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are all modern day garage door clickers clonable? can I buy several of the boards and house them myself to make copies?
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>>2850208
Kys first
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>>2850208
Give them back tyrone (before you copy them)
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this specific one you posted is garbage. it charges a capacitor to send the signal, so, if youre garage door motor doesn't receive the signal on the first attempt, the remote control's range is fucked for a few minutes. get the one with 4 symmetrical rectangles stacked on top of each other from top to bottom. that one is a bitch to pair, but, way way better/more reliable for sending the open/close signal.
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>>2850258
Damn,
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>>2850208
moshe, are you planning something in lebanon?

How can I spray this with a paint sprayer HVLP gun?
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>>2849609
I have brought dishonor to my family.
I miss big rwd coupes regardless.
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>>2849950
they're ultra rare and alot of people mistake them for a cutlass or malibu from a distance, it was a 3 year low production that bridged the big bodies from the 70s to the aero cars from 1983.
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get the "professional" high performance, and majics hardener from tractor supply, 4 paint : 3 acetone/thinner : 1 hardener
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>>2849950
Best girl in the game.. damn take me back.
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i've seen a truck today that looked like it had a DIY paint job. completely matte. so weird. i wonder if something went wrong or it's intentional

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I just passed the building inspection on my ADU.

Took forever.

Now I have rental income for the rest of of my life.
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>>2849254
>coin op laundry
>$4300/m
>cheapest everything
>$4300/m
It's like 600sq.ft as well, isn't it?
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>>2849684
>>2849590
>>2849261
Imagine being so retarded you fall for obvious troll posts
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>>2849684
better version
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>>2849242
>I'm good for the rest of my life
Dwelling units need updated every 10 years or so
Sorry you had to hear it from me
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>>2849242
so you can just sit on your ass and do nothing, like actually retire? sweet

Sup anons, I have a dog poop problem:
>move into new rental with turf front lawn
>high density neighborhood, lots of apartments and multi-family lots
>dog park nearby
>people constantly leave their dog shit on my lawn
>average 1 per day, sometimes 4 per day
>1 million flies immediately crawling all over the poop
>caught one neighbor in the act, ask her to stop leaving poops. she takes no responsibility, has an excuse, says there's lots of others doing it
Okay, lawn's closed. Any anons have similar experience? Any opinions on fencing that I can put up to keep dogs off my lawn? Priorities are something that looks half decent, affordable, tall enough to deter animals, and sturdy enough to withstand wind without falling over. Most of the cheap stuff I see on Home Depot/Amazon looks very flimsy and most reviews complain the stakes are thin plastic. I measured the perimeter of the lawn, it's about 50 feet. I'd have to fence the entire perimeter because neighbors come from the backside of the lawn. Any advice would be appreciated, thanks.
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>>2850455
pallets
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>>2851311
Probably a good decision then anon, it's wise to avoid antagonizing the old spinstresses - their isolation drives them to paranoid wrath.
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>>2850455
Price appropriate steel and finials then make a simple jig and weld your own fencing. (There is no more "wrought iron" in useful quantities which isn't a problem.)

Pay once, cry once as solid sections can last over a century. Wood eventually requires replacement which will suck if you're old by then.
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I remember a post about a guy pouring bacon grease on the turds so the next dog to come along ate them. It was a bit different than your situation and you may deal some collateral damage but either way, the turds will go away.
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>>2851487
>not building a DIY potato cannon but filling it with dog shit
NGDIY

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>In conclusion, the best dimensions to maximize an area of ten square meters, while minimizing perimeter and optimizing space, is a square with dimensions approximately 3.16 meters by 3.16 meters.
Is this correct?

Also what's the best option for a toilet that's not connected to the sewage grid? No utilities.
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>>2848248
>Also what's the best option for a toilet that's not connected to the sewage grid? No utilities.

Pit latrine covered by an ancient-looking wood outhouse. Pipe shitter to pit (one person isn't going to fill a decent pit) and done. My bro did this after building a pole barn (legal as storage) which afterwards no one will inspect inside. Works fine and if it ever doesn't he can dig another hole and move the outhouse (an actual intellgent use for pallets and scrap wood).
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>>2852214
piss in bucket with sawdust..
shit in cheap incendiary toilet..
if its off grid then the gas powered burner is the obv answer, if not then there is always the electric.. just try to pee before you shit because it uses so much power boiling ur pee away.
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>>2848352
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>>2848291
>Dry compost toilet
>>2852224
>incendiary toilet
Don't store these inside because they smell terrible.
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>>2848248
If I ever catch one of you animals pouring out your shit bucket at the fence line again, you're gonna have a bad time. Keep away from your neighbors. Build your shed as far from others as possible and pour out your shit buckets close by and I won't bother you unless garbage starts blowing across the fence line. Toilet paper will dry out and blow along so use it sparingly. Also, shit inside your shed. No one wants to see another human being living like an animal, that's why we left the city in the first place.

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Why are older small engines so easy to start? I have a 9hp snow blower and it starts right on the first pull every time.

Meanwhile, I have a more modem push mower and it's such a bitch I just use the provided electric start. A lot of the old boomers say "it's the emissions equipment" but what are the mechanics behind emissions equipment and making engines harder to start? The carb can't drink enough fuel or something?
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>>2847244
Why the hell do you want to run a mix of 150 chemicals in your face? Instead of 5 chemcials like hd 5 propane.
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>>2852130
Yanmar L aircooled. Underrated but diesel grows algae. Propane is superior.
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>>2851259
What about the harbor freight predator 79?
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>>2852146
I'm resistant but I'll look into it. I'm really looking for prepper proof. You only need to grow an squeeze basedbeans for diesel.

>>2852149
I read a forum post that propane is the perfect ICE fuel:
>boils at -22F
>only makes water vapor so no emissions control
If you've every been in a 7-11 when they buff the floor, they just open both front doors and you have never heard an engine fire so perfectly as a propane powered floor buffer. Its hypnotically steady.

>>2852150
I know. We'd be cutting basedbean oil into diesel as needed. I'm not filling a 500 gallon tank and hording.

>>2852179
I just looked at these in store again. I'm fascinated by common, off the shelf parts that way you can R&D and pow wow with others on the homebrew. But atm, any freak boutique motor I'd try.
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>>2852179
>What about the harbor freight predator 79?

https://motoredbikes.com/threads/any-one-have-any-good-news-about-79cc-predator.51897/

I need to replace the diaphragm membrane in a carb. The carb came installed with a common black rubber diaphragm from the manufacturer but I have a spare teflon one from a kit. I have read some different opinions about using these but some say they might be even better than the rubber ones. Some say they will pump more fuel than the rubber ones and may not be suitible depending on the application but is that even a problem? Can an overactive pump make the engine run rich? isnt there some sort of metering-thingy that prevent this?

Carb is a WB 37 btw.
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>>2849765
But that anon is right. You are overthinking this. You need a replacement part, you have a replacement part, and now you are afraid to even try.
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>>2849787
i could have done that from the start. I was trying to get some information.
If I'm asking how a sewage system works and get the answer "just shit in the bowl, you're overthinking it" it's not really what I was looking for.
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>>2849828
This may be incredibly difficult to understand but the way to know is to do. Teflon is of course optimally durable but if you want to get into the engineering then you can study each material, compare durometers etc.

It won't help. If you want empiric testing DO empiric testing. It's a diaphragm. Install it. Note results. Overthinking is normally useless. That may be incredibly difficult to understand but you don't have to LIKE that fact (which may also be incredibly difficult to understand).

Install diaphraghm, note results. I've worked with carbs longer than you've been alive and quite like most of them. Use a bright light and ensure no orifices are blocked.
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>>2849828

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/6XiGT_HeyuE

I just buy new replacement Chinesium carbs being so trivially priced.
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>>2849595
In your cylinder. Fuel level has an impact on mixture richness, hence the need to adjust the float level on float carbs

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should i remove the ring magnets or leave it together and make something cool
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>>2845193
>>2845301
Why does everyone here want to die of berylliosis?
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>>2845178
Stuff it up your ass and power it on.
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>>2848765
why do you not
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>>2845178
Shitcan it. this stuff is dangerous
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>>2845178
Bums are grinding up the pink bit and snorting it?

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Weekend Projects : tell me moar edition
I just finished my first welding project made a stool out of and old bed frame
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>>2846840
>Weekend Repair
This was retarded. I have a Samsung range with two little red lights that show you if the cooktop is still hot. One of the red plastic lenses somehow got fucked up, not sure if it was a spot of hot grease or while the wife was cleaning.

So I open it up and find the goofy module, Everybody wants $48 + shipping for what is essentially a tiny red LED. Tried ebay and they have some open box or used ones, still $15 + shipping, ended up paying like $28 for a 2pk just in case the other side breaks while cleaning.

I was kinda pissed when I got this package, because it looks like it’s essentially $30 (or $50+ from Samsung) to replace that tiny red plastic lens.
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>>2846840
I know it's Wednesday, but I started making a laptop case out of some nice leather last weekend and just finished it last night. It definitely doesn't look professional but it isn't rubbish either. I saw a similar one on Etsy that had no closing mechanism that they wanted $160 for, so not bad for a couple hours and material I already had

Jealous of you OP for welding. I'm building a new pop-top roof for an old caravan and have a new gasless mig welder to finish the 40mm box steel frame, but have no power outlet in the garage and it's been pissing down rain for the past week
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>>2851535
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My weekend project is reading about your projects and my weekend has already started. I posted this already but I am not sure what happened with my comment???
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>>2850333
>not sure if it was a spot of hot grease or while the wife was cleaning
Don't blame others for your own tripfaggotry

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Let's say I'm absolutely crazy and I want to build a robot that looks and acts like a human (not necessarily one that THINKS like a human, just something that "looks" human or similar to a human).

I know I know, it's "impossible" and blahblah, so let's assume, for the sake of the argument, that it is indeed possible.

Which fields should I study? Computer science, artificial intelligence and robotics are a given. Probably also anatomy and biomechanics, body language...

Neuroscience would not be necessary since (again) we don't want a machine that looks like a human, just one that LOOKS human.

What else? And any book recommendations?
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>>2849714
>You’ll never be able to make a physical mechanical human face
It just hasn't been tried. All people have tried to build are cheap sexbots. They have not really tried to reproduce a realistic human face, all they care about is the holes being warm.
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>>2849665
Your going to fuck your poor droid eight ways from Sunday.
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aw sweet! data mining thread!
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>>2849935
meds
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>>2849743
kek

Ordered my first load of wood chips for a few projects that I have in mind. They are free and the service also delivers them for free. I'd appreciate any project ideas or suggestions.
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>>2847331
Saw a guy on youtube put piping through a compost pile to collect heat off of it in the winter time...
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>>2842935
>walk around your neighborhood slowly dropping off handfuls
This worked but it took about three weeks to get the pile small enough.
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>>2850992
>This worked but it took about three weeks to get the pile small enough.
Small weak hands typed this...
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>>2842261
why did you shop this
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>>2843216
>just use a stock image
That would draw complaints from the wood chips police.

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Why is this stuff legal?
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>>2850314
Laminate uses melamine not vinyl/PVC.
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>>2847603
I don't use that shit in my house. It's either ceramic/porcelain tiles or the good laminate or hardwood.
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lots of pussies itt
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>>2850773
No I have definitely seen PVC laminate flooring advertised.
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>>2848908
new mineral wool rock and glass made after 2000 and made in Germany apparently can be removed by the body.
it has to do with the fiber geometry thickens to length ratio.
the third world probably still use the old machines the Germans sold off in 2000

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> Want to learn DIY skills
> Contact a 'freelance handyman'
> We do a few jobs, get paid
> He blows it all on drugs

Guess I'll just stick to watching YT videos.
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>>2851109
well anon. the problem with meat is that while you could rationalize yourself into eating them, you can't walk that same path out. your brain is running software from 100,000 years ago, and you will consume it to your death if society made it easy for you. (such as grocery stores and not having to kill your own meat)
it's like electrocuting yourself for fun, you can't let go of the wire when you feel like it.


you should grow your own food, less you electrocute yourself for fun.
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>>2851109
have you learned anything?
i genuinely don't think you should be allowed to eat a animal you don't have to physically look in the eyes and kill.

what do I do about you?
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>>2849963
the only thing that is preventing me from violently lynching you to death is an abstract thought, the so-called rule of law. think about that.
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>>2849250
Is this the would be Trump assassin?
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yup, voltaire had something to say about this.
work keeps a man from boredom and vice.
bro had odd hours not consistent you end up hanging out with other people that have inconsistent work schedules, it is one of my big problems with not offering full time hours

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What's the oldest firework you'd feel safe setting off? My dad gave me some bottlerockets and firecrackers that are at least 15 years old. My wife says it's fine but I don't want my kids getting hurt by some bs.
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>>2848718
>What's the oldest firework you'd feel safe setting off?
fireworks don't go bad. I have some that are over 20 years old.
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>>2848718
Age isn't the issue. It's whether the fireworks have been frozen or not. Many pyro devices are rammed into tubes (rockets are the most common, but go-getters and whistle mix are also rammed). If these items are frozen, the comp separates from tube, providing an additional unplanned crack for fire to pass. Result: catoes (catastrophic events). I had some Space Flyers one year that were stored in a shed. Instead of flying, the whole thing detonated on the ground. Louder than an M-80 (if you've ever been fortunate enough to have shot a real M-80, and not the candy-ass crap they pass off as the real thing).
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>>2848718
The fireworks will be fine, but the cheaper fuses can get sketchy AF, when they've been sitting around. If you're gonna light it, use a long grille-style lighter and get ready to run. Absolutely no kids nearby. If it LOOKS like it went out, let it sit for a minute, then hose it and throw it away.
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>>2848720
is this real?
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>>2848726
This is what has happened to me in the past. It all depends where the stuff was stored. If the humidity got to it and they’re fucked up, the wicks will probably be hard to light or go out on you on some of em, and lighting stuff with short wicks can be sketchy if you don’t enjoy a good time.

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What’s your favorite abrasives?

I used to be a retard thinking
>hurr durr, just glue some sand to some paper, how hard can it be
and just bought some random ass Lux tools or wolfcraft at my local Baumarkt, but then I saw the light!
Sanding mesh/net.
Holy shit, compared to lux tools, Mirka abranet is existing in a completely different dimension!
But desu, turns out there’s also good paper. That Raxx stuff is quite good too and kwb is okay, but damn, are those no name brands utter and total crap.
Just missing some good sanding fleece, and I’m good.
What’s some other good stuff ff I’m missing?
What sand-brands doy fellow burgers have?
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>>2847138
is it true that hand sanding paper is cheaper than stuff for shit like orbital sanders
then why not just buy machines that use regular sanding paper and why can't those machines make a round motion
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>>2848309
I have a cheap sander that takes 1/4 sheets this was a boomer thing to do

The problem is the foam padding deteriorates with time and use so better off buying the round kind meant for sanders
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>>2847138
I like 16 grit zirconia belts.
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>>2847138
Depends. what are you rubbing?
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>>2848331
Replacement adhesive foam pads are cheap.


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