Does anybody actually like using these? I fucking hate themIs there any alternative other than a really sharp razor blade and 4 extra hours of my life?
I wish I could get one of these in my shop.
>>2965732im sure aliexpress has a cheap one waiting for you anon
>>2965736...anon i...
>>2965736is buying big heavy shit like that off aliexpress actually a good ideai have the suspicion that they will charge a $9000 import tax when it arrives in 6 months
>>2955658The french name of this tool is very offensive.
any idea of what to do with this broken mirror? What blade should I use to cut it?
>>2966659wait what you can cut glass only with a pen?
>>2966661Ok yeah definitely don't attempt this at all.It's probably best if you don't even handle it, get an adult to throw it away for you
>>2966661pic relatedYou don't need a very high quality cutter, mirror is soft and easy to cut. You draw a score with the cutter then you break the mirror at the cut.
>>2966661It's a glass cutter that you score a line with. Get one and try it. Probably be good practice for you anyways seeing as how if you fuck it up it really doesn't matter. Watch some youtube videos on it. Use a straight edge to guide your cut. Use some oil on the scoring wheel. Set your mirror up with the scrap overhanging an edge or slight ridge of material and tap with the ball end on the handle to spread the crack...
>>2966666You deserve a little credit for being nice to that child, but moreover >them digits
What's an effective dog repellent that I can make at home? My neighbors dog keeps shitting on my lawn and I've had enough of it.>hard modeDon't kill the dog
Go on ebay and buy a Realistic Super Tweeter. 30k hertz should drive the dogs nuts.
>>2964436get a big territorial dog to fight the enemy dog poop rampage
>>2964536Based. Sick of the doggo menace
>>2964436Be a man and tell him stop letting the dog shit on your lawn it you'll fuck him up.
>>2964436>>2964437>hard mode>Don't kill the dogFine, your rules.. kill the dog owner>>2964438You sound like a pussy.Id personally shit on your lawn
what the fuck is with all the retards selling rotten wood on facebook/craigslist for more than what it costs to get good wood at a reputable dealer? guy wants 400 dollars for this
Everyone on every classified website site thinks they are sitting on gold. That's why they are selling it there instead of to a friend. If it had value it wouldn't be listed, period end of story. The only thing those sites are good for is buying slightly broken junk that is easy to fix that you actually need, like a chainsaw with a dirty carb.
>>2964707My friend got a wood Miser in partnership with another guy he's retired now but can get wood for almost free from a log sort he used to work at. And with the downturn in the Pulp and Paper industry in British columbia, there is a lot of great wood available now. Yellow and red cedar fir and even yew. I have never seen 12-in slabs of that stuff before until he started sawing it.. pic related
>>2966677Moar
>>2966678On the left is yew wood, rugh hand is 2 inch yellow cedar, middle w roughsaw marks is pear
>>2964885>If it had value it wouldn't be listed, period end of story. It has less value to the seller than to the buyer, doesn't mean it's objectively worthless. If you had 5 properties and sold 1 one of them, is it worthless?
I'm looking to get a new miter saw.The things I want are>portability>lightweight>features that can keep up with professional use ie a bevel and sliding mechanism>cordedRight now I've narrowed my options down to the Makita LS 0816F and the Metabo HPT C8FSESM. Both saws have an 8 1/2" blade which sounds good to me.The Makita is $544 and the Metabo HPT is $480. I've had good experiences with both brands although generally find Makita is a little better quality.What do you guys think?
I had the makita LS1018LNIt was a absolute pig of a unit, fucking heavy and unwieldy stickout far to the back. The internal laser sucks balls. It can cut enormous sizes, only plus side. Sold it for a DeWalt DWS774, the DeWalt is super compact and light, with a much better system (blade shadow to mark the cut place). Check what kind of stuff you want to cut, that determines what kind of machine you need.
I’m looking to get started with welding and would appreciate some guidance. I don’t know much yet, so if someone could explain the basics like the differences between MIG and TIG and suggest where a beginner should start.My plan is to pick up an inexpensive welder from Harbor Freight and look for used accessories on Facebook Marketplace or Craigslist to get going.As for power, my garage has a 30amp line with a 20amp rated outlet, as well as a 240V 40amp dryer outlet on the shared wall. The house has a 200 amp main breaker, with room to upgrade to 300 amps if needed.I plan to begin with a 120V welder and upgrade later as I gain more experience. My initial projects will include basic automotive work, welding exhausts, patching rusted body panels, frame rails, square tubing, and brackets. I don’t plan to work with stainless steel or aluminum at this for now.Thanks
>>2957413Yeah Inwas perplexed as well
>>2962009Heavy equipment and diesel are their own fields with different training, though, and heavy fab is generally part of those programs. In the auto tech world, the most anybody is likely to deal with is roll cages and similar if they go into performance work, which is actually my former field, and we virtually never worked with anything over 1/8".Anyway, my issue is that the school is making its students learn LESS, taking away the MIG training that auto students are likely to use and making them do nothing but stick instead, something I've never seen in any respectable auto shop.As for losing techs, by the way, I do agree - I got out of it myself and my plan is to use the mechanical skills I have combined with the machining proficiency I'm working on to go into machine tool setup and service - but I will say that it's really the dealership end of things that's hemorrhaging workers because the system there is so fucking broken.
>>2962657>heavy fab is generally part of those programs.[x]doubt most of the heavy equipment guys that do welding repair were welders beforehand. the average scannerkid going around forcing regen doesnt even know what dual shield is
>>2957413>he doesn’t know lmao i’m not telling you dumbass
>>2962016We used to use CO2 years ago for mig welding then switched up to some Argon/CO2 mix which seems to make the arc run slightly smoother and less spattery but is also a lot more expensive. Recently I got that Vulcan mig welder setup and went with CO2 on it. Seems like I have a lot better luck welding with it outside with a slight breeze than I did with the Argon/CO2 mix. Is this a known thing that the CO2 hangs around in a breezy environment better? Just curious if anyone else had noticed the same effect or if it is just in my head.
What do you think of butcher block countertops?
>>2965922They are silly because no one uses them as actual butcher blocks.
slide it on my butchers block and stick it in my butchers slot!
>>2965922I'm a pretty gifted woodworker but even I don't think about them. Rather have formica or possibly artificial Quartz but never butcher block. Better for small bespoke surfaces.The only Butcher Block surface I have planned is the Butcher Block Table made out of solid Maple but that's it. I need it to be completely separate so I can have my Mixmaster out on it permanently
Tiny home thread
>>2964095Some places it would cost 20K just in permits and inspections before you even buy materials.
>>2956070>the virgin tiny home vs the chad converted shed
>>2958744>38'>tiny homepick one
>>2956070Tiny homes are for the "new poor" who sneered at the "old poor" living in RVs when the new poor were still teenagers living at home.They're both poor, just the new poor hasn't quite accepted it yet and prefers a different aesthetic.
>>2956079cuckshed
i have solved the mice question.
>>2966421>That just sounds nastyYeah, no shit, it's one of the reasons I cut contact with her years ago. Too much fucked up shit that I thought was normal. It really blew my mind seeing how normal people grew up. And this one was one of the funny/nasty ones but there was a lot fucked up shit that I don't care to remind myself of.
>>2966421>it's a reptile househeard that live last 4th of July.>>2966423>autism
>>2966058Does this work? I'll beta test it.
>there was an old woman who swallowed a flly
>>2966128
So I finally started working construction, with the specific goal in mind being to learn enough and save enough to be able to build my own house from scratch eventually. The boss has built multimillion dollar homes, houses for celebrities, mansions upon mansions. He's been doing this for 40 years, so I'm going to assume he knows what he's talking about. According to him, even something as simple as a 300sqft cabin could cost upwards of 100k nowadays, even if you do as much labor as possible yourself.I've never even held a job for more than a month. I can barely manage to shower most days. I'm functionally retarded. I sure as hell don't want to be homeless again. It's hard work, but I'm truly fascinated with construction. I think I can hold out for a year or two. But there's no way in hell I'll ever manage to scrounge up 100k.Who says you can't own a two story house in your 20s? Come get your Tuff Shed for 20 grand! I'm thinking if I put it in the middle of nowhere, maybe someplace like Arkansas, glowies won't care enough to come and tell me where I can and can't live. Hell, I don't even need plumbing. As long as it doesn't collapse on me in my sleep, I'm good. Am I retarded or is "escaping the system" actually this easy?
>>2966583>According to him, even something as simple as a 300sqft cabin could cost upwards of 100k nowadays, even if you do as much labor as possible yourself.Does his last name end in -blatt, -berg, -stein, -witz, etc?
Just figure out what you want to build and have ai do a materal take off and cost analysis. Boom now you know how much it will cost
>>2966599Those pesky Germans.
>>2966583>even something as simple as a 300sqft cabin could cost upwards of 100k nowadayslike the other anon implied, your boss is an out of touch jew.You could build a 300sqft cabin out of nice materials and still not hit $25,000
he probably means legally/insurable
So, together with a friend, we have decided to make our own console for fun and giggles. This surely is an undertaking but this is an idea we were considering for a long time and as we got more and more experienced with circuits, embedded programming, 3d printing and stuff like that, I feel like it would be finally in our reach.I never really looked at other people's similar projects, I have no idea what I'm doing honestly, but I can write code and I can use google so I think we will figure it out and get there eventually.I will post our progress in this thread.
>>2964080>Well, we got a problem.I think you need more breadboards and longer wires.
I resolved the issue. I misunderstood board pinout and used pins which which are used by octal PSRAM. I assumed I have quad and not octal ram since it failed to boot when configured as octal(because the pins were wired to touchscreen/sdcard), while quad "worked" but with that corruption.But after fixing that it all just began to work correctly. I managed to launch friend's game and also quickly wrote breakout to test real time controls.However I couldn't launch any games from splore(pico8 game repository/browser) since I am still missing some important api functions. So that's what I will be taking care of next. Map support first.
>>2966575Looking good. I noticed your webms haven't don't have sound. Have you got the audio circuitry working yet?
>>2966636The audio circuitry and driver/task are there and do work, I can play pcm samples. But I do not emulate PICO-8 sound system yet. That will be the next big thing to do after graphics, but I think I will save it for last since it's not really essential to play games. PICO provides basically a tracker with 4 channels, with some predefined and custom waveforms and bunch of filters. That will be much tricker to emulate somewhat accurately than graphisc and I never wrote synthesizer before.
>>2932429>>2932431>as we got more and more experienced with circuits, embedded programming, 3d printing and stuff like that,Ok go on..>Since I know pretty much noting about electronics, my friend will be taking care of designing the hardware.And stop thereYou need to go>>2932438>this esp moduleGet the fuck outYou've lied about everything. You don't know shit about electronics.Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>rent townhome>share wall with neighbors>neigbors are hoarders and druggies>odors leak in through kitchen and basement>ruining my health, quality of life>air purifers dont do shit>tried plugging up holes where pipes enter with foam>stink still gets in>noticed air coming in through gaps where the carpet meets walls>try pulling that up>stink still gets in I’m about to go mad. It wasn’t as bad during the summer because I could leave the windows open, but it’s too cold now to do that without the heat running constantly. Landlord doesn’t care and I still have 6 months on my lease before I can get out.
You wil most likely never be able to plug all crevices and holes.So to really have a chance you'd need t somehow build a higher airpressure in your apartment to basically press the stink up their holes again but for that new air needs to come in from somewhere and creating that pressure would also cost money and equipment. Another way would be to heat warmer than they do so your warm air would move to them instead of their warm stink moving to your colder apartment. But in the end there's always energy cost involved.So I guess your only realistic help would be to spend as much time somewhere else than in your apartment for the next 6 months. Basically only come home for sleeping.
>>2966539>didn't turn on my heating last winterhow do you shower in a freezing cold bathroom?
>>2966608>build a higher airpressure in your apartmentMaybe put a window fan blowing inwards in one room, turn off the heat to that room, and let it be cold in there in exchange for making the apartment higher air pressure
Could you seal the wall?
>>2966609quickly.or put the heating on for just a few minutes beforehand, warm it up for while you shower. i used to use an oil heater sparingly during my time of no heating in winter, it's an electric heater but for some reason it contains oil inside ???? it just works.
A place for anything to do with Welding.Post your MIG/TIG/Stick/Fluxed Cored Arc welds, ask questions and discuss sticking metals together.Previous: >>2894379
>>2963570exactly and they are the ones saying welding will be done by robots because they got no clue what welding is.its kinda pathetic, you can hand them a broken steel shaft and a stick bzzz box and they wont know what to make out of it, but they expect ai and robots to fix it in the future.i know that automated welding is a thing and most mass produced consumer products thats been welded at has never seen a human hand.
The most verstatile and quick-to-program welding robots I've personally seen were so called "co-bots" you could teach by physically grabbing the robot arm and positioning it at the start and finish points, angles, etc. Fine tuning and adjustments were possible in the software/pendant/ipad/whatever. Even those systems are designed for batch runs/more than 1 of the same job. Welding robots are not the be all and end all of the future.
>>2963705>>2963661The core issue of welding robots is just that they can't see what they're welding and can't adjust. Its the same reason there's very few remote welding rigs and that's far less complicated. And that's just for the actual welding part. It also has to know how to use dozens of various tools like angle grinders and know how to use different wire wheels without exploding them or destroying the work piece. It has to know how to use various kinds of clamps and know which to pick depending on circumstance. it has to know when to use various kinds of cutting tool like hacksaws, plasma torches, acetelyne torches. It has to know how to preheat things properly. It just goes on like this. Endless little trivial sounding tasks that a human just learns in maybe a day or so of training while gaining skill over time. Just making the AI itself using things like machine learning would require countless hours of real world data and massive amounts of training. Then you have to make a machine body somehow perform the tasks and somehow make it not kill itself just from becoming a conductor of the welding current or not be destroyed by the dust and fumes, or just tangle itself in the cables or losing control of power tools. And so on. We're like 25-50 years away from this shit if it ever happens and the robots will just have to be advanced they'll be doing basically every single job anyway so who gives a shit about welding specifically. Drivers won't be safe, gardeners won't be safe, mailmen won't be safe, prostitutes won't be safe.
>>2962266just added a duplicate of my personal favorite to the horde
>>2962858correct and looks cooler
Been thinking of getting into these. Anyone try making them? What's your setup? Everyone I see online is using a particle accelerator but maybe with a high enough voltage a more normal circuit could work?
>>2966549Lots of them seem to be getting taken down. I guess cause people keep trying the experiment themselves and dying.
>>2966221>havent a bunch of wood faggots barbecued themselves doing this gay shit?Yep.
>>2966272>It's things like a circuit breaker on the transformer so it doesn't over-run under load,The microwave-transformer version of these will fry your heart and never blow trigger the breaker or fuse.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBeSKL9zVro"Let's talk about the project on the Internet that's killing the most people."
>>2966216why you finna try Ligmaberg sculptures frfr you finna blow yer nuts out yer ass nigga no cap lmao
post some /diy/ cosmetisc recepies, tips, hints. this is an anti prespirant/deodorant that i've made 5-6 days ago>coconut oil>baking soda>starchrandom ratio, made it rather dense to be more effective (mostly baking soda)it works like a charm, it lasts A LOT, made one (vrey small ammount, barely 30ml) 2 months ago, lasted up until yesterday.need some tips/hints on how to /diy/ ash lye and using it with lard to make soap
>>2963501I won't say too much since this is my industry, but jojoba oil (actually a liquid wax not an oil) is a miracle ingredient if you're making anything that will have contact with skin.
>>2963866I don't know, that image is all I have. You might go back in the archives and check the comments then. Hopefully, current archives go 10 years back.
>>2963710> cornstarch problems. it's not organic and not dissolvableCornstarch dissolves by rotting and being used as a food for mold, yeasts, and bacteria. It’s basically like glue. I use it to thicken gravy.If you want to put that shit under your hot sweaty armpits, that’s your problem.I’ll continue use talc and/or zinc oxide like the rest of the non-barbarians.
>>2963753can you translate soapmaking skills to bombmaking like they say in fight club
>>2963912I fap with that.
