Thread 2932772

Previous thread became too stupid and had to be euthanized.

>>2928217

I'm getting an old-ish manual diesel (the notorious 6.0 Powerstroke) this week. I used to have a manual, that is not a problem.

I have not, however, ever driven a diesel. Is there some arcane knowledge that I don't know that would cause me to fuck this up somehow?

Also why the fuck diesel rebuild kits so expensive?

>>2932773
>sex.0 powerblow
drive that thing like you stole it. all the problem children 6.0s are the ones that were babied
farmer i knew bought a brand new 07 loaded lariat for a town rig. kept it in the garage. never towed with it or horsed it. by 2012 with only 18k on it hed had everything under the sun on the engine fail twice. he basically gave it to the dealer and got a new gas pickup then because he was so fed up
but on the other hand ever 3/4/550 workmobile that has been run like a rental is still clipping along at 300k+. my friend had a late 06 zf6 around 2010 @100k. he put an sct chip on it and set it to full race and never turned it down. it finally had the ficm and a bunch of non engine shit failed around 350k. i saw him hit 6k rpm several times and hed never shift it under 4k. that pickup cured my 6.0phobia

DIY faux travertine question >>2932738
I'll first do picrel for a half bathroom in my parent's house, most probably in white concrete. then I'll move to my bathroom with the bigger proyect.

How should I seal the edges of the melamine boards? will silicon work fine?

Ordered roller blinds but theyre too wide. Wiki says to cut them down with a hacksaw but I'm thinking a faster sharper tool might be better like one of those diamond cutting discs for an angle grinder.
Anyone have any success cutting these down? What did you use?

>>2933068
You could try with that but With using Friction, the high Heat could start making the blinds inside shrink and attach to one another.

Just use a Japanese Saw and press down and forward and pickup and pull away with each cut till it's done.

Good Luck Anon

Have some outlets that are only 2 prong, I read that replacing them with GFCIs was good enough as we don't want to do a bunch of expensive, invasive electrical work. Is that a good temporary fix?
Keep in mind the current solution is those housefire 2 to 3 prong adaptors so if it's suitable for even a few years it's good in my book.
Some outlets in the rooms are already grounded though, so there might be a ground already in the 2 prog outlets, how would I tell if I can ground an outlet or not?

>>2933068
I have learned time & again, often to my own detriment, that power tools are the best way to make mistakes faster. If you're doing something new to you, or something where a nice finished look is important, it's usually best to try it by hand first.
It's not *harder* to fuck up, per se, just *slower.*

I have a raccoon issue.
>I know, trap/shoot them etc is the only way etc
There's 5, I'm not interested in committing a raccoon genocide and traumatizing my wife, yet. I also don't want to be hauling raccoons around, I'd sooner holocaust them but I'm waiting until they do something more egregious. The main issue is that we leave cat food out for the stray cats. Those aren't the issue either, I enjoy them. But these fat fucking raccoons will steal the food, and the fattest one has the nerve to use our yard as his personal campground during the night.
>pic related
I've tried a few different methods throughout my war against them. Spraying them with an automatic sprinkler, making the food harder to access, flying a drone at them, etc. They know they can come back later and likely won't suffer consequences while I sleep. I was planning to electrify a food bowl using an electric fly swatter with the positive wire extended about 30ft so I could control it from inside, and my proof of concept works, but I think the Chinese capacitor is 2000V and once again I'd rather try less lethal avenues before potentially frying a raccoon and traumatizing my wife (if that's even a risk with the D batteries, not sure, and I'll probably get to a point where I don't care.)
>what next?
Well, I would like to modify the roof of this cat house that this obesity raccoon is enjoying himself on. I'm not sure what sort of actuator or motor would make this doable. My idea is to make it act like a springboard, where I can switch it on and have the roof violently catapult the raccoon into the air and across the yard. A good throws worth of distance like if I spun him by his tail and let him fly off into the sunset carried by his own excessive weight until he lands stunned, disoriented, and with his relaxing night ruined. Imagine a cartoonish style catapult flinging him off of the roof. Any suggestions on what to look for?

got black ants on my property, aggressive fuckers too
their hive is under old tree stump, how do I put them out of their misery?

>>2933500
NOO DONT NUT ON THE COON

>>2933501
Pour molten aluminum down there like that dude on Youtube

>>2933501
If you know where the nest is just pour a load of boiling water on it. Careful not to scald yourself.

I've got a slightly rusted bike frame and I'm wondering which grit sandpaper is best to use. I'm thinking 80?

>>2933501
>>2933525
If it’s an old stump, drill some holes into it, douse it in gas along with the dirt around it, and after a while of the gas soaking just burn it. If the gas doesn’t kill them the fire will cook them. More effective than boiling water and helps break the stump down.

would anyone be able to provide some guidance on how to repair this peeling varnish on my hardwood floors? i assume i can just sand it down and try to feather it in to the outside portions of the coating?(i have a small can of the stuff leftover) eventually im going to have to get my floors redone in the future since the guy i hired to do it like 4 years ago did a horrible job of it but i would just like to temp fix up some spots that look like this because it just sticks out like a sore thumb

>>2932772 (OP)
spectrometers.

would one of these fiber optic usb spectrometers be sensitive enough to measure the mineral content of hydroponic solution for plants? in my head, making some reference standards of varying ppm concentrations, then measuring them as calibration to the meter, then measuing a cuvette of sample water.

it is mostly for phosphorous and potassium, maybe some trace minerals. I don't want to have to mix up reagent solutions and do titrations by hand all the time. will a spectrometer be able to do that?

somewhere in the range of 1000ppm max with a +- 10ppm window is what I am thinking.

>>2933651
https://www.oceanoptics.com/spectrometers/near-infrared-spectrometers/

>>2933625
Well yes, the only temp fix is partial sand down and recoating.

>>2933579
80 will show through any new paint, get 80 to remove old shit and 160 and 240 to smooth it out for new paint.

I installed a rain catchment for my gutters to use for watering my plants. I was told A. To never drink it and then told "actually it is bad for your plants too."

Is any of that true? If so what purpose does rain catchment serve?

>>2933661
I think bad for plants is retarded. Try to store water in a light-isolated container though to prevent algae overgrowth and don't store water too long.

>>2933500
>the Chinese capacitor is 2000V and once again I'd rather try less lethal avenues

2000V means nothing
to cause harm, you need something that'll deliver large amounts of energy, which batteries dont have
think back to when you read news about someone being harmed by a fly-swatter

anyway, if noise scares them away, you can get security cams for around $30 with alarms that sound when movement detected

>>2932772 (OP)
I'm trying to rig up a new warm water reservoir for something, but I'm running into an unforeseen problem that I need help solving.
Alright, so I using a five gallon to hold and feed water. I chopped off the water spout on the front and ran a 3/8" NiCopp line through the hole. I then sealed it with JB weld marine. The problem I think I'm going to run into, is that the line can twist in the hole because of how smooth the line is. How do I solve this? I thought of maybe using a checkering file on the line to give the JB weld something to bite into, but I wasn't aware of this problem until I already put it together. I'll have to wait to see if it fails to hold water before I take it apart.

I replaced a bath tub faucet and it's still leaking as bad as the old one, wtf did I do wrong?
I cleaned the threads and put plumber's tape clockwise as per the instructions. It's a long 1/2 copper stud style.

>>2933693
It looks like it holds water, but I don't see it staying that way. Maybe I should have the outlet come straight out instead of sideways creating a lever.

>>2933701
Yeah, I broke the seal by wobbling the line. It didn't leak, but it won't stand up to a work environment. I'll have to start over. Ideally, I would tig weld something, but then I would have to learn to tig.

>>2933733
Clean all that crap off.
Get a bulkhead fitting with a rubber washer seal.
Plumb the valve to the new fitting.

>>2933660
Thanks. I'm not worried about the paint because I want to spray it a less gay colour.

>>2933761
>bulkhead fitting
THANK YOU
I feel very silly for not knowing that exists. Do they come with threaded sections 2" or more?

I’ll be taking down some high spots on concrete to install laminate flooring in a 11x12 bedroom this weekend.
I have an 8 ft aluminum level, but I’ve seen another method where you use a 360 laser level and a stick with some markings in it to probe various points across the floor and find high and low spots.

Should I spring for a laser and do it that way? Or is it doable with just a beam level?

>>2933660
This is what I started with. Found a roll of 60 grit.

>>2933841
Only took a bit of rubbing. About 5 minutes. Rust looks worse than it is, I suppose.

>>2933701
use a conduit clamp pop riveted into the outer shell of your cooler to help support the line. One of the two hole types of clips.

>>2933842
Use some ospho on. That pitted rust to help convert and neutralize it before re-painting.

>>2932773
>Is there some arcane knowledge that I don't know that would cause me to fuck this up somehow?
don't put petrol innit

>>2933842
That's chrome, not paint. You should be using steel wool, not sandpaper.

>>2933855
checked
That's also pretty clever.

>>2933955
I know it's not paint. I'm not bothered about scratches to the metal; it's been in this condition for a few years so I just want to get it into a rideable state.

So, i'm doing some renovations and have made a foldable table to the kitchen counter (the board on the right in the pic).

I first painted the board with Osmo wood wax (natural oil / wax) but wasn't satisfied with the feel of it, so after it dried I painted with water-based colorless staining varnish.
As you can see, I'm new to painting and realize that oil-and water-based paints aren't that compatible, but I first painted a test piece (made of the same material) and since it seemed to work I took my chances with the board.

A week later and the board seems still good to the eyes and feel, but now I'm about to paint the fixed counter (on the left in pic) but before I do something regrettable, is there risk of something happening if I paint the counter with the Osmo and the with water varnish long term?

As in, will the varnish start flaking or something else unwanted?

The hippie crap I found in youtube comments works great for no-see-ums, or midgies, or whatever tf the tiny bitey bastards are called. It does not work for mosquitoes. What's the mosquito version? Before deet, citronella, permethrin, etc what did most people do?
>suffer
Already know that much. What did the smart people do?

>>2934049
The answer is still
>suffer

smoke might help.
toughening up will help more.

>>2934049
Wear long sleeves and leggings everywhere, even in miserable heat.

>>2933775
You can do it with a beam level.
If I may make a suggestion, I'd ask you to consider using something like leveling compound or other subfloor prep mixture. Build up the low spots instead of taking down the high spots. Much less dusty; silicosis is bad news.

This is the 2nd John Deere Idler pulley that has failed for me.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0C6Y61TLH/?coliid=I3LU2FC0WG87NG

Ive been buying them from the john deere dealer but it still come with chinesium bearings.
I guess water gets into them and seizes it up.
I regularly spray down my mower after mowing, i do grease things up, but this pulley has a sealed bearing and isnt accessible with the deck in place.

What can I do to prevent this thing from seizing up?
Im going to try to remove that bearing and see if I can order a nice FAG or SFK bearing.
the pulley itself is cooked. i only see cheapo plastic replacements. they all have these stupid grooves that collect dirt.

>>2934079
Nope these bearings are molded inside the pulley. They are not coming out

I have some property where a bunch of mature black locust trees are falling down
How can I make them into boards for furniture? What's the cheapest (powered) planer that's practical for such work? Alternatively, can I monetize them without planing them?

>>2934079
can someone recommend me a USA and/or chinese manufacturer that make custom pulleys.
im sick of these plastic pieces of shit designed to fail

>>2933625
You might stain match if you bring in a piece you can remove from somewhere less important.

Paint stores don't like to do it, but they will. It's small order and guess & check. They've turned new trim into old trim for me. Otherwise you guess check on your own with colors and lacquers or commit to refinish.

>>2934090
Check surpluscenter. Anything close to the right size should work fine.

>>2934090
Just go on eBay and look at flat idler pulleys.
Looking at one will get you links to four similar.
Keep clicking until you find one you like.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/273851731426

Research the best locks for the backdoor. Highly rated stuff with doodads to prevent core pulling and and hinges with stuff. Door is protected out te wazoo!

But then 2 meter over is the door to the shed with a wee little hook, and the shed door to the yard is some diy crap made from floorboards and has a 20+ year old rimlock held together with rusty flathead screws.

>>2934049
I was watching some enduro videos and the comments mentioned tea-tree oil mixed with water sprayed on your clothes and body. I assume it has to be applied throughout your time spent with the squitos, and it probably depends on their aggression.

>>2934079
Does anybody sell a billet pulley? Maybe go to the junkyard to see if you can find an automotive idler pulley that has the same dimensions. maybe you could fill the grooves on the cheap plastic ones to keep the crud out.

>>2934145
That's another pulley that's rivited together. Can't easily replace bearings

>>2934160
>Grind rivet heads off, punch them out, replace 6203 bearing with one of hundreds I have on hand. Replace rivets with 1/4" bolts.
Done exactly that many times.

>two weeks off work for summer vacation
>No gf, frens or people to do anything
>Most likely outcome is staying home all day posting on 4chan and watching youtube videos
>Apartmentcuck so don't even have enough space to do cool diy projects
I should have gotten into a desk job, at least there you can meet women, fuck trades

>>2934090
https://www.motionsystems.us/custom-pulleys/

>>2934277
I kind have some space for cool diy projects, have done plenty in the past.
But I still end up doing as you describe, almost to the letter.

>>2934293
Honestly I don't know when it all went so wrong.

>>2934243
sure, im going to do that next time it breaks.
question, would the extra weight of the nuts and bolts instead of rivets make it perform worse in anyway?
>>2934287
did you just google that? cause that company was the 2nd result for me.

>>2934316
>question, would the extra weight of the nuts and bolts instead of rivets make it perform worse in anyway?

It shouldn't matter at all. Just use the same length bolts and nuts for every one and it should stay relatively well balanced as well.

>>2933700
is it dripping from where water normally comes out or the joint between the faucet and the pipe?

>>2932772 (OP)
I have to weld some galvanized fence posts. What paint should I use to cover the welds? I see that rustoleum cold galvanized spray but I don't know if that's a good solution, I'd bet it's just regular rustoleum with a little zinc mixed in. Obviously best solution would be to dunk it in molten zinc but that's not an option. I really don't give a shit, not my fence, for a family member who has no money, doing it for free and I'm buying the paint. Just needs to resist rust and preferably not look like shit.

Im working in a device that automatically cuts paper, does anyone know where the get a paper rolling knife that I can mount with screws and has replaceable blades? There are replacement blades for eg Dahle cutters but none seem to be mountable to anything but the original rail

How do l get rust off this thing? Coke?

>>2934521
I've always had luck with rust remover.

>>2934521
Soak it in white vinegar, hit it hard with a wire brush, coat it in oil or the rust will come right back. Work the spring back and forth while soaking it and oiling it.

>>2933692
My parents have a neighbor who got that cheap motion detection shit. It sits there all day, beeping and detecting false positives, loudly announcing "You are being recorded." That crap would mysteriously disappear if I lived next to it. Fucking obnoxious!

>>2934538
>>2934527
Thanks anons!

>>2934521
Shelf it for four hours

>>2934453
I already have a guillotine cutter but I want to automate it with 2 rollers that take a length of paper from a roll and then cut it. It seems mechanically easier to use a roll cutter with a stepper spindle because then I can also rotate the knife 90 degrees to make a lengthwise cut

i started tearing down my washing room yesterday
the water heater is there too so i don't have warm water anymore
spent the entire day today watching chainsaw man
how the fuck do i motivate myself to finish what i start?

>>2934585
I have like 5 spots on the wall that I patched, sanded, and need to hit with paint. But I fucking hate opening paint to runn like 3 square feet of wall. It take 3x as long to clean everything than it does to actually paint.

>>2932772 (OP)
Great to be here again, I was tiling a couple of days ago and the was asked to install the toilet, but the drain was done to close to the wall; and when just put in place realized the tank cover won't fit because there is an overhead that would need to be inside the wall; I don't wan't to redo all (and won't be payed for that), and isn't my fault the drain was not done to the 12'', but since the clients are friends of my pa I don't want to left with no cover in the tank.
So what could be done, I was thinking using wood fitted to the tank, but I was wondering if there is a way to cut some part of the cover just like cutting tile (I have the tile cutter and a cutting tweezers I use for small details), but idk how if it's viable, how long and how many risk there is of breaking the cover.
Also
Supposing it could be done, how to pin down the cover to the tank?
Thanks!

How the fuck do I get a job in Switzerland? Fuckers require experience even for construction laborers and landscapers.

Is there a power tool that's like a sawzall but scaled down to use jigsaw blades? Seems like such a thing could be useful for certain stuff, like cutting holes in walls or cabinets along with precision metal cutting in sensitive areas, but I've never seen anything like it. The closest things I can find are body saws but they're usually air and occasionally corded, I've never seen a cordless one, and they don't use regular jigsaw blades.

Anybody know what these big hinges are for, or what they're called? Found them cleaning out my grandpa's place and want to sell them. They're about 5x3 inches.

>>2934702
You could always take a wired one and trade out the guts for battery operation.

Is a foil shaver a close enough shave for a respirator mask? These cartridge blades are giving me acne like I am a doritos munching and mountain dew slurping teenager

>>2934729
You think the blades are the solution here, but you immediately admit to goyslop diet. You wanna see your skin improve? See what a diet with no sugar or seed oil will do. Your acne will vanish in under a week. I shit you not. I'm 36 and I've never had such pure skin or loose joints.

>>2934733
I literally never have it when I just use a trimmer every now and then. It's the blades causing skin irritation. The sweetest things I eat are berries in my oatmeal and I cook with ghee

>>2934734
I didn't read very well. Having a shit day. You said it was like you eat and drink that trash. My bad.

>>2934735
No worries. I hope today or tomorrow gets better for you anon

>>2934702
Makita 4390D Sawz-all Type 9.6V Battery Operated Cordless Reciprocating Saw

The blades are jig-saw size but the hole in the end needs enlarged to be held in the saw.

>>2934717
Seems like it'd be hard to do while keeping it slim and compact, though, which would be a lot of the point.

>>2934744
That does seem like basically the sort of thing, shame it's on a long-dead battery platform and probably gutless given the era. It seems like a tool that'd make sense as a Milwaukee 12v given their compact batts.

>>2934740
Too much to do it again, but I appreciate, thanks!

>>2934756
They do have the hackzall which is like a tiny sawzall. Dunno if it takes jigsaw blades or not though.

>>2934774
Yeah I have the DeWalt equivalent, I think the big companies all have things like it now. They take full-size sawzall blades and have a relatively long stroke though. It's actually what I was using when I got the idea, needed to cut a heavy-duty stainless hose clamp on my bike and couldn't get through it with any hand tool I had, didn't want to spray sparks all over my tire and bodywork with a grinder/dremel, so I had to use the recip with the shortest metal blade I had but it was still awkward and I realized a much more compact, finer blade version of it could be really nice.

>>2934756
It's helpful to learn how to build your own battery packs. Saves a lot of money and you can power whatever you want.

My dog chewed through a shielded charger cable.
Can I just rejoin it with a solder sleeve or do I need to separately rejoin the cable and the shielding?

>>2934895
To do it correctly one would repair the shielding, but desu, who cares? Just solder the charging cable parts together (make sure to isolate those parts) and put a sleeve on top.
It should work again afterwards. Maybe coil a piece of wire around it and solder that to the shielding if you're worried about it?

Talk me out of buying this

>>2934926
Or this

>>2932772 (OP)
GREETINGS

1.) How do I find small omnidirectional bearing like the kind used in nunchucks. I'd rather not just buy sets of chucks to cut apart (and potentially damage the bearing)

Searching for "swivels" gives me fishing supplies, not the sort I'm looking for.

whats the big problem with having a business with physical inventory
why does /biz/ warn against it

>>2934926
You can't afford it

>>2935004
Nigga it costs barely 100 bucks

>>2935000
Apparently storing the physical stuff is costing you money somehow. The job I've worked at was once locally owned and we kept inventory on the shelf for when that customer walked in with a diabolical need for X part because nobody else had it and we had a good reputation for customer service.

The company got bought by a national/international parent company that thinks anything older than 3 months is dead stock and goes in the bin. Everything fucking sucks now and customers hate us.

>>2934926
Warren Buffet here. I advise you to invest in a retirement plan instead.
>>2934927
Warren Buffet again. It's not a sound investment unless it returns at least 500% in 6 months. Avoid this stock!

>>2934926
I'm Jim Cramer and I say go all in.
>>2934927
Jim Cramer again. Do it. You'll be rich.

>>2935019
i mean moving and storing it is a hassle if you think large things

how much protection is paint supposed to provide as far as abrasion

I need to replace the hose that goes from the cylinder head to the tank, but the original part won’t be available for several weeks. Is it possible to use a flexible sleeve instead, or won’t it hold due to the pressure ?

>>2935000
If you carefully keep track of whether or not what you have is actually worth keeping, having plenty of stock on hand is a good thing. If it's stuff that isn't selling and isn't moving, you're wasting the space that you could be using for useful inventory. Or potentially even having a smaller space with cheaper rent.

That's only if you're stocking commodity goods that usually move freely, though. It's not so clear-cut if, like >>2935019 indicates, you sell things that aren't needed regularly by a lot of consumers. It's a lot harder to determine whether it's worth keeping that turbo encabulator for another quarter, because you might only sell 2 of them a year if you're lucky.

the natural gas company switched hands and they are checking meters
my oven doesn't work
I'm worried they are going to try to close the line or something
what can I expect after he checks the basement where the meter, hot water tank and furnace is.
I actually removed the flex line from the stove and wonder if that I need to get it back on before the service appointment?

>>2935105
the problem with using a piece of nylon air brake tube there is the compressor head gets hot and will melt the tube. a piece of steel brake line would be ideal if you could match the end fittings up

Is fully cured milliput putty safe to handle with your bare hands?

Also when I was wet sanding my putty, it got this subtle red smear- was this because I added too much water?

>>2935105
sleeve the hole or break with some larger tubing and silver solder or braze it.

How can I make my bench grinder run slower?

>>2935243
Learn to threaten it in German.

>>2935243
>how

it's a synchronous motor, meaning the speed is tied to the line frequency, either 50 or 60Hz
to change that, you need a powerful VFD, which prob costs more than the grinder

>be a neet for years
>get back into work helping tradesmen
>turns out that I'm a decent worker but I'm stuck on minimum wage because I don't know how to do stuff without having someone tech me first
I'm 35, is it over? What would be the fastest trade to learn so I can escape the minimum wage hell?

>>2934947
They don't have omnidirectional bearings, they have two sets of (shitty plastic) bearings for each axis. Aliexpress has joystick modules if you want that.

>>2935283
You can learn just about any trade on youtube.

>>2935286
It's definitely not the same, I learn things on youtube but it's not enough.

If I had a garage made from cavity blocks, would it make it warm and dry if I insulated the inside and/or outside, or would this cause mold and damp to be a problem? I hear that pumping insulation into the cavity doesn't work too well when it gets damp.

>>2934804
I know the basics, but a modern brushless 12v tool would run circles around that thing and could be quite a bit more compact, which is a big deal for the use case.

>>2935368
That's what I was thinking when talking about a rebuild. Just get a brushless motor, appropriate speed controller, and something that'll spit out a PWM signal by potentiometer control. The biggest challenge would be linking the motor to the old tool head.

This is /diy/. You're gonna get people who just want to gut it and make it better.

>>2935290
Yeah, you actually have to do the thing after watching the videos. Important to note that most tradies have no fucking idea what they are doing and lots of them are doing shit wrong, so it's not like in-person learning has advantages on average.

>>2935327
There are different types of shit that go into the cavity and some are less problematic than others. But you can always solve damp with ventilation, unless you live in a very humid region.
Internal wall insulation is absolutely mold magnet, EWI is least likely to cause mold since it keeps the whole wall warm, cavity is in the middle.

>>2935392
At that point I think it'd make way more sense to kitbash the guts of a regular modern 12v jigsaw into the body of something like an impact driver.

>>2935472
You can buy jigsaw mechanisms for hex chuck from chinks.

Has any of you ever contacted a tool company by email to ask for discounts or free tools? Any luck?

>>2935492
Yes, I asked Milwaukee to send me some free tools and they were like "ok" and sent me $5k worth of tools.

Any tips for cleaning cabinets short of sanding and painting? Just had a disappointing cleaning crew. They’re pressed board, a step above ikea stuff but not real oak or anything

>>2932772 (OP)
How can shred a whole bunch of tree branches whitout a wood chipper?
or
>how to build a diy shredder?
I have some discs over there and forget the electrical motor, I was thinking of doing with a crank, and a chain transmission,but a that point Idk what more.
Thanks

>>2935498
>Yes, I asked Milwaukee to send me some free tools and they were like "ok" and sent me $5k worth of tools.
Holy crap, same here! I dunno why more people don't do this?

>>2935642
Commercial wood chippers are like $150 on the cheapo end, you can't even buy half the transmission needed to handle the torques for $150.
>forget the electrical motor
The electrical motor on a cheap small wood chipper is like 2000W, bigger wood chippers are in the range of 10-20kW. Your hand's output is maybe 100-200W at best.
So to answer the original question,
>How can shred a whole bunch of tree branches whitout a wood chipper?
Whacking them with an axe a lot.

Bought a riveter to do my window and it's reach is not deep enough to get the rivet. I went back to the video and his tool has a long skinny neck. Am I doing it wrong or did I just buy the wrong tool?

>>2935492
by email? fuck no son, we wrote LETTERS when tools were free. sent them with STAMPS in the MAIL.

>>2935662
Humm, didn't know they packed this wattage, but now it seems logic.
Thanks for the kind answer anon (and for avoiding me so much fuzz).

Is there an easy way to change the pipes that fill the toilet cistern to the hot one so the water it flushes is hot?

>>2935697
1. Why?
2. Not really because the water will cool down sitting in the pipes between flushes

>>2935699
Could I not have a valve to only fill it when I'm about to use it?

>>2935700
You can install a recirculating pump that either automatically or via remote keeps warm water circulating through the pipes, or install an "instant" water heater. Seems like a lot of work to keep your turds comfortable.

>>2935665
Check the tool maker to see if they sell longer reach heads. If not, you'll need to get the right tool. Search "long reach pop rivet gun".

>>2935697
the toilet sitting on the wax ring that's literally soft at room temperature? what could go wrong

>>2935718
thanks, I busted on amazon but harbor freight had a knock off longer skinnier one so I just bit the bullet and drove up there. just finished 20 min ago.

>>2935704
I'm in a cottage with an insane water heater for the small system so they'd be cooking.

I have an underground junction somewhere in a 230V line somewhere outdoors, I want to remove/cap off one of the branches but I can’t access the junction box itself, how would you do this

>>2935799
Gain access to the junction box? Or cap it wherever the hell you can access it?

Leaving dead wires running underground won’t do any damage, it will simply confuse people in the future.

>>2935327
It could make things worst if you get dampness in your walls. Walls need to breathe. I would at least choose something that can be undone in the future. Don't pump foam into the cavities.

>>2935474
Yeah that's pretty jank though. Might do the job for a one-off, but my point with the original post wasn't that I was looking for a tool to do a specific job myself, it was that it seems like something that could be useful for a lot of people and that I'm surprised Milwaukee or DeWalt doesn't sell.

>>2933074
Japanese pull saw was shredding it badly, the shade has fibers inside that were ripping instead of cutting. Abandoned that immediately.
I then tried with a sharp blade (ragged edge in picrel), which was better but not perfect.
Last, I unwound the blind and tediously cut with scissors following a line in the pattern (cleaner cut line to the left, in progress).
So, if anyone tries this, scissors worked well. Then an angle grinder to cut down the metal tube.

>>2935700
>Could I not have a valve to only fill it when I'm about to use it?
Yes. It's called a faucet or tap or bib. You use it to fill a bucket and pour the bucket of water directly into the bowl to flush the turds.

are speaker surround refoam kits universal? Do things like the arch size really matter or anything else like that?

>>2935721
Absolutely nothing wrong with learning experiences! That goes double when it's funny!

How do you measure a gas stove hat?
Or are they standard sizes for 4 burners?
Will get an image of the old hat.

>>2935957
I have not laughed at water damage in many many years. A melted wax ring doesn’t even result in an explosion like frozen o-rings (picrel). Nothing funny about a slow, shitty leak.

The cleanout behind my parents house is overflowing. My preliminary research says that the main sewer line is clogged somewhere downstream.
I guess my questions are what caused this ? How bad is it (best case scenario vs worst case) ?
And then what kind of auger / sewer cleanout tool should i buy / rent ?
The picture is shit but i think im gonna dig a bit around it to expose it a little more.
Maybe I can buy a camera snake then rent the appropriate auger ?

After digging around the cleanout it dawned on me that it could be clogged with dirt and weeds since the cap broke off lord knows when ago.
Im thinking I'll start by trying a $100 100' manual drain cleaning cable (for .8" to 3.9" pipe) and then going for a camera and/or the cable for 3.9"+ pipe if that doesn't work.

>>2936061
It's funny for us, not you.

Crosspost from /o/ sqqtdtot,

I’m trying to disassemble this grease gun because the lockout rod fell inside the body of the gun. Most videos show the plunger (pic rel) having a nut or a cotter pin, this one has some kind of press fit pin. Can’t for the life of me get it to budge even with pressure released. No room for a hammer and I don’t want to tear up the rubber seal.

How do I get this little shit out? Many thanks bros

>>2936168
Small clamp?

>>2936196
I’m not sure I have one but I may try a small vice grip. Vice grips do solve all the world’s problems.

>>2936073
>dig a bit around it to expose it a little more.
pointless
you hit it with an auger and most of the time it easily clears soft blockage and everything is fine
after it's cleared you can camera.
it'll be caused by root intrusion or a belly in the pipe, either case you locate section and cut out + rebuild

>>2935991
>How do you measure a gas stove hat?
You order replacements by the brand and model.

>>2936273
don't know if i can get anything for the 90s stove top we have.

Are these fine modules for a good price or should i get something else? Everything has free shipping.

Im building two voc/formaldehyde sensors with one also measuring CO2 in an enclosed space(these ones monitor rooms with nasty chemicals) and the rest will be used on two regular air quality packages also by measuring VOCs with one having an particle sensor.

Are these good for these use cases?

>>2936301
Forgot the image silly me.
Also i im getting the SDC40 instead of SDC41 because apparently the newer one is not cooperating with esp-home.

>>2932772 (OP)
Our house has a circuit breaker panel with a circuit breaker that flips every few hours. No scorch marks on any outlets and if it was arcing or shorted or something it wouldn't stay on for so long between flips. It is flipping faster over time. I'm under the impression its the breaker itself that is bad and needs replacing.
Heres the stupid question: if its flipping cause its a weak ass fucking piece of shit then will taping it on cause a fire? I'm assuming it would be a fire at the circuit breaker itself right?
Heres a more serious question, the circuit breaker panel doesn't seem to have a main circuit breaker cause the house is like 20 years old. How the fuck do I turn off power to the house so I can take off the metal frame without causing an arc flash?

>>2936329
Never tape or lock breakers. Fix the problem. POST CLEAR PICS of everything from the meter to your service panel.

>>2936334
Panel

>>2936339
>>2936334
Meter I'm assuming.

>>2936329
If you tape it, it won't matter, they still trip internally. Have you felt the breaker that trips? Is it getting hot? You haven't said anything about your skill level, and a couple of assumptions you're making point to the distinct possibility that it may be wise to call an electrician for this.

>>2936344
I'm an electrician apprentice but not for residential. I don't touch live wires or panels like this.

How easy would it be for a retard such as myself to set up one of these and view actual celestial points of interest?
I suck at math, but I follow directions pretty good.

>>2934702
>>2934779
you probably know about it already, but the closest thing to what you describe is an oscillating multitool/fein saw, the blades are expensive but there are carbide blades that will cut through even the toughest stainless steel, and there are diamond saws as well.

>>2934927
>>2934926
wera bits are quite decent, not as good as wiha or pb swiss but up there. the problem is t hose handles are garbage and basically the soft touch parts start to melt at the slightest chemical contact or just regular use and wear and tear far faster than anything else of similar finish I've seen.

>>2936329
>How the fuck do I turn off power to the house so I can take off the metal frame without causing an arc flash?

This reminds me of a question and answer in an electronics magazine I subscribed to in the seventies. Mail-in questions kinda like Dear Abby but for electronics people.
The guy said he was having trouble getting the masonite back off his console TV which he needed to work on and did they have any advice. The answer was: If you don't know how to remove the cover you need to stay out of it for your own safety.

>>2936329
>Heres a more serious question, the circuit breaker panel doesn't seem to have a main circuit breaker cause the house is like 20 years old.

>>2936379
>doesn't seem to have a main circuit breaker

i'd check the basement, or a closet, or wherever that fat pipe coming down from meter goes to, for something looking like this

I've got a low sloped roof over my carport that leaks a bit. Only when it rains for long periods (days). Its got a few spots just up slope from the seams where water pools. They are not very large but I suspect they are the cause. As a quick and ugly fix, can I just level them out with some Blackjack Roof Cement?

Picture from google.

how fucked am i guys
just installed this to replace a completely missing support
clean work or no?
before that was just an 8x8 sitting on the dirt that wasnt even bearing weight it was just loose, that was the spot that was most sagged
buildings single story 20 ft span 2x8 joists 24"oc with a 4x4 'beam'
pictured is 16x16 concrete patio stones on 5 inch 3/4 gravel with a 3x10 and an 8x8 on top
boutta load 40 sheets of drywall on this bitch
there was drywall before so its nothing new
but the floor so sagged its like 1.5 inch slope over 4 feet in some spots
just gonna build a fake floor with rip strips to make it level on top

>>2936347
ask your boss, breaker is a breaker

>>2936073
>>2936078
>>2936203
okay i think im getting stopped by bends, i got the 1/2" auger to go 1 foot further than the 3/8" auger by some stroke of luck which i can't recreate, but im getting totally stonewalled
Is there a trick to getting past bends besides twist pull and push like a retard ?
I think I wanna just start digging so i can get to the bottom of this

>>2936769
>Is there a trick to getting past bends besides twist pull and push like a retard ?
The auger pulls itself around bends by the screw action of the auger head.
If it won't go past a certain point, it usually because of the blockage.
You should be able to tell what is blocking the drain by withdrawing the auger and examining what is caught in the turns of the spring head.

>>2936769
>>2936779
it's also in the yard, there shouldn't be any bends that a 3/8th auger would struggle with
any struggle is due to whatever is fucking up your drain
again, probably roots
sorry bruv
if you can get ahold of a camera+locator, just run it till blockage, locate, dig up
as a service plumber this would be like a 300$ charge and i'd paint the spot for you in 30m

>>2936779
>>2936793
I was using the wrong cleanout that goes into the house, the one that went downhill was buried and i only found it after i jammed the auger in so bad I could hear it bumping the buried cap.
Was able to make quick work of it then. Appreciate the help

>>2936797
lmao so digging it up was the strat
good on yah mate
i've literally never seen someone do that before with wyes

>>2936799
yeah thats how we do it here in texas, anywho PSA don't bury ur cleanouts

Could someone give me advice on how to tackle this motor, I bought a vintage watch cleaning machine that uses this motor to rotate a basket of watch parts in various cleaning solutions. I noticed the power cord fraying well into the motors little house and it kinda looks like it frays into the unit itself. I was thinking of first replacing the wiring but maybe I should replace the whole motor? On the unit it says 220v, 15 amperes and 1400 rpm. Modern watch cleaning machines use motors that reverse direction every so often, like 30 seconds or so. Can I make the new engine do this? Should I try and fix this old engine up? I tried asking AI but it only spat out big fucking e-bike motors. Aren't there modern motors that are smaller that I can fit inside the compartment?
I have basic raspberry pi knowledge and some pi 5s laying around, could I make a motor that runs a set cleaning schedule with direction control with this? If I am too retarded I can do with a simple motor, as long as it will fit the case, what should I google? I know nothing about motors fuck me.

>>2936892
Fuck it, I'm just gonna keep the vintage motor. It works perfectly fine when hooked up to power. I will shrink tube the exposed wiring and clean it up. What parts do I need to actually clean and lube up with motor oil for it work properly while maintaining the motor? I assume the spinny part with the bearings, but what else?

>>2936892
I would like to pull the end with the spools out of the casing to give it a good clean but I can't make it budge no matter what I do.

>>2932772 (OP)
I have an easy job that's somewhat more technical and pays okay. I think most people could do it, but no one really has the patience to train to get to where I'm at.
As a result, I'm hard to replace, but I don't use that to my advantage. My current place of work is a bit disorganized and the work trickles in to the point that I have to pace myself, otherwise I will get two weeks worth of work done in a day. I barely talk to anyone, no one checks in on me, I'm basically alone all day to do my work.

I should rejoice, but there are many days that I just sit on 4chan and wait for the day to end so I can go home to my apartment and drink. I have the ability to remote into my home pc and do other work there, but I have absolutely no motivation to do anything.

What do

I will soon replace/remove this thing, the white and the entire green thing that overhangs the door because it was poorly made and the ply got wet.

My problem is it has a european hornet nest somewhere in the green part with 5-10 of them guarding an entrance near the shingle when I get close. I sprayed it with permethrin multiple times but that didn’t work, didn’t find a single dead one. How do I go about this? I can’t tell where exactly they can get in/out to attack me while I’m on a ladder

Well, i got fucked and have to replace my entire kitchen drain line. Fortunately its a pretty straight run to the main septic line, but ill probably have to replace about 30' of pipe. Whats the best pvc cement?

>>2936973
Use ABS for drains, not PVC. PVC is for sprinklers.

>>2936976
Noted. Whats better about ABS? Will it be an issue if im tacking ABS onto PVC? im not swapping my whole house out, just the kitchen lines. Hopefully.

>>2936976
we used schedule 40 pvc on multimillion dollar new builds, a quick google search says they're mostly interchangable for dwv, get whatever you want it doesn't matter

>>2936976
lol
schedule 40 pvc is considered better than ABS by everyone and ABS is plenty fine
hell you can go schedule 80 if you're feeling rich
just don't use 3034 and you're fine
>>2936949
pic relted

>>2936939
That's perfect. Let the income roll in and invest financially and in yourself. The extra time buys you freedom to pursue something else you enjoy.

My experience in a lead specialry trade role has been the opposite. I've improved a ton and had good ability starting. The company expanded adding only management employees and lots of large equipment purchases. I work almost entirely remotely, independently trying to maximize pace and quality. I don't kiss ass, but let the managers know I respect what they do. All the company fuck ups get tunneled into me because I'm the last part of the process. See my position on job boards for 25% more income. It's just a downward spiral that better work results accelerate.

>>2936998
Ah, then I wouldn't mix it. If PVC is what you already have then keep using it.

As for what's best, well, you don't use glue. You use a solvent. As long as it is the correct solvent then you don't need to worry too much about quality. Just apply it properly and join the pieces properly.

>>2937028
Nothing bonds like chemically melting them together. It becomes a singular tube at that point.

>>2932772 (OP)
how can i play sounds from my pc to my phone, for a caller to hear?

I like to call scammers back but mute the mic and when they pick up i press and hold the star key so they hear a beep. I call them over and over to waste time and to annoy more than one person. I think the star key tone is the most annoying but I would like to play louder and siren style noises. Is getting audio to my phone as simple as one of these trs - trrs cables?

>>2937168
Most scammers are spoofing caller ID, so what you're actually doing is calling some poor bastard whose number got randomly selected, and spamming him with touch tones. Good job!

>>2937170
i know what your talking about but all of the calls Im getting are going to call centers with multiple indians answering

I got this 4" thick, 90lb block of inconel today. No idea what grade but the boss and AI estimated it around $4k. How can I sell this? Who would buy this from a random guy? I assume they'd need a spectrometer or some way to confirm it, so a metal dealer maybe?

Btw, the boss said I could have it to sell but I told him I'd probably just use it as a hilariously expensive rifle target for now.

I'm replacing my old rotted deck with fresh redwood from the sawmill since I got a nice price and it's just down the street. I started by just replacing a few of the worst boards but since the price was good I'm just doing the whole thing now. Problem is, the fresh boards are a bit wider than the old ones since they're brand new wood. I'm trying to leave a nails width between each board but some of them are touching. Should I start removing multiple rows of old boards so I can put the new ones down further apart, or just put them down close together and hope they shrink a bit?

>>2936797
the drain clogged again this morning, got it clear pretty easy but i'm wondering what i should be doing if it keeps continuing to stop up.
I'm thinking I'd rather spend $300 on a camera before calling a plumber

Is it impossible to find VCC using GND for a USB cable (or what I'm hoping is USB)? When I measure voltage from GND to any of the three other wires, I get 5V.

>>2937271
Correction. Two of them give me 5V.

I have an old wall that had some shit tier wood panelling put in place. Rip off old paneling. Scraping glue off is a massive time killer. Sanding off with normal paper or sanding mesh isn't working. What can I buy to melt this shit off so I can plaster properly?

>>2937294
Sugar soap, and some online meme of using wd40 didn't work. There's plenty of walls to sort, I can spend days or weeks with a Stanley blade scraping it off

my gf left me a bit ago, and i now realized I dont have a solid sawing kit. she had nice set of needles from poland.

can i get a recommendation on a few basic needles? i dont want a big kit, i really only need like 3 types of needle and some thread.

>>2937168
Setup for mic spam and bluetooth calling from your computer (windows phone link)

>>2937272
You’re getting 5V probably when you go 5V to GND and 5V to the data GND. The two thicker wires or outside pads are normally 5V+ and GND.

>>2937340
The only wire that showed continuity with what was labeled as GND on the circuit board was the one I used to check voltage on the other wires though...

Pic related.

>>2937351
Just checked again. Of the 5V wires, one is around 4.96/4.98 while the other is 4.99/5V.

>>2937353
>>2937351

>>2937363
>>2937353
>>2937351
Also remember the whole metal part of the plug is going to be GND as well I believe.

But Google might be more useful than me

>>2933500
Have you considered I don’t know…not fucking feeding them?

>>2932772 (OP)
are you actually supposed to glue down t-molding?
I installed laminate in a bedroom and the hallway is tile. the tile is just slightly higher than the laminate, enough that it'd probably be noticeable, so I'm gonna have to figure out some thin material to shim it with.

but anyways I wanted to do the kind of t-molding that fits into a channel/track that gets screwed down, but couldn't find a matching color. the only one that kind of matched was actual wood and didn't have a track or anything. so do I just use liquid nails to secure it?

>>2937414
you just use a divider in the doorway and the floor height becomes irrelevant

>>2937415
bad pic

>>2937415
the tile was installed back when the bedroom had carpet, there's already a divider along the edge of the tile

Got a 100 year old post n pier house in big quake country (CA/Oregon border area). On flat land and the bones of the house are good since it's old growth redwood. Is it worth bracing the piers/anchoring them to the house? It's made it through at least 18 6.5+ quakes since it was built but I'm unsure if that means it's fine or if it's been getting weaker with every jolter. Wouldn't mind making it harder for skunks to get under the house anyways if adding a rim foundation/cripple wall was a solution.

>>2936892
220V 15A!!! 15!
This is rated close to the bog standard household fuse / breaker but what really surprises me: How violent do the watch parts have to be spun?
Also by the looks of the motor (no dead rabbit for scale here) it doesn't seem like it would continously draw anywhwre near 15A.
Either way. Cut the wires as close to the armature winding as you can and solder a new cable to whats left. Make sure metal parts are grounded

>>2936351
To start with, get a cheap non-electronic telescope. Hell, a nice pair of stargazing binoculars works just fine. Get used to finding your way around the night sky, learn the constellations/asterisms and how they relate to each other. 90% of finding specific stars is "find this constellation or big star, then follow a line from there to another big star and go a little further" and it's a tremendously useful skill to develop.
I have a cheap, babbys first star hunters telescope. Cost like $70 bucks. Has a cheap little laser scope for getting it lined up with things you can see naked eye, and no other electronic parts. It's worked wonderfully for me. I can see saturns rings, I can see lots of details on the moon, I can see Andromeda as a galaxy. You can buy the little eyepiece lenses to use with a cheap telescope and keep using them with a pricier telescope, most use the same diameter.
Nothing you get in your backyard is going to come close to hubble. It's still great fun but just exterminate any inkling of that dream now so it doesn't sully what you find on your own. Like any hobby, better to start small then invest more as you master the basics.
If you do want to splurge for one of the electric automated telescopes, the things are idiot proof, that's the whole point. Just be careful with handling it, keep all the parts clean and packed nicely between uses, and keep the instructions. If you want a middle ground between cheap and complicated, get a plain telescope with an equatorial mount. Most cheap telescopes have a simple up/down, side to side mount, which is fine for casual viewing but has issues if you're trying to follow something when using a high zoom lens since the earth is constantly moving. Equatorial mounts let you easily track an object once you've gotten the thing set up right, you only have to move it side to side and it automatically follows the right curve to track an object.

Maybe kind of dumb, but how did you all find this board? Were you a /b/tard that grew up and migrated here like me? What other boards do you browse?

>>2937271
>>2937351
>>2937364
Good news! I opened the shit up again and looked for continuity on the 5V part of the board again and one (and only one) of the wires gave a beep!

I swear I checked more than once yesterday, but it just goes to show... Always quadruple check.

>>2937466
/b/ for the noods & jlaw, then /mu/ but realized nobody there is musicians, then /o/ to learn /o/ is more about videogames and weeb stickers than wrenching and mechanical stuff so I came here. And /out/ has a place in my heart still. /diy/ and /out/ are the two places with some fairly well adjusted human beans with just enough autistic tendencies to be interesting.

>>2937466
Maybe fifteen years ago someone pointed me to /b/. It quickly got old but introduced me to the site. Currently I browse /g/, /o/, /vr/, /ck/, /diy/, /fit/, /out/, /pol/, /sci/, /sp/, and /tv/. Most of it is pretty casual. I participate primarily on /diy/ and /g/ with some /out/. The other boards, maybe a couple of comments a month.

>>2937483
I came to /pol/ for the shitstorm during the first Trump term/election/happening. Was fun for a bit but got old quickly. I troll on /o/ a bit, but /diy/ is home for me. I should probably check out /out/ Have also perused /k/ some but not really ever posted there.

>>2937466
I enjoy /diying/ and this place seems the most reasonable, albeit short tempers. I enjoy politics, but pol is too much sometimes. I just wish this board wasn't so fucking slow.

QUESTION: I had a back patio with pavers installed about a year back, and all the sand/rocks that were put down as aggregate have started seeping into my yard and killing my grass. I'd like to get my backyard looking good, but I feel like my first priority has got to be getting the rocks and shit out. I'm fine to buy a bunch of soil to throw out, but I feel like I need to knock the rock problem out first. What's the best way to go through and get a bunch of rocks out? I was thinking about just raking the shit out of it and picking out by hand. But I feel like there has to be an easier way.

>>2937524
To start with, you should figure out why the aggregate is getting into your grass. Skunks digging it up? No barrier at the edge of the patio? Take care of the cause first before you treat the symptom.

>>2937526
Basically because the patio was 15x15, and they did like a 16x16 perimeter of aggregate. My yard wasn't in great shape at the time, so didn't really bother me, but now that I'm starting to care, it's really in the way. And maybe I'm not using the correct term(aggregate, but all the rocks and sand and shit to put down so it could be leveled. On top of that, my backyard is very sloped, so drainage is probably the biggest thing affecting it.

>>2937507
If only there were other social media sites one could share updates and personal information.

>>2937531
Once upon a time there were some pretty good subreddits but almost everything there has become thin theme skins stretched over politics. I know people complain that /pol/ is everywhere on 4chan but that's overblown and most of the time easy enough to ignore. Voting on posts make the political shit rise to the top, while earnest discussion gets buried.
I've never bothered with looking around Discord. Not even all that sure what it is beyond the most basic understanding. The time I spend here already is probably more than it should be.

How does belt and strap identifying work? Like your strap broke and you gotta find a replacement, how do you measure it? Find the right one to replace with? Do you do like bolts and count the amount of notch per distance? Or something else entirely?

>>2937466
I mostly went to /g/ and /wsg/, but found that they suffer from SSDD. The projects on /diy/ are frequently interesting and I learn a lot from the smart and stupid alike. So much less botty here.

>>2934583
Cant you just use a regular plotter?
Like put a roll of paper behind the plotter, adjust the blade pressure to cut paper, and your code will literally be one sime loop of G0X100F500 G1Y500F2000 G1Y0F2000 or so. You get the idea.

>>2935243
You get another bench grinder. Nount both on a board, one infront of the other. Remove one wheel and replace with a pulley. Also put a pulley on the other one. Run a belt loop. Only power one of the two. Now you have 2 wheels, one at roughly normal speed and the other at whatever the ratio you chose results in.
Now the real question is: Why try running a bench grinder slower. It's almost as if there already exists a specific solution to whatever you're trying to do or you dkn't understand how bench grinders work.

>>2937527
Sounds like you need some sort of barrier or edge to keep the aggregate where it belongs.

>>2937538
belts are a section and length

Pic related

i bought a 70s house and the inspector said that the amount of insulation in the unfinished attic space was considered appropriate when the house was built, but now they recommend double the thickness for the climate (upper midwest)
it just looks like a mess of blown in mix o fiberglass and cellulose fluff between the ceiling joists, so one could still walk around up there if needed.

is there a best option here? or even a retarded option that shouldnt be considered at all?
>blow in more fiberglass fluff, but end up covering up all the ceiling joists
>probably cheapest, but then if i need to get up there for something in the future it's gonna be a bitch

>have all the old insulation removed. replace with something with a high enough r value that will fit in the same space without covering the ceiling joists
>probably the most expensive and time consuming option

>leave the insulation between the joists alone and add more insulation between the rafters instead
>ive never seen any house in this area with insulated rafters, so im wondering if theres a reason people tend not to do this?

>>2937593
Is the house cold? Is the weather damaging the rafters in any way?
If not, leave well enough alone. An inspector usually tells you very clearly if there's something horribly wrong with the house (unless you let your realtor pick one, never do this, they get paid on commission and have a vested interest in you buying the house at max price to get their cut and pick the sleaziest inspector who will tell you things are fine). When an inspector says "this is fine, but it SHOULD be X" he's giving you a negotiating point to use on the seller: "I'm going to have to spend X dollars getting this insulation up to code, I'd like to knock X off the price to cover that". If it's not causing problems just leave it be.

>>2937593
>>2937599
To decide on doing anything you check your heating costs in winter (eg gas bill from previous owner) and see if it makes sense to do so. PIR sheet has about twice the R value of cellulose and you can get it pre-made with OSB/ply. If you remove the old stuff you can get twice the insulation without losing space. If you put sheets over cellulose you create confined pockets of cellulose that wasps and martens love to nest in

How the fuck do I caulk? I thought I could caulk edges and corners neatly at the very least to hide gaps and jankiness, but it's not working.

I was using silicon caulk because it's in the bathroom, but nothing I do makes it smooth. What am I doing wrong??

I have a 07 Suzuki Swift and I want to change the wheels from 15" (185/60/R15) to some other wheels I've found, 16" (185/55/R16), will they fit? They're both 4x100, do I need to measure wheel arch clearance or anything like that? Anything else I need to consider or can I just whack em on?

>>2937466
I basically started out on /t/ because I liked torrents, helped create the guide that is still stickied there, and came across /diy/ when I was trying to fix a Korg KP3. No one could help but it had a nice vibe and I've lurked ever since.

>>2937599
>>2937626
It's currently summer and the upstairs is noticably hotter than the downstairs. The downstairs can be comfortable with the thermostat set to 77, but the upstairs won't be comfortable until the is set to 67. But then the downstairs becomes quite chilly

Haven't owned it through a winter yet, but this disparity makes me worry it's gonna be pricy.

>>2937683
Well hot air rises so I'd definitely wait till winter to get a better feel for how the insulation is doing. This is a real cheap dirty fix for the summer, but at my old apartment we hung a shower curtain from a pull up bar in the stairwell to try and keep the heat down in the living room and pulled it aside in the evening to let the heat go up to the bedrooms for the night.

>>2932772 (OP)
I was asked to complete the tiling in a throwed away bathroom, but in the corners the tiles are like in >picrel.jpg one column is aligned but the one at the right is fucked like that shadow projected
>firsts tile rows has 2 inches to the
>top rows decrece to 1.5,1 and less than half inch
How to make up, hide it without redo the tiles already layed, since I was checking with a bubble level and the tiles have a bit of slope but not for two inches down, so checked the walls and they are fucked, the joint of the walls are the main source of misalign, not the slope of the tiles.
Im not going to do the wall again, (idk how,kek)<
Thanks anons!

>>2937695
this >picrel.jpg

Pocket knives aren't a great tile for coverage or uniform. With a lot of grout it might look artsy.

I need a little help replacing a kitchen faucet that seems to be snowballing into about 3 other projects.

I think the glue on my under-mountsink failed so I wedged a 2x4 to keep it up. The faucet flow is so low its doing like 0.5gallons per minute. The rubber extension hose doesn't appear kinked, so I assume the ceramic blend valve is full up with hard water minerals and whatever shit my city puts in the water. Every other hose bib and faucet in the house (including the dishwasher and icemaker) blasts water just fine making me think its the sink faucet assembly somehow.

Since the house is 17+ years old, all of the plastic-stemmed angle stops have broken whenever I had to touch them. I called a plumber last time because water damage is no fucking joke. Since this is /diy/, can a first time homeowner swap out an angle stop to a copper pipe under the sink and replace the faucet? Is it super simple or should I just call a plumber again?

>>2937725
you are right, only used the pic from other thread I just saw in /diy since this clearly shows the issue, and because I have no camera.
>With a lot of grout it might look artsy.
you say it, but this could be, I have glass over there, perhaps I could smash it and try to glue.

>>2937641
I tried all those caulk tools back in the day, and always ended up just doing a wet finger. Make sure you apply the caulk in a smooth bead with the gun first, getting the right amount helps a lot but it’s sort of a thing you get with a little experience.

When I use my carpet cleaner, I do a first lap without cleaning solution, just hot water.
I am considering using Club Soda for this part, then do the rest normally.
Is this retarded, or am I onto something?

Has anyone tried brazing a cnc machine frame instead of welding? Especially soft brazing with tin or lead based solder. Generally those frames are overbuilt as fuck for rigidity so strength is not an issue and the (softer) solder joints are too thin to really affect the rigidity.
The idea is that brazing should avoid most distortion issues and make fixes easier if something goes wrong (inb4 just lrn2weld). I'm specifically looking at low temperature soft brazing because heating up 100 kg of thick steel to red glow without a massive industrial kiln or oxy fuel torch is definitely going to be a challenge. On the other hand 200°C or so should be fairly simple even with a cheap propane torch.

>>2937743
Go for it but why not at least use brass.
Also your reasoning regarding distortion sounds like cope.
When designing machine tools you do not rely on the supposed precision of a welded structure. You machine functional surfaces and uktimately hand fit everything to make sure it's actually geometrically right.

>>2937745
>why not at least use brass
I'm just not equiped to heat such large and massive steel structures to the required temps

>You machine functional surfaces and uktimately hand fit everything to make sure it's actually geometrically right
If I were a certified welder and had a big machine shop I wouldn't even bother. Just weld it carefully, anneal in the kiln, then mill everything flat and square. Alas, I only have a tiny manual mill and a big surface plate and only enough welding experience to know how easily everything turns into a pretzel if you're not doing it perfectly right on the first try. So the plan is to somehow assemble the structure as precisely as possible then fine level everything that matters using metal filled epoxy grout and surface plate as the template. Epoxy layer can't be too thick or uneven because it will cause its own issues later, and I'm down to basically angle grinder after I put the thing together so everything has to reasonably stay in place during the process.

pic is not mine but close to what I have in mind >>2937750

Whats the best screwdriver set?
Mind you i don't need torx, just philips and flat.
It doesnt have to be insulated.
Its supposed to be a gift for my father in laws birthday, he is turning 71 and had his own company. Now he's retired and still works every day. Probably has every tool imaginable since he does everything himself.
But once he told me "they always buy me shirts, nobody has ever given me a screwdriver set"

>>2937759
Wiha or Felo

Klein’s grips are uncomfortable, and no idea if they’re even USA made anymore. Lots of people on Reddit will shill Wera, but those are “Love it or hate it” drivers, and it would suck to spend good money on something the old guy doesn’t like. Felo and Wiha handles are super comfortable compared to Wera IMO.

There’s the Japanese stuff, I like Vessel’s balldrivers, but it’s hard to sell boomers on new stuff. Same with Vessel’s wood drivers, those are mechanic focused because they do well covered in oil.

Wiha has tons of sets on Amazon, find an assortment that had what you want.

>>2937734
>anglestops
definitely worth replacing, if all your lines are copper they're likely compression stops and this would be a relatively easy one day job to do all at once
you can unscrew the old ones from the old ferrel+nut and reuse on the new stops
each one should just take a couple minutes
i just did this for someone at 60$/ea x19, 3 hour job
i highly recommend because nonfunctioning stops is just a pain and it's super cheap to DIY
if they are sweat on stops (super uncommon), you can torch them off and replace with a compression stop after sanding well

as for the kitchen faucet, you can likely remove the handle with an allen key to get to the cartridge and blow it out or replace
modern faucets have flow restrictors build into where the the pull hose screws together, which can gunk up and they can be popped out
it might also have an aerator with a filter(flow restrictor) that can be cleaned
all depends on the faucet

as for the sink, i'd chill with the 2x4 but you can youtube the process. essentially you drop it, grind off old epoxy, apply new, slide in 2x4, install mount arms for extra support

went to a customers house and they had a sink supported by a soccer ball once

>>2937739
>I do a first lap without cleaning solution, just hot water.
why tho, youre just wasting your time

>>2937759
>>2937760
I think my vote would be for the wood Vessels, if they're in budget. I might not choose those for my own personal use (I honestly like the classic square Snap On hard handles more than anything else I've ever tried) but they've got a "premium" look and feel that'd make them a pretty solid gift.

>>2932772 (OP)
got a question, this is pretty far along so will repost it in the next thread if this dies.

im looking for aluminium honeycomb, not prefabricated boards already streached out, im looking for the 'raw' honeycomb so I can save on shipping and get it in place easier, I am thinking of using it as the top of a desk, and getting some very thin plywoods and possibly a veneer to go on top and on the bottom of it.

am I able to get it like this or not, nothing I am searching for points me to where I can get it like this just prefabbed, and small sheets of it at that. .

>>2937833
https://www.mcnichols.com/
these guys either carry it or it probably doesnt exist

>>2937832
>>2937760
Thanks guys. Went for wiha cause a yuro. Wera sucks, i literally got a back muscle inflammation from using wera, grip is so retarded.
I also liked the hex thingy where you can use a wrench for more torque

>>2937834
>>2937833
found the video of exactly what i'm looking for. its retardedly expensive for what it is, thats why im looking for a better source to cut out a middle man.

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

>>2937642
The diameter is practically the same, as is the width. More important is the wheel backspacing and offset. If it's close to the original, and it probably will be, you're good.

>>2937791
Thanks for the tips and encouragement, this is a photo of one of the stops repalced many years ago by the plumber. Did he just unscrew the old angle stop and screw on the new one to the old brass nut? is that something I can just do?

>>2937866
Yes. If your compression nut and sleeve are still in good shape. Also I would recommend using the 1/4 turn valves like you have pictured. The plastic handled gate valves are dogshit in my opinion.

>>2937916
Yeah I was going to go with decent quality 1/4 turns. So shut the water off to the house, unscrew the brass bolt, remove old angle stop, replace the bits inside of the brass nut, and bob's my uncle?

>>2937916
yeah it's obviously what he did because you can see the old nut is a much different color than the new stop
it's exactly what I suggested you do
i mean he should have done the whole thing because he probably charged you a bunch of money but whatever
not like that nut or farrel is ever gonna go bad

>>2937990
>i mean he should have done the whole thing because he probably charged you a bunch of money but whatever
I think he charged me $250 to do 3 of them. I know they're cheap parts but I was paying someone to do it on short notice and to get it done right the first time. I'm getting better at diy shit but its a monumental pain in the ass buying tools, buying parts, fucking something up then having to pay someone to do it anyway

I'm looking to make a very simple outdoor wood storage box.. on the larger side (75 gal).. any easy guides for someone who literally has never done anything handy? Have basic tools plus a table saw.

>>2937806
Loosen up anything in it, is my thought process.

>Be me
>Live with mother in 70-year-old house on 100-foot-wide lot in flood zone
>Planning to move away in 2 years
>City government recently rewrote the zoning code to (1) eliminate minimum floor area and (2) reduce minimum lot width from 100 feet to 25 feet
>Option 1: Just sell the property
>Option 2: Demolish the house, subdivide the lot into two 50-foot lots, have two 25-foot-wide houses built (elevated by 2 feet due to the flood zone), and sell the two properties
>Option 3: Demolish the house, subdivide the lot into three 33-foot lots, have three 15-foot-wide houses built (elevated by 2 feet due to the flood zone), and sell the three properties
How retarded are options 2 and 3?

>Depends on where you are, faggot.
New J*rsey. [spoiler]My mother's property is literally surrounded by three different properties that are rented out by a Lakewood Jew.[/spoiler]
>Why not four 25-foot lots?
The required 5-foot side setback and 9-foot side driveway (front driveways are forbidden) make that infeasible.

>>2938103
>How retarded are options 2 and 3?
100 foot wide is not very much, just sell the property. The amount of money you'll dump into architects, general contractor bullshit, permits, taxes, fees, you'll never recover it after several years of work. You're better off just selling, or sitting on the property for the 2 years it'd take to build the houses and sell the property for slightly more money.

My gutter on one side of the house gets routed into a pipe that goes under my deck and empties into my back yard. However, the pipe is only 5 feet long, after which it is attached to a 4 inch diameter flexible hose. The soil under the deck is uneven, and is higher at the edge of the deck than in the middle, so all the water just sits in the hose. Is there any reason not to just replace the whole thing with PVC pipes, mounted on the supports for the deck, to keep it at a steady downward angle through to the back of the deck? The entrance is almost 2 feet higher than the exit. I tried building little support things for the hose out of scrap wood but it's too flexible and sags if they're more than 2 feet apart, so I just set two in to keep the water flowing past the connection between the pipe and the hose so the water doesn't leak out of the joint and flow under the house.
I'm replacing the deck (just the planks, stringers are fine) so I figured this is the easiest time to do something.

Anyone know what these pieces of shit are called? Every search term I can think of returns a million pages of bullshit not even resembling picrel. They're just 12v LED boards with a 2pin plug, I don't even need the plugs.

>>2938186
Top one is just called ‘cob 4035’ or ‘4035-0412’ and the other ‘48 smd cob 5050’ on aliexpress. Many suppliers clone these boards from each other and there’s no real product name for most.

>>2938197
Thanks heaps.

>>2938169
>Is there any reason not to just replace the whole thing with PVC pipes, mounted on the supports for the deck, to keep it at a steady downward angle through to the back of the deck?
I wouldn't think so; they build dedicated drains from larger mansions where the gutters connect into subterranean 4" PVC pipes. I'm not sure if those pipes connect to a drain or are simply integrated into a French drain.

So a PVC extension running under the deck should be fine. Be sure to over-build it adding probably too many hangars and hide it really well so it drains exactly where you want it to.

>>2932772 (OP)
need foam. where can i buy foam online same kind as this air filter? will need to throw some motor oil on it.

How deep do I need to bury gauge fencing under a normal fence to keep skunks out and do I need to pour cement at the bottom of the trench or can I just put the gaugd fence in then fill it back up with dirt

>>2938240
Hey man, if you're asking us to google for you, you're not gonna get a good response.

>>2938103
Sell it now, or reverse mortgage it in her name and extract as much equity from the house as possible.

>>2938092
Surely there's a million of these on youtube, plus you can get AI to handhold you on simple things like that.
>>2938242
To keep skunks out, a fence needs to be dug at least 12-18 inches deep, as skunks are persistent diggers but typically don’t dig deeper than this. For added security, extend the fence 2 feet below ground and consider a 6-inch L-shaped footer (buried outward) to deter tunneling. Concrete encasement at the bottom isn’t strictly necessary but can be effective, especially in high-traffic skunk areas or loose soil. A cheaper alternative is burying galvanized hardware cloth or wire mesh (1/2-inch or smaller) to reinforce the base. Ensure the fence is at least 3 feet high above ground, as skunks can climb low obstacles. Secure any gaps and use a tight-fitting gate to prevent entry.

Wife wants me to put "flat hooks" into the kitchen wall for her potholders and oven mitts. She specifically said
>something like those strips hanging on poles in the supermarket with things clipped on them
"A clip strip?"
>oh, is that what they're called? lol
She found https://www.amazon.com/CALLARON-Paper-Wallet-Magnetic-Holder/dp/B0DH32SBJD
She thinks those are perfect but I'm not sure how the hell to attach them to the wall other than using thin strips of metal to screw them in place, like a set of very, very tiny cable raceways or screw mounted cable clamps like https://carolinamotioncontrols.com/buy/wago/209-177/
Thoughts?

>>2933761
I've been using it for about a week now, and it works great. Thank you, anon; and thank you, /diy/.

>>2938422
How does she think that will in any way hold oven mitts? You need something with a hook, not a magnet.

>>2938454
By slipping the the little dangly bit of the pot holders and mitts over the loop of the paperclip. I just asked her and she said that they don't need to be magnetic, those are just the first things she found that look like what she's imagining.
She does shit like this all the time. Our kitchen cabinets use large spoons for handles, for example.

i have a small room that i want to put shelves in. the shelves will hold milk crates filled with items and would probably total 100 lbs at most, but i'd like them to be strong enough in case the weight ever needs to go higher. i don't have a lot of experience with knowing what's structurally stable so i made some pics and thought i could ask here
>are 1x4's okay or do i need 2x4's? i am hoping something lightweight is okay since they'll only be 13" deep
>do i need additional support anywhere? i want to leave the area underneath free for a desk, so i was thinking about drilling 2x6's into the ceiling joists and connecting them to the corners of the shelf frame using steel cable. if so, can the shelf span the ~4' length between the cables or will i need multiple cable supports along the long side of the shelf?
>should joist hangers be used anywhere (like for the facing boards forming the cross-lap) or are pocket hole connections enough?

If an adhesive backed foil of either copper, aluminum or steel was stuck to a ridgid surface and then scored with a knife, such that two pieces of the original foil stuck to the same substrate resulted. What would be the factors governing the width of the cut, how wide would the cut be in practical examples and how would one best go about measuring the average width of such a cut?

I have two of these LED strips i want to use for a aquarium. Am i correct in thinking that putting these in vinyl tubing and sealing the ends shut will sufficiently waterproof them?
Or do i need to use some other material?

>>2938486
Also how much do these pull on average? I couldn't find the model online. And what would be the best way to actually seal the thing? Thought about crimping and gluing the ends.

>>2938486
I believe the individual LEDs are sufficiently waterproof in their own right and the voltage drop across each one hardle enough to cause serious electrolysis. So worsg you get some slow corrosion? I mean is this a normie tier electronics + water bad is the rule?
Anyways its probably a good idea to waterproof em anyways and you'r method seems sound. Perhaps put silica gel in there too so nothing sweats inside.
Cany ou just heatshrink? Like put a glob of hot snot on each end, in translucent heat shrink, shrink it, the hot snot will soften to form a good seal.
>How much do they pull
Beat is to try and see yourself what you like. I always hated it when I needed to 'visualise' the brightness of LEDs from the datasheet for work. Datasheet only ever gets you in the ballpark. You'll have to see it for yourself. So just turn it up to where you like in an experiment.

>>2938474
I shall visualize this in the hopes of getting iseful input.
The backing is fiberglas. The tape is adhesive backed copper.
How would you measure the cuts width? Is a microscope the only option? How to get a specific width you want?

My soft close toilet is slamming down now. How can I fix it? There's nothing to adjust

>>2938519
replace it.

>>2938510
>I mean is this a normie tier electronics + water bad is the rule?
The pcb is not very good. If it were a grade lower i could pull it apart by its fibers. Its more about protecting the water from the light than the other way.
>Beat is to try and see yourself what you like
Rip. I don't have a power supply for these yet. I scavenged these two lights and their controller from a shitty computer case. I don't know anything besides that said controller takes 5v and has some pre-programmed modes you can switch through with a button. Which begs another question, should i try controlling this thing with a dev board for dimming and stuff or should i throw this away and use something dedicated?
And a third question, how do i 3d print safely?
Everybody knows that nozzles wear down over time and get into the product in small amounts. Since im printing with a very easy to biodegrade filament these metals would get released into its surroundings. Its a fairly soft material and not very abrasive, to my knowledge, would a steel nozzle be enough to basically guarantee a completely safe product?

>>2938529
You dable with electronics. You buy the 1/4W axial THT resistor kit. Okay? Or a potentiometer.
You will need a multimeter if you want to be sure.
Get any power supply. Can be USB, can be 12V laptop charger or whatever. Just nothing ridicolous.
Measure the output.
See if you can measure the LED strips forward voltage with ur multimeter.
If not measure one LED and multiply.
Do the math so you have an idea what sort or series resistance you want.
Start low. Then slowly turn it up by either removing series resistors, paralleling resistors or adjusting the pot.
Don't fly too close to the sun, remember she draws more the hotter she gets. It'sa runaway situation and the resistors knly help so much.
Either measure voltage drop across your resistors and calculate your current or put the multimeter in series and read it.
Perhaps keep the controller. It probably brings alot to the table. Learn how it works.
>3D printing biodegradable
are you sure your filament is biodegradable or is that just the MFG claim?
Also why not throw a failed print in the plastic trash, do you plan on composting 3D prints? Chances are you'll find out about biodegradability.
>Brass outside
So copper zinc and maybe a little lead for machinability outside? Kek do you pick up your bullet fragments?
Honestly there's worse things than brass outside.

>>2938541
>are you sure your filament is biodegradable or is that just the MFG claim?
Its not PLA but PHA which also has barely any additives that those that are in there are also biodegradable. It being cancer to print like pure PLA makes me thing that this claim is true.
>Also why not throw a failed print in the plastic trash
I collect it for recycling. Remelt and re-use.
>do you plan on composting 3D prints
No. Most filaments are not degradable like that. PLA is already hardish to degrade but if you also put pigments and other additives in there its very hard.
>Honestly there's worse things than brass outside.
Its for a aquarium. The animals are sensitive to metals and im making a filter out of the filament. One goal is to have a safe product and the second one is to see how fast it breaks down under almost ideal conditions. I see plenty of people print huge PLA parts with no extra precautions but as i said this thing will dissolve over time.

I'll try the electronics stuff you suggested but these are aRGB strips. It might be a little bit more involved in that.

Any reason not to go with ruby nozzels nowadays? They are pretty cheap and should never abrade because of material like this. Don't mind the reduced thermal conductivity.

>>2938541
>It probably brings alot to the table. Learn how it works.
ah that thing uses some weird protocols with stupid gamer names to be programmed. To my knowledge its useless to be besides turning the strips on and off.
Figuring how to cut and shorten the big TV backlights i have would be a lot more useful than pursuing these small strips. We can ignore them now i think.

>>2938552
I solved my issue by explaining it. I can only recommend rubber duck debugging.
Sawing the PCB in half would bridge both sides.
So i think i will just leave a small piece of extra PCB where i will saw and just cut the traces on the top part to the cut. Should work fine assuming the cut in the trace is wide enough right?

>>2938557
I have no idea what you're tryna do now. U mean that controller PCB? Or the LED?
How would sawing or cutting anythkng ever bridge things? Like short them? Why do you want to cut traces if you saw throhgh the whole board anyways?
So many questions

Roadside find

What is it?

>>2938560
I want to shorten the PCB. This would leave 3 LEDs on one part and 5 on the other but that is irrelevant. What im worrying about is the cut not being perfect and things sorta being mixed around. Sorta like in this cut in picrel. Most material is removed but some stays but is sorta frayed. If that were the case that would connect both layers, the top electricity carrying one and the bottom cooling one which would short the + and - traces of the top one, right? So to avoid this I'd cut the traces leading to the part where i sawed it in half, avoiding the potential short. I have never cut a PCB before so i don't know how clean something like this would be and if im worrying for no reason. Does this make my though process clear or do i have to elaborate a bit more?

>>2938566
also said PCB is one long strip with makes this operation easy.

>>2938446
>it works great.
It looks much better too.
>>2938446
>Thank you, anon
You're quite welcome.

>>2938422
>I'm not sure how the hell to attach them to the wall
https://www.amazon.com/VGBUY-Phillips-Modified-Stainless-Tapping/dp/B0D14GZZKG?th=1

>>2938565
turn it 90° so the 'knee' is vertical and take a pic looking down on it.

>>2938565
Paint roller.
>>2938566
Worry less. Cut it and you'll be good. You can also scar PCB heavily on both sides and break it. The saw dust is ugh. You can clean up edges by putting sandpaper down on the table and sanding the edge. There wont be any shorts but doing so will definately remove and shorts. You can always measure to check for shorts. No multimeter?
Then hook it uo but put any sort of resistive element in between to test for shorts.
But like I said: Worry less. There's no short.
Your LEDs are very likely connected in series. So you'll need to find a way to connect the now open end. You'll also need to change the power supply.

>>2938565
It's a wire puller.
Wire goes between the flat 'jaws'
Pulling rope or chain attaches to the loop.
The harder the loop is pulled, the more pressure is exerted on the jaws to clamp the wire being pulled.

>>2938579
pic related

>>2938577
>No multimeter?
I have one. Im scratching the paint off and trying to make sense of the traces right now. They chose to cover the entire side in copper and only have thin non-conductive lines to separate the polarities. The LEDs being covered by some type of diffusion lens makes it hard to see how they are connected. But from what i am able to see its two groups of LEDs in parallel with each LED within a group being in series. I don't really know, them maximizing the amount of copper for cooling and the lenses are making things hard.
>You'll also need to change the power supply.
about that. It says '94-V0' on the strip and i don't know if that's a voltage or some name. The connectors have really thin wires so i think its high-ish voltage or else they would melt as the higher the voltage the less resistance there is. But when i look this strip up online it says its 3. So i connected it to a 3v power supply but they did not light up a bit and the power supply was curiously not used. I don't have a stronger one i can connect without sketchily twisting wires together.
I don't think i damaged them while i got them from the tv. The traces are all intact at least.

>>2938587
>series n parallel n shiet
just measure diode forward across two places to try and make sense of it. N series diodes will show up as N voltage drop. Parallels only as 1 voltage drop. That shouls easily be the only test you need to quickly make sense of it.
>thin non conductive
yeah it's a common way to think about making power boards. Minimizing resistance by maximizing copper for any trace when nothing else is relevant. So you just choose what needs to go instead of what needs to remain.
>hard to see how they are connected
don't bother, theres some bknd wires in there, so what. The jnterfave is what matters to you. The connections of the package.

>>2938587
oh also
>higher voltage less resistance
no.
the LEDs have whatever forward voltage they have in their series configuration and the board is powered at that voltage.
The resistance of a copper trace is generally assumed not to be voltage dependent. What you're peobably thinking is:
Power is the product of voltage and current so for the samw power higher voltage means less current and cjrrent make thing flamey.
>sketchily twist wires
do that if its not mains.

>>2938606
>just measure diode forward across two places to try and make sense of it.
Due to a lack of hands i can either check if continuity with my multi meter or fuck around with a power supply. Probing with a weak supply makes me think the two groups hypothesis is correct. I can power LEDs 1-4 by giving power between them but not between 4 and 5, 5-8 i can however. The lenses are glued to the PCB with a weak adhesive and i just pried them off on my sacrificial test strip.
>Power is the product of voltage and current so for the samw power higher voltage means less current and cjrrent make thing flamey.
Don't power lines use high voltage because the loss is lower, and with said loss heating up the conductor? Are copper traces somehow exempt by this or do i need to brush up on some things? And i don't mean the traces on the PCB being thin but the connector. I don't actually know yet how much this thing uses but it looks too small for how bright these things are.
>Minimizing resistance by maximizing copper for any trace when nothing else is relevant.
Does that also work when you have copper in places where nothing is connected? There are copper forks that lead nowhere.

Now i gotta order the vinyl tubing, get some barrel connectors, figure out how i wanna dim them (probably cia PWM) and figure out how to cut good contacts into places where there are none.

>>2938627
>Due to a lack of hands
well extra hands i mean. I cannot connect power to it besides holding the wires myself. There connectors are in the TV still but i gotta take it apart for them again but i can't right now.

>>2938627
>check for continuity
if your multimeter measures diode forward voltage it will display it while you 'meaure continuity', no extra hands or external power needed.
Ofc you could just put an external source on your leads and measure voltage in thag mode but remember to have anything in line to keep the current down.
>2 groups
did you cut it yet? Maybe 2 groups result from curting the board.
>Don't power lines use high voltage
>for the same power.
Itold you. For the same power amperage will need an increase. And power dissipation will then be proportional to the square of amps.
But youre looking at an LED strip. Its inconsequential and impossible. The LEDs are going to have given forward voltage. All you can do to make the strip higher supply voltage is all LEDs in series. Yes lower amps for the same power and lower power dissipation in the copper traces will result but they're fuckall to begin with.
>The connector flimsy
Flimsy connectors can take suprising amperage. Tables for amps and diameter you might find imply a certain temperature over ambient. Usually a relatively mild temperature increase.
>Does that work when copper isnt connected?
No not really but there's reasons why the designer would take or leave that. You paid for it already and you oay nothing extra for removal. In a power board it might just aid thermal mass and improve heat flux through the board. In EMI sensitive or emitting things you might use that, connected to a power plane, to catch and absorb alot of the EMI coming in or going out.
>How to contact?
Scrape or sand off solder resist until bare, shiny copper is exposed. Solder to that.
>PWM
Yeah, PWM, PDM, something like that as lomg as its always fast enough to fool. the eyes. Dont try a linear regulator or anything.
>>2938628
soldering is an absolutely required technology for such a thing. Cheap iron does it. Do not skip getting flux.

>>2938677
>it will display it while you 'meaure continuity
its pretty shit. It doesn't show anything. The LED lights up a bit but that's it. It should be able to show diode forward voltage and it has one drawn in the mode but it shows the same thing on the display regardless if im probing or not.

>did you cut it yet? Maybe 2 groups result from curting the board.
I did cut a trace but not in a way that would explain 4 and 5 not being in series. Marking all non conductive parts with sharpie makes it really obvious now.
>soldering is an absolutely required technology for such a thing
Yeah i have the equipment needed to do this this but its not really good. Its basically all like the multimeter that doesn't measure.

My string trimmer won't bump feed. I can't figure out why and its driving me insane.
What are the most common reasons it wouldn't work right? How can i troubleshoot/further investigate? When do i give up and buy a replacement head?

do you guys have any idea on how i could make my own physical flag

>>2938793
could it be because i'm using .080" line on a trimmer designed for .095" line?
It's the ego power+ model number st1500sf.
I'll probably buy some .095" line regardless because im desperate

Send help. There is no rotation to make the P-Trap straight. I don't even remember how the other sink was connected in the first place. There weren't any flexi tubes.

Do I need to replace the whole trap or maybe a two way elbow extension?

How much weaker is 3/8 or even 1/4" tempered glass compared to 1/2" tempered glass?

I made a version of pic rel with a 24x48x1/2" glass pane and the lid is retardedly heavier than it needs to be. I'm certainly not standing on top of it, but I really did not want to have to use supports under the glass to support it. Is 1/4" strong enough to support itself and typical coffee table dynamic loads without supports? Surely 3/8" is strong enough too?

I've never done a project with glass before so I honestly don't know

>>2938954
>How much weaker is 3/8 or even 1/4" tempered glass compared to 1/2" tempered glass?
Check out tempered office chair floor protectors. Its juts a sheet of tempered glass and safely holds like 350lbs the chair. If its just too heavy for what you currently have, consider getting some gas struts to help open it: similar to a hood gas strut to help push a 100lb hood up.

>>2938916
Loosen nuts 1, 2, and 3 one-half turn
Pull down gently on the trap until the section going into the wall at nut 2 is generally level.
Tighten nut 1
Adjust the trap until the section under nut 1 is generally vertical and the section going into the wall is 90 degrees (more or less) to the wall.
Tighten nuts 2 and 3.

>>2938798
>>2938793
Where is the spring that’s always somewhere right under the cap you bump with?

Someone make a new thread so I can ask a retarded question

>>2939038
Thank you my dear anonymous savior. This helped me also realize I was not using the right washer.

I live in the desert where it is currently 100-115 depending on the week and sub 10% humidity. 2 maybe 3 weeks ago the AC in the house now on occasion has a damp/wet smell to it when it starts up, usually when it hasn't run for 30+ minutes otherwise there's no smell. It's all around the house when it happens so it's definitely a central system issue. Clogged water drain maybe?

>>2932773
What the first guy said, drive it like you stole it. Diesels hate to be babied, 90% of the time solution for my diesel running like shit was to go out and drive like an asshole.

>>2932773
>Also why the fuck diesel rebuild kits so expensive?
Less demand than for gasoline engines and the parts have to be built to take the harsh operating cycle. (twice the compression ratio, etc.)

I want to make an owl mask like this but have no idea how. Based on some research I've come up with this idea:
>make the general shape of the owl head out of veraform light
>cover it with some shaggy faux fur
>paint the fur with some spray paint?
>make the eyes out of paper and cover it with a thin coat of resin?
>attach the mask interior to a hardhat so it sits higher on the head
I don't know. What do you guys think?

I'm building a mud mower and need some new rear tires. The tires currently on the thing are 23x10.5-12. From my understanding, I should be able to run some used atv tires, but am finding all different sizes. Can yall think of any issues running either 25x10-12 or 25x11-12 tires? Which would be preferable, the thicker or thinner tires? Pic related is current tires

despite using a crescent wrench to tighten a wing nut, the nut still came loose. Why?

>>2940001
Because wing-nuts often don't have a positive retention mechanism.

>>2933500
>leave out food
>wild animals show up to eat the food
>how do make them stop show up?
Stop leaving out food. The heckin kitterinos you’re enabling are as annoying to someone else as the raccs are to you.

>>2933500
your best bet is convincing the wife racoons are cooler than cats
which they are

>>2933500
>feeding wild cats
you are a nigger