>big house>big property
>>2994970everything between 3/4 and 10 acres is just a miserable patch of weeds to chop
2700sq ft on 5 acres of land40+ treesmowing takes 2 daysleaf collecting takes a month
>>2995024then just don't chop them, let the land go back to it's natural state
Protip: Don't get a "big" property that's sloped.You think you'll just grow fruit trees.You think you'll eventually get around to terracing it.You think you'll build a deck that'll make up for it.You won't.Get something 10 times smaller at 3 times the price per square foot/meter but flat.Trust me.That Land is cheap for a reason.
>>2995128my property is sloped quite aggressively but its rather small. would never buy a large property that isn't flat
I have a feeling in the future houses "decorated" with solar panels like this with complete disregard towards looks will be a mark of an impoverished area
>>2994532the overwhelming majority of cost is labor
>>2994750Roofs? Yeah maybe, framing in general ya maybe. Wood is "cheap", but no labor is almost always cheaper than materials. No I'm not talking about car mechanics, or electricians running wire, or plumbers installing pipes. Obviously they get, and should get, more then what it costs. I finished a job roughly 2 months ago, big one. We framed the addition and the pm asked us if we would want to set the windows and door. "Ya ok" I already had the window/ door schedule so I knew how much it cost. They spent 235k, we made roughly 27k to place it. So no a lot of times it doesn't work that way.
>>2989366>owning a house>"impoverished"Not in Canada, my friend. Both of those terms are mutually exclusive to each other.
>>2989505I made a post once about how the internal combustion engine won’t be something the average consumer will be using in next 30 years and the two people who responded were powerful angry and not too bright. One actually said that was impossible because he worked at a shop that repaired lawn equipment and the vast majority of the repairs were of small engines lmfao.
>>2989505Brvtal TRVTHNVKE The angry spergs replying to this prove you right.
DIY freebiesWhat neat stuff have you found on Craigslist, FB marketplace etc. lately?I just scored 101 retaining wall bricks today. Gonna use em as pavers tho
>>2991390>found a nice set of pliers at a German flea market. >I cleaned the rust off with citric acidI'm watching your show, right now, Gerolf
>>2987899I live in a rich neighborhood and "donate" random shit that I don't need by putting it on the curb.The stuff that I throw out goes in the bin. Donating to whoever picks up from the curb is just simply easier than having to load it and drive it somewhere like a charity shop or whatever, plus finding a place that will take it especially if it's furniture for example
>>2989099>I picked up a bunch of beekeeping stuff this morning.OMG BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEES!!!!
freebies the best I ever got was a 4 pack of IKEA metal legs. they're on my desk now so can't complain too much
Bought a 1996 Quigley conversion F superduty from a guy today and he gave me an extra battery, and then threw in 2 arctic cat snowmobiles and the trailer they were sitting on.
I have a sofa like this one, sides and arm rest are wood it's hand crafted and mediocre quality, bed bugs are in the sofa, I want to douse everything with very hot water, I have a big balcony I can move the sofa to dry, is that okay? Climate is pretty hot rn and sunny, 300 if I leave it out for a day or two will it be safe and completely dry out? Or is soaking it in 600+ water going to do irreperabale damage
>>2994943Congrats on the new roommates! Hope you've learned a valuable lesson from taking furniture from the trash. You now have to get your whole residence treated by an exterminator, sleep with diaceametous earth around your bed and start storing all belongings in plastic bags and freezing them overnight, including clothes and books.
>>2994974>>2994999>>2995016i used a french thing called Enviroscab, claims to kill them on touch, i just ordered some of this diacemous earth, i also cleaned all my clothes and bedsheets and pillows at 70°, i think my bed is safe because i've been sleeping on the sofa a lot, i sleep on the bed and nothing happens now, if they come out they should touch the enviroscab thing, and soon i'll get the diacemetous earth and should hopefully kill them within a few weeks, i live in a small apt so it's just the living room and the bedroom that need to be safe, i'm hopeful for now, i'll be able to spray this diacemtous earth pretty much around the entire house and from what i read in theory should fuck them up pretty well, thanks anons
my plan is simple : always shower hot water + soap before sleeping on bednever sleep on sofa for now i skipped like 2 days and should be like 2 days before i get the diacetmeous earthonce i get diacemetous earth, spray that shit all over the house, then sleep on the sofa, whenever the bugs come out they die on the diacetemous earthsleep on the sofa exclusively for like a couple weeks because theres probably eggs, and that should hopefully be it, i'll spray the earth on the bed anyways just in case, i feel like this problem will last a month at worst, maybe even two i'll keep sleeping on the sofa exclusively for the summer and see
you should pack a couple changes of clothes from closet and a variety of drawers and go stay at a friends house but make sure to not overstay your welcome and stay at a few different friends houses
>>2995054 i live in a small apt so it's just the living room and the bedroom that need to be safe,you need to inform the other tenants in the building, you dum fuck. post pics of bed bug stains
Very Lazy Edition: Coil-Shortened Dipole Antenna Calculatorhttps://www.66pacific.com/calculators/coil-shortened-dipole-antenna-calculator.aspxPrevious Thread: >>2974159>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 wiki is down but is archivedhttps://archive.is/PjR5s>NEW FAQ is updated to preview 15Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
about 17 ft8 qsos one of which with lebanon218 24-hour reports on pskreporteri have to manually activate PTT each time since radio has no VOX adapter.in general, lucky with the propagation today. good day.
>>2994526>panadapterI do that with my Icom R7000 VHF/UHF/SHF receivers. It can be handy at times.
>>2994653SX1278s are cheap and sticking one onto an ESP32 is trivial. Doing anything useful with them is where you're going to run into problems.
>>2992677>Why is this considered basic knowledge requiredradiowave propagation is complicated and multi-faceted, and a core part of operating your radio is obviously propagating those waves.
>>2993970Hey sorry for the delay. I usually can only check in a couple times a week.>50 mhz? how is that? how often do you get to get out like that?To Japan, not very often. It's not too rare but when a path opens up on 6 there it can get exciting.6 can be very weird. Most paths in my region are north/south with very rare TE thrown in. But to be fair I am at a higher latitude so most stations are south of me. I'm sometimes affected by aurora.
In /rcg/ we discuss anything & everything remote controlled - multirotors, fixed wing, cars, rovers, helis, boats, submarines, battlebots, lawnmowers, etc.>How do I get started with racing drones?https://oscarliang.com/mini-quad-racing-guide/https://www.fpvknowitall.com/ultimate-fpv-shopping-list/> How to build a racing drone (16 part video series from Joshua Bardwell)https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLwoDb7WF6c8mWARrcxtX_G6yytK7QFHID>What about planes?https://www.flitetest.com/>What about aerial photography, is DIY viable?Buy a DJI if what you actually want is to take good photos/videos, go DIY if what you actually want is a fun project.Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>2994734nano goblin or flitetest equivalent, ZOHD drift or talon, coyote kit from useful aircraft
Is there any reason not to but a self-powered buzzer near my GPS unit? I think I've figured out wiring and placement but I'm not 100% sure there won't be any interference.>>2994638I've been using a SEQURE SI012 Pro. It hasn't left my bench, but it's good enough for that, takes battery voltage and is cheap as chips. Could fit in a (cargo) pants pocket easily, too.
Anyone here has experience registering a "legacy" heavy >900g drone anywhere in Europe?
>>2975889Anyone fly helis here? I spend most of my time on the sim with my mikado transmitter. I wanna try drones but dont know where to start.https://youtu.be/SEOFJHF5544?si=diJ7tURNgWhMVFEf
>>2995064I dont anymore but I still have my old trex 450 that i have been wanting to put an fpv setup on and strap a fat ass battery to the bottom of it for a long flight time.i guess ill have to run some wing type flight controller wiht arudipilot? idk anyone got any experience with this type of thing?
I miss this lil nigga like you would not believe.
>>2992806>Private equity ruins everythingthats a story repeated too many times
That's called "vampire capitalism".>buy it>suck it dry>dispose of the corpse>CEO's pat themselves on their backs for improving shareholder value>get bonus>repeatModern-day business SOP. It's all about the shareholders. Everyone else can fuck off.
>>2992908a significant percentage of the population are shareholders, you know. if you've got a 401k you're a shareholder.
>>2995017>oy gavaltd we would never do such a thing>its obviously you who is the problem instigator and taking us poor unconsenting fund owners along for an evil ride>youll be hearing from our lawyers about this slanderours chatter
>>2995017Yes you're pretty much correct and I wouldn't argue with you on that for sure. When I set up my investments in 1991 I sat down with an advisor and selected the companies and plans. (no 401K's, just RRSP's here). I specifically avoided predatory companies... I could've made more on returns but i'm doing fine and I have a clear conscience.>>2989224I only bought their NiCad's, they were one of the best, if not THE best money could buy at the time. I do recall Consumer Reports or somebody ranking NiCads and the Radio snack ones were consistently top rated. I only bought AA's and bought my first 4 in 1983. Treat 'em right and you could get a decade or more out of them. I used to charge mine up every three days. The longest lived set I had were purchased in December 1992 and I finally replaced them w/ NiMH in 2006. Now i'm gradually moving to Li-ions.
what's been your experience with a push mower?
>>2992169auto mowerneighbours kidreplace with native garden
>>2992355>never have to charge it
>>2986892they can't cut anything taller than a pair of Chuck Taylors. I live in the tropics and the species of grass my lawn is will shoot up these knee-height seedling things practically overnight after a good rainstorm, and my reel mower would just knock them over because they were too tall to feed into the blades. my grass would be short but there'd be the seedlings and weeds and anything else more than about 5 inches standing up. maybe if I sat there rolling over the same spot over and over for a few minutes eventually it would feed in, but fuck that
Used one for a few seasons. Eventually wound up buying into a battery system for a drill, and then it just made more sense to get a 40V mower when I saw one cheap. Battery mowers are the perfect middle ground between a push mower and a gas mower, in my opinion. Good enough to handle tall grass, nice and light so I can do an incline with no real issues.
>>2986892Grass is fucking dumb and humiliating>live in America>Lawns everywhere of non native grass>Don't cut grass, get fines, don't pay, become scofflaw>treat it, water it, aerate it, just so you can do a weekly humiliation ritual>Single biggest waste of water in the US, 9 billion gallons per day>Muh AI data centers use too much water! Meanwhile it's 5 billion gallons per year, grass is double that per day. Fuck lawns.I'm renting a Sod cutter in the fall, flipping the sod to use as mulch and killing my lawn. I've already started planting a ton of shit that spreads and thrives in my area that I have to cut once a year. Lawns and the maintenance of them is so insanely wasteful and stupid. Hopefully next year I can get rid of my mower for good.
Seriously, why didn't sv seeker make a small dinghie and spend the rest of his retirement or whatever chilling out on it? He could've spend that money on a cool dinghie collection.
>>2994107>tfw you'll never explore Neo venezia in a dinghy
can you make something with wood that can withstand white waters
What would it take to make a railboat? Surely they aren't going to be a moneypit, right?
>>2994669Don't worry about a soulless scammer. I'm not surprised that youtube considers him a grifter.>>2994673I occasionally check into that SVSeeker_Free subreddit to get updates and get a good laugh. Crazy fucker cost me a bet. I thought for sure he'd sink within the first 6 months of being out in open water. I'm amazed he made it through a hurricane season.
Driftin' and griftin'.
Hello, I like to collect various oddity type stuff especially if it has dark history behind it. I recently read about these masks and immediately got a creeped out feeling about them before i learned its widely believed it was worn by the parents in Carthage when performing child sacrifice to hide their grief. I looked online for a replica of it and couldnt find it anywhere and then i started looking online for how to sculpt with terracotta and couldnt really find much info on it. For some reason terracotta sculpting info is kinda rare even though it shouldnt be given that its one of the oldest medias on earth for pottery. Anyone have any idea of how to make a replica of this? I was thinking maybe using like a halloween mask or a styrofoam head and then just molding it around that so you would have a face shape and then making the mouth and eyes line up. Another idea i had was using the 3D models provided by various museums online to print a 3D model of it and then use terracotta clay to mold it. I want it to have that stone texture. Maybe 3D print it and then spray it with like a stone texture spray paint? I know this an out there project but i figured id ask and see what the best method would be to yield the most quality result for someone who hasnt really done any pottery.
>Only 10% the space of a regular fridge, still uses half the power or more.Post inefficient appliances that shouldn't exist.
>>2990937>It's a good indicator that the person has a substance use problem when in a private domicilewait, what makes you think this?
Birkeland–Eyde; pvt gas law there is more than one varible that can be adjusted and bigger the delta from room the more energy.
Considering a Electrolux EBE4302BD-L because it has 6 energy stars, and is left hinge open. anyone have a clue about it?
>>2994977>left hinge openYour fridges won't let you flip the door to the other side? I've only ever seen that on the cheapest models of fridge. Like mini-fridges or bottom of the line one off models and shit.
>>2995075this particular one doesn't, it comes in two varieties instead. I'm mainly attracted to the energy savings of having such an efficient fridge
All processes of garage kits are welcome here from sculpting, building, to painting. Kits take a long time from start to finish so post your progress as you go along. Garage Kits have a variety of subject matter from fantasy creatures, anime, animals, Mecha, vehicles, or original characters.Interested in Garage Kits?YunYun's Garage kit guide:https://buyfags.moe/YunYunFan_Garage_Kit_GuideMuntoe's Garage Kit Compendium:https://myfigurecollection.net/blogpost/2360Helpful booksフィギュアの教科書:sculpting: https://www.kinokuniya.co.jp/f/dsg-01-9784775311592painting: https://www.amazon.co.jp/-/en/%E8%97%A4%E7%94%B0%E8%8C%82%E6%95%8F-ebook/dp/B07GZC8C1Vwebsites for unpainted gks:Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
Anyone with Tonamo experience? Any tips on how to purchase popular items?
Don't forget treasure fest online is happening!I picked up the atom figure I thought wouldn't get sold again after wonfes because the license wouldn't let them sell online but I'm so happy they renewed(?) it and got permission to sell it again. I'm can't wait to paint him. It won't be sold again so I'm so excited to have it without having to rely on a recast. Only 12k too!
Someone's making a GK of a goddesslike pic of Asuna from Freng but this looks like GK hell to assemble and paint. I don't think I can do her face properly, let alone her hair and back. Any experts can comment on the difficulty?https://x.com/_sunnyplace_/status/2057390315892535355
These were the kits i ended up gettinghttps://catbox.moe/c/gz3as2Here are some pictures of the JP garage kit makers, some local US makers and kits, and some art toys stuffI did record a walk through of the WonFes area but i couldnt upload it to catbox nor litterbox so I'll have to make and edit a youtube video soon™>>2993323 #>>2993334 #I LIVE just had to come back and get my shit together
>>2994811good stuff
I am replacing the outlets in my house. A couple outlets have 4 romex wires going to it instead of 2 and the receptacles I bought cannot accept it all. So my question is, what is the receptacle called that accepts 4 romex wires instead of 2?
>>2994323It can be, yes. It is likely a 'Split Receptacle'. That is where each socket on an outlet is powered by a different breaker. There is a metal link connecting the screw terminals on the outlet. By removing that link each terminal becomes independent. This is used if you need redundancy. Some devices will have two power supplies (common with computer equipment). By powering each one from a different breaker you help prevent an issue if a breaker trips. Or it can allow you to power more stuff on a single outlet. Let's say you have two high draw devices right next to each other. You couldn't normally run them both off of the same outlet. This gives each socket its own breaker and allows each device to pull the full amperage of that breaker.Another use case that doesn't require a second breaker is a switched outlet. You can wire one socket of the outlet directly while the second socket is controlled by a switch. This allows you to plug a lamp into one socket and control it with the switch while having the second outlet be always on like a normal outlet.
>>2993804>>2994323>>2994325
>>2993567Not fudd.I went over to a freind's house to help him diagnose some low voltage circuit problems. Poking around, we found the outlet at the head end of a circuit. Never been used (hidden behind a filing cabinet). But it fed through to everything else downstream. It was noticably warm to the touch.
>>2993794I bet your dumbass is eating plants that were grown in the ground like some kind of peasant. Join the 21st century and get all your calories from stuff that was developed in a labratory and made in a factory! If you can pronounce anything in the ingredients list it isn't modern enough.
>>2994996That's probably back stab not back wire
Made a solid fuel forge. Insulated it with sand and used some fire bricks to lay the fuel on. Used a steel pipe with slots cut in it to supply it with oxygen from my bellows($3 hairdryer). Got the anvil from a buddy I work with who got a brand new one helping an old guy fix his garage door, and he didn't need it. I spent $50 on wood for the anvil stand. Pic related isn't the finished stand put together, I've got 12 4x4s in total to make sure it wouldn't fall over(6 I bought from the hardware store that I cut twice to make them level with my pelvis once I put the anvil on top). I've got a ball peen and a cross peen hammer, plus some files, and a punch. First project will be creating proper tongs
>>2994268That one is a Peter Wright. Supposed to be a 150# anvil according to the markings, but my scale weighed it at 146#
>>2993589kek, you struck a nervejust some retard trying to look mysterious, gruff and toughprobably idolises geralt or some shit
>>2994277those are some rough edges, you might want to check if the face is delaminating, if it's a forge welded hardened face on a cast body
It finally quit raining. Made my first knife blank from a piece of rebar. I quenched it in vegetable oil, and now I just gotta use an angle grinder to cut it off and give it its final shape. This one's going to be a sloyd knife. I think the next one I'll make will be a hook knife
>>2994862Good startIf it's not already you'll really want to fix your anvil to the base somehow, the more solid the betterPutting a couple eye bolts in the base and tightening down a few loops of chain around the waist of the anvil works well and quiets the ringing a lot.
Whatever happened to modular, prefab homes? I live in Connecticut, USA and they're still building shitty McMansions everywhere and gutting/renovating shitty 1950's ranch homes for more than this would cost.
>>2995043>I can't afford a shitty mcmansion>I want a shitty prefabdid you even look on amazon?
All the classrooms at my school used to be prefab. I think they stopped since they started roasting all the kids in summer time.
>>2995053Doesn't look comfy
>>2995043The name was poisoned by the shitty product. Now they sell the same shitty product under different names to convince people it is different. They are called 'manufactured housing; now.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manufactured_housing
>>29950438 feet is just the shittiest possible width for a room unfortunately.
