DIY freebiesWhat neat stuff have you found on Craigslist, FB marketplace etc. lately?I just scored 101 retaining wall bricks today. Gonna use em as pavers tho
>>2986990Not exactly free, but I once saw a 3kW, 8x10ft fiber laser on a "I'm moving out of an industrial space and this needs to go right now" type listing for $3,000, which is basically free for a working laser cutter that size.I had nowhere to put it but I still think about this sometimes.
>>2987173This is the way. >refrigerator >water heater>stove>outdoor firepit>miter saw (out of true)I don't have a truck, so local scrappers are super convenient.
>>2997122the frame was rusted out and parts were broken>>2997123it was on the curb, for scrappers, the dishwasher was taken away by a different guy.
>>2987238It's gotta be 10% brake dust
Wasn't in a position to go get this but wanted to do bad
questions that dont deserve a new threada place for retards to conversethread theme: drunken shenanigans old thread >>2991079
>>2998024fix a plethora of other things that use sockets. bicycle, wheel barrow, tv mounting bracket, rolling chair, etcif space and money are an issue and you seldom fix things, you couldprobably get away with a small and large adjustable wrench and vice grips, but socket set makes things way faster. and what if you wanted to do a really easy vehicle repair and time was an issue so you wanted to get it done right then and there and not wait for a shop
>>2997530>>2997532>>2997568okay so my question from here is, since i use the AC in two different rooms, would modifying it to two hoses be practical? im already completely satisfied with how well it works as is, i just wish it were better insulated so that it stay cool for a while when not running (100+ degree low humidity outside temp). not sure how feasible it would be if they the exhaust hoses were clamped to a spicket. the nozzle on the current exhaust panels just slides in and locks with a couple notches.
>>2998024Every single tool, appliance, piece of equipment, shit around your house has nuts and bolts on it.No they arent fun or interesting tools to buy, but you should 100% have at least a 1/4 and 3/8 set laying around. Same with wrenches, get a set and keep them around.
>>2998135I agree with other anons, 2 hose are vastly superior, but I dont know how well a conversion actually would work. If you want to insulate the hose, put radiant bubble foil wrap on it. I use it on my upright ACs and its niceFWIW I have a single stall garage, a single hose 14000 BTU (pre propane) machine barely cooled it. It pulled hot air from soffits and the door etc etc.I have a 2 hose 10000 btu, it keeps it twice as cold, and its the newer crappier propane ones
>>2998140>>2998135okay sorry for my brainlet responses. i had no idea how the dual vs single hose system works. basically you guys are saying converting to dual will do a ton more for cooling/staying cool that trying to patch up any insulation leak? so i shouldn't even bother with the wood block to seal the window and convert to dual hoses first, keeping the shitty vinyl panels for now?
Let's get a gardening general going on. What are you growing? What are you building? Problems, solutions, and advice are welcome. Books, non-gay yootoobers, and other resources also welcome. If we get enough engagement perhaps even a pastebin is in order!
Not exactly traditional gardening, but I have some mushrooms I'm trying to grow and am not having luck. They're one of those prepacked grow kits, pink oysters. I have them in a tent with a bowl of water to provide humidity and have been misting but more than a week later I'm not seeing anything come out of them and it says they take a week to ten days on the box
>>2997452>>2997454Kaolin clay for prevention.Spinosad. use late in the evening when the bees are gone and use sparingly. It is not harmful to your soil unless you overuse it, it can damage beneficial micro organisms if constantly used. Space treatment out at least a week to be safe. You should be good. it will kill adults, tooPut some straw mulch down also. It can attract other predatory beetles that will eat the emerging larvae, and also it will be a bit of a confusing obstacle for them to make it onto your potatos and beans. If it is damp weather, it can invite slugs in, thoughI wouldn't bother with novodor unless there are only young larvae. It is a larvicide and isn't as effecive with older larvae because they'll be fit enough to survive nibbling a treated leaf and stop, but if you have a lot of hatchlings, do it, they'll die on the first nibbleThat's about all your options other than handpicking and throwing them in soapy water. Also, you should take a picture of them and post them to be sure
>>2997577>That's about all your options other than handpicking and throwing them in soapy water. Also, you should take a picture of them and post them to be sureSorry for the bad pic but here. Yesterday I actually picked a good amount and killed them and today when I went back out I still found some but not nearly as many, I guess thats good.. I'm gonna stay on the ball with it though and be checking multiple times these next couple days. Anyways I really appreciate the info dude. I think I'll be going with spinosad for now but im definitely saving all that info for sure
>>2997596Yeah, that's the wee bastards alright. Keep at it and good luck
not sure where i went wrong yet. i think it could either be that it's 80° where i'm running my system, the medium was too moist causing rot, or the lighting isn't right. fenugreek sprouted and is now brown, basil and lettuce haven't sprouted at all and it's been 9 days
When did you realize you had the DIY/engineer autism? Are some just born with a mind for understanding mechanical tasks?Sometimes I feel like it's a curse but I can live so cheaply doing things myself and I prefer it vs paying some jewish retard who probably isn't near as detail oriented.
>>2997656Living in the middle of no-where is where you can learn the best...
>>2997751nah you'd still need some tools at least and you'd have to be interested in mechanics mostly or simple structural crap me i liked ee so couldn't make heads or tails of any discrete components simple wiring yeah i even developed a vague idea of transistors and stuff in abstract no resources anywhere libraries just full of humanities crap autobiographies of random political fucktards
>>2997756sorry you had a shit librarian i remember giving the librarian a list of shit i was interested in and a few days later thered be a stack of all sorts of books from other libraries sent over to check out plus the family poverty entertainment was going to junk stores back before it was cool. so hundreds hours were spent in the book sections reading anything and everything t. pre interwebz rural child
>>2992703i was raised by my grandparents and my grandpa ran a handyman business for most of his life so we did everything from framing houses, doing roofs, decks, etc, to fixing cars ourself. he brought me along to jobs to keep an eye on me when i was really young, and that eventually evolved into me helping him out with stuff and working on the families cars and houses.it's kind of insane to me how helpless the majority of people are, a lot of construction and mechanic stuff just boils down to screwing the right shit into the other right shit.
Since I was a little boyhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8vHhgh6oM0
Do yall have an experience and tips installing these prefab shower pan and walls?The original one broke so I'm trying to replace it. Problem is, the floor isn't really level. I applied a mortar mix to the floor and did my best to level it out. After I initially placed the pan into the mortar I was having difficulty getting one side to go down, causing it to be wildly unlevel. I lifted up the pan to make adjustments and now its fairly level. I'm worried that I disrupted the smoothness of the mortar and caused "rocks" to form. I'm worried that when I step on it tomorrow I'm just gonna ear a bunch of rocks crunching underneath. I'm also worried that the walls won't be level with the pan and I'll have some weird gap in the seams. Do yall got any tips? I dont want to cry to reddit for help, I hate those guys.
>>2994904Drop down the hammer and pick up the phone.
I did it
>>2995582> be (You)> did it (Yourself)Good
Id just inject a bunch of spray foam under it
>>2996984This
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
>>2997517Probably wouldn't be too hard since its not like a bike exhaust which has to avoid the bike, the ground and the rider. Hydroforming isn't too hard under those conditions. I'd probably make one that I fuck up and then make another one that looks okay and I'd probably charge like 400 bucks for it because why are you asking for custom exhaust for a weed eater?
Can i remove the gusset on my frame if smaller size frames dont have it if i shorten the seattube afterwards aswell but leave like 2-3cm of seattube above the toptube? pic relatedSo i have this Vitus sommet pro from 2015 size L since reach and stack fit for me. However since its rather old and used to be made for bigger guys than me the seattube is too long and i cant really use the dropper as i wish.Havent really looked into framebuilding or welding too much and is there any heattreament or butting happening in seattubes where i should be careful? Im only 62kg 136lbs so i reckon it wont be too big of a stress factor.
>>2997797pic related is a smaller framesize without the gusset
I had some welding rods laying in my garage for 13 years now, do i need to oven dry them before i can use them? Yes the plastic bag they are in has been broken long time ago.
>>2997801Only of they're 7018 rods and Only if you need them to do 7018 things which you probably don't.
I live in a rather large Midwestern city. I want to buy a vacant lot and put a bunch of shipping containers there for storage. Maybe perhaps charge for storage, but I don't want to mix my shit up with other people's. The Mexicans in my city already do a bunch of that where they have cars, boats and heavy equipment sitting by their buildings on concrete-paved yards, or sometimes even on gravel.I am not a barbarian who leaves my things out in the rain, so I want a shipping container or conex box.How to do this cheaply so I don't get fucked on price, but also not so retarded that I would get the municipality or county on my ass for zoning or nuisance laws violations? I already thought about prefab buildings, but I want to have as little to do with needing to seek permits as I can, except maybe for fencing and gates. Thanks in advance.
>>2997569>marked exclusively for imitation crab so you can get them at a huge discountOP here, I feel like I'm going to have to rip out all the internal paneling and bleach out the inside metal surfaces in order to make them serviceable. What could I use to replace that, and where would I get it cheap?>>2997571>4x 40ft high cubes stacked 2ea side and 1 of the ritchie bros metal framed roofs over the middle = $20-25kIsn't Ritchie bros just an auction site?Also that sounds like I would need drawings and permits if I want people coming inside the building. What is the cheapest option to be able to use conex boxes under a shelter?
>>2997603rb direct imports a ton of chinkshit and buying it through the yimed lots is the cheapest way to get itif you build from conexes and ecoblocks you can just claim shits temporary protip: dont ever say the naughty p word again. dont even think it
>>2997613>dont ever say the naughty p word again. dont even think itI need these and engineer drawings if I am going sell a property, let alone start a business and be able to get utilities and liability insurance in any place that isn't deep in bumfuck hillbilly country. You get assraped by the faggots in the fire department if you don't. Also imagine having the balls to tell someone to consider chinkshit as building materials when youtube videos of tofu dreg construction abound.
>>2997681wudda ya think clem cladiddlehopper is selling in his >engineered kitsthere aint any domestic galvbox tube or roof tin production
this is an entirely town by town thing, municipal and county zoning are who you need to keep happy.much of what you see is probably a little bit outside of what is on the books, the trick is to slooowly be the change you want to see in the world.in my area, farming and agriculture get huge leeway that the rest of us dont. thusly, the tax free way to get a garage or indoor storage like you describe is a small version of a vinyl ag structure. the covering is fabric, but its pretty permanent. setbacks? not a building, piss off. my town defines a building as " a roof structure supported by walls or posts" so containers--> permit --> reappraisal if you get too fancy with it. there's no general knowledge that can help you, beyond what you can get away with varies wildly by locationits all about soft power in my area. no town police, so don't have the cops called on you, pay your taxes and what is the town gonna do? sue you (you need to stay under this threshold) just don't be a problem that needs to be solved
How d.o you get rid of them?Outside of just vacuuming a lot
>>2997795Jewish lightning
I have a sofa like this one, sides and arm rest are wood it's hand crafted and mediocre quality, bed bugs are in the sofa, I want to douse everything with very hot water, I have a big balcony I can move the sofa to dry, is that okay? Climate is pretty hot rn and sunny, 300 if I leave it out for a day or two will it be safe and completely dry out? Or is soaking it in 600+ water going to do irreperabale damage
>>2996409>tiny brown spots on my sheets that wash outyou can actually clean out the brown spots, so if you see new ones, then you're not paranoidi kind of understand where you're coming from, but no they're not invisible, they're just very sneaky and fast crawlers, one day i felt the creepy crawlies and i hit the lights at night and i only saw one because i checked under the fold of one of the sofas, i don't think they're devious or anything of the sort though, in theory as long as i keep sleeping on the sofa they will come from wherever they're hiding, and so far i haven't been bitten for 2 weeks so i'm really only hoping the eggs hatch and eventually die, i might sleep on the sofa for at least 4 to 6 months just in caseyou can see an adult one in the video here, >>2995824 i think i saw a dead body of one of the smaller larvaes that just hatched, it's around 1/3rd the size of the adult one
just scrub daily with diecotemous earth and youll be god
if you have an infestation it should be obvious shouldn't it ? you would have to see them around in the night wouldn't you
>>2997018Problem is the fuckers are tiny and sneaky as fuck. For context and scale, one of the more common home locations for bed bugs in a house is behind a wall socket. They're so small and especially so thin that they can squeeze behind the plate of an electrical socket and then just chill in there out of sight. They typically don't come out unless they can smell a human and are hungry, so they just stay in their home area until they go to feed and if you don't catch them on one of those trips then you can only guess at their existence through indirect signs.I guess one upside is they don't spread disease, unlike other bloodsucking parasites. Still gross though.
>>2994943bottle of everclear works better
Planning gutter installation to reduce basement moisture.Live in a high snowfall area (shingle roof so snow won't slide taking gutters with it)Having trouble deciding which way to discharge gutters.I can either discharge towards driveway or towards side yard.(or both, but the length of just over 30' makes that seem unnecessary)Side yard: due to snow blockage I'm concerned that in early spring the downspout extension will collect the meltwater and then freeze at night causing water to back up the gutter and possibly burst the downspout.Driveway side: The driveway is kept clear of snow, so the downspout extension won't be buried by snow, but adding water to the driveway seems like a bad idea since it does sometimes ice over already.Would appreciate Anon's insights.
>>2996773also your extension should be a 10ft piece, resting on one of those little T things to keep it off the grass
Is the moisture in the basedment from the snow melting adjacent the house?
>>2997561No, it's mainly a problem in summer after heavy downpours.
>>2997676That reads like you need to raise the grade near the front of the house to shed water to the sides as it comes down the hill.
>>2997688Grade is decently sloped away from house at the front for several feet. No ponding at foundation wall. Also the dampness is similar at the rear where it slopes away continuously. It seems like with the heavy summer rains the ground gets saturated and then it dries inward towards the basement because the geniuses around here don't bother waterproofing foundations.or putting poly sheets under slabs.
What are some cheap interesting/usefull projects to practice soldering with?I want to get better for my projects that I dont want to botch
find some old electronics you don't care about anymore, like an old PC or something.desolder all of the components off the motherboard and then put them all back on.
>>2996912buy one of these cheap kits and check if you can get it assembled properly
>>2996991>line up contacts on fuse with pads>hot glue
>>2997013Where is that particular kit from?
>>2997657HU-017A FM Radio kit$10-20 on ebay, half that on AliExpress or similar if you don't mind those sites.
post your tractors
>>2991915those sure love to larp as layman workers
>how to smoke $40k in 2 seconds
>>2991915If youre buiseness reached the point where its impossible to invest in machinery, you have gone bankrupt a year ago already
I'd rather be playing video games :\
>>2997728You say that but I bet you play farming simulator. I do because I'll never own land.
>big house>big property
>>2994970and make sure whatever place you get is out of town i have a full acre in a 1k pop ex-hillbilly town and the neighbors are fucking cuntsjust an hr ago it was cold and raining so i built a fire in the stove and then went and lit the burn barrel full of oily cardboard and some left over tar paper. my mother calls 10 min later and says theres a post on the citys zukbook page (i dont do fb) by some karen that wrote a scathing nastygram about >whichever insensitive jerk is illegally burning during the summer banits the cunt in the house behind who musta been out having a vape n wine session with her panties all in a twist about it. and then 15 other jackasses have hivemind comments despite all these fuckers having fire pits and lighting mortars off often eat shit this is a country town and 10 years ago nobody would have said shit when i burned a pile of old tires
>big property>do nothing with it, leave it as featureless grassThese people should be publicly executed
>>2997619why are you burning garbage during a fire ban?
>>2997655Because his absent father didn't beat into him that being a cunt is a life choice and one he shouldn't make.
>>2997655cause the barrel was full and it was raining. i only burn paper and clean shit in towni take the really nasty shit out to my shop and burn it there. youd have liked the oil well fire simulation i recreated last month with about 50 old hydraulic hoses and a bucket of contaminated grease
Comfy thread
>>2988073Would a tiny home cost more to own than a mini RV? I was talking to my brother about it and he was telling me that RVs, even tiny ones, are crazy expensive property tax wise.
>>2997187> 185IQ> falls for usury> math degreeYou're retarded bro. School is for finding a sexual partner. Enjoy your gold stickers though.
>>2997379Not him and I'm also way lower in IQ but smart people still do dumb things, even societies where people on average have higher IQs than the global average do disastrously retarded things because they just assume that because they are "smart" they can never be wrong and either underestimate people who they deem dumber than them or don't actually think the thought the whole way through because "They'll fix it as they go" and fuck the whole thing up disastrously.Modern Germany (Yes even WW2 and Pre-WW2 Germany) is a great example of a high IQ society making one retarded decision after another due to the cultural and academic waters they swum in at the time. No one is immune from herd menatlity.
are movable houses a meme? I'm thinking about building a little hobby shed to have some more room/privacy but I'm also probably gonna move in ~5 years. Something I could build for under 10k but that I can potentially plop on a trailer and move across the US.
not a tiny home but here in rural arizona i built a shed and insulated it and drywalled the inside to house my solar equipment. i put a window shaker AC on it and made a computer desk and brought my pc out here. in the summer time when its 115 out i just sit in my cuck shed all day
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRaMxcHl8ewhttps://www.kickstarter.com/projects/metal-base/the-metal-10-affordable-lpbf-metal-3d-printerThis shit looks insane. Almost $10k is too much for me, seems more suitable for business use, but in 5-10 years it may be a different story.
>>2997615>>2997616>>2997617Lmao the hornets nest got kicked
>>2997621>No argumentThanks for playing.
>>2997627Sorry man, I don't have any gift cards, my friend Kitboga borrowed them all
>>2981998Well in the 2000s high quality plastic printers were a similar price so, 20 years?
>>2997628It's okay with powerful Chinese Manufac.... Oh wait... Demographic collapses also means the Chinese economy will also collapse and they don't have a workforce with a strong enough automation background to hold up their economy as the first world switches their manufacturing centers to Mexcio, Brazil, India, and parts of Africa... Oof...
