Are PVA glues all the same? These include wood glues and concrete bonding adhesives. Why shouldn't I just buy the cheapest?
>>2997229The better bonding adhesives are not just pure PVA, but if you just want PVA, then buy the cheapest.
>>2997229hasnt r*ddit decided we only need polyurethane glue in the newworldorder od jimmie diereeeeesta?
Some taste better than others
I have a feeling in the future houses "decorated" with solar panels like this with complete disregard towards looks will be a mark of an impoverished area
>>2999933Are you in the sun belt? If not check the orientation of the carport and cant of the roof.
>>2999827https://rentry.co/solarshithttps://rentry.co/heatshit
Has anyone done a solar transfer switch? I have been building out a small solar system in my backyard but I'm debating how to power my whole house or just my most energy hungry appliances. I don't use much, usually under ~150 kwh a month.
What if we replaced them with cute anime girl pictures?
>>3000065most good inverters have their own ATSmatter of fact you can hook the grid up and disable export
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?
>>2988616Anons are bitching that cooking beans is too much work, so they're buying canned beans. If beans have them BTFO then they're definitely not messing with pemmican
>>2992875>Disasters like this happen multiple times per year in the US.No it doesn't.
>>2995425And in typical /lit' fashion it's all tard recommendations.
>>2982808Become a raiderchad instead and just steal from prepcucks.
Salt. Lots and lots of salt. You need a few grams of it a day to stay hydrated. It's more important than water.
It's new and the compressor starts every 3 minutes.Room temperature is 26c and I have it set at -3c.What's wrong with it?
>>2999646Actually it was a butcherd goat
>>2999648Ah ok .I've never had one of these things and was worried.Because my fridge doesn't behave like that.Thanks for the answer
>>2999648>then put it in the small box to keep cool.Which is what it's for. It's a cooler, not a fridge.
>>2999652youre a brown jeet its as simple as that and you people would have to wear gold stars if you werent so thoroughly and obviously brown
>>3000308>dumb burger calls you a jeet because he doesn't understand simple physicscalm down, boyo. MAGA.
A breaker bar is a breaker bar, right?ITT: Shit tier tools
>>2967819some people just wanna be upset
>>2983208Wisdom
>>2967885nta had this with a control arm bolt beforethe impact I had was too big to get an angle on itdon't remember how I got it off, prob wrench + pipe and kicking it
chang left a degree out of this $5 buck angle meter
>>2967814bought this piece of shit on epay and only saved $3 over new because im retarded and didnt look it up. and the nigger seller didnt show the hook ends was worn and starting to fail but the biggest bitch is the tape is 2 sided and the other side is faggotass engineers scale 10ths which are a fucking nuisance when you trying to quickly pull and check corner to corner because 32'-7" =/= 32.7ft but are too similar to tell apart without double checking surveyors tongue my anus >inb4: user error
suggestions for water proof "can" to fit these?And WTF isn't such a unit the first fucking thing that pops up on Amazon when you enter "plastic trash can"?I'm thinking maybe it should have a open lid that pins the sides to the inside of the can around the top, and mild upside down "flared mag-well".I guess I could dig out my hot-glue gun and make a proof of concept out of card-board boxes, with maybe inverted tabs on the corners to help keep paper bag open, then paint at least the inside for mild water proofing.
>>3000377I think OP found a box of paper bags and wants to use them as trash liners.
>>3000402I get them from supermarket, silly.
>>3000374>Amazonthere's your problem, shop ANYWHERE else anon. please.
My home furnace and AC have lasted 33 years. I've replaced the condenser myself and had the freon filled 4-5 years ago. It (apparently) has slowly been leaking* and has gotten down to a level of freon that in the July heat (96F/35C) it just can't keep up and it's blowing cool not cold for the last 3 days. I'm using a whole house fan to keep things livable at night but in the evenings it gets to like 78F/25C inside.The problem is all the people who want to sell me a new efficient AC and furnace because mine is "too old" have influenced the internet and I'm starting to question if fixing it for $3000 (leak testing, braising, freon) wouldn't be better put into a new unit which is probably $20k in my area (2.5% of the value of the home which is fucking insane). I've maintained both units, keep the filter clean, put in a nest thermostat and an industrial humidifier but I can't do the leak test and freon myself so I need you guys who respect using old things that work to give me a head check on what I should be looking at/planning. Also I know there are HVAC guys if you want to give a heads up on units or things I should consider.*big assumption because it still cools just not cold. I'd think if a seal blew or an actual leak and it would be just gone.
it's a really fucked situation where modern engineering has actually integrated planned obsolesence. new AC unit will have <10 year life. old AC already >30 could last another 10 years with proper, cheaper repairsBUT the freon is illegal and shit is gayall modern appliances are designed to fail and i'm so pissed about it every day(because i'm a service plumber and i don't want to sell people shit I know will fail, but i know it will fail)it's across the fucking board
>>2999923Second part is missing a syllable. It needs a just or here after installed.
>>3000000What an absolute waste.
>>2999923>if a seal blew or an actual leak and it would be just gone.Depends on the type of leak. Sounds like it's the sort that needs a certain amount of pressure or a certain degree of temperature fluctuation to actually start leaking and when it's below that, it "self-seals" in a way. Means it would only leak when you have it running and could last through a couple winters no prob. If there's no issues mechanically (Condenser fan+blower motor in good shape, TXV or whatever it has is working fine, no electrical issues) then yeah, it's a leak. If it's an option for your system's particular refrigerant, I'd look into replacing the refrigerant with a substitute instead of shelling out for the OG stuff. I know for certain R22 can be swapped out for another called M-1984 or some such. That one anon is right with newer systems shitting themselves from higher working pressures (500 psi VS 300 psi for older stuff) and synthetic oils that acidify and destroy your system from inside (not a problem with older stuff, they used mineral oil). Keep your older system for as long as feasible.
>>2999923What's your homeowner's insurance deductible? $2K? Maybe just go with a new unit.
Are you guys into sorting scrap metal and alloys? What's your source? Do you just dive into trash, or have an agreement with local business and just take broken electronics and cables from time to time?
>>2999477eurofag here. iron/steel is usually not worth it unless we are talking hundreds of kilos during a reconstruction etc. aluminum and copper are more interesting, but i don't have much of that scrap really. brass, on the other hand is totally worth it (old faucets, valves, connectors). you take these to the le metal recycling center (a scrap yard with buy-back). taking scrap lying near the roads is very rare, as our gypsies take care of all that (and far beyond). up to the situation you have to tell a bank account in the scrap yard, no cash, for you to be traceble. no issue for normal people, but prevents gypsies from stealing manhole covers and cables en masse (usually).
>>2999477Huge pile in my backyard, let the rats in it and guard it for freeThat scrap metal I collect from people’s curbs is going to be a necessity in ww3
>>2999477I take a dump trailer load or two of steel in per year. Nothing fancy, just ends and bits and bobs I cut off of other steel when cleaning it up or using it for projects. Do have a bin of copper that I have been sorting into. Should probably take it in sometime. Dead batteries get taken to o'reillys because they will put $10 each onto a gift card which is way better than then the scrapyard pays.Not really worth it for the money, but keeps the scrap cleaned up around the farm and better than paying to dump it at the landfill.
Im a turdherder so its just copper and brass
I was collecting a heap of weldable and usable bits of steel in a corner but someone here brought in a skip and decided to "tidy up the yard" while I was away.I think he managed to get about $100 for the lot and thought he'd got a good deal...
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.
>>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 feel for you OP.I have an unusually cheap apartment, but it has no consideration for laundry. Turns out laundry is very important to me, so I had to diy something.If you check back in, I'm happy to share what I've seen/thought about/tried.>>2996877>Atsko Sno-Seal SPORT WASH LAUNDRY DETERGENTNot sure how it's different from every other laundry detergent, but that stuff is legit.Especially for sports clothes, synthetic fabrics, etc.>>2996883>Or die doing it myselfDo you live on the ground floor?I have a 2nd floor apartment, and ended up renting a battery-powered stair climbing dolly. Search for "powermate 650lb stair climbing dolly" to get a sense of it.I rented one from Sunbelt for just a couple of hours. It was maybe $60, and it saved me a crazy amount of effort. I'll definitely rent one again when I move out.Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>2998033One of these? This is coming up on an auction here soon. My wife bought a pretty sweet maytag washer last week with a roller wringer on it.
A lot of Samsung and LG washing machines get thrown out because the $14 pump went bad. If you find one rent a moving truck with a dolly for an hour and move it.
I was in a similar situation once, mostly just didn't want to spend the time going to the mat.It worked very well, I would let stuff soak for a couple hours then agitate with this.Honestly being able to let stuff soak for hours was what made washing so effective.A big bucket/tub inside the bathing tub will save water and time.Wild I can't soak things like that on a modern washing machine
Do you know any useful knots?
>>3000057I always tell people how to tie alpine butterflies and stevedore knots. They're easy to teach and let people do new things with cordage.
>>3000057I know of this one knot you tie, then you lose all your money.
Rope jokes?
I know an alpine butterfly and a bowline and a truckers hitch but you use an alpine butterfly instead of whatever is in the textbooks.
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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
>>2999127Yeah, that's a big part of why I want to pick up TIG as well, I've seen machinists do it more than any other process. I used to help my boss with it at my old job and I think I'd be better at it than other others as well (I'm way better at whip and pause and weave kinda stuff than super slow consistent speed beads) but I can't slog my way through a bunch of completely useless (to me) structural welding to get there in my school's program. I wish they had a machinist-specific welding class that was MIG and TIG instead of the intro one that was half stick and half wire when I took it and, even worse, is going to be ONLY stick starting this fall, which the welding program staff are all hyped about but I think it's fucking retarded to have as a required class for all of the other trades.
Hi, new here, first post on this site actually, I have a question on PPE. I weld in my backyard with a curtain up to avoid blinding my neighbours, so i get some wind while welding, but I'm incredibly lazy and hate cleaning metal, so I often weld slightly rusted and partially cleaned galvanized steel. While sitting and welding I smell nothing, but when I stand up I can immediately smell the horrible fumes. I try to avoid this of course, but occasionally I get a whiff of it, and I don't like that. I don't have a huge budget as I live with my grampa, so I can't afford a PAPR, but I'd like some advice as to what respirator and filters I want to get? Looking online I see that I need P100s, on whatever respirator fits under my welding mask, but when I go to look P100 up on hardware store sites, I'm met with a whole load of random standards like 3061, 8083, etc. How do I know which ones to choose, how do I avoid getting vendor locked, and, better yet, can I avoid this at all? I don't want to clean my metal better, unless that's the only viable option.
>>2999469I should add I'm living in Ireland, where my dad's side of the family is from, so stores here might be differently stocked?
>>2984989Yep, whenever I try to weld, it comes out like that
>>2995371The broken flux at the ends can be cut off with lineman pliers. If you watch closely while welding near the busted flux in the middle of a rod you could snip that section and use the rest of the rod after doing so. Strikes like a brand new rod.
nice big Bed Bug thread on /pol/. :)Anyone want to weigh in with DIY tips?Because it seems "professional" solutions not too practical.I can't imagine what it costs for a "pro" to do the sort of intensive inspection of your average even mildly pack-ratted dwelling, and you know its going to come with a big "not our fault if it doesn't work...maybe you got an ongoing source of new BBs (likely true, many such cases)" disclaimer.IMO, "detection" is overrated, unless its pre-emptive about a place you are thinking of moving into.If you got Bed Bugs you will know it, although it might take a week for you to realize those aren't just random red itchy spots.
>>2998829Bed bugs hide in humid areas. They cluster together in seams and small spaces to help this. Nearly all bugs prefer it humid.
>>2999098>Nearly all bugs prefer it humid.I'm in CA with typically less than 30% even in coastal Gay Area, and we don't have 1/5th the bugs I'll see in other States, even though we got year round growing season.
I had bedbugs years ago and it was like an ancient egyption curse from a movie. It took me years to recovery financially.The ONLY thing that worked is:>put any irreplaceable possessions in black plastic bags and throw everything else in the garbage. seal plastic bags and place in direct sun light.>use IR thermometer to verify that the contents reach 150F minimum. Reseal bags and let it cook until they are eradicated from your house. Thermal camera is better because it can find cold spots they can hide.>If attempting to save furniture, TVs, etc, place in painter's plastic and seal with tape. Put in direct sunlight. Use thermal to verify temps and find cool spots. Cook until they are eradicated from your house.>Vacuum EVERY nook and cranny every day. I mean EVERY spot, including removing outlet panels and vacuuming in there. Then throw out the bag outside of the house or use steam cleaner to sanitize the canister. Use thermal to verify temps. Do this every day.>Steam clean every nook and cranny once per week. Use a real steam cleaner. I used Dupray Tosca for $1000 that is capable of continuously outputting 316 F until the tank is empty. Thermal verified it heated things to minimum 220+ F. You will be miserable without a high end steamer. Avoid shark steamers as they are junk. Don't steam more than once per week or you get mold. Use thermal to verify temps and find spots you missed.Cheap steam cleaners only put out warm vapor (not true steam) and don't have the power to penetrate materials; the "steam" cools down too much to be lethal before it reaches them.These fuckers live a year without feeding, so technically you need to do this a year. I did it for 3 months (resetting the timer each time I got bit) and got rid of them.>>2998638>it seems "professional" solutions not too practicalComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
Fuck man go to a pro. I've tried diatomaceous earth, steam cleaning washing sheets. The fuckers will not go away until you nuke everything. Don't fuck around with bed bugs man.
Nearly a decade ago I moved into a new apartment, and it had bed bugs coming from an adjacent unit.I was only there for maybe three weeks? Just long enough for me to make a case that the property manager knew about the problem & didn't correct it, or disclose it.Incredibly stressful at the time. Though in retrospect, I had it easy. Because I noticed the problem before moving the majority of my stuff in.Still scarred for life though. If there's any bit of fuzz or lint on my mattress, couch, etc, I'm inspecting it immediately.>>2999082>BB will climb walls and ceilings and drop.That's the first time I've heard that.Anyway, my solution was throw some hardware into the walls & string up a hammock. Worked for me.
Thoughts on Polycarbonate for building? If it's stronger than stone, well insulated, impact absorbent, cheaper than steel, and can be used for windows as well, what's the downside?
>>2996973I thought the multilayered version was self insulating and that's why they used it for greenhouses?
>>2996967>what's the downside?
>>2996967In three years those panels will be filled with mildew and algae and covered in a thin grey film that never washes off because porous plastic
>>2997278Greenhouses get hot with a bit of sun even in winter, in summer they need constant ventilation and are often sprayed with lime to filter sunlight
>>2996967>plastic box>plastic box, JAPAN
I’ll keep it real - I want to run some speaker wire to my Pony theater to get a 7.2 channel surround sound system going. I bought a bunch of speaker wire and an amp, problem is I’d have to run the cables through the attic and I’m not in the best shape of my life. I grabbed a ladder to get into the attic but the bottom rung broke off when I stepped on it. What should I do?
>>3000105Duct tape the wire along the wall
If you got Crown Molding, there is space behind it that you can utilize.It'll essentially be hugging the corner and if it needs to pass through a Wall, drill a Hole to the other crown Molding and continue
>>3000276Anon, OP is too fat for a ladder
>>3000277CheckedAnon is too fat for wooden Rinky Dink Chink Pullstring LaddersSurely op can utilize a metal Ladder
>>3000279You might be right, but OP's phrasing seems to imply his fat ass broke a standalone ladder, not one of those terrible swing-downs that attics come with
Years ago, bought a house with a few acres. One acre was grass, had old, mud filled, busted impact sprinklers. Replaced them all with K-Rain rotors, and never really got even coverage. Brown areas and weird, green circles, despite theoretically good sprinkler coverageThis spring I decided enough was enough, and spent a bunch of money on Rainbird 8000 series rotors. Grass turned green within weeks.You get what you pay for, I guess
>>3000052Sandy loam atop clay. Not terribly ideal, but it's consistent across the yard. Areas I've put in different sprayers are finally turning green, so I can only conclude it's the older sprays
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>>3000261Irrigation project complete
