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On a scale of 1 - 10. How difficult would it be for someone to build this structure on their own? No plumbing and I would hire a contractor for the concrete slab and an electricity.
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>>2786895
How hard would it be to DIY a pool?
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>>2787349
it depends on the type and finish. You can dig a hole and throw a liner in it and call it a pool.
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>>2777588
??? You don't need a crane to build a house let alone a pissant shed like that
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>>2777588
I did this alone.
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>>2777250
If you need to ask online, you don't have the skills to do this on your own. If you are not proficient at carpentry it will take an insane amount of time and it will also look like crap.

Is there any reason I cannot do this to save some space in my small apartment?
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>>2786800
not if you played the videogame Nier:Automatica
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>>2784566
our toilet water is drinking water, unlike in your third world hellhole
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>>2789755
>xhe drinks toilet water
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>>2783055
>"Damocles washing machine"
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>>2783055
Do you use a stepladder to reach the controls?

*blocks your path*
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>>2789794
BTFO

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hi /diy/
I was trying to turn a gourd into a water bottle but as I was trying to break the dried out pulp remaining inside of it, it cracked and broke a piece. I tried to put it back on with some superglue and will sand the differences later, but would it still be safe to use as a water bottle after I seal the insides of it with beeswax? will the superglue melt when it comes into contact with the melted beeswax as I coat it? what should I do?
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>>2786887
literally just google food safe glue
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>>2788650
read the thread
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just get a new gord? and dont crack it this time?
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>>2788648
>Gourds have been used as water containers for millenia.

True but millenia of experience teaches that that crack is nature's way of telling you that the gourd you chose is not well suited to becoming a canteen; like any naturally grown material they all have their individual quirks.

>Its not that it costs much, but this one was given to me by a friend who lives very far away so for sentimental reasons id rather use this one if its still safe

Nice while gourds actually aren't cheap at all unless you grow them, when you work with them it's common to have them get damaged and when that happens it often makes more sense to start over and salvage what you can from the undamaged portions.
Personally I would do something like picrel by slicing it to eliminate the cracked portion, and then cut a circular base from that discarded part...you could probably cut that and another shallow bowl- like shape from it to use in some other craft project.

PS: Next time, once you've cut an access hole to get the seeds and inside junk out fill it with water and let it soak for a few hours to soften that pith so you can scrape it away gently with an appropriate tool (a sharpened spoon is good) rather than trying to pry and break off dried material.

Also lay it on a pillow or bundled blanket to support it during that process and only scrape the lower supported portion so tool pressure and gravity help stabilize it, rather than holding it with one arm wrapped around it applying pressure to hold it in place that will crush it if you go too far.
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>>2788366
>I'd just start over with a new gourd (how much does a dried gourd cost? can't be much).

An intact bottle gourd of that size/quality usually runs about $15-20, they really aren't cheap at all because they aren't as easy to grow as one might think, take up a lot of growing space and water, and only a select few end up large, perfectly shaped, insect damage free and aesthetically pleasing.

https://welburngourdfarm.com/products/bottle-gourds?pr_prod_strat=e5_desc&pr_rec_id=b2730253a&pr_rec_pid=8215860674868&pr_ref_pid=8215828037940&pr_seq=uniform&variant=44817826283828

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Anyone else do their own HVAC and refrigeration work? Working on this 1960's Westinghouse dehumidifier right now. Changed oil, switched to r12a, added a filter/drier, but seems that the capillary tube is partially blocked. Head pressure soars and thermal overload trips. Once that is replaced should be good for another 60 years of service.
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>>2788396
Air dam thing
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My fridge has been dripping for months and I'm too tired to look into it
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>>2788399
What refrigerant are you using?
What wattage is your compresser?
What psia is your compressor?
What kind of control circuity is driving your compressor?
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Also insulate the suction line. You dont want engine bay heat getting into the refrigerant.

>>2788766
>What refrigerant are you using?
r134a
>What wattage is your compresser?
idk
>What psia is your compressor?
varies with rpm
>What kind of control circuity is driving your compressor?
>>2787970
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>>2788551
Either the drip tray is missing or tilted severely, your house is way too humid, or your fridge seals have a large leak.

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The question is not "why" but why are you not building a BATMAN entrance to your basement?
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We're in hell
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>>2787567
Not DIY. You aren't building one. This is a fantasy thread not a DO it yourself thread. You don't even own a home.
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>>2787567
do you have any idea how annoying it is digging through dirt and roots and concrete? it spent the last week digging a trenches and burying landscaping lights. it was awful. i will never do that for fun.
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>>2787567
Because I live in a floodplane
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>>2787808
another window next to the door would do wonders

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For 38 bucks how bad can it be?
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>>2788816
>Implying anyone on this shithole website will actually use their tools a lot.

Whew lad...
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>>2788626
If you’re guessing and are tempted to buy it as your first 1/2” gun, you probably don’t have a compressor large enough to get near that 250lbs or whatever the actual max is.

Also cheap air tools are cheap to make. They will work, but not great and not for long. It’s not much cheaper than all the other store brand bottom end guns.
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Git gud at finding deals, scrubs
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>>2788626
I got one of those from harbor freight 20 years ago free with an air compressor

It makes impact wrench noises but it won’t break anything loose

It mostly takes air spins it around the anvmand purges it into the air

I can almost smell the Chinese oil smell you get when you run this now even 25+ years later

Pro tip don’t buy harbor freight air compressors
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>>2788626
Torque Test Channel. Go there.

Pneumatic tools also need decently capable compressors. The shit compressors are for tires and blowguns (important and valid uses) but my air tools sit because cordless are that much better.

I have two 5HP industrial compressors ganged and feeding an industrial receiver tank but dragging hose is an annoyance so I use that for blasting.

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Something like pic related, but with more modern things like ESP32, LoRa, etc
Projects for things that can work in situations as simple as the power grid being off for some days, or mesh networking a farm, to the end of civilization.
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There is nothing related to survival based on that. Are you high? Maybe a door shotgun trigger.
I mentioned using an electric shock instead of primer for gun and what did i get? a ban.
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https://www.w4npn.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Crystal-Sets-to-Sideband.pdf
But you wouldn't get it.

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I hate the phillips screw
these black little shits always break, bend, destroy and spoil
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>>2785353
Can the janitors please stop being so fucking lazy
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>>2784904
Used by automotive engineers to fuck mechanics six ways to sunday, retards at BMW motorrad had put them on the immobilizer antenna on the ignition lock, the problem is that all the antennas were getting fried when disconnecting the battery, the cherry on top is the medium strength loctite to lock the anti unlocking bolts. It took only 7 years to fix the problem and switch to a new antenna.
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>>2784842
>I hate the phillips screw
im with you bro.
Robertson square heads for life
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>>2787159
Most ignitions have some sort of security bolt these days. The one upside is that it’s in one of the few spots on a car where shit doesn’t get rusted and seized. I’ve run into those snapped off ones a handful of times, Dremel a slot into it or hit it with some Cobras and it should come out.

Picrel shows the snapped off screw with the slot cut into it holding the ignition module on this thing.
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>>2784855
Whoever out there using Hex and phillips needs to be check for mental retartation

What do you recommend should be in it?
I'm talking about a base starting point toolbox ready for basic every day fixups and such.
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>>2789551
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Im actually 100% serious. Get a tool caddy for it and you even have little holders for your small stuff
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Trying to figure out what anyone is expected to do with pic related. It's some various clips, a magnet, a hammer holder, and a coozie. Throw the shit in your junk pile while you drink beer and contemplate how your life went so wrong?

>>2789551
>pipe wrench
>channel locks
>screwdriver
>leatherman
>utility knife
>tape measure
>two adjustable wrenches
What job is he doing?
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>>2789569
These are terrible. The inside fills with shit and it's too heavy carry comfortably. Fucked up my shoulder/10
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>>2788927
Definitely a Swiss Army Knife, even when you have the "better" versions of the included tools they're handy.

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any idea what kind of tech i need to make these kind of stickers? cutting by hand is an option but not desirable as i'm a left handed freak with a shaky hand, but will consider if reasonable
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>>2789525
>have you considered going back to wherever you came from?
Have you considered going back and reading the sticky?

>>2678730
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>>2789547
all of those were complied with. you are a retarded faggot who fucks dudes for free
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>>2789547
Here. please no bully since Im gay.
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>>2789524
Are you a sales representative for g00gle or something?
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>>2789628
>for g00gle

NO!

I love getting done with a day of clearing, raking and burning and then a giant rain comes along and washes it all clean

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Been seeing them frequently in the bathoom and basement. I heard they eat roaches, mites, and other undesirable pests. should I leave them alone?
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>>2789388
>they eat pests
As with spiders they are inherently useful to have around in a general sense but I still don't want to have them running across my face while I'm trying to sleep or hiding in my shirts in the closet. I go months between encountering a single one of either but when they're out in the open instead of eating the niggers in the walls then they -become- the pests, and are either killed or relocated outside chosen based on my convenience and the severity of the offense at the time.
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>>2789388
They're friends but if you see them in your bedroom, squarsh em

Also, seal up wherever they're coming from
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>>2789406
kek
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>>2789406
this is my problem with all bugs that kill other bugs. don't scare me but climbing on me when i don't see you and we have no problem.
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>>2789395
more like crack and leaks, which again cause other bugs to come in.

i wanted to change the gas spring of my office chair and have a really hard time to remove the upper part from the lower part of the chair. i saw a video where a dude just hammers it from the top with a steel rod but that is difficult in my case because it gets blocked be the metal thin that hold the backrest. so i thought i could use a wrench that has a good form to press on to it from the side. but because the spring has a button, which i cant press down anymore, it is stucked
still no success when i hammer it, so did i fucked up every possible way to remove the spring of any othere ideas how i can remove it from the bottom side? thanks
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>>2789349
if you are throwing out the old cylinder you can pipe wrench it, i guess
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>>2789353
yeah i tried the pipewrench as well, nothing it just damages the metal outside of the cyclinder
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just buy a new one u fuggin moron
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>>2789360
i need the money for drugs and the chair costed 300 buck 8years ago.
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got it not with the pipe wrench. thanks for the video. was quite rusty inside. have a fun weekend everybody

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Hello,

I recently had a locksmith come to my house to open an older gun safe that I had and forgot the combination to. He drilled a small hole about 1/4 inch to 1/2 inch wide through the door and unlocked it with a borescope. Nothing of particular interest was inside, but now I have a nice safe with hole on the door next to the dial.

Is there anyway I can patch up or remedy the hole to at least make it look like nothing happened to it? I was thinking some kind of industrial putty and maybe smoothing over it before repainting.
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>>2789460
kek that proves nothing except that you are not only a samefag but a newfag as well. you got busted, get over it.
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>>2789460
>screenshots and posts it
Why?
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>>2789460
suck a bag of dicks
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>>2787579
weld a plate over the hole.
done in 5 minutes
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You could put a bolt in the backside of the door to prevent future breaking if you are really worried. And a magnet on the front to cover the hole. It'll probably be less obtrusive than anything else as no safe should be a show piece.


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