Looking for simple project recommendations. I've gotten into a bad habit of Doom scrolling and being terminally online, so I want a way to get out of that habit.Post things you've made or any ideas you have.Picrel is a skateboard that I turned into a lamp. Looks good with a dimmer switch.
>>2999496>Styrofoam with cotton ballsWhen you make lamps or whatever it's called, think about the flammability of the materials you are using.I'd post some coat hangers I built with salvaged wood, but I'm not at home right now
clock mechanisms are cheap, usually come with or next to numbers, and really dont take much to "make" a clock out of anythingi used an atlas to trace state edges onto free red cedar sawmill extras and a jigsaw to make clocks in the shape of states for people.coastlines are hard, but end up complicated enough even if you dont really match it exactly it looks pretty spot on. Maine's coastline is whats on my mind as I say that
I recently put up a dartboard in the garage and the chalkboard I had was super shitty. Old, had gotten wet and so if a dart hit it, it went right through it. I had this old longboard hanging around, so I taped the edges because I wanted to preserve the green border, sanded it down. Primed it. Painted it with chalkboard paint, and this is the final result. My wife thought it was going to turn out like shit, but was pleasantly surprised. I haven't decided if this is what I'm going to use, but I'm happy with the result. The kids like drawing on it at least.
theres already a crafts for women thread up
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>Brand name is Leaktite>Not even a little rain-resistantWell what now?
Dude you put a giant fucking hole in the bucket.
>>3000041Why is there a finger in your micro bucket
>>3000041>Well what now?Get a new bucket, and try not to fuck this one up by busting a hole in the side and attempting to seal it with RTV silicone.
>>3000041Get a proper septic tank you disgusting turdie.
why didnt you leave it for a few days without anything in it before putting anything in it
Planning to bury this underground in the future.Without weighing down the post with boring details, I think I have the drainage setup worked out, and how to preserve the interior contents and keep the capsule airtight.I'd like to included a vacuum sealed plastic bag around the capsule to minimize exposure to water, but the woman who sold this to me said do NOT do this, as it can actually exacerbate rusting, even with stainless.Is this true? I wouldn't think a big plastic bag with practically all the air sucked out of it, and sealed completely airtight / watertight, would allow rust, but I'm not 100% and I want to be
like anon said before a wimpy plastic bag is not gonna cut itmetal not gonna cut itencapsulating in concrete doesn't even fuckin work, we have the results from many experiences passed: nature always winspick a wall to seal it in if you really have no self control and wanna preserve something for the futuresome old boomer retards buried a 57 plymouth in a concrete tomb thinking it'd come out driveable and spoiler no it fucking did not.
Embed time capsule in liquid acrylic resinProblem solved
TAKE MY TRASH, FUTURE PEOPLE
Bury it in a drum of cosmoline
I dont know anything about time capsules but im bumping your thread to ask if talking about airflow is to plan for the capsule to get holes in it if you want to put anything in a bag then why not put the stainless capsule in a teflon bag and bury it
what are some uses for dryer fluff?
>>2998653>What would be an acceptable temperature? 300C? 400C?Like 2000C, with an excess of oxygen available.
>>2998757>Like 2000CIA says around 1000C.You're talking out of your ass
>>2997939Everyone thinks of this at least once as a child, you'd end up with a low-trust society if everyone did it though
>>2996734>>2994094>>2994210You can make fire logs, I recon with a pipe, some water and a bottle jack.
>>2994094Stick it in your ears so you don't hear your wife nagging you.Jk. I browse 4channel. I don't have a wife
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.
>>2997763i think the problem was i wanted stuff that was too hand on i could always read books from few classes ahead but that looks so tryhard and not making any strides looking at those bookssoon later a chemistry lab supplier opened up in our town so i thought i could maybe get some glassware, basic reagents, acids etc but that didn't happen either it's like your family expects a profitable roi when they go "what for exactly" and you can't have it just to do things and learn for no reason so i always felt like a half wit for being into these things should've just smoked weed
>>2997656Kind of the opposite for me, grew up in the middle of LA and had a really restricted and sheltered childhood as a result, and on top of that my parents were both in "creative" fields and were really against me being into anything else, especially as an academic or career focus.
>>2992703A teacher told me once I think like an engineer.I was always horrible at math, but fascinated by how things worked.
>>2994781nah it's exaggerating and giving too much credit like the "if they're high intelligent they can think their way out of everything" crowd, they can still feel completely helpless with things that are not gadgets etc at the same time somebody who can't work with tools could fix social problems easily.
>>2993159>sales pitch sloppathat said yeah it see a lot of people around me who are afraid to even try to fix something. a girl I know got over her "sewing machine anxiety" by borrowing mine for a bit and seeing my shitty patches on my jeans>>2993171>Someone threw out a string trimmer. it had 4 problems. I replaced the carburetor because it was faster and cheaper to do it. though I will rebuild it later. cleaned the clutch, replaced the fuel lines, and replaced the string on it. adjusted the carb and it worked.my neighbor did something similar with a snow blower. he got it for free, the issue was some incredibly trivial thing that didn't even require parts to fix. now he has a working snow blowerI've fixed my ride mower a number of times by this point. I plan on installing a voltmeter on it so I can better tell when it's not charging
Since we got a gardening thread now it seems only right to get ourselves a mushroom thread.https://blogs.cornell.edu/learning/how-to-grow-mushrooms-a-beginners-guide/https://www.almanac.com/plant/mushroomshttps://northspore.com/pages/mushroom-growing-guidesWhat are you growing?What are you trying to grow? How do you avoid contamination?
>>2999466Regular brown oysters are the best place to start. Oyster mushrooms are extremely aggressive colonizers so they are ready quickly and are less contamination prone. You can try pink oysters but those are a tropical species so you need more heat and humidity. Golden oysters are considered invasive in most places so don't grow those. Trumpet oysters are also easy but have a different growth habit. A big difference between growing cubes and anything else is that cubes are some of the most CO2-tolerant species, so prepare to increase your fresh air and humidity delivery. Wine caps are supposedly easy to grow outside and are very beneficial for the soil of your garden, if you have one. Add wine cap spawn under your mulch and you will eventually get random bonus harvests of wine caps among your plants.If you have the room for logs, Chicken of the Woods and shiitake are good choices. Pioppinos can be grown like cubes but I've never looked into them.
>>2999618Thanks for the suggestions. I'm in the middle of the desert so I dont think outdoor is an option for me. Actually makes it pretty easy to achieve high humidity because shit evaporates like crazy.
>>2999649There's a select few mushrooms that grow in the desert that you could try growing for the novelty of it, like Agaricus deserticola, if you can track down the genetics.
I wanna grow turkey tail but I'm focusing on gardening right now. Had a rough patch with my partner so that made me feel down and some of my plants died because of the head and lack of watering. Time to start again with what's left
>>2998396Outdoor growing can be incredibly rewarding if you feed the patch right.Look up charged biochar.Basically you soak charcoal in a highly concentrated nutrient solution (worm casting liquid for example) and add it to the soil.That helps the shrooms to grow into the location and constantly access moisture and minerals.
Previous Thread: >>2973477Here we discuss microcontrollers (MCUs), single board computers (SBCs), and their accessories, such as Atmel mega and tiny AVRs (Arduinos), PICs, ARM boards such as blue/black pill STM32, ESP8266/32s, RP2040, Raspberry Pi, and others.For general electronics questions (power supplies, level shifting, motor driving, etc.) please ask /ohm/.>where can I find verified quality microcontrollers and other electronic sensors or partsdigikey.commouser.comarrow.comnewark.com>but that's too expensivealiexpress.com (many parts here are fake, particularly specific parts out of stock in the above sites)lcsc.comComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>2999761Idk. The fact that Arduino anything has become a standard is nothing but a hindrance.>bootloaders>using any programming interface that doesn't also allow for debugging>paying for programming hardware on each dev-board>UART printf debugging>dumbed down and non-performant programming abstractions>fuses being an afterthoughtAnd somehow they managed to release a dev-board with a socketed microcontroller, while having a native USB microcontroller on that same board explicitly to act as a programmer, while still requiring a bootloader on the socketed microcontroller. What the fuck?
I get an idea for a project, do some research, pats, schematics, software, looks challenging but doable. *checks price for key part* shiiiiit way too expensive. I want a sensor module that detects a narrow range of SWIR, the whole camera is like $5k, but if I look to buy the sensor, connector, board I might be able to get it for less, but then I do not have the case required to attach the lens, and I would need to have the power and POE connectors, are they plug in or need to solder, then loading software. I keep running to this issue where I think of a fun project and then its way too complicated and complex. How to get past these types of roadblocks?
>>3000029Learn a better intuition for what components of a project are specialty hardware and are likely to be expensive. Optical components usually fall under that category, unless you’re lucky and can find a band-pass filter for your IR wavelength to strap across a common optical sensor. Or want to make rugate filters at home like Applied Science did, man that shit is fascinating.
>>3000034>like Applied ScienceI will look into it.When I check some websites for the parts and its "call for quote" I know that shit is too expensive. I dont want to pay it in case it does not work as I anticipate, or I am too lame to get it to the finish line, but id I can get it to work I am confident I can make some good money with it.
Is the CH32V003 still the top choice for a dirt cheap microcontroller, with decent hobbyist-tier support?People still say it's 10 cents, but I'm finding at least double the price in most places (for 2 to 3 digit quantities). I've seen passing mention of a few other chips in the years since but don't know if any have seen wide adoption.
Solar powered charger + battery.I'm tempted to get a battery and solar charger as a gift, budget around 400-600. It's going to be useful for the whole big family(s).But chinkshit have flooded the market, I'm looking mostly at ecoflow for safety. 600w, solar panels that can charge it fully during the daytime. Do you guys have any recommendations? I'm in Sweden, so I don't have access to most brands I guess.
I think I found what I needed, thirdparty "200w" panel around 180usd, 3m xt60 extension cable, ecoflow river 3 plus. All around 600usd.
>>2999943Is portability for the solar panel important? Because if not, a 200W solar panel would normally cost about $50 at most, probably free on the used market. Ecoflow are ok, you can check Will Prowse for reviews of some other brands.
>>2999953>Ecoflow are okTheir 400w portable solar panels have really gone up in price. Is the price increase relate the chinese trade war, or increased silver prices? What brands have the standard connectors and are reliable in the 400w range for portable pannels?
>>3000024Their portable panels are expensive because of retard tax/brand name, not because of any trade or material or tax reasons. Just buy the cheapest portable panels that have decent reviews, even if it were to come with the wrong connector, it's a 5 minute job to resolder the correct one (which is usually an xt60). Check the voltage rating on the panel, voltage must be at most the maximum that the device supports, current doesn't matter too much.
Suggest ideas for things to work on and tools to get that are for femalesMen are allowed to post
>>2999026molten salt reactors
>>2999026Pottery, Paint and drinks nights but you kind of risk looking like a creep being the only guy there just like a guy in yoga class, embroidery, crotchetI'm a femanon and personally I'm more drawn towards gardening, origami and cloth designing/sewing
>Men are allowed to postmake me a samwich
Turn baby dolls into planters
>>3000042>not turning them in baby grootMissed opportunity
I have this wall that needs a stem wall and footing under it. Any ideas on how to best support the joists and rim board while I dig and pour the cement?
>>2999870Quit posting from your phone.
>>2999874It's an interior wall and I want the stem wall to be about 3" proud of the concrete. I'm not sure under pinning applies here.
>>2999870shit, man! you live in brazil.
>>2999868>Any ideas on how to best support the joists and rim board while I dig and pour the cement?you will want a beam and some jack posts/props, similar to pic related.
>>2999899? if its not a load bearing wall then knock it down???If it is then ur underpining???
On market for YEARS. Chinese RE Agent.WTF is wrong with it?Toxic waste dump?Looks like someone wanted to make an indoor dope grow.https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/40646-S-Highway-26-Keota-OK-74941/395396116_zpid/
>>2999030Also there is a 70's house on the lot, but I for bored after about 8 months of reno and I had a single wide delivered by it.I haven't been in the house probably in a year and a half.
>>2998824that land looks pretty bad for farming but maybe you can set up some animals there or something.It would be nice to dig a pond on and have a little miniature lake that you could fish in and water can collect in there from all over your property with gentle grading to a depression in the groundOr greenhouses for cash crops
>2b1baYuck
>>2998824what does this have to do with DIY?
>>2999507everythingif the septic was POSSIBLE, this would be a DIY dream deal.dried-in 2nd house with bare studs/walls, two MASSIVE chicken barn structures, "great land" in spite of septic-perk issue. Well dug but not running.
why do they build million dollar homes with the layout of a bachelor apartment?
>>2998802Very charming, wonder how they did it.
>>2998801lmao drywall, sure thing
>>2992873Confucius say: Is easier to create new wall where none exist, that to delete existing (POSSIBLY BEARING)- wall.
>>2998802i would guess it's just hand painted, no stencil
>>2993194Looks like he's taking a bite out of the window lol
Moved into a new apartment and the tap water looks like this. How concerned should I be?
Reminder not to drink from the hot tap
>>2994791We got a little rule back home: If it’s brown, drink it down. If it’s black, send it back.
I swear half the catalog is trolling/larping
>>2999877Dude it's been like this for years, you're just coming to this realization now?
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So I've decided to replace my carpet with hardwood floors. Taking care of the tack strips have been easy with a spade shovel, however there is some nails that secured in that get left behind. They are easy to get out, however some of them chip the concrete when I remove them. Should I just saw them down so that it's flush? Or is it no big deal to just patch the holes that get created?Sorry if this is a no brainer I'm a noob.
>>2999909also to be a faggot, modern laminate is very very very good and cheaper than hardwood. all plastic, no warp/rot, just make sure you get the thick stuff you can literally sand down 1/4" and it still have patterni respect the hardwood though if you're committed
>>2999852this is a woodworking general question because hardwood
>>2999852Had this problem when I replaced my carpet with laminate. My first idea was to hammer the nails in flush which obviously didn't work, for concrete you need powder actuated tool.... so I just ripped them out with a catspaw, sure the concrete blew out but it was covered with the new flooring. for hardwood you won't need to worry about a few tiny divots on the very edges of the room. you could mortar them if you really want to or maybe the leveler will fill them in. you ARE using leveler right anon...?
Those little chips aren't going to have any effect on a wood/vinyl plank floor. But if it's really bothering you, just go buy a bag of tile grout, mix it up, and fill them in using a putty knife.
I am a very capable bladesmith and metalworker and I absolutely adore the appearance of mercury gilt objects. The only issue is that this process is incredibly toxic - does anyone here have experience handling mercury vapor? Apparently you can buy mercury vapor masks. I don't have a fume hood but could use my enameling kiln to burn off most of the mercury while I am very far away from it and then go over it with a butane torch while wearing a mask. How horrifically stupid is this idea?
Not even remotely worth.Mercury is not only extremely toxic, it also penetrates most PPE and being elemental contaminates things like your kiln,PPE.A mask just wouldn't cut it, skin exposure would be an issue straight away.
>>2994214maybe a natural leather sheet that runs to your feet, and you have eye holes cut out (like a welder's mask) and your airtube runs to the floor
>>2994214>>2996428Pure Mercury isn't dangerous. Salts created with mercury are poisonous
>>2997251Mercury is highly reactive and will convert to several different species while you work with it fyi
>>2994214you are not a smith bro i really doubt you could make even 1 piece of fine gold jewelry. Got some foto of your wares?
