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I'd like to know if anyone used linseed oil paint on wood and metal and what's their verdict on it, pros and cons.

I also want to know if it's worth making linseed oil paint, there aren't that many stores nearby selling linseed oil paint for hardware purposes.
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>>2863452
He meant brittle. It gets brittle
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>>2863109
I've used it as a foundation on rusty steel a lot. Brush of the loose rust, soak in linseedoil with some thinner (1:1 to 1:2), let dry, and the rust is sealed. Then throw on a layer of linseedoil / lead oxide (or iron, if you don't trust yourself to use a dust mask properly) and it'll never rust again.
Did that on the bottom of my truck after fixing it, and so far, it still looks pristine.

On wood, my experiences haven't been that good. The linseed oil seems to come back out of the wood when exposed to the sun, and it gets sticky. Though that may also be some influence from resins (needlewoods, not sure which ones) mixing with the oil.
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>>2863536
or you could brush on linseed oil on already hot metal and then torch it for a while till it is dry and black. that's a traditional method here in my cunt to make metal last. probably same for many other countries out there
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>>2863332
You buy a pigment and add oil according to the datasheet soecified oil number. Then thin with turpentine and mix in a mortar. Synthetic anorganic pigments mix with the least effort
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>>2863109
Bump, just because I've only used linseed oil, once and had no idea it was so versatile.

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what can i do with an empty shipping container
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>>2861764
This whole thread
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>>2864943
>coniferous fags
>high tree canopy
>no camo
>no sound insulation inside or out
If you wanted any more proof of that a shortsighted jew wrote the script of that goylop...
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>>2861769
28.77 metric tonnes

>>2862006
There’s a shortage for good ones, but bad ones are often available at ports. Transport costs are often more than their weight in metal. They’re about 3 tonnes heavy so maybe $600 in steel and smaller scrap yards won’t take them because they have to be taken apart
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>>2866292
yee it's supposed to be an mi6 dark site, someone in the uk iirc. the show is 'killing eve', some femcel assassin lesbo b8.

>>5715604 <- vid related, titled 'negro fatigue'.
scene where the schizo thot is waiting for her azn lover to show up at a crime site, some bsdm cuck in amsterdam tortured and hanged upside-down to bleed out, to her disappointment some negro shows up and ruins her gooner moment.
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>>2866321
oh fug wrong board link.
>>>/wsg/5715604

I have some poetry for you fellas

If I'm not drillin' and I'm not millin'
And I'm not even turnin'
I'll be where I'm unseen,
hidden behind my machine
Where my days aint a slog,
and I'm crankin' muh hog
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>>2865575
If I could do my career over again I’d just operate.

No setups, no programming, no lead anything, no management.

Push green button and play on phone for 8 hours or do 10 hours if I was bored no fork lifts no nothing

Talk to nobody down monsters
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>>2865190
>love video games and math and programming and want to be an artist
>fail out of college due to brain problems
>become machinist due to neighbor having a job opening at his workplace
Cutting metal is pretty cool I guess. You learn to like it.
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>>2865585
I always hated operating and getting to set up and program is like a breath of fresh air for me
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>>2863469
don't buy vevor, it's real pain. The motor is too weaky you'll struggle with drilling 12mm holes, the chuck has pathetic 15mm clearance, the tailstock is not centered properly etc. Small older lathes are a bit more expensive, you'll probably spend similar time getting them to work but you will end up with a capable machine in the end
t. had a mini lathe and bought a large lathe
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>hire a new "machinist"
>he worked mass production, making the same part for 20 years
>can't read a blueprint, change inserts, tell you what any g or m code means, gets confused with basic concepts, and says this place needs more engineers to work on things before it gets to him so there's less problems
I've about fucking had it

I really have a thing for rustic looking raw concrete structures. How hard would it be to cast your own conrete panels and somehow slab an inhabitable building together? Picrelated.
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>>2860962

Best case scenario you will get the redneck parody of a concrete mass. Something between gipsies atrocities and Mordor's orcs constructions.
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>>2863615 >>2864235
A neighbour used these. He put it together like Lego (not sure if there was any glue involved. He stacked up the entire structure in a few days with rebar, and hired a concrete pouring service and filled it all up.
Others thought the immense pressure would make these burst, but they held. The expanded polystyrene is kept after the concrete sets and acts as thermal insulation. The building still stands, and he is very satisfied with the result.
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>>2863615
Forget that entire post.
The 2K boxes tend to be "WWT" (condemned for maritime use) due to being beat to shit with bad end door gaskets. Their bottom shape is not flat and if buried a water trap.
Containers don't make great spall liners and as an experienced and successful container use no fucking way would I be stupid enough to bury one.

If you must have a bunker you don't need a container to build it. Using surplus steel tanks is far wiser because their outside does not have water traps and cavities concrete won't properly fill, and because container walls are weak without reinforcement.

Get surplus preferably cleaned steel storage tanks then do most of your welding and fab above ground. Military bunkers tend to differ from fantasy hugboxen in often being partially above grade for easy access.

You will never build it but wagie dreams are a fun distraction. If you want just the hugbox then decorate the inside of a container and you can have your dream for less money since the view without windows will be the same.
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>>2860962
concrete canvas over simple wood molds and can be reinforced with rebar/fibre and more concrete.

>parkside 25 unit combination spanner set for 26 europesos
Worth it bruvs?
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>>2865852
>I wonder though, has anyone used the soldering station? I have an occasional need to solder, so I usually ask a friend.
they are bad, they are pyro graving tools reused as irons, and you wont find new tips easily. like i dunno why the dont use a chinkshit desing as many other things they sell instead of redoing that bad iron in diferent ways
t. i suffer two of them, one without control and one with temp "control" (there is no feedback)
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>>2865845
I bet they are made from high-quality chrome-vanadlum steet, matt chrome-plated, with pollshed heads
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>>2865798
Based LIDL enjoyer
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>>2865952
Maybe for the middle one IF you're in the market for these type of pliers. Those other two should be thrown back in to the kiln they came out of.
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>>2866273
>>2865952
Those soft jaw pliers come in useful once in a blue moon for chrome plumbing fixtures.

As for the other two, I guess you can never have too many pliers. But with pliers like that, it all comes down to the quality of the steel and heat treat.

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Man I love cutting, cleaning and burning brush. It's just so satisfying to see your immediate progress.
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>>2865401
You would understand if you were capable of informational literacy
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>>2859810
Wasn't Reagan more into riding horses and W was into clearing brush?
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>>2865401
>alternative is Kamala
Imagine not having a president who forgets his wife's name, regularly shits his pants, convicted of rape and fraud and a pedo. The horror. The horror.
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>>2866219
Does your asshole ever get jealous of all the shit you spew from your mouth?
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>>2866220
What did he say that wasn't true?

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Looks annoying as shit to use
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>>2866082
>scottish flag
>scottish flag again as part of union jack
lmao what a retard
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>>2865510
How good are basic ass Stanley tools. I gotta get a set of screwdrivers to replace my Jacked up Tesco ones. I'm not a professional contrctor or anything, but I do need something that won't break and go a size down when it meets a difficult screw.
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>>2866212
I've had decent luck with Stanley stuff.
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>>2866212
Better than no name generic stuff. In Yurop, the Stanley power tools look like rebranded Craftsman. And a few years back, Walmart used to have some Stanley hand tools and they were the better option if you wanted something nicer than Hyper Tough.

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How do you become a handyman and do that as your job?
I can do small repairs, have the tools and some money to invest on a van or truck.
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>>2866242
Fiverr or any of the other apps, did you really need a thread for this idiot question?

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ITT useful hacks, secret methods, forbidden knowledge, etc.
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>>2864280
>>2864281
>>2864283
>>2864284
I really wanted to see it, so thank you.
On the other hand, I hope you took all the precautions not to hurt yourself.
Thanks for your madness anon.
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>>2865454
You can even wear a hat on top of the condom for extra style!
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>>2864821
>that would also decrease drag
Exactly. Lower drag on prop = lower thrust.
>Seems doable to me.
Where did you get your numbers from? A lot of them seem to be ass pulls, which aren't useful for actual engineering.

Also, are you generating electricity solely from solar? I thought the entire point was you were turning the potential energy from your altitude into electricity.
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>>2864264
>welding a copper pipe
Welding is join 2 pieces of metal by melting them and they fuse together as they cool. I very much doubt you are doing this with copper pipe. You are probably brazing them, which is where you melt a 3rd metal and it cools and joins 2 pieces together. This is also called soldering and is what is normally done with copper pipe.

The secret to a good braze is a clean surfaces and flux. For copper pipe, you very much need to empty the pipe.
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>>2864821
>Lets say the whole thing weighs 1kg
WP9-12, a 9 Ah battery, weighs 2.4 kg.

is it fair to say that if a laptop broke and the warranty expired it goes in the trash.
i doubt anybofy kniws how to repair a laptop anymore.
>send it to hp, lenovo, asus
i bought a no brand lapto
cost me $300
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>>2866132
No. You sell it on ebay for dirty cheap, people like me repair it and make a profit or disassemble it to sell for for parts if it really is unfixable.

You're just retard.
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>>2866133
im in thailand the shipping alone might be $60 id sell it for what $50?
not worth it
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never mind i fixed it. i just opened it lifted the puty lipo battery and put back together amd for some reason tywt did the trick.

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Slotted is the white man's screwhead.
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>>2865905
both but phillips is probably more common.
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>>2865905
>Canada have robertson drywall screws

never seen them
drywall is probably the only application where camming out is a good thing
and robertsons will only cam out after trying to twist your arm off
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>>2848851
Why do people on here keep pushing this meme? Slotted screws are utter trash for trash people.
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Pic related is the only time using a slotted screw isn't complete ass
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>>2866071
Because trash people love posting trash.

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I grew up fucking around on this thing. almost 50 years old, and still going. dad gave it to me last year. it's out of retirement and up to it's biggest work ever. equal part acreage mower and farm utility vehicle.

I set two 4×4 posts this evening. 4 feet out from north exterior wall of our solar shed. 88 inches apart. my plan is to take a single sheet of 7/16 ply I have on hand to make a roof. attach 2×4s around the 4×8 sheet 3.5" edge up, then have one going across the middle for strength.

I will hinge mount this new roof panel to the existing shed roof lower edge. it is already low @ 5 feet. I set the two new posts at 45" tall. with the new roof hinge mounted I can lift it up to drive under, then once I'm off the dynamark, I can lower the roof and latch it to the posts that it will also sit on. that way, I don't have to do some awkward ducking while driving move and bang my head when parking.

the solar shed roof is at a 30° Pitch. South wall is 13' high down to 5' for best solar angle. there is also an 8" overhang which makes my attachment point even lower than 5'.

that's the plan. I'll update as I go.
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>>2866163

for the record, he turns 84 in a week.

we built the entire solar shed, seen in photos, together. every timber, screw, door, hinge & shingle. we even dug the foundation prior to pour. finished it December 2023. 3 days after completion, he went in for a routine stress test. they found a 95% blockage in his widomaker. put in a stint & we were installing the wiring, outlets and lights inside the shed 5 weeks later.

the man is a machine. he is who I pattern my life after. good fathers raise good men.
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>>2866167
>turns 84 in a week
I turned 81 last April.
I spent the weekend showing my grandson how to put up tile for a counter back-splash.
It's only fair. I did tile counter-top and backs-plash for his brother a couple of years ago.
My son (who had his 57th birthday last week) and I work on something most weekends.
Installing underground electrical wire to a sub-panel we're installing is for next weekend.
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>>2866171

You're a fucking Rock Star.

Real Men, like yourself are a dying breed... no offense. I hope your Kids took up your ways and mindset. sounds like you were a great skill & drive example. it took me a LOOOOOOONG time to come around. I was a an entitled twat growing up. he still taught me, and I don't know how he did it. around 23 I got my shit gathered up. 24 I was a homeowner. I was able to do my own car and home maintenance because of him... with him physically there 100% of each and every crisis, to teach me the ways.

society owes men like yall a debt.
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>>2866173

(same anon)

not only did I become a functional homeowner at 24, I went on to make a career out of trade work, all because of the skills he taught me. I now own a nice, custom built home, and DIY solar... again, all because of skills he taught. I am a jack of all trades, and master at many.

I would assume that my DIY abilities save me annually in maintenance costs and farm/home construction, equal to my paid salary at my trade work job.
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>>2866176
>I would assume that my DIY abilities save me annually in maintenance costs and farm/home construction, equal to my paid salary at my trade work job.

Easily the same here, but its kinda a catch 22 because I find myself buying more broke down shit to fix because I can do it so cheaply. And now I have entirely too many projects...

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Cordless tools are the scam of the century

>costs 4X as much as corded
>no power
>constantly changing and charging batteries
>batteries lose potency after 12 months and are costly to replace
>if you upgrade a tool, the better tool is a different brand requiring new charger and different type of batteries

Meanwhile if you have a small generator and an extension cord you can so everything cordless tools do for a fraction of the cost.
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>>2866020
Ok bud. Believe whatever you want to believe. No one cares.
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>>2866012
Batteries don’t cost $200ea anymore unless you’re getting the newest giant premium pack. You can get 4.0Ah packs that will run any homeowner tool just fine pretty much for $40-$60ea with the 2pks that are always on sale. That’s $4-$6 per cell, and that’s not much more than an individual buyer would pay for those Samsung or LG cells
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>>2850832
>6 mm
LOL. That’s babbys first hole. You’d have a point with 10 mm + holes, but 6 mm? My teeny tiny 12V hammer can drill those all day (yes, I do have to swap the battery, but I’ll just do that on my way to the loo. Are you a Pajeet that still works with anemic NiCd and doesn’t go to the loo?)
>>2862932
> I have a black and decker cordless drill and it broke before the batteries died.
Look a this boomer who thinks >muh B&D is the great American tool brand…
B&D is cheapest, bottom of the barrel chinesium and a corded one would have died too.
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>>2850832
Yes, cordless are only rated in for < 10mm.
Corded, however, have no such limitation.
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>>2866020
>I even predicted your anecdotal response.
>At even that tripfag posted a graph from an actual test.
>You’re just imagining how great they are because you paid through the ass for them. That’s typical human behaviour though… don’t worry about it.
>Those oxygen-free, erbium-doped, unidirectional monster speaker cables really does sound better to an audiophool!
>Just like you really think your batteries are in great condition with hardly any loss after the first year.

I recently got these. Are the handles meant to come off so easy?
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>>2864349
>That's normally how you'd attach a tool that's meant to transfer force sideways (like a shovel), not something that's meant to transfer force straight.

Wood chisels in normal, perfectly acceptable operations and techniques are used in ways that direct loads sideways all the time...probably the most common area would be chiseling out deep mortise pockets and prying chips up and out (like a shovel), sometimes using the shoulder of the hole as a fulcrum.
If you look at high quality large mortise chisels, that kind of mount is pretty common for that reason...its also not unusual to use a sharp chisel and an almost vertical approach to scrape sideways and flatten out the bottoms of holes, that's like doing the same thing with a shovel or a hoe.

Woodturning skews are another kind of chisel that does almost all of its cutting in that same manner to shave off and cut grooves and such. They generally don't use that socket mount but they don't need to; the serious force on a lathe is developed by the tool and concentrated between the work and the fulcrum of the tool rest. All the handle needs to do is let you control the feed rate to minimize the loads...it's not used to drive the cutting edge.

Socket mounts are usually seen on chisels that get beaten into wood and used to pry out big chunks of waste material, and/or to work with the cutting edge way down in a hole with restricted approach angles.
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>>2865148
Just to clarify...when I said "tool" in the following I meant the lathe supplies the force and not the operator-

>the serious force on a lathe is developed by the tool

but in this part the "tool" in "tool rest" is the skew chisel.

>...and concentrated between the work and the fulcrum of the tool rest.
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>>2865125
>in use centuries later

Why do I care about disposable tools outlasting me? Handles are easy to make if one must.
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>>2863279
kek cant argue against that, spot on
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>>2865925
I have two chills like that with the black or blue plastic handles. They hold an edge decently but I don't use them for fine working

Alright nibbers, I have a literal square meter where I have to fit bathroom.
The place was intended for a shitter and a tiny sink but I need to turn it into a complete bathroom so I can rent it.
What are your ideas? I did pic related, shower in the center, sink in the corner, sliding door and lights turn on from outside.
the site is home by me
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>>2862882
>shit under shower
>cleans toilet
>cleans you
>never wipe again
>never clean a toilet again
>save money of toilet paper
>save money on toilet brush
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>>2860654
Very carefully
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>>2852129
mmm time to take a diarrhea shit and then a nice steamy shower
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>>2860494
Sorry but, why don't you put the sink in the shower?
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>>2852003
>Japanese unit baths can get pretty small, so that can be an avenue of research
Can confirm. A friend in Japan had a toilet where you had to keep the door open if you sat down.


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