Dear /diy/,I am not commonly writing here but I know there are many tech-buffs when it comes to handicrafts lurking around.My question is as follows: I want to learn technical drawing. Are there any good resources on the matter?>tl;dr: Please give me resources to learn technical drawing from beginner to advanced level on your own.
>>2981219somewhere I have a bunch of templates for ortho views of circles although mine was a college course
>>2979291ey im trying to learn something here
>>2979180Standards are merely a suggestion in the US
>>2979291YOU BITCH BLOODY BASTARD!!!
>>2979270iso makes more sense from an angular point of view, and making operations is way better, if you are going to look at it from a super basic perspective ansi is "better" >>2979291
How bad (or good) are Harbor Freight Storehouse hardware assortments? What's a good way to build up a good cache of hardware for problem solving, emergencies, etc without spending too much money?
>>2980063>What's a good way to build up a good cache of hardware for problem solving, emergencies, etc hoarding>without spending too much money?HA!
>>2980218stop making trash edits
>>2987517>seething notools confirms validity pottery
>>2980063Buy cheap get cheap. This adage is most prevalent in regards to hand tools and hardware. Cheap hardware that strips, doesn't seal well, and such not only are a bigger pain in the ass to work with but also cause structural issues down the line.
>>2987807Sometimes you just need cheap stuff. Other times you need the best. Each has their time and place.
Took this dimmer switch from a house about to be demolished. i wanna install it in my roomWill this work with LED bulbs?What do the symbols mean?Where do i find a wiring diagram?
>>2987707>just pay someone to do itI second that, OP.If you don't know what you're doing when, say, working on a computer, the worst thing that can happen is you lose a computer.If you mess up electrical work, your house burns down.
>>2987695D I Y!
>>2987695Just try it and see if it works pussy
>>2987707i'm only talking about the bottom-right and top-left symbols, the circles and triangle. never seen them before
>>2987802Top left (inverted triangle) indicates the ground/earth terminal. The circle bullshit is just that. Looks like a maker's mark.
For an office worksurface (desk) in solid oak, would you recommend polyurethane based varnish or oil based treatment of the wood?
>>2987738You'd rather touch polymer?
>>2987087>>2987128Looks pretty code compliant to me. It’s a pre 1900 so I don’t have much code to care about anyway>>2987559More people should know this: Water based poly can mean anything. Pretty much everything branded ‘water based poly’ is acrylic lacquer with some suspended PU component. The cheap ones are often as easy to remove and repair as acrylic because they are 99% acrylic. All true PU is made using isocyanates which would break down with water and start the reaction. There are good 2-component variants with the polyols in water and the isocyanates in solvent but a single component water based PU in water would be almost impossible to make. Basically 2 component is the less-solvent (less toxic) version of normal/‘old’ solvent based and it stores better as well.
>>2987739No, I'd rather touch danish oil + wood.
How do we fix poly or polyacrylic? I thought these were strip and start over finishes.
>>2986363Right to the fireplace.
With the world going the way it is, I'd like to grow as much food on my own yard as possible and could use some advice and suggestions on what to do with it.Here's a map of the yard with everything currently growing on it. My current plans are to plant a third row of currants in the eastmost yard, possibly a hedge of chokeberries along the road, and I'm thinking of planting one apple tree in the triangular batch of grass behind the shed. Beside those, the large front yard next to the road is currently entirely unused, so how would you optimize it's usage? Any other tips I should take into consideration?
>>2984178Get rabbits.
I'm struggling with what to do with my small space. Previous owners put in a small seating area with plants around it and a planter.
>>2984178Gentlemen, rev up your shed folders. Another path has hit the house.
What about the blackberries, blueberries, strawberries and gooseberries? I think you really need to add more fruit anon.
>>2987757plan out small blocks and develop the soil, then expand as you learn what sort of pathing/layout is actually good. plant some easy to grow (but not landscaping tier) annuals that you know you like and then you'll get inspired from there tbqh. you could even start in growbags or similar mobile containers to see what you like to do, without the commitment. the only wrong way to go about it is being too scared to do anything at all and wasting years that you could be having fun planting
I bought a swing for my garden. It's lovely. The problem though - it doesn't have a roof, and sometimes the sun shines perfectly in the most annoying way possible. I decided to make a roof myself. It's a frame with some lightweight fabric, and looks like pic rel.It's a 2m x 1,5m rectangle. The frame is just the outer edge, plus one beam in the middle. The beam in the middle has holes, and these holes match a screw at the middle of the swing's top beam. The idea is that I can easily lift the roof and either change its position, or remove it - hence the funky mounting.My first try was making the frame out of thin 2cm L-shaped plastic profiles, but it very quickly turned out that plastic bends and breaks.I was wondering, if I replace plastic L-shaped profiles with aluminium or steel hollow section, will this help significantly? I understand that adding diagonal beams would make the whole construction more stable, but I'm trying to balance stability, weight, and cost and I have no idea what solution would be best here.--------------------------------Forgive me the reddit lingo, I tried asking for help there before coming here.
>>2986242Where does the shed go?
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How can I build a device with a giant antenna that blasts the nword in Morse code on a 5000 mile radius?What software and hardware tools do I need?
>>2978173it doesn't matter, you won't do it.
>>2978173no one who would give a shit will hear it. there are no blacks on shortwave (superbowl does not count).
>>2983036damn that looks cool
>>2978173Kind of redundant when we already have 4chan that does that globally.
>>2983356we used to just call into cspan
I don’t like to preface things because it makes me sound like an asshole know it all piece of shit.But growing up I was in my Dad’s shop all the time, unsupervised, allowed to make what I wanted. Bike trailers, beds, laptop stands. The later being one that my friends in high school thought I bought from a store. I grew up working with my parents building, build a deck, gazebo, renovated 2 bathrooms including tiling.I now work at a sign shop after teaching myself CNC, laser cutters, flatbed uv-printers, engravers, etc, and have continued this tradition of being able to make things however I want to.I went to a big 10 university school for computer science, I hated that shit so much after graduating.But now after quitting that (completely soulless, it will make you die an early death if you have any morals at all) industry where I was making an easy six figure salary I’m back at $25/hr.What can I do?I can make just about anything. I want to get into furniture maybe, or maybe building custom pizza ovens. Idk what to do. I don’t want to go back to writing code. I just feel lost.
Use your skills to renovate houses and become a based landlord without a silly hat, only renting to other based people.Maybe make some expensive custom stuff for rich people. God speed anon we need humans who can make things.
>>2987347>I don’t like to preface things because it makes me sound like an asshole know it all piece of shityou were right even ignored your own instinct
Kind of like you dude, but I went to get a PhD in physics, and doing a postdoc later, not much money. Anyway, I am teaching for high-schools now, much more fun than university soulless bottomless pit of copying and pasting articles with small changes to the methodologies or the object of study. We live in a fucked up time, hope things get better when we manage to go synthetic or skynet is running. Teach kids how get your skills, it feels meaningful, but not always, sometimes it is also a disgrace, when they don't want to learn.
>>2987492That’s the dream. I hate flippers, I hate people who just take cheap houses and by the cheapest shit on the market to put lipstick on a pig and then try to sell it for a premium.I’d do better because I care. In a sense I already make custom stuff for rich people in my day job. I made a sign for Supreme that was sold to them for $15k, which the materials and my pay into that was like, $500. So I didn’t see any benefit to that. Another one was Coach, like the purse brand, just built some shit for them, but because I am a retard that works for someone else, that whole $20k job landed in someone else’s lap, not mine, just a regular 40 hour week.>>2987524I’d bet I hate myself more than you hate me.>>2987373Good advice, maybe I should just take the risk and try what I’ve been working on for a few years.>>2987535Glad you found a niche! High school sounds primo to try to get people engaged with learning instead of staying in the university system
>>2987666So it might be kind of obvious, but why don't you start your own signmaking business? With some kind of twist to separate from the competition? IDK, soomething like... bluetooth/automated/big/small/flashy/aimed at home cosnumers as well - street signs, house numbers, fancy emergency exit lights.... May Mr. LCSIGN Tony guide you.
What are some good business ideas for diy types?
>>2975276>subsistence wagesContractor here. You wouldn't believe some of the profit margins. My current job is a bathroom remodel. demo a 7x7 bathroom and rebuild from framing. Minor framing alterations, light mechanicals, sheetrock and tile surround and floor. I should clear $20K in 2 weeks or so. Not all jobs are that good where I am, but it's easy to clear $150K per year if you work for yourself.
>>2975254Make anything that people are willing to pay and helps/solves a real problem or just companies/business will pay each month/regularly. Being an electrician, mechanic, plumber etc and call it a business just bc you work outside a company doesn't make it a business. It happens with my dad and other more people i knew on the trades and just about business in general (I'm not an expert but most of my family has a tiny/medium thing) and by watching how shit works, u will just have a 2nd job and without any security of getting paid every month or other stuff. In that case, make a product or service that can lead u to mass production/get more workers and will let you get the money without having to go to work all days. Is difficult if you are s service business because u will have to get training to all the people to have the same quality as you had with your previous contractors or people that hired you. In the product thing, you just need something that helps people and they pay it constantly or then you can work for business and they get you more money or more trust with you and ask you more stuff often. Business are not a "i have an idea" shit, you have to work on it because it requires money, time and maybe months of your life with uncertainty. But if you are good at something and can get something up to work, it's a first step, just found a public or niche that can get you money for a long long time without you having to go to office all days, or you will just will be having a job for life
>>2983764Lots of people WANT you to remove fallen/damaged trees from their property. My dad used to drive around suburban neighbourhoods after bad storms and just ask anyone who had a felled limb, branches or whole trees if he could cut it up with a chainsaw and haul it away. If it was on municipal land the wagies would just leave logs or limbs there for weeks and he'd throw them in the truck bed when nobody was looking. He didn't sell any of it but he had years worth of cured firewood just from cruising around and offering to help some white collar family with no power tools avoid calling an arborist or landscaper to get rid of it.
>>2984232That's actually a pretty decent suggestion. I might even try it out. Not OP, but thanks, anon.
You could spend all day watching concrete pours and it would not be a wasted day.
>>2987662fuck thatconcrete pouring is 1 of the few things ill happily pay someone else to do t. worked concrete in hs
Made me think of the scene from Better Call Saul where Mike helps pour and texture the concrete for the park and everyone else is a literal retard with zero idea what to do to really drive the point home that Mike is just that guy
>>2987662Do you get a boner for concrete?
>>2987668I get hard for it.
>what are you burning>how do you efficiently make tinder>what is your cresote cleanup routine>any chimney fires intentional or unintentional>is your flue insulated >does your stove burn the smoke how clean is the exhaust>have you tried hacking ignition plugs into it for always clean smoke>what oil do you use to protect the surface>have you made a polish for an old stove to give it that new sheen
>>2979627Looks efficient but difficult to clean. Maybe consider having another air intake under the grating.
>>2975622brutal inside now that springs come
2 days without a fire because its been mid 70s. aint hauling the wood box out to the barn yet though
>>2975622I use a lot of pine cones, it gets super hot and lights up quickly.>>2979627You need thermal mass with your channels, seehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masonry_heaterAlso, feed preheated air into the fire for more efficient combustion.Hard mode: pic. related.
i put frankinsence and myrrh
not a very good picture so you have to trust me on this oneI want to replace the timber wall in the picture (at the left of the bush with pink flowers) with something that will last a bit longer than 10 yearsSo I have to dig into the hill so I can fill the back of the wall with crushed rock (before building the wall itself (I haven't decided what yet but that's not important now)The problem is that the only way to get rid of it (in an efficient way) is to carry it into the woods on the leftUphillThe question is ... what's the best way?The best idea I could come up with is building a chute out of some OSB or plywood and I can use some ropes to drag some sort of container uphillSecond best is using some of the pressure treated 6x6s to bury some steps into the slope and use them as steps to literally carry the dirtTo the right there's my house with very limited and/or awkward space around it to the driveway. Bringing stuff to build the wall will be a separate issue but that's a bridge I'll cross when I get to itAny ideas are appreciated
sounds like its time to embrace traditionthis is the kinda shit hs kids used to do after school for gas money
>>2987452>4chan boardeven if it's a serious one>permityeah ... I've built so many things in/around that house not up to code and/or with no permit that I'll never sell it and I plan to die in iton the plus side, this will be the most hidden project on this propertybeing one of the last houses up a common driveway also helps>>2987465pushing that thing up that steep hill is not going to end well>>2987466$450 a week close to menot bad at allComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>2987541Green - deckBlue - old wallOrange - dirt/back fillpurple - new (smaller) wallyellow - seating
>>2987542uhh i would install a geo grid for the blue wall, you have a surcharge with that secondary wall; a small failure on the top wall will be much larger load than static one, most of those retaining wall stones at box stores can only do so much. dig 6in+ extra and lay some safety netting between a few course and go back further than the new wall; the netting will pull the old wall into the hill and any added weight from a small failure will work against the dynamic forces. not exactly a dead man, but you're not transferring large load; spread that through the safety plastic netting, like velcro with each hole pulling against the dirt inb4 i am geo-grid polyurethane purist.
A cordless 6.5" and corded 10.25" circular saw is the perfect, do-everything circular saw setup. Better than any 7.25" plus anything or those long 4.5" saws.
>>2982755I guess so you only need to buy a few interchangeable blades for that and your portable table saw, or really need that extra 1/2" cutting depth.
Jigsaws work better
>>2986456Yeah, jigsaws baby.Just get the right blade.t. mista lawnge
>>2975421Is this for trannies to cut off their penises?
>>2986456reciprocating motion is gross and inefficient
I'm a single dude who has rented a small apartment for two years. It smells okay, but I can tell there's a slight smell when I come home and I want to improve the smell and have it be pleasant, rather than neutral at best. My apartment is all carpeted and painted, rather than wallpaper or hard floors. It had a completely neutral and "light" smell when I first moved on, so whatever smell exists is created by me.I'm talking specifically about eliminating any subtle undertones. For the most part, there aren't any notable or offensive smells that immediately hit you and I am mostly noseblind to my apartment, but there are a few subtler smells that are somewhat deep and musty that you can smell when you walk in the door. Think more like unchanged bed sheets, rather than sour smells or what a NEET's basement would smell like.I change my bedsheets every two weeks, I keep my dirty clothes in a closed hamper in the bathroom, and I don't leave any dishes or crap lying around that's gross. However, I admit that I only tend to do big, whole-apartment cleans every several months, rather than small and often.Is it just a case of vacuuming more often and airing out the apartment when I can? I already add pleasant smells to the apartment through reed diffusers and aromatherapy, and I try to keep my kitchen closed when cooking so that cooking smells don't seep into the rest of the apartment. It's a 40m^2 apartment, so it's small.Pic related - not my carpet, but my apartment has a low-pile carpet like this throughout it.
>>2979972Their are probably gaps in your floor board and/or walls that's allowing stink to come in from neighboring apartments. Had this problem before, was forced to move
>>2982141Your ocean air stinks. Go travel yo other areas anon. Its your mom’s vagene that you are smelling.
>>2979972I use a Mitsubishi Lossnay balanced heat exchanger, a small unit, to keep the air fresh. Originally to remove Radon problems but it does of course make the air a lot fresher.
>>2979972Can of spray Ozium will do work, just dont be inside when you spray it. The real issue is carpets, drapes, and furniture. Rent a carpet cleaner and spend all day doing it (the sludge that comes out will shock you.) Other than that fresh air, clean often, and get your candle game up. Picrel will help with getting a "neutral" smell.
>>2982104>fucks up all your rubbers and plastics>can destroy your lungs if you (or it) fucks upOnly use it as a last resort, and not frequently. This shit is dangerous.
Ok guys, it's been exactly one year since i've posted this pic and the thread was a blast last time.Here we go again:guess the country
>>2987012You are correct about the colours, but you seem to forget that a lot of countries copied germany in a lot of things>>2986991morons are always hired, but they are all native and indigenous
>>2986878well, I'm from oregon OSHA, who's in charge here?
>>2986577imagine being a twink tradie and being gangbanged by these giant brutes
>>2987095The blonde guy on the left is absolutely huge, dude was 18 years of age at the time iirc
>>2986577germany
