what work gloves are you guys wearing? need new ones
>>2949303Depends what I am doing. For welding I use special welding gloves, when taking out the ash I use leather gloves, for the most other tasks I don't use gloves since they can smell and I hate having smelly hands.
>>2949542based no gloves battler still living somehow. That pussy must be potent spirit mana
>>2949303yep winter is coming up. i get a pack of these every season for work my hands sweat easy so for me anything thicker makes my hands moister and colder. on the coldest days i double up on them. my job gets people refridgeawear brand but they are too much for me
>>2949303>what work gloves are you guys wearingNone, considering I was born with a pair of balls. I earned my tough palms and callouses by working for a living like a real man. Anytime someone shows up at my jobsite with a pair of gloves we all laugh at him and bully him mercilessly until he takes them off. If you're a pussy who wears work gloves just make sure they match your purse.
Wells lamont seems to be the best brand, i like the "hydrahide" line, it doesn't get all stiff when washed. I've been using the same pair of their leather work gloves for like 2 years and no seams have broken.
What's the most economical way to work with fiberglass?Would you apply it as a coating onto some kind of bulk material like a surf board, build it as a lattice, lay it in an epoxy?Let's talk about fiberglass
Well for example you can buy fiberglass as sheets, in rolls, and there are any number of types of weave.You can get fiberglass as fiber bats, or as threads.And when you set it, it's usually a two stage epoxy, but what ratio of resin to fiberglass is the most economical?And if it better to vacuum mold it, mold it under pressure, form it in the open. Do you do it layer by layer, or in one huge brick, or do you fiberglass layers then glue the layers together. I don't understand all the incel posts on 4chan these days, go back to pol Incels, some of us are building things.
>>2947749Resin and ply. Do whatever is the easiest until proven not working. Some people bulk up their resin with fibers and fillers, needless to say the dust is not good for the lung.
>>2947749>but what ratio of resin to fiberglass is the most economical?google it for me: 1.5 oz/sq ft of CSM needs about 3 oz of resin per square footin practice this means slather it on you're not going to weigh it out nor care in actual practice how much you need.>And if it better to vacuum mold it, mold it under pressure, form it in the open.well it fucking depends on what you're making doesn't it? obviously vacuum sealing is going to be more expensive because you need to buy the vacuum sealer big enough for the project and idk what the upside is when the benefits of fiberglass is forming it in place in the first place.>Do you do it layer by layer, or in one huge brick, or do you fiberglass layers then glue the layers together.as stated you form it, sand it, form more if needed, sand more if needed, form more if needed. it's like doing a plaster mask or those newspaper strips over a ballon. if you're talking a solid resin block you're fucking confused about using fiberglass. also you're fucking confused about using fiberglass in case that wasn't obvious. ditto "gluing" shit together, you're literally using resin what the fuck are you going to "glue" shit with? that's like making fiberglass pieces and then riveting them to other fibreglass, what the fuck would be the point?fucking idiot
>>2947782Good suggestion. Appreciated.>>2947973Benefit is typically a higher density and removal of air from the fiberglass.
I'm trying to repair an old lightweight fiberglass canoe that's got a small crack in it. Need to figure out what weight fiberglass cloth to use. I've got some random stuff that I think is like 9oz, it's far too coarse and heavy. I was thinking 4 oz, or maybe even 2 oz? Much harder to find though.Advice?The canoe itself is 14' long and should weigh around 35 lbs. It's nicely laid up fiberglass cloth, not chopped mat.
The only manual trans mower still made is the Murray MT100. Am I dumb for wanting a manual for the durability, even if it’s less convenient when mowing around trees?Should I only consider used mowers or just buy the MT100?
>>2947683what are your thoughts on ventrax
>>2947692ventrac*
>>2947693Don't pay for a machine, pay for the service department that is going to support it. If you have a reputable Ventrac dealer, run with it. My dealers support other OEMs, but Bobcat is the bread and butter. If you are slope mowing, you will throw tracks, learn to put them back on. Look for an OEM with a dry sump engine (we are adding that to ours). Some mowers are not designed to run slopes although they are marketed that way. If you have to pull down and level out every 15 minutes, you aren't operating with efficiency. Sump pump engines will dang near run upside down without detonating main and rod bearings. Remotes fail and they are not cheap. I don't care who the manufacture is, the remote will fail.
>>2945129The stuff you can get at home pepot is fine if youre just doing one or two acres. The truth is most people dont need high dollar stuff. Those cheaply made machines still last a pretty long time.If you're a guy who owns a lot of acres or a professional lawn service guy than sure that may justify buying fancy stuff. Most people dont need it.
As i understand it hydros are less prone to damage if you're blade strikes something solid, so they are actually far more durable.Dunno, could be wrong, but there's a reason everyone is making hydro now.
Can we talk about professional construction here? Okay great. I am a concrete truck driver. It's pretty good money but with somewhat inconsistent hours (it doesn't get cold very much here but we just hired a bunch of new drivers and haven't sold the workload fully yet plus we get assfucked by rain). I basically know how to batch concrete and today I ran the plant by myself, I've opened it up about a dozen times over the past year and loaded the first handful of trucks.Is it worth it to switch from truck driving to batching full time? It will probably fluff up my resume (management etc) but there it's also gonna be fucking boring and I'm gonna have to deal with people relatively constantly as opposed to just driving around listening to podcasts by myself. Does anyone know if being a batch plant manager is even something that matters if I decide to look for jobs elsewhere, or am I just going to be working in concrete and wrestling a different head of the same beast?
You'll need to put some time in on the receiving end of the concrete if you want to run a flatwork crew or I suppose formwork. You're likely a competent operator with the hours behind the truck, but the higher you go into the construction side the more you'll have to deal with crew, rely on trade knowledge to fix intangibles, and manage the business side. I expect more people in your position want to get into a crane than jump into the construction shit show. That's not to say there aren't GCs just milking it when they position their business correctly.
>>2948905keep it up and stay with your company if they are promoting you. make sure they are increasing your pay though! more responsibility should come with more money. never be afraid to ask for a raise and know what you are worth.
>>2949016I actually am also considering getting into lattice crane work. But that generally requires some training and if I take this jump into batching which I am I won't be on the ground talking to crews that might be interested in fast tracking me to being an operator for their company.
so yeah boys today I batched again for the second half of the day and tomorrow my truck is being loaned out. I have been batching loads every day for the last week and it sounds like my truck might just start not being my truck. I'm gonna grab my sledge and shovel out of the cab and likely moving to operations very soon. I had my mid year evaluation and the driver managers asked me do I think I want to move into operations and they would facilitate that. So I guess here we go.
>>2948229any kind of management will always look good anon, it'll look a lot better than just being a driver. anyone can drive a truck or swing a hammer. not everyone can be a manager, deal with scheduling and budgets and vendors and the owner and direct reports and everything else you deal with when you start working in management of any kind, but especially in construction (my current field).
all these Hicks are on both Septic and Well Water and seem to be kinda close.WTF happens when one or more of these Hicks have septic systems go bad and of course they can't just spring for a $12,000+ redo, and everyone is still using Well Water?Is that a constant source of shit in these areas?
>>2948112there are building codes to keep the septic fields away from the wells plus many counties require inspection and pumping before a sale. field failure doesn't mean shit water soaks into the ground, that's septic as intended, field failure means shit water bubbles out onto the surface which incidentally isn't where your well is, even if by some miracle of poor planning it is.tl;dr you're a retard who doesn't know how either works
>>2948112meanwhile they have a house and you dont
Big companies work with you on financing. you think septic companies deal with people who only can come up with 5 digits of cash? Nah, they get financed to oblivion like everything else. Some companies do it in house.I think credit unions will let you borrow against the house, even if you have shit for equity.... yknow why?A working septic adds a ton of value to the property.so dollars get lent.my socialist state i believe will lend you money at 3% if you get denied by a bank, they just put a lien on the land, that is transferrable so you can sell with that.again, state, town, neighbors and bank all want to be able to financs that 12k or whatever.next dumb question?
>>2948112The wells are deep enough, that your scenario is a non-issue.You have access to the internet, and could not figure this out?Fucking city people.
My septic leach field is on one side my my property sloping away from the house. My well is on slightly elevated ground and is 300 ft deep.
I'd love to work in a trade and learn how to do something real and not sit in some office all day like a faggot, but I have OCD and I'm worried about how toxic or dirty the work is. Am I just overreacting? Welders have to deal with fumes for example. That can't be healthy to breathe. Electricians have to go into dirty attics. Plumbers have to literally deal with peoples shit all day. Construction sites in general seem really hellish and not healthy.Sorry if this isn't on-topic enough for this board janny, but i'm assuming a lot of people in trades lurk here.
>>2949683That's not how it goes you retard nigger
>>2949689>we built generic stick frame #9999999999999999!!!!!lol
>>2949689Yes, it is. You guys hack shit out, then it fails inspection, then the professionals bring it up to code. Carpenters pretending they're hot shit who can do it all is some lol worthy stuff.
>>2949694rent free
>>2949698the houses you guys frame? yeah they're such POS they should be free
Anything Christ-related/Christianity-related D.I.Y -- guides, projects, tips, etc.SISTER THREADS: >>>/po/cpco>>>/gd/crgdg
Wife is keen on me cutting out patterns on a scroll saw for her to paint for a nativity scene for our son. Life’s good.
>>2946668which verse?they are said to have a 'spirit,' only part I've found to be unique to humans is the 'image of God'
>>2947221Based.Just bumping my threads before I take the next call.
Our church does work days and I gotta help fix a big section of drywall and ceiling (also drywall I guess; it's not tile) that got water damaged. I've only patched small holes but everyone there seems to think I have pro contractor skills. I'm going to watch some videos but if anyone can give me tips, that'd be cool. Aside from typical drywall and paint tools, is there anything else that might be needed?
>>2942855First time on this board, cool thread because I've always wanted to make my own cross pendantBronze seems like the best choice so that's what i'm going for, I made some casting molds out of wood planks, and I have bricks and charcoal for the simple furnace I'm making in my backyard. All I need is some pipes and play sand for the furnace, as well as a crucible and some copperhttps://www.instructables.com/Simple-Forge-From-Red-House-Bricks/here's the forge design I'm using
Hey /diy/ bros, total noob at watches here. How to take off the crown of this watch? It's a Perona incabloc 17. It has a little moisture on the inside of the crystal so im just trying remove the internal mechanism to clean it up a bit. Pls help
>>2942106You'll need to :>1 wear finger cots/gloves>2 unscrew the selector screw a little. Do NOT go all the way or you will detach the selector dial-side and if you are asking any of the things you are asking then you do not have half the tools necessary to deal with anything dial-side>3 pull out the crown and winding stem>4 remove the movement>5 do whatever you need to do inside the case>6 put the movement back into place>7 replace the waterproofing gaskets after lubricating them with silicon grease>8 put the crown and winding stem back into position. You will need to turn it in order for it to get into the right position. Don't force it too hard.>9 screw the selector screw back in. Do not screw it too hard or it will breakAs added steps I'd recommend>1-1 wind the watch just a little and while you do it, you will see the click move as the ratchet wheel turns. Hold the click so it does not keep the ratchet wheel in place. You will feel the crown start turning between your fingers because the mainspring is unwinding. Let it turn, better yet help it turn backwards slowly until it stays immobile>what's the point?Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>2942106Sorry I missed this thread>>2943265Is pretty correct, the little screw he is talking about only needs to be turned 1 or 1.5 turns. Don't unscrew it. It connects to a selector lever in the keyless works and you don't want that coming apart.Winding the watch down is good advice but you can have a runaway situation if you're inexperienced. Best just let the watch run itself down if you aren't confident.Don't ever force anything, if it requires force them something is wrong.I hope you got it sortedIf you need any more help with things, message back here and I'll answer. T. master watchmaker
>>2942106Everyone already gave great advice but here's a channel I know that does watch restorations, it may help you visualize the whole ordealhttps://www.youtube.com/c/WristwatchRevivalI know nothing about the craft I just think it's pretty cool.
>>2945230Fellow watchmakerbro.>mfw bottlenecked because my stingy ass boss won't buy gear so the local Richemont, Swatch and LVMH regional managers know there's no point in offering his staff training to repair more brands since he'll cheap out and refuse to buy the required toolsI should be Level 40 with Panerai but I already can't do the Lvl30 repairs because he won't buy 5 grands worth of tools>he pays himself 12 to 18k/monthly btw
>>2947955That's why I'm independent. Do what I want, then eat fondue and take a week off
Dog (rescue mutt) has gotten into a porcupine 3 times already this year, and while I'm usually able to get the ones in the head, I usually have to bring the retard to the vet for the mouth ones. Wondering if anyone has a dosage rate for ketamine (if that will even work?) or any other suggestions on how I can get him slowed down or knocked out so I can do it myself?Getting to the point where I'm think about just shooting him, and the kids wouldn't like that.
>>2946576There's no way this faggot has kids(and I feel sorry for them if its true). Is OP lying about some BS here? How can SHE have to throw such a hissy fit over not getting someone else to do all the thinking for her.
>>2948980Dog owners are the worst. Sage this shit.
>>2945679>get any medication in Canada without a prescriptionin Ontario, apple tree virtual care is easy for getting prescriptions
>>2947081>I got some dilaudid 2mg pillsfrom where?
>>2945064Never mind your question. Anyone who needs to ask something like that has no business even attempting to do it. If you own a dog then it's your responsibility to protect them from their own animal stupidity - if your dog gets attacked by a porcupine not once, but three times in ten months, you are a negligent owner and should turn any and all pets you have over to someone more competent. The same applies if you're too poor, lazy, or miserly to take a dog (that your negligence has injured) to the vet for proper treatment. I feel extremely sorry for your kids and I hope they rise above their awful upbringing and become better men than you are.
So apparently Logging is the most dangerous occupation. What do you consider the most dangerous occupation?
>>2946804*included
>>2942129welding penis biggest penis
>>2942151Potentially (no pun intended) very dangerous, sure, but as far as I know the accident rate is very low in the first world since there's such an extreme degree of safety built into all the training, procedures, and rules. I think more people get hurt/die from falls or things getting dropped on them than electricity in the trade.
>>2944170>>2944290>>2946648I'm not sure if it includes private aviation, but it probably includes forms of commercial aviation that are a lot sketchier than normal airline work, like bush pilots, EMS helicopters, etc.
I'm a farmer/rancher and I do a ton of metal working and fabrication and also fell a large amount of trees... Am I walking around with one foot in the grave?
how to make a storage drive completely irrecoverable before disposing of it ?
>>2946536nigger
>>2946536Bleachbit. If it was good enough to save Hillary, good enough for me. Never use SSD's.https://www.bleachbit.org/downloadhttps://www.bleachbit.org/news/bleachbit-stifles-investigation-hillary-clintonhttps://www.wsj.com/video/clinton-bleachbit-controversy-journalpedia/58A31249-7241-4660-8924-A08F83E8821D
sudo dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdxto overwrite everything with 0alternativelysudo dd if=/dev/urandom of=/dev/sdxto overwrite everything with gibberish
Put it on a grinder wheel and turn it into toxic powder.Fast, you know it worked, totally irrecoverable. Also remember RAM memory and BIOS memory are all recoverable as well
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Been trolling marketplace for a nice workbench for a few weeks now and not finding shit, so I'm considering building my own.Any reason I shouldn't just build the entire thing out of 4x4's like so?I hate the ones with lengths of 2x4 making the top effectively 7" thick and full front crossmembers getting in the way of my knees. Basically I want one of those Husky/Kobalt butcher block ones but I don't want to spend $500.Home Depot says this is ~$115 plus screws and maybe some nice casters.
>>2949388If you would have checked the catalog before making your thread you would have found a thread old enough that a discussion on building a beginner workbench happened and OP finished building it a week before your OP.
>>2949405Yeah I saw it, his discussion was done so I made a different thread>>2949389That tells me nothing, I literally says I want a bench I can pull a chair under so I don't want any of that shit. You still haven't said one thing wrong with my design so I assume you're just a fag and have no idea what you're talking about
>>2949388First, you glue laminate the top. You don’t want screws anywhere if that thing is going to see vibration because you’ll be replacing screws all the time.Second, give it an apron (or two) if you don’t want cross members. For rigidity, and you can attach a bunch of shit to them for workholding the front/rear and mount a spindle vice. Leave some overhang on the top to clamp stuff to it of course. If you do cross members lock them in instead of screwing them on diagonally it’s going to be weak otherwiseIf you make the legs out of laminated 2x4 with gaps instead of 4x4 you get strong joints on the short side without having to cut mortises or tenons into the short side crossmembersIt is a little bit easier to find pith-free 2x4s than 4x4s at home depot in my experience but ymmvLeave overhang at the ends as well for clamping
>>2949263Wouldn't you want a crossbeam or two?I'm just kind of retarded, though. I want to build my work bench with joinery only.
>>2949312You use the floor or the sidewalk?
I want to build an ant enclosure, more formally known as a "formicarium" myself because ant enclosures are overpriced as shit and the materials needed are pretty cheap all things considered. I'll document it here similarly to a cookalong thread in /ck/, so whoever is interested can come along for the ride.I'm also a rentoid and only have shit tier tools, which both means if you want to do what I'll do in this thread it'll be easy with minimal equipment, and I'll likely fuck up, meaning you get to at least laugh at me.We'll build 2 (ideally) ant enclosures; one made of ytong (a porous building material) and the other made of grout. Picrel is what I got for the project, all pretty cheap materials. Price estimates will be behind the items.>For the Ytong nestThis is probably the cheapest nest you can build, and surprisingly decent for that price.- 1 block ytong. This one is 60x5x20 cm big and cost me 1.50€. Density of 0.5 g/cm^3 iirc.- Acrylic or plastic sheet (25x50x0.2cm for me) 3€, or picture frame (1.5€)- 8 Magnets that are somewhat flat at the top (4€/6, so 5.33€ for 8)That's ~10€ for the entire nest or less.>For the Grout nest- See-through plastic container (3€)Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
this hobby is more complicated and compelling than it looks huh
>>2944489how are the ants going anon?
>>2948961Things are well, but developing slowly. Their activity definitely went down as things got colder.The messor barbarus is making things a little difficult; she hasn't managed to make a single worker and keep it alive yet. I'm not sure what you'd call it, but all 3 of her descendants died shortly after birth. Time will tell, I'm hoping it was just stress.The lasius niger queen is establishing her colony well, 10 or so workers at the moment.So it's just very slow progress overall, but thanks for asking anon.>>2947301Yeah, it's a lot more in-depth than one might think at first.
>>2948997What a haunting experiment to be birthed into. I'm glad they (probably) don't mind it. Fascinating.
>>2949125I wonder. They don't mind the space they're in for sure, they love dark small holes to crawl into after all (they basically use only one half of the two chambers under the red plastic cover) but the stress reaction of the queen before she has workers is to eat her young to regain some energy she "wasted" on them. Can't imagine they'd be thrilled about that as far as ants can have opinions on such matters.
Basically home-available(??) materials, glues, whatever?
>>2949352i would like to know too. basically to replace concrete in making bird baths with a mold. can i make something that i can dye, is lighter weight, water/cold proof, and that will fill small details without a lot of tapping the mold
>>2949352Depends what you want to pour in. If you're making a concrete thing, cardboard and brown tape is enough, but epoxy will leak everywhere.Also depends of the shape of what you want.
>>2949352Jello
>>2949364>depends on shapeanything. it's basically plastic making. what else does this do.>>2949411...wont it be sugary? nice idea tho. i guess. but it also, slippery, wont it? like orbeez, shattery.
I'm looking for a cheap (around 100-200$, not those small $30 webcam things) microscope for soldering work.But I already have DSLR, with a much better image sensor than you'd ever find on those.Am I better off trying to find an affordable macro lens than picking up a cheap HDMI microscope?
>>2946493I have a $40 chink 4k USB webcam with adjustable lens and that could easily provide good enough macro for soldering.
>>2946493If you have an old DSLR you dont care about with HDMI out, get extension tubes.If its a decent camera, or your main camera, I would not subject it to solder spatter and smoke.I bought a $40 10mp 1080p microscope off amazon and while is IS shitty, it did perfectly fine for soldering. I was installing a picofly which requires you to solder jumper boards on SMDs
>>2946493If it’s just for yourself to see more while soldering, magnifying glasses are like $20 and good titanium ones are $120 tops
personally i wouldn't want my expensive dslr around a hot iron, solder fumes, potential spatter and to top it all off hanging precariously off an arm from temuthe usb c microscropes are actually quite good
Stereo dissecting microscope. Expensive new, but check eBay or surplus equipment stores. I bot something like pic at our university surplus shop with illuminstor for $40.You can swing the arm around and look at anything on the workbench.
