What is the best. Who has experience?Most important tips for buying etc.I have tons of wood and time on my hands and lumber costs a bunch so...Is it worth it to jump from models that cost $5,000 up to a $10,000 model?
>>3008102Those are called Alaskan mills or chainsaw mills. It's worth it to get milling chains I hear from the SurvivingRingworm yt channel.
>>3007981How long for wood to dry on the SHORTEST timeline.I got dry covered space, but it will have to air dry out.Do I need to make this lumber in the fall and build in the spring? Or not long enough?
>>3008102Kerf loss is a problem here. Unless you're cutting 4x4 or more.
>>3008326>How long for wood to dry on the SHORTEST timeline.For air drying, 1 year per inch of thickness.
>>3010462Less if you're in the desert or working with soft woods
anyone here an electrician?how did you get into it?what's your daily routine?any tips and tricks for someone aspiring to get such a job?
>>3009035>what's your daily routine?touching live wires till failure
>>3009035>how did you get into it?I applied to a decent sized company that was working on a big project and needed more bodies.>meet at site at 7am>go through all the layers of safety bullshit>work until 4>work 12 hour days when there's a shutdown for stuff like plant upgrades>any tips and tricks for someone aspiring to get such a job?Like I said, I found a company working on a big project that needed bodies and was willing to sift through them. I personally don't enjoy residential work, although it's good stuff to learn. Commercial and industrial are cooler, although less applicable to every day stuff. Solar teaches you nothing, my company exiles the bad apprentices to solar before laying them off at the end of a project.
>>3009121>trades are full of terrible contractors, it's stupid easy to stand outSo much this. There are so many people in the trades because they are simply unemployable anywhere else. Especially 'handymen'.
>>3009035joined the ibew making 1600 a week with only 40 hours
>>3009858>only
All forms of beadcraft are appreciated. Post past/current makes, tips/tricks, recommendations, techniques; other helpful info, and related questions.
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>Starting over using square stitch because I didn’t like the jog in the middle of the half-step ladder. At least I had only gotten to 3!
>>3010410good move, it was bothering me too
>>3010429Agreed, it’s looking much more consistent now. I’ve always been a bit averse to working single-needled because two had always felt slightly faster… but >>3010410 is much smoother to do, and as they say; smooth is fast. >Meh hands and neck like this method better too. Easier to pick up and shift positions.
>realized I never uploaded the graphic for half-step ladder. It’s got its uses, definitely good for smaller rectangular projects (5-7 beads in width). With my project (14 beads wide) it was difficult to maintain tension and the rows began buckling in the middle when tightened. >These issues haven’t occurred for me with smaller project sizes.
My house has ZERO exterior outlets. I would like to add a few. I can find videos about piggy backing a new one onto a existing interior outlet. I do not want that. I want a new dedicated circuit. I have limited experience with electrical work. Replaced outlets and light switches. Even replace a breaker. So I don't feel like hiring someone when I could just learn, so fuck off with the "just hire someone" this is DIY. I'm here to DO IT MYSELF and LEARN.I want a circuit I can run a 120v welder from, maybe sometime later I can install a 240 line but for now I have other uses too. 10/2 romex with a 20AMP breaker? I will be running it through a crawl space so I shouldn't need any kind of conduit. I suppose the only part I'm really not sure about is getting the wire from my crawl space to the breaker panel somehow?
>>3009027Cut the drywall out between two studs below the box, run the conduit in the wall from the box to the crawlspace, put the drywall back, tape mud and pant the drywall.
>>3009027Your welder is going to be anywhere from 20 to 50 amps. Don't try and dual purpose like that. Run 12 awg. If your welder is larger than 20 amps you're going to need a separate dedicated circuit anyways. And if it's larger than a 20 amp it's likely going to also be 240v.
>>3009027If it's 120v, it likely maxxes out at 13A, maybe 15A if they're pushing they're luck. Most I've seen don't come with 20A 120V plugs (though I'm sure there are a few that draw 18A+ with a 15A plug...). Home gamers don't have those, and those that can install them will just put in 240V 30/50A outlet, anyway.There's no point in doing 10AWG if you're not putting it on a 30A circuit (or it needs to be derated for another reason). Just put in your 5-15 outlet and a 6-30 or a 6-50 at the same time, if you actually think you'll upgrade to a larger welder at some point. Waiting doesn't even save you any money, you just have to get under the house and pull wire all over again, so...why?
>>3009010You look at the load. It's a welder so maybe could be kind of high, constant load. But get the current.Then you size the wire, what wire do you need for that load, also, how long is the wire, both length and current drawn increase resistance. Also the route, if cable is run in insulation, or lots of cables grouped, it should be derated.Once you work out the cable size, you get a suitable breaker which protects that cable.Outdoor circuit sould be able to isolate it easily from indoors. Also, should be protected by current imbalance I.e. gfci.Get a copy of your local regulations/code and read it.Finally, you should understand the basics of testing and have equipment capable of performing those tests.There's no point putting a breaker in to protect a cable if you fuck up the install and the ground fault impedance is so high the breaker never trips.
>me over here running 300a inverter welders on 14awg extension cordsa piece of white romex with 10-50 plugs on the ends just works
wat a girl do
theres no such thing as a true>car chicktheyre either >psychotic dykes>biological males playing pretend or most common >grifting posers attempting to snare weak men for attention and gibseither way none of the above are something you should want to be adjacent to
>>3010078Update me when the engine is done.
>>3010145>and then went one to watched Biker GroveFor our American cousins that's TV show about a bunch of teenagers on BBC
>>3010245Wrong gen, that era was all NA as far as I'm aware
>>3010078I'll let her rimjob me
Why are so many Americans willing to pay for someone else to mow their lawn?
This totally mystifies any non American. I think one factor here might be HOA, which is like...a local council... but private... which fines people by law for doing things their neibours simply don't like. So in the US you can get sued for failing to mow your lawn. So residents are trying to offload the legal liability not really paying to mow the lawn.Culturally, Americans seem to care far less about gardens and far more about lawns.And a well maintained lawn needs mowing less often so if enough people in the same area all have this cultural view then its probably an economy of scale in spraying/edging/weeding lawns.Here in Australia it's a $150 call out just to get someone to show up, because there just aren't 100 customers a kilometre in the same area, culturally anyone who calls trades to do something you they do themselves is called a faggot and there's no particular punishment if your lawn is just totally f*cked
>>3009881this guy gets itour neighborhood mower shoes up once a week and has 5 clients on the same street, we all pay em 50$ and it takes them 2 hoursrinse and repeat
>>3004041People are shitting on this but it's basically the situation for me. My lawn is too big and hilly to be viable for a push mower, so I'd be looking at several thousand dollars minimum for some kind of riding mower. We also have a relatively short mowing season. It'd take many years for owning a mower to work out cheaper than just paying a guy to come every couple of weeks. I also live in a literal (high) desert with limited water resources and having this huge lawn is wasteful and expensive, so I'd like to eventually rip most of it out and replace it with native foliage, something all of my neighbors have already done. I like the natural arid forest vibe of the area more than a huge expanse of non-native grass anyway.
>>3009881>Culturally, Americans seem to care far less about gardens and far more about lawns.One factor in this is that we have a lot more wildlife in the US than most populated parts of Europe. I have some herbs and vegetables but I have to grow them on my upstairs balcony because deer will eat anything on the ground level, and keeping them out is basically impossible unless you make your garden look like a prison.
>>3004022They're rich.
In /rcg/ we discuss anything & everything remote controlled - multirotors, fixed wing, cars, rovers, helis, boats, submarines, battlebots, lawnmowers, etc.>How do I get started with racing drones?https://oscarliang.com/mini-quad-racing-guide/https://www.fpvknowitall.com/ultimate-fpv-shopping-list/> How to build a racing drone (16 part video series from Joshua Bardwell)https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLwoDb7WF6c8mWARrcxtX_G6yytK7QFHID>What about planes?https://www.flitetest.com/>What about aerial photography, is DIY viable?Buy a DJI if what you actually want is to take good photos/videos, with Potensic being an alternative, go DIY if what you actually want is a fun project.Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>3009886Current setup: BetaFPV Pavo 20 Pro 4S W/ DJI 04 Pro air unit modified by flywoo with the mp66 gyros Radiomaster Boxer max radio DJI goggles 3 Am I missing out on some more top tier shit? I have whoops , like the air75 original and the air65 2 champ that I fly with my T8L Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>3010209Got a Whoopstor 3? Greatest 1S charger I know of. Did 3 hours of flying a couple Saturdays ago because I can swap in batteries and they're done by the time my last battery is discharged. 2S charge of course.
>>3010259I got the Geprc woo power and I charge it off of ridgid power tool batteries and an inverter in the field No idea if I’m retarded or not for doing it
>>3010349You're losing a fair bit of efficiency that way. You're going DC->AC->DC->less DC. Try to cut some conversions out if you can.
>>3010349>Geprc woo powercut out the inverter and plug in the tool lion pack via the xt60 directly. just keep an eye on the input voltage so you don't fuckup your tool packs.
so the cocksuckers DID at one time make a XL Twin normal air mattress.Anyone got any bright ideas for how to make a good XL out of a regular twin?I guess I could get a 8"x10"x39" block of foam and maybe Velcro and upside down fitted elastic bedsheet and another one rightside up over it.And WTF does no one make XL Twin air-mattress?Its for a DIY fold up bed for my beater van. It will be along the driver's side wall. It will be barely high enough to fit 3.5 gal buckets under when folded down. Platform will hinge on door hinges with removable pins, and there will be another rail and butt-hinge halves mounted at 29" so it could serve as desk/work bench or "Captain's Bed" with lots of under bed storage.I've done that before but without the second level option, but the removable door hinge pins worked great. Could fold up the bed out of the way and haul a motorcycle, fridge, etc and the mattress and bedding would be "positive aired".For legs I used PVC pipe which would rotate flush and a more or less full length PVC pipe sat in the groove of the van floor.Haven't worked out the details but I think it will be OK to have two sets of legs, one about 13" and another at 29".Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>3009638For a van? Go to a carpet store get an offcut for a buck. Hard floor is the best mattress there is. Carpet is second but it keeps you warmer.Don't use sheet wood for beds either, the glue fucks your throat unless you seal it properly.
You VILL but the regular twink bed und you VILL be happy
>>3009703I'm not sleeping ON the wood, but on mattress, sheets, etc.I'll spray with poly clear seal to wipe clean with damp rag or even hose.
>>3009638>XL Twin air-mattressthe hell is that you fat?
>>3009638Have you thought about one of those premade trifold foam mattresses? They seem to come in Twin XL. I used to have one that guests used and said it was fine.
Post your boxes
>>3009673Or you take your job seriously and you don't want your shit stolen. Last guys I hired to do anything mostly just kept most of their shit in a Job Box on the truck
>>3009680maybe if you have an active transport still you have to leave something as a matter of politeness
>>3008836lold
>>3008836I see your 20' and raise you a 40' high cube... I probably need to source a few more. I have too much shit. The blue one at my house is organized pretty nicely. Have 40 more 40' high cubes at the shop that are full of stuff that I really need to get organized better. Could probably set a couple more up there and then my mom wants one at her place... I've also amassed a bunch of job boxes over the years. They're pretty handy.
>>3009307I dug up the Stanley box I mentioned and tried it for a day but it sucked, the body dragged on the ground while rolling and the handle was so short that it made my back sore to pull, and barely fit my gear with no room to spare. I ended up finding a smaller, lighter "Black Diamond" modular setup that's bigger than the Stanley but smaller than the Klein and it seems alright so far. Here's the Stanley loaded up, I should take a pic with the new box. >>3009430Honestly mine has never been anywhere close to a jobsite. I bought it when I was moving cross-country and knew I'd have to live in short-term rentals for a while until I found a house, and I didn't want to just dump all of my tools in cardboard boxes where they'd be a pain in the ass to access. It's not doing much now that I've got a garage shop set up with workbenches and a US General cart.
Wtf do I do here? First thought is to start drilling from small to large. Fker before me used locktite ffs. Give me some ideas.
>>3008483I can just imagine the big brain going>well I don't have a torque wrench so I'll smother it in blue glue and crank on it for a good half heave
>>3008483Sumbitch. Nice job - when you said it started to come out then snapped, I figured it had been crossthreaded or damaged and you were fucked.
>>3008486They love loctite at the factories man. Every single factory bolt on my 2007 and 2008 Volvos are smothered in the shit. The cars are right at the age where 'time to do the brake disks' and 'needs a new alternator' etc. and it's the first time most of that stuff has been done. Gotta heat nearly every bolt.(and then put them back in with coppercoat because fuck loctite)
>>3009277Try a 2015 Volvo. Front caliper brackets are held in with 150ftlb and red loctite just shits and giggles
>>3009551Brake engineer here. If the bolts have red loctite from the factory it is because a caliper fell of in development and that was the cheap fix. Anything less is going to fall off eventually.
Finna install a letterbox next weekend, including the concrete base. You're supposed to install the anchor bolts after the concrete has dried by drilling a hole, but can I instead fasten the bolts to the letterbox then place it in the still-drying cement? Then, the next day, I can tighten the bolts to activate the wedge function.
>>3010272fuck tapconslittle tiny bitchass threads rust off and they get loose in 5 years
>>3010264This. If you're setting them in wet concrete just use j bolts or regular bolts with shit welded to the heads...
>>3010260Try and tell us about it, though I assume it won't turn. Just use a normal stainless bolt then, held on with a nut in the box.
>>3010260>pound threaded rod into the ground in the right dimensions>make sure they will stay nice and plumb until the concrete sets>for each rod use bolts to secure a pair of fender washers a couple inches apart inside the eventual concrete pad>pour concrete and wait for it to set>cut down rod to the correct height (file it to avoid sharp edges)>mount letterbox
>>3010317>boltsNuts obviously
If you were starting over at 30 more or less, what trade would you go into?
>>3005282I work in a hospital in a non-patientcare role and i would shoot myself in the head before i became a nurse
>>3005217I like to DIY but I just don't see myself being a blue collar worker nor desire interacting with them daily. No offense.
I’m in the same boat OP. Decided to do carpentry with the plan of eventually running my own renovation business. Self-employment is the dream.
>>3005264PLCs is easy as fuck
>>3005217I'm 30. I have a degree in software development but ended up in higher tier support and later a cloudops role. Many teams including mine were made redundant and now I can't find an IT job. 7 years total experience in IT with 1 of those being as head of IT for a small college so like sysadmin. I'm in Ireland. I was considering doing an automation and robotics course to get into scada so maybe I could branch out into fixing automation lines. I don't know if the jobs are there really but fuck it. I'm a built guy and can handle practical jobs easy but I'm not keen to wreck my body either. Any advice for me?
I have 56 cans of monster energy. I would like to create some kind of costume for Halloween out of these cans. I'm going to cut them and flatten so they'll become flat aluminum sheets. My first idea was to make some kind of knight armour, but then i realised that cans are too thin to hold on structurally. And so I'm asking for an advice on how to make either some kind of a frame and then glue these monster sheets onto or some other way you have in mind to decorate a costume. The direction i wanna go into is historically "accurate" armour or some fantasy knight armour. There aren't many YouTube guides regarding aluminium cans decorative usage therefore I'm asking here. I have some basic instruments such as scissors, knife, wooden desk, soldering(idk why would i need that) etc at my disposal. Can buy some other if needed. TIA!
>>3009727Poetry!Thrift shops are actually good for the matter, I'll keep that in mind. Unfortunately I haven't seen any huge thrift shops here in Helsinki but I visit some from time to time. Maybe I'll manage to find something cool for Halloween
>>3009797but still morbidly obese i assume
>>3010044How did you come up to with that conclusion, may I ask?
>>3009798STOP COLLECTING TRASHF I N N I G G E R
>>3009245With the rainbow colors, go as a tranny monster of some sort
I want to replace the faucet in my 1970s house but I'm scared of touching the shut off valves because I have touched valves in newer homes and they started to leak. How would you proceed
>>3010090Oh shit, I might be fixing that faucet soon bros, that's plenty within my tard skills
>>3010090>but don't use anything with teeth of you will mar the finish and it will look like a fucking tard worked on it. IE not pliers or a pipe wrench.lmao fuck off who cares
>>3010233You say dumbass shit like this but I bet you are the kind of person that pops a vein when the Cluckin' Bell employee forgets to put the extra dip in your number 6.
>>3010247If I get fast food i've already accepted it's going to be fucked in some wayreally there's a great tool for angle stops I use, however using toothed wrenches is perfectly fine if you hold them tight and don't let them slide around
>>3006423i've heard from the maintenance man that if you don't open and close these valves periodically, they will break the next time you need them
What's the proper way of cleaning this? I always end up making the hole bigger i.e. ruining the flame
>>3009752it's a pilot orifice
>>3009767>orifice fitting for a pilot light.Nta, but we can't actually see the orifice. It could be a center mark from machining.I thought it was an orifice, but now that the other anon said standoff, I'm not sure anymore
>>3008748I use a needle.
>>3009969>needlemakes hole bigger
>>3008748carb cleaners or torch cleaners
