How do I soundproof a vintage car? I can’t really put soundproofing material all over it, what are the main areas I should put the soundproofing sheets on?
>>2964648doesn't that stink up the car
>>2964419Floorboards, inside the doors with a panel or three, roof, firewall. Look at what vehicle manufactures focus on. They make knockoff killmat on Amazon for relatively cheap. If you want heat insulation they make sense foam stuff noice brand on Amazon if I remember right...
>>2964419I had excellent results using chicken-wire to secure foil-backed pink fiberglass to both sound and heat insulate the engine dog house of a 1968 mid engine Dodge Van.Fucking night and day. I'd have to use the heater on the dash.I secured the wire with little 1/8" screw cap bolts and nuts and washers, but you should be able to figure something out without drilling holes in the exterior body. Probably some spring steel slats that wedge at edges of body panels.
>>2964655The good ones dont do that at all.
Shag carpet
A question about wood finishesI'm making a very simple clock. Just a quartz mechanism. Simple and within my limited scope.The face is a piece of white ash. I intend to use satin finish minwax polycrylic as the finish. I understand that this finish does not really alter the colour of the wood. I have boiled linseed oil, and I see white ash treated with BLO takes a nice golden colour.How long should I wait after applying a single BLO treatment until I apply the polycrylic? Would 24-48hrs be sufficient? Is applying BLO redundant if I intend to use the poltcrylic?Cheers
Polycrylic is very clear, but that doesn't guarantee the wood looks identical to the unfinished color. Always use scrap material to test a finish or process you are unfamiliar with. BLO is yellow and will darken with age. It can help make things look older than they are. I would use either one and follow the directions. Drying and curing times are different. If you want to use a blend, then run a Tung oil or tru oil and be done with it. If you're trying to make your own blend, then have at it and stop bothering us.
>>2964902I appreciate you telling me what you know. Merry Christmas
Trying to get into making a simple ring as a side hobby but the solder doesn't seem to want to bind at all? Ik I have the right type so now I'm just unsure if my lil butane torch is able to get it hot enough or something else?
use flux
>>2964891It didn't seem to change anything besides limiting the burn scarring on the silver, even when I focused the application on where I want to solder
is this worth it? should i just get a new one?
>>2964204>brake drum grillConsidering all the serious nastiness of road grime, grease, brake dust, and brake cleaner such an item has been through, I wouldn't want to use it for food.
>>2964675I burned it out thoroughly and multiple times before using it
>>2964314Stainless isn't porous enough for seasoning. You're gonna have funny sticky dots forever. Carbon steel will take seasoning though not as well as cast iron.
>>2961476Throw that in the garbage. That is garbage.
You could finish cracking it in half andake it into to half pans that can still work for cooking food of held at an angle so the food doesn't spill out of the missing half.
How do I get a mid shelf lidar? Something between a cheap mcu shit with range of 1 meter and military grade laser weapon that maps objects half a mile away. I just can't seem to find anything inbetween. Detection at 30-50 meters is enough for me. Would it be hard if I wanted to make one myself from an infrared lamp and sensor with some tweaking, lenses and arduino magic?
>>2964736There are a billion companies offering mid range lidars as you said but they are usually 2D rotating lidars, you can probably just use them anyway and discard the points you don't need
Stupid questions that don't deserve their own thread. Last one hit bump limit
so my prius sat around for a about three months and the parking brakes kinda siezed in place. the brake pedal released and engaged fine but the brakes were still stuck. i read that i could do things like lube brake pads or rock car back and fourth till the brake comes free, i did that. i rocked it drive/reverse a few times snd broke free kinda pretty rough/jarringly. can this damage the expensive-to-repair brake actuator?
New thread>>2965082
>>2964108Nice work, do be careful with the dust!
Trying to block print on dark fabric, using Speedball Fabric Block Ink, Opaque white. I can't get it to print well on the fabric - it's just transparent and doesn't show up well at all on black / bright bits. When I first started using it a little bit of oil spilled out of the tube (without the actual pigment) which I discarded. Did I fuck up bad? What should I be doing different and also is the situation salvageable I spent too much money on this stuff as it is lol.
>>2967030>When I first started using it a little bit of oil spilled out of the tube (without the actual pigment)This just concentrates the mix.>>2967030>the tubeknead the tube to mix it back together - it separated while sitting on the shelf
Is it better to buy the trashiest used mobile home I can find, buy a shipping container and DIY, or buy a prefab "tiny home", cuckshed, etc.? I want to do the bare minimum, the only real requirement is having a roof over my head.
>>2964595>no annual property tax billOnce you set it up on land, it'll count as improvement that'll be taxable.>8 grandIt won't be, and that doesn't include the cost of foundation, septic, and well. Also in many areas there's minimum square footage restriction.
>>2964512I'm still waiting...
Trailer/RV will be the cheapest with everything you need. It really comes down to prices. There was a 8x27 trailer/RV around for 4K, which is pretty cheap. I didn't get it before the weather turned south here but if it's still available in spring, I'm going to buy it. That's the problem with this kind of thing. Moving is where the cost is. Even if you find a cheap mobile home, the cost of moving can eat up any savings over just building something of the same size. Of course the problem there is permits and inspections. Here, anything of 200sq/ft needs all the bullshit.Of course there isn't anything stopping anyone from just building a complex of 200sq/ft buildings.
>>2964595>Forget to update >Can't open the door
>>2954310this is actually the answer if your local code allows it. You'll have to figure out what bathroom option works for you because septic tanks add a lot of complexity to the yurt situation. That's why most people use an incinerating / humanure toilet in the yurt while they slowly build their 'real' house.If code allowed it I think a large yurt ($12k give or take), a large power station from costco, and some used or cheap solar panels would be a great setup for someone just getting started in the world. Obviously would only work in more rural areas. Could then slowly build a cordwood house and be pretty much set without a mortgage.In more restrictive areas a regular single-wide mobile home on a slab might be the best you can do, and that would set you back over $100k with septic and power hookup.
My house was built in the 1890s. I know the people that lived in it before the most recent owner, and the lady was telling me that the guy who built it had signed his name and the date on an exposed wood beam in one of the top floor rooms. The previous owners painted over this beam. Is there any conceivable way to recover that? I think it would be a really cool historical touch to have. I suspect paint thinner would NOT be my friend here, and very cautious scraping would be my only option? Any thoughts?
>>29645151890 he prolly cut it in. If he wrote it you ain't gonna see it.
I wonder if dry ice blasting would make sense here. I don't even know if you could get the blaster up there. If you can find it first, that might help you narrow down your options. Like if it's carved deep, maybe just paint it a contrasting color.
Hello best friends, its me the guy who asked if I should become a concrete plant manager 2 months ago. I am now. I promise I will send you guys only the hottest loads already going off slightly wetter than you ordered,1 hour late with 200 dough balls in them.
>>2964292pumps are like $500 where i am, not sure why people wouldn't get them
Can the truck driver add plasticizer mid pour for me?
>>2964292do you have any experience with pump trucks on gravel roads in mountain areas? i have land that i want to get a truck to and i am trying to figure out if the road i have is going to be sufficient to get a truck up.
>>2964357sorry, cement trucks, i don't need a giant pump truck for what i am building
>>2964308We don't. Some companies have drivers carry stuff like that or might have a separate QC or sales guy on site with it.>>2964357Call the companies in your area and explain the situation and ask if they can get a sales guy out to look at the situation. Recently we did a pretty squirrelly 50 yard pour and I almost didnt make it up the final hill, I had to go back up the downhill before it some and get a running start. But the sales guy made the call to do 8 yard loads. With 10 we wouldnt have been able to do it. Short answer: it can almost surely be done.
Can someone teach me about how I could create patches like these on my own
u gotta 3d print em
>>2961586Just draw on your clothes like I do.
>>2964348is it possible to make them sticky from the 3d print
>>2964373U gotta soon as da shit is hot u gotta stick em on soon as u print em
>>2964385Das calld just in time adhesionIt's am engineering technique
ChatGPT convinced me to buy a 3D scanner. What am I in for fellow humans? I am not sure if the clanker had my best interest in mind.
>>2962909Print them so they're yellow that way nobody tries to steal yo teeth
>>2962909Holy hell, we've got an old fag here boys. I remember that guy, at least 5-7 years ago, maybe longer.
>>2962554scan the tits of every girl you see?i hope you got a thermal scanner?
>>2962554I would scan my balls and send the 3d print it to aoc
>>2962554Nothing, I model my own parts, I'm suck at arts thou, engineering type I guess, so I have either learn trade or gtfo and do functional stuff as I do.
Chainsaw thread. What chainsaws are you guys using and what things you like or dislike about them? Would you pick a different saw if you would be buying one today? Also do you fix and maintain them yourself or use shop?
>>2963644Stihl dealers will not work on a clone. Lots won't even sell you parts for them.It's worth it to take your time and watch for a good deal. Unless you are dealing with a lot of very large trees the 50-60cc saws are good. Sharp chain and good technique are better than raw horsepower any day.
>>2935829Dewalt 20 volt. Had the 60 volt but batteries shit the bed and I haven't gotten around to fixing them. Have used the 20 volt for 10 years now and have used it to cut 90% of the wood I use to heat my home in Northern Saskatchewan.It's slower, but it's super light and amazingly quiet, which is the main appeal for me. And the 60 volt batteries from temu work awesome, giving me 15 minutes each of bucking dry spruce and pine.Picrel slats from local mill you could pick up by the trailer load for free.
>>2964146>slats from local mill you could pick up by the trailer loadi have a guy right down the road from me who runs a mill in his yard. he has a massive pile he lets anyone take from. makes kindling a no brainer, and really spoils you when getting a fire going. you just load it up with soft wood. no skill required.
>>2964230Some of these things are too big to go in the fire place, between that and the half poles and giant fence post discards it's quite the collection to give away. Ready of the wood is brush piles local farmers have piled up and let me pick the wood out of as it drys. Have only had to pick the forest for 2 years. Pretty fortunate, but that why I moved here.
>>2964301god i love wood head. no jewish energy service required. just burn wood.
if i wanted to join this vertical piece, is it better to put screws going the red way, or the green way?
Why not both?
>>2964225both obviously? if not around a column red would be the only option.
yes both but i would add a toenailed screw in through the center would maximum strengthsee the blue line in my diagrambe sure to counter sink the tonailed screw though
Green ones should go in from the outside. Red out from the in side.
i was about to buy a tormek then i figured out how to sharpen my chisels/knives with a couple of cheap stones.
I need someone to redpill me on paint. I have several interior walls I'd like painted so that they don't look like shit anymore. I hear that modern Dulux is terrible and that you should really be buying paint from specialty stores, but they're very expensive. I don't need anything too fancy and solid colors are fine as long as they look good. Durability isn't my main concern but it would be nice not to have to repaint for at least a couple years. Where am I supposed to get this stuff?
Just go to Lowe's or home depot. Don't get the cheapest shit they have and you'll be fine.
>>2961807Agreed. The super cheap shit doesn't hold up to even a wet paper towel if you need to clean it. Behr or Valspar or whatever the next step up is is fine for most walls unless they're going to see a lot of abuse.
>>2961806remember to ask for a shot of black.
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>>2964196went to buy 1 gallon of that stuff at sherwin williams. get to the counter and the guy say $75.75 FUCKING DOLLARS for a gallon of paint.then when I balked he said $25.what the hell!
