Show us a pic of your workbench/workstation where the magic happens. What kind of surface is your workbench? What kind of desk? etc.
>>2965590how do you make your own i need some
>>2958406was feeling aimless and overwhelmed by the shitheap so spent an hour reclaiming a little benchtop visibility**crap displaced jammed in other places not pictured
>>2971923does everything on the bench need to be on the bench
>>2971925>when a solution is near or at saturation slight environmental deviations will result in a physical precipitation to occur
I hope you don't mind if I ask here, but I'm new to soldering. I want to buy a decent soldering kit. What red flags should I avoid when perusing online stores?
explain Septic System to me like I'm a bitch.Shouldn't there be an "Oh fuck" overflow outlet, like before even the first tank, so it can never back up into the house? I've heard of Septics overflowing into house. Is that illegal because your System has to work so you don't spread shit, so having it "sealed" is the way you are forced to have a valid system?I'm thinking if I got a place out in the sticks I'd want to add an RV hook up out from under the house, and I guess I could also add an extra Y so I could connect a hose which could lead to an emergency over-flow gravity fed line.WTF happens if your System is OK, but suddenly under fairly sustained excessive use? Will it most likely drain OK, but "water" not treated and live turd germs into Leach Field, and how bad is that and do people get in trouble for it? Does it start showing up in your neighbors well water and you get sued and a shitty rep?Seems like any well designed system would include that, and into a normally dry pond or covered hole or French Drain or something.I also saw diagram of a "solid state" dosing system that somehow worked without any pumps. IIRC it had a float and valve on a hinge on an angled arm so the valve would stay closed until "water" level well above it, then would open and drop level to well below float level. Seems simple and fool proof. WTF with pump systems. Seems like opening a big valve would be better than some little pump (that will be not just going on fritz but in the shit).
>>2971489BTW, the only two times I've encountered serious roaches in SF Gay Area was where there was no garbage disposal(s).One was renting from a German landlord in East Bay (he also had some big bug up his butt about "no screen doors!". He literally thought it would drop his RE value $100K if one was installed on back door where no one would even see from street.)The other was in SF "Projects" where they only have to provide the minimal LEGAL required shit.Plus Garbage Disposal is a MAJOR "maintenance" item for any rental operation.I did Security at a high class large Apts and they had a PALLET of new units to feed off and a special cart just to do that job. At least one old woman had a new one installed about every month, due to dropping silverware and bottle caps, etc. But for the rent she was paying they just dealt with it.
>>2971265that service doesn't exist because running boiling water into plastic drainage fields is a liabilityand you'd be crazy to make a business doing itit might be 1/3 the cost of running a new lleach field
>>2971490as a service plumber and human living in homesgarbage disposals have no valuie and only increase problemsif it doesn't fit through the basket strainer it should go in the trash. not be ground up to be a future problem out of sight
>>2972633Drain plastic can't take 212F???I'll boil a few gallons of water in big stock pot and pour it straight into my rental's black plastic kitchen sink pipes to help clear any grease farther down the way. :) I've used Glad plastic containers as double boilers and while I can't vouch for micro-plastics they show no change.OK, so we'll just use WTF it takes to make even toughest grease like lard or crisco liquid, and some bio-friendly solvent.How much does new leach field tend to cost, because I'm hearing its the part that determines Life of System, when it finally clogs with grease and junk. I'm thinking a good Ass-Blast would melt grease that is holding junk, and thus also push junk out, and system would be nearly "reset". Don't they put down a layer of very course like 2" gravel for the sewage to first flow into? I'm thinking if the Leach pipes are clogged, an Ass-Blast over 2" gravel would open new holes and be good as new till next time.I'm thinking a Shit Wagon would head out to a service call full of hot Ass-Blast solvent with a slightly modded existing tank, with propane powered tank heater, with an added compressed air pusher device. First part of service would be Ass-Blasting the Leach Field, then 2nd part would be the normal service into the now empty Shit Wagon tank.I guess that might all entail a bit of extra rinse at the drop off station, but no biggie and I bet they pretty much do that anyways, and Shit Wagon shows up to next call with "semi-clean" tank, partly for regulations, like you don't want to mix up Septics in case one has something illegally toxic etc.
>>2972634I put EVERYTHING down the disposal. :)Been doing it for going on 14yrs at same house, and drains seem very open. Every so often I'll fill up both sinks with hot soapy water and send big vegetables down the GD. IMO the roughage and hot water helps scrape off any grease build up and send it out to main sewer. IMO its like an Italian Tune Up.I hear Chinese restaurants will use coffee grounds from other biz to dump down drains to help remove grease build up.We did have a leak in the "in the slab" drain from kitchen in floor a few years ago, and they had to dig up floor, etc, but I hear that is basically normal in this about 2006 vintage tract housing. Didn't hear anything about "please be more careful about what goes down drain".
Recently I've been seeing these "overly meticulous and pedantic" home inspectors popping up on YouTube, namely this guy and his copycats. They claim to be "exposing corruption in the housing industry" but as others have pointed out, it's all part of the marketing. What do you think?
>>2967645Structural elements actually have 10 years warranty, btw
>>2972964>Anytime you get something fixed, replaced under warranty, this gets renewed for that part; it's the law.Anytime you get something *replaced*
>>2971493So the illegals used a bunch of different tools to create shoddy workmanship, that's great, really really great. Tell me, are these tools still functioning?
>>2967656>>2967694>>2968333>>2968521>>2968622All missing the point. Nobody wants to work on old ass boilers because if you fuck up and take the liability by repairing something then your ass is on the line if there is a fire.I had this exact conversation with multiple of my trade school instructors (out in the field talking to mechanical guys they are all monkeys and dgaf) and for residential there is not really a hold harmless kind of agreement or waiver you can sign that will save your ass over a repair that blows up/fails in ten years.
>>2968520I'm going to post five things I have found are always helpful along this same line of thinking that are almost always forgotten.First reappraise the house you live in every 2-3 years. Once you get a comp for insurance you can adjust your coverage and avoid a giant gap if you have a loss. Second shop your insurance after you get that appraisal. Third would be buy filters for your HVAC mechanical in bulk and have a years supply on hand and then change them monthly versus every 3 months, any restriction on your blower motors will burn them out or fry capacitors when your system inevitably is overworked. Fourth would be pay for commercial pest spraying/wasp removal but don't sign a contract, only pay for one time services and find the guys who will do one time service. Five is get a thermal scan of your house, a few hundred dollars will almost always identify leaks where pests and moisture get in plus you can identify places to seal your house where energy escapes.That is what cheap and easy preventive maintenance looks like on some of the potentially most expensive pitfalls look like on a house. If you do that you will be well ahead of the homeowners who are shocked when their house suddenly has five figure bills and they call the guys who will sell you a brand new condensing unit.
Last Thread: >>2964618Glitchy as fuck edition>Your print failed? Go to:www.simplify3d.com/support/print-quality-troubleshooting>Calibrate your printer.ellis3dp.com/Print-Tuning-Guide/teachingtechyt.github.io/calibration.htmlIf that doesn't help you solve your problems, post:>A picture of the failed part>Printer make & model>Filament type/brand>Slicer & slicer settingsComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>2974480I had a yihua whatever prior to the fnirsi one. It always required a few smacks to stop the fan from rattling when the hot air was needed.The fnirsi is good, it's just the UI seems terrible to me coming from just having two knobs to control fan speed and temperature. The base is also quite nice. I've had it for a month and it still feels alien to use.
>>2970342Anyone printed a print to make a silicone 2 part mold to make polyurethane pours to make custom stuff?3dp is cool but after 3 years of racing my datalogger case is starting to crack, and I want to eventually sell these, but Injection molding is fucking expensive
>>2974503>By "real SMD station"I don't know. I mean I better quality one.The two main factors with these cheap ones are safety and heat control.I only have one of these cheap shit ones. I tested my 868D and the temperature swing was something like +/- 30C from the set temperature. It heats and then overshoots. It stops heating until it drops to the lower threshold. Then it heats until it overshoots again. This cycle is very slow too.The original product that these are copies of has actual PID control with good temperature stability. I'm pretty sure I saw someone test that on eevblog too. These random ones are low quality. I've used it to repair a few things over the years so I can't really complain much. If you need precise temperature then get a better quality one for sure.The original appeal of the Chinese copies from like 2010 era was that the early copy could be converted to use custom firmware with good PID control. This is long forgotten history since people buy whatever one they see on AliExpress.
>>2974510anon, this is a safe place, you can just say dragon dildos instead of '''datalogger case'''
What mods do I need to make to my ender 3 to print PET CF? Is the issue just heat creeping to the teflon tube? Or is the heater just not powerful enough?I can machine whatever parts I need. If I put a stainless tube that went all the way up through the heatbreak would that do it?
I’ve got my whole yard turned into a skating rink. Sand and gravel aren’t autistic enough, they just slide around on top of the ice and end up in piles. I’m thinking of making a rear attachment for my AWD Husqvarna rider that cuts when I’m reversing. Forward motion would be free-rolling and not digging at all.Basic idea is a hinged cutter plate / spike bar:>Reverse = mower pushes it down and loads weight onto it, so it scratches / grooves the ice>Forward = geometry makes it release and trail, so it can’t biteHas anyone built a one-way drag or scraper or something like this before?
>>2972681Also can't you take the deck off easily (like on a Park) to us the deck attachment point?
There is no way you are going to make a land icebreaker with your lawn tractor.
>go outside>branches sagging powerlines off the side of the house in two places>blast them down with shotgun>works pretty goodyou guys should go outside and double check your lines.full choke and birdshot if anyones wondering.
>>2972856When I lived out in the country, shotgun was our preferred method for harvesting mistletoe. >>2972505A completely different direction to consider: mount some type of cutting instrument to break up with surface of the ice. Once fractured, gravel and sand can be effective. A metal pole mounted vertically that stabs the ice would be the most humorous solution but cutting disks probably would be more effective.
>>2972505i understand where you are coming from, but this is never going to work in reality. Sorry. It will never get the traction to scrape ice.Put a little salt on the ice, or pay someone to come with an actual machine to scrape it. or just get the right stuff, which is a mix of salt and gravel.
can anyone help me get started on how the fuck I put this radio in what wire is what I’m lost :(it’s a 2015 tacoma
>>2973179First you get a pigtail adapter for a 2015 tacoma. DO NOT cut your factory wiring harness. Then you wire your radio to the pigtail adapter and plug it right in.
>>2973181Something like this: https://www.amazon.com/NuIth-Compatible-Forester-Connectors-Aftermarket/dp/B0DDPXCV9R/ref=sr_1_3
>>2973181>DO NOT cut your factory wiring harness.basednext step up from this would be figure out what connector your car uses and find the mate for it and then whatever crimp terminals you need for the housing and wire size and make one up. but most people cant be fucked with that.
Just bought my first car used, and the "leather" on the shifter knob is crumbling to bits. I'm thinking of putting some black epoxy clay to sculp back the shape in the missing cavities, but does anyone have a better idea? I've done miniature modelling with stuff like that before, but don't know how I would float the surface smooth
>>2970056probably easier and cheaper to just go to the junk yard and pick one.
why not go for a shifter that suits you?
>>2970059>There is a thread called >sqtddtot which is where questions like this should be posted in the future.tranny jannies don't enforce it. the entire catalog is just one big sqtddtot.
thread a billiard ball on that bitch
>>2970056Pick 'N Pull or whatever the local equivalent is.
I got this shell spiking tensioner device just recently and have been wondering how I should set it up at my desk.I had this idea to suspend a rod with a spool or two of jute twine or cotton for spiking my rocket headings.The bucket on the bottom holds glue so the string is pulled through it.My question is how do I suspend the spools from the desk so it's more robust than this yet easy and quick to break down so I can easily get back to using the motor press in the background?
I got an arduino kit a year ago for free on a raffle, it's an Arduino UNO with a bunch of components, it's been sitting inside my wardrobe for a year because i don't know what the fuck to do with it.Any sugestions on something cool i can make? I have a 3D printer as well.Doesn't need to have a practical purpose, it can be just for fun...
Piano buzzard
>>2972253You can make an arcade cabinet with one of those and run a bunch of emulators on it.
>>2972253sell it before people realize it is obsolete (bought by a big brand unlikely to find it commercially viable)or save for the next generations of troons to gawk over in a 'retro unboxing' 3d video
I went through a spell a few years ago when I was getting into flight simulator. You could make some control panels with them. I didn't have a 3d printer though so I made all the faceplates by hand. The throttle quadrant in the middle has slider pots with their levers sticking into a drilled hole in the dowels. It uses a joystick library so the game recognizes it as a controller. The other two panels require fsuipc and mobiflight to interface with the game. Really fun way to learn about this stuff. I've been wanting to rebuild them I've just been too busy with other things lately.
Solve an argument I'm having with my wife: Old bucket of paint, has been sitting for a few weeks. Is this mold, or paint separation?
>>2971570dumbass>>2971672moron>>2971842ah, this one is the literal retardyou people are unsalvagable, just go to your local hardware store that mix paint and hang around for a while, ffs
>>2971514Im glad I don't have a wife, paint in cans will last decadesmoldlolWOMEN (and retarded 4channers)
If it'll grow mold in the can, it'll grow mold on the wall. The shit that evaporates out of paint when it dries is less hospitable to mold growth than what remains on the wall.All of this to say, it's not mold. Just mix it.
>>2971514>>2971519>>2971521>>2971522I don't know
>>2971548Only if she has a penis.
Does anyone besides Milwaukee make a Shark-style molding bar with the wide smooth long end *and* a dimpler? Or conversely, does anyone make a tool that's just a little dimpler piece?Trying to get both features in one tool so I'm not carrying two nearly identical things on my belt, but I can't find another one, looking for options and Milwaukee hand tools are hit-or-miss.
>>2972406Dewalt has a ton of different sizes and options for that type of claw bar
>>2972414Yeah the Dewalts would probably be my first choice of the omni-tool brands, I like the styling, but they too don't have the wide bar and dimpler on a single tool.
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how nuts would I be to buy a POS like this?Never worked on any RV shit, but I'm an old carpenter and have done all my own auto-repair.I hear nothing but horror stories about new RVs, no matter how much they cost.or thishttps://sfbay.craigslist.org/sfc/rvs/d/milpitas-1995-coachman-rv/7909649068.html
>>2972831>>2972831it's like, it fails completley at what it's trying to do, becuase no matter what you do it's a cramped piece of garbage, and then it fails at being a functional vehicle as wellit's a complete loss in every single way that you can look at it.
>>2972832you'd be better off getting a box truck, honestly, and making an actual apartment inside than playing this absoultey retarded fuckshit game with muh RVyou guys gotta think a little better. you do a lot of diy shit, but you're not any different than the anime retards or the fit retards with their cable machines, and so on.it's so funny how you see thecommon strand accross domains, while everyone in that specific domain thinks they're qualitatevly different from the others. but you're all the same. these are just essentailly random forms you inhabit. your core is identical, you're moss.
>>2972833you can whip a box around with an epic skylight, pop the door when parked angled towards any view you want, have an unobstructed open space inside, park it anywhere discreetly. do anything you want.and you wanna play around with theese pathethic junk, cluttered boxes designed in the comparatively braindead 50s when they were throwing aboslutely any kind of shit at a wall in the nascent mass consumer culture and a dime a gallon gas prices. come on, man. get realdo a real fucking project for once
>>2972308>What is the goal here?He wants to cook meth.
They're total sacks of shit. Depending on the brand I'm sure you can get one that's mechanically reliable but the rest of it is pure garbage. Heard nothing but horror stories from owners. Coworker had three of them, two new and they all have the same problems some kind of way. Even worse some of them are made with no foresight for how certain stuff is layed out. One of his, shit tank is way in the back and is so close to the ground it got gouged by a curb backing it up and dropped however many gallons of piss all over the Walmart parking lot. Other two had a combo of bad roofs and bad floors from the water damage. All your accessories and appliances are going to be pretty low quality and if they're decent odds are good the manufacturer has managed to fuck up access and plumbing if they ever need repairs.>>2972833Box truck could work especially if it has double doors on the back and not a roll up. Seen a couple site offices built out of 55ft trailers that had a wall and regular door set behind the trailer door. Would be a fair bit of work to insulate and they command a price as work vehicles but that'd be how I'd do it.
ive used two big ass wrenches, some WD40 and me jacked friendit dont move, help bros
>>2970538Former cycling Pro here. Be sure you are rotating it in the correct direction they come off counterclockwise on the drive side, clockwise on the non Drive side.You can also try heating up the metal of the frame around it with a heat gun not a propane torch.If it still doesn't come, then one thing you can do is you put the bottom bracket tool into a vise standing upright and then use the longer lever moment on the frame to unscrew the cup
>>2970559this is 100% the problem and it's fucking hilariousI always attempt tightening something if I can't loosen it>can help break a seize>maybe i'm retarded and it's supposed to go clockwise
>>2970538Need a good penetrating fluid applied and given time to soak in.I used acetone + automatic transmission fluid, but supposedly Liquid Wrench is about as good.Then you will need a long lever. I had to use a 5' metal pipeOR if you have access to an impact wrench, that will probably do the trick.Of course, make sure you are turning in the right direction!
>>2970559>Correct, but...Makes no sense to me, btw, just like pedals; it should tighten the same way it rotates (so it can't come loose from friction/seizing, regardless of how unlikely).
>>2972962>it should tighten the same way it rotateits exactly backwards
What should I use for diy kitchen backing that's better than this peal and stick shit that's all over amazon? Hopefully some product exists that I'm missing that's easier than all the youtube tile suggestions involving stripping the paint and using grout/adhesives and leveling nightmares too. I've never tiled a kitchen backing but I'm sick of mine and all these seem like they fall off people's walls in a week and look like rotten ass irl compared to the sales pics.
Dear tile masters, I posted a tile question in the SQTDDTOT.>>2971022didn't want to hijack OP's thread.
what are the tile layers?>drywall>mud>steel mesh>tileDid I get that right?How do you space the tile?
>>2966365Bruh grout isn’t that hard.You can do it right or you can do it twice.
>>2966998I hate tiny tiles because of autism but this is clean as fuck. Good job.
bump for tiles
Is it possible to modify a bikini so it falls off after the wearer wears it underwater for a few minutes or so? There's a lot of YouTube videos of people pranking each other by giving them a "dissolving bikini" and then laughing when it falls off in the water but most/all of them are fake and the bikini doesn't actually fall off. I could only find one dissolving swimsuit for sale online, it's a one piece and the reviews are somewhat mixed reviewers say you must size up, Fabric did rip a little (before it was wet?), No bra padding, making it obvious it’s fake, Threads holding it together dissolve, not the whole thing. Still fun, even tho my wife was 99% sure what was going on…especially after we had to stretch it hard to get it on, but even after 10 min swimming in the lake only the sides had partly split, advertised.....Less than a minute in the water and the seams came apart. https://www.amazon.com/Dissolving-Swimsuit-Girlfriend-Bachelor-Swimming/dp/B0CR5HC6YHThere's a YouTube video by howcast about this https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=cV0esyopY_Q with ten million views that states you should just take a regular bikini or one piece and remove all stitching and replace it with "water soluble stitching" and says it works fine in a sowing machine.What kind of water soluble stitching should you use specifically? What kind of bikinis or one pieces will fall apart best without stitching? Ideally it should match the color of the original stitching, dissolve quickly and uniformly and should not rip prior to being worn in the water the stitching ripping when the bikini or one piece is pulled onto the wearer before going in water.https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=VBq5W1wCRj8https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=asg3hoJPYH4Video review of that swimsuit from AmazonHe recommends a type of thread in the description and says he colored over it with a marker so it blended inhttps://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Xq8tk0uLX2g
>>2962804Here’s what I don’t get: if they are so smart, why can’t they get a proper haircut?It’s like that superhero dr Manhattan, if he’s so alll-powerful, how come he can’t erase that atom symbol from his forehead, shrink down to a reasonable size and materialize a tracksuit so he’s not naked. Maybe he did, and it was made out of dissolving thread and it’s gone now after he went swimming.
>>2970482>why can’t they get a proper haircut?All 4 have a proper haircut. What they don't have is a stylist spending an hour doing their hair and then the photography assistant spending a few hours in photoshop making sure the picture looks perfect.
>>2962804>300k salaryyeah you wish
>>2962697> No bra padding, making it obvious it’s fake, What? Unpadded/unlined swimsuits should be the only swimsuits there are. Besides the obvious, coomeristic reasons, it’s also much more comfortable, if you have the least amount of fabric, so it won’t take forever to dry, once you’re out of the water.
>>2962697>Unpadded>Fake>t. never been to the beach/pool/watched water sports compst. never seen a padded one...
