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.
>>3008720you would face a lot less aggressivity if you actually listened to people I had to tell you 3 times about it and call you a nigger before you admitted it was actually interesting. Anyway you are welcome. >>3008719>Just copying is not enough. copying while also understanding the step and being then able to improvise or improve on the step ITSELF due to understanding the step in a deeper way is keyYou should really watch this video then :https://youtu.be/cqwKceUSZ5Q?si=h4C5GmmLrPQEK6VZWhat you are trying to accomplish is actually being done rn, it's actual research. I'm not saying it's perfect I'm saying it's getting better and better. VLA and world models are exactly trying to do what you describe, building a deep understanding of the world and its causal relationships to actually predict it and generalise using rules it already understands.
>>3008721nope i bet you can't. use my design and make a board lets see. bet you get undercutting and bad traces
>>3008723and the fact this new video isn't how they did it from the outset proves their AI is turd AI and they are finally trying to address that
>>3008733So um when are you gonna release your super cool AI(TM) that is totally going to beat 20 years of research founded by billions of dollars and finally prove to the world the heuristic based computing (you know the AI branch that died when neural networks got bigger) is actually the way to go ? I'm legit curious on how you'll react when you'll inevitably get nothing out of it, I legit hoape you don't harm yourself I don't think you are a bad person you just need some help
>>3005837Dude, don't you think if your idea could be done, the mega corporations would have already done it? How the fuck do you think your dumb ass can make a self-replicating arm when nobody else on the planet can do it? You have ZERO artistic ability, your circuit traces show that. You're sloppy. You're short-sighted. You're BULLSHITTING YOURSELF, of all people. Just admit defeat for once, stop wasting your life, and do something productive for yourself and your family. It's OKAY to fail at this. Failure builds strength. Making these threads just pisses people off, because they see how fucking retarded you are and nothing short of you getting a lobotomy will stop this god-forsaken nonsense. Just STOP. You're learning NOTHING. You are INCAPABLE of learning ANYTHING of value, and you're wasting precious time of everyone involved.At first I thought this was an elaborate trolling attempt. My mind wouldn't accept anything else for an answer. But after seeing your insanity over and over again, I understand that you are deeply mentally handicapped. For the love of GOD, just fucking stop, man. At least stay off the internet, you're only bringing negative value to everyone who sees this. Your posting and behavior makes normal people want to enact violence upon you.
Retileimg my bathroom, the contractor i work fo wanted the tiler to do it, but he is anoying and i dont want him in my apartment, so im doing it my self, never laide any tile before but ive worked asisting the tiler a bunch over the last few years so i have a basic understanding of what to do, still this is takeing for ever
>>3008367Im 60kg thebgravel is standard substrate in my country>>3008370It dose not matter any more the contractor said irs ugly and used the wrong tile have to pull it all up
>>3008385what country we are talking about? we put sidewalk tiles over substrate where i livetiling a bathroom over gravel is literally African cargo cult tier
>>3008745OP is an Israeli settler in ambiguously Israeli territory
>>3008745tiling over gravel will last just fine.. i assume there were no poured floors in the house?whatever, weird but whatever should probably put down some sorta mesh
>>3008754in the fourth world that's probably a standard, but i have news for you...
>Need to buy a drill>check prices on Homeless Depot>Tool plus battery: $148.00>Tool only: $98.00>Battery only: $129.00>Battery two-pack: $149.00make it make sense
>>3007083Rebuild the battery packs and sell them back to your boss at $1 less than retail value. Keep pressing him on what a value it is, especially in this economy. lmao
>>3007063what kind of drill? just bought a 12 v with battery for 55 dollars buy fromchina?
it's not hard to adapt batteries between brands if you already have them.
>>3007087Always a coinflip whether chinesium tools will last 2 minutes or 20 years before falling apart
>>3007063just buy the tool and then the knock off battery, ez
Last thread -> >>2974706 Patch edition - Got a hole? We'll help you!linktr(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! We also talk about cosplay creation, fursuits, and more. Everything sewing related is related, just don't be overly cringe. Or just show off your work.---------------------------------------------------------------Your question may be stupid, but ask it anyway.
>>3007690I just cut pieces of brown paper for patterns. You can just needle or staple them together to test how the product is supposed to look.You could start with a vest that you own and fits you as a starting point.I just use the paper directly on the fabric later when cutting pieces.
>>3005757yes, that's how most machines work since you're usually only backstitching for a few stitches at a time.
Is it too hard to do hand embroidery on a folded piece of webbing instead of canvas? It's not too thick but still folded in half and should look the same from both sides and I'm using 2 colors of waxed thread, wanna make something slavic looking and keep it as a good luck charm What else could I do apart from running stitches both ways in straight lines?
bro go up
>>2996152just finished this piece of shit. Id rather unclog a thousand shitters that have to sew this again althrough i have more confidence for the next verison
Ask machining questions, post machining failuresCAD CAM talkSpeeds and feeds guessingG-Code, M-Code, Bro-CodeFanuc vs HaasBitch about payIgnore SeigWhine about spline shaftsButton pushers who think they're machinistsOld thread no longer bumps >>2970554Thread theme: multi machines
>>3008135>>3008137Whether you measure or not, the first few passes never line up perfect, but once the grooves are pressed in deep enough the knurl will slip to bottom of the groove even if the spacing isn't perfect. If you go slow with a ton of pressure, you can actually hear the tool slip occasionally, but as it runs it'll even out.
>no safety equipment>no women no HR just bros making things as god intended>no computers>some trash looking slum building outdoor area>just bigass metal moving around and manual toolsHow does one open a pakistani style machining shop?
>>3008809I used to work at one like that, small business 3 engineers, 1 old timer , and they’d hire a young guy to cycle through 2-3 years at a time and train you up from zero You have to provide all your own tools, cutting tools and you also learn how to fix a machine. My first day I learned what a cnc mill was, I learned what a setup for it was, I learned how to tram a vice, enter the offsets, learned how to use an edge finder and when the machine broke down I learned what an alarm was … what a vector drive was, how to use a multi meter on one to see if it was failing and how to swap one from a sister machine $18/hr
>>3008827>no steel toe flipflops>no toxic fumes with no PPE>no rusted metal furnacefraud you aren't a nigerian mechanic or bangladeshi hand made sewing machine craftsman
>>3008845We had a broken royal products mist collector that had exposed wiring And no functional mist collection system at all though
I only need one glance at your grinder to know if you're a real man.Hint: if it has a guard on it, I know you're not.
>>3007678The threads will stop when /diy/ accepts the truth.
>>3007364how many fingers and eyes do you have?
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>>3008792We already know you're a faggot, you can stop now.
Guardfags, stay safe. Make sure you're using a "guard" on your other Grindr too.
PWN'ed by The King, the actual fucking king.
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>>3008785I can sort of let it slide for people just trying to get to work, but if someone is genuinely "going for a bike ride" on an ebike they're just losers. They'd get more from it by walking half the distance.
I have recently become a stay at home dad to several kids. My wife has enjoyed being able to focus on her high powered tech job and my kids are really liking doing all sorts of adventures with me. I am not sure if I can go back to working 40-50 hr weeks once the youngest kid is in kindergarten in 4 years: schools have really short days and tons of breaks/half days etc so it’d be really hard to manage all that stuff and do a good job at my work (and that struggle is why I’ve recently become a SAHD). So I’ve been thinking about how to spend my time productively. Here’s an idea: I (plus contractors) build a large (>=5000 sqft) really nice house over the next several years. Before my youngest goes to kindergarten I can do some low intensity learning on tons of skills which I will eventually use on the house, as well as do the things with really long lead times (buying the property, architectural plans, permits etc). After kindergarten starts, I can probably spend like avg 4 hrs/day working on the house around 180 days/yr. And I could do that for years bc we already have a nice house we live in. I think the first things I would build on the property would be a small house (mother in law / ADU kind of thing) and pole barn so I could have cozy places to work and my family could hang out on the property while the big house is under construction. In my area labor is extremely expensive so things like kitchen remodels can be 100k. I think a lot of that is labor and markups, and in a big house (plus other buildings like the mother in law etc) I could learn those skills and apply them to a few kitchens. Likewise nice bathrooms are really expensive but I’ll need a bunch of them on the property so the investment in learning how to do them (mostly) myself would pay off. I could also do the learning by fixing up my existing house (3000 sqft), which might also have a good ROI when we eventually sell and move into the big new house.
Your wife is not attracted to you and sees you as less of a man. Get a better job and stop posting your daydreams on the internet. If your youngest hasn’t started kinder they are too young to be away from their mother like that. You and your high powered wife are traumatizing your kids. Why isn’t she breastfeeding them? The WHO recommends breastfeeding up to 3 years old.
i had a narcissistic career mom and a stay at home effeminate dad and i turned out pretty fucked upreevaluate your situation
>>3008750Great I have a plan.First you need an all in one wood shaping system so find a mill/lathe combo that hits the medium stuff well.The you need a melting furnace lated for steel. And casting sand.Now a planer and lumber mill (little chainsaw one will do fine).At least a $500 3d printer.One metal tool set and one wood tool set probably get you $200 per set on the cheap.Sounds like it's not much more than a grand to manufacture every part of your own house for new build or repair.Oh and a 12x12" lexan vac forming machine for molds in self hardening clay.Still, by the time you buy and get to know all this, none of your family will talk to you and you'll start judging them as a bunch of disabled retards.
if you have a couple of million dollars just lying around and can find the land, go for it.
>>3008808After school programs exist for a reason. If you want to go back to work when they're in school, just go back to work.I had a stay at home dad as a kid and it was very nice. He had a woodshop for cabinet making so we got to practice on all the tools. We'd make little end tables and kid book shelves and stuff and sell it on the street with a lemonade stand once a month, on craigslist when that became a thing. We also went on lots of camping trips, hiking in the mountains, going train watching, spending days out in the city. You can raise a kid OK as a stay at home dad but don't try to half ass being a full time dad and having a career, pick one. If you don't trust local programs to raise your kids don't let them. If you do trust them, focus on your career and earn your kids a stable college fund or first down payment to set them up for a stable adult life.
Let's get a gardening general going on. What are you growing? What are you building? Problems, solutions, and advice are welcome. Books, non-gay yootoobers, and other resources also welcome. If we get enough engagement perhaps even a pastebin is in order!
>>3006489took a break from this shithole for a while. turned out it was the chink mystery grow media staying too soggy. switched to rapid rooter from general hydroponics and have had 100% success now. pH is 5.9, ~1200 ppm EC, 70° water temp, using campden tablet treated municipal water that contributes about 400 ppm.picrel is the current status, doing cut and come again on the lettuce and it's perfect. next is an enclosure, better rail design, lighting upgrade, and moving the tomato plants to kratky. currently using the cornell lettuce recipe. overall it's been a successful poc and this room has the freshest air in the house. left to right: basil, tiny tim x3, chicory, mint, another tim, and various lettuces. for whatever reason i can't get buttercrunch to germinate but every other variety has thrived, i think it's the seeds but whatever
>>3006522i just checked the thread in /out/ and it looks pretty fucking gay
Is this a syngonium?Took this cutting yesterday just to try to root it in water.
>>3006741I live on the US Gulf Coast, maybe similar climate? It's hot and humid here most of the year but still gets some sub freezing temps in the winter, but rarely sustained.Had a Fuyu and a Hachiya, which were doing okay in pots, so I planted them in ground this spring in hopes they'd do better but they both died, don't know why. Also had another large, invasive tree in my yard suddenly die so maybe related... Anyway, they do fine, they may not like the highest heat but it doesn't bother them too much, they obviously enjoy sun, are cold hard,y and they are self fertile though cross pollination should improve fruit set, and iirc a different variety is best for that (hence why I had a Hachiya also, plus astringent varieties ultimately are more flavorful imo). Also my Grandparents had a nice Fuyu tree for years and that thing absolutely thrived, would be loaded down with an absurd amount of fruit. I don't think they ever did anything to it either, it just hung out and did its own thing.Lastly, they may not be available to you, but American native persimmons absolutely mog the ever loving shit out of Asian persimmons flavor wise, they're just massively more intense. They are astringent though and require male and female plants, but there are improved versions that are self fertile. I usually just go pick them from the woods or along roadsides, and man, last year's I swear tasted like a cross between candy corn and caramel or date. But they have to be extremely ripe and mushy to not have that terrible astringent bitterness.
This is coming from a monstera plantAnd I right in assuming that if I cut it, then make cuttings above and below the "nodes", I can just place them in gravel + water in a closed container and wait a few months and they will create roots and leaves, or do I need to wait for the cut ends to dry first?
Anyone ever fixed one of these bad boys? I found one on Craigslist for cheap that needs work. I’ve also been looking for a mid century lounge chair.Owner says:Leather is shotNeeds new mounts
>>3007429>>3007632Most of it is pretty doable but if you’ve never done leather or upholstery before, do it in fabric. You can always redo it in leather after if you feel confident. Upholstery isnt trivial, leather makes everything harder and you don’t want to waste $300 in leather for a first try at it
>>3008403>>3008409How about $414 in 1959? So roughly $5000 today.
>>3007429I recently picked one of these up for a decent price at antique store because I wanted a nice house warming gift to myself and always wanted one. The chair portion is nice but the butt pad needs replacing but its fine. The ottoman leather was pretty trashed, but after some conditioner and olive oil it came back nice but has a good bit of small tares and scale. I want to give it the gloss coat that the chair has and Ill be happy with it but im not sure what to use on it. The only thing I have seen that might give me what I am looking for is acrylic, but that seems like its more for boots and will stiffen it too much. I dont know anything about leather so im at a loss of how to start researching what I need for it. It is the first time Ive had my back not hurt all the time, so well worth it no matter what.
>>3008760leather is skin. it needs to be moisturized.shine is mostly a little bit of oil and a lot a bit of elbow grease buffing it, but a conditioner with some beeswax in it will help.if you have a local cobbler they might be happy to answer your questions and source you some product.
>>3008829beeswax makes more sense. I was thinking it would liquefy with the heat of sitting on it but that sounds more like what was used. Thanks. I dont have a cobbler nearby but I do have a place that repairs vintage furniture. Ill ask them.
Are you guys into sorting scrap metal and alloys? What's your source? Do you just dive into trash, or have an agreement with local business and just take broken electronics and cables from time to time?
>>3005841Oh I'm sure (they) will do something to fuck it up for everyone. God forbid people who produce food be able to make a living without starving to death themselves...
Can I get like a "gun" type laser thing to point at metals so it can tell me shit about what it's made of, even rough grading?
>that guy who holds up the line/bay for 30 minutes cutting all those steel beams because they wont fitWhy don't scrap yards tell them to just drive around.
Lolwat
>>2999477Wish I could find SOLID scrap I always see lamps and shit but the brass is so thin I can’t make anything other than hollow tube items with it
I'm an aspiring woodworker and I want my own space for working my projects.>But I live in a tiny, shitty one bedroom apartment>I hate it with a passion>I'm also pretty sure it's making me depressed and resentfulWhat would be a good and cost-effective way to have my very own work space?I plan to move out and rent a house for my family and I.And if I can't ever get my own workshop space, should I just stop coping and get back to the minimal wage job I hate and despise?
>>3006555at least you don't have roommatesbe patient, save/invest your money for future plans
>>3003943BUY FUCKIN CHINESE SHIT PAINTED BLUE! FUCK VEVOR IT'S GAY HOMO CADDILLAC SHIT BUY WEN-HO.GET METAL LAPTOP SHELVES AND BOLT $40 FUCKIN LATHES AND ALL TINY DESKTOP SHIT. BLOW A FORTUNE ON DEKTOP LABELED MICRO TOOLS! YOU'LL NEVER REGRET IT!HARBOR FREIGHT IS RICHFAG BULLSHIT.
>>3003943Find a cheap trailer and make it a mini workshop, then you can bring it to the jobs.
>>3003983>yet I'm still not going to quit my day job.There's your problem, slave.
>>3003985This is a really good and practical idea.
I'm a older webdev shitter who is looking to switch to a mechanical trade.Even though they were primarily looking for people with previous work experience in similar fields I actually got invited to an interview for a paid apprenticeship and did well enough, now they want to invite me over again to check my basic manual skills before offering me a contract. (I didn't hide or lie about my background or anything.)Is there any source I can use to at least gain some very basic knowledge on tools and methods or way to get some practice in? Any tips to prepare for something like this?Am I about to embarrass myself while young mechanics get to laugh at me?
I worked in an IT office for 15 years and was on the verge of suicide.Some people can sit, watch youtube all day, listen to old office ladies drone on about gossip and tv shows, but I couldn't do it.I thought I could, I THOUGHT I wanted to make money doing nothing.Turns out I was dead fucking wrong, those were some of the most miserable years of my life, completely wasted.To get my foot in the door learning mechanics, I quit my job in IT (this was back in 2018, so 8 years ago roughly)and got an entry level job working as a Golf Kart Mechanic.This was pure luck that I chose this job and it was one the perfect starting path.Golf Karts are like mini cars, and you can learn a tremendous amount about basic mechanics, as well as bodywork, by starting with them.There's fully battery powered Golf Karts, Lithium powered, Gas powered.One of the coolest things I got to work on and learn a ton from, was the very rare older 2 stroke Golf Kart that only a handful of times, came into the shop.After spending a few years cutting my teeth here, I was able to get a job assembling Composite Fiber Parts, building experimental aviation aircrafts. (very large unmanned drones, "airbus" competitors)They offered to train me to be an engineer or Quality Inspector but I turned it down.Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>3004007How old were you when you did that, man?Completely unrelated, but I'm a 31 yo illustrator. Still going, but the future fills me with dread, desu. I'd like to think I have a way out, yknow...
>>3004057NTA but stillI'm an artist, after years of bullshitw struggles, the art life lmao, odd jobs to make ends meets I decided to get myself together and follow in my father's path, he spent a year and a half teaching me the basics of being a maintenance technician for lab equipment, and it suits me well. Turns out I'm more disciplined about it than I am about art making.The money is good if you're independant. You get to work on electrical, electronical and chemical stuff. Its fun but high stakes, so no fuckups allowed. Other than that I encourage you to move on and follow a more manual trade.>T. 29 years old
>>3004007So happy for you anon. Thats a real success story. Congrats
>>3001755can you write programs for machines to cut things?
>Share your most recent thing you made, whether it's sewing, 3DP, electronic, automotive, or whatever.>Talk about why you built it>Go through the build process>Share any lessons you learned along the way>Hang out with other /diy/nosaursI'll start.>Bought shitty, entry-level drum set from Guitar Center>No beater or pad for beater, just these little stomp pedals>Try them out and get terrible pains in ankles>Decide to /diy/ a solution>Buy generic pad and beater>Doesn't work right because apparently the stomp switches are digital and can't deal with the analog output from the piezo disk>Open stomp switch>Realize it's just a pressure switch and a 1/4" TS jackComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>3005789Here are the completed tongs. Now, I'm building the horizontal ones for pouring the metal out of the crucible.
>>2999614I really like the power strip in an electrical cabinet, might do this for gaming pc wiring
>>2999049I made a really ghetto pwnagotchi for wardriving. It uses half a 3d printed case and is covered in automotive harness tape.
Finished my DIY lightswitch, for which I learned how to do wood burning, and currently working on a tensegrity table, for which I will learn how to do ceramics. I'm thinking of making a design with mosaics, or maybe emulate portuguese ceramics patterns? idk yet I'm waiting for next time I'll meet the tile tradesmen on a job.
>>2999051I have an 1844 Zurich jewelry making kit full of tools NOBODY has.Real nice gold and silver shaping stuff.No you can't use it. No, I'm not going to open the box. I'm saving it for the next owner when I'm dead with EXPLICIT instructions to never use them and keep them perfect.
I want to replace the faucet in my 1970s house but I'm scared of touching the shut off valves because I have touched valves in newer homes and they started to leak. How would you proceed
>>3008488> worst caseworst case you are me a month agothe bottle trap under the sink leaksu fiddle and the copper stub connecting the trap to lead piping in the wall snapsno one wants to repair lead
>>3008512yeah If i get one of those jobs i'm straight up like... i'm gonna charge you $1000 to open the wall behind this cabinet and fuck with removing this pipe from the fitting below it to replace itthen that pipe/fitting is going to break, then i'm going be charging another $4000 to be channeling 20' through your flooring to find the next joint to attempt and rinse and repeati could use a shit ass dresser coupling on this broken part and put a new stub out for $800 (dresser couplings are expensive and I don't carry them with me)but you really just need a $10k repipe and not to stress about this i offer financing :)
>>3008518>i could use a shit ass dresser coupling on this broken part and put a new stub out for $800 (dresser couplings are expensive and I don't carry them with me)and there will be 0 warranty, you will be signing a disclaimer you are choosing to accept this terrible solution and are completely responsible
>>3006423>I have touched valves in newer homes and they started to leakNever speak to me or my Valve again.
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