My dad gets up at like 4am to shower (and go to his real job) which causes all the pipes in the walls to loudly rattle and rumble. The water hammer when closing the taps are particularly loud. This is fucking with my sleep. How could I solve this on a hardware level?
>>2995057Do you have a pressure regulating valve on incoming water line?
>>2995332that won't fix it
>>2995057get up at the same timedo it yourself
move out
Based zoomer getting circumcision reparations by living rent free
my washing machine's cold water intake screen keeps cloggingi think its mostly due to sediment from galvanized pipes isolated to the laundry roomi dont want to filter the whole house but is pic related overkill to just put on the hose to the washer so i dont have to move it and clean it out so often?
>>2995475replace the pipes
whether its the proper solution or not when in the same situation i just removed that little screen. i want the washer to work more than i care about 1 speck every load
>>2995487yeah its on the list but i want a quick easy fix in the meantime>>2995515its still under warranty so not yet
Be honest and why /diy/
>build a big house>use normal masonry materials
>>2993281Honestly RVs or boats are best because you can just move them, cities will fuck your cuck shed up.
>>2995239>Boats Giga larp
>>2995136how much water do you need to hydrate something like picrel
>>2995136I don't get the appeal of instantly deploying something that's supposed to stay in the same place for decades. Are you building a trench line in Ukraine or something?
I know prepping is a bit of a meme, but what are some of the best food items to store long term? Is rice one of the best emergency foods? It’s cheap, it lasts for a very long time if kept somewhere dry (relatively easy to store), and a person can survive off of it in dire situations.What does /diy/ think?
>>2982808how do you prep food wise with diabetes?canned olives, beans, chickpead and full grain bread?
/lit/ incoming with a couple of care packages
>>2995424and like the retard i am i forget the first image, oh well here we go now.
>>2995425what is doing the communist manifesto there?so as you come from /lit/, communist manifesto has actually aged kinda bad, but one of their precious draft, principles of communism of engels, has aged way better. it is often incluided in the same books, but stillalso no state and revolution from lenin?not anything about direct action by anarchists?baka, that is not how you larp being a revolutionary
>>2995416The weak and ill need not worry about preppingYou will rely on someone else in the end
finished the new electrical installation, starting the false gypsum ceilings that will hide all the cables n shit, and add insulationI really gotta finish this shit, I started it almost 5 years ago, past 10 months I did more than 3 years, where did that time go?
>>2994962Cursed
>>2994958>nothing but steel, wires and concreteChud Environment
>>2994960wait a second i recognize these power outlets...greetings form sunny Bulgaria, fellow estern european
update on the chudpartament>>2995185мaхнaх ги ибaнитe кoнтaктиI had 0 in the corridor, 3 in the living room, 0 in the closet
>>2995551
Previous Thread: >>2952647Here we discuss microcontrollers (MCUs), single board computers (SBCs), and their accessories, such as Atmel mega and tiny AVRs (Arduinos), PICs, ARM boards such as blue/black pill STM32, ESP8266/32s, RP2040, Raspberry Pi, and others.For general electronics questions (power supplies, level shifting, motor driving, etc.) please ask /ohm/.>where can I find verified quality microcontrollers and other electronic sensors or partsdigikey.commouser.comarrow.comnewark.com>but that's too expensivealiexpress.com (many parts here are fake, particularly specific parts out of stock in the above sites)lcsc.comComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>2995224Godspeed tard. Godspeed.
>>2995233Located the 3v3, SWS, SWM and RESET pins. My Mobo has a COM port. I should be able to strip a VGA cable, Solder to the right pins and use somthing like this: https://github.com/pvvx/TLSRPGMAnd just flash ?
>>2995312The nodeMCU and other ESPs are kinda unique for being able to be programmed via UART without needing a bootloader, though maybe it is a feature used by Bluetooth SoCs so they can have their firmware updated on the fly. It’s probably worth a shot.As for your mobo’s COM port, you’ll want to be sure it’s a TTL serial port operating at 3.3V logic levels, not an RS232 serial port operating at +/- 12V. I am unsure what the headers on a mobo speak. I’d use a USB to TTL UART adapter with a 5V/3.3V selector switch/jumper on it for this.
>>2995312>>2995325There may also be differences in programming protocol, like the baud rate, write confirmation method, and anything else that isn’t blindly bit-banging an .bin file. Also other pins you need to worry about. ESPs have a boot button that gets pulled down by one of the flow control pins if you’re using those. Maybe it just wants the reset button held down to initiate programming, but who knows.
How cheaply could you make a digital audio player? Let’s set the minimum requirements as:>micro SD card socket>can read various formats, including mp3 and lossless>has a screen>buttons or touch navigation>at least 12 hours of playback>open design allowing for user battery replacement and custom firmwareThe two open source hardware mp3 players I found online were the Tangara for $250, and the Echo player, which looks unfinished. Both look to use two boards, which seems like extra work for no gain. Surely the electronics could cost no more than $35? $3 microcontroller, $3 audio DAC, $3 amplifier if needed, $10 display, $3 PMIC, and the rest for the PCB and jellybeans.What other features would you guys tack on? I’d personally choose a PMIC that could function with Li-NMC or LiFePO4 cells. And a reflective LCD with a low power consumption like on a wristwatch so you can always see what’s playing. Compatibility with TRRS inline remotes would be nice.
So my upstairs gets pretty hot in the summer and I wana cool the area down without using AC as much as possible.I have a small triangular gable in the main part of the attic (there is a 2nd attic space that is just a crawl space with another smaller gable, so there is extra venting to prevent mold).I know the right way to do it is to put a roof mount vent, but we intend to redo the roof in a couple of years so I figure that would be the opportune time to do that.I was looking at gable fans at Home depot, would they be a good option? I figured build a wood frame and mount it to the studs. The only thing that sucks is that there is a stud going down the middle of the gable.https://www.homedepot.com/p/Master-Flow-1450-CFM-SIlver-Electric-Powered-Gable-Mount-Electric-Attic-Fan-EGV5/205924915?MERCH=REC-_-brand_based_collection-_-100098472-_-5-_-n/a-_-n/a-_-n/a-_-n/a-_-n/a#see-more-detailsI mean it's better than my original idea of getting a garage fan and just blowing towards the outside wall.
Just make a little shelf right under the vent and mount a regular ol box fan pointed out. Might not be the end all be all solution but depending on how the building breathes it may get you farther than youd expect
>>2995388I figured do that and use one of those Thermostat switches to control it.
>>2995330Attic fans are a waste of money. If venting is already inadequate they end up causing negative pressure in the attic. This causes air to be pulled from the conditioned space (IE inside the house). Not only does this vent cooler air into the attic, wasting it, but causes hotter air to be drawn into the house from somewhere else.As you said a roof replacement is already in the cards, make sure you talk to the guys about your venting situation. If it is indeed inadequate you'll want to fix that at the time the roof goes in. Correctly installed passive vents will vent the attic without the need of fans.A fix you can do now that won't interfere with the reroof is to review your insulation. If you have standard insulation up there and it is in good condition you might look into radiant barrier to boost it.
>>2995399In the summer, I can fuse atoms in the upstairs without AC, so I doubt it's adequate.
>>2995403Best case, an attic fan is only going to get the attic temp down to a few degrees hotter than what is is outside. Generally it is still going to be much hotter in your attic than the outside temp. So, if its 100º in your attic and your walls have shit insulation you are fucked. If you can insulate and seal the living space properly you are 90% of the way there. Doesn't matter how hot it gets in the attic if the insulation is beefy. After that it is just a matter of being able to cool it. If you have AC, great. If it cools down at night and you can put a fan in an open window, even better.
anyone make their own laundry soap?how would i liquify this recipe?just add a bit of water? or?
>>2995409No I mean like for your homemade powder. Also, it being liquid before being added isn't going to make a difference to your pipes
>>2995415it makes a difference if it doesnt fully dissolve
>>2995396You don't need the bar of soap. Just the washing soda and borax (maybe oxiclean). The bar soap is just for scent.
>>2995396No, I buy 5 gallons of concentrated laundry soap for $30 from the local returns/bulk/thrift shop. Thats 240 loads, about $0.13 cents a load.I have seen people selling them on facebook marketplace for around the same price, so somewhere people are buying them in bulk for cheap.The orange and blue bucket smells and works just like real tide does. They have other scents in other colored buckets.Look around and see what you have near you
>>2995498Also factor in the bucket which would be $4 if bought separately.
Since we got a gardening thread now it seems only right to get ourselves a mushroom thread.https://blogs.cornell.edu/learning/how-to-grow-mushrooms-a-beginners-guide/https://www.almanac.com/plant/mushroomshttps://northspore.com/pages/mushroom-growing-guidesWhat are you growing?What are you trying to grow? How do you avoid contamination?
>>2994719>as in ‘put the coffee grounds in x and add y’ You can buy mushroom grow kits that are literally this
>>2995140NTA but I am also interested in this. I have an arrangement where I get 1 - 4 kg coffee grounds per working day. These are quickly overrun by other types of mold, some green, others are orange. Do I have to heat treat the grounds first, or will it work if I quickly mix it with button mushroom mycelia?
>>2994302>Since we got a gardening thread now it seems only right to get ourselves a mushroom thread.Correct. And we have a FAQ from earlier such threads:https://igwiki.lyci.de/wiki//myco/_-_FAQ
>>2995296There's cheapshit handheld vacuum sealers out there nowadays. If you can seal the grounds ASAP the material is going to be clean enough for the button mushrooms to outcompete what's already in.Sterility is always preferable but not strictly required.
>>2995414>outcompeteSo if I mix one part freshly used coffee grounds with 2 parts myco saturated substrate, will that work? Or can I get by with 1:1 and just stir the mix together?Oddly, around here I cannot get button mushroom kits, just oyster mushroom and lion's mane kits.
>$5,000 for a 100 foot long, 5 foot high chainlink fence>I could do it myself for less than $2000These contractors need price regulation
>>2991072They have bills to pay, kids to feed. Don't be a dick.
>>2994610I can feed their kids in exchange for a fence, still less than $5,000.
>>2991072Only 3k labour margin? Your dad unironically got off cheap for European standards, I don't know what to tell you. Here in Serbia we say the contractor builds you a house, and you build him three.
>>2995429I don't need three houses, I'm not a jew
>>2995430The very obvious point of the saying is you pay the contractor enough to build three houses for himself even after paying his wagelaves, that's how expensive construction is here. My aunt paid half a month's salary to have a wooden cabinet installed in the kitchen after a while of searching for someone who would do it, although it's obviously on her for not doing it herself, but still. Everyone talks about brain drain in turd world shitholes but what about trade drain? Any type of infrastructure you can't maintain strictly by yourself is just fucking gone in this country. I expect my children to have to grow up with South Africa/Porkistan tier loadshedding, that's why I plan to put solar on my village house when I move back in there, unless they seize it to have some megacorp open a lithium mine on the land. That's pretty much the absolute state of the Balkans in the big '26.
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?
>>2985154where the fuck did he talk about glue traps?
>>2989565you're not supposed to feed it.
Mice are very cute. If i had one id probably get it a cage and feed it little snacks
>>2985288Is that a dude?
>>2985249Can't get that in the UK sadly. They go on about how bad anticoagulant poison is (or might be) for the environment and then that's literally the only type you're allowed to buy. Plus we have high rates of resistance. Pest controllers have access to some acute poisons but if you want to deal with your own problem here it's better to just buy 20 snaps
A place for anything to do with Welding.Post your welds, ask questions and discuss sticking metals together.IDK I just want a place to talk about welding.Thread Theme: Wacky WeavesPrevious:https://warosu.org/diy/thread/2932874Previous before previous:https://warosu.org/diy/thread/2894379
>>2995171nowhere near the thing that you're actually trying to weld?Is that the correct procedure?
>>2995172Yes. Did you not notice how it fucks up the arc when they're near the weld? Just put the magnets where they give you a good fit, place tacks where the magnets aren't, remove magnets and weld.
>>2995173Yes I noticed how it fucks up the arc, that's why I think they're completely fucking useless.
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>>2992980Well FedEx destroyed the package of welding rod. Never got the 6011 and only 5 boxes of 7018 showed up in a re-packaged box by FedEx so they absolutely fucked that one up. About 5# of the 7018 had flux chipped off badly. Luckily the e-bay seller has been good to deal with, he refunded me all of the 6011 price, and 25% off of the 7018 price since I ended up with 45# out of the 60# I was supposed to get. I'll re-order the 6011 again and hopefully FedEx won't fuck it up this time. Picrel is the badly chipped rods and all he flux that came out of the couple of boxes the bad rods were in. Did they just chuck it out of the airplane at the shipping hub? Kek.
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.
>>2994313Now my haters are making homosexual fan fiction about me. Not sure if I should feel offended or flattered.
Ok I managed to apply the UV solder mask today and it seems like it worked quite smoothly. I used the tip of a small sewing needle to spread it over the trace and then held the UV light on it for 10 seconds to play it safe. I used transparent UV solder mask so you can still see the trace but its a bit more murky/cloudy when you see it. I used the tip of an exacto knife to put little scratches on the UV solder mask to test its thickness by feel and test its durability a bit to scratching. And ensure it was fully cured. It was very hard and durable and seems to have gone on fairly thin. The question is, is it too thick/proud of the surface for the soldering on of the chip over it? This is the million dollar question. Because if the mask lifts the chip up off the PCB even a tiny bit then the soldering may not reach between pads on the IC and pads on the PCB, failing to bridge the distance. That is my main concern. If I have any issues with that, I will have to reroute this trace to go around everything rather than on the shortest path like it is now. The shortest path leads it under the IC and led me to have to mask it. Extra steps like this are a bit annoying. I kind of wish I just routed it around everything out of the way more. Then I would not need to UV solder mask at all. Perhaps in a future board iteration I will do this improvement but we'll see. For now I made several boards and want to stick to them since it would be more work to remake them all.
>>2994668holy fuck the fruitless-ness of this is just so staggering it's hard to comprehend
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Hey guys long time no see. 4chan has become too much of a pain to use with 4 captchas in 30 seconds now and i don't feel like getting the pass...Anyways. I might have to actually stop stop because i realized the robot might end up costing $5000 to make which i explained why in my latest video. Pic related is the latest thing i did. Walking might not be too bad after all because the training can be used to make the robot stable. But yeah too much...
I'm trying to create an inner shell for my garage in order to soundproof it and AAC came up. Worth it?
>>2991802>freezeNot a problem in my area, bucko.
>>2991810you still shouldn't paint over it with acrylic paint or other non-breathable shit because the moisture will accumulate in your walls instead of freely evaporating outside, potentially causing mold and not helping you regulate indoor humidity without relying on ventilation
>>2991925TRVKE
>>2991150What's your temperature range?
>>2991054>inner shell for my garagewhat is the existing wall?>>2991337>Wood beams screwed onto the AACyou will get better performance, both thermal and sound, by leaving a gap between AAC and wood
This is probably overpriced, what cheaper alternative can I use to preemptively cover spots that'll get ruined on skate shoes?Or am I wrong and this product is different from other glues?
>>2992632skate shoes are disposable nigga, they're a wear item. get used to buying new pairs there's no way to make shoes last very long if you're actually out skating every day.>tfw vans used to be like $30 a pair because they were understood to be disposable
>>2992632It always looks like shit, plus I don’t find it sticks that well and it’s not very durable. I’m not saying it doesn’t work, but it’s not like factory durability.You might want to use it to glue durable pre-formed rubber on those areas. Also, contact cement works well for attaching rubber.
>>2992632to stop the tube of glue from curing while in storage screw the cap down over a piece of aluminum foil.
>>29926323m 5200
>>2993028This. Shoe goo sucks.
