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.
Board Certified Master Arborist and Qualified Tree Risk Assessor here, AMA.Lets please not turn this thread into a chainsaw/ tree cutting dick measuring contest, we have enough of those. Lets focus on the plants. Pic related is a girdling root I removed from an eastern white pine located on a residential property. My question for you guys is on chisel sharpening. I use a few different size chisels to remove roots like this, but they obviously get dull frequently using them down in the soil near rocks and such. I don't want to put the effort in sharpening them like I do my nice chisels in the wood shop because these get beat up constantly. Right now i just use a flat file from my chainsaw sharpening kit. any better ideas?
>>2994264god damn bro i have been using this aboslute shitter used strap harness with like a 3ft long bridge, used my friend's petzl sequoia and holy fuck what a difference, like night and fucking daycould actually gain some height instead of first having to climb the entire length of my bridge and then some, also didnt have to sit back 3 ft or constantly fight to stay upright instead of falling backwardsthat being said, any harness recs?
>>2994484>What do they die of?Mostly they just stop growing (usually when max two inches tall and some with just one set of seed leaves), with no change for months, until I start getting another seed-heavy batch and need to make room for the new seedlings. I also tend to notice the water in their saucers lasting longer than usual.>What's your climate?It's the UK, so... Temperate oceanic? Hardly ever get a proper winter, not that they'd be able to tel in their cozy little indoor greenhouse.Reposting the photo.
>>2994596>UKsomehow missed that still pretty broad but as you say minigreenhouseWhat sorts of citrus seeds are you planting out? They're originally understorey plants.so light is less of an issue but you're using grow lights anyway...Not really my area of expertise so I can't offer much
>>2994650>What sorts of citrus seeds are you planting out?The small sweet ones, the size of a tangerine (so tangerines themselves, clementines, satsumas) - whatever I happen to buy and whatever gives me seeds.
>>2994531ended up getting the notch catalyst and wowwhat a fucking improvement, unironically 5x easier to climb than the lineman strap harness, along with being significantly more comfortableclimbing seems like it's just a fucking gear check at this point
Moved into a new apartment and the tap water looks like this. How concerned should I be?
is it municipal water?turn the taps on for an hour or 2 see if it clears up
>>2994791it's piss?
>>2995038If your piss looks like this then you might want to consult a doctor.
>>2995060it's not coming out of me maybe your house is sick or the guy upstairs
>>2994791Are you in Europe? You might have an open cistern which needs yo n be cleaned. Don't drink the water.
Hey /diy/. I mentioned this in one of the threads but felt it would just be better if I put up a dedicated thread instead of steering the one I was in off-topic. I have an old Black & Decker drill with a metal shell of some kind with a riveted on old Black & Decker badge from the factory from an era I'm not sure about. It belonged to my grandfather but I inherited it after he passed. Should I restore it? It's corded as you would expect from such an era, and I have some experience with maintenance.
>>2994871Nice. Looks like I've got a place to get parts and the manual.
>>2994807Oh, it will drill a hole like no ones business. It is low RPM but high torque. When you need to drill a big hole in something I still use them.>>2994831Easy to fix. Old tools were made to be serviced. Notice that the drill is bolted together front to back? That means everything doesn't just fall out when you open it. The leftside/rightside case is designed for easy assembly on a line (generally by someone Chinese). Put one side down, drop in each component, slap the other side on, and use a machine that can drive 7 screws at once to secure it. The old drill were assembled by hand and could be serviced just as easily. Open the fuckeer up, check the wring, and replace what is loose. Might as well put a 3 prong cord on it while you are at it. Oh, and check the grease. Problem solved. These old drills don't have anything stupid in them, like PCBs or custom ICs that can't be replaced. Just some wire and a heavy duty switch to control it.>>2994865AC or DC. That means it is a universal motor. Not as efficient as a modern brushless motor but you could string together some car batteries and run it just fine. Or daisy chain five 24v tool batteries no problem. They are good on anything within 10% of that 120v rating. Often much broader than that. Heat is the concern. Too low and it doesn't spin fast enough to cool itself under long usage. Too high and you have the same issue but because the excess power is turned into heat.
>>2995080So this is good for removing screws?
>>2995081Nope. You want something with a clutch to remove or drive screws. This is for drilling holes.
>>2995086But it IS good for drill brushes, right?
WTF is wrong with it?Fell out of Pending at least 3x since 2021.Bought less than two years ago, now up for sale again. Pics indicate owner has bunch of little kids living in it, so WTF pull up stakes?Maybe he got a job somewhere and has to move???Weird design, but seems like it could be nifty to have nice big fully covered space just outside nice two car garage. Could greatly expand into semi-inside space by hanging some plastic greenhouse shit and a couple more garage doors for pass through.Gee, I wonder if he has Inspections and shit from the Loan he got less than two years ago???Schools are rated shit (for PA) but "student demographics" not that bad.https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/834-Kistler-Rd-Mount-Union-PA-17066/115859253_zpid/
>>2991944theres no way thats supported correctly unless theres like 16 inch steel there. thats a fucking 30-35 foot span. my addition has like a 10x10 steel beam for a 16 foot span and thats prolly just a bit over built.
>>2991909Been seeing this a lot even in the town I live in and new by towns. One of the 3 things always happen.1. House sits in pending hell for a year or so.2. House sells 3+ times in a short amount of time. Mostly with in a 5 year range.3. House gets put up for sale, removed, put back up, get taken back down and repeats.
>>2993840im pretty sure my front door is just for code compliancethere isnt even a path to it
>>2994969My front door is blocked from both sides. Got a Hoosier cabinet blocking it from the inside and a bunch of decorative plants in the front. I get zero sales people knocking on my actual primary door as it is on the side of the house inside the carport. You can't see if from the street.
>>2991944Probably because realtors are retards and use fisheye lenses for everything to make it look larger.
What were the worst incidents you had while trying to /diy/ something?Some dumb shit I did: >Electrocute myself while trying to change a smoke detector cause the power was still in>Watertight sealant on a new drain, only to find out it was still in plastic once I was done and let it dry for 2 days>Drill into electric cable>Attach pipes that turn out to be leaking a few days later
>>2993154Such is life in Soviet Russia
>>2986889enjoying this mental image
>>2989248I clench my teeth when I go to the asian grocery store because they cut the meat in the open and I can hear the bandsaw zipping through meat and bone like butter. I don't know how anyone can see that thing in operation and not treat it with the respect it deserves, including making sure it's absolutely rigidly bolted down to something immoveable.
>>2986536I got locked out of my house when I was naked and my neighbors saw me
Having a fun night
I am in the market for a mower, I've got about 2½ acres so I figure a rider would be preferable. around 2-3k for budget. I know the primary thing to look for is who makes the engine, Briggs/Honda/Kawasaki being the recommended.
>>2995040normal mowers are fine if you want to keep the cost down and just drive in a straight line to take care of a big lawn, just know that once you splurge on a Zero Turn you will never go back.
>>2995047I have used one before so I know, and I know how much more expensive they are. I'm like 65-35 leaning towards a zero turn. the chief concern is durability/reliability, I don't want to drop several grand on some disposable JD tractor from the Home Depot.
>>2995048even the jd shit from the stealership is trash. fucking joke brand. my shop landlord has an x530 he bought new in 2009 for $5700 (!) and his wife neuroticly mows about 2 ac a week. that piece of shit is constantly breaking down from wear parts. belt sheaves and guage wheels/bushings are eaten like candy and the $15 scamazon ones last exactly the same service time as the $200 jd "genuine" chinkshit. i bet hes spent $15k buying new bagger components for it. it eats up a $2k blower every year like clockwork. just fucking junkhe shoulda bought a 4xxx series with a loader and a finish mower for his wife to play in the garden with instead
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>>2995050from what I know, Cub Cadet isn't much better these days. gold standard during the International-Harvester era, now is all third party rebranded junk.>>2995051I was asking for advice from people who already have mowers, but whatever dude
Hello gamers i dont have any tools and Im tired of borrowing them. Bought some basic hand tools I know I'll use, but I need a drill mostly for doing simple framing and fixing some old buildings on my property.I'm at a bit of a loss at what to get, everything has confusing model names and it looks like amazon is pushing like nearly 10 year old stuff, which I would imagine is bad since battery tech moves fast? Im looking to spend like 300 or so on a drill + battery and charger, have the bits I need already. I dont know shit about any of the specs.Also i have a metric shit ton of rough cut limestime and other stones laying around I want to use for lanscaping. I dont want to use/buy a saw. Is there a method to just using a hammer and chisel to get some basic shapes out of these? And if so what so I need? Tried just wacking on them with a sledge and they seem to break unpredictably.
>>2992265Small impact drills are for throwing fasteners without predrilling. Think deck screws, large lags, socketing bolts. They don't function a lot differently than a standard drill, but their behavior makes it much easier to hold onto the screws as you set them. They have a lot more torque which is normally good, but rookies can damage things over tightening or using the wrong screws. Impacts punch in the direction of torque, but hammer punch forward. SDS demo hammers are really the answer generally in this regard because it's hard to get into concrete and masonry with small hammerdrills.
>>2992252most of yall non trades diyers can go with Ryobi and are pretty versatile. i use some ryobi tools with makita or milwaukee battery adapters
>>2992252go to a pawn shop near an affluent area, you'll find brand new tools cheappicrel included battery and fast charger
makita/dewalt if you're burgerparkside/bosch if you're eurofag (makita and dewalt are generally better but the price jump here isn't worth it)
>>2992879Ryobi tools are fine for basic homeowner tasks, no reason to spend a bunch of money on tools you only use every couple of weekends. when i used to sling tools at Home Depot was "dont use Ryobi if your career depends on it". for contractors or tradesmen, sure buy a better brand but around the house nothing else comes close, especially when you compare the selection of whats available from them vs. other consumer level brands.
/EMOT/ - Eternal Machine Operator Thread Clock in, push green button, play on phone until m30 happens When out of metal go get an adult Never going to learn gcode or machine offsets what about you guys? What flavor vapes are the best? >hey bro > one of the drill bits, the one with the flat bottom that cuts with the sides is broken > Imma go smoke while you fix it bro
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2FeySJSB8e4
>>2989621The OP of this thread is a literal NAZI. DO NOT CONTRIBUTE! > Why does Mexico look like Mexico and Japan loon like Japan if there is no racial hierarchy? -Sieg>Its odd how these stores getting robbed never lock up the sunscreen -Sieg > I love fucking jew bitches raw, I can get them pregnant and convince them to abort. Two birds one stone. Dead Jew baby and made a Jew bitch cry -Sieg
Do shills disguised as posters exist on hobby machinist forums? Wanted to find a review on the little machine shop's products and I got overwhelmingly positive opinions on them. When it comes to practical machinist they stone you for mentioning them.
>>2991739geezers are a peculiar lotthey love to brag to each other when something goes smooth despite how little effort was often involved on their part and its a flex how they could just throw their card down and make it happen they hate showing the weaknesses of being taken a fool so the ones that got a short stick on junk often stay silent to avoid being torn to shreds by the rabid jackals that are forum regulars now consider the average oldfuck that has time to type out tool reviews is usually long retired and relegated to subdivision life where his shop is 18 sqft of the garage and the most involved machine work hes done in the past 5 years is drilling out scamazon chinkshit plastic lawnmower wheels for his wifes rolling garden stool because they were 12mm and the bolt was 1/2"
>>2991739i hope you didnt buy this toy lathe
wat a girl du
>>2994144You're being ragebaited by the image. Algorithms have gotten so bad people have taken to posting things meant to drive negative engagement like that because a thousand people commenting that you're stupid still gets you views and boosted in the algorithm because it keeps people's eyeballs on the platform's ads. There is no mechanic and the one being played here is you.
>>2994129>wat a girl duPose for pictures while pretending to do something.
>>2994857dont sinp for wrenchthots
>>2994144i wouldn't believe i was cute unless i got things for free
>>2994129probably carrying a whole wrench set to change window washer fluid
Welcome to woodworking general, wet red cedar edition. Here we discuss the working of wood and the tools and techniques of working wood. So far we tend to be mostly hand tool folk with a slant towards cabinetry and carving but all are welcome and we have some capable power tool folk amount our ranks. General carpentry question such as framing/decking/general construction seems to get a better response in the /qtddtot/ or /sqt/.Old thread >>2980606The Essential /wwg/ library.Tage Frid Teaches Woodworking, gives you everything you need and shows you how to do it multiple ways from hand tools to power tools and gives you the knowledge to determine which is best, and then he teaches you how to apply what you learned.https://www.amazon.com/dp/1561588261Chris Pye wrote the book on carviing and keeps on writing them.https://www.chrispye-woodcarving.com/The eastern tradtion, Japanese Woodworking Tools: Their Tradition, Spirit and Use by Toshio Odatehttps://www.amazon.com/dp/0941936465Leonard Lee The Complete Guide to Sharpeninig, how to sharpen most everything.Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
Please forgive the krita markup image, idk how to do computer woodwork. So i can do most of this frame with just mortis + tenon, and the middle leg as a castle joint, but how would i go about adding 6 legs around the frame, doing so in such a way that theyre recessed into the inner frame?
>>2994850Put them inside the frame and screw them in?? Use a fancy butt joint with it.
>>2994901ah I don't want to use screws for this bed. i think I'm going to do a bridle joint
>>2993835>>2993834this is some ooga booga shit
are you supposed to get a new bed every 10 years
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.
>>2994748You're welcome.
these double knee pants have a sort of 'drain' at the bottom. i was able to reach under the drain and patch the bottom, but anyone got some tips for draining the upper portion that i cant get my hand underneath?
>but anyone got some tips for *PATCHING* the upper portion
>>2995011Use a curved needle. Slip a piece of flat, flexible plastic (like the side of a milk jug) in there so the needle doesn't stick into the lower layer and pull it out the bottom when you are finished. Look into Sashiko patching.
>>2995011Like anon said, if you're whip stitching like the other one use a curved needle, or use a straight needle and pinch the fabric.You could also Shashiko-style it, like picrel. It's just crossed running stitches.
https://youtu.be/5fe3rP92hjYWhy aren’t more people just building their own homes for $300? The story on why they tried to outlaw this building method in order to raise profits is fucking absurd.
i need to build a mudhut and put solar panels on it. that would be hella sweet.
>>2981043Traditional peasant stoves built with this are fucking killer. Thermal mass heating for days on a single load o wood if your house is insulated well enough. Practically free and automated heating, just a little bit more effort than floor heating but a lot cheaper.
>>2984401you deserve a smack to the head
>>2986531magic brown people used Adobe before whites showed up so it's better
>>2986720how do you do those roofs
I just need somewhere to store some stuff, vinegar, baking soda, canned food, etc. it doesn't have to be huge but it shouldn't be tiny, I can spend maybe $200 or so but I don't know what to get and I've never used Temu before
I'm planning to DIY this vertical solar wall 90ft wide and 24 ft tall. 30 ft I beams will be lifted into the excavation holes and the foundation piles will be poured around them. I think the hardest part of the construction will be the erection of the columns in a way that is perfectly planar. Solar panels aren't very tolerant of bending stress so I need them to be planar within a 1/4 inch more or less. I am thinking to install scaffolding opposite the crane truck position so that I can reach the entire I-beam area from top to bottom. But the challenge remains getting those beams perfectly in plane . The I beams will be prefabricated with bolt holes for the horizontal support rails. The horizontal support rails will be HSS steel with bolting plates set at each column . They come in 20' lengths and 10' lengths .So I am thinking at the very least, I can bolt the HSS to the I beams to provide substantial alignment. I also have a builders scope level. Just posting here about it to see if anyone here has experience in this matter. Anyone have advice? Will post more details.
>>2994918wait a minute lol 30ft pole 24ft height perfectly planar construction so this is a wind up then?anyway actually getting posts plumb and plane is easy, you put the two end posts in first, use a plumb to get them vertical.now before you fix them in, run a string line between them.use the string line to rotate the post so the string is flat to the face of the postthen with a string line top and bottom between two fixed posts, you can offer up all the intermediate posts to the string line before fixing them.next: don't bury steel anything. concrete footers and then fix the steel to the concrete. unless you live in the desert. 24 ft is not to be fucked with. if you want i guess you could contract a piler to do it.also solar panels usually are installed at an angle. i.e. pointed towards the sun.
>>2994922Cheeky
>>2994964Steel has to be embedded in the post in this case for bending moment resistance. >angleThis is a winter array , we already have enough angle arrays for the summer
>>2994918Post the video when it flies awayMaybe put a GPS tracker on it
>>299498024" foundation piles will give a factor of safety of 2.1 for this design.
