is it ok to store diesel on picrel for longterm?
>>2876023i work at an airport. we get these totes for de-icing glycol but store used oil, gasoline, diesel, jet-a in them. they are placed by the farm tanks as the test fuel disposal tanks or if MX needs to empty a truck and store the leftover
>>2876027>>2876058>>2876064>>2876093yeah I think I'll use 200 liter metal drum instead just to be safethanks
>>2876023sure, i think a few 5 gallon cans of diesel will fit nicely on that.
We store diesel in a couple of these at work but it's never in there long term. A few weeks at most until it's empty and gets refilled. They are stored in a shipping container so they are out of the light.
>>2876667>sure, i think a few 5 gallon cans of diesel will fit nicely on that.Looks like a shitty spot to store gas cans... They would clutter up the area or if the tote was outside could blow away...I built this enclosed spot with a drawer under my fuel tank for the sole reason of storing a shitload of gas cans under there... Keeps the clutter contained to one area. Underneath that drawer I still have a spot for my emergency reserve 55 gallon engine oil and hydraulic oil barrels.
I have a number of pictures of various sizes that I want to put on the wall. I'd like for it to look kind of like the image, but I'd prefer a way that allows for easier adjustment and rearrangement later on.Anyone know of a product made for something like this? At first I thought of linen/felt push pin boards, but I don't think those would be strong enough to hold picture frames without larger pins that would penetrate through the back and into the wall. The most obvious choice would be command strips, but I'd prefer to avoid those if possible.
>>2877114>patching small holes is super easy and quickWhat's the best way to patch holes so my landlord doesn't jew me out of my security deposit?
>>2877102Also Opie if you do something like this or larger command hooks, make sure they don’t stand off the wall so much that the picture frames won’t sit flat. It will look like shit if the top of every frame is 1/4” off the wall while the bottom of the frame is touching.
>>2877115Well depends what your rental contract says. The last house I rented actually said I could hang stuff all I wanted as long as I patched the holes and sanded them so it was ready when they come in with a fresh coat of paint.Anyway first step would be to ask landlord what paint they used, or maybe there’s half a gallon sitting somewhere. If you got that, then you grab a kit like picrel, they even sell it in small tubes and you can patch 100 small holes with that little tub. You spread the spackle over the hole, then use one of those little $3 sanding blocks to flatten it out, and hit it with paint.
>>2877115>>2877121Picrel like $15 at Walmart or $20 at Home Depot, and if you get a paint code from your landlord, get a quart of that paint and you can hang anything you want and just pull out the nails and spend 20min filling the holes the day before you move out
>>2877121>>2877124Thank you, both. I'll look at DAP to plug the holes.> I could hang stuff all I wanted as long as I patched the holes and sanded them so it was ready when they come in with a fresh coat of paint.This is my current agreement.
Okay fellas, I'm laying down hardieboard for my bathroom remodel (this was from the ROT threads a few months ago, I've repaired all the framing damage, re-plumbed for the new shower, and leveled the flooring with feather finish)I'm using 12" x 23.75" smartcore pro LVT. Pic shows the current layout i'm considering, with one full tile centered on the entry from the bedroom. Do any anons have guidance/recommendations on better layouts? I'll show alternate layouts in subsequent pics.
>>2877090after completing all subfloor repairs
>>2877091and after leveling with feather finish, which turned into nearly skimming the whole floor. the toilet area was a quarter inch low, the doorway to the closet a quarter inch high, reference point being the floor at the partition wall.
>>2877093threw down some hardiebacker and tiles just to test how it feels underfoot, a billion times better
>>2877089did you really have to cut it in half? That must have taken ages
>>2877122it was fucking colossal and heavy, and my wife is very pregnant so completely impractical to try to carry it out of the house whole. burned through two demo blades on my sawzall but honestly it was only like three minutes of actual cutting. rest was negotiating the pieces out of the house. my neighbor is an old retired dude with an excavator that he used to pulverize the halves into little chunks that we just put in our garbage cans.
I painted my violin case with ordinary black spray paint because it was turd brown and didn't like it.It turned out well but the plastic ribbons all around the borders became sticky and stainy, staying like that forever no matter what I apply to them.Help is apreciated and picture is for reference.
You need to use a plastic primer for the plastic parts, you're probably screwed at this point unless you can scrub it off.
>>2876848fug, it wont come out without making a mess.what are the chances I could get away by slapping some flex sealer up on those bitches?
How much harder is a skilled trades job like plumbing/welding compared to a warehouse job?
>>2876539This also “circle back” “touch base” “connect” “good morning “ to everyone in the office no head nods, no sup, no fist bumpsAlso no cursing, no lighting up a cigarette at your desk…. No clipping your nails at your desk All the little small things that you take for granted as a machinist you can’t do. Listening to podcasts Cnc machines are loud so you can podcast all day, not in an office people need to talk to you “Need” Also, my old job Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>2876033>Skilled TradeRobotics, Controls/PLC, PCB design, GPS/GIS, Hacking/Security, Reverse Engineering, R&D, anything that's probably more electrical engineering with a tangible product or truly useful software really. >Office JobDevOps, -Ops anything really, CRUD databasing busy work, "Scrum Master", and other do-nothing make-believe jobs like those.
>>2876833what about writing crud software and dev part of devops
>>2876662>right now that pine is our north star>lets focus on our pine KPI's and get our ducks in a row.>Our last pine dealer has filed bankruptcy, enough of that though, lets let sleeping dogs lie.
>>2876662maybe the project was a little more involved and guys upstairs wanted to discuss and plan the whole thing so the shop monkey with hammer and nails wouldn't ruin the material no matter how much he's itching to just get started on it
tiling noob hereI just borrowed my uncle's wet saw and I put a new diamond blade on it and this is the results I got.Is this normal or should it look like a factory cut?If this is too shitty, what else can I use to cut the tiles?
>>2874374it's fine, Anon. there are very expensive saws with very expensive blades that will do a better job, but to be honest, your last cut is better than most tilers will get. they're lazy dumb fucks and badly cut corners all the time (pun intended)don't waste too many tiles worrying about it.
>>2873699>Trends are stupid and the current trend is to have giant fucking tiles like 40"x40" and the thinnest, flushest grout lines.BECAUSE SCRUBBING GROUT FUCKING SUCKS.new does not equal bad.
>>2871613The trim should cover it?
>>2876100it would cover one tile but not the other
>>2871626If it fools the eye it’s good
/diy/ senpaisI have water leaking from an outside (undercover balcony) light after heavy rain. Is this something to worry about, or can I just leave it?
I have no idea what I'm looking at
Water droplets from what looks to be the mains power wire.
>>2877064>I have water leaking>Can I ignore itNo
>>2877064>>2877103Also take a better photo this looks like one of those google seizure simulators
Absolutely no idea what board to post this thread to but let's have a thread on cleaning and tidying, and what tips and techniques are great for being domestic.Just bought a reachy grabber to use around the house, i.e. the thing folk use for litter picking. I get that a lot of folk use them while being disabled but they legit makes tidying so much quicker and less tedious with getting stuff off the floor if you're ADHD like me and leave clothes and bits of paper and things everywhere during busy schedules. Also way more fun because it lets me pretend my grabber is a hungry monster, biting all mess within my path.
>>2877024Not sure what’s in picrel, but it smells like concentrated bleach and I sprayed the stuff around my shower and it rapes everything else for moldy silicone in the corners.A fair warming, I have no idea how dangerous it is on metals and such. I was cleaning my patio and sprayed it around the copper lines going to the AC unit, and that same area got a pinhole refridgerant leak right in the area I sprayed. Could be a coincidence though.I boght a bottle of the same looking outdoor cleaner concentrate from Lowe’s or Walmart, but a different brand, and it definitely wasn’t the same chemical. It was missing the super-bleach smell of the Home Depot bottle and doesn’t work nearly as well.
>>2877034MSDS says it’s sodium hypochlorite. Bleach.Big whoop.
>>2877004ok, gaslighting faggot in denial
>>2876775EVROpoor here, none of the vinegar cleaners have a rating here. I'll just get one and see if they do the trick tho
>>2877044Yea that’s what I assumed, but it’s definitely stronger than Clorox and way stronger than any bleach-based mold & mildew cleaners and rapes those dirty grout and silicone corners
I've been disappointed by Knipex quality lately. I've recently been on a pliers buying spree and while larger models are fine, their small pliers have been notorious for being stiff and having imperfect finish. 2 pairs of small flat nose pliers had needle sharp burrs and were pretty stiff, but pic rel is so stiff it's difficult to open with one hand, meanwhile even Chinese made Milwaukee pliers were spotless and smooth OTB and I'm not even gonna mention Engineer, because it's like another universe.it's not that important and AFAIK, they still lead functionality and durability wise, but such sloppy workmanship is not a good look.
>>2875800>Christian >The company is still family owned and operated Keyed
>>2875800>Sponsor this memorial with an exclusive premium layout and no adskek
>>2875121Knipex never really impressed me I tend to just buy snap-on and harbor freight icon Icon ones to beat up
>>2876045>Strap onUnderwhelming performance for the premium price.
Well in the end I did get meself some new end cutters and twingrips from knip-ex. Gotta help keep the german economy afloat lol.
>need to stay in a foreign country because reasons>idea.jpg>buy a random cheap work patent>lady from tax service place asks if I am good at the job (it's washing machines repair)>"Yeah, sure I have experience">"Oh, great, Anon, I have this relative that really needs her washing machine repaired. I'll save your number">mfw I'm not even sure if I use the right settings when I use a wash<What do I need to fix a washing machine? Lady said that rinsing is not working properly, what could be the problem there?>
she's been putting in too much detergent
>>2875961any 20v drill kit and an amazon basics tool kit will be good enough. bring a phone, a spare light, and be prepared to google a bunch of shitalso third world repair is very different from industrialized nations' "replace the component" repair
>>2875961>Lady said that rinsing is not working properly, what could be the problem there?Pushup bras are handwash only or the metal wire eats its way out and falls out of the drum into the machine clogging the flush out. No one here has the social skills to help you with bringing up the topic. You're on your own.
>>2876646>also third world repair is very different from industrialized nations' "replace the component" repairyeah it's better>stapled my dryer's belt back together after it exploded>it lasted a whopping 10 revolutions and broke apartgreat success
Theres little plastic filters that look like thimbles on the water inlets to the machine that should be checked firstEspecially if it works on cold, but not hot
I've been wiring some connectors and they kinda work some are shit.This is when I try to put 2 wires into 1 connecter.There is no way to join 2 wires into 1 for connecters. I use pliers.Do crimpers really do such a different job on the finish?Next I'll have to buy a wire stripper too..
>>2875463> crimped in wago?I would think, generally, “no” because the wago needs to bite into the soft copper, and the crimp might be too hard to bite into—too much variability in crimp connectors.
>>2875463yes>>2875465no you dumbfuckthe wago for stranded wire do not bite into the connector, its just a spring loaded tongue applying force, aka cage clamp>bite into the soft copperthats how you break of strands
>>2873702IMO you really really need something like the GS-388 and not the shitty stamped metal ones that don't do a real crimp like >>2873816 or the chinese ones that come with every crimp connector kit.Having the real crimping nub with anvil and enough length to squeeze the whole connection is very important. I've never gotten a good connection with the stamped crimpers in my life, because they aren't real crimpers. The GS-388 makes perfect crimps every time with barely any effort.
>>2876470>really really need something like the GS-388bullshitthat's a toya real crimper will have a ratchet mechanism that ensures you squeeze it the exact correct amounta toy crimper will let you stop halfway there and get a shit crimp
>>2877027>anon doesn't squeeze his crimp connectionsMy point was the shitty stamped crimpers cannot get a proper connection despite being sold everywhere.
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.
>>2849067i thought welding was electricity not fire
>>2876788Look up Oxy-acetylene welding
>>2876788It is pretty much 99% of the time.The only reasons oxy welding still exists are dinosaurs who refuse to move on or hyper-specialized applications.Yet that image of welding with a torch (disregard that OP's pic is a cutting torch) still persists in people's minds.
>>2876361Stick. I'm practicing for the cert.
>>28770211/8 7018 120-125A arc force/dig 0stuff it 90 deg straight into the joint. i bump the flux and let it self feed as it burns off. run stringers dont weavehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1QxT7JUjs94https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ouOhP9DceM
Most of the tools we buy today are all manufactured in China, and just imported, assembled, local logo slapped, and marked up for 3 x's the price. What are some tools or gadgets you've bought from Chinese websites that turned out better than expected for your DIY projects and hobbies?Post pics or screenshots of the item you bought and the price and whether it was good or a ripoff.Optional: What else were you able to afford for your DIY because of the money you saved by buying from China? Can be more Chinese tools or something western made.Previous: >>2860719
>>2876747And the cheap board in this pic >>2876468 does pretty much the same thing as the power supply in this pic >>2876766 but you need to find some DC power source to hook up to the board while the power supply gets AC from the wall and turns it into DC.
>>2876746Ctrl-F "solder"Buy silver or leaded solder locally, chink solder is usually garbage.
>>2876766>>2876767Wow, I didn't know that was a thing and didn't know it was possible to repair. I've always throw away the batteries because I thought they were dead and wouldn't charge. Didn't know this was a thing. Learned something new today. Thank you.
>>2876976Depends on the battery brand too and what the issue is. If you have a DeWalt battery that you ran down to 1 bar on your leaf blower in the fall, put away for the winter, and now the charger is giving you a fast blinking red light, it’s probably undervoltage on all of the cells and the charger doesn’t want to go on a battery pack that could be damaged. A lot of boomers have this problem when they do the Power Wheels to DeWalt 20V battery conversion for their grandkids. When that happens, they can jump the dead pack with another fully charged DeWalt pack, just for a second to make a residual voltage high enough on the dead pack for a minute and the charger will recognize it. That wouldn’t work with the Ryobi pack though, the circuitry inside the pack saw the voltage was too low and cut power to the tabs on the outside of the pack. So the pack might have been like 9.8V, but I was getting 80mV at the contacts. Once I opened it up and brought that low cell back up above 2V, it turned back on and the charger worked.Just make sure you google how to charge lithium cells. Some chemistries are forgiving, but lithium is picky and battery fires are not fun if something goes wrong.
>>2876976>>2877020Also it’s not always really a “Repair”. If one cell is consistently going low, it means that one cell is degraded and whenever you use the tool, that one degraded cell is going to have a lower capacity and hurt the capacity. They’re also going to get unbalanced quickly again. The cells should stay pretty balanced if they’re all healthy, but shit happens, especially on those bigger like 8Ah+ packs with lots of cells
previous thread: >>2841958did my first brew ever today (night, kek), a Klosterbier. All-grains BIAB and no-chill using a plastic fermenter. Added yeast the following day.Post your current recipes/brews frens
>>2876797you don't have to worry, people have used an entire packet for just 1 gallon without having any issues. it's just technically a bit wasteful since you could have made more booze, but it's not harmful by any means>>2876830it'll likely clear on its own with time. once activity completely stops, you can put your container in a cool place and that'll help particles drop down to the bottom. then you use a racking cane to suck out the mead without disturbing the yeast and sediment, and you'll be good. I have a crystal clear cranberry mead and all I did was let it sit in my basement for 6 months without touching it
Not really brewing but anyone know where I can glass bottles that fit this thread type? It's the same ones that used in soda bottles. I've only been able to find a single glass bottle that uses it and it's some grape juice at my local store for $5 for 650 ml.
>>2876341the tldr is you can really make it work however you can! it is an art of manipulation, like wrestling, except instead of a human, you are wrestling gasses and oils. you can use alcohol to pull things out of bodies--but you can use anything like alcohol, vinegar, or even sulfuric acid. its also not necessary to use solvents, as you can use fire and heat to pull things out of bodies as well
>>2876959meant for>>2876756
>>2876824>There's no good hombrew way of stopping a fermentation to preserve sweetness.Sulfur fumigation was the traditional method, unknown dose of sulfite ion though
And what other useful things can you build from scrap drywall in an afternoon?
>>2875071How often do you knock holes in your walls? I've never done it. The box would have a wood frame, just like a house does, so it should be as strong as the drywall installed in your house. The weight is a feature, not a bug
>>2875119>heavy, fragile box that looks like shitYeah, there's basically no reason for this. That's why noone does it.
>>2874624No it's got natural asbestos, Google it. You're still getting asbestos.
>>2874025>And what other useful things can you build from scrap drywall in an afternoon?It makes fun bb gun targets because when you shoot it it makes a puff of white dust.
>>2874037Had a crew return 20 sheets of 4/12 because the owner found out about truss core wall panels.Every sheet had to be ripped apart to take out of the house.
