I am running a new water line from the meter. 3/4 copper was the plan but should I consider PEX? I like it because there will be fewer joints to fail if I do one run from the meter to the house.
>>2996657Nobody does it because you can much more easily drop the black PE pipe in and also never have to give a fuck again.
>>2996618>>2996661https://youtu.be/mkFU7o3IAaM
>>2996618>some places use the water line as groundI know it's off topic, but don't do this, folks
>>2996618>There is no reason to choose copper nowadays.I'm on well and I will continue to use copper in my house.
>>2996568Just run a PN10 if you don't have a plastic welder. The couplings and fittings are easier.
I live ludicrously far from all laundromats, they charge a pretty fucking penny for a wash and a full dry, and I have no vehicle, no friends willing to drive me to a mat, no family in my town, and churning clothes like butter in hot bathwater with the head of those detachable mop handles for 4 hours is starting to lose its luster. The drying I can take. Is there a faster or better alternative, especially a ghetto, simple one, when I live a poor life, mostly due to living costs?Don't say move. This is literally the best gig a fella like me can get. Not because of any record but because it's all bills paid and they didn't ask for a lease agreement.
>>2997901Cry about it
>>2996871Get less absorbant clothes. Sportswear is easily washed and dried.Wash individual items in the sink with a little handsoap or shampoo. You probably have limited space to dry everything at once anyway. Actually wringing things out is more effective than just soaking and limply moving them around.
>>2997901Security deposits aren't legal here.
Someone showed me one of these a while back.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0TGkA6UsH2M
>>2997924I can vouch for this. 20 years ago I used to use one for barn laundry. Mine was a wooden handle with an aluminum base. I called it a chinaman. I was 16 and didnt get it. But it fucking works.
I got a new 25.4 cc 2-stroke power head from ECHO and was using it today. I did not expect it to be as powerful as it is. It's the PAS-2620 model and it has a modular attachment system. I was using the string trimmer attachment with it and it was obliterating everything in its path with ease. It's super fun to use, I'm going to play with it some more tomorrow. Coming from a 4-stroke Craftsman, the ECHO somehow feels more powerful than that. And the string is much more durable, I don't know why that is.Not to sound like a shill, I guess the downsides are it's pretty expensive and with 2-stroke you have to mix 2-stroke oil with gasoline. Which isn't too bad and if you factor in that you can use the power head with all sorts of attachments it might save you money compared to buying a bunch of different dedicated non-modular power equipment. It's super powerful so you get what you pay for I guess. Can't wait to use it some more.Anyway, what power equipment have you anons been using?
>>2997022The angle is steep. I wouldn't want to try a riding mover on it. I have used a push mower on it a few times. It is self propelled but it can't handle the hill and it is not grass. Its fucking weeds and saplings. I basically have to start at the top of the hill, hold it back while walking down the hill, then push it back to the path and around back up the hill for another pass. I'm currently in the "fuck this bullshit" phase of that endeavor.
Picked up some corded chainsaws along with a Husqvarna 61. Anyone know of a top handle corded saw, seems like a logical progression for a 1.5kw saw used for small branches and sticks.The saws where an 1550W older version of pic related and a yellow 1780W GMC.
>>2998021Actually I'm now wondering if I should just use a circular saw with a cross cut blade?
>>2995664These should have a propeller attachment for small boats.>>2996546When I mowed lawns as a teenager I liked the buildup of grass clips on my shins and nothing it kicked up ever hurt enough to try to protect myself. I assume because I'm older, I'm made of superior stock to you pussy young people though. Cover your legs in bubblewrap and wear a helmet.
>>2998022after some googling, sounds like a bad idea
i’ve been able to trap them easily using these live traps and peanuts as bait. But they keep coming back, so I need to find out how they’re getting in. I guess that they’re coming in somewhere around the sill plate. But these are deer mice, I think, so they could be climbing up higher and finding an entrance somewhere else. I’ve heard that it’s fruitless to try to seal every possible entrance. Should I just get a cat?
>>2997499Bullshit. I've caught at least a half dozen this spring using the exact same wood victory trap in the exact same place with the same bait.
>>2989565My cat brings me back a dead animal every day. Haven't had a mouse in the house in 15 years.
>>2982780Get an outdoor cat
>>2997952Ive heard opinions go both ways. My experience has been, as soon as a snap trap catches a mouse they avoid it like the plague just to fall into a bucket trap.
>>2998018They don't avoid shit. Mice eat meat, including other dead mice. They don't care about smell of death.
I don't care if it kills the whole lawn, I just don't want to spray herbicide and get cancer. What can I spray to kill entire patches of a lawn that is more affordable than herbicide other than using black plastic cover.
>>2996255> more affordable> D limonene I'm not sure that stuff is more affordable. I think it is poisonous isn't it? Real Turpentine comes from pine trees and is also natural yet poisonous.
Op wants to eat cake and have cake
>>2996306D-Limonene is used as a flavoring agent and a nutritional supplement. The LD50 is around 5g/kg. It is acidic (down to around 3.2 pH) in solution, so you'll have chemical burns long, long before you reach any risk of acute toxicity.Unless you're a cat. Felines can't metabolize it, and it is highly toxic to them.
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>>2995219Weed eat them. If you kill it with any other method the weed is still in the ground. Leaf blow it and do something with the excess if you are expecting rain, because they will grow back if you leave them. Do it all before the sun gets too hot to get the longest time out of your yard. I'm sorry, its the only option. Get a Stihl, there cheapest model rips with .105. Echos are okay. Or a clone if you are "nifty power tools" asshole. Don't buy electric if you are mowing a forest down.
The eternal debate.
>>2997933>i win because i say soboy you gots a future in middle management bureaucracy
>>2997935>>2997940>>2997941
>>2997972So mad you quad posted?
>>2997998>cant believe more than 1 person thinks hes full of shit youd be more at home on some (wo)mans board
>>2997999OK shitbird.What's really hilarious about you is that you're absolutely buttblasted about the idea of charging tool batteries with a smaller, cheaper, far easier to get charger you already carry.
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.
>>2996736Ok, thanks for the info. I'll get some Tamiya Extra Thin Cement since it doesn't mention having a styrene resin.
>>2996746pretty sure the tamiya stuff is the same thing.i'd go with CA glue
>>2996746dont worry i've done the same when i first startedany sort of "cement" melts and welds plastic together. some people within the gunpla/plamo and warhammer community use it to make "sprue goo"https://www.youtube.com/shorts/w1r2ddFDRTIpersonally for garage kits (which are typically made of resin), after pinning, i might use some super glue or CA glue as the other anon puts it
Is there any tips to making pining straight?
Has anyone here used the Lascivus line? Is it just basically any other mr color paint or does it actually do better at skin/hair than their normal paints?
Ask machining questions, post machining failuresCAD CAM talkSpeeds and feeds guessingG-Code, M-Code, Bro-CodeFanuc vs HaasBitch about payIgnore SiegWhine about spline shaftsButton pushers who think they're machinistsnew years improvisation edition theme: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmrkecCd_1E
>>2989707Hey anon, we’re still considering you for this role, can you go ahead and tile the break room. Clean the toilets, take out the trash in the shop, sweep up, change all the coolant, use your personal vehicle to pick up tools and supplies and grab us all lunch for the second interview? Third interview can you come over to my house and refinish my pool?
>>2997466torque dick swinging competition channel just did a test but it doesnt really consider wearpicel is pretty well regarded as the gold standard for socket typeotherwise just buy 10 packs of whichever flavor nex bit get ok scamazon reviews. the bosch 3" have been working for me
>>2997963So when are you gonna go get it and drag it home?
>>2997963>this is a nice machine
Hi errbody, /g/entleman here.I have a small, hobby cnc and I need dust collection badly.Why shouldn't I buy this small but powerfull and cool looking system?
>>2997866Dust extractors are a completely different animal than vacuums.
>>2997867and are rendered irrelevant by a $2 bag you can put in a shopvac
>>2997882Not true at all.
>>2997867>>29978853d print a dust extractorhttps://share.google/Rg2ko8fvIrieoRXvR
>>2997909Dust extractors are cheap. I need the vacuum machine which has to be sturdy and relatively silent
>Only 10% the space of a regular fridge, still uses half the power or more.Post inefficient appliances that shouldn't exist.
>>2997857It's definitely meme for retards, i mean look at those fucking hinges lol, looks like hinges that should be on a wooden box, but you'd probably get colder just by blowing ac on a your drinks.>>2997796If you haven't, there are terracotta/clay pot coolers that work the same way. All you do is:>buy a giant terracotta flower pot>then buy one that is slightly smaller>put slightly smaller terracotta pot in the center of the bigger one>fill the outer space with ice>put what you want cooled into the smaller pot>cover with a wet towel or another terracotta pot>congrats you now have an ancient cooler and an interesting history piece you can research or drone on about to people whose curiosity outweighs their sense.
>>2997895Those ancient people would have had to bury it in the dirt for insulation. A terra cotta pot filled with ice isn't doing anything to keep the heat out. You're already massively inconveniencing yourself in the name of saving a penny with this idea of using a cooler and cycling frozen water bottles from your friend's freezer. Storing your food in pots buried in the earth like it's 1500 BC is just plain niggardly.
>>2997895That only works in very arid climates, anon.
>>2997857They're not great. My daughter grabbed one at a flea market for $5, and while it does cool down some sodas in a small space the door is horrible. It doesn't seal well and allows humidity in, which condenses and runs out the front and grows mold on the inside. I even tried cutting foam tape to fit around it and while it helped it didn't completely eliminate the problem and made latching it harder.
>>2997956The doors are horrible by design. In the name of shaving a few dollars off the MSRP of these devices, there's no temperature regulator and the peltier cooler that powers it runs at full power at all times. To avoid possible freezing, the door is intentionally designed to leak so much heat that it is never able to get close to the freezing. Yes, they do end up costing more money in the form of energy than you save by not having a thermostat, but that's a problem for the retard buying it to (not) deal with, not the manufacturer. I cannot think of a more cynical appliance than these. Useless consumer trash is nothing new, but most of them end up stashed away unused in a closet or a landfill. These things are designed to sit plugged in draining power into perpetuity.
I miss this lil nigga like you would not believe.
>>2992806>They could have sold Raspberry Pis and Arduinos. They barely did.>They could have sold 3D printers...if they were at every store.My local RS (>>2995834) does this to keep afloatYou can get Bambu and Prusa shit there, as well as cheap chink filament. Yeah, he's selling kingroon at $10/kg when you can buy it for $7 on ali, but I can get a spool of whatever color TODAY rather than next month
>>2995835Coleco was barely a computer company. They had one product and it flopped. Mattel made more computers than they did. While they did start out in leather they were all over the map. They started making toys by the 1950s. In '61 they sold off the leather business and renamed themselves Coleco Industries. They bought a vinyl pool company, a few other toy companies, and even made snowmobiles. They got into video game consoles in '76 by using General Instrument's AY-3-8500 "Pong-on-a-Chip" IC to make some consoles. When the 2600 hit the market in late '77 that was basically the end of that. They couldn't compete with a 'real' console. Especially since video games were in a sales slump during that time. The kept making portables though, as they were much simpler designs.They returned to console in '82 with the Colecovision. This was a real console and the basis for their only computer. In late '83 they released the Adam computer and the Expansion Module #3 for the Colecovision. The latter turned the Colecovision into an Adam and made it 100% compatible. On top of that, the standard Adam computer could play Colecovision games out of the box. It was a super cool concept but they fumbled the execution.The Adam launched late, 25% more expensive than promised, only had a fraction of the units promised in stock, and many of them were defective. They also launched it directly into the great video game crash. The Adam tanked and the Colecovision stumbled. By '85 they were done with both and left the console and computer markets. The Adam was available for less than 2 years. Declining sales of their existing toys and the purchase of a failing boardgame maker sealed the deal. By '88 they were bankrupt.
>>2995847As a vintage computer enthusiast I gotta say the Adam is not a good machine. The power supply plugs into the fucking PRINTER and then is daisy-chained to the main unit. They use different connectors so if the printer breaks or gets lost you are out of luck. The printers were also not reliable so more than a few machines ended up in the shitpile because the printer broke rendering the whole thing useless. They are like hens teeth now. Most people have to make their own power supply if they want to use an Adam. They also require 12 volts DC, 5 volts DC, and negative 5 volts DC. When I made mine I had to find an old MeanWell PS and make my own power cord for it that ended in a DB-9. because the Adam used a custom connector that locked into the machine, something I couldn't replicate, you have to be careful about the connector falling out.The Atari computers are much easier to make power supplies for. The early machines took 9 volts AC and used a standard barrel connector. Done. In fact, the same model power supply could power the 400, the 800, the 1200XL, and several of the accessories. The later computers used positive 5 volts DC. You can power them from USB using a 5-pin DIN adapter. No joke. Not that Atari power supplies die all that much. Commodore power supplies are the kiss of death but Atari actually did pretty well on that front.
i miss this lil nigga like you wouldnt believe
>>2988957There is exactly one hardware store in my area that has anything like this. It's a locally owned store in a basement and it feels like as much of a relic as radioshack. It's really nice to have it available but it feels like any day now they're going to close up for good.
I don't know anything about sewing so it would be cool if you can share some tips and tricks or just straight up guides. Thank youuuuu
>>2996552Looks like embroidery. https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=embroidery
>>2996552Join Roman legion. You'll get one for free.
>>2996622>RomanAnon.
>>2996552Use case for making this?
>>2997943larping (historical reenactment or 40k)
what are some uses for dryer fluff?
>>2994095lol
>>2994094Man she was so cute in the 2000s
>>2994094It's a good kindling material. Also, if using it for that purpose doesn't convince you to clean your dryer exhaust lines regularly, nothing will.
>>2997679>good kindling materialnothe best is here, fluff it out into two 32 gallon trash cans and a small handful works wonders, lights like paper burns like wood
>>2997074This is similar to my idea>make new ebay account>advertise selling a nintendo switch 2 for $300>send them a box filled with rocks and dryer lint>repeat step oneIRL infinite money glitch right here
what is ailing you at the moment or what is has been your worst injury?
angle grinder cutoff wheel
>>2997301another gem from this board
>>2997829Shit'll buff out... Still have that speck of steel in my eye, but it's not bothering much so I'll just ride it out for a while.
>ailing atmalmost nothing. perhaps a toenail that had been operated on already that's possibly starting to grow in again, but other than that, i'm quite ok. if it gets bad perhaps suck it up and put scissors under there and cut some nail out. done it before but not really that deep>the worstsome cunt hitting me in the eye a long time ago on the playground and i unironically almost lost it. when your eyeball is full of blood your limited vision turns greendaily visits to the eye specialist, fun for the whole family>>2997829actually seems like a clean wound, cuts usually are (assuming limbs and no internal organs being affected). disinfect and get it stitched. i had something like that on my foreheadbut fugg, reading threads like these makes me realise i'm a little bitch and it always can get way worse than losing some toes, an eye, or a gaping wound on your head
I don't really want to shill out an additional 200 a month for elecricity.Already did the two-hose diy conversion, but is there anything else I can do?
Next time, if you want to ghetto mod something cheap, mod a window unit.A window unit can be two hose modded too, but you can't really do the condensation trick on a mobile (window units spray condensation on the condenser).
>>2996918There are probably slower more energy efficient methods. My understanding is that it's an air conditioner retooled to just drip. HVAC has heat pumps that operate on a temperature gradient and utilize ambient heat energy, vs AC just compresses and pushes. A better solution is probably isolating the space from water intrusion.
>>2996920>>2996925this, and also dont use an extension cord.remove any filters the unit hashow was your DYI conversion? post pics so we can rate it.is your electricity cheaper at night? if so, run it at full blast during the night and turn it down during the day.
>>2996918Insulate and air seal the space you're trying to cool.
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