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A breaker bar is a breaker bar, right?

ITT: Shit tier tools
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>>2967950
Or a non chineseum breaker bar with a reinforced swivel.
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>>2967909
dumb frog poster
imagine being this wrong
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>>2971056
>red loctite
oh god
the memories
THE MEMORIES
>>2971089
ur not wrong
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>>2973446
always change ur shipped battery out with copperheads
no shit those literal chinese knock offs leaked lmao
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>>2973874
I bought a flashlight from a junk store once that had Pemasanig batteries xD

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so i just discovered that mongolian baskets are a real thing and they look pretty nice.
Has anyone made one? if so how, what is your method? anyone got any insights or want to chime in with how you think would be the best way to go about making one?
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>>2973411
ok that gave me a kek
still gonna make one.
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>>2973413
Make one that looks like a hamburger and sell it on Nitsy for $1000.
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Take a class.
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>>2973371
I hear they're especially good when woven underwater.

I was thinking of getting a CNC machine or a 3d printer and start making stuff to make some money from home.
So what should I get?
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>>2973356
bump for interest
I always figured actually making money from it was a meme
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>>2973375
Wholesome.

3Dprinting is kinda mood, you're mainly producing your own examples and show pieces. You rather sell your cad abilities than plastics. You wanna get a metric as well an imperial caliper in case a customer comes in with weird dimensioned part "they picked of the street".
CNC is a bit more nuanced, do you have some target audience to focus on a router vs mill? Advertise heavily on FB, TIK, whatever your local area uses most. You gotta play the service game because in everything else the chinks will beat you. Maybe try a few own products till regulars roll in.
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>>2973366
how did you just move there without work visa or ditching your citizenship or something is romania some kinda lawless place
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>>2973753
Romania is an EU member, moron.
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>>2973815
that eu freedom doesn't apply to a child?

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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.
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>>2938514
>embassy
pretty cool stuff. will try when i work with a microcontroller next.
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Table related functions WIP
These ones are quite tricky because most of them interact with metamethods in suprising ways.

>>2970457
Good luck
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>>2932987
>you need at least 1 GHz clock rate and 1 GB RAM to emulate everything SNES and before
During snes times noone even knew what giga was
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>>2973219
Zsnes and Snes9x ran at full speed on a 90Mhz Penitum CPU with a 1MB RAM VGA card.
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>>2973222
>>2973219
Maybe anon means to emulate it all at the same time???

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Output piece for a tankless hot water heater cracked. Needs replaced but has a spot for the thermistor to mount. Is there a specific name anyone knows for this piece to make finding a replacement easier/possible?

Any search online for a "thermistor pipe/holder/port" just pulls up results for thermostor sensors.

Unit is Ranein 14kW heater. (Chinese manufacturer site even less helpful than googlw so far.)
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>>2971218
Take it to a specialty plumbing supply. They should have the part or at least be able to cobble you something together to replace it.
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>>2971211
You can find a ball valve with m10 threaded temperature probe hole pretty easy.
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>>2971211
I feel like this could definitely be made out of standard parts from a plumbing supply.
worst case scenario take it to a machine shop and ask if they can lathe/weld you something similar. you'll pay out the ass but I'm sure they can do it. I paid like 40 dollars for 2 tiny aluminum spacers that had to be a precise height.
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>>2971211
i would try and take a soldering iron and smooth out the crack. then get a male to female adapter and epoxy that onto the cracked threaded end. and then to top it off with a coat of epoxy or whatever over the whole thing
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>>2971211
Isn't that just a test point union? Very standard part for gas appliance installs.
Not familiar with water heaters but it might be the place to start looking.

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Post all about /diy/ robotics, robowaifus, kits, hardware, careers, ideas, etc.
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>>2973787
Because the authority is the government instead of a man
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I can't wait for someone to zip tie a glock to that thing, so the government go full retard on banning assault waifu.
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>>2973825
You all assume things without taking account that guns have kicks that can break the robot arms
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>>2973827
They sure don't care about the reality of the material for the 3d printed gun.
They do and say anything to push their retarded law.

post your tractors
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>>2970514
>does that have a fucked up hydraulic over hydraulic system that jd construction loved so much in the 70s/80s?
>i swear those were designed by some jokester at sperry vickers to ruin mechanics lives. that shit is impossible to troubleshoot and will work perfectly the 1st press of the pedal then never again in that fiscal quarter
>they musta had some beef going with wabco or bendix at the time because standard old air brakes would have been just too easy
They are definitely hydraulic brakes. That's all I know about it at the moment... Probably better get a service manual coming soon.
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Annnnd I bought an International 1066 today...
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I have one of these in a container
Should I do it up?
Not mine obviously but the same model
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>>2971267
pics or it didnt happen
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>>2973626
Fine... took a pic today for (you). Still gotta get a picture of that 544B John Deere loader I drug home too.

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Wondering about the fiber arts scene on /diy/.

Share past/current projects, tips, tricks, suppliers, patterns, and news from the wider fiber arts community.
Or just ask for help.

All mediums and styles welcome. Knit, crochet, tufting, weaving, even nalbinding for the 2 of you that partake.
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>>2972860
I don't know a lot about rug weaving, but as far as I know, there's basically two kinds.

Latchhooking, which is pulling yarn through canvas and getting that fluffy effect and

Weaving, where you have to own a loom. There are pile techniques that are basically latchooking but you're also making the cloth at the same time. More common for rug weaving on a loom is a weft-faced fabric where you need to beat real hard to make it work.

It sounds like you want the more latchhooky kind. You probably could do it with a big frame, weave the base fabric, then hook on top, but I dunno.
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>>2973377
I'd like to start, but the beads actually feel kind of expensive. You probably need a couple of colours to start, and then you're already at least 20 Euros in for some colourful beads without knowing if you actually like it :/
I like your blue jay, it looks pretty cool.
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>>2973512
That's more expensive than I thought, even knowing Miyuki delicas are the most expensive beads out there, cost $12 for 23g here too. I like TOHO beads cause they're a bit cheaper try those. Prices in my local stores are more like pic related and for a 23g tube of Czech stuff. You may be able to find starter kits where you get a small variety of beads to try it out too.
Thanks for the kind words about the jay.
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>>2973532
I will keep looking, thank you. Right now I'm pretty busy with knitting, so I don't get bored, but I keep an eye on the prices and look for Toho.
Thank you!
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I decided to buy a felting needle(s these things break very easy) and some random wool on a whim and so far i am making a random dude to try out how it all works

This is kinda fun

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Thread that errored out:
>>2964845

>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.
Read the datasheet.

>OP source:
https://github.com/74HC14/ohmOP
bake at page 10, post in old thread

>Comprehensive list of electronics resources:
https://github.com/kitspace/awesome-electronics


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>>2974348
Do you actually believe all these excuses
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>>2974375
you've seen right through me anon
rather than do the work, it's easier to post about it on the internet and get (you)'s, and I've been exposed as a charlatan and a scoundrel
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>>2974373
just post the pictures of the pcb to AI and ask for a schematic, netlist, and, and spice model simulation.

> spice models from datasheets
Like they havent already ingested all of them
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>>2974494
>to AI
You mean the large language models with no method of self verification? I think they'll slowly get better at electrical engineering tasks like that, but it seems to me that you'd get more reliable results with less required training and less overhead per query by training a dedicated neural net for specific steps. You'd want to incorporate spice simulations into the verification process, such that the neural net can adjust the spice model until the graphs look identical.
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>>2974340
just awful

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Noob here that needs help identifying the polarity of this capacitor. It's a replacement part for my dryer. pls sars i need de needful
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>>2959380
Electrolytic capacitors are polarized (shrinkwrap will say which is the negative terminal)
t. Just replaced one in kitchen hand dryer (.50€ job (probably 50 more than buying bulk off baba ali), instead of >50 € for new dryer)
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>>2971392
>kitchen hand dryer
i have questions
is this common where you are from? never seen one
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>>2971425
Not that I know lol but there you have it.
Anyway, it stopped working, so i pulled it out, but all others I see are the public restroom style bigass ones, and not cheap, even the chinese, so I just fixed it and it's back up and running again now.
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>>2969007
checked the control board. looks ok with my crude multimeter skills. will check the motor coils when i get around
>>2969009
all intact


life is consuming me alive right now, aint got even time to shitpost on my own thread
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>>2959853
i thought this was a home made machine

Thinking about building a small cnc mill for small steel and aluminum parts. I’d like to make the thing mainly out of aluminum extrusions.
I was thinking that a fixed gantry design like picrel would be the most rigid, except I’d like to mirror it so there are diagonal braces on both sides and to increase the depth of my work area.

Is this the most rigidity possible given the size and format constraints?
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>>2968367
>>15 minutes of time is billed to the contract for that month and I make $38.75 every time that happens
hell yeah
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>>2971013
Define acceptably
>brb adding 550 kg of bricks to my mill
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>>2970107
>Bambulab
Black Betty had a child
>Bambulab
Darn thing gone wild
>Bambulab
She's always ready
>Bambulab
She's so rock steady
>Bambulab
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computers for homebrew cncs make me feel old and cranky. i just need a shitty pc to run win7 so i can make my burn table go again and thats getting hard to do since gay ass w10 came about. cant find a mini pc thatll boot 7 even fucking around with uefi patch shit
the computer is supposed to be the easy part
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/EMOT/ - Eternal Machine Operator Thread

Clock in, push green button, play on phone until m30 happens

When out of metal go get an adult

Never going to learn gcode or machine offsets what about you guys?

What flavor vapes are the best?

>hey bro
> one of the drill bits, the one with the flat bottom that cuts with the sides is broken
> Imma go smoke while you fix it bro
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can someone help, its way more front heavy than i thought
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>>2969468
you might want this thread it has more motion

>>2944099
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>>2923654
>>2947402
Local community college doesn't even have manual machines here. They'll teach you CNC only. And the local makerspace only has a CNC machine that can engrave wood, and 2x 3D printers for some reason. Membership fee is only 30 bucks a year though so you get what you pay for I guess.
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>>2947402
This was me and I was actually wrong. The local makerspace DOES have machine tools, manual mill (bridgeport) and lathe (not sure what brand/model) as well as a Grizzly CNC mill. Apparently in good shape according to a friend who's a member too. They just don't advertise them because they don't do training with them, so only people who are already qualified are able to use them. It's also 169/yr.

>>2969785
That's a shame. Mine has a decent setup, 6 mills (an actual Bridgeport and a variety of clones) and 7 lathes (4 of which are new Jets that are garbage and are going to be returned for something else shortly) as well as a manual surface grinder and a bunch of drill presses etc., and then on the CNC side we've got I think 3 mills of various sizes (plus a little benchtop one for basic training) and a lathe or two, all Haas. The school is also about to do an $8M 13,000 sq ft expansion that will add more of both kinds of machines as well.
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is the turdmach fad over?

>guys, let's paint a house!
>no, we don't need any tape... :3
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>>2973612
My house has paint on adjacent walls with different colors, paint on the ceiling, paint on the fucking trim, paint on the doorbell, plastered-over nail/screw holes with no paint.

Somehow my grandparents' house is worse. They have paint and wallpaper on the ceiling; at least one patch in a textured ceiling where the previous owner of the house took plaster and covered the hole, and just took a knife and sliced into the plaster, but it looks nothing like the rest of the ceiling; botched 3-way circuit the previous owner gave up on and we had to fix; and the worst part is the guy was apparently proud of his handiwork, must've been blind.

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Installed this Safire Buffalo in the backyard 7 weeks ago today. Been giving it seasol once every 2 weeks and gave it its furst dose of fertiliser 1 week ago. Just gave it a move at 40mm and I think its come up pretty good
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>>2970527
:(
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>>2970628
:)
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>>2972241
Just gave it a mow and got the sprinklers on. She's looking nice and green!
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My neighbor has planted some sort of bulb-based alien terraforming weapon all along his back fence, which is now aggressively invading my yard. It heaved up almost 6 inches and the bulbs go down nearly 2 feet. Do I need to excavate a 3 foot trench along my fence and put down fucking sheet metal to keep it out?
Also he leaves dead chickens out for skunks. I don't mind the skunks, they're friendly with me and spray the dogs in the next house over who are both endlessly barking retards. But they do make a mess of things sometimes.
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>>2973590
Yeah youre going to have to pour a concrete footing like 3 foot deep oalong the fence line

Hi /diy/, ESL from south america and I was wondering if you could help me.

My house has a shitty, badly built, barely insulated wooden guest house in the backyard, and I want to insulate it thermically and acoustically. The interior walls are mostly made of hardboard, with plywood in a few places. Frames are made of timber and filled with polystyrene for insulation.
I am thinking of replacing the polystyrene with rock wool, and the hardboard and plywood with drywall in the exterior-facing walls, mostly because it's cheap and google says drywall is a better acoustic insulator. However, judging by the videos I've watched on yt, drywall seems difficult to work with: I'd have to use plaster for finishes, I'm not really skilled and I don't care about looks. Meanwhile, I could just nail the plywood to the frames and call it a day.
I was also thinking of adding metallic studs in a few places, but while these are cheaper than structural timber, they also seem to be pretty complicated to with with, because of their thermal expansion. I'd also have to insulate them with some plastic tape, which in the end makes them more expensive than timber.

Questions:
- is it true that drywall is better acoustic insulator? Do I really need to use plaster with it? What if I just slap the plywood on top of the drywall to avoid having to use plaster?
- do metallic studs need to be insulated acoustically? Beyond the plastic tape, do I need to use plastic nails or something to avoid the noise? How the fuck do you attach the drywalls to metallic studs?

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>>2973088
(cont.)

The house has had termites for many years (though not the terribly destructive type you guys have in the US), so I also plan on wetting all the wooden surfaces (timber, plywood, hardboard, maybe even the paper in the drywall) with a mix of borates, with the added benefit of making everything fire-proof (see https://forestryforum.com/board/index.php?topic=92568.0, https://sawmillcreek.org/threads/home-made-bora-care-timbor.233066/ and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=heCV7zlvhi8 if you want o know how this stuff is made).

Can you suggest some alternative materials that cover all the bases (thermal+acoustic insulation, fire-proof, not vulnerable to termites, and relatively cheap)?

My plan is as follows:
- undo some of the internal hardboard/plywood siding,
- apply borates mix to all surfaces, as well as to the siding that was just removed,
- let it dry for a couple of days,
- slap a few small pieces of drywall,
- add the rock wool batts,
- slap the drywall boards,
- maybe add the plywood on top.

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Good plan for dealing with termites. Yes it is true that drywall is a good noise insulator, the best way to reduce exterior noise getting into the building is air sealing, so taping and drywall compound on the seams between hung drywall will help a lot, otherwise caulk or foam all holes and gaps will help too. I don't know about metal stud acoustics but can screw drywall to metal studs with fine thread drywall screws afiak


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