I noticed my 26 year old GE refrigerator was running very frequently and pulling over 200 watts. I bought a small chest freezer used for $50 and is runs on less than 60 watts.
>>2982243>Most DC lighting is for carsThere's a ton of 24V lighting for home, it's very popular in Europe. IKEA sells many 24V lamps and controllers, including Zigbee ones.
>>2983435>it's very popular in Europehow are they intended to be used? afaik Europe doesn't have 24v wiring in houses
>>2983462>how are they intended to be used?With a driver. This one is for 9 zones:https://www.ikea.com/gb/en/p/tradfri-driver-for-wireless-control-smart-grey-60342656/
>>2983489Actually I just looked on aliexpress and I found some DC bulbs that just use the normal AC fittings. I guess the idea is that as long as you don't fuck up the voltage and blow it up you can just retrofit them into existing sockets. I think I'll go with these things
>>2983535Haha, my dad would put those into a normal 120 v socket and explode them.
I need to extend my existing retaining wall by about 50ft. No taller than 4ft tall. How difficult is this to do or is this better left for a landscaping contractor. I think getting the ground flat would be the hardest part?
>>2982617This wall the guy is building will push out in 10 years or 5 years in a cold region where the ground freezes.You need tiebacks, drainage, etc if you don’t want to keep re-doing it.
>>2982618A french drain at the base with an exit hole and some gravel behind the blocks. Shouldn’t need any geogrid until you’re building a 6ft+ wall
>>2982617in terms of physical difficulty i'd say not that bad. HOWEVER, it depends.difficulty is relative. for me it makes no difference if a block is 5/50 pounds or if i need to stack 20/100 of them. for you it might be the hardest labor you've ever put in.as for the technical knowledge required, i don't think its that much. again though, it depends. i don't know what you know. and its hard to know what you don't know.its very highly dependent on your environment though. when in doubt, talk to a consultant. not necessarily pay/hire one nor does it have to be a professional. find the local guys who build build them in your area and show them pictures of your property. if they don't know, they probably do know someone who does and wouldn't mind sharing. its generally a good idea to get along with the local laborers anyways; bring them water and beer as a common courtesy and try not to get in they way of their work.
i did a 4x8x4 open box cassion with a wired tiller, shop vac, bags and buckets took a few months of one bag of dirt per week in the garbage but was easy letting the vaccumm do the lifting and the tiller making it small enough for the vac, i was doing maybe 20 minutes a day you'd be surprised how much dirt you can get out one bag a day.
>>2983545most vacs have a head height around 2ft
Hi, i'm planning on buying this old berkel machine and restoring it. I've never done metal restoration before and since the electrical parts are all working i think it would only need esthetic work. What would be the best method to bring it back to life? How would it polish it and repaint the sign? Are there any handy tools beside some machine polishers and brushes? thanks in advance
>>2981766clean the nipples thoroughly, use a needle or something to scrape around the perimiter and wipe off any grime, then use a push type oil gun, they're cheap but works well.
>>2981440>hi, I just bought this machine intending to restore it. And btw I did no research before, any recommendations? Not hating, I find it hilarious. I'm the exact opposite. When I undertake a project I watch dozens of videos and make meticulous lists of parts and what needs to be done before even consideing going forward. I end up fucking it up anyways though.
>>2981793managed to clean them, 1 is broken so i have to replace it>>2981799desu it was working and the price was ridiculous - 200$ for this model which was the first 834 model from 1960. i wouldn't have to even restore it but i want to because its basically a piece of history
>>2981440This thing is just dirty. They're made with high quality food safe stainless steel to begin with, so rust is almost non existent, just use some abrasive sponge and lube everything (use food safe grease ffs).
I recently acquired a Hobart meat slicer. Need to clean it up, fix a busted handle, replace the cord and basically to through the entire thing making sure it's up to snuff. Then I'll hand it over to my wife and expect a weekly allotted amount of beef jerky from her. Wish me luck lads.
So I have these tiles I want to reuse because I cannot find them anymore. But the thing with these tiles is that they have really hard mortar that is a bitch to chisel away 1 mm at a time. I already broke a tile trying to big balls it with a chisel. I already tried an angle grinder but the dust amount it produces is too messy. How the fuck do I get rid of the mortar from these fucking tiles in an easy way?
>>2975887We did this to a mastic shower. The pressure washing worked just fine, but it's a huge waste of effort to demo and haul everything up and down flights of stairs so many extra times. The original tile layout was ok, but everything else was horribly screwed up. The pan was sloped away from the drain. The liner was not correct. No pre slope. The framing in every wall had to be redone. It was important to get everything correct to fit their prefab door.
>>2975875>I already tried an angle grinder but the dust amount it produces is too messyThoroughly wet the mortar on the back to help cut the dust down, it'll make a mess but at least the silica won't be airborne
I've bought picrel for grinding indoors. Works pretty well. But you need good vacuum cleaner and preferably cyclone separator.
>>2975875Get a decent pair of nippers, line them up and the mortar will break of in clean chunks, but you WILL likely have to go back and clean the edges with a grinder. It's not a job you want to do, particularly if it's pattern tiles with two different sizes. If you have to, take'em all out and do some whenever you have some free time. Don't do this shit unless you have to.
Bump. Get er done OP?
/EMOT/ - Eternal Machine Operator Thread Clock in, push green button, play on phone until m30 happens When out of metal go get an adult Never going to learn gcode or machine offsets what about you guys? What flavor vapes are the best? >hey bro > one of the drill bits, the one with the flat bottom that cuts with the sides is broken > Imma go smoke while you fix it bro
>>2979575Preform the corrective action as prescribed by the audit's finding
>>2979573>he doesn't know about CAM
>20 minutes till quitting time >me in the shitter>u drill gets a chip in the coolant peehole and decides to follow its lifelong dream to try out as flowdrill>the boring head then self identifies as a twist drill>expensive punch press hilarity ensues >welp ima head out
>>2922997I was a machine operator for a while, and they kept saying they would train me for programming. But then I kinda just learned on my own making adjustments and all, and they asked me to program for a part. The union rep didn't care for that.Anyway, I bought a small cnc mil for my garage. For fun.
Fuck Siemens and their dog shit changes they've been pushing out for the last several years in NX. The updated sketcher is pure retarded bullshit. For years they've been trying to gaslight users into thinking that its a better work flow, but anyone who has ever used ANY system knows better. Point-to-point drilling is faster and more customizable. Given that the new hole making has to process each feature as it's added, this can take for fucking ever when you have hundreds of holes.The old tool path verification was faster and fewer clicks, especially for simple 2D lathe. Being able to run it while still in the operation dialog is miles better. But the only other option would be the absolute dog shit that is MasterCam and I do too much 5 axis work to fuck with their planes all day.I hate software companies so god damn much.
>>2983439Put it in a strong clamp or vise using some kind of deformable padding, like blocks of wood or rubber. Then clamp down on it hard as fuck. Should be held quite solid them and be able to run through whatever cutting method you're suing without moving.
>>2983439Grinder will be the best bet, will take alot of time but as one anon said a ball mill ball is hard too hard for all but a carbide toothed bladd, just set it on a ring of some type even a opened tin can on a fairly flat table and mark where the square touches the largest diameter of the ball then just slowly cut through it until you can chisel it apart and finish grind it
With a katana?
>>2983482the steel is luckily just hot stamped, shouldn't be too hard.I'll try a grinder first, bought a couple in case I fuck up.
>>2983490a reciprocating saw great. when you get in deep with a cut off blade it will be tough keeping the disk from not touching the sides. you can start the cut with a grinder but i would use a reciprocating saw with cutting oil
>>2983309>you can't think yourself>you have to follow my agenda based curriculum so that you can think for yourself This is why bolsheviks should be purged
>>2983378>Repeats right-wing propaganda about how college works because he never went
>>2983392>you are propogandised if you don't enroll in my propoganda program
>>2983396>Has been so heavily indoctrinated he doesn't know the difference between education and propaganda
>>2979342sovl
My father bought this garbage 10 years ago. The battery (NiMH, 3S, 600 mAh) never lasted more than 5 minutes but now it doesn't even last 1 minute.I plan to fix it, but I may need some help in order to ensure that his house doesn't burn down.Please chime in if you have any advice or opinion, don't hesitate to call me a retard if you think it's warranted.https://www.argos.co.uk/product/4438757
It's fits sideways. Not as pretty, but just as functional.I cut a piece from a glue stick and shoved it in the round hole.Tried to cut a small strip from the PCB but it splintered and a large piece flew across the room.
>>2983108You were right, it did work like shit.I have connected the motor straight to the battery, through the old switch. Runs like a champ but the display never lights up while running because the board can't sense that something is using the battery.As it is, the display is only useful while charging.
I tried shorting the load+ pad to battery- with a resistor and the display lit up.The highest resistance it reacts to is ~100 kOhm. I have no idea how to link this with the existing switch, so instead I replaced the old red LED with a momentary switch. The hole needed a bit of filing because the switch is 0.5 mm thicker, but otherwise it fits.
This is pretty much it.I will test it later, hopefully it runs for >20 minutes or else I'll replace the battery with a bigger one.
Tested, ran for an hour and a few minutes. During the last 5 minutes it is weaker, unfortunately there is nothing to cut off the power when it is discharged.The TP4056 haven't arrived yet, I'll use them for other projects.Thank you for reading my blog, please like and subscribe!
Hi, I need practical ideas: my family is in a bad financial situation and I want to help while I study.I went to a technical high school in electronics, but I had almost no hands-on practice — I’m willing to learn soldering, electronics repair, PC assembly, 3D printing, or any manual skill that can generate income.What projects or skills would you recommend I learn first to sell services or products quickly? Thanks — I can dedicate time to learning the basics now.
Non of those are employable unless you sell impulse buy toys with the 3d printer. Electronics professions in the west are more operator, test& evaluation, or draft/design; soldiering is more a Chinese factory thing.
What skill can i learn if i cant afford tools and also have a bad job record like getting fired
>>2983231fellatio
>>2983231Sales
>>2983231fellatio sales
What's the deal with these guys? They seem intended to do the same thing, speed up pipe wrenching by fitting to size faster and letting you pseudo-ratchet, when would you use one of these over the other? When would you still use a regular Stillson pipe wrench?I've only ever used a regular pipe wrench, and probably use it more for aggressive persuasion of other objects than for actual pipes so I'm especially interested in that kind of stuff.
>>2983320I end up using them on gland ends for hydraulic cylinders, when the spanner holes/notches are too fucked up for the right tool to grab.
>>2983320Knippex
>>2983334I’ve got a couple of the Icon swedish pipe wrenches at home and don’t use them a ton with weekender stuff because I don’t run into like 1.5”+ pipes with residential handyman gigs much. I’m thinking about bringing them to work and seeing if they’re worth a damn, at least that style of pipe wrench. Man I can’t stand regular blue Channellocks anymore. These things are great when it comes to stainless steel pipes and fittings and you don’t feel like going to grab a pipe wrench.
post your watch
>>2980445Very nice. How bad was the machining cost for the case? How many did you order?>>2979432Last I heard from them, their crowdfunding failed to get support for a prototype run. They need to work on ways to market their stuff to manufacturers and upstart watch brands.>>2983279Now start making parts of the watch. Dials aren't too bad
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>>2983319So far I've done blade cut cardstock (cricut), laser cut cardstock, and etched brass. I don't like the scorched edges that laser cut cardstock gives but it does let me get finer detail.
>>2983315I do. care to elaborate your vagueposting?
>>2983367>I do.cringe and gay
Hi I've got a lot of patio to fix up. Its a bad job by previous owners. I haven't taken any up yet but it will likely just be laid on compacted sand. Its had some mortar slopped into the sides and then wood was used to create an edge. As you can see the wood has rotted / warped, slabs have moved out, mortar is all cracked and useless.I am a landscaping noob and wondering the best way to approach this. Should I take it all up, relevel / recompact the sand underneath, relay all the slabs , brush more sand in and edge with concrete edging stones? Or pull it up, level and lay a base on concrete to set them in? I would like to do a half decent job that lastsAny ideas most welcome thx
Hello, friend!I'm doing this right now too!
After leveling this, I decided the shitty unlevel added pad needs to go too
No stone under it. Just sand
Fucker is gone!
I need to get a dumpster.
Found this in the trash. 6 cells in paper sleeves, spot welded. Heavy as hell. There's some black foam/compound on top. Is this from an old vacuum or a power tool? Ni-Cd or Ni-MH? Post ideas. I'm on Linux Mint btw.
>>2983144Damn, I can't count. You're right, it's 8. Thanks for the correction and for being the only serious person here.
Bumb
>>2983145every response was serious.>>2983218don't bump this thread will be around for months unfortunately.
>>2982941Nicd can tolerate complete discharge.They also tolerate being left outside in Montana winters.You might be able to use them as individual cells.
>>2982935I have a drill battery with a similar setup.
A breaker bar is a breaker bar, right?ITT: Shit tier tools
>>2983125its a strange coincidence the taste of loctite varieties matches the candy color code. red is cherry. purple is grape. green is green apple. and pst stainless pipe sealant is citrus
>>2983127That's not true at all... Some of it is quite sweet though.
>>2983123I still never recommend cheap saw blades or drill bits. Grab the damn DeWalt or Bosch set on sale at Lowe’s and you won’t have this happen
>>2983163Diablo carbide tipped pruning blades for pretty much wood anything. I don't cut a whole lot of metal with a sawzall, but probably milwaukee torch or similar for metal. I've had good luck with any cobalt drill bit's I've bought especially the 120 piece sets from HF. When I do occasionally break one I order replacements from victor machinery. Common 1/8" and 1/4" bits used for piloting and whatnot I'll order bulk off e-bay from drillmaster or whoever. Seems like they're all good quality when you buy the cobalt ones.
>>2983186Don’t worry, I got on that train a long time ago.The problem with the good drill bits at work is that a lot of people thing faster in metal = faster and they toast everything. But if you stock up on $9.98 DeWalt 14pc specials, life is easy. And then keep a good cobalt set on the side. But we also drill a lot of stainless so everybody is going to reach for the cobalt all the time.
is it even worth trying to replace a front door by yourself?1950 home, door is not standard size and hasnt been replaced in forever. also has a screen doorthe youtube vids make it look manageable, the comments make it sound virtually impossible. ofc there is also the issue of time limit since its my front door. here in los angeles the labor premium seems to be 2k or so, making this a difficult decision
>>2982942if you know what youre doing its no biggie. Worst case scenario is the replacement door is the minimum standard size allowed by code (gay) and your current door is smaller than that, meaning you have to expand the opening, replacing the header and pushing your jack & king studs out. 2 competent men should be able to handle the bulk of that work in 2 days. If the new door is smaller than the current opening, you're just packing shit out which is noting. Is the front door wall load bearing?
It's an exterior wall. Next question.
>>2982942regulations are political not practical, odds are you aren't allowed to do it even if you could and thats why they can charge so much.installing the door? not even worth mentioning, easy peasy. replacing the frame and installing the door *properly*? not gonna happen. you basically need all the skills to replace the entire wall yourself in addition to putting the door in. not impossible, i could do it, but definitely not easy even for a pro. even without the difference in size aligning and mounting a door properly by yourself is difficult.
>>2982942Ah. Yeah I deal with this.My home was built in 1952, and has decades of "improvement".I have openings that are shit like '23&5/8" ', and similar. Go to a proper hardware store, and tell them what you have. they'll usually help you out.
I could do it, but you're probably not ready kiddo. Let the pros handle this and pay your taxes.
