So I just found out you can get infinite amount of raw unprocessed sheep wool for free. Apparently all the value is in the processing, the wool itself is a nuisance.What can be done with it? Feels like insulating a house would be a great way to use it but there must be some catch right?
>>2954027You could always go ahead and clean it up good, spin it into yarn, then sell it for "infinitely" more than you paid for it.
>>2954027Leave a few big handfuls around your neighborhood every few days. In a couple months you'll be living in a weird hairy environment.
>>295443210/10 idea, very whimsical
>>2954044Lanolin is used as a flame retardant.
>>2954427Or you could take that homespun, dye it with walnuts, and knit a sweater. To spin it, you just need a stick with a disc and a hook attached to it. To knit, you need 2 pointy sticks.
and it didn't cost me no 50 bucks as le kuhnepix.
>>2954396>>2954400>>2954402>>2954404>>2954472> same triggered anonare you ok? do you need some (You) attention?
>>2954529Hey man its just some internet troll check out these sick pliers i got instead they are so cheap
>>2954538>>2954529>>2954482>>2954472>>2954404>>2954402YOU FUCKING KIDS BETTER STOP MAKING FUN OF MY CHINESE KNOCKOFF PLIERS THEY ARE THE ONLY THING KEEPING ME GOING ALSO THEY ARE VERY CHEAP 50 BUCKS
>>2953513holy crap you weren't joking >should we try generating a better image >no our free version of GPT 3.5 is out of tokens
>>2954582Hey dont talk shit about pit they make the best 50 dollar jeet knockoff pliers ill fight you
There hasn't been an /hbg/ thread since the site got taken down. Tell us about your latest batches, recipes and experiments. What is your definitive summertime beer?
>>2953462I poured the yeast on top around 10/12 hours ago, no bubbles still. You think the yeast is all dead since its from 2019 or just wait a full 24/36 hrs? Also how would I even know its oxidized? The juice smelled and looked fine desu
>>2953558>You think the yeast is all dead since its from 2019 or just wait a full 24/36 hrs?It's dead. I didn't even try my yeast packet but noticed it was larger than a regular yeast packet (it weight 20g) so I tasted it and clearly there was also yeast nutrients in there so I added that in addition to fresh yeast. Whether or not the yeast nutrients included in the yeast packet is still effective I don't know. Your stableizers and clearing agents are gone aswell (unless the included clearing was bentonite only)>>2953558>Also how would I even know its oxidized? The juice smelled and looked fine desuI wouldn't go out of my way to find faults. Me I got white wine the colour of Jack Daniels. Tannins and acidity are hard to taste with all that sugar pre fermentation, but when fermented it should be easy to adjust should it be affekted.
>>2953687Actually surprisingly, the yeast wasn't dead. It's fermenting now. I'm assuming whatever was still alive has multiplied and is now fermenting the sugar, despite being a 6 y/o yeast packetYou are correct that the stabilizers and clearing agents are shot though, I can tell just by looking at them.
I'm planning to mix dehydrated apple and grape pomace, rehydrate it just enough to ferment with rum yeast, then distill. Macerate additional pomace in the low wines (possibly after lactic fermentation since that brings out brighter apple flavors) then distill a second time.Proof down with cider and bottle.Would this work?
Has anyone tried to do a decoction mash on a grainfather?
>>2954533>comfyI don't feel it. In rooms like that feel ancious to do anything that falls under 'daily life' because it could leave crumps or stains. I also feel visually impaired.
>>2954520The problem with this is that it has character, meaning some people will really like it and some people won't. So it messes with the resale value which is the most important thing about a property is its value as an investment.>>2954522Is nicely IKEA catalog neutral.
>>2954533>Clean, light, comfyThat's a nah from me bro... Large, cavernous and open with a ton of wasted space doesn't scream comfy to me...
>>2954520It only looks good in the soft lit photo, in reality its still made of the same cheap sheet rock and the trim is gold plated plastic that flakes off with time.I wonder what the western world will look like in the future though now that we're officially a collapsing empire.
>>2954520looks cool, would spend a weekend there drinking and doing coke>>2954522comfy, would live here
>buying and installing flooring for the first time in my life>want to put in specialty floor from a specific manufacturer that seems to only have one consumer distributor in my country>contact distributor for a quote and the assigned salseman is redflaggy off the bat but decide to just roll with it since im pretty laid back and time isnt a concern>want to do 3 or 4 color tiles in a pattern that is predominantly dark blue>ask for 7 color swatches >salesman doesnt confirm just sends 2 shipments with 5 duplicate swatches (no dark blue) then sends a weird email asking if i got them because he doesnt have a tracking number> tell him about the duplicates and about the missing dark blue, also tell him i would like to see a few more colors because the ones i saw werent working as i had hoped>crickets>2 week later receive an email asking if im still interesed in the tiles>reply with a reiteration of the previous email and a list of 8 more colors i want to see>he replies back with "ill resend the blue but the maximum is 7 you cant have anymorewtfis this a normal interaction ifor this industry or did i just get a dud?thanks for reading my blog
Yeah, it doesn't really make sense
ok so what should i dothey kind of got me by the balls because theyre the only place that sells itshould i just say forget it and hope he doesnt call my bluff, or karen for a manager, or ..?
>>2954339Just go to the manufacturer, clue them in on this interaction, and ask for some help in getting the samples you actually wanted. They will for sure still direct the sale to numbnuts, but I would be surprised if they don't help you out with samples given the chain of events.
>buying and installing flooring for the first time in my life>want to put in specialty floor from a specific manufacturer that seems to only have one consumer distributor in my countrySounds like you already fucked up by being dead-set on the least available item. What kind of flooring is it and why is it so special to you?
>>2954504lineoleumi just think its best suited for this specific, moderately niche, application
AHHHH! i have mice in the walls! i can hear one scurying around once a day. what do i do??
>>2949011obtain snake
I tried losing my mind figuring out some crazy Wile E coyote tier schemes but just trapping the hell out of my house seems to do the trick every fall when the rodents start to look for warmth. Like three times the traps you would think is enough. Brute force wins again.
>>2953616You know, luring cats to hang around near your home with catnip and treats or whatever the furry niggers love sounds like a neat idea.
>>2952588You can make them a bit more humane if you check them frequently enough to notice fresh catches. Put the successful trap in a waterproof container, pour a little cooking oil over the trap to dissolve the glue, take a nice mile-long walk (both to give the oil time to work and to make sure the mouse can't find his way back), and dump the mouse.
>>2952588Just drown em in a bucket of water when you find them, little more humane than just leaving them and less retarded than spending time releasing them after a spa treatment.I use electrified traps and they work well, quick and more humane since it guarantees the kill, though I did have a Chad mouse that escaped one time after jumping around in it like a quantum particle.They also make ones that are CO2 operated with little pressure cartridges, they stick their head in a hole and it bolt guns em, made for outside, predators snatch the carcass, and it connects to an app on your phone for a kill counter.Have done the bucket trap with a little oil in it so they can't climb out but then you got a bucket of slippery rodents banging around to deal with. There's also a vacuum trap that senses and sucks em into a shop vac, but same issue as bucket trap. I'd prefer to kill instantly instead of torturing them.I have a toddler so little bits of food are inevitably dropped everywhere in my house. I had an infestation so bad once that no traps were working so every night I would line each doorway and corridor with dozens of glue traps in a line so there was no avoiding them going from room to room but then had to take them all out before the kid woke up and stepped on one. Lot of work and I considered burning my house down for insurance payout.
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I'm interested in getting a couple dimple dies but I have some concerns about warping panels and what style is better?I think ive seen some that use impact guns and hydraulic presses, I have access to both but I was wondering which is more versitile or which has more problems with warping panels
Which is the superior mill? And what's the best way to use the sawdust and waste if its valuable?
I picked up an LCD computer monitor for free. It has a hairline crack about 1 cm long on it. Is the top layer of plastic on the display replaceable? Its not a touchscreen or anything fancy like that.
>>2954499I bought a set of dimple dies off ebay from a company called barbed wire offroad that matches up with the hydraulic knockout tool from harbor freight. It is by far the handiest way to do a bunch of dimple die work. You drill a 3/4" pilot hole where you want the dimple then use the knockout tool to punch the desired sized hole, then use the dimple die with the same hydraulic tool to actually do the dimpling. If you get an air over hydro power pack (also dirt cheap on ebay) it will save you a ton of hand pumping if you are doing many at all. Of course you can still use the same dies in a normal hydraulic press too. The limiting factor in a press is the throat depth of the press and width between the uprignts. With the knockout tool you could put a dimple smack dab in the middle of a 4x8 sheet of material if you want to. The amount of warpage of the panels really depends on how many dimples you are doing and how close together they are in the panel. How you make the dimples (impact, hydraulic press) doesn't make a difference in the amount of warpage as much as your dimple layout. On my tablet now but when I get to the computer I'll try and find some links to those dimple dies, knockout punch set, and air over hydro setup.
>>2954499Knockout dimple die set: https://www.ebay.com/itm/383397041263Hydraulic knockout tool:https://www.harborfreight.com/14-piece-hydraulic-punch-driver-kit-56411.htmlair over hydro pump:https://www.ebay.com/itm/284995441251
Windmill generate electric with connected other windmill with generate electric rotation bikewheel
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>>2948500Vibe engineering
LOOK MOMMA YOU DONT GOTTA PAY DA ECLETRIC BILL NO MO I MADE UP PERPETUAL ENERGY
>>2948500wat
The fuck
Is there a good way to use one of these as a general purpose crane away from the truck, or some model that's made to do that? Some system designed to anchor and stabilize to either some second tripod or something in the environment?
>>2954197now do something that is big and inconvenient
>>2954340the op never even hinted at the intended purpose yet you still manage to attempt to move the goalposts gin poles are the choice of the discerning man with hair on his chest. pick and place anywhere your pickup will divehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3llYRCPBnhE
>>2953139Weld a 2" receiver to it so you can just slot it into your trailer hitch
>>2954417is the intended purpose not to haul things as big as the bed or even slightly bigger lets see it pick up 1000kg at twice the arm length to pick up a big piano or something when it dangles and swings and the thing risks bumping against the piston hindering the turning of the crank how much do these small trucks carry anyway i think it barely reaches 1500kgs on the good ones and how much of that weight is eaten by the crane who the hell cares about some boomers tow truck
>>2954340>now do something that is big and inconvenientThat's what I have loaders, forklifts, a telehandler, and actual crane trucks for... So no I don't think I will. I can see how normies might find it useful for certain scenarios though.
I am making this pencil topper by layering paper and it’s going to get wider and wider and it’s gonna end up looking like a disk/wheel
I think it would be nice if you drew a happy picture on the paper :)
BumpOP, we would like an update on project topperwheel. Post current status
>>2953334
>>2953334no we don't
Op here: I have not done anything to it for a while but I’ll do some shit to it
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.
>>2954515add flux and remelt them all to make sure they stick. add solder where there's too little. the balls are probably cold joins like the other anon suggests, so reheating will fix that>'m using Kester K100LD Lead-Free No Clean Wire Solderwell there's your problem. use leaded solder or bismuth solder if you're feeling fancy because pure tin is shit unless you really know what you're doing>>2954523good work holding and an arm rest maybe? else hot air as the other guy said
>>2954548i use KEK lead free solder with the same 99.3 tin 0.7 copper alloy as kester K100LD and it's miles better than any leaded solder i've used. it doesn't take much skill to use it if you have a decent iron and know how to keep the tip clean and tinned.
I have an old breadboard and basic stuff with itI never used it before and never tried this stuffShould I try it now? Also have a electronics for dummies book
>>2954515keep practicing. what helped it click for me was remembering to remove the solder before removing the iron. so place iron, heat pad, apply solder, lift solder, then lift iron a second or two after
>>2954553absolutely. i just got into it like a month ago and it's been one of the most fulfilling things in a while. i recommend thinking up some real projects you want to make because those led for dummies projects get boring quickly.
>replace pilot light assembly>press knob on pilot and click button once or twice>flame lights>keep holding down knob until status light starts blinking>let go of knob and flame immediately goes outwhy??
>>2954226He read your post, you didn't read his. Typically a pilot light heats up a thermocouple which tells the system to keep the gas valve open so you don't have to hold down the button. Sometimes you gotta clean/lightly sand the thermocouple to make it work again.
>>2954226>I don't think you actually read my postyes I did. had to relight pilot lights all the time because of the problem. most pilot lights go out because enough air gets blown over a pilot light to cool off the bulb. modern gas heaters are a pain to get to since they basically seal up the burner chamber.
>>2954229So you didn't read the very first line of my post. The entire pilot assembly including the thermopile is brand new>>2954239What are you even talking about? Are you trolling? can't find anything online about a pilot light bulb. Even the AI overview is saying that doesn't make any sense.
Did you verify the wires on the flame sensor are not flipped?
>>2954531Yes.
Thinking about building a small cnc mill for small steel and aluminum parts. I’d like to make the thing mainly out of aluminum extrusions. I was thinking that a fixed gantry design like picrel would be the most rigid, except I’d like to mirror it so there are diagonal braces on both sides and to increase the depth of my work area.Is this the most rigidity possible given the size and format constraints?
>>2950898Need to make it out of steel if you want it to be good the stiffness of steel is around 2-3x stiffer than aluminum. Your best bet would to design it out of an epoxy granite base and 1/2" -1" thick plate weldments to hold the table and spindle assemblies. It needs to be super duper stiff if you want to be machining steel with any kind of efficiency, look at how much mass people add to their Bridgeport and things to adjust the vibrational frequent of the machine. Look at how much mass and stiffness there is on a modern consumer mill, and that is the weakest you should go
>>2953374>look at how much mass people add to their Bridgeportwtf are you talking about? poast proofive been in and around west coast job shops for 40 years and never once seen mass added to a bp mill. with the exception of insurance mandated bolt downs otherwise all of them were simply plopped on the floor and plugged in without complaint. and anybody that claims a bp will chew away with a 3/4 endmill buried 2" deep in steel is full of shit. theyre not a #5 k&t
>>2953374>Need to make it out of steel>Your best bet would to design it out of an epoxy graniteSo which one is it? FYI elastic modulus of EG is about 15% of steel, and while it's a useful material, it's quite a bit more of a meme than a lot of people love to imagine.
>>2950082There's videos of people shitting together 200usd builds capable of roughly cutting steel so shouldn't be impossible.
Use rectangular steel sections, bolt it together, and fill with either cement or sand.Aluminum extrusions are not rigid and are not vibration dampening, they're also too light.
Ah, the Milwaukee M12 Fuel Impact Driver™ .... my beloved
>>2954092Makita and it's not even comparable. I don't give a shit milwaukee, dewalt or bosch drive screws .2 seconds faster of they have 7% more torque because its repairability is simply much, much better than the rest of the brands, specially if you want to do it yourself and want to repair older models. good luck finding spare parts for red tools that are 8 or 10 years old. For demolition hammers and breakers it's obviously bosch and hilti are the powerhouses. Pic related is literally has huge outer shell of plastic only to hide a bosch gsh11 trigger lmao.
>>2954097Lots of typos but wtv.
>>2949038I'm just waiting for some anon to post someone gaping their hole with a m12 ratchet or something along those lines...
>>2952244these things are impressive.We've had one for a few years pumping oil, coolant, water and other misc shit full of tiny screws, nuts, swarf. You can buy replacement impellers as well, we replaced it once.
>>2941187>HackzallSame, love mine
ITT: amusing nicknames that tradesmen use for their tools / parts / supplies / whatever. I realize it’s not strictly /diy-related, but a lot of tradesmen frequent this board. Cable linemen call this lube “camel spooge” because it’s gooey and orange. Really funny to watch it blast out of a conduit with an air compressor on the other end.
>>2953954Knee deep in FAGs today
Black asshole
This is a tool to pull bottom seal on along a garage door panel retainer. The official name is a Weenus.
>>2954455Are these the plugs that come with wire receptacles?
>>2953944>>2953217>>2953125this shit got me laughing way too hard
