Has any of you managed to have current or former employers to pay for certification courses say in welding, rope access, aerial lift, first aid etc? If so how did you convince them? Thanks.
i got food handeling, from Albertsons, they are a mormon company so kinda their thing making the community more valuable
>>2974450Wait mormons are based?
my union has, never employer
>>2971014I'm about to take a new job running the flat roof division for a GC, and I have to take all the Mexicans through CCM training and make sure at least two of their guys can run an 8k. My subs in bringing with me already have all that shit.
>>2971014who else would pay for them? if i get told to do a job and i do it not being sertified its my boss who get fined not me. its in his intereset to give me all the certificates i can get my hands on.>quit my job and self employedvisited my old job just to talk shit and went home with a free refresh on my high pressure brazing certificate. they already had the inspector there cost them nothing to let me get it as well.this was once used to force employees to stay, boss said the certificate was company property. this has finally been settled in court, all certificates is the individual workers property regardless of who pays for it and they always get a private copy in addition to the company issued one.
What's the best floodlight/security camera without subscription fees? I need to buy two for my house.
>>2979163How much did you pay the electrician?
>>2979049I have 2 of these and like them a lot, they work great
do not aim them at your neighbors, they're bright as fuck
>>2979460Are you the same schizoid who keeps spamming /g/ with threads about how LEDs are evil and "break circadian rhythms" while boomerposting about sodium lamps?
>>2979049usually a banana peel or an empty toilet roll with some latex gloves in it. best of luck op.
I crushed my fingertip and it's been two weeks and blue part is the one that is free now after I cut off all the dead tissue anchoring the nail to the nailbed; but the red part is still going strong/is alive, apparently. Is there a way to diy cut it off safely because I am tired of this dumbass dead nail.
I had a good smash a while back, pictures are two weeks apart. It grew back mostly normal, the grain is a bit off so I can't tear neat crescents off of that nail anymore, the tear curves inwards and it bleeds.
>>2980170Is my nail fuged, doc?
>>2980094Are you the anon that keeps posting on /b/?Because I'm the anon that did this loading a log into the bucket on my tractor
>>2980183>>2980373GoooooI tore a thumbnail clean off in a mechanicking fuckup and it grew back completely normal except for a little blue mark under the nail
>>2980411No I have not posted on /b/ in ages>>2980412What kinda worries me is that there's an relatively deep indentation in the flesh in the nail matrix or whatever it's called. Oh well!
It sounds like me and my sis might be inheriting my grandma's huge victorian (I think victorian) house built in 1889. It's like 3000 square feet not counting basement or attic space. Picrel looks really close to how the actual house looks, if it helps identify the kind of house.1st question... anyone know how my grandma can pass it down to us to minimize taxes? She tasked me to find out what lawyer to talk or how she can put it in her will, etc, but I am absolutely clueless.2nd... what are some major things I can expect to need to do with the house? Everything is paid off and we'll only need to pay taxes and utilities. The money we will be saving not paying rent will be going to a high yield savings to pay for things. As far as I know: The electric panel was replaced in the early 2010s, and most or all knob and tube wiring was removed way before that. The roof was replaced I think in 2016.My grandparents bought the house in the late 50s, so my grandma knows the last 60+ years of maintenance history that I can ask her.
>>2978447Sure. Start with Trump and then work your way down. Remember to check when he is and isn't at Mar-a-Lago. Don't be like the last moron that tried that. I look forward to hearing about your pointless death at the hands of the Secret Service.
>>2978472As if he's the head of the issue. He's a corrupt piece of shit, sure, but it's not like he's that important in the grand scheme. Look where they all get huge donations from and it'll make more sense.
>>2978008Victorians are notoriously difficult to repair and refit just starting with general carpentry. The rest of the mechanical trades will fall in line. New construction can be gutted and facelifted very easily. The older construction methods were intended to be permanent.
>>2974711check your state rules.passing ownership to family, CA for example, has a law/equation such that you dont suddenly pay current market value for taxes, but keep your previous tax rate with a bit of a bump. see if your state does similar and find the rules for it.
Grandma might be getting her heating subsidized btw - check that too.The will and estate lawyer is "family law". You want one. You and your wife too.
What are some other useful/cool/whatever drill powered tools?
>male arm height above the groundso it could be siphoned, virtually for free, but needs a pump?
>>2979574>scrub the shower while taking a shower, it's totally waterproof
Tablesaw
>>2979389Fuelstealer 90000
Locals are agitating for a government-funded community center. But our city's finances are poor. Now that I am on disability, I have the time to organize a DIY community center planning and building. But I was raised in a white area and we just had business (restaurants, move theaters, supermarkets, etc.) so I am not sure what types of services we need to offer. What should the community center offer to local youths and adults?
>>2978096a kitchenlocal gardencaretakersthese would need to be staffed but usually unpaid.good for youth to get some work experience.
>>2978096Dedicate a large room to a safe injection space.
As far as I know only beaners live in Soledad, why the fuck did they build the tractor supply in that shithole and not further south
Make the indoor space multi-purpose by design. Basically, a school gymnasium. You may want at least one room to act as a classroom for teaching. A community center is great for teaching life skills that school doesn't teach. Another good thing to include is a kitchen so people can host events with food. Consider looking at what services are offered by other community venues and seeing what is in your budget to replicate. Having two or three change table equipped, single occupant bathrooms means everyone can shit in peace if need be as long as at least one is wheelchair accessible.
>>2978096>Locals are agitating for a government-funded community centerWhat services do they want? Do they just want it for no reason?
I've got about 200ft of conduit I'm trying to get a cable through and I'm not having a good time bros. Over about 10 years it filled up with water and mud somehow and I can't get shit through it.Tried fish rod and it got 60ft and got a ton of resistance then stopped.I got it clear enough that I can vacuum through it but a diy cone mouse gets stuck after also 60ftI guess I can order a plug mouse and see if it will work but I'm pretty sure there's just a bunch of mud at some point that stops it.Should I like flush the pipe with water? Maybe I can push the mouse through with water idk.There's also a fiber cable going through it I can't fuck up/with so I'm not sure a piston mouse will workOh and I'm pretty sure some retard laid the pipe like a troglodyte and it has the joints both facing opposite ways on either end so shit gets stuck too
>>2980016You put him in one end and a vacuum on the other. He doesn't have a choice.
>>2979426huh? if you are using rope with a vacuum you would know if it jams up because the vacuum note will change when it blocks.if its still pulling the rope you should be good to go?if it is getting stuck then start with a fishing line and work your way up.
200 foot of duct will have failed at (multiple) couplings after ten years. I can guarantee that you’re hitting a point where it’s slipped>under 10 inches of concreteYeah it’s fuckedRod it the other way and make sure it’s common, then it’s your chance to do some concrete breaking. Cable it while you’ve opened it up. Best of luckIf you really want to get precise put a jumper wire down the rod and cat it
Chat it's cooked, the jet line got stuck big time and I can't pull it out and I can't suck a new one in anymore because it gets caught on the other.I gave up and had to re-engineer the project which now fucked me because the equipment I bought now some of it won't work but I need to get the install done like this week so I just used a different building.>>2980112That would be nice if there wasn't a bunch of lifts unloading trucks for 24 hours a day between each end. I can't hear the vacuum at all.
>>2980306Yeah I was worried you said it kept feeding jetline but you didn't get it.
>spend 4 years apprenticing under master furniture maker learning esoteric black magic japanese joinery and ancient craftsmanship >make master grade table using said secret japanese techniques to absolute perfection >put it for sale for 100 dollars >zero interest on it for 2 years >go on instagram >some 6.5/10 woman in yoga pants puts a S4S piece of poplar wood from Home Depot through a Dewalt planer and then cuts it on a bandsaw into an ugly cutting board >sells them for 500 dollars+has 150k subscribers its not fair i hate this world
>>2970127Do a video with a cat. Millions of morons don't even care what they watch if a cat is present but toxoplasmosis gets views.BTW that's why all my hobbies are mutually supporting DIY so I profit by buying mostly goods and rarely services. Morons know nothing of furniture and only care about cats and cunts. Enjoy your skills which of course translate into home renovation, DIY furniture and DIY workshop facilities. Then since you proved you can do precise work, take up auto mechanics (slashes your lifetime vehicle cost drastically and removes any incentive to waste money on new vehicles) and metalworking which gives the same tactile experience you get with wood (plus you can weld and repair fuckups easily.Every one of my hobbies and interests is mutually supporting and saves me gobs of money. Crafts are obsolete except for personal enjoyment unless you can find a cunt with a cat to front for you. Even then it won't make you a living but that doesn't exclude fun. Precise woodworking is more demanding than welding and most machining so you have the tactile experience of materials to use however you see fit.
>>2970136This and make her AI.
Post some examples of your work anon. If you really did this for 4 years you should have plenty of examples you are proud of. Show me things you enjoyed building. Details the average guy might not notice but a master would appreciate. I dont know what makes furniture "master grade" but you should be able to explain.
>>2970179this
>>2970127are you not able to make a living at all or just bitter it's not get the deserved price
Let's say you are lazy af and want to design your own house.How would you design a self-cleaning or easy to clean bathroom? Say, a bathroom that you are able to clean fully using pressure washers, window cleaning robots, UV lights, cleaning soap dispensers (like https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oX5AAiwpiz8&t=265s) or whatever, and then using something (a big fan maybe) to dry it quickly.
>>2977974They bleach the shit out of everything according to what I've read, which is the pain in the ass part. But yeah, they won't wipe up for you.
>>2980126I hate the laws so much. Fucking retards are just like 'those old guys were just being wasteful we can use less water with modern science!!'No now it just sucks
>>2977903I used to work as a butcher in a factory and the entire workplace was washed using a pressure washer. Everything mechanical was waterproof, there were drains in the floor every couple meters and the walls were covered in some vinyl sheeting. The pressure water would first shoot a foaming detergent/sanitizer that we'd have to leave for 10 mins or so, and then we'd rinse everything down with hot water, use a big squeegee broom to push water to the drains and the ventilation system would get rid of any residual humidity.I've always fantasized about implementing something similar for a kitchen or bathroom. Just a minimalistic space with stainless steel or porcelain furniture that you could just blast with a pressure washer to sanitize and clean.
>>2980226it's been like this in basically every factory i've ever worked, drains sprinkled everywhere, pressure wash the walls / ceiling.
>>2977903There was a similar thread some days ago in /g/:>>>/g/108314190https://desuarchive.org/g/thread/108314190
Is there a crimp on bullet style connector for high dc amps? I tried to find one but i guess nobody makes them. Something like 50 amps and 10 awg wire would be perfect for me. I try to avoid soldering because this is a high movement application i need them for and solder makes wire stiff and brittle around the joint. Anderson connectors are close what i want but a lot of people seems to dislike them because wire twist can misalign the pins and cause heat/meltdown.Are ring terminals bolted together with a wing nut really the best i can get?
Cam Locks. I've wired ones that go up to 800 amps (in parallel)
>>2978269>Anderson connectors are close what i want but a lot of people seems to dislike them because wire twist can misalign the pins and cause heat/meltdown.Anderson connectors are probably what you want unless you just don't want a connector. "High movement" sounds like maybe a connector is a bad idea. I mean, it doesn't get cheaper or more reliable than lugs torqued down onto screw terminals properly, but a wingnut sounds like a horror if you're worried about loss of contact.It's a monstrous connector and kind of a waste, but another option might be a 7-blade trailer connector and more than one pair of wires. By spec, the return pin is rated for 40A and the others for 20A, and I *think* Pollak rates all the pins in theirs for 40A.>>2978269What did Big Crimp do to you? Not a myth at all and it's easy to verify in practice unless you have never in your life seen a correct crimp. And you certainly have: crimps are the reason factory cables outlast your shitty home-soldered ones. But you don't have to listen, just keep mashing things with your old pliers and soddddering them, and keep busy repairing all your broken shit.>>2978272>>2978271XT60, XT90, Deans - I just don't trust them. The XT series especially, because bullets. If you're solidly in the hobby ecosystems they come from sure. If you're not and it matters, look at what connector companies offer. >>2978271>Look into Dinse connectors for welding leads. Way too big for your 10awg wire, but maybe they make something smaller?Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>2980154> especially, because bulletsbullets are top of the line, milspec shit man.All we ever needed was the D Sub connector.
>>2980158Kek. Maybe in the 30's. High end machined-pin connectors (pic rel) are a thing of beauty though.
>>2980158I never once saw anything using a D-sub connector when I was in the military except for old ass desktop computers. All of the actual military equipment used circular connectors. I was communications. I installed everything from vehicle intercom systems to radios to the FBCB2. It it had wheels or tracks I serviced the commo equipment in it.Fucking pain in the ass though. They were all keyed and the cables were so stiff that twisting them to line up the keys was difficult. Sometimes you had to make sure the cable had a few feet of slack just to be able to twist it enough to seat it properly. You'd thank they'd be able to make them smart enough that it wouldn't matter what pin on the connectors the data was being sent down. Or just use one fucking pin. Bullshit cables with 127 fucking pins (middle of >>2980215 picture) like a fucking CPU, all likely to bend if a moth farts on them, and the transmit speed across all those pins would have trouble beating USB 2.0 in a race.
If you wear gloves, earpro, or safety glasses while doing /diy/ shit, just make sure they match your purse.
calling ear plugs earpro is gayest of all, op
>>2980173>you'll never get your dick sucked wearing thosekek I'm not even so sure about that, there are a couple of girls at my shop who'd probably be down if I felt like trying and they've just about only ever seen me in dorky safety glasses
>>2976893imagine having such a fragile ego and psyche that you are threatened by basic safety equipment. I smell a closet gay.
>>2980222Imagine being such an idiot you cannot realize when a poster is purposefully being ironic for satire. I smell a low IQ.
>>2980259Ironic shitposting etcKys faggot
How do I assemble the best bedjet esque device? All i care about is cooling. Pls help a mf with chronic pain who cant sleep and lives in hellhole Florida and wants to die weekly.Pls also recommend things for pillows or tell me if any electric cooling pads are legit.
>>2980115>>2980104Waterbeds are actually bad for your back... i was surprised to learn. Can you like the fan you got?
>>2980100So if i were making that, I’d bring that dryer hose up through the floor and put the fan outside the room. Kind of neat though. The Japanese People have something like that, but heated for winter.
>>2980143https://a.co/d/0eAd70ZTAlthough it’s unavailable now for some reason. It looks like they’re not as popular because everyone is buying something more like this https://a.co/d/08r0Uk2ZI have a 4 inch AC infinity I use for a charcoal filter that’s been running nonstop for five years. They’re top notch and much quieter than the other style. This https://a.co/d/0bJnCam0 was the only one I could find on Amazon in the style I use. They’re cheaper but much louder. Both move about the same amount of air although the AC infinity style moves slightly less. You can mount both styles directly to a stud/solid wall although I have mine sitting on a shelf. Just connect it to this https://a.co/d/09WKQPkd
>>2980162https://a.co/d/0a7s5mkLLinked wrong fan. This is the bare bones model. They have cheaper brands and maybe they’re ok but like I said I’ve got an ac infinity that’s been running faithfully for years.
I sleep in a hammock. I have three underquilts which are modified commercial ones. I have one thin one I made myself. I can flip them under me or out with extreme ease. Nothing keeps you colder than a hammock. My body temp is easy to regulate using this arrangement. Its literally perfect.
A breaker bar is a breaker bar, right?ITT: Shit tier tools
>>2977043They know most people will just buy a new one rather than going through the hassle and runaround of getting a free replacement. >lemme track down that receipt from 15 years ago
>>2977231I broke a the jaw on a crackwhore supply spud wrench and they replaced it no diff
>>2973446I never leave batteries in devices I don’t use a lot. Of all my electrical testing stuff and laser level and all that, I only leave batteries in my go-bag meter and my most common garage meter so I’ll see the battery low warning before the cells have a chance to explode.
>>2967819Heh
stupid chinkshit nippers wont even cut live electric wires without getting fucked upmore like>LAOSY TOOLSamirite?
Do DIY projects ever make you lose your cool?
>>2978170Man, don't use that trash. All It's good for is lying to you and fucking shit up.
>>2978058who cares she made bank before all that nonsense shes fine
>>2976057>>2976060Ok everyone gets it you don't like the thread
after fucking with one of these for 45 minutes my wife came into the bathroom and asked me if everything was going alright. she almost got chris benoit'd
>>2978170> worth 45 minutesIt’s an amusing toy who’s point is to keep you engaged for as long as possible.
I just think the color is cool
>>2980004Pretty much every brand is in a big conglomerate now.
>>2972971green tools are more weaker, but their batteries last longeryellow tools are more powerful, but they are prone to failureorange tools are more durable, but their batteries drain quick
>>2980019The Ridgid/TTI thing is a little complicated though - Ridgid is an Emerson brand iirc but most of the power tools are TTI?
>>2980102Emerson/Ridgid makes plumbing tools. Mostly pipe wrenches. They licensed the brand to Home Depot for them to use on power tools. TTI makes those tools for Home Depot. That's why they are only sold at Home Depot. Unless a reseller is flipping them elsewhere.
>>2980019>Makita>HiltiSOVL
