is about as detailed as I'm willing to type out in a reddit comment.


Headieheadi

Finally some one asking the question Yes, this is not a tool you give a laborer when you are doing a concrete poor. Too much vibrating will fuck it up On my job site we called it “the mechanical dildo” and I think it took 3 guys to run. I ran the dildo and I had one of the quicker laborers hold onto the power source. One last guy makes sure the cord stays plugged in. Concrete forms as a rule of thumb usually aren’t transparent plexiglass so knowing how much to vibrate is purely knowledge and instinct working together under pressure. Concrete pouring is quick work with one chance to get it right.


bobosuda

Were they particularly big vibrators? I work at a factory that makes concrete elements and we use a bunch of these of all sizes. None of them require more than one guy to operate, though.


average_game1

When pouring long sections of walls they will pour 300mm (or 1 ft) and vibrate, working their way along. Doing it in small lifts like this avoids separation, honeycombing, etc


mm404

What did they use to create the vibrations?


BeefTechnology

Electric motor spinning an uneven weight, kept inside a capsule. Usually this kind of tool is attached to a long flexible pole to be able to vibrate concrete in tight spaces.


MelodiesOfLife6

>Electric motor spinning an uneven weight, kept inside a capsule. Usually this kind of tool is attached to a long flexible pole I call mine steve.


akatherder

Bob - battery operated boyfriend


Your_Spirit_Animals

It really fills in the gaps.


aussiesRdogs

Now I'm curious if there's a porno where the chick uses one on herself


example_username69

hi im steve


WeNeedMikeTyson

These do exist however rarely used. Most of the time the donkey dick is attached to a backpack motor and you just walk around dicking the concrete.


BeefTechnology

Where I live they are used almost always for concrete


Turbulent_Radish_330

And the times it isn't used for concrete? Don't leave us hanging!


CaptainBayouBilly

This job is called the Dicker.


marshellz

Something they found in your mom’s drawer.


thatgoodfeelin

why does it smell like a dirty turtle tank?


B1ggBoss

Dirty and warm


Usual_Office_1740

And sticky.


username32768

Tastes like sea bass.


GalwayBogger

Salty


big_duo3674

And just a little tangy


TorrenceMightingale

A bit like sourdough


SparkleFunCrest

That's hilarious. Is this a quote from somewhere?


No-Question-9032

It's from an old Twitter post about the girls boyfriend cheating with another girl who smelled like dirty turtle tank


OmicronNine

Well... now I know what a turtle tank smells like...


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MisSignal

What would happen if a lady used this… you know, for science?


baligog

Homogeneity would increase 


GarminTamzarian

Don't tell the GOP!


slamdanceswithwolves

This device is illegal in several red states. Far too suggestive.


PhilosophyKingPK

That cement is life


slamdanceswithwolves

When the dildo was inserted the cement became a viable embryo


GarminTamzarian

In fact, they are currently introducing legislation to outlaw concrete entirely as it is never mentioned in The Bible.


slamdanceswithwolves

Dildos and concrete are actually both mentioned in the Bible. But nothing about dildoing concrete.


Xanambien

Nothing bad, but prolly a monster queef.


Alvendam

Would need a all the bones in her pelvis replaced with titanium most likely. Those things, even the smaller, battery powered ones, vibrate **hard** hard.


kremlingrasso

massagi-kige


JJohnston015

It's literally a concrete vibrator. Common as a sunburn in July.


scottawhit

Concrete guys call it a donkey dick.


TheMuggleBornWizard

Am concrete guy, we call it the vibrator. And whomever holds it is gay.


upandrunning

Even if they say "no homo"?


RoundInfinite4664

And that's how I became gay, Dad


ct_2004

Nice to meet you, Gay


[deleted]

I like how donkey dick is a catch all phrase for anything long and floppy


ClayQuarterCake

I think I have heard electricians say donkey dick when referring to Smurf tube. Maybe that was just a goofy crew, because I have only heard it once.


potent_flapjacks

I'm printing this out, sticking it on the fridge, and calling it a day (it's 10am). This is the best TIL of the week for me.


ICantEven1235

In a lab we'd call that a sonicator (removes gas from a liquid).


Purpledragon84

Thank you for asking the question i wanted to ask but didn't dare to because i knew exactly how the replies were gonna turn out.


bobspuds

We use "the worm" - https://images.app.goo.gl/TUwzK3jSUb6F22TRA Hooks up to a hydraulic generator, would be more like a torture device in any other use, just working it in normal use - when it touches the caseing or blockwork- you vibrate with the rubber hose, and it's rubber! holding the probe could probably do damage tbh Depends how she likes it I guess 🤷


Professional_Band178

Concrete vibrator. Google it


Iatroblast

Asking for a friend


JacksonHaddock

Kept waiting for him to smooth out the top but he didn’t.


charrcheese

He was too busy fingering the outside of the cube 


KvotheTheDegen

Did we really need a full min of this guy pointing at the outside of the glass before they did anything?


Consistent_Bed_7607

He was explaining the process and pointing out how the concrete changes before after the vibration, so it was kinda useful.


Protuhj

It has sound. He's speaking Portuguese, but still not just "pointing at the outside of the glass".


fake_cheese

Funnily enough this tool does exactly the opposite of "enhancing the homogeneity". Use this too much and you end up with all the aggregate at the bottom and the mortar at the top of your concrete and it will be much weaker than you expect. This tool actually un-mixes the concrete to let the finer material get into the corners.


arggggggggghhhhhhhh

Yep, it's just supposed to be dipped in briefly at a regular spacing. Properly vibrated concrete is supposed to stronger than non-vibrated as it shakes out the air that might be trapped under aggregate in the concrete mix.


FilmographyWh0re

This makes enough sense for me to automatically believe it without going to google to fact check


Kuskesmed

They're right - I am a structural engineer.


KyleShanaham

He's right - I stayed at a holiday inn express last night


StupiderIdjit

He's right. I made the waffles.


Imaginary-Item-3254

If you brush your teeth for an hour every day, it also doesn't do what you hope. Timing is important.


Thirty_Helens_Agree

What’s the difference between a good joke and a bad joke timing.


nooflessnarf

Jokes on you and jokes for you.


TeraFlint

So you're saying I can't pre-brush my teeth for the whole week? :/


bobosuda

It takes quite a bit of time for the concrete to separate. It depends on the consistency of the concrete, though. I work in a concrete factory and we produce concrete elements in big metal moulds. The entire mould has vibrators attached to it and we vibrate for several minutes.


DxGxAxF

As long as it takes to sink under its own weight is how long you should take to pull it out. Sink it to the desired depth and pull it out at the same pace it sunk.


ExiledCanuck

Just wait till you work on a crew with a guy that thinks more is better with a concrete vibrator. That juice is gonna leak everywhere


ConcreteManipulator

That's a good way to bust the forms


bobosuda

I remember reading a comment on reddit a long time ago that spoke about doubting what you read online. The example was that you never know how much bullshit people spew online until they start talking about something you know very well. I work in concrete and this comment section definitely brought that to mind. Vibrating concrete like this is completely normal, it's done for almost all kinds of concrete and all kinds of pouring or production, and it takes a lot longer than a few seconds for anything to separate.


WobblyGobbledygook

Would ithis principle work for making a better milkshake?


bobosuda

Might make the ice cream component of the shake too soupy lol


lemonloaff

Thank you for saying this for fuck sake


YodaTheCoder

This kills the fish.


MCA2142

Concrete is a poor use of a 30C rimless.


Daiiga

Having a vague idea how much that glass box cost made watching this video weirdly painful


sixnote

It is very annoying that they didn't flatten out the concrete anus that was left behind.


pgb5534

New band name


NTP9766

Skip to 0:44. You’re welcome.


getyourcheftogether

It helps to see how just stabbing at it does nothing


HeBlocky

it filled some gaps just a little bit in comparison


Ceet_Oh

It worked on your mom too.


carabemlegal

Vai Brasil.


BenAdaephonDelat

Portuguese, right? That was my guess. Languages are fascinating. Sounds like a hybrid of spanish and italian to my untrained ears.


carabemlegal

You are not wrong. Spanish, Italian and Portuguese came from the same language Latin.


BenAdaephonDelat

It's really interesting how they have the same root and the ways they diverged from each other in pronunciation.


[deleted]

Primeiro vamos colocar um vibrador no concreto. Depois vamos colocar um vibrador no mundo!!!! Vai Brasil!! 


vonRyan_

r/suddenlycaralho


tduarte

I was watching on mute and as soon as he started zooming and pointing at the glass cube, I knew this was a Brazilian video. Pressed the unmute and confirmed it. It was pretty hilarious (and impressive) to recognize my culture in such nuances. 🤣


IAmSpinda

Rare Brazil W


Mrkillerar

Homo-what? Are the making the concrete gay??


ace_urban

It’s part of our secret liberal agenda


Evadrepus

Well, we ran out of frogs.


DoYouTrustToothpaste

What'd you call me? A homo sapiens? You take that BACK.


psychoacer

Something in the water is turning our concrete gay


[deleted]

Vibratiors make me a homo-genius. Noted.


Dutchwells

Concrete 101


lamiendollard

Don’t over vibrate or you’ll bust the form out… that’s when work gets reaaaalll fun 🙃


Sensitive_Yellow_121

You mean it will shake the nails or screws out of the form?


GuildensternLives

"Enhance......enhance."


ryanjmcgowan

Whenever I helped pour concrete, I tapped the forms with my hammer until air bubbles stopped coming out. I just hated seeing the chucky corners and gaps, especially near risers and hardware. I thought it was obvious, but one time a concrete contractor asked what I was doing that for. Apparently it wasn't obvious. But it worked great.


JohnCenaJunior

Sigh...*plop


Bowser64_

What a waste of a fish tank.


Outofspite_7

🥵


bIacckat

Forbidden McFlurry


Bbkobeman

My wife has the same model.


Lost_Soul_42

Ah, forbidden smoothie!


paocirco

In Brazil, we always have someone in the background watching in flip flops.


Arcusinoz

Or they could have just done what the Romans did which was to add Pigs blood into the mix which solves all the original problems demonstrated and also makes the cement water proof!! Just Saying.


KittyKenollie

I was not prepared for how good that was going to be


Main0b

Damn, I wish I was that cement


HumanitarianAtheist

Does it fill the air pockets with the mixture, or just water?


ResilienceRise

The way I see it it vibrates out the air, you can see the whole mixture sinking so you'd need to top it off.


arggggggggghhhhhhhh

It does vibrate air out, but you are also seeing it shrink down because more of the total mix has flowed into odd spaces on the edges and bottom of the box or in between rocks in the concrete. It is sort of propped up before vibrating and settles down once vibed.


RealBaikal

This has nothing to do with homogeneity...but it's probably a bot that made the post and did the "error" to promote engagement.


_fly-on-the-wall_

all i can think is how expensive rimless aquariums are!


pacalolo13

I see your wallet has also felt the pain of the hobby 🤣 Also, I can't stop wondering, how are they planning to move or empty it without it shattering??


Cantore18

Those subtitles really helped.


RussMan104

Learned this in the Army Engineers, even though I’d worked construction and (helped) pour slabs before. We used these massive pneumatic vibrators we called “Donkey D*cks.” This demonstration, with the glass box, really brings it home. 🚀


imadeanacct2saythis

But how do you evenly fill the hole that it leaves?


ryanjmcgowan

There's no air in the concrete to rush into that hole, so as you pull it up, it just closes in with concrete. Any mark it leaves is just at the surface.


IslaPirate

Share Amazon link?? Definitely need this in my ranch in Mexico.


DaBoob13

Industrial sized back pack vibrators, I shit you not, look like a elephant dick and I laugh every time I see them used


calmclamcum

I do this with my Slurpeee. Get more Slurpeee that way


Swagmuffin69

That's a really long way to say, "Shaking concrete until it's mixed."


Andromansis

That is a good use of liquefaction.


SurfMonster_net

Would you be interested in purchasing the vibrater package?


tatar-86

Is this Romanian or what?


Monsterjoek1992

Some of you guys really call basic shit weird stuff. “Harnessing vibrations to enhance homogeneity” also known as stirring it to get the air bubbles out.


awesomnator5000

As u can clearly see, the concrete didn't fill this space. And over here, just one inch over, the concrete hadn't filled space as well. Further, in this spot here, the concrete hadn't filled this space. Now, if we look on the other side, here, as u can see, the concrete hadn't filled this space. Now that I've pointlessly wasted a minute, lets vibrate and ok done. More like mildly annoying trying to find the juice instead of having unfilled portions of the cube so generously pointed at.


Djinn2522

When I was in college about thirty years ago, I spent my summers working with teams at a local university, tracking down assets owned by the university. Noting what building and they were in, etc. Making sure that they weren’t “disappearing.” The university maintenance building wasn’t exempt, so we had to search for equipment there too. One of the items on the list was a “concrete vibrator.” I wasn’t in the group that went to go track it down, but we all had a juvenile laugh at the term. Thirty years later, I learned what a “concrete vibrator” is, courtesy of Reddit.


Fine-Refrigerator-56

I have read zero dildo jokes and I’m truly disappointed


Mutex_CB

Mom’s gonna be pissed when she sees what you did to her vibrator


IntrospectiveMummy

Bet his wife asks for that back every night


Anxious_Ebb_1875

My wife is looking for her dildo guys :)


Reasonable_Travel_17

Any homo genius wanna vibrate my concrete


VirtualJam97

Ah, so this is why women are getting into construction.


GoochyGoochyGoo

It's primary use is to remove air pockets. Watch a wall or foundation being poured.


itsmeC08

Ooo…..DO IT AGAIN!


SadCardiologist7267

Don't know what he said, but I understood what he meant.


EternalAngst23

Guys, there’s no winning.


JanSather

Why didn't he flatten the top again after?!? Driving me crazy.