>rent townhome>share wall with neighbors>neigbors are hoarders and druggies>odors leak in through kitchen and basement>ruining my health, quality of life>air purifers dont do shit>tried plugging up holes where pipes enter with foam>stink still gets in>noticed air coming in through gaps where the carpet meets walls>try pulling that up>stink still gets in I’m about to go mad. It wasn’t as bad during the summer because I could leave the windows open, but it’s too cold now to do that without the heat running constantly. Landlord doesn’t care and I still have 6 months on my lease before I can get out.
You wil most likely never be able to plug all crevices and holes.So to really have a chance you'd need t somehow build a higher airpressure in your apartment to basically press the stink up their holes again but for that new air needs to come in from somewhere and creating that pressure would also cost money and equipment. Another way would be to heat warmer than they do so your warm air would move to them instead of their warm stink moving to your colder apartment. But in the end there's always energy cost involved.So I guess your only realistic help would be to spend as much time somewhere else than in your apartment for the next 6 months. Basically only come home for sleeping.
>>2966539>didn't turn on my heating last winterhow do you shower in a freezing cold bathroom?
>>2966608>build a higher airpressure in your apartmentMaybe put a window fan blowing inwards in one room, turn off the heat to that room, and let it be cold in there in exchange for making the apartment higher air pressure
Could you seal the wall?
>>2966609quickly.or put the heating on for just a few minutes beforehand, warm it up for while you shower. i used to use an oil heater sparingly during my time of no heating in winter, it's an electric heater but for some reason it contains oil inside ???? it just works.
A place for anything to do with Welding.Post your MIG/TIG/Stick/Fluxed Cored Arc welds, ask questions and discuss sticking metals together.Previous: >>2894379
>>2963570exactly and they are the ones saying welding will be done by robots because they got no clue what welding is.its kinda pathetic, you can hand them a broken steel shaft and a stick bzzz box and they wont know what to make out of it, but they expect ai and robots to fix it in the future.i know that automated welding is a thing and most mass produced consumer products thats been welded at has never seen a human hand.
The most verstatile and quick-to-program welding robots I've personally seen were so called "co-bots" you could teach by physically grabbing the robot arm and positioning it at the start and finish points, angles, etc. Fine tuning and adjustments were possible in the software/pendant/ipad/whatever. Even those systems are designed for batch runs/more than 1 of the same job. Welding robots are not the be all and end all of the future.
>>2963705>>2963661The core issue of welding robots is just that they can't see what they're welding and can't adjust. Its the same reason there's very few remote welding rigs and that's far less complicated. And that's just for the actual welding part. It also has to know how to use dozens of various tools like angle grinders and know how to use different wire wheels without exploding them or destroying the work piece. It has to know how to use various kinds of clamps and know which to pick depending on circumstance. it has to know when to use various kinds of cutting tool like hacksaws, plasma torches, acetelyne torches. It has to know how to preheat things properly. It just goes on like this. Endless little trivial sounding tasks that a human just learns in maybe a day or so of training while gaining skill over time. Just making the AI itself using things like machine learning would require countless hours of real world data and massive amounts of training. Then you have to make a machine body somehow perform the tasks and somehow make it not kill itself just from becoming a conductor of the welding current or not be destroyed by the dust and fumes, or just tangle itself in the cables or losing control of power tools. And so on. We're like 25-50 years away from this shit if it ever happens and the robots will just have to be advanced they'll be doing basically every single job anyway so who gives a shit about welding specifically. Drivers won't be safe, gardeners won't be safe, mailmen won't be safe, prostitutes won't be safe.
>>2962266just added a duplicate of my personal favorite to the horde
>>2962858correct and looks cooler
Been thinking of getting into these. Anyone try making them? What's your setup? Everyone I see online is using a particle accelerator but maybe with a high enough voltage a more normal circuit could work?
>>2966549Lots of them seem to be getting taken down. I guess cause people keep trying the experiment themselves and dying.
>>2966221>havent a bunch of wood faggots barbecued themselves doing this gay shit?Yep.
>>2966272>It's things like a circuit breaker on the transformer so it doesn't over-run under load,The microwave-transformer version of these will fry your heart and never blow trigger the breaker or fuse.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBeSKL9zVro"Let's talk about the project on the Internet that's killing the most people."
>>2966216why you finna try Ligmaberg sculptures frfr you finna blow yer nuts out yer ass nigga no cap lmao
Show us a pic of your workbench/workstation where the magic happens. What kind of surface is your workbench? What kind of desk? etc.
>>2958406This is the inside workshop. Welding, lathe, mill, drill press, table saw, grinder, misc mechanics tools are in the garage. But I've got to pull the cars out to see them.
>>2966077czechd coziness
>>2961685>>2965831Alternatively you can always scrape some soldermask off the trace that went to the pad and either bridge it with solder or a jumper wire. But the diode being that close it's a no brainer.Regarding heat: If anything that joint was too hot, at least I cant think of anything that let's the pad come off the board so easily.To solder: Generally touch your iron to both the part and pad, add a quick dab of fluxcore solder (you're really adding flux here) it will improve heat transmission. Always think of heat capacity and also thermal insulation of parts. Shortly after add the remaining solder. Wait briefly and remove iron.That is for general soldering of fairly sigeable and insensitive parts.Look up how the look of a solder joint reveals issues like cold joints, cooked joints, too little flux etc.Have flux handy, mane forget about it but the flux core solder might not always be enough.Practice, practice, practice.
>>2960129>all these other fags spending more time cleaning than doing shitur my fren i can already tell
>>2966044I hate even talking about it, but that'll probably resolve itself in a few more years, they're already 79/80.
I fucked up...I saw this sandbag for sale online, and decided to buy it, but I have no idea what I even need to do to install it properly, I don't have or know how to use power tools, I don't know if I should buy some part to drill it directly on the ceiling, and I don't know what I should look for to even know where would it be safe to hang it. I searched for some youtube tutorials but everyone seems to asume I already have a drill and know how to use it.I'm in a concrete walls and ceiling house (the walls are made of those empty concrete blocks stuff), where should I start? I don't even know what are my options (hanging thing from the ceiling or wall mount? I have no idea if my ceiling or wall will withstand any of those) I'm seriously thinking about paying some expert, but I don't even know who should I talk to do it (I'm thinking about a construction worker, but I may be really wrong on that too).this is the bag I got (the 30kg one):https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/394934350837
>>2964390hang it outside on a tree
Those bags aren't actually filled with sand. If they were they would be 10x the weight.
>>29643071 - just buy a stand for it.2 depending on how long it its, you really only need to suspend enough weight to keep it upright while you punch and kick it. Having if sway around while you are trying to practice is waste.
>>2964945one I got at a garage sale was full of ragsI did >>2964941then it got heavier after rainthen it started to smellI still kept it for a few years
update, I went to some sports and hardware stores in my town; and nobody there knew how to install the thing or did that service, they just sold the one for hanging on the ceiling, or the bags, some hardware store told me to get one online and look for a blacksmith to install it if I'm not sure what I'm doing (I don't even know if I should put one of the ceiling ones, or get one for the wall).I'm thinking of getting one for the wall which has the bar to do pull ups, and then see what to do.>>2965045>1 - just buy a stand for itthis is kind of an option, but the thing is worth like 4 times what I paid for the bag, so I'm not sure if it's really good idea, and if I can use it to do pull ups too or something else, or if it'll end up as a clothes hanger because of lack of use.
I run a kerosene shop heater, I use it sparingly, and I keep having fuel go bad every couple years. I used to be able to get it at the pump until a year ago when they remodeled the gas station and pulled out the kerosene pump. Now I have to buy the $10 a gallon I'm thinking of going propane. I mean, propane doesn't go bad, but also can be used for different things year round. Kerosene goes bad like diesel and gas, and only used for 1 season. Red pill me on going with a propane heater instead of keeping Kerosene
>>2966317>>2966337and thanks to acts of tikum olam by unelected bureaucrats that evil sulphur in diesel has been repealed and replaced with mandated biodiesel thats guaranteed to draw water and grow alge in a few months of sitting stagnant. im not even convinced it was a midwest farmerpac conspiracy. more likely funded by the fuel filter corporation of sheboygan
>>2966340>and thanks to acts of tikum olam by unelected bureaucrats that evil sulphur in diesel has been repealed and replaced with mandated biodiesel thats guaranteed to draw water and grow alge in a few months of sitting stagnant. im not even convinced it was a midwest farmerpac conspiracy. more likely funded by the fuel filter corporation of sheboyganKnock on wood, but I've never had any problems keeping diesel long term.
Op here again. I got some K-1, and it fired right up. I guess my heater just doesn't like Diesel
>>2966464>Op here again. I got some K-1, and it fired right up. I guess my heater just doesn't like DieselSounds like you need a new, non-picky heater...
>>2966466Yea, that's why I was thinking of getting a new heater and considering a propane torpedo heater
Generic 3-speed ceiling fan circa 80s or 90s makes buzzing noise at highest speed. I don't know what brand this is, I don't have a model number, but hopefully it's a similar enough widespread design.It makes excessive motor noise at the highest speed only. It sounds likely electric, like a buzzing, and it's definitely not the usual "motors just make noise" thing. It's something intrusively loud, and the noise seems to come and go some days, due to indeterminate factors.It's also not balanced, and is not grounded properly, but I don't know how likely that is to cause what I'm hearing.
>>2966390I just held the center of the fan and pushed up on the outer edge of the blades they bend way easier then they look
First thing I would do is dissassemble it and clean out everything inside. I've seen old ceiling fans with the motor area choked up with accumulated dust and it makes them not operate so well.
>>2966403It's wood, they're not gonna conform like metal.My plan was taking the blades off and ironing one side, so hopefully the wood would contract more on the top and pull the blades back up.
>>2966404That is a good point, it is dirty on top from being in a greasy kitchen for decades. We didn't even buy it new, it was trash picked for free about 25 years ago.
>>2966404>>2966469*so who knows what else it was subject to, and I wasn't living here all those 25 years, so I don't remember if it always acted like this when we had it.
Chat I want to build a high pressure high temperature water sprayer to use for washing dishes in a way that uses as little water as possible.I have a cabin in the woods which has no sink or plumbing etc so I just haul in water and for a while I just use paper plates and stuff but generating so much trash is retarded.Does it sound like the best way? Like a 7 holed spray nozzle at 150psi and 70c water temp or so is what I was thinking, around the 6L/m mark but if only need a few seconds to spray off the debris and then scrub it and spray another couple seconds idk. Does that sound reasonable? For the hot water I was thinking about building my own instant hot water heating system or just buying one. Also how can I store some water without it going bad?
Just let the food dry on the paper plates and burn them in your firepit you sperg. You're staying at a cabin in the woods don't even try to pretend you don't have a firepit, THAT would be retarded.
>>2963566You can even get wood utensils. I don't really camp but I keep a supply of those and paper plates/bowls.They're just handy to have beyond just dish convenience.
>>2953440Have you ever considered eating from a bread bowl OP?Medieval people did it all the time
>>2963566>somewhat reducesFulltime innawoods is dumb unless you're somewhere that can bore a well. Nobody wants to consider the fly population among their living areas>break down greaseBleach does nothing to grease. Maybe bleach means something different to you.? Regular household ~5% NaClO bleaches you can dilute 1:1000 (couple ml per L water) and have an effective disinfectant solution.
>>2953440I am going to let my kitchen faucet run overnight to make up for what OP is trying to save.My water is literally free because I'm near a mountain reservoir and there was a deal 40 years ago that they will provide water to this small district for free.
Hi /diy/, I'm planning to build a custom gaming wheel and I want to use an optical mouse sensor to track the steering input. Has anyone here done this before? I'm looking for advice on:The best way to mount the sensor relative to the steering column.How to handle the axis conversion (making the PC recognize mouse X-axis as a joystick/wheel axis).Any specific mouse models or DIY controllers (like Arduino/STM32) you'd recommend for this setup?Any tips or build logs would be appreciated. Thanks!
>>2966386arent you going to the frontlines to absorb Ukrainian drones, pidor?
I live in a Coleman camper like pic rel. I need to soundproof from a low pitch high volume noise. Would I install mass loaded vinyl in the outside and cover that with some material? What could I do?Unfortunately there are some budget concerns.
>>2965824Guessing you don't want to rip out the interior? If you did that you could apply sound-deadener to inside of outer skin (Dynamat type) and add closed cell acoustic foam before panels go back up. You then need to deaden single-pane windows. You could make foam panels that sty on with velcro when needed. Of, you could move your trailer.
Are you unfamiliar with the noise insulation and vibration insulation of the car? Looks like a sheet of plasticine.
>OP builds a mobile rape dungeon
Are we talking like a generator something sitting outside? If it's yours it might be easier to barrier the source than insulate the caravan. If it's a single tone you could look into helmholtz resonators for inside. Other than that your options are to add as much mass as you can to the wall or blast pink noise inside so you don't notice it as much.
>find source of noise>spray it with bullets
what a girl do: Sprinter egr, serpentine belt, grill replacement, oil level senor replacements
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>>2964455There are a couple of canadian dykes on utube who are also pretty capable. Is this one a dyke? She has that look.
>>2964458>>2964519She looks fine. Be nice! You may give 4chan a bad rep
>>2965487>She looks fine. Be nice! You may give 4chan a bad repThat jaw is nice and square, and those eyes are like a quarter mile apart... But yeah she looks fine.
>>2964455ayo she cute
I want to build a small trampoline to help my grandma exercise her feet. I want the 'jumpy' part to be no more than 12×18 inches, that's how I would size it for myself and I've yet to measure her feet but the size isn't important what I want to know as a heavily medicated brainlet is what tools and materials I need and how do I work them and who else makes trampolines and whatever. This trampoline is not for jumping it's just for pushing your feet into while you sit, I think it would make her calves stronger. Also it has to be made out of wood I'm not a welder. Thanks.
start here
>>2965821>to help my grandmayou put granny on a trampoline you are going to help into intensive care then a wheel chair. All she needs to do is regular and front calf exercises and walking up and down the stairs. Take her to the beach or where there is some sand to air her out and get some practice walking on sand, but be with her to help keep her from falling.
>>2965864Thank you>>2965969This is giving me ideas, thank you.>>2966099You didn't read the full post lol. We're many miles from a beach and she doesn't have stairs in her apartment. Maybe in summer though, good idea.
>>2966123>she doesn't have stairs in her apartment.I know this sounds crazy, but take her somewhere where there are stairs, you know like the local mall where women love to walk and shop. Don't ignore the front and regular calf rasies - all you need is 2x4 to stand on with some shoes and a door way to hold for support. Feet, calves, legs are the foundation for stability. She can do partial squats holding on to door way for support. Go and do it with her, but the trampoline for an old person is certain disaster, espcially if she was not athletic as a young girl.
>>2965969cool, but how do they keep kids from turning into sling shots?
snowblower threadim thinking of buying one this year, live in a coastal area with heavy wet snowmy driveway is about 150 feet to the garage but since ive lived here ive just shoveled about 1/6th of it and kept the cars parked up front outsidei know nothing about them other than what im reading online im thinking a 300cc would be ideal maybe a toro, honda looks nice too but a bit $$
>>2960865get a tracked honda. you won't regret>t. proud owner of an HS80
>>2960865even though we seldom get more than 2" of snow here at any given time I've joined the ranks of snowblower owners after I bought this off Marketplace for $401990 Craftsman track snowblower, didn't run, cleaned the carb and now it runs like a champ... now just waiting for snow...
>>2960865You want a 2-stage machine if really wet sow. Even then it will load up and need the plunger. Also, 8HP minimum, more is better. Spray the auger & chute with PAM cooking spray, helps to keep snow from loading up. I bought a Troy-Bilt one several years ago, great machine. x
>>2965726I'd heard that Honda was getting out of the lawnmower/snowblower business though?
It's a neat contraption but not as easy to use as you'd think. Definitely better for your back than a hand shovel though.I have a 280cc I got for cheap cause it wouldn't start. Turns out the previous owner just left it sitting over the summer, I cleaned out the carb and it was good to go. Make sure you empty out the fuel system when you store it or you'll have to clean the carb at the start of the season. On my model taking the carb off and cleaning it didn't take too long. Maybe a couple hours with some basic sockets and a couple pieces of wire to clean out the jets.
I am building a bed loft that will render the existence of this ceiling fan impractical. There'll be ~45" between the deck of the loft and the ceiling. Are there any good low-profile (less than ~6" depth) options to replace it with that don't have external moving parts but still have an internal fan to maintain some circulation up at the top of the room? Any other suggestions of neat fixtures that would suit the situation? Or should I just put in a little basic dome light and figure out something else for air circulation?
>>2963372actual lol
>>2963371Keep the existing fan. Build a small skirt around it (attached to ceiling) to guard blade tips. The skirt will have to stand off fromthe ceiling to allow air flow.Think ducted fan.
>>2966169No
It's happening again.How is it possible that a furnace will not produce heat unless the filter is pulled out at least a couple inches? The furnace is not new, we did not have this problem years ago until a certain point, and apparently if you push the filter all the way in, it produces heat for only like a couple hours, and then stops doing so, leading us to pull the filter out to get it working again, and it only happens when it's really cold outside. Not moderately cold, it has to be "really cold", I guess in the mid 20s or less.Why does it only work briefly instead of not at all? Why the does the filter have to be pulled out, to get a runtime of more than like 2 hours? And why does it stop? Seriously, this makes no sense at all. Is there any furnace in the entire world besides ours that does this?
>>2965858Because "pleats" are too hard to say, even though you can see that I know what pleats are by my previous usage of the word...Are you the definition of "lolworthy"?
>>2965615>How about we start with this: When you say "5 inch", across which axis is it?>>Because I know what a "pleats per inch (or any other size)" measurement is, but there is nothing on a regular residential furnace filter that is anywhere near 5 inches in size. It's all either too big or too small, and I can't say I've seen one anything like how you describe, and you've never even said "per" anything.https://www.amazon.com/FilterBuy-20x25x5-Pleated-Replacement-Honeywell/dp/B00NVF51ZK
>>2966185Imagine not scrolling all the way down, first...
>>2965882>>2966186You're dumber and more useless than I can properly comprehendWhen things go, you'll be amongst the very first killedYour physiognomy will be your uniform
>>2966188I'm already dead, I'll be their secret weapon in psychological torture. There is nothing else when I'm stuck with authority this fucking useless, that can't even get me hired cause they can't just do their job and relay info!How the fuck do they pick drill sergeants is my question when it's so hard just for me to get in!?
