Not all the time, but I keep getting random loads, especially whites, where the clothes come out the dryer with 1-2 splatters of small black spots. I have a top loader washer and a dryer. The dryer is starting to squeak during use. Could this be bearing grease? I don't think it's mold as I've left wet paper towels in the area and they don't get moldy after a day. If it is bearing grease, is it fixable or do I have to buy new units?
>>2971707It's the dryer with the steam sanitize nozzle. I just wiped up the zap degreaser and it was a mess of black and blue splotches on an area that 'looked' clean. I still think I need either a new dryer or a professional to come out and fix all the seals in case any of that was leaking in.
>>2971710You could remove the nozzle and disable the feature, but you'd have to disassemble the dryer.
>>2971697Do you have a pic of the spots on your clothes?
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>>2971775To add to this, I am 99% sure it's oil or grease blobs. I washed a large white sheet (as seen in the pic) and touched one of them and smudged it and it caused a line.
Cool free shit on Craigslist/FB marketplace
>>2971945>but i really need less junk in my lifeYou sure about that? Do it..... flatbeds are the best! Maybe it'll reinvigorate your will to live!
>>2971948appreciate the kind words frenwell see which way the winds of shit are blowing tomorrow
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>>2971949It's all gonna be ok fren. My hot take on it is if shit really is going down and the economy is tanking, then I might as well trade my fiat bux for some good steel and iron while the gettin is good and the funny money still has some value. >>2971962As a land owner, nothing pisses me off more than people that litter.
>>2972060>As a land owner, nothing pisses me off more than people that litter.I have a 5 mile loop around my neighborhood I walk every day and every, single, day, I get at least one Wal-Mart bag full of litter :(And I live sufficiently in the middle of nowhere
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.
>>2971661It’s actually crazy to me that age discrimination is illegal in some places yet it always has carveouts to make this legal. Why can’t I just identify as an old man that’s seen enough shit and go live in sunset hills.
>>2954248I'd agree that small, prefab homes are probably your best bet. Mobile homes and shipping container conversions have terrible insulation and you'll be paying out the nose to heat and cool the inside.
>>2954235The land is just as expensive as the house honestly. The further away from the city you go, the cheaper the land you can find.>>2954248Like this anon said. A small prefab house is probably your best bet. They're relatively cheap, easy to set up, and are decently insulated compared to mobile homes and converted shipping containers. The main issue is getting utilities hooked up.
Does anyone know of any websites that have architechtural plan resources? I want to build a cabin or even geodesic dome on my property, but all the resources I can find are $500 priced glamping airbnb stuff.
>>2954235Buying a used RV.
I can't get my hands on anything remotely resembling a vacuum pot where I live, not even online.Realistically, how feasible is to weld two containers together and suck the air out of between them so I can cook meals for virtually free?I already use a food thermos to passively cook pasta, rice, noodles, but something like the stanley pot would allow for bigger meals like stews.
>>2970303It's a matter of heating the temperature of something to a specific level. Then it is done. The "problem" with stovetop cooking is most of the heat is not transferred to the food, but lost through the walls and top of the cooking vessel, thus you have to keep adding heat. Moreover, the max level you can heat water to is 212. The idea behind these cooling vessels is that you are able to transfer all the heat to the food and none is lost through the top or sides, making it far more efficient. It does work and that's why it's been used for hundreds of years to cook with.
>>2970327This. If Stanley made something like their crock pot and added electric to it like those electric lunch boxes, it would be lit. The hottest those crock pots get is about 170F and goes down hill from there very quickly. You're not cooking anything in 170F in those big pots.
>>2970327>It's a matter of heating the temperature of something to a specific level. Then it is done.Sure, but the chemical and physical changes that occur in food when we "cook" it are endothermic so getting it to a certain temperature takes a lot more energy than the textbook heat capacity of that material would imply. A bucket of 100C water doesn't have enough energy to cook an appropriately sized input of vegetables.
>>2969813So the vacuum is in the walls of the container, not where the food is, right?
>>2971887>A bucket of 100C water doesn't have enough energy to cook an appropriately sized input of vegetablesIt does, in fact. Remember, anon, that when you raise a food to a boil in water, you are also raising the temperature of the water in the food itself because the food is mostly water. This is a common method for making hard-boiled eggs, for example. You put the eggs in, raise it to a boil, then cover and remove from heat. The eggs will be fully cooked in about 12 minutes with no further heat added. Of course there are limitations. Your food pieces have to be of a uniform size. You can't cook a whole potato this way. This method of cooking is for stews and soups where the pieces are bite-sized.
Well I made a thing today. Started with a fiskars paper corrugator, but it wasn't sturdy enough to corrugate a beer can. Knocked out the axle stubs and replaced them with some 1/4" drill rod and then drilled the end plates and built the frame. Little bit of lapping compound got everything running smoothly. Cleaned that out, greased it up, welded a plate top and bottom and added a 1/4" socket so I can run metal through with a ratchet. Works bretty gud. Top piece is a beer can ran through once. Bottom piece was run through once, then turned a 1/4 turn and run through again just to see what it'd do.
>>2970489>What are you planning to make with the corrugated metal?When I see corrugated metal, I think moldable heatshields.
>>2970912can you make something that bends in both directions like a hose
>>2970560im really supposed to believe this is how these things are made
>>2970798just make it as big as the sheet and use a hydraulic press then it's time efficient
>>2970368dang that is cool nice work
or "whore stories" if you have any.butt mostly "deals gone bad" and how RE Agents fucked someone, or you, and how The Process generally sucks ass and should be fed into a wood chipper.I need these examples, and I figure this is best place even though not technically DIY, I'm doing a project that needs this info from mostly a DIY friendly perspective, not a Trophy Wife perspective.Thx in advance, when my Project's true nature reveals itself you will like it.Bascially, right now, I need examples to show a few people how the existing "Process" needs to mostly end and be replaced with new regime.
Borrowed money from my parents to buy a house. We aint rich, it was 60k that they inherited and refused to invest.>Realtor needs proof of funds, which we provide>Realtor does not pass this along to bank that owns the property or her boss>Contract almost falls through because of this>I get snarky emails from realtor's boss about how any idiot can say they have 60k>Have to scramble to fix their fuckup, while at work.In the end the realtor did slip me a $50 home cheapo gift card, which is more useful than an apology. I truly hate bossbitches though, they think leadership is rudeness and operating off assumptions.
>buying my first house in June >use the inspector my agent recommends (whoops)>doesn't check the AC because it was "too cold to even turn the system on, couldn't risk damaging it">it was 50 degrees that day>doesn't notice that the freon line inside the house has been cut, even though he flagged several other issues with the ceiling in the basement right near it>ends up costing me $1500, my agent says there's no way he could have possibly checked it and I should be lucky an AC repair isn't more expensive >after a lot of yelling at people, my home warranty eventually reverses their determination and covers the whole thing out of a "gesture of goodwill" after I give them even more money. I'm finding a male agent ext time, fuck women.
>>2971891My realtor tried to hook me up with her daughter and I should have accepted because she's a model now
>Poor as shit but I can read a room>Economy is recovering after the 2008 meltdown and I know housing prices are gonna spike>Paying half my income on rent/housing insurance>Fuck renting, I need to get off the treadmill>Work with RE agent and clearly state my desires and price range>Small house, big lot, pre-1970, fixer-upper, not in a cookie-cutter neighborhood, limited road noise>He keeps showing me 3-4-5 bedroom homes that are too large and well outside my price range>Tiny lots, huge garages, newer homes, big developments, near major highways>After refusing a ton of homes over several months he pawns me off on a junior agent>I tell her what I want and she's able to find several of 2 bed/1 bath homes on the marketI ended up with almost exactly what I wanted. A 1950s fixer-upper ranch house in an old neighborhood on a decent sized lot. It was the smallest, cheapest home on the street. The only major upgrade was someone installed vinyl dual pane windows at some point. Half the lot is a backyard for my dog. Its quiet enough that I generally don't hear anything with the windows closed. Total I was paying for the place was slightly higher than the rent in a duplex of the same size. A few years later I refinanced when rates were low and it shaved 15% off of my monthly payment. Meanwhile, the place I was a renting is now charging almost double what I was paying. Renting is a fucking scam.TL;DR find an agent that is hungry, not chasing big commissions. Buy whatever you can as soon as you can. Rents keep going up but your mortgage stays the same.
real property should be exchanged over a handshake between the owner and buyer with the paperwork assisted by the county clerkinsisting that the transaction be buffered by 2 premenopausal holes is beyond irrational. and then allowing them to collude to maximize their 7% take is insane the entire thing is fucking wack
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?
>>2971514I don't understand the question
>>2971514Does it matter? It's unusable either way. Get rid of it and stop arguing about stupid pointless things.
>>2971514Does it taste like mould?
>>2971842>t. Never heard of a mixing stick
>>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
>a piece of the sink siphon is leaking, need a new connecting piece>store doesn't sell them individually, have to buy a new siphon set>install the new part>now the top of the siphon is leaking
>>2972058Sounds like you didn't clean the parts properly or you fucked up the seals (if there are any).
I have made an anti-grav device in my humble shed.
>>2971880>faithDoesn't apply to science. Only reproductible results.
>>2971821I assume he has a family and they are suffering from this obsession?
>>2971627>That russian video clearly shows something hovering from electric spin/electromagnetismWhy exactly would anyone sane trust anything that came from Russia?
>>2972054>anyone saneFester be not sane
>>2972049>I assume he has a family and they are suffering from this obsession?He is the type of loser that family gave up on and cut off all contact with him a long time ago...
If you have a successful from home business, share your business plans with anons that want break free from the wagie matrix.
>>29693631) Find out where the affluent suburbs are in your area.2) Find out when the councils are picking up discarded furniture.3) Rent a van on the day before pick up and go pick out the best bits you can4) re-sell it on marketplace with a little to no refreshment5) Profit
>>2969363>>2971604Also, retirement homes/villages. Keep an eye out on those. When a codger kicks the bucket the family usually throw away all the shit asap so they can sell the apartment. You can get a whole apartment of furniture in one spot.
>>2969363Not viable now, but my self-employment business model for 6 years was selling hardware kits on Etsy for homemade nerf blaster designs. I sold off the assets and tools to move overseas a few years ago and Etsy has turned itself into temu-lite so it's not a usable platform anymore. You would have to setup a web storefront with a different system like ecwid instead. Final year of operating the business I cleared $250k in revenue while having no employees and producing everything out of a shed in my backyard. The hobby has kind of fell off into the deep end though because manufacturers eventually caught up to the market demand for higher performance designs, so there's a lot more competition now. The hobby community also became a cesspool of drama and infighting too, so I'm glad I exited when I did.
>>2972003Kigurumi masks are still selling high on etsy though im not kurigamist lolIf opt for tindie though thats for makers and way less flooded
>>2972010yeah you'd know about that fucking disgusting kike
what a girl do: Sprinter egr, serpentine belt, grill replacement, oil level senor replacements
>>2964455ayo she cute
>>2964455isn't this the ex mythbuster that got turned to mince after a crash at mach-fuck?
>>2964455new meme format?
>>2964458fpbp>>2964462>>2964467>>2965487>blocky skull>wide-set eyes>long neck>pronounced trachea>large handsMight be an invert, might be a tranny, but definitely 100% XY male genetics
>>2969225>isn't this the ex mythbuster that got turned to mince after a crash at mach-fuck?Nah that gal was Jessi Combs. Not too bad looking either.
>spend 4 years apprenticing under master furniture maker learning esoteric black magic japanese joinery and ancient craftsmanship >make master grade table using said secret japanese techniques to absolute perfection >put it for sale for 100 dollars >zero interest on it for 2 years >go on instagram >some 6.5/10 woman in yoga pants puts a S4S piece of poplar wood from Home Depot through a Dewalt planer and then cuts it on a bandsaw into an ugly cutting board >sells them for 500 dollars+has 150k subscribers its not fair i hate this world
>>2970233theres a girl who says all her poops have been pre bought by standing orders
>>2970127>master grade table using said secret japanese techniques to absolute perfectioncan we see it
>>2971817>can we see it>Principal SkinnerNo.
>>2971824wutit probably doesn't exist
>>2971950That's what I was implying shittily with my Principal Skinner meme... Now that I'm at my desktop computer I'll post the real meme.
>Customer complained of weak fire and smoke backing up into the house
>>2971908Collect heatsinks out of old electronics and attach them to your chimney
>>2971909Thankfully I have not a real fireplace but a big cast iron thing that feeds into the old chimney so I don't think it drafts much cold air
There's this firestation YT channel and most of it is chimney fires in the homes of retards that don't do the mandatory annual cleaning. Of course they are never charged with anything. This way it continues and they can use it as an argument for banning fireplaces.
>>2971959>chargesRight because your house burning down isn't punishment enough. You also need a fine that if unpaid will land you in jail if you can't pay because you lost everything. What made you like this? Mommy didn't love you? Daddy beat you daily? Are you an orphan raise by the cold bureaucratic hand of the government?
I burn random shit in here too just for fun
Need help/advice.Symptoms were:-loss of compression on pistons 2 and 3-gurgling sound heard inside cabin (sounded like air bubbles in the water running through the heater matrix)-some white smoke exiting the tail pipe. Not a lot of itI've removed the engine head, convinced that the gasket was burnt. It seems fine (see second pic). Now, I have to buy a new gasket (I was counting on this) but, because the old one doesn't seem burnt, I don't know the origin of the problem. So I could end up reassembling the entire thing, just to find out the problem is still there. Help
>>2970990>That's not where you measure the piston clearanceThanks for the tip.Not gonna remove a piston, though. It's beyond what I'm willing to do with this car.
>>2971131>I can't remove the block and I'm not going to remove the pistons.So are you going to part-out the car, or scrap it?
>>2971131>Still, the gap and ovality don't explain why I hear a gurgling sound inside the car.A bad block would. Cylinders do not wear like that normally. If the block is warped, it would cause the block liner wear like you describe and also cause your combustion leak/coolant burning problems because the lack of flatness acts just like a head gasket/warped head. This is common in the 4 cylinder ecoboosts, but I think less common in the zetecs (you said earlier it wasn't en ecoboost), but that is what it sounds like, anon.
>>2971150>So are you going to part-out the car, or scrap it?Nope. After all the work I had chasing this problem, I'll buy a new gasket, assemble everything and get the engine running again, just to see if the problem was the gasket or not.>>2971206Today I cleaned the top face of the block and checked it for flatness with a straight edge and feeler gauge. Looks perfect. I've also run my finger inside each cylinder, looking for cracks. Couldn't find any.So, I guess I still don't know where the problem is coming from.I know that the head has reached 126 centigrade a couple of times. That's 259 fahrenheit. Maybe that could explain something.And it is a zetec, not an ecoboost. From what I've read online, they really fucked up with the ecoboost.
>>2969367>-gurgling sound heard inside cabin (sounded like air bubbles in the water running through the heater matrix)If the engine has an EGR valve, replace it in the process. They don't last more than 75k miles and will make this noise or sound like you have an exhaust leak.You can temporarily fix the noise by cleaning the EGR valve with brake cleaner.
>DIY youtuber filming & posting their project>they use tinkercadcan someone please help me understand why half of DIY engineering youtubers' go-to 3d modeling program is an imprecise, enshittified mess made for kids?
>>2959200Solidworks is dog shit
>>2959224This.Why can't you just have it drill m5x6 here, cut 10cm diameter x10 there; not even a simple library of most basic standard shit people use daily. Heck, was trying some pretty bigshot softs (rhino, etc.) a while back and they couldn't even do mixed tolerances (e g.: +1,-0) or metric and imperial at the same time.It's all completely unintuitive retardation.>>2965492Lol
>>2971414This is the major cause. I suspect that the same people who made he cad program, also test it them self. And that way they end up concluding that their software is very intuitive. There are a couple of good ones out there, but sadly many of them are behind a pay wall. But i do understand people use tinkercad, its very easy to use. And they keep adding features. They do still need to add an easy way to round edges and corners. Otherwise i use DesignSpark Mechanical.
>>2971851>Chamfer x from here to here>Dove tail xyz from here to here>Etc.Btw, word in the industry is pretty much high end cad=russian coders (e.g.: nurbs, etc.), but i guess project managers is where it gets fucked.
I will power the circuit with s potato and nails on tinkercad.Problem?
