[a / b / c / d / e / f / g / gif / h / hr / k / m / o / p / r / s / t / u / v / vg / vm / vmg / vr / vrpg / vst / w / wg] [i / ic] [r9k / s4s / vip / qa] [cm / hm / lgbt / y] [3 / aco / adv / an / bant / biz / cgl / ck / co / diy / fa / fit / gd / hc / his / int / jp / lit / mlp / mu / n / news / out / po / pol / pw / qst / sci / soc / sp / tg / toy / trv / tv / vp / vt / wsg / wsr / x / xs] [Settings] [Search] [Mobile] [Home]
Board
Settings Mobile Home
/diy/ - Do It Yourself

Name
Options
Subject
Comment
Verification
4chan Pass users can bypass this verification. [Learn More] [Login]
File
  • Please read the Rules and FAQ before posting.

08/21/20New boards added: /vrpg/, /vmg/, /vst/ and /vm/
05/04/17New trial board added: /bant/ - International/Random
10/04/16New board for 4chan Pass users: /vip/ - Very Important Posts
[Hide] [Show All]


[Advertise on 4chan]

[Catalog] [Archive]

File: diy.jpg (657 KB, 800x600)
657 KB
657 KB JPG
Welcome to /diy/, a place to:

Post and discuss /diy/ projects, ask questions regarding /diy/ topics and exchange ideas and techniques.

Please keep in mind:
- This is a SFW board. No fleshlights or other sex toys.
- No weapons. That goes to /k/ - Weapons. The workmanship and techniques involved in creating objects which could be used as weapons or the portion of a weapons project that involves them (e.g., forging steel for a blade, machining for gunsmithing, what epoxy can I use to fix my bow) may be discussed in /diy/, but discussing weapon-specific techniques/designs or the actual use of weapons is disallowed. Things such as fixed blade knives or axes are considered tools, things such as swords, guns or explosives are considered weapons.
- No drugs or drug paraphernalia (See Global Rule 1). If you want to discuss something that could involve such things (e.g., carving a tobacco pipe from wood) that's fine, but make sure it's /diy/ related and doesn't involve drugs or it will result in deletion/ban.

Helpful links:
https://sites.google.com/site/diyelmo/ (archived)
http://www.engineeringtoolbox.com/
3 replies and 3 images omitted. Click here to view.
>>
Some friendly suggestions for posting:
- First ask Google, then ask /diy/. Your question will probably be better received if you do so.
- List available resources (tools, materials, budget, time, etc.)
- Try to use pictures and explain the goal, if possible
- Be patient, this is a slow board; your thread will be around for days.
- Share your results! /diy/ loves to see problems solved and projects completed!

File: images (21).jpg (9 KB, 275x183)
9 KB
9 KB JPG
How hard is it to build a delivery robot just to go around my local suburb? Surely I can just put an electronically locked cooler box on an RC car, equip it with an Arduino and then remotely drive it back and forth to restaurants?
>>
>>2774001
Biggest problem is range for direct control. Most of them use gps waypoints and a cellular uplink
>>
>>2774001
How diverse is neighborhood?

File: IMG_2172.jpg (75 KB, 735x550)
75 KB
75 KB JPG
A place for anything to do with Welding.

Post your welds, ask questions and discuss sticking metals together.

IDK I just want a place to talk about welding.
130 replies and 28 images omitted. Click here to view.
>>
>>2773183
just buy a non valved torch head if it bothers you that much. decent knockoffs are under $20
>>
I have a tig setup
Trying to get back into it after a couple year hiatus
What are some neat art projects or gifts I could make?
>>
>>2773660
SS diamond
>>
>>2763067
Can I use SMAW rods for oxy fuel welding? Presumably by smashing the flux off first, though I wonder if it would make a difference.

Gotta weld some thin shit and don't want to make a run into town just for some rg45 rod. Also, curious if anyone's tried it.
>>
>>2774017
No reason you couldn't

File: brave_4gswUjNGUe.png (345 KB, 772x555)
345 KB
345 KB PNG
Family friend installed a toilet, I realized the ceiling to my downstairs bathroom had bubble and a wet seam on the ceiling. I removed the toilet and found out the toilet didn't mush the wax ring. The toilet flange was built to low from the previous owner. I ended up getting using "Perfect Seal Toilet Wax Ring with Bolts". I only realized this situation a week later. I'm wondering the water damage. Any advice moving forward?
13 replies and 1 image omitted. Click here to view.
>>
>>2773754
Bepis pls turn your tripcode back on
>>
>>2773753
Dude
You should really consider suicide if you really go off like this on one of the boards funny men
>>
>>2773740
OP here, it's literally been a week. That's why I am asking about the damage a week of not noticing.
>>
>>2773855
It’s probably fine then, but let that shit dry off as soon as you can so it doesn’t start to mold and stuff. Open up the drywall ajd see, because the drywall is fucked anyway, might as well get some airflow to it now.
>>
>>2773663
maybe not the mold but it sounds like his bro was shitting tera-scofields down that fucker

File: backyard.jpg (524 KB, 1919x1080)
524 KB
524 KB JPG
Is there any logical reason the retards who formerly owned my house would bury 2 foot square slabs of concrete a few inches below the turf in my backyard? Two are right off the already established pathway, side by side to each other, and nearby the foundation they poured to extend the shed (which I want to jackhammer, because I want more lawn)

The only thing I can think of is that they really didn't know how to mark conduit lines, or they were prepping to be really lazy in making more flagstone pathways. I had no idea it was there until the rain uncovered it a few days ago. The slabs are enormous, about 3 inches thick.
4 replies omitted. Click here to view.
>>
>>2772590
>he slabs are enormous, about 3 inches thick.

kek try living in a 50s build german house, the garden path is 5 inches rocks then 4 inches concrete on some areas 6 concrete, with old pipes as rebar, and if you break it it is blue, which means its super high cement ratio like they use for bunkers.

and that is just the base for 2-1/2 thick concrete pavers layd on top.
>>
>>2772597
given the location and size, I second this suggestion
>>
I dug them up, filled the holes with topsoil, drenched the turf on top, and called it a day. Apparently someone in the line of owners was a contractor? In any case, if there are bodies, they'll rest for a while longer-- at least, until I decide to tear up that concrete foundation in front of the pigeon coop.
fyi, would any logic dictate a reason not to do that, or drive back the river rock back 5 feet closer to that shed (all that grey shit)? It's been on my to-do list, but I don't understand the mechanics of water drainage/local code/if I should bother. They also laid the shed foundation on 4 x 4s resting on that rock, so there's no chance of me getting rid of all of it.
>>
>>2772590
Possibly hard standing for a shed or greenhouse they turfed over instead of removing it.
>>
>>2772590
check the surface carefully for any inscriptions. could be grave markers for someones dogs. could also be an anchor point for an old satellite dish or antenna, although it's not likely for a dish if its close to a structure

i get daily power outages which will last 1-2.5 hours. to add insult to injury, my IP address changes when i lose power, forcing me to reconfirm my email on discord .. etc.

the obvious solution is UPS, i looked up some models online. the ones available will either work for 15 minutes only, or go multiple hours but cost a kidney.

i thought maybe a 20,000mah power bank with 5v-12v adapter. this will solve the internet connection issue, but won't solve the IP address situation. since i'll have to switch the power plug from AC to power bank each time i lose power (1st power cut), and switch back to AC when power is restored (2nd power cut), then recharge the power bank.

alternatively, i could just leave the power bank connected to the wall, and the router connected to the power bank. but that way the batteries will die in few months, not to mention the possibility of causing a fire.

i need uninterruptible power to the router, that only needs to be set up ONCE, with no manual effort on my behalf. surely diy can help?
14 replies and 1 image omitted. Click here to view.
>>
>>2773874
>>2773923
>power outages
Before you spend money on anything, have you made sure your last mile/wan isn't powered by the same source as your house?
>>
>>2773972
>>2773951
OP hasn't answered to that yet.
>>
File: moneyshot march 19.jpg (497 KB, 1232x1472)
497 KB
497 KB JPG
>>2773972
>>2773951
yes i made sure. the internet receives separate power.

>>2773961
>Oh you mean it's fuck you time?
no, that was last year. now it's "dead body fuck party" time.

>>2773955
>BU3DC001-12V
i looked it up, it's not available. but thank you for your suggestion.

picrel are the only two options i found locally. with cp12036Li unavailable.
>>
Back-UPS 1500 with a second battery chassis is gonna power an internet router for many hours if not several days. It won't run your entire setup, unless you're on a low-draw laptop, but it'll keep your IP address.
The cost doesn't seem worth it though, for the sake of not having to sign back into discord or whatever.
>>
File: file.png (984 KB, 2000x1333)
984 KB
984 KB PNG
>>2773874
A full sized desktop UPS, you are losing power for hours.
Look for Cyberpower ones.

File: 1663182642261423.jpg (175 KB, 1378x1062)
175 KB
175 KB JPG
plastic alternative for a project?

i need a complex shaped structure for a project, i already made it in my 3d printer, sadly it doesn't hold the temperature requirement (~150c)

so i thought about using the 3d printed shape to make a mold but i don't know what to put in it.

im looking for something with the same strength and weight as regular plastic that can sustain 150c without melting, preferably something that don't require melting before being molded
25 replies and 1 image omitted. Click here to view.
>>
>>2772552
How about show the shape if you already have it made?
>>
>>2773053
The point is you'd probably get better looking parts if you got a block of ptfe, bakelite, or delrin and C'nC'ed it.
>>
>>2773055
HDPE and PLA is basically one (tiny) step up from hot glue.
It's the lowest of the low as far as performance, it's only good for making chibi figurines covered in lines.
>>
>>2773421
hdpe is literally used for everything, we're not talking about your 3d meme printer
>>
Aluminium via los pla casting

File: stepsca.jpg (122 KB, 526x509)
122 KB
122 KB JPG
Abominations Thread XLVIII

Redundantly redundant edition
302 replies and 72 images omitted. Click here to view.
>>
>>2773022
milhouse is not a meme
>>
>>2764740
>le heckin Reddit joke
>>
>>2773177
I thought I was the only one that did this.
>>
>>2768874
it's for dog grooming
>>
File: file.png (73 KB, 612x612)
73 KB
73 KB PNG
>>2768546

Thread cooked:>>2767459

>I'm new to electronics. Where to get started?
It is an art/science of applying principles to requirements.
Find problem, learn principles, design and verify solution, build, test, post results, repeat.

>Incredibly comprehensive list of electronics resources:
https://github.com/kitspace/awesome-electronics
Additional resources below:

>Project ideas:
https://adafruit.com
https://instructables.com/tag/type-id/category-technology/
https://makezine.com/category/electronics/
https://hackaday.io

Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
20 replies and 8 images omitted. Click here to view.
>>
>>2774024
>Buck that down to 5V
You could just tap the battery before the boost converter for 4.2V (full charge) to 3.0V (safe discharge limit). Then you won't need another converter or regulator.
>>
I'll try using graphite felt as desoldering wick tomorrow. Any bets against it becoming a game changer for the purpose?
>>
File: 1554684634362.jpg (104 KB, 768x768)
104 KB
104 KB JPG
>>2774032
Graphite is conductive. I imagine a bunch of tiny threads getting snagged and shorting out random shit all over the board.
>>
File: transformer.jpg (66 KB, 720x638)
66 KB
66 KB JPG
I need help identifying this transformer, I thought it was a center tapped one but why is there 1Ohm between pin 2 and 5? How would a symbol for it look like? Or is it just shorted?
>>
>>2774036
>Graphite is conductive
Less so than the copper strands in conventional and expensive desoldering wick. I'll just cut or pull a tiny pinch from the carbon welding mat, brush on a little liquid flux and hopefully get much success.
Hopefully it will turn out reusable if it doesn't "wet" like metals. Unless it's totally insulating like the welding mat is intended to be.

Are there people who unironically believe DeWalt or Milwaukee to be on par with or even better than Makita, or is that just poorfag cope? No shame if they're outside your budget, they're not cheap, but that doesn't make the tools better
16 replies and 2 images omitted. Click here to view.
>>
>>2773859
>>2773934
Pretty sure anon hasn’t used a cordless skill saw since NiCd was the standard. Brushless motors and 10+ cell lithium packs made such a big difference on pretty mucy all of the tools that suck more juice than a drill or impact driver.

Also circ saws are one of those things where you make a couple cuts that use lots of power but only for a couple seconds. It’s such an easy tool to stick a 2nd battery on the charger while you’re cutting with the first one, and your backup battery will easily be at 90% by the time you hit 2 bars on the first pack.

Even my super cheap (free) Ryobi 5.5” circ saw with their cheapest 2.0Ah battery is better than the ol’ DeWalt 18V XRP 6.5” I had. The brushless Ridgid with a 3.0+ battery absolutely destroys the old yellow XRP in terms of performance and cuts and it doesn’t take >2hrs to charge a pack. It’s not 2001 anymore, you don’t need to charge all of your NiCd batteries the night before and hope they last through the day.
>>
>>2773786
A lot of specialized contractors will go with "premium" brands like Bosch and Festool. That's the guys who e.g. cut and polish quartz countertops, or use core drills, or install unistrut all day everyday. They want waterproof tools, or dust collection. They usually go with a tool dealer and if the rotary hammer fucks up, they call the dealer and they come bring them a replacement.
>>
i thought dewalt were used by actual construction workers/contractors
>>
>>2773947

Replace Bosch with Hilti
>>
People really fell for that huge Milwaukie shill campaign

File: net worth.jpg (81 KB, 680x840)
81 KB
81 KB JPG
How feasible is it to start a modest repair business from scratch? I barely make more than $30000 a year, work a job that negatively affects my health, am treated poorly unless I am needed to repair the specialized equipment that no one else in the building knows how to trouble shoot and the people I work with are drug users, drunk drivers and all around reprobates.
For having no professional experience doing so,I have extensive experience doing repairs on houses, cars,small equipment, doing fences, decks, etc since all the stuff I could afford was old to begin with. I could easily switch a maintenance job, probably at least $5/hr more, but I don't consider that much of a bump in wages and I want to do something that if I work hard it actually benefits me financially.
I don't smoke meth or eat vicodin and only have one broken tooth so I am probably ahead of most repair guys around the area in the looking professional department. I'd probably want to stick to smaller, low impact jobs suitable for one person, no electrical or plumbing just to try and limit my liablity. I don't have a tow rig but if I got one cheap with a blown motor to fix up I could also do junk removal,snow removal,lawn mowing with the lawn tractor I don't use, repairing old equipment to flip etc.
Obviously that would be a poor decision to jump into offering that many services, would be better to specialize. What are the best methods of advertising from a blank slate to try and acquire your initial customers? This is a high population density area so I can't imagine it'd be a herculean task to get a regular supply of old ladies to pay me $200 to fix her stairs or repair her deck every once in a while.
I have a substantial amount of savings and very little for bills so I could afford to take a while to really start having consistent work, and I don't have some very lofty goal in terms of wages.
2 replies omitted. Click here to view.
>>
>>2773790
https://allbetterapp.com/5-handyman-apps/

Good luck, most people like the idea of an endgoal where they dont have to be the one working.
>>
>>2773796
Obviously I wouldn't want to stay making $30000 for years, but the benefit of low expectations is that you can only go up.
>>
Learn some Ag skills and work for wealthy folks with nice yards.
Don't have to mow yards if you don't want, most have a service.
Be the dude that removes the crap trees growing on their fence line. Shop at bigbox for
plants then plant them. etc.
>>
>>2773773

I do handyman stuff and general contracting. I make like $2k a week.

What do you want to know?
>>
File: cover2.jpg (624 KB, 1600x900)
624 KB
624 KB JPG
>>2773773

File: a04Gyxv_460s.jpg (30 KB, 460x469)
30 KB
30 KB JPG
Change my mind.
151 replies and 26 images omitted. Click here to view.
>>
>>2755784
The USA was a founding member of the treaty of the metre.
We officially adopted metric system, and as such all of our measurements are defined in terms of metric units. However, no date was set to change from imperial to metric and so we never did.
>>
>>2773442
Don't be a retard it's easy to understand
>>
>>2755784
i like yyyy-mm-dd because its sorted the same way chronologically and alphanumerically
>>
>>2773920

Based and computerpilled.
>>
>>2755784
You worship at the altar of precision when consumer metric scales have maybe two significant digits. You are a brain dead retard who doesn't understand that imperial units don't have easy conversions because they are specialized for their intended uses. In your quest to measure the world you forgot to measure yourself, and that is why you still struggle to find accuracy. But go ahead, keep trying to convince me that your one-size-fits-all glove should be more comfortable on my hand.

im going so broke its not even funny anymore. i want to diy some money.
what are some extralegal activities one could partake in to use diy skillz to make money??????
so far ive brainstormed dumpster diving, taking copper from abandoned houses, taking tools from construction sites. anything else? any tips for not getting caught?
41 replies and 2 images omitted. Click here to view.
>>
>>2772596
If you’re in the US and not completely inept, you could get into the middle class by just not getting fired from every job by the time you’re 30. Although Joe Biden’s middle class feels more like working class.
>>
>>2772596
Working hard and smart is highly effective. You're just a naive fool or a troll, so which is it?

Poor adults are poor because they're unintelligent, mentally ill and degenerate. Poor people are mostly gasworthy filth and the more I meet the more I despise them for voluntarily beshitting their own lives.
>>
>>2766003
It was an australian thing. As a kid I would scrap computers on the sideroad for like 100$ a year. And for a kid, working like 2-3 days a year, that's big money. Something you could do, is look for furniture being thrown out and take it to an auction. If you find the old gold, you might make afew hundo in a day. But I dunno if your local area has laws against taking things that are thrown away.
>>
>>2766025
This anon gets it. EVEN if you're a total loser with no friends, SERIOUSLY pick this skill up. You can just get a job at your local supermarket and sell your mechanic skills off to coworkers. (and eventaully their families) Then leave that dead ass job and keep on using jobs like it to network like that and you'll be busy with a good untaxable income. (if you get payed in cash) My brother does this and gets government money from jobsearch along side it.

Work smart not hard anons.
>>
>>2765999
>any tips for not getting caught?
don't break the law jamal.

File: SX466_.jpg (45 KB, 466x477)
45 KB
45 KB JPG
I've been experimenting with molle gear as a tool bag. I'm really liking it as my main bag because it can be added onto.
Drill, bits, stud finder, voltage tester, basic had tools. I'm finding a med-size sling bag far superior for basic handyman work.
I have a bigger bag for heavier stuff, flat bar, plumbing shit, that I don't use most of the time.

Thoughts or suggestions?
12 replies and 2 images omitted. Click here to view.
>>
Now days they need to carry fingernail polish
Last commercial job I was on the young sparkys all had painted fingernails…WTF
I took early retirement last Nov done…the construction business is a joke
>>2773761
Youre full of shit, dont touch my fucking tools
>>
>>2773761
>It's a work site, not grade school
its like a special ed grade school for drug addicted degenerates
>>
>>2773397
I've seen a contractor wear an empty molle plate carrier with all his tools on him, it was a pretty sweet setup
>>
>>2773822
>Youre full of shit, dont touch my fucking tools
No one is going to touch your tools, calm down.
Drink your Ensure and go take a nap, gramps.

>>2773853
>its like a special ed grade school for drug addicted degenerates
This is very true and one reason I haven't worked for a GC in 15yrs. It's also pretty sad when those druggie degenerates are actually more skilled and knowledgeable than the GC himself.
>>
>>2773902
Really good for working in a lift or, God forbid, a harness.

File: rafah.webm (3.1 MB, 480x852)
3.1 MB
3.1 MB WEBM
How do you rate their construction skills?
21 replies and 1 image omitted. Click here to view.
>>
>>2762378
>mutts destroy these people's homes for the profit of their Jewish overlords
>who radicalised you?!
>>
>>2768481
How was jesus a carpenter
>>
>>2762605
The Jews never lived in the region until WW2
I don't know how they would insulate themselves from that
>>
>>2773768
He created his own mythology and let himself get crucified to get out of that lifestyle
>>
why is that part of the world perpetually in war and being bombed destroyed to shit

dont they think "hm this sucks ive had enough"


[Advertise on 4chan]

Delete Post: [File Only] Style:
[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10]
[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10]
[Disable Mobile View / Use Desktop Site]

[Enable Mobile View / Use Mobile Site]

All trademarks and copyrights on this page are owned by their respective parties. Images uploaded are the responsibility of the Poster. Comments are owned by the Poster.