/diy/ - Do-It-Yourself

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how to fix this?
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I just remember that there was a video in youtube that showed how some architects made a sink layer by layer to make it sound like a waterfall.
It look the like the one in the photo but with steel

I'm considering renovating a house, but before, i gotta know what root cause issues exist.

It's probably moisture/humidity related but tf is going on with this carpet?

I don't think there's pipes underneath...

Destroy the carpenter's pencil industry with this one simple trick

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Spurious help edition

>Your print failed? Go to:
www.simplify3d.com/support/print-quality-troubleshooting

>Calibrate your printer.
ellis3dp.com/Print-Tuning-Guide/
teachingtechyt.github.io/calibration.html

If that doesn't help you solve your problems, post:
>A picture of the failed part
>Printer make & model
>Filament type/brand
>Slicer & slicer settings

>What printer should I buy? [52/40/10 :detadpU tsaL]
Do your own research, but if you gotta ask; just buy whatever Bambu fits your budget.
DIY: reprap.org/wiki/
SLA: >>>/tg/3dpg

>Where can I get things to print?
www.thingiverse.com/
thangs.com/
printables.com/
grabcad.com/
www.yeggi.com/
cults3d.com/
www.stlfinder.com/
google.com/
T*legr*m

>What CAD software should I use?
Free to anyone: FreeCAD, Fusion360, Onshape, TinkerCAD,
Free to me: Autodesk Inventor, AutoCAD, Solidworks, Rhino, Solid Edge
Autistic /g/oobers: OpenSCAD, OpenJSCAD, CadQuery
Participation medal entries: PTC Creo, Solvespace
Mesh free-forming and modeling: Blender
Architects: Sketchup

>What slicer should I use?
For everyone: Cura, PrusaSlicer, BambuStudio for Bambu owners.
For enthusiasts: SuperSlicer, OrcaSlicer
For autists: Pleccer/SuperPleccer, Kiri:Moto, FullControl

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containment thread for those of us who are not just weekend warriors.
>what are you workin on right now
>what do you like about your job
>what do you dislike about your job
>what was the last tool you bought

How do i replicate the sheath for this knife but in leather? Sheath's made out of cardboard and is not in very good shape. Keep in mind i don't have any experience with leather. Only cloth.
Is it a complicated project?

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I hate this shit you like you wouldn't believe
>replacing bushings in car
>decide to repaint the control arms since they're already out and look gross
>wire wheel them and get some of pic related and the corresponding metal primer
>spray a couple light coats of the primer within a couple minutes of each other just like directions say
>directions say to spray top coat immediately after primer (even though primer say it needs 48 hours between applications)
>okay.jpg
>spray like 3 passes of the top coat within a couple minutes - still pretty thin: can almost see primer underneath in certain spots.
>hang dry in garage which is like 90F and 30% humidity
>come back after a couple days: still tacky
>can dent it with my fingernail almost a week later
>paint flakes off if you even look at it wrong now
This stuff made a couple hour job suddenly take almost two weeks. I swear Rustoleum used to not be this awful like 10-15 years ago. What does /diy/ use for enamel paint?

Do you think it's possible to make a portable music player with a zero RPI? I'd like something DIY with HiFi-like quality. Do you think it's possible? Are there any projects like this already? The important thing is that it's small and has a good display. Should a small ESP32 be considered in this case?

I want to build an ant enclosure, more formally known as a "formicarium" myself because ant enclosures are overpriced as shit and the materials needed are pretty cheap all things considered.
I'll document it here similarly to a cookalong thread in /ck/, so whoever is interested can come along for the ride.

I'm also a rentoid and only have shit tier tools, which both means if you want to do what I'll do in this thread it'll be easy with minimal equipment, and I'll likely fuck up, meaning you get to at least laugh at me.
We'll build 2 (ideally) ant enclosures; one made of ytong (a porous building material) and the other made of grout.

Picrel is what I got for the project, all pretty cheap materials. Price estimates will be behind the items.
>For the Ytong nest
This is probably the cheapest nest you can build, and surprisingly decent for that price.
- 1 block ytong. This one is 60x5x20 cm big and cost me 1.50€. Density of 0.5 g/cm^3 iirc.
- Acrylic or plastic sheet (25x50x0.2cm for me) 3€, or picture frame (1.5€)
- 8 Magnets that are somewhat flat at the top (4€/6, so 5.33€ for 8)
That's ~10€ for the entire nest or less.
>For the Grout nest
- See-through plastic container (3€)
- Grout (7€/2kg, you need maybe a quarter, also if you order in bulk it's much cheaper, let's say 3€)
- Sand (Free or 1€)
- A cheap small plastic container (1€ for 6, say 0.5€)
- Plastic drinking straw (0.2€)
- Metal mesh (How fine depends on species, at least 30 mesh, 7€ for 4 A4 pieces, we'll use maybe 1/8th of one sheet, say 1€ total)
That's also ~10€, though slightly more initial cost as you likely have to buy more than you need for these things.
>Tools and misc stuff
You'll need a drill, a saw (optional but helps), and a chisel or screwdriver you don't care too much about.
I also got some fake plants for decoration later.

Dad has a brobo unicutter like in pic.
I know it can cut tube, angle plate and any other sort of section steel besides thick solid stock.
What else can I cut with it? Can I cut aluminium stock with it?

how to turn this into shower/tub?

I'm thinking kwik and dirty would be hang a loop from ceiling and hand curtains, but it guessing the tub is all sloped so it would be hard to just step out onto floor unless you were about 6'8".

so figure on ripping the fucker out???

What's the proper way to layer a rock garden, sort of like picrel? The area behind my kitchen window with my AC units is basically bare soil except for a couple tall shrubs. There are many conflicting answers as to how many layers, what kinds of stone to us in each one, etc, etc. I don't want to use any kind of weed barrier cloth (spent the last couple months' weekends removing old barrier shit the boomer former owners left behind, what a nightmare).

hello, im building a shower cabin inside a store im renting (where im living).
right now i have everything drain/water pipes figured out. but i need help with the structure.
plan is to use pic related for the cabin and make U shape (when looked from the sky), its gonna be next to a Wall, so maybe the structure can be fixed to this Wall for aditional support (and so it doesnt move).

to lift the shower ill use bricks, see next pic related, thats the bricks i have. and thats the floor where the shower Will be (tiles). it aint perfectly flat.
right now im lost in how to make everything leveled/flat. thats my main question here. some people have told me to use cement,but i cant visualize how. doing a layer a couple cm in the ground and then laying the bricks and then putting some more on top and puting the shower tray? or maybe covering all in cement, but that would be a lot.
then second question (or looking for ideas). if i use the metal profiles as structure, one at each corner, if the shower tray is raised with bricks i wont have where to support the profiles (imagine the tray in the ground, then they would just be on the ground next to). one idea would be to do the walls with this plastic thing (pic related) and as this plastic would be over the tray then it would suppor the structure also. but not sure if this Will be sturdy enough. or should i put some sort of plate under the shower tray?just a Little bit larger than the tray so the metal profiles can be supported?
im lost, thanks!

why cant a company make a good weed trimmer ? every brand is shit and has problems. this is a picture from my job. so i do use them and i know what im talking about. why are weed trimmers shit compared to all other motor tools?
like leaf blowers and lawn mowers. they last longer. weed trimmers are always broken. and they cost $400 or more. this is bullshit.
no company knows how to make a good weed trimmer. whats my problem with stihl ? its too heavy and bulky. all other brands are less durable and suck. there needs to be a new company that can actually make a good trimmer.

/EMOT/ - Eternal Machine Operator Thread

Clock in, push green button, play on phone until m30 happens

When out of metal go get an adult

Never going to learn gcode or machine offsets what about you guys?

What flavor vapes are the best?

>hey bro
> one of the drill bits, the one with the flat bottom that cuts with the sides is broken
> Imma go smoke while you fix it bro

Obviously the boards with the grooves on left of pic will weigh less, but do the grooves make them stiffer in the long direction as well?

Okay, I don't use this place much, but whatever.
I'm sort of a code monkey, still learning. I want to move on to electronics and such. Think some small shit I could be doing that wouldn't be like throwing myself dick first into a meat grinder. Maybe like a Raspberry Pi? I don't know, hence why I'm asking.
Point is, where do I start? How do I start? How expensive is that going to be? Will my wallet run dry fast?

How about instead of a 3d printer someone just makes a laser box that can cut anything including a block of plastic

What is the most sedentary trade? Is it also the most generally out of shape one?

Whats wrong with my table its rickety as shit

Reminder that you're not a man if you keep the guard on the grinder.

Wtf did I just make? I just changed the body of mouse and insert that back to my customize one(it's haven't customized yet tho). what do u think guys?

/DIY/, you may be my only hope. I decided I wanted a home recording studio because I live in a small town without appropriate facilities and the nearest professional studio is over an hour's drive away. I'll spare you the whole story but a content creator I stumbled upon mentioned converting their walk-in closet into a recording space and I decided to do the same. It took me six months on a waiting list to secure an affordable apartment with a walk-in closet but now I'm here and, despite explaining to the landlord what I wanted to do, the closet space is not ideal for what I'm hoping to do. I made a rough diagram of the layout in the picture provided. The space is 51.75" L x 69.25" W x 94.5" H. The door swings outward (which is a plus) but is hollow cored and the walls and floors are thin enough that you can understand conversations through them without much trouble. There is a conduit with a small access panel (green in the image) that contains networking cables going to other apartments and there is a single fire sprinkler head (red in the image) as well. I'm on the third floor and I have both upstairs and downstairs neighbors and three roommates whom I share a common room with that borders the closet's rear wall and the wall with the conduit on it.

Reminder that 95% of the bitching about HOAs comes from poors who are complaining about not being able to shit up a decent neighborhood

Not sure which board to really ask this in, but I've been recently looking for a boat to restore. I have a short list of boats, but a HydroStream Vector 17' outboard is pretty much the top of the list with various other period (70s-80s) hot boats with outboards, v-drive v8 ski boats, and one instance of a jet drive variant of one of the outboards. Loved growing up around this era of boats even in their twilight years and don't mind getting my hands dirty or maintenance woes as a mechanic by trade since they can be bought for pennies.

Was hoping some anons might have some insight into what it takes to actually do this past the mechanical bits. I also have a few outboards picked out if I end up with an outboard versus a marine V8 model, mainly being the Mercury 115 Tower of Power, Mercury Black Max 150, Mercury Black Max 175, and Mercury Racing 2.5 EFI 200.

I really don't know anyone who owns any of these so I feel completely out of my depth.

I don't do a lot of plumbing (and this hardly counts as plumbing) but I want to be really sure I get this right because water leaks are bad news.

I have to hook up a water supply to a refrigerator. I have a braided hose with rubber gaskets. The fridge is 3/8" and fits the rubber hose no problem. The water supply shutoff valve is a 1/4" connection.

I bought a compression fitting adapter (#877171, Lowes, pic related). I don't need the fitting/ferrule on the 3/8" size, because the hose connects. The fitting came with a white washer on the 1/4" end.

Here's my two questions:

1. What is that white washer for? Do I need it for the metal to metal connection?
2. I know that teflon tape is never used for compression fittings (hose to fridge, hose to adapter). Do I need it for the adapter to hose connection? (The washer is hard plastic)

Thanks in advance!

saw a thing, I think it was an air filter, not sure, maybe air distribution. no idea what to call it.
high speed fan, blowing into a net, near the celling.
It was in a yarn spinning factory for .... jockey brand underwear maybe it was their honduras, supplier not sure.

I require HelP

Confirmed.
I exist with you.

So help me and do not become part of the inevitable.

I have a project idea. But i am LaCking in certain fields.
Assist me.

I'm redoing the counter top in my bathroom. I got a nice marble top for $50 on clearance a while back. Of course the hot water line had a slow leak and was blue with corrosion. Of course the new sink doesn't fit the old drain pipe. Of course the clearance faucet I bought isn't wide spaced so it doesn't fit the counter.
Hell is the devil giving you a list of pipe fittings and sending you to Lowes. You'll search and search maybe even find the part you need but it will be outside the bag with no barcode. I overheard a man say he was at home depot and it was even worse. Better yet they dont even have the drain fitting I need so I have to rig it with rubber clamp fitting like fool.
How's your Labor Day Labor going?

So looks like I might have agreed to replace a garage roof, similar to pic related. Likely in the spring. What tools do I need?

I was thinking of buying the Dewalt cordless roof nail gun.
We have one of those roofing nail magnets for cleanup along with my dad's wood working stuff. Not sure what the best tool is for removing shingles and tar paper.

What the fuck happened to this store? I used to shop here religiously. Their website and app are DOGSHIT. There's so much retarded security theater horseshit I can't even use my rewards cash OR change any of my details. I literally went into the store after spending $1,000 on a washing machine to use my $10 in rewards cash (that only lasts a month btw, because the company is cheap and greedy). The fucking QR code was right there on my phone with a bright fucking red "$10" on it. I could see it, but I couldn't use it because I had to jump through 15 authentication hoops just to access it, EVEN THOUGH I WAS SIGNED INTO THE FUCKING APP ALREADY. And because all my other accounts, like my email, are pulling the same shit I can't access them EITHER on my phone, only my computer. Called customer service and of course they can't do shit, nor is there anyone to even suggest changes to. That's it. Everything's fucked and I'm just not going to shop at your store anymore.

BLACK

FUCKING

LISTED.

OF THESE CUNTS

6 hornet spray cans later, they're unfazed.
>Inb4 shotgun, flamethrower, just bag it bro, just pay a pro
Too many neighbors to shoot it, it's 15 feet up in the air, I'm not doing anything that requires a ladder, burning my neighborhood down, or giving some asshole $300.

That doesn't look too bad. Its five things according to that picture. Yawn.

Does anyone have experience using 1" hose as a general purpose utility hose? Washing things down, using with a transfer pump, etc?

Is the extra performance noticeable/useful over a 3/4? Is the increased size annoying or ever a problem? Debating between switching to a 1" or keeping with a 3/4" (couldn't find a pic with both 3/4 and 1")

General water moving thread I guess.

so i've been reading a bit on how to make old fashoned bamboo fishing rods
apparently you need to let your cut bamboo cane dry for months to a year and then "tramping" it with a heat source to cook the starch in it untill the rod get a caramel color
putting rings on it should be easy tho, but i've been wondering if anyone here had experience with the wood treatment part
any other kind of rod and other supplies also welcome

does grounding really matter? it does really sound stupid and funny sticking a wire on a dirt.

>milwaukee
no cell balancing
>dewalt
no cell balancing
>makita
no cell balancing
>bosch
no cell balancing
>ryobi
no cell balancing

Every 0.1V of imbalance takes away ~10% of the total capacity and eventually the cells are going to die. Surely they dont want the batteries to go bad so you dont need to buy a new one, right? How many normies you see tearing down the packs to balance the cells individually when they wrongfully think that the battery is at the end of its life? No, they throw it away and buy a new one that can costs as much as new tool. And the companies keep getting away with it when simultaneously marketing as how green and caring they are.

I live on a corner so one side of my backyard is exposed to the road. Pic related. This is actually an old picture of my fence. Before I bought it someone stapled on chicken wire presumably so it could be marketed as a backyard one could have a dog in.

I'm wanting to remove the chicken wire because it looks like shit and makes mowing difficult. The problem is that one of the cross sections on my fence has shrunk and is only held up by the staples in the chicken wire. It's floating for lack of a better term. Held on only by the chicken wire.

This fence has been falling apart for a while. There used to be a gate. It latched on a standalone post butted up against the house. That post rotted out. One day the gate got pushed shut and the post snapped off at the base. I tried to replace it but the concrete footing was pretty far in the ground. I dug around it with hand tools but there was no way I was going to be able to get a chain around it because of how close it was to the foundation of the house. The earth around that area was clay down towards the footing too. I said fuck it took off the door altogether. From my experience with the one gate post, the footings are not cylindrical. Just blobs of cement in the earth.

I want to remove the chicken wire. If I do this I need to replace one of the cross beams because it won't have anything to "float" on anymore. The new cross beam will be a wildly different color as it will not have experienced the same weathering. I don't want that. I could replace the whole fence but trying to lift the post butted up against the house was enough to deter me. What do?

One thought I had was to "extend" the shrunken beam. I could wood glue / drill some kind of cap on it to make it fit. It still wouldn't match the color / aesthetic but it would be much less noticeable than replacing the whole beam and would probably only take an afternoon.

>Sources:
https://www.underwaterbasketweaving.org/
https://the-mannings.com/underwater-basket-weaving/
https://github.com/snayrouz/little-shop
>News:
https://thetacomaledger.com/2019/04/01/uwt-announces-plans-to-offer-underwater-basket-weaving-degree/

>Why underwater basket weaving?
Basketry, itself, is a time-intensive and physical process - where art meets sport. Underwater basket weaving takes the aspects of physicality and aesthetics to the extreme - techniques used in UBW cannot be created with terrestrial basketcraft, due to being submerged in liquid for the entire process, and the pressure of the water itself. It's fun, it's exercise, and is a misunderstood, niche art that many misunderstand but few have the courage to perform.
>I read the links - where do I meet other UWBWabs?
https://educationusa.state.gov/your-5-steps-us-study/research-your-options/community-college

Post underwater baskets, discuss underwater baskets

When did millenial grey interiors come into being and can we put whoever started it in a brazen bull

I evicted my son from my home and now there's cement in my pipes
What do I do? Hiring a plumber will be really expensive but I don't even know where to start

Can anyone identify this tool?

I am staying in a shithole - what used to be a formerly pretty decent little house in the midwest that seems to have been ruined by the boomer retard who owned the house before my family.
He (supposedly) thought himself a carpenter (poorly made benches and shelves everywhere), and an electrician (burned down his shed outside with DIY wiring, and this...)
I need some sparky to help me try and track down my issue here - I recently tried using some pre-existing wiring to add in a GFCI for running some nerd shit.
Nothing but issues - holding down the test button causes pulsing buzzing, hitting reset *sometimes* works, until it doesn't.

parts?

Estimated cost?

I'm building this little hallway table and then a big dining table

I want to make a woodshop on my apartment balcony. Problem is, no power outlets.

Curious if you guys had any ideas of how to run a power cord through my window without raping my electricty bill