Every day carry? How about home carry? I live in a 4500 sqft hundred year old house. All my tools are in the basement, but I have to work on shit on the other three floors, in the detached garage, and outside. I don't need a grab and go bag; I don't work on anything at my job, and no one is calling me to come over help them fix anything. As much as I try to plan ahead I am always running back to the basement. Of course I am trying to put together a tool box or kit, so I'm here seeing if any anons in similar situations have any suggestions or advice. Get good? Suck it up?
>>2994580Just keep your most commonly used tools in a backpack and always take it with you. Job specific tools and material can easily be carried in your hands since they are free
>>2996250Don't waste money on a bag sold as a tool carrier. They're all overprice, fall apart quickly, and are heavy even when empty. Buy a $40 tactical bag like picrel from Amazon, which is what I use as my handyman bag. Then you can add molle pouches on to it if you need more room.
>>2994580I have a little klein pouch with a couple multibit drivers, some wire stripper needle nose pliers, and then channies and pliers wrench. Add a smaller crescent wrench and it’s handy for a ton of small jobs. I take it with whenever I’m going up a ladder or upstairs just in case.
>>2994587Ohhhhh!@@@!!!!Got him
>>2994591yeah basically everything in your house can just be 6s'd if you really want to be ocd about it
Comfy thread
>>2988181sure would be a shameif someone were to come at nightand EAT EVERYTHING UP
>>2999232I live in a 4br farmhouse on land I own. Cleaning and heating is a massive pain in the ass.
>>2988526>and your shipping container homegreat way to get rust lung if you're a retard and literally live out of a shipping container rather than insulating the insides and converting it properly btw.
>>2988085I live somewhere where land is cheap but housing (as in traditional housing) and construction labor isn't. Which is why a tiny home is great, especially if you're single, but if you live in an area that rains a lot and you're claustrophobic or get cabin fever easily you might want to double or triple the size of the house, or make it modular... But if you make it modular you're more likely to leak warm/cold air.
>>2988086I really like this floor plan but the only thing I would change would be to put sliding doors into the walls between the dining/living/kitchen room and the bedrooms, that way you have an extra insulation of soundproofing if there are people who want to go to bed early and others who want to stay up. Also gives you extra privacy if you sleep in your underware and naked and wake up early at night or in the morning and want to walk to bathroom 2 without dressing to piss/shit.It also nicely divides the house between public and private which kinda appeases my autism. I'd also just get rid of the closet at the foyer so the foyer just opens up to the main room and put a railing and rack on the back of the closet wall for people to hang coats and put shoes. I think closests in this day and age are super old fashioned and lame.
Basically, I want something like picrel that can fold in half for storage and transport. Recessed play surface, skirt rails for accessories, dining table cover, etc. There are some offerings online (and I've seen some diy solutions), but they all seem to fail on at least one point.In any case, what is the best way to handle the legs? I'm mainly concerned with maintaining rigidity in the center section. I don't want it to sag or wobble significantly in the center.
>>2995729Aluminum extrusion would work I think, but I'm not sure what "woodworking bullshit" would work here. Veneer? But then the edge of the veneer would be obviously visible where the channel is. Not to mention that anything attached to the t slot would likely wear on that edge.
>>2995725>I don't want it to sag or wobble significantly in the center.
>>2995758Neato but looks complex to the point of being prohibitedly expensive.
>>2995725Can you weld?
Be honest and why /diy/
>>2998596Yes.
>>2989605used Toyota Sienna $20k4wdstow and go seating
>>2989605Timber frame on a concrete pad (a shed)
>>2989605let all the fags have their container homes...that just means more dumpsters for my empire
>>2992602Loved that housing setup.but it turns out shipping containers are incredible unsuitable for housing.
The first thing a real man does when he gets a new angle grinder is rip off the guard and toss it in the garbage.
>>2999008all this bullshit instead of just using the sleep apnea machine that the fucking doctor told him to use>USES AN APPLE WATCH TO MEASURE HIS BLOOD OXYGEN LEVELSjesus christ what a boomer
>>2999014The best part about his apple watch is that he was reading 94 oxygen saturation, which is unironically too low.
i know this is frustrating guys, but if they were intelligent enough to understand statistics and safety features then they would be generally harder to convince to do shitty manual labor for peanuts. i don't really think castes are a great system either, but it's what we got.
I need you to explainWhats the point of this thing?It just goes on the guardWhy would a guard need a guard?
>>2999069The only use I've found is that it really helps protect the switch from concrete or ceramic dust
Worked all winter to heat the house (heat pump) although I was rather expensive, $250 bills vs $60-$70 without it running the last couple months. Anyway, I tried to start it to cool since its raining is very humid and it wouldn't run so...>Inside unit was running, blowing air, sending 24v signal >Confirmed capacitor was good >Confirmed the 240v (Had to replace breaker in main panel, it was kinda working kinda not.)>Fan on outside unit would turn on but not compressor >Replaced contractor even though it seemed good >Fan will run but compressor just hums and tries to trips the breaker >Replace capacitor >Breaker trips immediately So, all I can figure is the compressor is locked down? Worth trying a hard start kit or do I need to look into some window shakers? Or $125 to have a "pro" come out, tell me what I already know and try to sell me a new system.
>>2993088I could hear it running.
>>2992977hit the fucker with a hammer all over, sometimes it knocks them loose.
Does anybody know which books would be the "bible" for diy or doing HVAC professionally? Thank you for your time.
>>2992977>>Breaker trips immediatelyHappened to me. Just check the incoming power terminal to the chassis ground on the multimeter set to ohmmeter. If you get a 0-5 ohms then the compressor is shorted to ground and you need a new unit because the refrigerant is now fucked along with the compressor. Mine melted the wiring harness.
>>2992977is it out of refrigerant? have you actually checked to make sure its not leaking? would suck to do all this work and find out your system has been trying to compress air and burning itself out
I can't believe I am doing this, but I want to ask for your assistance, in 4chan. The paint inside my microwave has peeled and I want to paint it. I remember doing with my dad 30 years ago without problems because I was a teenager and I didn't know what I was doing, I don't remember the paint we used and my dad died a few years ago.What can I do? After looking at the web, I find a lot of shit like: "Don't do it, a professional must do it!", "that paint is not food grade!", "buy a new one, lol", etc.I wanted to use Rust-Oleum Epoxy for appliance but after reading and checking on the web, it's for exteriors only, 94C max and it's not food grade. What can I do? Should I be a good goy and buy a new one?Thanks in advance, sars.
>>2997206>the lack of paint was causing arcing.Anon, the paint doesn't stop arcing.
>>2997209I used 'appliance enamel' (the stuff that comes in a little fingernail polish bottle) on the bare spots and the problem went away. The stuff didn't hold up though. After one cleaning it started peeling up and the arching returned. I was looking into using the real stuff but that shit has gotten really expensive. Hence the thrift store microwave.
>>2997101go to walmart and buy another one for $60, what are you a retard? better yet just leave it. Who gives a fuck what the inside of your microwave looks like, as long as its clean.
>>2997101>94C max and it's not food gradeThe walls of the microwave heat up very little and food doesn't touch them. use this, it will be fine
>>2997101Costs $15usd
Last Threads: https://warosu.org/diy/?task=search2&search_username=artbyrobotTo begin: the project goal: I am working to make a series of humanoid robots. I am using a Biblical theme of naming the first 3 robots I make Adam, Eve, and Abel. The goal is for these robots to have human body inspired musculoskeletal systems, advanced AI, and that they look human and pass for human to a casual observer at least at a distance. They must be able to walk, talk, run, dance, do sports, do chores, manufacture products, and make more robots just like themselves if not even better. My aim is to build a single robot arm and head and then add sufficiently advanced AI to that arm and head to enable it to build the rest of its own body for me. This way I am delegating the work of building the majority of my first humanoid robot to that robot rather than doing that work myself - and this is to save me time.In a like manner, my goal with the AI is to code just enough AI that the AI can begin coding itself and this way I don't have to code most of the AI myself because it will self create itself. I liken this to building a seed and that seed growing into a tree because for me to code that tree would take too long for me and just creating the seed would then save me time.
>>2995812too bad you didn't just buy some cheap drivers from chyna to at least prove a concept
>>2998775My logic there is that doing so doesn't actually save time IMO. If I have to make the circuits anyways, then buying and testing with unusable circuits (long term would not fit in robot) would not actually save time overall. It would just be a unnecessary added step to get a test result in faster but adding those necessary steps makes the overarching robot build now take that much longer. That's why I chose to just build the usable long term final circuits and test using that instead.
>>2998781>usable long term final circuitsI mean this is just laughable, right? the dogshit mspaint blobs are the final product?the shit that doesn't work is a final product?
>>2969431Do you have any actual pics or vids of real progress? Did you think about teaming up with wayne lambright and his anti gravity research?
>>2999168bro this isn't even a fusion 360 design and it's all cylinders. wtf do you think these fags are doing
What are some cheap interesting/usefull projects to practice soldering with?I want to get better for my projects that I dont want to botch
>>2996991>line up contacts on fuse with pads>hot glue
>>2997013Where is that particular kit from?
>>2997657HU-017A FM Radio kit$10-20 on ebay, half that on AliExpress or similar if you don't mind those sites.
>>2996912just go on amazon and look for babbies first soldering kits.
>>2996912get that brown recluse looking thing out of the way, you got a all natural selection to choose from.
>look up "how-to" video>first 15 minutes is some queer trying to be cute and crack jokes>next 15 minutes is him talking about his dog or some shit>next 20 minutes is him talking about another video he made on an unrelated topic>37 seconds on the actual task, with poor lighting and half a dozen skipped stepsPain
>>2999102DoItYourselfDIYget it?
>>2998606if you watched his channel zoomertard you would know that it is not a "tutorial" channel.he states in almost every video he makes that you are basically hanging out with him in his garage while he wrenches.I've learned a ton about fixing small engines from him. when I get an engine to work on that he has fixed, it's like I have already done it before. his style is very good for learning.just don't be an impatient idiot. put your phone away and pay attention to something for once in your very short life. watch his videos from start to finish and don't do anything else. you will be surprised at what you will learn.thus endeth the lesson.
>>2998708>I'm not an American, my parents didn't kick me out their house the moment i turned 18anon... that doesn't happen anymore. it should though.
imagine being so retarded you're too retarded to look up videos on how to not be retarded on the internet.
>>2999114About whom are you talking? OP didn't even mention a name...
https://youtu.be/5fe3rP92hjYWhy aren’t more people just building their own homes for $300? The story on why they tried to outlaw this building method in order to raise profits is fucking absurd.
>>2997190>Lay out 500 molds in 5x100 line and fill them 10 or 20 or WTF at a time driving your fork lift to next spot.I love the idea but at that point just buy a block maker. They come in every form from two man manual presses to fully automated plants.Map of good soils? Look up your state's agriculture extension program or geology dept. at the university. Generally, just ask at local gravel pits if they can make a mixture in the right proportion.
>>2981056>7 parts clay>1.5 parts broken straw>1.5 parts sandBy "parts" are you talking about by weight or volume? Because if it's by weight then that will be a lot of straw.
>>2981079>>2981101Is it really that far off?
>>2981043Rammed earth house in Wiltshire, Englandhttps://www.dezeen.com/2026/04/01/rammed-earth-house-video-tuckey-design-studio/
>>2999104>This construction waste was combined with equal parts clay, limestone gravel and water to form the mixture for the walls, significantly reducing the need for materials to be delivered to the site.>Layers of lime mortar create strata within the earth walls, forming "speed bumps" to stop rainwater from washing the material away. The more exposed walls also integrate locally quarried limestone tiles.>"The walls are 400 millimetres thick, but we've actually designed them on the basis that they're only 350 millimetres," explained John Gerrard of Webb Yates, the structural engineer for the project. "This allows some surface erosion to take place without compromising the structural integrity of the wall," he said.>The earth surfaces are also celebrated in the tile-floored kitchen, where they are left exposed but coated in casein, a clear coating that protects from dust and gives a natural shine. Clay plaster coats the walls in other rooms, offering a more robust finish while allowing the material to breathe.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxOZH55LiZg
I have a polycarbonate greenhouse like this .The door is very light and it's on hinges and swings open outside like a normal door.I want to design some sort of doohickey to automatically open the door in the morning and close it at night.I am experienced in electronics so making the timer which controls a motor is not an issue , but am unable to think of some simple mechanical solution i can easily diy, that will actually utilize the motor spin to open the door itself.It also has to be possible to open the door manually if it's closed.Any ideas fellow anon frens?
>>2992936I don't understand the point of a greenhouse. It will cook food in the summer and freezes in the winter. Literally useless.
>>2997233Feel free to google what a greenhouse does. So far you have it all wrong.
>>2998960i assume it generates greenhouse gases in order to accelerate global warningin which case i have no idea why that shit isn't illegal
>>2992936This thing won't protect you from 5G radiation, you need foil panels to block out ionizing and non-ionizing radiation. You can't allow any inside if you want a healthy space in there that won't be affected by cell phone towershttps://us.amazon.com/RF-Shielding-Foil-Ft-125/dp/B01LFKYBZ8
>>2992945put a vent in, maybe hook an actual powered fan with a solar panel so it only works when it's hotalso put some barrels of water in there, that'll absorb the heat or at least regulate it better so the plants don't cookalso, if your baby plants are getting fucked by direct sunlight, consider something like a linen, hessian or jute cloth hung from the ceiling like a bazaar or some shit, it helps and still lets light through, good for when the days are hottest
How do I fix pic rel? The bathtub was installed like two months ago by a random guy I found on Facebook
If it's not leaking, leave it be. You can do a lot worse than sloppy caulk
>>2998534Get this, is gonna fucking blow your mind: you remove the sloppy caulk (try not to get any of it in your mouth) and you, wait for it, reapply it correctly. Who knew right?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHHCdedF2zc
>>2998534remove it with a bladed implement of some kindreapply your own silicone caulk sealantuse a fugi for the desired shape before it curesjobs a goodun, boss
>>2998534>random guy I found on Facebookshould have done more research on who you have do repairs. I feel nothing for you and you deserve the shitty job he did.
>>2998878But then he couldn't pay cash for a discount job and then whine about the finish on the caulking
I have an old Magnavox stereo that the FM doesn't work everything else works. So far I've recapped the FM board still doesn't work. I've checked the voltages on the board by this picture and pin 2 is supposed to have -15v but it has -20v all the other voltages are right could this be what's causing the FM not to work?
Update I just went ahead and recapped everything. Now everything works excepted the tune meter in FM mode it just moves a little it does work in AM mode and the stereo light doesn't work I can probably live with that. I should have just went ahead and recapped everything from the start I just didn't want to make another problem before solving the first problem.
>>2998435As my eyes have gotten poorer, one thing I like about old electronics is how big everything was. Trying to read the bands on a modern resistor is a pain in the ass.One thing I don't like is how poorly documented a lot of their stuff was. When I rebuilt a Commodore 64 and an Apple II I was able find vintage documentation about just about everything. Entire books written about how to troubleshoot and fix the different revision. The documentation they have on those machines now? Shit, people have high resolution scans of decapped chips! Don't worry about finding component locations on some random board revision.Want to find out what fucking Philco used in a radio they sold fucking 2,000 units of? Fuck off. They revised the circuit board 14 times, none of which are remotely similar, but only documented the first one. The last three visions use Tesla valves and a mercury-arc rectifier.
>>2998473I just screw around with this stuff sometimes kinda just guess most of the time but every diagram I've found for an old stereo has not lined up exactly with what I was working on
>>2997666>and pin 2 is supposed to have -15v but it has -20vWhat is the voltage across X14 and what is the part number of X14, the zener diode?
>>2998791I think my meter was f'd on that one I checked it again after I posted that and it was -15 on AM. I already put it back in the cabinet it seems to be working great after I changed all the caps. Now I just need to clean all the old greese off the record player it has too much drag on the arm the needle won't track
(first ever post in across all of 4chan sorry if im not supposed to post a thread and rather do something else)so im making a cardboard slot machine following this tutorial https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGBEO3qcTa8 cuz it looks pretty neat and simplebut the thing is i wanna rig it so that in each spin, the outcome will be predetermined.thinking of connecting each wheel and hiding it and making only one 'stopper' so that it would land on the desired face...any easier method?need it done by monday pls help
>>2998197i would modify the machine from the video as follows:1)replace all but one magnet in each wheel with something not magnetic but similar weight2)add some stopper at the back to prevent the push paddles from touching the wheelsthe idea being to have one magnet will attract the wheel to the paddle in one position only, and the paddle doesn't touch the wheel to slow it down before it can rotate round allowing the magnets to meet.good luck on your quest
I genuinely had lost hope of someone seeing this lolthanks for the suggestionsSo the story here is that this is a working model for my business class. What i want to do here is add 4 spinners that make an appropriate equation by stopping together like 1st spinner) owner 2nd spinner) invested cash $10,0003rd spinner) Assets 4th spinner) Capital so yeah it should make sense and turn out to be a logical equation and ofc each spin would give a different equation shouldve explained this first mb anon
>>2998226i have no idea what the fuck this means when put together with the first post. they seem to be at odds with each other?i'm not even going to ask why you build this for a business classif you want help making the equation work then you need to explain the actual equation.if you want to stop e.g. 3 wheels randomly and then the 4th one depends on the other three? good fucking luck dude for monday? you need a fucking computer or something in there.
>>2998197I have a friend that can help you. He goes by the name of Mel.
