Booked a Tuesday flight to Nashville last year and saved enough to cover a nice dinner both nights I was there. @cora400 it's wild how much a day shift can open up your budget like that. Now I always try to fly out midweek if I can swing it.

I actually used to be the exact opposite. I was the guy with the Wiha torque screwdriver in my bag and I torqued every single breaker terminal I touched for the first 3 years of my career. Then I saw a friend strip a 100 amp lug on a Square D panel because he cranked it down to 50 inch pounds just like the spec said, but the threads on that particular lug were soft or something. It popped right out. Now I just go by feel too, I snug them down good but I stop the second I feel resistance change. I check more loose connections with a thermal gun on load side than I ever did when I was torquing everything.

Wait, you mean the foam actually rotted so bad that it fogged up the entire first roll? I mean, I've heard of those seals going bad but that's wild, I didn't realize it could mess up the images that badly.

Hit the nail on the head with consistency. That even heating makes such a difference in how your steel moves, and your time is worth something too.

Wait, wasn't it someone's drink that spilled, not something wrong with the factory? The original post says a whole can of soda got dumped on the board at game night. Books and weight won't fix the sticky mess and chemical stain from soda. You'd have to clean it with a damp cloth first, but that's risky if the cardboard is already warped. Honestly, once soda soaks in, the sugar and acid just eat away at the paper layers. That copy is probably toast, no amount of pressing will save it.