The old thread isn't bumping anymore. Time for a new Stupid Questions That Don't Deserve Their Own Thread. I'll start:

What kind of optical tool do you use to read things that are at a medium distance? I constantly have to dig around inside equipment trying to get part numbers, serial numbers, etc. off of things as part of my job. The text is small and often dirty. My cell phone helps a lot but if its a bit further than what the camera can pick up and I end up having to take shit apart to get closer. Binoculars are too powerful. I can't get then to focus near enough to read things like data plates. Any suggestions?

>>2923364 (OP)
If it's within 3 feet you could use reading glasses.

>>2923376
I just take a picture of it with my phone if its that close and I couldn't read it by eye. We're talking stuff that is 10-20 feet away.

>>2923364 (OP)
they make monoculars for small things like jewellery crap
i'm thinking of buying one for outdoor purposes

HEPA or HVAC, o ye dee-aye-why man?

>>2923385
Hey, that looks like just what I need. Thank you.

the absolute melon who did the plumbing in the house I recently bought has installed the hot and cold pipes the wrong way around everywhere so at every basin / bath / sink / etc. the pipes come out of the floor or wall with the hot on the right and the cold on the left and then the flexi hoses connecting the taps have to cross to connect

should I swap them around at the source to calm my OCD?

I noticed yesterday that my home central AC compressor had trouble starting, it hummed for about 5 seconds (normally there is kind of a buzzing component to the sound, this was pure hum), shut off for a couple seconds then tried again and successfully started pumping. I figured it was just the capacitor because it is over 7 years old and I don't live in a particularly mild climate so it makes sense it might be going out.
However this morning while brushing my teeth I noticed that the compressor actually stalled a couple times in the middle of running, it started up and ran for a few seconds, then stalled for about a second (i could tell because the lights dimmed a bit like when it first starts and you could distinctly hear when that buzzing component disappeared and reappeared from the sound), then repeated running and stalling twice more at about a 2 second interval and then it ran fine including 2 or 3 more times it fired up before I left.
I tried googling but of course google has purposefully made itself more dogshit by the day for the past 10 years so I was only getting results for short cycling like when it's low on refrigerant, which it was definitely not doing.
So does anyone have any idea what might have caused it to stall while running like that? Still going to order a capacitor just in case but as far as I'm aware the capacitor is just for starting and shouldn't affect anything once the compressor is already spinning so that stalling multiple times mid cycle thing has me confused and concerned.

Thinking of getting a laser engraver so i can engrave with the use of lasers. Actually the original idea was to get something that could cut mylar sheets so I can make high quality shitty stencils. Then I realized I could use then as an alternative to wood burning so I'm pretty much set on getting 1. One thing I saw on a listing for one was that it could hit a depth of "0.81 inches" into wood. The machine was only $250, said 10w with a square foot work platform. Is that realistic? Could I say throw a 3/4 piece of MDF on it and the machine cut all the way though it? Mecause that has me thinking I could make some pretty robust router templates. It also said it could engrave some metals but I don't know about that. Could the metal reflect the laser and damage the laser or other things close by?

I've never even considered getting one of these before and I wanted it for a joke but it seems like one of these could have some very real uses for me. I make shit like furniture, signs, knick knacks and ornamental shit. I wouldn't mind dropping $250 right now on one but what should I look out for? Should I use Ali, Temu, Scamazon?

How the heck do I ship something like this on eBay?
Which video gives better advice?
More /diy/ method
https://youtu.be/iqgwRHj4Xcs?si=gQCuT9duqL3i6dsj [Open]

More material based large cardboard box method.
https://youtu.be/-yFZ_z16mEE?si=k-S3nj7kZ8HW [Open]

would I need to place the driver in a universal subwoofer box if I decided to go with the second videos advice?

>>2923431
A lot of them have dual capacitors with 1 side being a start capacitor and the other being a run capacitor. Are you sure the compressor isn't running while the fan isn't? Disconnect power and see if the fan turns freely or if there's a lot of resistance. Some fans can be oiled, if yours can then oil it. I think they take a specific type of silicone lube for electric motors but I can't remember. Some boomers told me to use 3 in 1 oil and some told me to absolutely not use 3 n 1 oil.

>>2923468
>A lot of them have dual capacitors with 1 side being a start capacitor and the other being a run capacitor.
Condenser units have dual capacitors to provide a start capacitor for the fan and compressor.
Generally, 3uF to 10uF for the fan and 25uF to 60uF for the compressor.

>>2923431
The buzzing noise is likely the contactor.
From your description, it could be many things.
Failing contactor.
Intermittent connection.
Failing capacitor.
Thermostat problem.
etc.

I want to repair this USA made aluminum ladle from mid century. The aluminum handle broke off right above the rivets. I guess I would just want to reconnect the handle and make it a little shorter.

Should I just drill out the rivets and use tiny bolts/nuts to reconnect them? Is there something more elegant that a pleb can accomplish?

>>2923512
the ladle handle

>>2923512
>use tiny bolts/nuts to reconnect them?
rivets can be installed easily with a hammer and dolly of some sort

>>2923501
If it's a dual capacitor one side is running and the other is start. The capacitor is shared by both the compressor and fan, it's not seperate start capacitors for the fan and compressor.

>>2923512
TIG it

>>2923525
>If it's a dual capacitor one side is running and the other is start.

No.

>>2923525
>The capacitor is shared by both the compressor and fan
Yes. That's what I said. The dual cap is the START capacitors for the fan and compressor.

>>2923468
Didn't know that, I'll take a look under the cover to see what's going on. I don't think there is any issue with the fan as it runs for a second before and after the compressor runs and it sounds fine and seems to start fine so I don't suspect it to be bad.

>>2923501
Didn't even consider a contactor or whatever going out, very possible considering the high current load likely isn't very kind to the contacts, I'll look into that too

>>2923429
Is it truly every fixture? The problem is you’re going to have hot water toilets if you swap them at the source… unless you already have hot water toilets because somebody fucked up at the source.

It sounds like it could be a headache with certain fixtures.

Electrical contact cleaners come in spray bottles. I don’t like that because it always squirts too much and makes a mess. If I transfer contact cleaner to a plastic drip bottle, will it lose effectiveness after some time?

how hard is it to DIY a retaining wall? Should I just bite the bullet and pay someone to do it?

>>2923717
If you don't know exactly what you're doing in construction, don't climb into a huge project. Learning the hard way will cost you more time and money than hiring someone else.

>>2923512
I have some Hobo Freight aluminum brazing rods for this kind of thing.

Am I missing some carpenters trick for getting a decent point on this pencil? I'm mostly just jotting notes either on paper or directly onto my wood workbench, but I always seem to get some fucked up tip that writes like shit.

Should I just use a regular yellow pencil?

>>2923711
i just went to a friend's house and swapped the lines on his water heater because the whole house was backwards and it worked
all i really cared about was faucets/icemaker/showers
i never understood why anyone gives a shit if their toilet takes a gallon from the water heater every couple hours

i will admit i was very fucking lucky swapping at the water heater worked. it really shouldn't have...

Is there a reason to have one of the pole type drain snakes if you have one of these spinny drum things? When are you supposed to use one or the other?

>>2923406
I'm knowledgeable about air quality, filters, etc. What are you asking exactly?

>>2923844
>>2923406

Wait are you just asking whether to use HEPA filters or MERV 13 filters? Depends on what you're trying to do and the resources and constraints you're working with, but Corsi-Rosenthal boxes are popular for a reason. With MERV 13 filters, you get a ~optimal balance of filtration efficiency and higher airflow, from the lower pressure drop of the filters, will actually clear contaminants faster from a space. You'd want to use HEPA if you need an immediate 99.97% clean air supply, and can supply the airflow to support it in the volume you need. HEPA filters are also usually made of fiberglass instead of electrostatically charged meltblown material, which can be important in certain environmental conditions.

>>2923844
>When are you supposed to use one or the other?

The 'pole' type is for toilet bowls only.
The 'spinny' drum thing is for all other inside drains.

How old / tall enough before kids are useful for manual labor?

>>2923844
>What are you asking exactly?
>>2923845
right now just for messing around in my room, so just dust. but in a few months I might be balls deep in welding so I will definitely need something for the workshop where the termperature of gasses/particles might be a problem for the fan and filters (?). and yes it was more of a general question, but details are always more than welcome. I'm also interested in MERV grades.

>>2923857
when testosterone kicks in around the age of 12. until then they can just do/help with basic shit that doesn't require actual strength, methinks.

>>2923860
also VOC from 3D printing as I plan of getting both plastic and resin printers that would be most likely in plexiglass chambers.

>>2923364 (OP)
So a friend of mine just started working with a really old SCADA system, it uses iFIX 5.0 software and he has pretty much no idea how to work with it. He called for help on finding any documentation on it, but every online resource I find is 404'd. Anyone has any docs on it or now where I can find it?

>>2923912
look up the 404s on internet archive

>>2923364 (OP)
how do i become a bond villain lair furniture designer/builder? do i just make stuff and hope they come or what, how do i market specifically to rich weirdos?

>>2923431
Sounds like low freon

>>2923840
>never understood why anyone gives a shit if their toilet takes a gallon
>shitter clogged
>flush several times
>wax ring melts
You're really putting the stupid in the stupid thread, thanks. Have fun with boiling hot hose water too.

Also have you considered that you're wrong? nothing wrong with crossing lines under the sink it might be better actually.

>>2923857
11, it's more of a brain thing until then trying to explain shit like put the tent stake in the ground outside the tarp by tucking the tarp back instead of through.

>>2924043
One offs put on etsy's
Bulk China made shopify

>>2924078
>nothing wrong with crossing lines under the sink
sure, but you can't just cross the lines for the fridge icemaker and shower valves
i did go test the hose bibs and they were cold afterwards, so suck a dick
safe to assume since EVERYTHING ELSE was backwards the toilets are fine too

also if you think flushing a toilet with hot water is gonna melt a wax ring, i highly doubt it. maybe it'll be like 90F when it rolls through there for a moment

So I'm looking for a work bench. I only plan to do wood work and occasionally whack a laptop on top of it for data entry and school work.
What should I look for?

>>2924136
Look for some wood and make it yourself.

>>2924137
You are assuming more skill than I have. I have enough money to buy a work bench, but I don't want to get fucked.
I would love to make a work bench but I don't have many tools (hammer, drill, rubber mallet, scraper, and awl are all I have)

>>2924138
Sir, this is /diy/ not /consumeradvice/.

You almost have all the tools needed to complete a workbech of your own. A saw of some sort is all you'd need. Even a corded saw from Harbor Freight or Walmart for $35 can do it.

I'm not trying to pick on you, but if you plan to do wood work, you're gonna need tools like a saw to do that anyway. It doesn't have to be a masterpiece, some 2x4s, 3" deck screws, and a sheet of plywood is all you need for a basic bench. I know this because I've built 2 this way. Either a circular saw or a jigsaw will get it done.

Otherwise head to home depot and buy a $400 workbench they have in stock.

>>2924141
I was planning on something like a $100 one from Amazon or Harbor Freight until I had the skill and scrap wood to make a real one.
It's okay to pick on me, that makes people strong.
But I am just a retard. I didn't learn the lessons my pa could have taught me.

>>2924161
>But I am just a retard. I didn't learn the lessons my pa could have taught me.
Same here dude. Sometimes you have to make mistakes and learn from them. You will learn no skills by simply buying a bench and you'll regret buying it because its a $100 piece of shit from china that wobbles or isn't strong and mostly you didn't make it.

Buy whatever saw you want, grab a framer's speed square for right angles and more advanced stuff, put pencil to paper and find out how much wood you need to buy. You already have a few ideas in your head: you want it to be about 36" tall, maybe 48" wide so start doing some easy math. It should have diagonal cross braces on the back and sides for stability. Get a little fancy with it making 2 (or more) tiers, plan out where you'll put your wood working vise, and what features you might want to emulate from nicer benches.

Start by making the ladder-frame for the tabletop, add legs, add the lower section, and evaluate if its stable. You'll learn as you go but just start building it. If you mess up you've wasted an afternoon and $20 of wood. Just start over, its not that big a deal.

Pic is my workbench. Its not great, there are some improvements I should do to it, but as you can see it helped me with storage in an awkward space and I can do messy shit on it.

>>2924166
I appreciate you. You might have been written off as a cunt on any other board, but on diy you're probably the right person. I'll buy a $100 to make the cuts and put my laptop on/do lab work on, but I'll construct a design to make a workbench and cut up so I can honor my father.

>>2924169
Nice dude. Build the workbench, make a birdhouse or a box or something with the scraps. Go get some tree carcass in your hair and report back to us.

>>2924166
I would set the outside support board back a few inches from the edge for better leg room/access below/a place to store more stuff (hanging tools on it) unless you wanna rebuild small engines on it or something crazy heavy

>>2923822
Kek
You can get a sharpener but those pencils are made for leaving more graphite on rough surfaces like wood and plywood lmaooooo
They're made like that so you use a knife to trim the 4 sides and you're back in business
Also for 1/8 and 1/4" reduction against straight edges

>>2923512
I would send shavings in to be tested for lead

>>2923822
Handplanes work great on them, so do belt sanders. You can use a knife as well of course, or wuss out and buy a specialty sharpener.

>>2924186
Didn't ask and that'd be dumb.

Any pest control experts here? I have a mouse problem in my car's hood. They seem to be hanging out in the insulation pad (attached to the hood), and there are a couple of nooks beside/under the engine where I see nest-like things and lots of droppings. My question is how do I remove the droppings safely?

I read online you're supposed to spray it with bleach, wait for like 10 minutes and then wipe the feces away. But that always assumes the shit is on some easy to access level surface. What do I do if its in some fraying insulation or deep in the recesses around the engine? I read you're not supposed to blast it with air or vacuum it. So what the hell do I do?

>>2924195
remove and discard the insulation
power wash (car wash) the nooks and crannies

>>2923857
if you work them too hard they don't grow i heard

>>2924262
>kid stops growing when working too hard
HE NEEDS SOME MILK!

>>2924228
>remove and discard the insulation
how do I do this safely without mouse piss and shit raining down on me? my major concern is mice here can rarely have hantavirus, and sometimes have a bunch of other nasty shit

>power wash (car wash) the nooks and crannies
so spray down with bleach, then just wash away?

does anybody have any experience with composites?
i have a problem with my fibreglass moulds: whenever i pull a carbon fibre part out of the mould, it leaves a carbon fibre weave imprint onto the surface on the mould which i can just barely feel with my fingernail

the mould tool face is gelcoat (can't remember if it was tooling gelcoat or ordinary gelcoat) backed by several layers of 450g of fibreglass, i use 3 or 4 layers of release wax and then perform resin infusion and demould 2 days later

I got one for free but the inside has an inch layer of hard cement or concrete. How to cleanup? (stock picture btw).

>>2924324

Break some bricks into thirds (three to five bricks)
Place brick pieces into mixer.
Put a couple of gallons of water in it.
Turn it on a leave it running a long while.
Use a hammer to tap on the outside while it's turning.
Check on the bricks occasionally.
If the sharp edges are worn off, replace with fresh broken brick (or cinder block) pieces.
Repeat until it's clean enough for your needs.

>>2924327
Will try that. Ty

I've got some shelves that came with those little plastic anchors for screws. But on the same wall, I've used self-drilling screws for some paintings. Couldn't I just use whatever self-drilling screws I have left over instead of the plastic anchors?

>>2924319
>safely
Wear a full body covering suit, mask, and goggles. After you are done, remove everything and wash.

>>2924355
if you're hitting the actual stud it probably doesn't matter, but for actual shelving that you'll put stuff on, you'll want the anchor since it sucks the screw into the wall better and butterflys out

drywall is weak especially in new construction anyways and the screw will wallow out in the hole

Need a burn barrel, maybe two.
55 gal drum aint gonna cut it.
Anyone know of any good ones to look at.

>>2924355
Metal tornado anchors are better than those shitty plastic anchors. Don't put a bare screw into a void behind the drywall. You're just gonna ruin your wall. If you don't want to find a way to hit studs, then you can always face the wall with a longer board (or even a plywood sheet or something) and use that as a kind of furring strip to give you something to grab on to.

>>2924195
If you're worried about hanta, you need a respirator. I keep a tyvek suit and the heavy duty, thick nitrile gloves on hand for these types of things. I would take that bitch to a Brown Bear, pop her open, put on my respirator, spray her down with bleach and then hose that lady down 'till she's clean as a whistle. No need for the tyvek suit at a Brown Bear. If your conscience is somehow nagging as you, just spray the stall down when youre done. Also, look up Shawn Woods on Mousetrap Mondays for info on the best ways to kill those mice. If they're mice and not rats, they're easy as fuck to kill.

>>2924195
Oh, and also, if you get that girl heating up real good in the summer, that'll probably sterilize any nasty shit left behind by the rodents. In the engune compartment, anyway.

>>2923857
Small children are excellent at using their tiny fingers and hands for some things. You can use them for manual labor at any age, but there are simply limitations until they're "big enough" to "get it" and pull their own weight. It's quite variable what that age is.

>>2924320
damm bro you do this shit? how hard do you have to be kitted up for fiberglass to not fuck your lungs up? is it true if you get even a scratch on carbon fiber the material unravels like a cloth doesn't make sense to me since you're soaking it in plastic or whatever

why would anyone prefer a casted concrete sink over a masonry sink

Is there a schematic so I can build my own version of this discontinued pedal? NOTADÜMBLË https://jhspedals.info/collections/all-products/products/notadumble

I'm trying to make my own bubbly water but I don't have a keg. I wanted a small one (about 1 gallon) to fit in my fridge but they only sell larger ones. So I bought a gallon sized thermos. It looked pretty well-sealed and was advertised as keeping cool temperature for hours. So I attached a ball lock keg coupler to the screw cap and started pumping co2. Problem is the entire lid pops off at around 30psi (even though it screws on)

Anyways, I am wondering if there is some way to seal the top part of this large stainless steel jug. It doesn't really have a lip so it's tricky. I might just buy a different container if there are no solutions.

>>2924529
You need to go to a dedicated forum. You're not going to pick up a last month's meme pedal schematic without someone's effort. It's also more helpful to have the layout in pedal building so the builds can be tight and cohesive.

>>2924555
no idea about sealing that bottle, but I just use normal plastic bottles and fill them with gas one by one in about 30 seconds each

How to clean soldering iron besides the tip? my tip is perfectly clean but there are some burnt flux around it

>>2924591
Do you have any links for such forums?

>>2924604
Yes

>>2923364 (OP)
Outside porch light has a outside outlet and a switch inside.
I want to add a light and outlet to the small tool room nearby and maybe a switch for the light in the tool room
I can just run wiring from pic related right?
I'm no electrician but I should be able to set it up, with bit of direction. Can some one link a vid or something

>>2924555
That thermos is probably not meant to be pressurized.
It sounds like you're gonna have an explosion right in front your face, if you continue trying to pressurize it

Buying a new house. This is the main bedroom. The carpet is a really good quality one, don't want to replace it but with the wall colour it gives 50 year old cat lady vibes.

Any suggested for paint colour or a site that lets me test carpet and wall combinations?

How do people in europe who want security cameras on their homes run the wiring?
Each camera needs one ethernet cable and let's say I want two cameras in front, one off on the side and one facing the garden. Maybe more (but probably not right away).
My network equipment is near the front of the house (so two cameras would basically be one wall away, but all the others would need some length cable routing).

For the cameras going to the back I'm thinking to just run a cable along the outside wall under the roof/gutter somewhere, as our house isn't wired with ethernet sockets so there's no convenient way to connect them in any other room, so might as well route them to the front. But I still need to get four ethernet cables from the switch in the network closet to the outside wall. How is this normally done through a stone wall? Drill a big hole for a conduit? I don't have any construction experience, is this something I should call a handyman for or is it easy for a retard to DIY correctly?
I'm mainly worried because it'll be a big hole in the thick structural front wall of my house. I don't want it to be ugly, I don't want it to be structurally unsound and I don't want it to have consequences for shit like isolation, leakage, etc.

Our walls are made from those grey stone/concrete blocks that are common in Europe (cinderblocks maybe? but those are usually hollow, I don't think these are), with normal plaster on the inside and some kind of styrofoam-like layer of insulation on the outside.

>>2924597
plastic is icky

>>2924656
>How do people in europe who want security cameras on their homes run the wiring?
They use WiFi cameras.

>>2924707
And electricity?

>>2924515
i mainly work with carbon fibre
i only use fibreglass to make moulds, which means i work with fibreglass only a couple of times a year
i wear a respirator and gloves when working with it and in addition to that i wear a full suit and safety glasses when trimming it - never ever skip PPE when cutting composites!

>is it true if you get even a scratch on carbon fiber the material unravels like a cloth doesn't make sense to me since you're soaking it in plastic or whatever
carbon fibre is just a woven cloth which is made up of hundreds of very thin strands or "tows" as they're called, and it's all held together solely by stitching at the edges so there's not actually anything holding the shape within the centre of the cloth so to speak (other than the stitching)
an easy fix for that is to use a spray adhesive to quickly cover the entire cloth and leave it for about 30 minutes, the fabric is then almost impossible to distort afterwards

>>2924653
https://www.visualizecolor.com/dulux#/?projectid=16ae0132-b25c-4500-942c-76b1fecf7131

>>2924653
I painted a room for a methadone kid. He was supposed to help, but was worse than having no help. His room looked like a NIN concert before then he chose that purple color.

>>2924711
>And electricity?

Runs on two AA cells

I need to get a screen door off the track, even my longest screwdrivers don’t reach the track wheel. Is there some special tool you can buy for detailing slider wheels? Or do I have to make it

>>2924653
Grey, obviously you paint it light to medium gray

>>2924631
ya just get some 12/2 MC and run it from there tied together with the wires that are already connected to the light. Strap it up every 3 or so feet and add another box for your new light. for the receptacle youre gunna need to come from the switch box and tap off the constant hot, not the hot that is switched by the switch

>>2924746
no i mean the formed composite not the cloth
the meme is if you scratch something like your pic related with a knife in a corner you can't rely on it structurally

>>2924947
it depends on how the part was made but also how much force you actually put into trying to scratch it
for example, in that pic is an OEM part built by a composites engineering company for porsche and uses all the expected techniques and processes for a company of that kind to make the best possible carbon product
if you compare that to a guy making parts out of his garage, his parts will be much easier to scratch because his materials, processes, etc. aren't as good so the product isn't as good

if i had to take a guess, i'd say that if you took a knife to that part you'd really have to put in a bit of effort just to make a noticeable scratch but you wouldn't be scratching the carbon itself, you'd just be scratching the resin on the surface, which can easily be fixed just by sanding and polishing it - the structural integrity wouldn't be affected at all
obviously if you used a more destructive tool with more effort the damage would be greater and that's true for all materials but you can even find videos of people "testing" the strength of their carbon parts by smashing them with sledgehammers and only creating tiny scratches on the surface

I left a trash bag on the floor, it leaked overnight and bleched my tile floor.
How to fix?
>inb4 cover the whole floor with trash bag juices

>>2924986
Forgot pic

>>2924986
replace one tile

>>2924986
>>2924987
clean the rest of the floor

I am building a trench to let my cats move between 2 buildings. It will be about a foot wide and deep, 8ft long. I know very little about soil, does this sound right:

My first idea is to shore it with hardwood stakes every 3 feet that are joined at the top by a horizontal board which will also hold a removable grate (so that theres airflow and so that I can see them). To keep it from flooding I’m installing a drain at one end and slope it, and the grate will be 2” above grade to prevent rainwater flowing in

- Will this stay sufficiently dry in moderate rain? Maybe with a raised floor?
- Does it need more shoring? Maybe boards or some sheet all along the walls?
- Do I need to coat hardwood garden stakes with anything to keep them from rotting

so my grandmas place had water damage and i've been tasked to fill this. whats the best way to go about this? its 13inches length wise, theres a smaller one on the other side of the wall too.

>>2925022
What was the source of the water damage on both sides of the doorway? Roof leak? AC unit? Sewage? A better question is has it been remediated correctly?

If yes, mix up some plaster, spade it in same as they made the house.

>>2925027
there was a crack in the plaster on the soap holder so it was pretty bad water damage inside. its been fixed properly yeah costed a bunch but the walls are still fucked after.

so i just buy shit like this and spread it in and sand after?

>>2924825
should be able to just lift it up and pop out the bottom
or tilt it and pop out one side

>>2924987
>>2925003

>>2925018
why the fuck would you think cats want to go through a trench

>>2925030
spackling is for drywall, you want concrete plaster and make sure you sand/grind the edges and surrounding are smooth before you apply it so things don't crackle off next week

>>2925031
>why the fuck would you think cats want to go through a trench
top kek

>>2925031
ok so this?

>>2925037
that isn't plaster but sure, why not, it'll work

>>2925037
this thread can be replaced with grok

>>2925032
>one heavy rain
>ground shifts
>cats buried alive or drowned when leaves get into drainage
yeah don't do this anon

>>2925058
building a trench for cats like its ww1 is one of the funniest things i've ever heard

>>2924992
Not possible, I'm renting and finding the exact tile is probably impossible. Even if you find the right tile they often change color over time so it might look off.
>>2925003
It's not like the rest of the floor is dirty. I tried vinegar and even muriatic acid to see if I could lighten up the rest of the area, but it's still looking the same.

>>2925018
A trench is an absolutely retarded idea but it almost sounds like you're most of the way to building a tunnel. Cats might actually use a tunnel, I dunno.
But they also might decide not to and then you'll have wasted a shitton of time and effort digging and building. Unless you definitely know your cats love to explore nooks and crannies and tunnels.

I also see an issue in that cats like hiding, so if they end up using your tunnel it'll probably be because it's covered. But then, as you said, you wouldn't be able to see them. Not a huge deal but IF something ever goes wrong, and they get stuck or the tunnel is blocked or whatever, it could be bad.

>>2925018
build a skyway
cats want to be up scouting like eagles not in the ground

>>2925174
what if anon has dwarf cats

After going back and forth on rather I should get a standing desk or just buy one from the store I finally decided that I should just build my own. I am not very handy though so I'm finding it difficult to figure out how to avoid shoddy products.
My plan was to buy a butcher block and some legs and just drill the legs in myself. I found what looks to be some pretty good custom legs but am having a lot more trouble with the butcher block.
Everywhere I look I see conflicting reviews some saying they are great others saying they are dogshit. How are you supposed to know which is true? Do you just gamble? It would be absolute hell if I choose wrong and had to reship a massive block of wood. First I looked at local places like Lowes and Home Depot but they just didn't give me a good feeling and they had a lot of complaints online. Then I found a place called Hardware Lumber Company that someone recommended. Their website looks nice and it seemed like they did quality work. But then I checked their yelp and they had a massive string of complaints.
So now I don't know what to believe and I'm afraid to pull the trigger anywhere. Does anyone have any suggestions? Should I be going about this a different way?

>>2925149
Leave a trash bag on all of the tile then.

I want to hang a light ornament from the fascia on an inside corner of my roof.
I figure the best way to do it is to mount a steel cable and then tie it onto the cable, but have never done anything like that before.
What's the best solution to rig it together?
Picture is just a stock image.

>>2925256
What's your concern? You want a top that is "not shoddy"?
Avoid particle board and mdf and such. Look for laminated solid hardwoods. Butcher block is fine too probably.
Troll craigslist for free or cheap desks. Sometimes they have nice tops that you can take and just abandon the rest of the desk or burn it or whatever.

When it comes down do it, it's a plank of wood. Try not to become paralyzed looking for the perfect top from the perfect vendor. If it's sturdy enough and you think it looks nice, then it's doing a good job.

>>2925276
just buy a mounting bracket and drill it in the corner, hang the ornament from a bolt or a hook

if you're dead set on it being in the center, they make wall mounts that swivel

>>2925283
It's glass so I'm concerned about it smacking the wall on a windy day and breaking
The eaves aren't actually that long

>>2925282
Well mostly it's that every one I looked at had complaints that the wood was warped or cracked or had other things wrong with it. But I don't know if that was just bad shipping or inherent to the kind of wood or just bad luck. I hadn't considered trolling around third party resellers, I'll give that a look and see whats around here.

The cable sheath on my headphones has worn away leaving the individual wires exposed. I can't really apply heat shrink because I don't want to cut and splice them back together since they're so short and these were expensive headphones.

Any particular brand of "liquid electrical tape" that's recommended or advised to avoid? Or should I waste the money and give Sugru a try?
Or something else?

Is it normal to spend almost two hours assembling 4 Ikea wooden dining room chairs? I wasn't in a hurry but I was working efficiently and using an electric screwdriver. Is this a normal timespan or am I slow?

>>2925343
If you're good with a soldering iron and won't burn the shit out of the drivers when you solder them on, you can solder on a new cable. Maybe try a mini XLR mod. Or find someone who'll do it for you.

I'm fucking retarded and can't figure out to get this copper winding into the stator. Does anyone know a good resource for doing this? It doesn't seem complicated but the more I mess with it, I'm obviously missing steps

>>2925343
>expensive headphones.
lol buying headphones without detaching/replacable cable
you can't run a sheath up from the aux port end?
>>2925359
30m a chair ain't horrible, you'd probably do the next 4 in half the time

Making a picture frame. I need to give the plastic cover sheet a slight convex curve outwards (in one dimension, fortunately). 1/8" over 30 inches. I want to do a decent job of it appearance-wise. No visible gaps between frame and plastic.

Using the attached formula, I get a radius of 900 inches. 75 feet. So I'm not going to be building a simple jig with an arm to hold my router.

Any ideas?

>>2925490
Say more. Is the puzzle a matter of figuring out how to cut the groove in the frame into an arc, to define the cover sheet's arc?
Cutting it directly based on some jig is out. Lay it out first, then use your router free-hand and creep up on the line.

Our old friend Matthias has a couple of methods for laying out big arcs:
https://woodgears.ca/shop-tricks/large_arc.html
Essential Craftsman demonstrates an approximating method you may be able to adapt to a small scale:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zIFILyE3qyM

>>2925441
Have to wind it by hand.

Make a jig to clamp stator in. Mount wire spool underneath the stator opening so wire can unwind. Pass wire up through opening, lay around the pole piece, push wire back down through opening, wrap around the back side of the pole piece. Repeat until you have the correct number of turns. Then do the other pole piece.

You'll have to put some sort of thin fiberglass (or similar) protection on the pole pieces first so motor vibration won't cut through the winding insulation.

>>2925491
>Is the puzzle a matter of figuring out how to cut the groove in the frame into an arc, to define the cover sheet's arc?
Yes, it is.
>Lay it out first, then use your router free-hand and creep up on the line.
Was hoping to avoid the "free hand" part so as to depend on a jig for a nice straight line.

I can probably lay out a line by flexing a piece of aluminum flat in a pipe clamp to get the pro[per offset. And then marking the line lightly. Using a router against the aluminum will probably bend it out of alignment.

Thanks for the links. I may get some ideas.

>>2925497
>depend on a jig for a nice straight line
depend on a jig for a nice uniform curve, to be more precise

>>2925497
>flexing a piece of aluminum flat in a pipe clamp to get the pro[per offset
Just thought of something: Flex the aluminum flat bar to the proper curvature. Mount a more rigid aluminum bar behind it. Fill gap with plaster of paris. Allow to dry. Now I have a nice, curved but rigid surface I can ride a router against.

>>2925490
>Any ideas?
Yeah, you fuckin nerd. If you've got a router just put a nice bevel on it, put a nice hook or wire, and hang it up. What the fuck are you doing calculating arcs and angles for?

>>2925490
A lot of times like a garage arc; they just bend the ply to what it needs to be, mark it, cut it. So solve for length S. Pin it in place and trace.

>>2925491
method 2 is legit. I do mathias method 1 normally squeezing the arc ends together plus middle spacer, rather than clamping down.

>>2925481
It's the cable from the headband to the cups, the cable from the source is perfectly fine.

>>2925495
thanks anon. this might be the way

If I look into my hair dryer I can see 4 diodes arranged as a bridge rectifier, along with a smoothing capacitor.
I'm guessing it uses a permanent magnet dc motor rather than the universal motor in a corded drill or something.
Why do they do this instead of using a universal motor?

I need a decent corded angle grinder and head flashlight. Preferably not expensive. If anybody has one that they're impressed with then please name it.

Flashlight: have purchased cheaper ones on ebay/aliexpress and they dim quickly. Too bulky to jog/maneuver with. The charge needs to last a long time and design be fairly minimal.

Grinder: will use a few times a year. I know that Makita are great, but I could sacrifice durability for a small pricetag.

Can I just use wood glue to stick some sandpaper to planks of wood or would a different type of glue work better?

>>2923364 (OP)
I have a litre or two of old house paint left from when the house was painted several years ago, but the tin was left in the elements and the top rusted, so when I opened it to use it it basically destroyed the lid. Paint was still fine and I used it on a project, then put the left over in an ice cream container.

tl;dr: What should I store unused house paint in if I don't have the paint can? Plastic ice cream container? An old metal coffee tin? Other?

>>2925031
>>2925152
I am 100% sure they will use the trench daily. I tried a chicken wire tunnel before, worked fine, they just want to get to the other building that has a greenhouse/patio. This is the same as a chicken tunnel it’s just lowered 9” into the ground so that it’s easier to step over

> Unless you definitely know your cats love to explore nooks and crannies and tunnels.
Yes, don’t all cats?

> so if they end up using your tunnel it'll probably be because it's covered
That’s why it’s a trench with a grate and not a tunnel: they’ll only use it to cross and won’t just sit in it and they can’t get stuck as easily (ie I can lift the grate off)

>>2925572
>store unused house paint
Empty gallon paint cans are pretty cheap if you just want to go 1 for 1.

Mason jar with sealing lid.

Some sort of glass milk/juice/whiskey/pickles bottle that seals.

Does anyone know what these valves(?) are called? They're failing and causing leaks in my irrigation system.

>>2925637
pipe fittings or couplings, the black piece is a gasket

Is there a decent home-jobber chainsaw sharpener? I have a mini saw to prune my 3 trees, so it doesn't see regular action but after nearly 2 years of ownership it doesn't cut as fas as I remember.

Should I buy a harbor feight gizmo, or is there a better sharpener for less?

>>2925696
saw sharpeners are a humiliation ritual, just buy a new chain when it gets dull

>>2925701
I wasn't aware chains are disposable, should I really just buy a new chain every ~3 years instead of sharpening the one I've got?

>>2925702
look up your brand and how to remove it, it's usually just a bolt and you adjust the chain on the bar. it's very easy.

if what you're cutting comes out looking like very fine sawdust, it's time for a new chain

I'm going trough a house renovation and I am faced with the first thing I've disagreed with the contractors. My bathroom is pretty tall, while I do not want a floor-to-ceiling shower door and enclosure I still want it taller than standard. here is what the contractor told me
>Their standard height is 170-something cm
>Any taller would need thicker glass and cost double because thinner glass would flex too much
I didn't want to argue but in my current place I have the standard shower arrangement, first even if I'm a manlet 170cm is too short. Second, the doors hang from rails, is not like they can flex under their own weight (but maybe he meant while I was sliding them or something).

I wonder if I could build something like picrel myself. I know these are only for decoration, but out there there has to be a way to build a structural metal frame and then embed smaller glass or acrylic panes. This way the glass is no longer what is holding the weight and I could use thinner, cheaper glass.

>>2925704
>adjust the chain on the bar. it's very easy.
Yeah this one is a 13mm nut and a flathead adjustment, I go until every link is tight on the bar and back it off half a turn for a little slack.

Decent chips still, doesn't cut through everything like butter when new though. I've had a couple dirt strikes, chopped through some elm and pinion limbs including limb processing of green leaves. Sharpening seems like a decent solution instead of just buying a new chain, am I totally wrong in this? Is sharpening only suited for every day use?

>>2925708
Your doesn't look damaged, if you hit a rock you're usually fucked anyways.

A shorter bar means each link has to cut more wood. You can decide if it's worth your time to sharpen vs getting a new chain. I used to work with an arborist and he told me that after one sharpen it's usually just better to replace

>>2925714
Its an old pic, like I said it still cuts, just isn't like a light saber when I first got it. I asked what sharpener is good, and the first anon just said buy a new chain. Which is it?

>>2925721
c h a i n s a w - - f i l e

>>2925722
Yes but what if I could get a power tool to do it faster and better?

Can a chest freezer survive being outside in the desert? It gets over 100 in the summer and routinely 110+ for days or weeks at a time. I have an area to place it that'll be shaded all but 2 or 3 hours a day, and I figure I can enclose it with insulating foam board to keep the cool in, ambient heat out and block direct sunlight. Would this work or would it just result in spoiled food? No room in the garage at the moment unfortunately or I wouldn't even consider this.

>>2925731
Don't insulate around it unless you intend to cool the enclosure.
The freezer moves the heat from inside the chest to the outside.
If you insulate it, you're just holding that heat in place.
If it's 100 outside and you place the freezer in an insulated enclosure, the heat will rise in the room as the freezer works.
Leave it in the shade with free air access.

>>2925750
>the heat will rise in the room as the freezer works.
* the heat will rise above 100 as the freezer works

Is a Tormek T8 all you need for professional knife sharpening?
It seems quite cheap

>>2925750
>>2925751
I meant insulate around the box without obstructing the condenser and its airflow so it can still cool while just essentially increasing how much insulation the cold space has.

>>2925727
I've heard of people using a Dremel to sharpen their chainsaw blade.

>>2925791
A lot of dremel kits come with a chainsaw sharpener setup. I’ve got at least one laying around that I never used.

>>2925791
oh gosh I didn't even consider that even though I use it to sharpen my mower blade. $15 for a little kit and some bits I should just get that instead of a $100 tool that only sharpens 1 tool

>>2925872
I have these in three sizes to fit my different saws.

>>2925872
>>2926006
This is what the packaged product looks like for the one you need.

>>2923857
Dunno, but my kid is more useful to me as a fetcher. Saves me from having to get up and I get to yell at him when he gets me the wrong thing I pointed at.

So I have managed to bullshit my way into an in-person interview as an apprentice mechanic at a water treatment plant. They say they’re going to give me a tour and test me out on some stuff, joining pipes blah blah.

Anybody work in a field like this? Got any ideas what to expect? I’ll glue some PVC like a champ as long as they don’t mind purple primer all over.

I really hope the money is right though. My last job was easy money but I don’t feel like doing it the rest of my life.

>>2926124
>Got any ideas what to expect?
You get to smell sewage all day. You will smell like sewage. Your clothes, car, hair, shoes will smell like sewage at all times. You're not likely going to be gluing PVC together, and the repairs you'll be doing will be on (actually) shit covered aerators, and steel pipes. Oh plus doldrums of endless reports and checklists on shit that never needs to be checked on.

>>2926135
Fuck it. I got 4 interviews in 2 days and a bunch more stuff out there. If it’s that shitty, I’ll pass. But I’ve had people try to sell me on these gov’t and infrastructure jobs real hard. I had a phone interview the other day for the water management like pump station tech the other day, haven’t been booted yet but haven’t had an in-person interview.

I had one gig that seemed cool but the starting pay was like $5/hr too low, especially without much OT or on call. A general maintenance guy doing a little bit of everything at like 5 buildings in a big resort. But I went and did a bunch of HVAC certs and courses recently and I’m not going to take that for like Walmart stocker money unless they can guarantee a big bump in 6mos. I sat around at my last job for 4 years with them telling me “you’re next in line for the promotion” and then every time nepotism wins over experience and knowledge.

>>2926153
>If it’s that shitty, I’ll pass.
I went to 2 for some class I was taking in college, went with a cute girl in class and we learned new stuff, but she complained it made her hair smell like shit for a week and asked the teacher to let people know that in the future. Teacher says
>I thought that was a given considering its an open air sewage plant

This side of the house faces south so it gets year-round sun. All the caulking cracks and dries up every year and then water gets in. Is there a better type of caulk to use here?

>>2924603
its perfectly fine to take scotch brite or wire wool to the other surfaces. Vut try flux remover / PCB cleaner first it may get the job done.
The sleeve and nut are considered cinsumables or at least are available cheap so should you ever sand through one it's no biggie.
>>2924656
Yes it's common to just drill a hole and run conduit. They also sell special electrical boxes that are designed to let you run your cables through the wall while sealing well. Theres specific ethernet versions of those but the generic ones will do.
>>2924707
Its gay to pollute the HF environment when there is no need to. Also it is almost always the case that a wired connection is preferable over a wireless link in all aspects. I'd even choose those ugly network power line adapters over wifi where possible.
>>2924784
POE is a thing in europe.
>>2925441
You're in for something here. I hope you did your math first. You do not have all the materials you need. You need insulators, they go in each slot first. You need fiberglass tape to hold windings together and probably enamel to lock it all down tight. Else it will humm and get worse fast until it fails because ever, wire is pulled back an forth many times a second.
Then you want to use string to measure the size of a winding. Like thread it in as your winding should sit. Put two pegs in a board so that your string fits around them the same (shape isnt relevant) wind the required turns, wrap it a bit for handling and transfer the winding into the stator.
>>2925696
Use a file and get decent results like everyone else. Chain sharpeners are redundant and only mess up your chain. They have a tendency to draw out the steels temper. Every night after work take the saw and clamp the bar in a vise between soft jaws. Take the file for your tooth profile (round in your case most likely) and sharpen every tooth at the same angle until a fresh cutting edge is established. Use a depth gage to see how much you need to bring the other bits down.

>>2926186
>Yes it's common to just drill a hole and run conduit.
Neat, thanks for the reassurance anon.
>special boxes
I'm assuming you basically mean a structural box that covers the hole and has sealing grommets etc. where the wires come out, right? Do those usually work for variable numbers of wires (i.e. if I want to run more cables out in the future)?

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>>2926186
>Use a file and get decent results like everyone else.
How about you eat my ass, I'd rather buy a good tool to do it right than buy some specialized hand tool.

I have a headset which I've taken apart to transplant into a new housing. It has a mic and two speakers for stereo audio and it's using a TRRS plug.
I've wired this up (pic related), but I keep getting mixed audio in both ears, one ear quiet, one ear fine or a non-working microphone. I've checked all the wires and it seems like the continuity is good, and according to what I've looked at, this should work. Obviously it doesn't so I'm a bit lost. I haven't taken away any components, unless maybe there were some in-line that I didn't see. To my pea brain, I've taken all the original components and rewired them for the new housing. I'm really not sure what I've done wrong.
Anyways, if someone sees what's wrong with this, please let me know so I may rest.

Retard checking in. Recently moved into my grandmother's to help renovate her house. She wishes to replace her shitty falling apart linoleum flooring with vinyl tiles in the kitchen, should I try to place these under the appliances as well? My grandfather was double retarded and fucked up the linoleum floor and the concrete underneath trying to install the oven/fridge/everything else and it's also uneven

Any historians here? I'm wondering what the name of this type of floor construction is. Looks like concrete arched molds? Building was built in 1926

>>2926396

>>2926184
>caulking
CT-1, or whatever is similar in your region.

Air conditioner has stopped taking the fan blade along for the ride when the motor kicks on. Poking a blade edge with a stick will get it going. Presumably going means it's hula hooping around the crankshaft. Sounds grindy. How do we unfuck this?

>>2925554
the led strip style headlamps are bretty gud

How do you guys find contractors for parts of your jobs that you can't do yourselves?

For example, I want to put in a shed, but due to permitting, am going to have to have someone put in the foundation first, how do I find a decent contractor that won't screw me over?

>>2926427
Word of mouth is a good method. If you have connections to anybody who might know, ask them. If you're involved in your community or church then ask around. Digitally, Nextdoor.com is a decent avenue of community feedback. You could also look at local Facebook groups. Obviously these digital options can be manipulated a bit by grifters, but the invite-only Facebook groups tend to be true to their purpose.

>>2926124
>bepis is going to be leaving diy to go pro
bittersweet

>>2926422
I've tried one of those and it's legit but it overheats/runs out of battery pretty quickly. Great product for the price though.

I ended up doing a deep dive and the best value I found for an LED flashlight seems to be the Sofirn HS21. Bright, durable, easy to use, IR handwave sensor to turn on/off, and replaceable batteries. $20-25.

I'm looking to make a simple electric kiln that's controlled by a variac instead of a PID. I understand that my nichrome heating element will need a diode at each end, but the temperature will be upwards of 900°C.

I'm a little stumped about what diodes to use, as well as how to attach them to a nichrome wire safely.

>>2926444
>I understand that my nichrome heating element will need a diode at each end
Why?

>>2926420
>Poking a blade edge with a stick will get it going.
capacitor
>>2926420
>Sounds grindy
replace motor

Whats the best way to get these motherfuckers in? Yesterday I spent the day pounding maybe 100 of them in concrete an today the right side of my middle back is tender as shit.

>>2926458
I can't remember where I read that, probably reddit. It doesn't make sense to me either, but I assumed that was me just missing something important.

Assuming I don't need any diodes, any tips on managing the heat? I'm assuming the wires from the variac will get pretty hot, and I'm looking at 2 hour run times.

>>2926471
maul or sledge. Or an air hammer.

>>2926433
So they gave me a written test before doing anything, like “What’s a PLC” and “What does a VFD do?” and I’m a fucking autist so of course dude is like “You’re the only person I’ve seen get basically everything right on this test”. I’m a goddamn truck driver looking at the resumé.

And then they brought me in the shop and they threw some big industrial 6” check valve at me and had a bunch of wrenches laid out to put a seal on this valve. 4 bolts, 4 nuts, 8 washers. Seal was like “torque sequence- 20ft-lbs, 30ft-lbs” so I cross tightened that bitch like I was doing a valve cover gasket on a shitbox. Then I had to glue some PVC and prove I know what the marks on a tape measure mean, and then wire some big motor, but it was 120V with a wiring diagram, 3 wires to L, 3 wires to N, ground wire to the damn green bolt.

I’ll probably fuck it up by being just a little bit too autistic tho. I may have mentioned that they should try Wagos while wiring these ratty stranded wires on the motor, I wanted to go find strippers so bad. I think the mechanic I would be training under liked me, he seemed just like dude I would be riding BMX with back in the day, but the big boss is some New Yorker and I’m a simple Midwest corn fed boy so who knows.

And I did a trucking interview the day before. Hauling aluminum on flatbeds. I don’t know what the deal is with that. They made me back a 48ft trailer into their building and then go cruise it around town for half an hour. Guy complained I didn’t “GOAL” as he is standing behind me in the warehouse waving me in and the truck has a reverse cam. At the last job, if I GOALed whenever I had to back, that’s just extra time for cars to pile up behind the truck. You need to check the coast is clear and slam that trailer wherever it needs to go.

>>2926574
>>2926433
Oh and today I managed to bullshit the phone interview lady enough to give me an in-person as an assistant diesel tech at Waste Management. It’s 2nd shift so I don’t really want that, and it’s like $21 an hour but I told lady give me $25 at least with my CDL and easy 5 figures of tools that are coming with me. if I can get in somewhere as a diesel tech for 6mos or a year and get the little experience plus have a Class A, that is worth like $35-$40/hr or swtich schedules at WM as a full mechanic.

Some of these big companies have the easiest fleet gigs ever. Last gig, the mechanics said I should come to that side, but those fuckers never had an opening because nobody was going to walk away from like $34/hr taking oil samples, changing light bulbs, and outsourcing everything else.

>>2926577
Speaking of, I don’t know why all these diesel mechanic gigs are so picky. They should just pull auto techs over there. Class 8 trucks are all so easy, everythig is super accessible, the only real difference is the high pressure fuel pump and injectors, plus a ton of lame DPF stuff on newer trucks that will all throw obvious codes on the JPro or whatever they use.

They’re big ass drum brakes with pneumatic brake chambers, listen for the hiss and spray with some soapy water and you now know how to troubleshoo air brakes. I did half of this stuff as a truck driver because the mechanics are do dumb that they won’t fix stuff properly unless I circle it for them. I literally got flourescent zip ties to I could stick them all over hydraulic lines for the liftgate when they got leaks and on the inspection write “Look for pink zip ties on rear pass side of trailer”

We got these new trailers and PTO from running tractor (14.0V+) is giving me like 12.7V on the liftgate batteries in the trailer, and mechanic is like “Nahhh that’s fine”

Do they sell small brushes for very small metal file? Or do the bigger ones work good on them?

>>2926433
Sheeeeeit sounds like the water plant is going to set me up for the 2nd interview!

Also… I put handyman-mechanic on my resumé recently. I said “Part Time”, but I do a lot of work for a lady who runs a 401c3 nonprofit. Her car is technically part of the nonprofit, so at the point I had to start writing her invoices for big jobs and got paid with checks from the organization, I figured it’s about time to put it on the resumé.

I’ve had a couple annoying interviews though. I had one with some corporate ladder climbing middle management guy who was basically calling me stupid from walking away from a decent paying gig that was ruining my life. I walked out of the interview before it was over and was like “Ok dude, you have clearly made up your mind about me and I’m not going to waste your time”.

That was also a retarded situation because I applied for a driver job with the company which I should be very qualified for, and I applied for a diesel mechanic job because it was an extra 2 clicks. They didn’t even contact me for the driver job, but I got a phone interview for diesel mechanic and spent 2/3 of the phone call asking the girl why they’re calling me for this and not the driver job, and I was 99% sure I pissed her off, but they still scheduled an in-person interview afterwards.

After the past month or so, I’m convinced this is all some stupid game. There’s a lot of like fairly skilled trade jobs that I had a decent shot at but they’re $8-$10/hr less than I could make holding the steering wheel of a truck. I feel like knowing how to trace electrical problems and being EPA certified and doing all sorts of plumbing should be worth more than backing a trailer into a loading dock.

CDL wages could jump soon though with the whole “you better speak American!” thing they just passed.

>>2926599
>Do they sell small brushes for very small metal file?
Yes

>>2923431
Sounds like low coolant to me. I used to have one that did that. Fans ran but no cold air, kept tripping the breaker from pullin the pump so hard. I threw it out and got a new one since the coolant it used was no longer available. You might be able to service yours or get someone to fix it if it's not too old.

>>2923716
Probably would be fine for short periods, but I would not store it that way. Regardless, read the SDS first. It might react badly with the material of the new bottle.

>>2923717
It's absolutely doable, but it's a shitton of work if you want it to last and look decent. I would hire someone, preferably an actual stonemason. If you have a European immigrant community near you you might be able to find an old timer who will do it cheap for cash. Portuguese are great masons for example. Really anywhere they build with stone a lot produces good masons. Note that I said STONE, bricks and concrete are not the same.
If that's not feasible, look for good examples near you that have held up well over time and ask who installed them.
Of course if you don't care how it looks or how long it lasts you can get it done pretty easily. Look up the concrete sack method on YT or something. Just be sure you remove topsoil and lay the wall on hardpan or other stable material, and be careful of drainage. You really don't want a washout.

>>2923716
Just get the highest proof isopropyl alcohol you can. The electrical contact cleaners are basically some aerosol high strength alcohol. I use the can when I need to blast some female connector, and regular isopropyl on contacts I can reach. Just make sure it’s 100% dry before sending power back to it.

How do I finesse my way into a electrician job?

You can replace a one pole contactor an electric motor came with originally with a two pole one without issue right? I thought it had a two pole because it had two sets of lugs and connectors, but it turns out number of poles means if both sides are switched or one is shorted, unlike a toggle switch or whatever.

>>2926666
Checked

I’ve been looking at this. Check out your local IBEW and see if they have a test coming up. Otherwise you gotta start as a helper probably.

I'm using this to fix a corner of a wall that my dog chewed. How thick does it come out? Should I spackle first, and then spray? Or should the spray be sufficiently thick?

What's DIY's method for cutting a hole in the carpet and replacing it without making a big obvious patch where it was cut?

>>2924610
Stupid questions thread, not stupid answers

>>2926460
>capacitor
went last year
>replace motor
already did last year when we replaced the capacitor
motor is spinning up fine, the fan blades just aren't going with it

>>2926725
>Dog ate my house
Lmao quintessentially muttmerican.

>>2926729
You have a clamp meter? Testing current on startup plus voltage in a couple spots would tell you a lot.

My last house was in a neighborhood where they turned 2-3 bed homes into McMansions without updating the power lines fast enough, and I was at the end of the line. I would get >120V in the middle of the night, <110V at any outlet at 5pm on a hot summer day and both me and my neighbor had issues with compressor stalls like that.

You may not have that issue, but testing voltage in a couple spots plus amp draw will tell you a lot.

>>2926733
Lol, do you even have air conditioning?

>>2926740
>You may not have that issue
not those exact circumstances but yeah close enough. Damn grateful you guys are able to decipher my retard tier attempts to describe what's happening btw, thank you. Replacement motor is more powerful than the original was (1/3 vs 1/4 hp). No clamp meter but poking with the probes, will report back. Question now seems to be whether it makes more sense to upgrade the capacitor or downgrade the motor.

>>2926754
>>2926740
Readings all look fine once it's running. Contactor is buzzing a bit. Plan is to hose it down with contact cleaner and see if we get away easy or not.

My parents want some security cameras in a house they are building because some hooligans keep trespassing. Problem is they want alerts to their phones but we don't have internet there. Is there any way to solve this? Maybe some cheap satellite provider or something? We get weak cell service there so maybe our phone provider can hook us up with a cell router thing? Idk. Personally I don't think cameras will do much good.

How safely can I replace the PCB on a HDD assuming I have the exact same board? Of course the data recovery websites talk about never doing such a thing yourself and let the experts(tm) do it for you at a nice low price.
One website selling the boards mentions taking the existing bios chip onto the donor board, but I'm assuming I'd have to do some soldering and not only do I not have the equipment, I have never soldered in my life. Which makes me wonder what would happen if I didn't do that. I don't recall there ever being updates to the firmware. I guess the donor could be from another generation.

>>2926729
>the fan blades just aren't going with it
I had this happen once.
The fan hub is crimped to the blade by the rolled edge where the hub goes through the blade(s)
I my instance it had worked loose and the hub spun with the motor shaft but the blades just sat there.
I took the blades off the motor and welded a couple of spots between the hub and the blades.
That fixed it.

Might check the set-screw first to be sure it's tight and in the flat on the shaft.
If it was put together with the screw on the round part of the shaft or not tightened properly, it could have worked loose.

>>2926771
cameras are available that use a SIM card - esp trail cams

>>2926773
The chip has track info written on it so if you don't transfer it there's probably not gonna be anything there

>>2926359
fridge? yes
dishwasher/oven? nah.
fridges can move but ovens/dishwashers generally don't and it's pointless+tedious
idk what you mean by grandpa fucked up the floor installing appliances so maybe there's reason for exception
you'd have to provide more detail for a better answer
>>2925554
i've gone through so many rechargable headlamps. they all suck. battery life sucks, construction sucks, lighting is usually good
at this point i just keep a couple recharage huskies(14$) and rotate them when battery dies
otherwise use the MUCH BETTER husky focusing utility light(seriously this thing fucks for couple hours in dark stationary spaces) or if i'm goin deep in an attic/crawl the m18 light
i'd love a decent headlamp though, i don't even mind the powerbank at back of head
just fucking be sturdier
anyway normally carry a pocket 18650 flashlight for general purpose, they're all good
>>2926433
you couldn't just let it happen silently baka
>>2926622
>I feel like knowing how to trace electrical problems and being EPA certified and doing all sorts of plumbing should be worth more than backing a trailer into a loading dock.
wage allocations are fucking retarded across the board
>>2926726
look into canvas sewing kits, they should have dramatically hook shaped needles

>>2926773
You will very likely have to swap the chip and you will likely fuck up the soldering if you never soldered before. And you will waste like $40 on a cheap soldering kit if you never plan to solder again. It's a nice hobby to learn but if you simply want this one HDD fixed, just take it to a shop. What will it cost, like $50 max?

Maybe you could buy the board anyway and see if it works without swapping the chip. All you have to do is screw. And if it doesn't work, then you can hand it to the repair shop and ask for a lower price since you have the parts.

>>2926776
Would that work with multiple cameras? I can't imagine each one having a sim card. I would need some kinda router right?

>>2926778
Well damn.
Thanks.

>>2926782
I don't think I have any of those kinds of repair shops around me so just out of luck there.

>>2926663
It's definitely not just isopropyl alcohol. It's oily and doesn't evaporate quickly.
I have once tried using IPA on mouse wheel encoder and it was ineffective, whereas contact cleaner worked like magic.
>>2926655
Even if it says "harmless to most kinds of plastic" on the can?
>SDS
I can’t find that thing for my contact cleanrt.

>>2926810
>oily
What are you using? We got into this convo on another thread and somebody pulled the MSDS and the ones I’ve been using are some super pure alcohol. The MAF cleaner is really similar, I had WD Brand electrical contact cleaner, and the CRC QD Contact Cleaner all evaporate quick with nothing behind.

Unless you’re using a dielectric grease lubricant type thing, which isn’t a cleaner.

>>2926810
>>2926821
Here’s the SDS from the CRC QD Contact Cleaner. A bunch of shit that evaporates real quick.

>>2926754
>>2926755
Yea look into troubleshooting that contactor. Maybe you will see a big voltage drop while the compressor is running if you test voltage on the in and out of the contactor. Electrical switches burn out after some time, it’s just a thing, so it’s entirely possible it’s all crusty and high resistance and you’re getting little low voltage periods that stall the compressor.

But I’m a shitposter who took some AC courses online and can legally buy R-22, so take it with a grain of salt.

>>2926780
>wage allocations are fucking retarded across the board
Yea and we got into a big argument with HR at the last job about this. Inflation was like 20% over two years, rents and home prices in Florida nearly doubled around the same time, and we were getting 3% raises.

And the argument was dude from New Jersey talking to his old coworkers up there at the same company, they’re making like 20% more than we were.

And HR goes “Well places like NYC and California are a special case!” and then we get in the fight because those wages were NJ, not fucking Manhattan, and a 1600sq.ft. 3/2 home in this area not in the hood went from $350k to $600k+ within 5 years,

>>2926780
I'm the floor anon, basically it looks like grandpa shredded up the linoleum trying to get a dishwasher into its slot (it has a counter over it) and it's possible he could've damaged the floor underneath the linoleum. I was told when it comes to vinyl tiles you need a super flat surface cus minor deviations can cause buckling. Is there anything you'd recommend placing underneath oven/dishwasher?

>>2926821
I think I found a page for its SDS but there's no download button.

>>2926875
>>2926822
Nevermind I figured it out. I have to make an account, place a $0 order, and download after checkout. What a retarded design.
Here is the ingredients list (probably.)

>>2926868
i can tell you neither appliance cares
new construction often leaves concrete there and does flooring around
>>2926881
ah, yes, alcohol and 10043-11-5

>>2923364 (OP)
I made a wooden folding chair and I have a big piece of canvas duck fabric or whatever that I will use as the actual seat part.

I have it folded into the right shape from a large square into a narrower shape that'll go into the chair. see picrel.

I need to secure the fabric to itself at the red dotted line so it doesn't fall apart, and I do not want to sew this because I do not have a sewing machine and it seems like a pain to do by hand.

I'm thinking of maybe stapling it, or riveting it which I think would look better and hold up better, but I guess I need to hole punch the fabric first before I do that, is this true? If I want to rivet together a few layers of fabric do I need to use a hole punch or can I get away with making an X shaped cut or something instead?

Also, I want to tie it together with some cord to form a closed loop, and I wanted to do this using grommets. Do I need a hole punch for grommets too?

>>2926998
forgot the picture

I decided to change an ancient metal light fixture in my foyer and just wanted so confirmation about the wires. The box has two white wires twisted together, an orange wire, and a ground screw. The white wires were connected to a braided white wire on the old metal light fixture and the orange wire to a grey braided wire. When I checked the wires with a multimeter, the orange wire returned returned 120 volts and the white wires returned basically zero. Am I correct in assuming orange is hot and white is neutral then? Never seen an orange wire before desu. Also what will happen if I wire my new built in LED light in reverse?

>>2927016
Yea the orange is probably the hot wire. If it’s coming from a switch, sometimes there’s a colored wire like red for the switched hot.

If you hook the new LED up backwards, hopefully it just won’t work and wont fry

>>2926998
>>2927000
You clown, just do it by hand. It's not as tedious as it seems and that's not a very long length so it shouldn't take very long.
Yes you will need to cut holes for the grommets.

I bought a cheap diamond sharpening stone from China which is rated #1200 but will probably be contaminated. Is that with a leather belt enough to sharpen my mom's knives while she isn't looking?

>>2927076
Okay. For the grommets can I get away with cutting slits in an X pattern or do I actually need a fabric hole punch?

>>2927016
AC changes direction 60 or 50 times a second. You're good.

LED devices have to rectify that and they won't care about which wire is which in your house.

>>2927086
I wouldn't even take it to a nice knife. If they're not valuable, knock yourself out. Sharpening is a skill that also depends on the tool and the material.

I install garage doors and gates for a living, it's not that technical nor hard, I don't think it's even considered a trade and it shows in the money I make. Starting from this background, what would be the best option to try do get into? I'm not that bright.

I'm planning on building a custom computer desk sometime later this year. I've never done it before so I had a question. I have a butcher block picked out it's 6 feet in length and 25 inches wide, 1 1/2 inches thick Hard Maple. Was planning on getting some sturdy steel A frame legs. But I was wondering if I need some sort of brace or something? I see stuff like the standing desks and they have a large metal beam running across the middle. Do I need to get something like that to keep it from sagging or possibly cracking in the middle since all my computer stuff is going to be there in the middle? I saw these things on amazon? Would they work? Do I even need something like that or am I worrying about nothing?

>>2927151
just get a CDL or you'll end up being someone's bitch for 7 years, its over

>>2927161
>you'll end up being someone's bitch for 7 years
What do you mean?

>>2927151
Depends on the rest of your skillset. Are you installing basic bitch overhead doors and wealthy people's gate hardware? Or are you trenching, running conduit and wire, digging a hole for the posts, connecting smart home equipment etc?

If you've held a job for a couple years and are just bored, you can basically go be a journeyman working in any trade as long as you can convince them you're quick to learn and good with your hands. If you tell them you turn springs and install aluminum panels, they'll assume you're an idiot. Show off a desirable skillset and you can go into whatever trade interests you.

>>2927165
>Are you installing basic bitch overhead doors and wealthy people's gate hardware?
I do that to but work industrial most of the time, shit like this.
It's still the same concept just on a larger scale and you get to operate boom and scissor lifts, the bulk of the job is drilling into concrete or steal beams to install the rails then install panels, motors, sensors and that kind of shit.

I've not been doing the job for long and I somewhat like it but it seems pretty dead end with not much room to grow, and the money sucks.

>>2927169
Forgot pic.

>>2927169
>I've not been doing the job for long and I somewhat like it but it seems pretty dead end with not much room to grow, and the money sucks.
Sounds like most tradie jobs. It doesn't sound like you're doing any particularly skilled labor though. Just about anybody can drill into concrete, steel, and stick bolts in holes. Yeah you might be working on some $200,000 item, doesn't mean you're entitled to much of it. Again, just how trades work.

If you want more pay you have to have a skillset that not many people have. Thats the long and short.

>>2927173
>It doesn't sound like you're doing any particularly skilled labor though. Just about anybody can drill into concrete, steel, and stick bolts in holes
Thanks for your contribution but I have already asserted that >it's not that technical nor hard, I don't think it's even considered a trade

>>2927175
Sounds like you have everything figured out, good luck to you.

>>2927055
>>2927116

The light has been successfully installed. Thanks!

>>2927161
>>2927163
Meh the CDL is sort of gay. Or at least I felt that way after doing it for a couple years. If you run a local route and you have any sort of ambition or intelligence, you will feel like you hit a ceiling in your driver career quite fast. Unless you want to go owner op and eventually manage a fleet of trucks, but that’s all stacking money.

Also I just got offered a diesel tech job this afternoon from a big ass company. I may be retarded, but I asked if I can call the lady back Monday with an answer.

I’m very likely doing something stupid, but this company seemed like a corporate hell that was another level compared to my past employer which was a very large corporate hell.

Like I’m walking in the front door for the interview, and there’s one single reserved parking spot next to the handicapped spots, it’s for “Female Driver of the Year”

So I texted water plant dude because that seemed like a place I could actually spend the next 10+ years and was like “Hey, when yout office manager lady is back in, let me know. I have a good offer on the table but I like you guys better so I’m stalling with them.”

>>2927207
i can't imagine just driving all day for work, would drive me insane
i struggle on >30m drives between jobs...
besides the smell, a water planet is surely more interesting and you won't be away from home all week

>>2927238
I didn’t do OTR.

I had a difficult physical trucking job doing local deliveries for 7 years but had to unload everything. Then I got the promotion and got the big stores where I took my electric power jack and rolled 4 pallets into Walmart, scanned a couple things, hit on the cute Latina, and then moved to the next store. So it’s like 10-20min drive, half an hour at a store, repeat.

But like I’ve seen so many people in retail over those years like “I’m sick of this! I’m getting my CDL!”

So now as I’m looking at jobs, it’s sort of wild. Like I’m applying to equipment rental companies, they have a tractor trailer driver position and a diesel mechanic gig. And I apply for both because I do auto mechanic side gigs. I don’t even get a phone call for the driving job even though I have 11 years with zero accidents or tickets, but they bring me for an in-person to talk about the diesel mechanic gig with weekend auto repair and residential handyman experience.

So I tell everybody on /o/ asking about the CDL, get into literally any other trade besides CDL or auto mechanic. There’s super high demand for heavy duty mechanic, solar power and electricians doing Tesla chargers, and a shit ton of HVAC jobs. Plumber too but that’s probably the worst, HVAC is the most knowledge but good demand and pay, electrician is #2, plumbing #3. Heavy equipment operators are in demand too, crane operators for sure but there’s some important certs to do that.

Also the treatment plant didn’t smell too bad at all, and as I said I was surprised it didn’t smell worse, we were walking past the shittiest area. It’s in a populated area so they can’t have feces smell like crazy. He said like one day a month it gets funky when they do some process.

>>2927238
Fwiw, I didn’t mind driving at all. It’s easy, but I have a weird brain.

I took the SAT when I was 17, and I took some stupid aptitude-placement test right afterwards. I got an 800 on math and then the aptitude test said #1 career for me is ship captain, train engineer, truck driver, pilot.

I have no fucking idea what makes you a good candidate for that. Some goofy focus and attention to detail?

>>2927238
One more thing, driving OTR is fucking stupid. Maybe if you’re 22 and super autistic and don’t mind living in a truck with an anime doll.

Remember DOT hours are a thing. You can only drive 11hrs and then you have to shut down for 10hrs wherever you are and it’s computer-gps monitored with e-logs.

And then every 60/70hrs, you have to shut down for 34hrs, which means you can’t move your truck from the truck stop or receiving dock or warehouse for a day in a half or you get a violation.

If you drive for a big company, you’re at work 24hrs a day, 350 days a year for like $60k-70k. I did the math on it once and it’s pathetic hourly wage, like less than minimum wage.

>>2927185

In the apartment that I moved in there’s laminated wood all over except for the bathroom
The washing machine is on laminated wood
All the appliances are new and haven’t been used before
What can I do to prevent spilling/erosion of the laminated floor underneath the washing machine?
I was thinking to get a rubber mat to fit it under the washing machine and some rubber pads. Maybe something thicker so in case there’s spilling I can have access underneath the washing machine to mop the water out.
I’m thinking the mat should have a lip so the water won’t spill around
The washing machine has some rubber pads, but they’re small
Do you think this is good enough?

What are these bumps along the bottom two rows of shingles? I think the shingles are slate. Is this some kind of retaining clip?

>>2927263
I always put a tray under the washing machine if there isn't a drain in the floor.

>>2927280
To do what? Collect the overflow water for about 4 seconds before the tray overflows?

>>2927287
What kind of leakage are you expecting? Something that would overflow the tray in four seconds would also be all over the drywall and flooding out into other rooms. In your scenario, about the only solution is to have a water sensing pump and a high volume one at that.

>>2927263
modern laminante is pure plastic and waterproof

>>2927290
>What kind of leakage are you expecting?
The kinds that come from washing machines. The fill float can fail causing the water to just keep running. The internal plumbing can fail. The pipes connecting in the back can fail. That tray is holding 10 gallons of water, then you've got a 10 gallon tray to deal with under a 500lb machine IF you blocked off the drain hole to the tray. Then what?

>>2927300
>his washing machine doesn't detect water loss and shut off automatically

fucking speed queen shills in my /diy/

Do I missed anything for messing with wax models? Molds, carving knifes, a controlled pot to melt them down, maybe a soldering iron.

>>2927319
oh yeah, I should've bought the $1600 smart washer (now with AI) that can detect when its broken inside and automatically contacts the $400/hr repair tech!

>>2927343
This can and was done analog for the longest time, zoomer.

>>2927350
Show me a single mechanical example of a washing machine that can detect when its fucked up and is overflowing or leaking water.

>>2927368
This is a diy board, you may aswell install such a system for your whole house.

>>2927369
You may want to install such a system for your waterbrain.

>>2927370
nah, if your waterbain leaks you can feel it run out of your ear

>>2927368
>>2927368
There’s leak detecting systems that have a water sensor that goes on the floor at the bottom of the washer and cuts out the water valves when it detects water. Good for apartments and stuff so you don’t flood multiple neighbors under you

>>2927399
>There’s leak detecting systems that
not integrated into the machine from the get-go so who fuckin cares
>good for
who care its not your building why would you spend more money on some hokey shit that never benefits you?

>>2927406
It wouldn’t matter if they were integrated into the machine because there’s a good chance the hoses or valves fail and shutting the machine down doesn’t help that at all.

I'm on minimum wage and I've been with the company for 4 months now, too soon to ask for a raise?

how do i use a multimeter to check if this smushed spot is the reason my cheapass trailer light doesnt work?

>>2927425
If there's voltage on it, check for voltage on the suspect side and wiggle it around. If you get voltage sometimes then that's it.

If there's no voltage (probably better) you need to go to ohms mode and clip onto the far end with one side and test the other. It should be almost 0 ohms, maybe 5 at most, wiggle the wire to see of it goes from 3M ohm to a few k, then that's your problem.

If it's always good resistance/ voltage then trouble is elsewhere

>>2927176
look at this butthurt snark

weeds are out of control in my rock beds surrounding house. are the rock beds worth it as a barrier to pests? i'm tempted to just get rid of them and plant grass so i can mow this shit

so i asked diy forum how to fix a cord on my water pump and someone responded with a link for the exact 'everbilt' replacement cord i needed even though i hadnt specified what pump i have.
>sweet, my pump can be fixed with a quick amazon purchase.
well the thread 404'd and by the time i went google searching for the cord, i cant find it. where the heck do i find replacement cord for this pump?

>>2927452
maybe you can try another basic bitch installer job and later ask /diy/ what field you can move into, retard.

>>2923364 (OP)
Painting a car for the first time and I was using that plastic sheet masking shit. After I'd gone around the car once I noticed that flakes of primer were getting blown off this plastic shit. A couple of the smaller windows I covered in newspaper and didn't get this issue. It hasn't fucked anything yet as I've just gotten the primer down but would it help if I did a thick coat overlapping the plastic so it doesn't flake off like that and potentially end up landing on wet paint? Or does paint just not stick to that shit and I should newspaper all the glass?

>>2927425
>>2927431
What anon said.

But also with smashed wires like that, if you’re having issues, straight voltage and resistance doesn’t tell much. You need to load test it.

Like you can have stranded wire that is damaged and you still get a healthy low resistance across it with a meter and 12.5V+ at the light socket. But if you load test it by trying to power on a light at the socket or anything when the wire is held on by a strand or two, you’re going to get a big voltage drop and have 12.5V+ measuring before the damage and way lower after the damaged part.

The wiggle test anon said is also good for shitty connections and stuff. But multimeters do resistance tests with a very low power level, so if a wiggle makes it go from 100% connection to 10% but never really breaks the connection, you may have to put a load on there.

>>2927457
You either have connections with original manufacturer who can sell you one separately...
Or you find exactly that kind of pump in a dumpster and hope that it was trashed not because of a failed cord.

>>2927173
>You can't just undrill concrete
>the labor isn't skilled
ok boomer, why don't you do it yourself then

>>2927470
i am not that poster

>>2927456
You can control them with a propane torch.
>>2927457
Here's a list of archived SQTDDTOT threads:
https://archived.moe/diy/search/subject/SQTDDTOT/

>>2927529
That just destroys grass that has short roots while deep rooted weeds survive and regrow.

>>2927532
what do you think of this?
weed by hand the big weeds with big tap roots
after its all cleared out, you continually have little weeds growing up -> torch the shit out of these guys because they are immature and the roots may die

As you torch the shit out of everything i heard that the heat has an advantage of killing the seed bank which is how the weeds keep coming back week after week

>>2927532
>deep rooted weeds survive and regrow.
Blast them when this happens until it doesn't happen anymore.

>>2927540
The only way to get rid of weeds is to use some strong chemical that kills all plant based life like up to 10 meters deep into the ground, then plant normal grass, and hope that weeds won't spread from somewhere else.
>>2927542
This is extremely time consuming and you must do it constantly before weeds grow big enough to benefit from sunlight or their will just store resources in roots again.
Unlike killing bamboo, it's much harder.

>>2927502
Why would you want to undrill something and yes epoxy works as a hole filler in concrete.

>>2927551
No it doesn't you fucking moron.

>>2927552
All those companies making epoxy specifically for concrete are wrong then.

>>2927553
Companies also put corn syrup into sausages.

>>2927555
If your grandmother had 2 wheels she'd be a bicycle. Whats your point?

>>2927558
If your mother had 4 wheels she'd be a cargo truck.

>>2927558
he's saying just because you can do something doesn't mean its a good idea

>>2927571
except concrete workers use epoxy to fill holes, cracks and lift uneven slabs every day. Its a fully acceptable repair method.

>>2927575
Skilled ones drill the hole correctly first try.
Epoxyslop can't be drilled again, it just gets weaker.

>>2927615
We're now back at the start: you said they can't undrill the concrete, I proved you could, and now you're saying drillers don't drill bad.

Apply yourself.

>>2927616
You can't undrill the concrete, schizo.

>>2927618
You can't, I can.

>>2927619
I don't need to, you probably will the moment you try to drill anything at all.

>>2927529
>Here's a list of archived SQTDDTOT threads:
>https://archived.moe/diy/search/subject/SQTDDTOT/

not sure how to navigate this page, every link seems to send me to aggressive spam pages. but i did find sqt from feburary 2025 around the time to pump cable tore

>>2927620
Indeed, when I banged your mum she had to wear a butt plug (undrilling her hole) for a week.

>>2927623
It's a link to all the SQTs. Click the number to the left of the "view" and "report" links and it should take you to an archive of the thread you'd asked your question in. I've got ad blockers on so maybe that's protecting me from whatever chaos you're experiencing.

>>2927151
There is money in taking service calls. That would be inconsistent and would probably include difficult repairs.

Choose something with a training pathway. Otherwise, you will be perpetually stuck in a low position regardless of your abilities or dedication.

What is this wire? Is it part of the old phone lines (so I can get rid of it) or is it something important like grounding something else?

The wire is strung along the inside of the unfinished attic, and there is another wire spliced into it in the middle, coming up from lower down inside the house. Is it some sort of antenna?

House in New England, built ~1940.

>>2927646
Antenna for am radio.

>>2927278
Is it somewhere it snows? Looks like snow guards.

"

Snow guards go by many names: snow brakes, ice guards, snow stoppers, snow catchers, snow shields, snow cleats, snow jacks, snow stops, etc... so many names for products with the same goal: preventing catastrophic snow slides from roofs."

>>2927647
Thanks Anon.

I don't have an AM radio...any way to see where the other end of the wire goes so I can just yank it all out?

>>2925707
Thin cheap glass in an area with hot/cold cycles where you're moving around naked on a wet/soapy floor and might slip and crash into it doesn't sound like the world's best idea, Anon. Glass injuries can be pretty gnarly.

>>2927646
>Is it part of the old phone lines
no. as if!

>>2927649
so stupid.

>>2927280
Thanks
I’ll look for a tray or make one myself
Not expecting huge leaks
And if what the other anon said it’s true (modern laminate being plastic)
Then I’m ok.
The apartment is concrete all around
My parents had no major leaks from their washing machine in the past 15 years
Actually, no leaks from the hoses themselves
t. op

>>2923364 (OP)
there are a couple of brass torch heads I have founded like picrel.jpg, It would be nice to use them for illuminate some place (be as decoration or as emergency, plug a small butane tank and you got it), but how can be customized in order to get the usual yellow flame?
the valve turned to minimum gives the right amount of gas but the sleeve encloses most of the flame, it's enough to cut the sleeve shorter?
If the orifice for the gas exit is made larger (somehow) it would be dangerous?
afaik, these thing were done to direct and point the exhaust to the weld things, but I see no risk doing so. It is safe or not?
Thanks.

>>2927679
stop being a retard

>>2927659
Why would it be stupid to get rid of crap I don't need in my own house?

>>2927687
NTA but its one of those "if its not hurting anything, just leave it there for the next guy to discover" situations. The connection points were likely drywalled over but you cannot just yank on the wire and remove it. Its wrapped around ceramic posts rather firmly. You just can't yank it out.

Nice one thanks, I will check it out
>>2927684
still would like to give a try on

I don’t have any fancy laser cutting tools, any simple tools like a protractor or straightedge that can help me draw a parabola or logarithmic curve for cutting on wood/paper?

>>2927691
The ceramic posts are up in the attic. IDK what's in the wall, but "knob and tube be here" doesn't look good if we ever sell again.

I guess if it isn't in the way of anything important I can leave there, but it seems dumb to just leave crap around.

>>2927710
An inkjet printer and some printer paper?

>>2927649
Just snip the wire at the wall, the other end is probably sealed behind drywall

>>2927691
>>2927713
>drywall

I have plaster/rockboard, not drywall. Tough as nails.

>>2927712
Don’t have one :v
Also hoping for like… $10-$40 tool instead of a hundred dollar printer lol

>>2927714
>I have plaster/rockboard, not drywall. Tough as nails.
nobody cares. Its behind a 1/2" sheet of whatthefuckever. If you're using plaster with an AM radio antenna, its old as fuck, you live in a shitbox.

>>2927710
If you have to make something other than simple circles.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5btE8O9ckLU&t=498s
You can set up a false elipse by using 2 different radius, shorter one near the tip.
Or the true elipse using a trammel and 2 rails which the trammel slide one.
Parabola and hyperbola need pretty complex linkage

>>2927723
Damn, all i needed is a fucking stick and more grey matter
Thanks

Anyone have a suggestion for double sided tape that is removable with long term exposure to 60c?

No load, just keeping some abs together.

>>2927408
at min wage
1month in and id be asking for a raise just for not quitting
3months in and yes, you should definitely be asking for a raise. whats the work?

>>2927710
Just look at the first few frames of this video. Do the math for ellipse you need, should be easy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PCsmw07sSZg

>get a new can of white paint 6 months ago looks creamy like new almost delicious
>put it away after a little job
>open it again today it's greyer at the top but if you stir it you see the white
>pour a bit thin with thinner when i stir it it's again white and creamy
>while painting notice it's turning like spoiled milk with little lumps and some liquid separating
>slather it on anyway lumps dissipate but there are some tiny dots which i can sand anyway
>by the end its leaving flakes
what causes this

>>2927818
Some paints dry chemically and not just by solvent evaporation.

>>2927819
you mean something caused it to dry i did use the same brush for primer and didn't clean it
it was pu paint but probably and alcohol based primer idk

>>2927822
No, some paints literally react with oxygen, and once you open the can, it's over, you use it or lose it.

>>2927825
stuff in the can looks okay though

>somewhat the closest board

how the fuck is it legal to list a property as "3 bed 3 bath house for rent" and then put the very fucking last sentence in the description "listing is only for 1 bed with half bath in basement, no garage access, no kitchen access between 6pm-8am" for more than what the entire house would cost itself

Can I use a drill to make a hole in a piece of 3mm thick steel a tiny bit wider? It's a 6mm hole, but I need it to take M6 bolts, which I didn't realise are often a tiny bit wider than 6mm.
I think I need to widen it by around 0.5mm only.

>>2928164
Put the bit back into the drill motor.
Insert the bit into the hole.
Pull the trigger on the drill.
Angle the drill and bit to one side by 27 degrees.
Move the drill and bit in a circular motion keeping the angle to the outside of the hole as you move it around the circumference.
Release trigger.
Remove bit from hole.
Test bolt for fit.
If it's still too tight, repeat procedure until a fit is accomplished.

>>2928194
Great. Thanks a lot, anon.

>>2928164
>3mm thick steel
>>2928164
>M6 bolts,
>>2928194
>27 degrees.
For 3mm thick steel and a 6mm hole, use a 15° angle.

>>2928196
Alright, how do you work out the angle?

>>2927748
>1month in and id be asking for a raise just for not quitting
Kek. I wish I lived in a country with a vibrant employment market instead of a poor EU shithole where most jobs pay minimum wage.

>>2927710
What you want is a "French Curve". Just connect the dots.

I wanted to charge li-ion batteries with a XL4015 module but I found I can't set current limit lower than 1.2A. Is this unit defective or is XL4015 module designed this way?