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Alright I've been having a hell of a time trying to find a simple design for a post based wood crane. It's not going to be handling heavy loads, it's to help lift me groceries up my rather steep porch cause I'm lazy. I had some work done and had the gents attach a post. Now I've salvaged the painted post to the right of it for potential reuse. I plan on getting a cheap winch and then mounting it either on the unpainted post or the painted which I plan to make the boom. I had planned on using a swivel base, but I was rethinking and they don't do well with the sheer that the design would cause. So do any of you old bones know if what I can use to do this? I'm not deadset on using the painted post.Note that the base is only bolted to the rail so this crane cannot accommodate much of a load and it isn't going to be used for that. The winch will be hand powered
>>2953811I understand most basic physics. Calculating their true limits is not something I'm seeking to do so I'm starting with a required low amount of weight and then picking a mechanically safe design. This is why I didn't opt to pick a lazy susan plate as I researched and found that they have modest at best shear force handling. There will be no heavy loads on this, it's for groceries not cargo.
Ok so I had a splash of inspiration. I think I'll use a square pipe flange on the post, then get a bit of metal pipe cut to the width of a board and threaded, then add a three way pipe fitting onto to tightly hold the board in place (add washers on both flange and three way split to spread force over more). Should be the easiest simple way to get a rotating piece that works I think. Also means the 2x4 would be the limiting factor and can recycle the three way to feed the winch line. Bottom of sketch is what I'm thinking. Also it should be sufficient to secure the pipe flange with lag bolts right? Again 75lb max load hereThoughts?
>>2954307Oh let me correct myself. Was thinking of another idea. No need for lag bolts for this, but out of curiosity anyone know how I can figure out the "strength" of a wood screw. Just need a theoretical value of force they can take
>>2954307I guess I should also double up the board to mount in that pipe piece so that it's twice as strong as well
>>2953726
/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
>>2949932because its low pay and low class in the US.
>>2949952Shit, that’s true. Low respect low pay kinda embarrassing when girls ask what I do My brother does office work and gets mad respect as a career
>>2949749those long flat inserts dont look like theyd hold well. the og little wedge shaped ones work really good. just get the widest cut you can stand
>>2922997picel confuses and enrages the button pusher
>>2922997I spend my day correcting my programmers' mistakes. All fycking day they don't hit the tolerances, or they wanna rapid into the part, or they wanna put some stupid feature in the wrong way, or they won't fucking program rebores. I'm so tired. Boss won't do anything abt it, so I just put the drawings back in the "Needs Program" bin and leave it for the next guy to deal with. We are back logged like crazy right now and I couldn't care less. I get paid to run the machines, not program them, yet here I am doing the programmers jobs for them.Picrel machine was programmed to face the part but not turn the OD, finishing pass would have crashed. Had to reprogram it to chase the extra material. Fuck this gay-ass earth, fuck these gay-ass parts, fuck stainless steel, get born, Eat shit, and die.
Cool free shit on Craigslist/FB marketplace
>>2949720I just took it apart, cleaned it and oiled it xD
>>2950098Good job anon. 90% of fixing shit is just degunking and cleaning stuff up so it can work properly again.
>>2945951Wow what a neat lamp :))
>>2952429Looks like he wants to give more away than just the lamp.
>>2945951not free but cheap. wish i had somewhere to put it
>you are an Congolise laborer making $10/day>this is your work truck>you have trash and lumber as readily availible materialsHow do you make it better?
>>2950534I don't. It's already perfe-->>2951011based /o/ oldfag
>>2950534The Jew in me thinks I should have them made in China and sold in Africa. Offer financing.
>>2950534>In 2008, chukudus were selling for US$100 with a cost of materials of nearly US$60.[7] Similarly, in 2014 they cost $50 to $100 and were used to earn up to $10 per day, in an area where most people live on less than $2 per day.[1] A 2014 article estimated a cost of about US$150, which a driver could pay off in about six months, earning $10–20 per day.[8]Goddamn even the wooden nigga scooters have to deal with inflation.
>>2950534https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sUlRnb8OfNE
>>2950912yeah im sure blacks have gotten less lazy in the past couple decades
what work gloves are you guys wearing? need new ones
>>2949303Thinking about getting a pair of Vermonters soon. Can anyone who owns them speak to their reliability and longevity?
>>2949748Take it easy, Mike Rowe…
>>2949303ive been using these gloves. they are pretty decent, and have an inner liner thats comfy against bare skin.i bought more expensive gloves from a local store and fond their dye get on my hand and half of them dont have any liner.
>>2952192The real funny thing is he doesn't do enough actual hard work to wear gloves, therefore his opinion really truly doesn't matter. Anyone really busting their balls doing hard work knows that gloves are a necessity for hot and sharp things.
>>2949415these look like they should have been stitched out of human skin
Thread suffered metal fatigue: >>2939202>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/ohmOPbake at page 10, post in old thread>Comprehensive list of electronics resources:https://github.com/kitspace/awesome-electronics>Project ideas:Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>2954271I used to have a bunch of teflon wire I got out of some mainframe. It’s, like, impossible to strip and it’s not notch sensitive.I have test leads from the 1950s, I think they’re partially made of neoprene. That is good stuff.I have more recent ones from pvc that already went hard and pieces cracked off. Even some pvc from panasonic and philips have disintegrated. Silicone generally says flexible for hundred years, t makes great test leads but it is very notch sensitive.
How do you tell if solder has flux in it or not? The local surplus place has got some 1 pound solder spools in but I don't see anything on it that says if they have flux or not. They have several different makers. Most of them are leaded, which they make plain, but nothing about flux
>>2954271>Why do people use silicone wiresthey're tangle-free so are great for probes, headphones, power cords for anything that moves; like tools, soldering irons, etc>>2954313>How do you tell if solder has flux in it or notif it doesnt say on the package, then it doesnt have itif you ask for an inch-long piece, you can melt it and see if brown gooey stuff emerges
i'm trying to build flex-rigid pcbs but it doesn't seem like kicad has great 3d visualisation support for bending materials. i can pirate altium so costs doesn't matter but it does seem the grass is greener on the other side as a beginner. the tutorials for flex pcb is plentiful. am i shooting myself in the foot by moving to altium?
>>2954215Still works, amazingly.
Last Thread: >>2948802I Can't believe its not butter 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.
>>2954300>I don't need the AMS thingfor one filament type per print? no you dont
>>2954301No, for sand casting.
Why does everyone and their mother prefer Orca/PrusaSlicer to Cura?I've been using Cura for ages and decided to try PrusaSlicer about two weeks ago and it's nowhere near as powerful as Cura. Sure it slices way faster but the interface sucks and there's twice as many useless options and half as many useful ones.After I got fed up with not being able to dial things in I tried Orca which is a bit better - the multiple build plate setups thing is awesome - but it still doesn't let you control half the shit that Cura does. It feels like these both are for newbies that can't be trusted with settings and Cura for power users that want to tune everything, but everywhere you look everyone says it's the opposite.
>>2954305a lot of the orca slicer settings are more powerful, if you can find them and figure out what they do.cura just gives you a long list of things to change, while orca assumes you're either going to use the basic shit offered, or KNOW what you're looking for.you're basically being filtered by the orcaslicer equicilent of the cura "reccomended print settins" menu.
>>2954315lol okay bro>no way to configure 0% infill trees only 1 wall thick>no way to apply brim to only tree supports not part>tree support first layer is considered infill so it sometimes prints walls first sometimes prints infill first on build plate and there's no way to affect it>support interface doesn't have enough settings to eliminate small lines on internal radii, only way to prevent it is to only support at 90*>density settings shown in both percentages and line spacing in different places>jerk settings (or maybe something else I'm not even sure) interact with fuzzy skin making it insanely slow>no way to force travel within infill only, limited settings to control travel routes in general>default line width settings are trash and pumping up the base line width to a strong 125% nozzle diameter trashes them further, requiring you to go change all of them when they should just scale properly>speed settings are the same way>duplication of a bunch of settings in between Material and Process>no settings for Z hop speed at all, it's always tied to retraction>half as many retraction tuning parameters in generalComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
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>>2954243how would I hold the speed square as a guide and also have both hands on the saw :/
>>2954213I did all thisYou want a pretty powerful shop vac, and some pipes made for installing central vacuums, plus a few bends. It works great, i use it every year
>>2954254https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qiPi9ZwgwZA
>>2954254https://www.harborfreight.com/collections/woodworking/clamps/6-in-ratcheting-bar-clampspreader-64154.html
Is a pinecil decent to solder something like a custom keyboard? Or is it a meme?
Please wait a while editionPrevious: >>2939599>New to /ham/? Read this shit!http://www.arrl.org/what-is-ham-radiohttps://www.fcc.gov/wireless/bureau-divisions/mobility-division/amateur-radio-service>Your search engine of choice works well too!>The FAQ is now back:>https://wiki.cybsec.io/index.php/HamFAQ>OP, the cybsec domain is gone.>NEW FAQ is updated to preview 15https://files.catbox.moe/aftx43.htmComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
Roger beeping.Yes or no?
>>2954176there's a guy a couple miles from me that rants on GMRS almost every night. non stop cursing and slurs and whatever. he's been reported to the fcc many times. FCC does not care about enforcing any rules if you are not some company or corporation.
>>2954196it pisses of sad hams, so YES.
rofl found some random retard on UHF that has vox left on or her ptt is pressed against her bag and at some fucking church choir practicelmao. shes dropped so much drama on the local karens. theyre singing fucking church songs and shit my wife and i are losing our shit over this
>>2954258That's pretty funny
I am jerry-rigging a 40 watt guitar amp up to a 750 watt inverter connected to a 12V LiFePO4 battery. There's other effects pedals too. All run off the inverter. Need suggestions on where I can go to test this out with the volume cranked while running a decibel measuring app on my phone to get some idea of how loud the 55 yo 85 decibel volume is. Some kinda wide open space where no permit is needed so that its still legal to try it out there would be ideal. Any suggestions on where to go other than some beach that nobody visits?
>>2954273Barstow, California.
>>2954273Sqtddtot
>>2954273try it out in the nearest subway terminal
Replacing Struts With Shit Tools Edition
>>2952646>you should use a very light coating of anti seize on the pad tabs and where the piston makes contact to avoid squeaking.outdated advice. auto manufacturers told their mechanic students to stop doing that a few years ago. i dont care that youve been working on cars for 30 years, that just means you probably havent been to a brakes class in 29 years.
>>2952650not according to Power Stop.I only heard that modern brake shims prevent squeaking. but i live in the rest belt and a small application cant hurt anything
>>2948435You do realize this is how like 95% of race cars get aligned right? I think they might be more concerned about tire wear.
>>2951627I managed to fix it, it was blindingly obvious when I popped the hood that the pipe from the air filter to the throttle was loose. I could hear the hissing sounds. I pushed it back on, cleared the code and been fine since. No idea why it did that, maybe I knocked it changing my starter.
Swapped the rear differential in my Mazda last month. Only major repair I’ve had on the car in 90k miles. Now I’m paranoid about getting at least the life of the tires out of it. Ran some Techron into the fuel 2x, tomorrow I’m going to pull out a bit of the engine oil and replace with crankcase stabilizer for a few hundred miles before my next oil change. The diff I put in was used and now has about a thousand miles on it so I will also charge the fluid once more with Royal Purple 75/85. Front transfer case too. Finally the throttle body. Should I bother changing the ATF fluid + filter if it’s never been done before? Heard it can create problems where there were none
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.
>>2954235Tiny home 100%, it's like a trailer but more durable and better insulated for harsh weather. Hire a pickup truck bro from craigslist to move it when you get tired of your renter. "Mobile" homes always fuck you with the space rent and you can't really move them.
>>2954235the actual home usually isn't the valuable part of real estate. anyway a quonset hut probably fits your needs.
>>2954253Based quonsets
>>2954235yurt
How much of a pain in the ass would it be to have one or two engines and swap onto a generator, air compressor, water pump, winch, etc?
>>295426210
>>2954262doable but if you have to ask...1st logistical assache to consider would be the motor base mount
>>2954275I definitely don't know how to do it yet, but I'm trying to figure out if it's worth spending the money and time to learn how. Like if it's simply a matter of fitting different shit to a drive shaft and can be done in less than 30 minutes... probably worth it. If it's requires almost rebuilding the thing? Probably not.Just working with limited space and funds.
>>2954276If you had everything running off of pulleys and belts it would be fairly simple. You'd have to make sure the pulley on each piece of equipment had the correct ratio compared to the pulley on the motor. You'd also have to build the correct mount on each piece of equipment to properly align the motor. You could also use a step pulley on the motor to make it easier to find the correct ratios needed for each piece of equipment. After that it would just be a matter of pulling the belt off, moving the motor, bolting it down, and fitting the belt again.That said, pulleys can get pricey and fabbing the correct mount can be a pain in the ass.
and it didn't cost me no 50 bucks as le kuhnepix.
>>2954074t-shirt and jeans. no sunglasses or hats. just don't fit the tourist dress stereotype if you're trying to avoid prying people. >>2954029>I just want to see Giza,if you had a john anthony west / egypt phase, or used to listen to rogan, then yes, seeing the pyramids would deliver in the feels department, but you should try the temples in lower egypt also because a) you wouldn't deal with as many people and b) much more potent old egypt vibe (i mean look at that shit << )>>2954079I like the design, the knipex would be better, but couldn't rationalize paying $125 for it.
>>2954219Yeah that looks impressive, as for sunglasses I would need to wear them because high sensitivity to sunlight.Your country has such rich history it's a shame they make the visiting so stressful for tourists. I'm more of a backpacker and every other travel vlogger complains how annoying and aggressive everyone around tourist attractions is.Fuck even that food reviews dude that goes everywhere got harassed by the police for filming.
>>2954234>Fuck even that food reviews dude that goes everywhere got harassed by the police for filming.yeah I watched that episode too. they had his backpacks laid open on the floor because he packed radios. it's a bureaucracy sure, but i think even that guy would appreciate the irony of having security tightened to the point of harassment, because the underpaid 2 digit IQ security people are trying to .... protect tourism. i think the key is to not do too much thinking beforehand. we have a saying here "if you look too closely at what you're eating, you won't eat it", which i think sum up the whole experience. I won't even tell you to pack your own toilet paper because we use pressurized water instead.
>>2954246That sounds horrible.
>>2953505mine were free
