Boiler stopped working, the ground wire from the switch was disconnected and the plastic cover thing was burned to char..Good news the heater works fine when I connect the wire, bad news I don't know why the plastic cover burned in the first place and I don't want to die in an electrical fire..Could it it have been sparking because of a poor connection?
>>2990108This.It looks like that terminal block has a few spare spaces. Move connection to a new one.In fact, terminal block looks to be mainly empty. Maybe remove and replace with something more appropriately sized.
>>2990123i put the terminal block thing just to connect the wire from the switch to check that the heater element was workingbut yes, i'm retarded, i remembered i heard some buzzing sound the weeks before, which was obviously the sparking from the poor connectionso i guess i'll sand the charred crap from the metal plate and change the wire
>>2990151Use a pencil eraser or DeoxIT instead of sandpaper. Put a thin layer of dielectric grease on the spade disconnects to prevent oxidation and arcing.
>>2990151A wire that has gotten that hot has most likely been damaged, it will be brittle and prone to future failure. The safest bet is replacing the heating element since it's clear heat damage has occured to it(burnt connector area) and cut the wire a few inches back from the visible damage to ensure you get past the heat affected area.
>>2990192Never heard of that but makes sense
Opinion on picrel (left) for garage/general use bench (Vevor/SuccBuy on AliExpress/other on and offline shops). Comes in many sizes and configs (drawer/tool plates/wheels, etc.) which can go into well over 400€, but looking for basic one for around 150 €.Plus:• Rated for 2000 lbs• Adjustable height• Steel span across length• Power socketsMinus (?):• Solid wood, but, on closer inspection, looks like it's small bits of wood glued together.Alternative would be also picrel (right) feet/stand good for 1000 lbs, in combination with either of the two boards (three layers treated 27 mm pine/single layer 28 mm pine). Feet would be rotated for stability, like this (topview): [ / \ ]Plus:• Actual full length boardsMinus (?):• Height not really adjustable, though I could buy taller feet/add a piece of wood between feet/bench. Not a tall guy though and being able to place downward force could actually be a plus for a lower bench.
>>2989923>1 1/2 inchesBtw, that shit claims to be steel, but it's actually just a wooden board wrapped in a .5 mm steel sheet... I've reported it.
>>2989922250 € negotiable, bench seats included. No need for it and would hate to ruin it has a workbench, though.
>>2989922How does one diy large threads? Just draw it out on a dowl and start carving?
>>2990234Roy has got your covered.https://www.pbs.org/video/woodwrights-shop-screw-box-wooden-threads/
>>2987122Wat
Alright my niggas, I'm considering buying a house that was trashed for around 600k, the house sat open for years and had coons living in it(both 2 and 4 legged). It's about 2500sqft.There is mold throughout the whole thing and every piece of drywall needs to come off. Basically the entire house needs to be torn down the studs.In theory the property is worth about 1-1.2million after repairs but obviously there are a lot of repairs. Anyone here ever do a job like this? I work full time so I'm going to need to pay someone for the demo at least as I dont have time to do it. I figure once it's ripped up I could technically move in as I don't mind living in construction but it's currently unsafe to spend time in.
>>2989885if the house could be rehab'd for a profit the current owner would do that instead of selling it to you.
>>2990007where I live, having an existing foundation and permitting does not make things easier. Once you remove a certain percentage of the existing structure, you basically have to start from scratch regarding permits, fees etc. The cost of pouring a new foundation would be offset by engineering and inspections etc. if it was that simple it would have been done, just hire experts before jumping on this.
>>2990019bro are you dumb? im not the op
>>2989885>it's currently unsafe to spend time in.The mold will be in the ductwork too, not just in the surfaces, floorboards, or sheet rock. So your entire HVAC system might be shot and can't be used.I lived in a rental for only 2 weeks that had black mold in the HVAC system and it gave me bronchitis for 6 months and I developed allergies I never had before.
>>2989887Fpbp
Any brassworkers here? Can this threaded end be repaired? I have no idea if this is NPT or BSP but I tried buying a replacement and it doesn’t fit in the compressor fully, it screws about halfway then stops causing air leaks If I can identify the threading then I could possibly buy a new one Big end 1/4”small end M5
>>2989712That’s what I did first but the threads don’t fit so I’m guessing I need NPT instead of BSP or do the teflon idea
>>2989954is the mating fitting brass?if so clean everything flux it screw it together as much as itll go then solder it solid
good thread tape.cover with pipe dope, including the face you've fucked.thread in. let set for an hour.That doesn't look tapered and that has a sealing face. So it's likely NPSM. You've damaged the sealing face Dope and tape still might work.
>>2989998Sorry it didn’t let me post the pic before.
>>2989710Good Idea
In short, has anyone here looked into Wolfia Globosa as a food to grow in the limited space I have. Does anyone here have experience with it, or thoughts about it in general?To get started I'm planning to grow it in a wide metal washbasin I have, covering it with plexiglass roof and mosquito net sides to keep rainwater and insect away from it. It's a small tray though, so I'd need more space to grow any significant amounts of it. All hydroponics basins I've found are made of plastic, and I'm worried that with Globosa being an excellent bio accumulator it would also be excellent at absorbing microplastics into it. I'd need a total of 4 square meters of 20cm deep water, so where could I get large, wide, non-plastic basins for it?
>>2986640It is indeed excellent at sucking up all kinds of things from the water - which is why I'd rather not grow it in microplastic-seeping containers.
>>2987836If stainless isnt an option you could always go with glass, with a simple wood frame around you can use the thinnest glass at some €30/m2. >>2984238Silicone aquarium caulk? Super strong no microplastics and it’s toxin free because exotic fish are very sensitive
>>2985781that ai crap? lmao
>>2984579Duckweed can rob oxygen from water sources and suffocate all life in it as a result. It is just "an eyesore" but is a legit ecological hazard left unchecked.
>>2984027Duckweed is already global
Why did YOU get into this? Any and all stories are appreciated. For me it was watching Gilligan’s Island and seeing how the professor could make anything out of anything, and then seeing how almost all the props were simple things I could make. But then I went down the rabbit hole and learned “this is the right way” and “this is the wrong way” and it just became a hobby, lifestyle, and career. Seems dumb but I’ve always been curious as to what your origin stories are. Best wishes to all of you, and thank you to all for all of the knowledge I’ve learned on this board. Some of you have put food on my table, and I can’t thank you enough.
>>2989481Nice clock Ahmed.
>>2989523i was kinda autistic about making my repaired shit look like fresh and polished so yeah no loose wires hanging out.
>>2985877My parents work in the contruction industry up until 2005
Only at 25 did I learn anything about construction or woodworking or anything diy really.Grew up without a dad mostly. Worked in an office and got completely sick of it. Insane dread when I walked into the office. Decided to just do something completely different and went into the trades. Had to learn the complete basics. Ended up doing it for a few years. Learned to weld and stuff like plumbing and woodworking.Now I'm an office slave again but do all that diy stuff on the side.
>>2985877Looking at the price for very basic machined aluminum
So, I recently bought a new house, and there are some trees that urgently need to GTFO. I own a chainsaw, laders, a pole saw, felling wedges, ropes, pulleys and winches. I feel fully confident in my ability to take a tree down all on my own. My main concern is that the biggest one is kinda touching the powerlines just a little bit. Looking at it, i feel like MAYBE it's not really that big of a deal, because the lines are probably insulated. But then again, I have also watched enough 3rd world retards getting cocked from the inside out, that I'm kinda actually afraid to even touch that tree at all? What do?
>>2990074If I was the power company, I’d *love* to be able to cut down trees in the way of power lines willy-nilly, so I’d take every opportunity to do so since others are going to be tree huggers and we’ve got no time for that.
>>2989143Call the power company.Years ago my mom's boyfriend tried to be the tough guy (note: not the smart guy) and do a bit of tree trimming rather than call on the professionals whose job is to keep wires in the clear. He climbed up a tree in his yard to trim branches that were touching the wires. We heard weak shouting for about 5 minutes before we went out and looked up and saw that he was about 12 to 15ft up and had a death-grip on a small branch and was clenching his teeth. He was obviously experiencing some discomfort and had trouble speaking. It looked like he was having a seizure. A neighbour saw this and ran over with a fibreglass pole and knocked him out of the tree. He fell to the ground bouncing off some of the lower branches. When he recovered after a while he said he gripped the branch to prepare cutting it and said he felt a queer sensation of heat and vibration but couldn't let go. He was lucky.
utility arborist here, though not YOUR utility arboristcan you show me more pictures of the lines? quite possible that they are just secondary lines and thus would not do anything if you touched just one (probably just 120-220v)if there is no burnback or scorch on the leaves when it crossphases then it is most likely a secondary/comm/house drop and not distribution>what if it's transmission lines!!brother you dont have fucking transmission lines next to your maple tree in the front yard, the tree would have either been removed or caught on fire a long time agoif the lines aren't distribution then you can probably just work them as long as you dont cut through the wires obviously. if you have an insulated pole saw or some insulated loppers then have at it.if these lines get all tangled and then connect to a house line an umbilical cord then you are good to go, if the crossarm on the pole says "HIGH VOLTAGE" then they will kill you if you touch themgood luck!!this is not professional advice and working within 10ft of the power lines requires ISA utility line clearance certification and training etc. etc. etc.
The utility companies trim near power lines in Commiefornia for free. Why not just call the utility and let the wage slave do it with zero risk?
>>2989150Facts
Let's say you are lazy af and want to design your own house.How would you design a self-cleaning or easy to clean bathroom? Say, a bathroom that you are able to clean fully using pressure washers, window cleaning robots, UV lights, cleaning soap dispensers (like https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oX5AAiwpiz8&t=265s) or whatever, and then using something (a big fan maybe) to dry it quickly.
>>2980126OP here. Tbh I was asking about both toilets and whole bathrooms in general. >Hydrophobic surface coatings can help reduce skid marks and the like underneath the water, but anything that dries above the water line becomes difficult to remove.so hydrophobic materials don't work on fecal matter? above water?>>2980226that's kinda what I was thinking of. waterproof/metals/plastic materials, drains, and powerful fans + good, well thought out ventilation.>>2986341kek. I can imagine that.
You guys are overcomplicating the fuck out of this problem . Asians figured this out centuries ago. You don't need space age materials or automatic cleaning cycles. You just make a bathroom out of concrete or tile (Japs use plastic) and put a drain in the floor. When you take a shower you can spray down everything in the bathroom, the toilet and sink etc. There you go. Self cleaning.
>>2977937The light that comes off them is much more damaging and cancer causing than your wild-harvested uvc. It also makes ozone which kills everything and gives hella cancer as well.
>>2989242For the past six months I've had a Toto washlet with pre & post mist, using what they call EWATER+. Pic is how they describe it.Premist is good because it means any poop that touches the porcelain above the water line is less likely to stick/more likely to get washed down by the flushing action.Postmist is good because it's kind of spraying down the bowl with a weak bleach solution. It uses the same stuff for the nozzle self-cleaning routine.I still clean the bowl with a brush as part of my bathroom cleaning routine, but it pretty well stays clean on its own.
>>2977937They're worth it IMHO
Terra-Nu cards?
(These are the word lists I discovered while working on the project. I often enter strange paranormal states during the process — for example, I somehow left the word “ART” out entirely. Okay… >>>)
>>2990068Lmao
bushes are growing towards my potting bench, looking for tips on controlling growth.
>>2979781Shears. Or spray with a mixture of gas and used motor oil.
>>2983684The freeze-thaw cycle here will turn that into a mess of rubble after a few seasons. Patching looks terrible.
>>2989409Well just repave it every summer. Problem solved.Or dig down to a depth of 59 feet, and fill it all on with cement. A giant chunk of cement 59 feet in depth will stand the test of time.
>>2979781Get a loppers or hedge sheers and cut it all back, then a spade and hack the roots up. Mow around it. It isn't really a complicated issue. Or just get some flags, liner and gravel instead of mowing itI've made a big greenhouse and one half of it is a potting shed/tool storage/cooler temp greenhouse. It has a concrete floor so I don't have to worry about weeds growing around my potting bench. It's pretty cool but it cost me over 2k to make. The solution can be as complex or simple or as cheap or expensive as you want it to be
>>2979784Nice
Be honest and why /diy/
>>2990200The ugly part is air circulation and just how many problems cutting into it brings in.
stair case storage.more distance from neighbors.
>>2990224That's the thing, the smaller the space no matter what, you are always going to have a much reduced natural anything.So it more becomes that unless you live in like the perfect most climate, you will always have to micromanage your living space with various equipment, humidifier, dehumidifiers mostly, ac, heat, air intake and exhaust fans.If your square footage is less than 200, you absolutely need forced air circulation and you just have to deal with full climate correction.Like there is not enough air volume inside to disapate your humid breath and co2 production, you have to force it.Sure containers amplify the need at first but whatever.Yes, cutting into it requires a welder. I did a door in mine and it wasn't that bad just stitch weld a steel frame in and caulk over it with window weld. Kinda the same way with windows or anything else really, either weld in and seal properly or for wiring pass through, glue on a junction box and do the pass through with at most 2in holes
>>2990223I love those
>>2990223>Hyper>Super>adobeNo clear criteria for "adobe" clay, too soft to bond with steel or FRP reinforcement, huge mass creates huge seismic forces, subject to vermin tunnels, stinks, not water resistant
There is a retard making graffiti in my area and I'm tired of seen it. I called the city services and they are useless, they only cleaned a couple of them and did a piss ass job. No one does anything and I'm tired, I want to do something good, but I don't want to damage the buildings. The motherfucker painted bricks, marble, plastic, stone and basically most materials you can think off and you can't treat them the same way.Also if you know some way I could catch him and give him a scare. I think he goes graffiti around night-morning because I hear loud music around that time but I'm not sure and I want to catch him red handed.
>>2990307thieves, vandals and rapists are out there doing their thing in spite of all risks, while you're sitting in your house, wishing them death on 4chan of all places. I think I'll take the thief/vandal/rapist side in this one.>>2990360>Buying meth/fent/40 isn't providing anything to anyone.It is providing to oneself, and it actually takes some effort to get your fix when you're struggling with addiction. If you remove these people out of the pool you'll be left with bunch of sadists in power and bunch of faggots cheering on someone else's death until it's their turn.
>>2990423>while you're sitting in your houseWhy yes I do have a house. Thanks for noticing.Yeah I'm was just sitting here all day long waiting for your reply... Nah I was out changing irrigation water on the farm, fed cattle, had a couple mamma cows calve this morning, sold some hay, got a hydraulic hose made to fix my Exmark mower, got an oil seal and fixed a leaking axle on my Troy-bilt horse tiller, and got the garden 90% tilled. What did you accomplish today loser?
>>2990456>What did you accomplish today loser?Nothing and I'm still a better person than you lol
>>2990357I accept your concession.
>>2988360Well said
Diy sand test. Is there anything tequila bottles can't do?24 hours to the result.
>>2988742fair point
>>2988727>Is there anything tequila bottles can't do?Bail you out of jail after you get to the end of the bottle.
>>2988735>i'm guessing
>>2988742>Be young kid me>Go with father (arch.) and colleague (eng.) on fieldtrip to check site>Eng. needs to check soil density>Drops iron rod onto soil>Rod is hexagonal; ref. is for round barThere were such times when you had to do it all with your brainputer; conversion tables, at best.Doubt he'll need such calcs, though; just ball park value.
>>2988743Lmao
This is what is supposed to be a vent in our kitchen that connects to the apartment complex’s ductwork.In non-burger units it’s a 100mm vent hole. The cut is about 11.5x10.5cmThe owner before the previous owner was a fucking tard and did this shit, so it’s our problem now. We want this fixed ASAP as this is a ductwork that is also hooked up to the bathrooms, so shit smell will occasionally come into our kitchen.Any suggestions?The supposed original hole going to the ductwork is kinda awkwardly placed as you can see, being obfuscated by a metal beam.
>>2990379How does this keep the stink out?
>>2990384Haven’t had the chance to experience it yet but the valve is quite tight with only a tiny gap so I believe it should mainly keep the air going one direction.If ever, we will add a check valve later. This is only a temporary solution as we may add a walk in pantry in this area of the kitchen, with the vent placed at 45° at the top.
>>2990392>the valve is quite tightWhat kind of valve?
>>2990397the exhaust valve seen in the picture.
>>2990379Nice work
I'd like to make my own chess set. I have zero woodworking knowledge.
i think it would be cool to have small magnets in the center of the tiles and pieces, so that the pieces snap to.if you wanted to could even make all white squares 'north up' and all black 'south up', with all pieces holding neutral, unmagnatized metal, except the bishops so that they cannot move from one color tile to another.
>>2983507not nearly the same thing. a chess set can be anything. shotglasses and shotgun shells make equally servicable chess sets.
>>2988255Make all the pieces one pole and the board the other.
>>2985668This
>>2983472Square dowels, two stains, wood glue and wood clamps, for the board. Pieces are harder, but you can whittle them or but a small lathe and only whittle bits of them (knights).
