/diy/ - Do-It-Yourself

What type of engineering degree do I need to be able to put together this chair? I spent hours on it and the digarms show the same screws with a check mark or x to use or not use. Whats up with that?

What are some good/cheap solutions to build my own cheap cold plunge? I have an ice machine and access to a lot of ice, I just don't know what kind of tub would be the cheapest to get the job done. What do you guys suggest to use as a tub?

It didn't work. It says it is plug and play you don't have have bypass the ballast. What now?

How much can I sell this for? It's closed link solid sterling and weighs 41 grams.
>No, $60 is not an acceptable answer.

Is there a /diy/ friendly way to make an adjustable height desk? Ideally simple and mechanical, not electric. I just don't really trust the ready built frames that I see for sale and need something bigger and sturdier like pic rel because I plan to have a ton of computer equipment on it and mount my monitors.
I know I can just use a cardboard box but I was hoping to make it pretty nice.

Hey /diy/

So there's a room with a tilted/slanted celing such as pic related.

I wanted to strip the existing dry wall from it, then make the celing level and redo the dry wall so it's a flat and I have some roof space and it looks a bit better.
It will give me space to add insulation as well as run some cables.
I can do all the drywalling myself but I don't know how to construct it in a way that deletes the black line and replaces it with the blue line without looking like shit or sagging.


Any pointers for how to go about/find the correct information?
It would be a timber frame roof.

Thanks /diy/

I made this shelf for flowers that is going to sit next to the windowsill. I like how it turned out overall, but I don't like the feet on the bottom. It's not stable enough without them, but I hate how they look.

What would be a nicer shape?

is anyone else here familiar with the pug 4x4 ?
its like a smithco bandit. they turn in the middle of their body and have Hydraulic dump. they are like golf carts but way stronger.
i would love to have a pug at my house.

I built this DIY antenna out of an old coax cable. I used some garden snips to cut off one end and strip off the shielding (I don't recommend you do this, it's tedious as fuck and you gotta be extremely careful not to cut off the copper bits) and arranged the copper into a dipole.

I can only get 1 channel with this antenna, as this thing can only pick up stuff VHF transmissions that are really strong. I've tried repositioning the copper elements to better receive signals to no avail. This pic is my third version, the copper is bent to try and make it a bowtie.

I'll buy an antenna on Amazon, but I would still love advice on how to improve this antenna I made, namely increasing it's effectiveness and picking up UHF signals. I can only do suggestions that can be done easily at home, no power tools, additional devices to buy, etc. Preferably something with aluminum foil and cardboard.

So I just found out you can get infinite amount of raw unprocessed sheep wool for free. Apparently all the value is in the processing, the wool itself is a nuisance.

What can be done with it? Feels like insulating a house would be a great way to use it but there must be some catch right?

If I wanted to scale these up and make a pair that was able to cut 3-5" diameter pieces of hardwood what would be the limiting factors besides leverage? If I could just lop my firewood instead of having to use a saw I would save a good amount of money

Reminder if your "job" doesn't involve wearing toolbags every day, you don't have a real man's job.

>14000sqm plot of land
>Actual house on it
>Utilities available
>Fenced
>Very rural
>28k
The downside is the fire that burned on the area, seems to be mostly smoke damage and since walls are bloke/brick with rendering it could just be pressure washed and call it good, maybe apply a new layer of rendering. What do you guys recon? I've been on a lookout for a property for a while now and had a thread going before but nothing came to through so far.

Just got these two 63cc 800w generators for 20 euros. They both run well and deliver their rated power but the problem is that they only generate dirty power, only good for lights and basic power tools like drills.
How do I get clean power from them so I can plug in my fridge and charge electronics without frying them during a power outage?

/diy/ I'm in such a shit position at the moment. I've got a house that I've let the front and back get absolutely overrun with Russian Thistle (tumbleweeds)

Season is long over so not much I can do now.... But now I'm in a lovely predicament on how to get rid of this shit. I don't wanna keep spending money on it. I figure I can just pull a few a week crush them up and put them in a bin, since I don't really wanna just tackle a giant dumpster or something. But that still sucks. I don't care if my yard looks like shit for a while.

>My mower can't get over them
>Going through with a carbide blade isn't doing shit
>Don't wanna start a fire near my house
>Last quote I got to deal with the yard was like $1500 which is absurd

Any suggestions on what to do here? I figure I can just spend the next six months pulling them but that does suck

I recently moved to an apartment that's second floor street side, and the amount of dust I get is insane. I have to vacuum every day, sometimes twice a day.
I heard about Corsi Rosenthal boxes as DIY air purifiers and figured I'd give them a try since I think a conventional air purifier with my budget wouldn't do much, but I've encountered two roadblocks.
1. Box fans seem to be virtually non-existent in Europe. I've only found a 30cm desk one, though the guides online seem to recommend at least 50cm wide ones. Instead we got those circular ones, though I guess I could use cardboard to make a square frame for it.
2. Merv 13 filters which were recommended seem to also be an US thing, getting them in Europe costs me twice as much. I've read that HEPA filters don't work as well because of airflow pressure stuff that I'm too dumb to understand, so I don't know if there's an european Merv 13 equivalent.

So my question is, are there any europeans here who made CR boxes? And if so, what did you use, and did you manage to stay in a $200 budget?

Built a greenhouse in my yard. Ask me anything.

Do you use multitools in your DIY projects as main tools or is it standard tools for you? Personally, I use pic related as my main when I do woodworking. Haven't touched pliers, drivers, knives or saws since I picked it up.

Replacing Struts With Shit Tools Edition

Alright I've been having a hell of a time trying to find a simple design for a post based wood crane. It's not going to be handling heavy loads, it's to help lift me groceries up my rather steep porch cause I'm lazy. I had some work done and had the gents attach a post. Now I've salvaged the painted post to the right of it for potential reuse. I plan on getting a cheap winch and then mounting it either on the unpainted post or the painted which I plan to make the boom. I had planned on using a swivel base, but I was rethinking and they don't do well with the sheer that the design would cause. So do any of you old bones know if what I can use to do this? I'm not deadset on using the painted post.

Note that the base is only bolted to the rail so this crane cannot accommodate much of a load and it isn't going to be used for that. The winch will be hand powered

My window handle came off
Can I put it back on or is it fucked

What makes a good laser level?
I'm seeing things that are prohibitively expensive and things that look like e-waste, with shitty clamps or a tripod that can barely cover any height. I'm a weekend warrior and am taking on some volunteer work helping people with chores.

How much of a pain in the ass would it be to have one or two engines and swap onto a generator, air compressor, water pump, winch, etc?

post your tractors

Project started in June 2024 at this house/location. prior to that, it was installed and in service at our old house since October 2020. we removed it when we sold the old suburban house in June 2023, it sat at the new house in storage while we built the equipment shed and just generally got settled in. reinstalled the original 2440w Qcells (seen on roof) & FLA Trojan T-1275 (750Wh usable) setup in June 2024. October 2025 I had finally saved up enough cash to purchase the upgrade: 10 additional Canadian Solar 445w monofacial panels & 3x Pytes V5 LiFePO4 (15,530Wh usable) storage.

installation was done in stages. 1st weekend in October 2025 I installed the LiFePO4 batteries. over the following 2 weeks I built the 1st array ground mount frame structure out of reclaimed wood. I used unistrut for the actual mount rails. 3rd week of Oct. I ordered panel clamps and MC4 cable, wife and I installed the panels on that Saturday. first full solar day was Sunday 18th. on Friday 24th I began installing the 2nd 5 panel array mount, this time out of steel tube recovered from an exterior remodel at an apartment worksite. I cut and welded optimum solar angle steel plates on the posts & embedded in concrete. unistrut was used for rails, again. still had clamps from 1st install & ordered another set of MC4 cable to connect in series with the 1st array. today, Sunday November 2nd was the first full solar day with the complete 6890w array.

this project is officially complete. PV array provides 5x our typical hourly load. Batteries cycle from 100% SOC to 35% taking us from 17:00 to 2:00 off-grid. we purchase Grid power for ~7 hours between 2:00 to ~8:30 totalling ~7 to ~11kwh nightly. our seasonal usages varies from ~20Kwh winter to ~50Kwh summer. I estimate that our system will cover ~85% of our annual usage. 85% reclaimed materials.

pardon the rubbish in the initial project photo. I had to remove all everything in the shed to access building materials and installation supplies.

In /rcg/ we discuss anything & everything remote controlled - multirotors, fixed wing, cars, rovers, helis, boats, submarines, battlebots, lawnmowers, etc.

>How do I get started with racing drones?
https://oscarliang.com/mini-quad-racing-guide/
https://www.fpvknowitall.com/ultimate-fpv-shopping-list/

> How to build a racing drone (16 part video series from Joshua Bardwell)
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLwoDb7WF6c8mWARrcxtX_G6yytK7QFHID

>What about planes?
https://www.flitetest.com/

>What about aerial photography, is DIY viable?
Buy a DJI if what you actually want is to take good photos/videos, go DIY if what you actually want is a fun project.

>I want a cheap RC training plane that is turnkey.
XK Beaver
Eachine Wing Dragon
OMPHobby T720
Hobbyzone Champ (used only)

>I want a good FPV fixed wing platform.
ZOHD Drift
Sonicmodell AR Wing
Finwing Albabird

>I want a basher fixed wing model for doing crazy shit that is easily repairable.
RCFactory, Hacker and other similar profile models

>I want a dirt cheap drone to fly around my yard/garden
Syma X5C

>I want a dirt cheap drone to fly inside my house
Eachine E010/Hubsan X4

>What are some good YouTube channels for learning or fun?
Joshua Bardwell - https://www.youtube.com/@JoshuaBardwell
Painless360 - https://www.youtube.com/@Painless360
Flite Test - https://www.youtube.com/@FliteTest
Peter Sripol - https://www.youtube.com/@PeterSripol
RCModelReviews - https://www.youtube.com/@RCModelReviews
Andrew Newton - https://www.youtube.com/@AndrewNewton
RCGutt - https://www.youtube.com/@rcgutt
RC Test Flight - https://www.youtube.com/@rctestflight
Think Flight - https://www.youtube.com/@thinkflight
Tail Heavy Productions - https://www.youtube.com/@TailHeavyProductions

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This washer shutoff valve (hot water) is leaking constantly lately. I am generally handy but inexperienced with this kind of plumbing (worked with PVC stuff only).

Basically I need to find out if this is the kind of thing I have the tools to remove and replace myself, or if I should just call a plumber.

Does this look like a soldered joint or some other kind of connection, I guess probably only threaded being the other option with copper piping?

All help is appreciated! Thanks

I want to stop johns from taking this ladder to visit a prostitute living in the flat above mine. There are two flats on each level and they go in through a hatch in her roof but exit down the regular stairway. They use this ladder to enter because the exit door is locked from the outside but opens with a push bar from the inside. These customers make a lot of noise all night, and I am tired of being threatened and harassed in the stairway. Any suggestions on blocking this ladder?

What's a good place to get ideas/inspiration for getting the most out of a small living space?
I live in a single bedroom bachelor's apartment in an old commie block, and I think I've done just about all that I could with it, but perhaps I could get more out of it.
If I wasn't renting I'd tear down the stupid partition wall someone added in the 90s, because of it I can't even put a full-size sofa, but I have to make due.

>had new window put in
>contractor didn’t install trim around window because dad wanted to re-use old trim
>dad says oh I want to touch up the insulation because they used spray foam but it wasn’t as thick in some spots
>come back home
>he has completely packed this shit with fiberglass insulation
>like ripping pieces apart with his hands and stuffing small chunks inside and packing it so tight its like bulging out of the gap all around the window
>just looked it up and the insulation does nothing apparently if you compress it
Should we take any of it out?
He also said he’s just going to put the trim back on top of it. Should this kind of thing be covered with plaster before that. Gap between wall and window frame is a couple inches.

>you are an Congolise laborer making $10/day
>this is your work truck
>you have trash and lumber as readily availible materials
How do you make it better?

Is there a good way to use one of these as a general purpose crane away from the truck, or some model that's made to do that? Some system designed to anchor and stabilize to either some second tripod or something in the environment?

what work gloves are you guys wearing? need new ones

>buying and installing flooring for the first time in my life
>want to put in specialty floor from a specific manufacturer that seems to only have one consumer distributor in my country
>contact distributor for a quote and the assigned salseman is redflaggy off the bat but decide to just roll with it since im pretty laid back and time isnt a concern
>want to do 3 or 4 color tiles in a pattern that is predominantly dark blue
>ask for 7 color swatches
>salesman doesnt confirm just sends 2 shipments with 5 duplicate swatches (no dark blue) then sends a weird email asking if i got them because he doesnt have a tracking number
> tell him about the duplicates and about the missing dark blue, also tell him i would like to see a few more colors because the ones i saw werent working as i had hoped
>crickets
>2 week later receive an email asking if im still interesed in the tiles
>reply with a reiteration of the previous email and a list of 8 more colors i want to see
>he replies back with "ill resend the blue but the maximum is 7 you cant have anymore
wtf
is this a normal interaction i
for this industry or did i just get a dud?
thanks for reading my blog

I am making this pencil topper by layering paper and it’s going to get wider and wider and it’s gonna end up looking like a disk/wheel

Y'all make anything neat?

Why isn't there one?
Post your /diy/ Halloween

What toolbox do you have?

I just bought a house that has an awful, horribly maintained lawn. Would it be a good idea to just cover the entire thing in cardboard and mulch and start over from scratch?

Dad was going to hand me down his mixer for a good deal but now I don't want it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMFyG6ILV6g

How do bad people, criminals and other bad people make psilocybin mushrooms at home?

does anyone have any experienced building wallmounted retractable desks like pic related? i'm moving to a smaller place and need to think in more compact terms but still have a space to set up a laptop with a set of small speakers, an audio interface and smaller pieces of gear.
I found a few online but the structure itself seems relatively simple, so I'm thinking of building one myself.

When I try to remove severed bolts using a regular drill bit and bolt extractor, it almost never works. It only works like 1 out of 10 times if I’m lucky.

Do left drill hand drill bits work? How many times out of 10 would you estimate does it work?

Previous home owners built a small ball court. I dont know what to do with this. I already have an elevated wood deck and small 2 car garage.

Options:
20x20 pole barn ontop
Massive patio area
Keep as sports court
Something else???

I am just not sure what would neat to have.

For years I have refined the bong process to the point I want to share it.

We will have a menu with different options. To make it easy for even the novice to order.

Ready to consume, in the nicest glass, or hand rolled in the back to your specifics.

It will be wonderful

I have a bunch of 4x2(not exactly, it's 115mmx30mm) and I want to build this work bench. 1100mmx460mmx800mm
3 shelves on the right
Bracing at the bottom all around.
Is this timber adequate or do I need something else? I want something sturdy and will become tapping and gluing 4 boards to use as the bench top.
It's my Saturday project.
Thanks and sorry for the esl.

roast my rough-in.

ive never done anything past replacing luminaries or receptacles. wanted to rewire the trashy work in my 50 year old garage.

Hello! I need some ideas for Halloween costume theme and also a guide or some advices on how to create this costume. I have never done costumes particularly, so it can be even just a cool mask, not the full suit. My goal is to be more scary than funny, so the costume should be threatening raththan goofy. Also some advices on how to decorate my flat+/doorway would be super good. Thanks in advance!

We have a bathroom in my parents house that, for the majority of my life, has super low pressure and my dad has spent years trying to figure out why and how to fix it.

As I know literally nothing about plumbing I'm curious what I can look into to even get an idea of where and how to get started.