Hi I’m wanting to patch up this hole in my ceiling in a small room (laundry room). The hole used to be smaller but the drywall around it had been damaged by water and was sagging so I tore it down. I was about to put in new drywall but my mom texted this handyman guy friend of hers and he replied (after 2 days) saying that I can’t just put it in because “the truss has to be jacked up”. I have no idea what that means. The guy does meth so I can’t really rely on him for help. Can someone explain the steps I need to take to replace the drywall? If I need additional tools my budget is like $70 so maybe I can rent something. Help me bros I’m retarded!!!
>>2991251If you then want to complete the patch, get a 6" drywall knife, and you will probably also need an interior corner knife. Get them from the drywall aisle not the paint aisle of your hardware store. Also get pic rel (least amount of drywall mud you can buy, since your on a budget). This is also in the drywall aisle and not the paint aisle. Don't use spackle. You will also need regular paper drywall tape. Watch this guy's videos (1 through 3) then just do what he says (except for the mixing different mud parts, since you got the pre mix patch kit cuz budget). To texture the ceiling get a 1/2 nap paint roller then just kinda dab it on the ceiling in random orientations until it blends in. Then paint. Can't help you past that. Good luck OP!
>>2991302Oops forgot vid: https://youtu.be/EASP7bIkk0k?si=fst1_L7XvT8rNLGC
>>2991251Ok upon closer inspection there are trusses in your picture, but they should not require jacked up as they don't appear damaged (trusses are self supporting). Just make sure you kill all the mold on the wood before you do the patch, and get an exhaust fan in there ASAP to prevent further issues (although the dry Arizona air works in your favor)
>>2991297hey bro. this is really helpful, i can see that you know what you're talking abouthowever in the meantime my mom actually had the meth guy come over to show me what he meant and i believe that he might be onto something. i also don't think he wants our money because he owes us for us letting him sleep on our couch for a month.in that dark spot on the roof in the OP picture, that's where most of the water damage is located and apparently it has caused the roof to sag. he showed me outside that the tiles on the roof in that spot curve inwards, so yeah it definitely sags. he thinks it's a bad idea to put in drywall now with that part of the roof sagging. he's gone now and i didn't really ask him why, i'm just assuming it might make the ceiling crack?anyways he said that he can come over some other time and help me fix it, he said he'll use a floor jack to prop the roof upwards then we put a 2x4 between the truss and that piece of wood, or something like that.after that i'm going to use your guide to put in the drywall, because you laid it pretty clearly to me. thanks bro.
>>2991312looks like the roof sheathing is fuckedthat board need to be replaced, not jacked up, replacing it would happen from the outside. guessing you don't have money for roof repairs right nowthe only reason to keep the hole open would be if there's a lot of moisture still up there you are trying to dry out
The eternal debate.
>>2990628>It's exclusively Stihl, every time.Product support and market distribution makes the difference.I like working on Husqvarna saws, but Stihl makes a product that is equivalent, and has better overall product support. (for good and bad)>>2990785I switched to 12V Milwaukee from the excellent, but much larger DeWalt 20V tools, just because the Milwaukee 12V tools are handier and more comfortable for the equipment I'm dealing with.The DeWalt stuff was fine and I still own them for home use, it just got to be unweildy when you're under a 1025 Deere fussing with the belly mower, or similar.
I like milwaukee tools better but their batteries are fucking garbage
>>2991358>their batteries are fucking garbagewhich ones?the 6ho have been solid for my abuse. like multiple days of 90 degree weather charging them on an inverter in the pickup cab then running them to 0 on the 6" angle grinder repeatedly with no noticeable change in performance i bought some 8ho but then read that they have bad cell balance so ive been babying those on low draw toolsthe only m12 worth a fuck are the 5ho. gave a bunch of my 4ah and smaller to a friend because they sucked on anything other than the drill. and when you drop any of them off a 10ft ladder it fucks the plastic lock tabs which is a dogshit design
>>2991370> when you drop any of them off a 10ft ladder it fucks the plastic lock tabs which is a dogshit designFor me, it was almost the other way round. Was on a ladder, sanding some windows with the detail sander (quite the fantastic little thing, if you ignore the fact that it doesn’t do dust extraction and vibrates quite a bit) and the tabs broke of by itself (maybe the vibrating killed them) and the battery flew off and suddenly I was out of balance. Luckily managed to stay on the ladder and the battery survived the drop (sans tabs). My 2nd one also lost its tabs. Don’t know if this ts the sander or a bad batch. Warrantied them and got a second set of 6Ah batteries and could keep the first one, so they’re now living in the sander, secured with duct tape.
>>2990505This not only but also because of repairability and available spare parts.
How feasible is it to turn a 12 foot box truck into a tiny apartment on wheels? I can afford this and a few thousand for materials and work on it myself, the problem is I live in a city and work in an area that may or may not be ok with having me bring in a box truck everyday. But if they did it would blend in well for the area. If monthly insurance isn't too expensive I would consider living in this full time. I don't own a company and am not sure if insurance companies
>>2987791You need to get your life sorted out. As miserable as your situation may be that would push you towards the idea of living in the back of a van, actually living in the back of a van is just going to make things even more miserable.
>>2988156>Reason #5634 why I'm not getting married: I'll just end up living out of the damn truck.Nice save, though.
>>2987924>nanny nonsense Your bylaws wont save you from the homeless hoard
>>2987898Nah
You'll have plenty of time for rollin' doobies when you're livin' in a van down by the river
im looking to diy this bed and i refuse to pay 275 for these parts alone. how?
>>2989324>>2989337sometimes mattresses can ventilate through themselves from the top depending on material if you don't lay on it 24/7
>>2989289first bed i made was plywood sides. woke up every morning feeling rough as fuck. longer i spent in it the worse it got, throat red raw nose burning. swapped ply for 2x4 and immediately stopped. probably all the formaldahyde or whatever in the glue.i agree with you about sturdiness i don't think springiness under the mattress does anything, beds are just like that because its cheaper to make and ship i assume.but the foam mattress brother cannot be good for you either.
>>2989337*uses box spring and mattress cover*heh nothing personal
>>2989324moistureairflowdusteven just getting out of bed
>>2991382Furniture grade or cheap home depot construction board?
Guys my CNC machine created a beyblade, what do I do?
>>2991434>wat du?obviously drop trou and spead wide
Do you buy/use old or novel tools?
>>2983251I inherited this prototype vice grip like thing that my grandfather made some time in the late 40's early 50's. it actually works pretty good.
>>2987742Nice. I don't do any precision machining anymore so I don't need more than calipers, but that's an aesthetic set of micrometers you have there.
>>2983475Indeed
>>2987880it looks weird as hell and cool
Just picked up a pair of rusty spokeshaves at a flea market for $1 each. Have them soaking in evaporust right now. A Stanley 51 and a 54
redpill me on soviet concrete trussesseems like an underutilized technique for the savvy /diy/ builderconcrete is cheap and easy and you could use whatever for reinforcement steeljust form up a mold and make enough to build your fallout bunker quonset hutwhy didnt this soyuz shit catch on more places?
>>2988967>when portland cement has been a thing for 3k yrs?>The cement was so named by Joseph Aspdin, who obtained a patent for it in 1824, because, once hardened, it resembled the fine, pale limestone known as Portland stone, quarried from the windswept cliffs of the Isle of Portland in Dorset.Portland cement, which is an ingredient of modern concrete, is limestone and clay baked in a kiln to make clinker. It is then ground down and mixed with gypsum to form cement. When you mix in an aggregate it becomes concrete. Opus caementicium, Roman concrete, is quicklime, pozzolana, and an aggregate of pumice.Stay in school kids, or you will end up like this phone poster.
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>2988970y r civil engr concretefag types always so insufferable?
>>2991088>can’t finish high school school? >finish concrete>can’t finish concrete?>read Wikipedia articles about concrete
ah yes concrete didn't exist until an american got a patent for it :)
my house needs all new windowshow do i know what kind to get and not get scammed?currently have vinyl windowstemperate, wet costal climate with cold winters and mild summersits a small house just under 1000sqft + basement but it has a big 250 sqft sunroom so ill need a few
>>2991326This isn't the help me buy it board. What is wrong with the windows and maybe we can help you fix them.
>>2991326you can do the demo and installation yourself (maybe need a friend or family member to help with large windows). just look up how to properly waterproof your sill pan, and weather seal around the window. plenty of recent youtube construction videos show how to do this with a variety of tapes or sealers. milgard and pella are good window brands and get either fiberglass or aluminum frame if you want them to last. the hardest part will be repairing the exterior appearance again if you have siding or stucco. tl,dr: you buy the windows only, then do all the labor yourself.
You could just buy a bunch of glass units and reglaze yourself. Most vinyl windows have the same 3/4" overall thickness, but it would be smart to pop the glazing stops and verify before you go to the trouble. As long as you're specific, a glass shop can do the work for you.3/4" OA dual glaze low-e 366 surface #2 with argon, grids between glass as noted, mill or stainless spacer. Both lites tempered as noted....and then list your sizes from there.If you do replace the windows, most vinyl is more or less the same. It's all just plastic frame with some cheapo hardware for operation, relying on the glass for actual structure. Do not get Pella: they are overpriced and they make their shit backwards (patio doors and half vents with operable panels to exterior, where the rollers and track can get filled with debris and dust can pull lubricant away from wheels). Milgard is now owned by MI Brands, which is an east coast brand collector: do not trust them. Ply Gem is a fine window overall and typically inexpensive. Cascade Windows are also fine as long as you get Cascade series. Jeld-Wen is okay if they can get your order right, but their sightlines aren't very good.There may be more manufacturers in your area to shop. Follow AAMA standards for install: flash the sill, sealant onto opening, window in, plumb & level, screw off flange, flash legs and head. If you do block frame, you need stainless fasteners and they need to go through the frame. Recess the heads and use vinyl doc to try to smooth over the surface. Vinyl consistency is about 1000# if you need to sand.
get quotes from a bunch of different window companies in your area.
>>2991336yeah i was gonna maybe attempt to diy the installone im cheap and two ive seen some terrible so called professional installs, this is a big concern it seems to be a shady business..maybe ill try one unimportant basement one first see if it makes me want to kill myself or if its doable, ill probably reside the house after so im not super worried about damage that way
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>>2991191I wonder if that Doug Dimmadome knife is full Trixie Tang.
Power stationsGeneratorsPower generation.No meme no larp.I just bought a Dabson 2048 over a generator as a power solution for outages.I did this because I don't know what the future price or access of gas will be. I live rurally and have very little power needs. The most I would need power for is to power a brooder plate or keep a fridge on.I can cook with propane and wood and I heat my home with wood. I plan on getting a solar panel to charge the power station in the event of weeks or months long power outages.Is there anything I'm missing or didn't think about or reasons why a power station is dumb? I have had several generators in the past and when you really need them there is always something wrong with it or you gotta go get fuel so I got a power station instead hoping it better serves my needs.Keep a fridgeCharge a phonePlug in my fan on my fireplaceLightThat's about all I'd need it for. I got the idea because in the past I used DeWalt batteries attached to an inverter to keep a brooder on during an outage.Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
i cant install solar at my current place, but i did have an idea ive been chewing on for power stationsbasically, since the electric utility charges a much lower rate for electricity use from midnight to 4am, the regular rate after that, and a higher rate from 5pm-9pmso why not get power banks for the most energy-intense devices in the home and program them to only charge up during the discount period? or why not run the whole house like thathas anybody done this?
>>2989072This is VERY common and widely done.You need to do the math though and make sure that the difference in cost by percent outweighs the round trip loss in percent by enough margin to make your money back in less than 10 years or it's not worth it. (unless you want to substitute some of the cost for the benefit of the whole house UPS)
>land of the free>cant build a reactor
why are the Ecoflow 400w portable solar panels so expensive? Will other less expensive 400w panels charge the Ecoflow?
>>2991215>whyRetard tax>other panelsUsually yes, check their ratings
So I have a problem (A) that I need to fix (Fuckin' groundhog did it I think) but I'm not a smart man and have questions.What IS this line? The stuff that pours out sure smells like gas, and there was a lot of it. But isn't that the fuel filter above? Making that the gas line and this something else? Does brake fluid smell like gas?And what's that other line up there?Moving on to the actual fix, the connection at (B) is easy enough but what's that connection at (C) called? Is it possible/easy to replace?How would you replace the damaged section? If there a part for that nylon line between the hard lines i can just buy somewhere, I have failed to find it, don't even know what it's called.Should I just cut on either side and make a new section of line? If so what connectors should I use for that?Thanks for any knowledge you can give me.
>>2991231>I'm not a smart man>>2991233>bottom chewed hose is fuel return to tankI'm even less of a smart man than OPwhy would you return gas to the tank?
>>2991237the fuel pump pressurizes the distribution rail to whatever the injectors are meant to run at. the pump runs at constant output and has excess flow capacity than the injectors use so the rail has a pressure regulator that bleeds the excess pressure off as return flow to the tank
>>2991231>Help me fix my 1998 F150find a man to fix it for you.
>>2991231>Moving on to the actual fix, the connection at (B) is easy enough but what's that connection at (C) called? Is it possible/easy to replace?The fittings at B and C are both swaged hose fittings. At B, there is also a quick disconnect. The swaged sections (look like hexagonal crimps) compress the flexible hose onto barbs on the steel lines. You can DIY a fix at both ends without needing a swaging tool or new sleeves since this is low pressure.Cut the old swaged sleeves with a dremel (careful for sparks due to gasoline). Make sure you don't cut so deep you damage the hose barbs on the steel line and quick disconnect fitting.Buy new gas hose to fit barb dimensions. Use plain old hose clamps to hold nwe hose on barbs. It's low pressure, they'll hold.The quick disconnect at B and busted old hose can be taken out to a workbench. The steel line heading off the left of your pic from C will probably have to be done in place.
>>2991260>>2991240Good shit, smarts like this is why I posted here.>>2991243Too poor to pay a smart man to fix it for me.
>no results foundpost up your latest buysthings you want but dont needchristmas giftsuseless junk or good shit or whatever it isbrand flex or name and shameignore bepis and seig
>>2967249Nice
More auction stuff. The cabinets are fucking heavy. Luckily I had a couple of drawers to fit the one that was missing two drawers. not a 100% exact match, but close enough. I got them cleaned up yesterday and put on a pallet and set in the shop. Just gotta figure out exactly where I want to set them up. The box of holesaws had 20 holesaws in it. 15 or 16 of them were brand new. Only one was dull. All US made. The "brass" hammer head is actually copper. I had suspicions that it was, but it was hard to tell exactly from the pic. Pipe threader kit is a ratcheting handle Armstrong brand. Pipe cutter was a Rigid. Bought the one lot for those lathe handles. Always handy to have those kicking around, the other shit got thrown away. The lot with the husky organizer had a bunch of good hardware as well as a few tools in there. Worth what I paid for it just for the organizer. The bigger toolbox in that lot was a piece of junk that got shitcanned, but I knew that going in...
Literally brand new. Zero rust on the chain, original paint intact, and the original inspection tag is still wired to the unit. $57 is an insane deal for an American made 1-ton hoist.
>>2970364damn bro i havent seen one of those in 16 years
>>2991245nice. looks like its got a long lift. theres a lot of 5ft ones out there that are about useless. itll work horizontally like a winch if you keep the pullchain from bunching and binding too
This is the longest I've ever held a job, and I actually enjoy it for the most part. But I asked for a raise at my three month mark, and the GC basically told me I'm too incompetent and replaceable to deserve a raise. I took it to heart, and ended up blowing off the next workday because I was so drunk. I guess I sort of assumed I could find another job, but they were all too far away (even if they paid more), so I came crawling back.Apparently my 12AM text woke him up, and that's mainly why he said "my respect for you went from here '-' to here '_', but instead of firing me he just transferred me to HVAC. I don't think he hates me, he just doesn't want to deal with me anymore. Apparently I'm "doing a good job" in HVAC as a total beginner (although it was recommended I apply more deodorant). But I'm still capped at 15 an hour. And I had a conversation with the GC today, about what economic value there actually is in bringing a new helper onto the crew (when it's been a three man job as long as I've been there), and he called it a 'mind-boggling question'. As in, it's a waste of time to ponder the systems and frameworks behind all of this in an economic sense.I would chalk it up to 'neurodivergence', but then again, it seems like just about every coworker I have is always talking about their "ADHD" or "dyslexia". The designer is literally a diagnosed sperg and it shows.It still feels like a hostile work environment to a degree, but I'm just grateful to have stable income. From what I understand, autonomy and efficiency are what's most valued on a jobsite, and I guess that's basically the reason they told me I'm not eligible for a raise. But the GC also said that "we don't discuss wages here" and the HVAC guy said "I'll let you know when you get a raise, don't ask", which seems like a red flag desu.Call me a faggot or a retard or whatever, thanks for reading my blogpost.
>>2983501I took a job at a machine shop, today was my first day. They will take anyone and train them but they start at $15. I have never worked a job like this, I am 40 years old. I "cleaned metal" with an angle grinder for several hours, and did some painting.It was such an uncomfortable, dirty and unsafe job, I quit the same day. I really needed a job, but I passed, because it was simply too hard. I am not strong enough nor fit enough to do physical labor like that. I just pulled a booger out of my nose that is half-black. I am incredibly dirty. I badly need a shower.
>>2983501Get your CDLI used to work in kitchens as a line cook, and eventually a sous chef making fuck all. I also had developed a hell of an alcohol, weed, tobacco, and cocaine addiction after 8 years of hanging tickets. I had to leave that industry before I kms either intentionally or accidentally.My local community college has a CDL program, so I enrolled. It took about 5 months to get to my first day of class, once we started it took about 4 weeks (1 week of class material, about 3 weeks of pre trip inspection and driving practice, then you test out). I got a pell grant which covered most of the cost, I was out of pocket about $800. If you go to a private school it's all on you and they're going to overcharge you by about two grand. Afterwards I was OTR for 6 months driving reefer which really fucking sucked but I was making about $1,200 a week, the catch is you're working 24/7 because even if you're not driving your babysitting the truck. The life is shit, no exercise is shit, not being able to cook decent meals for myself was shit, living in truck stops is shit, sharing the road with Karens and pajeets is shit. I told myself I would never do construction because I thought I was "better than that" like the snobby culinary asshole that I used to be. To make a long story short I applied to some local jobs, one of them being a ready mix cement driver for a large construction company in my area. All of my presuppositions about what I would do with my life went out the window when they offered me $28/hr and 50-60 hours a week. After basically wasting my twenties that was a pretty good deal to gross almost 90k my first year. I don't see myself doing it forever though, I put in for the lineman union apprenticeship through swlcat, of which a CDL is a prerequisite.It's not the sexiest thing in the world but it definitely is a meal ticket, when I started looking I applied to various places on Sunday night and my phone was blowing up Monday morning with offers.
BE RELIABLE
>>2985592For management, Did you require a degree in construction management or any 4 year degree of anything? Or just job experience and aptitude.
>>2991266It's actually better if you don't know what the fuck you're doing but think you do. Big cock mannerisms let gms know you mean business and aren't going to waste time ever using your own tools or try to resolve issues in subcontractors' favor. It's cool if you have a degree, but let them know that it don't mean shit and your street smarts mean a lot more.
>step 1: obtain a building permitamericans need permission from the government to change a light bulb
>>2991137What's a "building permit"?What does that have to do with light-bulbs?In what way does this thread have to do with D.I.Y.?OP is silly.
>>2991139The journeyman system is the humiliation ritual of construction.
>>2991137>americans need permission from the government to change a light bulbjokes on you....democrats will not even give you a permit.
>>2991139Oh yeah? What's the thread spacing of the bulb? What's the appropriate torque applied? What conductive metals of bulb and socket are code compliant? What types of bulbs are legal? Do you have a thermal shutoff and what is the appropriate value? What fuses and gfcis should be in circuit? How close to the junction box can ceiling insulation be installed? What size fasteners are appropriate for securing the j box? What gauge is your wiring? How many lumens are satisfactory per square foot of room? If that bulb breaks, how toxic are the internal elements to children? Does your bulb have a warrantee? Did you even wire the fixture right? Now my other circuits aren't working. You'll be hearing from my lawyer.
>>2991208I don't think these guys are capable of learning anything, let alone teaching. Have you seen the state of your average tradie? Fucking embarrassing. Now you get to 'learn' under a room temperature IQ low functioning alcoholic for 2 years? What are they going to teach you? How to dip out on child support payments? Beat the breathalyzer lock on their 2008 Dodge Ram 1500? How to defeat all the safety features on power tools in a way OSHA inspectors won't notice?
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.
>>2989845I agree in part but also your concern is addressed in this sense: the robot building STOPS when the arm is done. Proving its more important and more a focus than hardware side. And if it ends up all its expected to be, then it should be able to build the rest of its own body. So that's where the rubber meets the road. If I cannot build an AI that good, then building the rest of the body is pointless to an extent especially with NEO bot and whatnot coming out I'd be better off buying one of those off the shelf at that point if my AI is trash.
>>2989832You were quoted $450 because of all the time their own actual engineers would have to waste deciphering your schizophrenic ms paint drawings. I am currently having a custom prototype piece of 316 stainless steel tooling printed by them and it only cost me $135, including shipping and customs. The main reason is because I provided them a ready to print stl file that follows conventional design standards for 3d printing. Instead sending them a screenshot of 3ds max or a convoluted ms paint drawing that does not follow any industry standards.And your idea of your robots producing free unlimited PCBs is further proof of how fucking schizophrenic you are.
>>2989918no i used kicad for that stuff i have a video on it in my humanoid playlist. was not a fan. if I'm doing it that is not what I want nor need. Photoshop is better for diy.
make me one
>>2988155>>2989754>>2989770>>2989776>>2989845>>2989918You are trying to make a delusional narcissist (and I mean that in a clinical sense) who quite literally thinks he is a saint that will die before his project is completed and have his work come with him to heaven where God will let him finish it there, see sense.If it wasn't clear to you from his posts, he knows nothing about robotics or AI ("symbolic" or otherwise) at all. The most cognizant thing you'll get back from him is when he blatantly copies in ChatGPT responses to reply for him, and even then he won't have understood enough of the context to make it make sense.You can just stop spending time on him. All he is doing this for is what is called "narcissistic supply". Every now and then some dumbass who doesn't know better comes by and tells him he sounds smart, and that's what he does this all for. Comments from retards are what he has decided to waste his life pursuing. Even the hate he gets he just incorporates into a little story he tells himself about how he's a soldier of God against the ignorant masses.He's got a wife and two kids and mooches off his parents too. If he was just some harmless NEET leaching off the government who cares? But he's failing like 4 different people in his life minimum. You can help cutting him off.
