Lazy Edition: Random Wireshttps://udel.edu/~mm/ham/randomWire/Previous Thread: >>2960056>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.
>>2976304that's an elephant cage listening post.
quansheng uv k5 10-11-12m TX mod (yes, TX)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-r0eDCDEofg
>>2976269To think that Rudolph Hess may have taxied his Me on the remains of that taxiway on his fateful trip to England in 1941.
>>2976304>Does everyone still send out post cards as proof you spoke with someone really far away?I do. QSL collecting is a part of the hobby I enjoy. No e-QSL's.
>>2976360CB is back, baby!> reading the rules, need to transmit vast distance> find a loophole…There is no restriction on the amplification of the incoming signal! Distance problems solved!
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.
>>2954235probably a metal building, like a barnominium, it's all steel, no cardboard or formaldehyde, R-40 insulation fiberglass, outsource the foundation and building, do the electrical and plumbing yourself
>>2954235It’s definitely cheapest to get the trashiest used mobile home you can find, unless you have all the tools and skills to build a shedhome from bare materials. Older trailers go for like, $2-5k including shipping where I am. The value is not in building materials but in that they already have doors, windows, plumbing and electrical, which alone would easily cost you the same for a diy house. If it’s for longer term a diy house could be more bang for buck but that depends more on what youre comfortable saving money on. If zoning is an issue (check that first), trailer might not be an option, then prefab shed. Or RV if that’s allowed and structures aren’t. Shed looks cheap but remember most times have no insulation no pipes no wires no sealing and no proper doors and locks.Tiny homes are often built by rich people out of some ideological mindset and newer so way more expensive.
>>2954235no
>boomers want a million dollars for their blown out 1920s build that is falling apart>new home builder's "starter home" is $600k with millenial nihilist aesthetic in a new development HOA hellIs the only solution to learn how to build an entire fucking house by myself from scratch?
>>2976247>millenial nihilist aestheticWhy the fuck do you keep calling it that, we can't afford to buy these places.
Do DIY projects ever make you lose your cool?
>>2976282unsubscribe
>>2976286If you say so. All I know is I’ve done this more than once on Hondas with the 2.4L, a couple of Accords and the Element, and everybody but you seems to agree you have to go from the top except for one guy who claimed it was possible to hit it with the perfect mix of extensions and chinese child sized hands on the Element and it wasn’t worth the frustration going that route. >>2976291Thx for listening!
>>2976209you're miserable but shutoffs that dont shut off all the way are not that big of deal. doesnt leak when hooked up and open? undo the soft water line with something under the leaky one to catch the water and then thread a brand new shutoff valve on the leaky old one. open the old one back up, you should now have your old valve open and not leaking, and the new one is your shutoff thats watertight. when you finish your work, throw your catch thing under the valve, close the old one, pull your new shutoff to take with you for next time, throw the water line on her fucked on and open it up.i wasnt taught that, but i cant be the only one that worked in fucked rentals and can think
>>2976350It’s not just that. I could easily shut the water off outside, I did it when I stuck a new cartridge in her shower a couple months ago. It’s mostly that every project there turns into something more. A simple hanging something becomes a pain when the wood has been termite’d and I need to cut piece of a board off to block it in. Or her leaky garbage disposal turns into me staining wood because I need to repair part of her cabinets. I can do the job if she really wants it done but I told her that old plumbing becomes a pain with these repairs.
>>2976057>go back to pol.
Last Threads: https://warosu.org/diy/?task=search2&search_username=artbyrobotTo begin: the project goal: I am working to make a series of humanoid robots. I am using a Biblical theme of naming the first 3 robots I make Adam, Eve, and Abel. The goal is for these robots to have human body inspired musculoskeletal systems, advanced AI, and that they look human and pass for human to a casual observer at least at a distance. They must be able to walk, talk, run, dance, do sports, do chores, manufacture products, and make more robots just like themselves if not even better. My aim is to build a single robot arm and head and then add sufficiently advanced AI to that arm and head to enable it to build the rest of its own body for me. This way I am delegating the work of building the majority of my first humanoid robot to that robot rather than doing that work myself - and this is to save me time.In a like manner, my goal with the AI is to code just enough AI that the AI can begin coding itself and this way I don't have to code most of the AI myself because it will self create itself. I liken this to building a seed and that seed growing into a tree because for me to code that tree would take too long for me and just creating the seed would then save me time.
>>2974157>>2973772to be honest one can learn kicad within one or two hours just enough to design something like the PCB presented here. Drawing PCBs in ms paint is the pinnacle of self-sabotage. There is no excuse
>>2975921you have to consider that this>>2971967is how OP draws PCB schematics
can someone explain what meds OP should be taking, but isn't?
>>2976193Cyanide
>>2973337Fascinating idea. I had this idea before of taking roleplay AI background text, like "*moves closer*", and having another program interpret that into actual commands. It's partially biomimicry, when you move your arms and hands, you don't think about each individual muscle, you just do it, and have a subconscious part of your brain do it>retards at /robo/But the doctor said I was "special"!
post your tractors
Annnnd I bought an International 1066 today...
I have one of these in a containerShould I do it up?Not mine obviously but the same model
>>2971267pics or it didnt happen
>>2973626Fine... took a pic today for (you). Still gotta get a picture of that 544B John Deere loader I drug home too.
>>2973800i see the fuckers that had her were into illicit inhalants. hope the pistons aint swiss cheesedo let you engines do drugs kiddies
Post your project face
>>2972709
>>2972709More often than I'd like to admit.
>>2972709Kek
having trouble with electrical, outlet has enough charge to shock when i touch it but not enough to power a light bulb, I tried the light bulb in other sockets and it is fine. it is a gfci outlet at the end of the run. i get shocked but there is not enough umph to light a light bulb. can someone go over basic sparky trouble shooting techniques with me.
>>2974591Everytime I start thinking tradies are gate keeping cunts,>outlet has enough charge to shock when i touch itI'm reminded why we need gates.
>>2974591bro those wire caps go bad with time you are suppose to replace all of them every 5 years
>>2974591>>2975024Just use Wagos.
>>2974591Why do people use these? How do you know that the resistance is perfect across all strands of wire when twisted?
>>2976217I'll put my penis into your wago.
Last General: >>2959624"I'M STUPID PLEASE LEND ME A HAND" - Themelinktr(dot)ee/4chansewing <---- links and shitAlways remember, it doesn't have to be the theme, post your work, post what you want to talk about as long as it has something to do with sewing in general, or the craft in general. We welcome everyone and will try our best to help you out. Yes, sewing is an art, it's a practicing art, you will always suck at it, but remember that everyone starts somewhere, so Google everything!Or just show off your work.---------------------------------------------------------------Your question may be stupid, but ask it anyway.
>>2976048Dr cos has a couple of simple patterns you could easily adapt for that. But of course it would depend on the doll>>2976284Seems like it should fix the wrinkles at the back. I'll try a testing pair, just the legs with muslin>>2976294>>2976297>>2976298My problem is different. My hips are not too wide because they are loose... But because I'm dummy thickStill... I should buy a real pattern drafting book as soon as I get back from my abroad mission
>>2976275>>2976299Many thanks, anons, I've never sewed in my life so it's going to be a challenge
>>2976048Check the /bjd/ thread on /jp/. They have sewing patterns there
>>2976299There's a number of pattern drafting books on archive.org
>>2976276its apperantly a polyester thing. and no im not replacing it.
Is it easy to replace shingles on your own without any experience or knowledge? Can I watch a youtube video then go do it myself?
>>2976327i have a historic house. i kind of want to replace some of the sheathing and add new vents and shit but I don't want spend 20k on it. Just nailing more on there doesn't seem like a good result
>>2976329>sheathing Well, you have to remove the shingles to replace the sheathing. Vents you could do without removing too much. What makes you think you need to replace the sheathing?
>>2976330i had small brown icicles coming out of my soffit vents. Crazy ice dams when it was below 0 for a week.
>>2976281Hardest part of becoming a roofer is waiting for your prison term to end
>>2976331If it's just toward the edges, you can probably do that without taking off more than 3 or 4 courses. What you're after sounds more like a job for pros, though.
My kitchen didn’t come with an exhaust and the microwave recirculating fan isn’t cutting it. Want to run a duct through the ceiling and to the outside but don’t want to cut a hole in my roof. Found this YouTube video and pretty much exactly what I want to do. If the CFM is high enough from the fan, can I have my pipe go up, make a 90 degree in the attic, then another 90 down out of the soffit? Or should I consult an HVAC company. Not sure what kind of issue I could be creating with pressure. https://youtu.be/tDzsOKYaflg?si=hRxAh9AZ1_LHRktB
>>2976106That would be totally fine.
>>2976087Add a 1 way dampener
>>2976026>and for god sake don't do what this retard says >>2976012I mean, there's a pretty solid solution to the "house has no outlet fan ducting" issue there.1: Route it though the attic.2: Attic gets impregnated with grease.3: Fire.4: Buy a house that has already has the pipes installed.
>>2976106That's how my neighborhood is built, fucking place stinks of curry whenever the neighbors cook.
>>2976012retard
3d printing was supposed to be eventually in everyone's home. What happened?
>>2976086having done some of those model kits, it can't be worse!but realistically yeah. there's even stronger filaments I've never touched, infused with metal and whatever. PLA/PETG with full infill is generally plenty strong
>>2976086Your best bet is to use your PLA parts to make a mold, melt them out with a hair drier (with pla it doesn’t take much) and cast glass reinforced resin or perhaps aluminum.It’s perhaps the one use I have for 3d printers—sacrificial cavity shape creation.
Whats the point of PC blend filaments exactly?
Well short and simple question is that 3d printers are good for making toys and nothing much else ...Plastic is not that strong material to make any stronger useful machinery and those few welding based 3d printers produce only very fragile stuff not like simple cog is like impossible to weld layer and if is impossibly crude and fragile .... so this pretty much happened !!! In other words It is crappy tech sold like something special but this special is basically useless.
I've been using rapid prototyping tech since the days it was mostly stereolith but the hype around personal 3d printing was worse than crazy, it was lies.
In Texas, auto parts stores and scrap yards pay $15 for each stolen car battery. Plus the scrap yards will buy the cables. Thieves bust the drivers window with a spark plug, pop the hood, then cut out the cables with bolt cutters. My car has a factory cable with multiple wires and costs $279-. My neighbors and I are struggling to stop this in our Houston area. Any suggestions are appreciated.
>>2976241I mean, true. Here they'd freeze to death even inside a car with the windows up.
>>2976241>It takes a court-orderI'm calling BS. Any cop will gladly rip a homeless individual from your car.
>>2976288Only if there is evidence of break-in. Otherwise the homeless gentleman will claim you gave him permission. Then it becomes a civil case and the cop leaves.
>>2976300If you live in a jurisdiction where the cops take any fucking excuse to walk away, then they also aren't going to give a fuck if you settle things "civilly." You can't play this quantum game where literally everyone in this hypothetical is here, specifically, to screw you over.Besides, most homeless people will leave the second it looks like a confrontation is starting. That's the reason they are on the streets, because the shelters are overrun by the ones that are actually willing to shank each other over "their spot".
>>2976306>You can't play this quantum game where literally everyone in this hypothetical is here, specifically, to screw you over.lolwut. Every cop says to lock your car with the windows up.
I noticed my 26 year old GE refrigerator was running very frequently and pulling over 200 watts. I bought a small chest freezer used for $50 and is runs on less than 60 watts.
So far after running the watt meter for a day it looks like the freezer as a refrigerator uses about 6 cents of electricity a day.
>>2975402Old fridges actually have more efficient coolers. They use older, now banned refrigerants which work better.They are not as efficient overall because the insulation is thinner.If you simply add cheap insulation to an old fridge or freezer, you get the best of both worlds, best cooler efficiency and best insulation and it costs very little.Compressor technology in these hasnt changed in decades in terms of efficiency.
>>2975402>26 year old GE refrigerator was running very frequently and pulling over 200 watts.Of course you checked the defroster. And cleaned the dust bunnies off the condensor coils.
>>2975987right!
>>2975987>cleaned the dust bunnies off the condensor coils.I did that a few times a year. I checked the evaporator coil a few months ago when I first noticed it using more power and there was no frost buildup. Sometimes on startup my fridge would max out my watt meter which makes me think there was high head pressure but maybe that was from frequent cycling. It wouldn't do that every time it started.Anyway I just don't need that big of a refrigerator for one person. I don't think its that efficient of a design anyway. Stuff just goes bad before I can work my way through it. I need a small fridge and a big freezer. The ice maker isn't that well insulated anyway.
Hi, I need practical ideas: my family is in a bad financial situation and I want to help while I study.I went to a technical high school in electronics, but I had almost no hands-on practice — I’m willing to learn soldering, electronics repair, PC assembly, 3D printing, or any manual skill that can generate income.What projects or skills would you recommend I learn first to sell services or products quickly? Thanks — I can dedicate time to learning the basics now.
>>2976148Sex work, narcotics trade, money laundering, manual menial labor is typically what unskilled people resort to in times of financial instability
>>2976148> soldering Won’t land you a job unless you’re a Chinese factory worker > pc assembly Building gaming pcs is a fun experience that hobbyist do… nobody is going to pay some guy to do the fun part for him after buying all those components unless you’re offering a stellar warranty or a skill like server lever cable weaving >3D printing Again another fun toy , hobby printing your creations is the fun part. Part of my job requires 3d printing but 3d printing is usually stuff leading to generating a display that leads to sales Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>2976148Don't think about skills first.Think about what industry you would like to work for.Then acquire skills to serve this industry.
>>2976148How many warm holes do you have that you're willing to sell?
>>2976234just my mouth and my ass, the rest are off limits
I have made an anti-grav device in my humble shed.
>>2975546That explains a lot.
>>2975115If you can't say yes to both of the following questions, then you are a bigger loser than op. Can you afford to buy a case of Modelo every day? Do you have a leisure time to drink it?
>>2976065NTA: yes, and yes. but there is no reason I would ever do that.
>>2974638too late, had your chance. muffed it.https://youtu.be/qv0IJM3BV9Y
>>2975115>it's free!but there is no reason I would ever do that.
