Old well made* tool thread. Just picked up this antique today. Anyone else acquire some quality well made tools recently? Got a project in mind, filling in a gap in your capabilities, or do you just like collecting old stuff?*American, Canadian, European tools. Chinesium dogshit and other tools of similar origin need not apply.
>>3011426I have never heard the term edamame and had to look that one up...With how cheap pressure pots are and how plentiful tanks are I don't know why you would build one completely from scratch as that seems like a huge waste of time, but modifying something to fit your specific needs would be less wasteful.
>>3011211how do they generate women with zero flap like that?why is background populated with femcels ?why is aljazeera hd?
>>3011127I just got one of these Chinese Skilsaw, used, it had an exploded bearing, how the fuck does a bearing explode in a Skilsaw? the ball cage was made of metal and totally obliterated the gears. For fun I took apart an NSK branded bearing from a thirty year old Skilsaw, it's ball cage is made of plastic. I doubt it would have caused any damage if it had exploded and the saw probably would have ran for years before the bad bearing was discovered.
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>>3011017>only suckers fuck virgins > I like my women used up and knowing how to fuck
Get ready for the influx of poorfags buying ender 3s from thrift stores I bet you feel old now
>>3012259Nah, A1 with the AMS Lite. It does waste filament but it's not that bad if you're smart about it, if you're trying to print full-color funko pop type bullshit then yeah it'll burn filament like there's no tomorrow (and that seems to be what 95% of printer owners think AMSs are for so it's no surprise they complain a lot about filament waste) but if you're doing something like contrast text where it's all on the same level and only takes up a few layers it's trivial. Orienting your part correctly on the build plate and, if necessary, doing a multi-part print so that you can avoid vertical color switching is a big deal too, like this GPU support I printed recently has the RADEON text on a separate plate that dovetails into the support itself so that it can be printed flat and face-down for a good surface finish.
>>3012285>(and that seems to be what 95% of printer owners think AMSs are for so it's no surprise they complain a lot about filament waste)You don't have to justify yourself in front of me anon, kek. Most 3d printer owners never even learn to design stuff, they just download figurines, print them, basedpog and then throw it into the trash a week later.Yeah that basically is what I assumed overall. For me not worth getting an AMS Lite, I usually just print in colors like white, emboss the text so it sticks out, then simply go over with permanent marker. Your version undoubtedly looks nicer, but I would need it so rarely it hasn't been worth the investment for me so far. Maybe down the line.Thanks for the explanation.
>>3012287Yeah, it's a lot more expensive if you buy it as an addon instead of part of the package too. I print enough stuff where permanent marker or whatever might not hold up that it's worth having. Pic related, as an example, is to go on the one ancient flashdrive that works with our prehistoric Haas Minimill (old enough that it has a monochrome orange CRT) so it'll be handled a lot and be around coolant etc., and it was really efficient to print since the black is just a few layers and the slicer is smart enough to alternate things in an efficient way. (It'll do red on one layer, then black, then the next layer of black and back to red, instead of resetting every time.)
>>3012289>so it'll be handled a lotYeah that sounds like a great usecase for it. My embossed method is really convenient, but it's also the least resilient, because the small layer of paint is also the part sticking out, it it wears off if it's in a place with considerable wear. You can make it a little better by having the letters as an inlay (so a negative) rather than sticking out, but that makes marking them a pain in the ass. Neither option is as resilient, easy to read, or pretty as just multi material printing, so that's definitely a good usecase.Godspeed anon.
>>3012285People hate on the ams but you get a much more seamless product if you design tpu parts INSIDE asa parts or use the PLA on petg for supports trick Also with some of these filaments being $50/kilo these 1/4 full spools can get used and roll right into the print seamlessly It’s like a pocket knife people buy it for one thing but you just end up using it in ways you don’t even think about Also it is just a tool so skill does come into play If you can’t design shit in CAD a 3D printer is as useless as a haas vf2 sitting in your garage
>I run my own roofing business where I’m the only worker. I’ve worked 2 days this week. Yesterday, I woke up at 8am and got to where I’m working at 10:30am, felt tired at 3:30pm and went home. Today I woke up at 7am, fucked around at tool shops until 9am, got McDonalds, ate in my car, got to job, at like 10am. Finally Finished job for customer at like 3:40pm today. Made $2277 from like 10 hours of work.Is it really that easy? Is there something I'm missing?
>>3007018In their defense, concrete work is fucking murder on equipment. My neighbor was a carpenter for nearly 50 years. He still has a great number of the power tools he bought when he was in his teens and 20s. They aren't nearly as convenient and feature rich as modern stuff, but his screw saw still works just fine. I don't know any concrete guy that has a drill last more than 3-5 years. The one guy I talked to a while back bought a new set of hammers for formwork every 2 years because they'd get destroyed by him digging in soil to move rocks out of the way or eaten by the materials.>>3007182>>3007810> If I could find non-retarded, non-meth using, non-felon white folks to glue down rubber I would.. maybe. Unironically white roofing crews are universally shitty unless they are Amish.Yeah that tracks. Knew a guy that did high end construction for luxury homes. They did damn near everything in house exclusively. To the point where they had their own crane crew. They had masons, stonecutters, framers, custom cabinet makers, electricians, plumbers, hvac, fire... you name it.The two things they did not do entirely in house were gunite concrete work for pools and roofing. He said that they ran the numbers and it was literally cheaper and easier to hire a roofing crew and have a project manager sit in a truck nearby with a 300mm lens and spy on the crew to make sure they weren't fucking the job up. Every time they'd try to create their own roofing crew in house they wound up firing everyone for drug use, theft, or doing things like pissing into the chimney. Eventually the owner had enough. At least this way if the crew pulls some bullshit they can send pictures to the company owner and tell them they aren't getting paid until its resolved.
>>3010750continuedAnd bear in mind this is a company that doesn't give a shit about most people using drugs. It's not "do you do drugs" it's "Can you pass a drug test". They know damn well that half of their people are using something. As long as the heavy equipment operators are sober, nobody give a shit if the cabinet maker or tile setter is doing a little acid on their lunch breaks. Keep it under control and don't give anyone any reason to check, and nobody needs to know. Meanwhile the roofers were hitting their meth pipes in full view of clients.A few of their clients apparently do not want subcontracting at all, so they try to time those jobs when it's not so miserably hot, and then charge through the nose for it. Cabinet makers and sheetrock guys getting like 150 an hour to tack in shingles at half the speed of a roofer, but if the client pays I guess nobody gives a shit.
>>3006961wheelchair by 40, guaranteed.
>>3006961when Union Journeyman wages were about $30 in about 1998 I figured I'd need to make $100/hr of actual "work" on the job to make same, due to having to bid, paperwork, shop, make calls, etc.First few jobs were fast, smooth and easy, then got more "complex" due to reasons.
>>3007020Did a few months at an electrical service company. One time we were paid $900 to replace two florescent fixtures with led fixtures. It was $250 just for a basic troubleshoot. 2k for a panel tune up. Want to start retrofitting florescent ond installing light fixtures on my own now and fucking with landscaping light. Sucks that you need to pull permits for new or extending cirtcuits.
Hello, please help me. How to make a mechanism inside a cardboard postcard. Like in the movie "Valentine's Day 2001", I can't find it anywhere. Maybe someone has a diagram.
>>3009559https://youtu.be/HFtJ386rAOA
>>3009559>help am brainletNO.
Got this old coffee grinder from the 60s; it turns, but the blade won't turn, or loosely.It's a Braun KSM1. Only have picrel, no box, no manual or accessories.Bottom cover opens with two screws, but can't see how to get past that.
>>3011176https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-P8N5o3A0Mnot exactly the same but useful
What is a good grinder that lasts at all
I bought mine at aliexpress yes I know but that is ok This world isn't
>>3012174They've been largely displaced from most uses since hex nuts came about, though >>3012178 > >>3010709
>>3007973In industrial and interior design circles, braun is a favorite. I'd say it's worth fixing just because it's stylish. My parents had a similar model for over 3 decades and only recently trashed it.
15-year old Samsung shitboxLeaking from the underside of the evaporator coverFirst search result says clogged/iced drainDrain had zero build-up of ice, poured water into it quickly and it never pooledCleaned the brittle drain hose, nothing was in itAny ideas?Perhaps the evaporator fan needs to be checkedPerhaps the foam that seals the cover has changed shape over the years and need replacing
>>3012136I have this exact fridge.I got rid if it a few years ago.It started leaking yellowish/red water into the trays, i took apart the back inside right below the fins and the drain area was rusting right through because they were too cheap to make it out of something that didn’t rust. It was clearly planned obsolescence.I have seen units that used foil tape or stainless in the drain area, so maybe a lawsuit forced the change.That went on for a few years, then the freezer got warm and I determined that it leaked all the coolant. I tried to refill it with a kit, but it’s banned now, so it was insanely expensive. Scam #2 - keep changing the refrigerants every 10 years.Anyway, I had to get a new unit, and got the cheapest midea and it’s been great.
>>3012192… continuedOh, the other problem is the drain (the one with the rusty metal plate around it) was clogged with ice (causing the overflow into and under the crisper drawers) so you take hot water and a long thin tube and squirt it down there until it’s unclogged. This takes a while.There is a grey tray on the bottom of the fridge where it drains to, don’t overflow it…. It just evaporates… it’s next to the fan.Once it starts clogging with ice it just keeps doing it, so you have to keep doing it every few months after it destroys a few $100 worth of groceries you’ll probably want to move on, fridge-wise.
>>3012192Legitimately sorry to hear how awfully your fridge failed, I appreciate the taleI am by no means defending this shitty fridge, but when I took mine apart, I didn't detect even a "normal" amount of rustOne screw was covered with some black gritty layer, probably rust, but there was none on the backplate or in the trough near the drain. The only hint of ice was near that fucked up screw, not a hint of frost anywhere on the radiator or drain.Before dropping money on a new unit, wondering if there's some kind bandage fix, like reshaping the scoop at the bottom of the metal on the backside of the evaporator cover. Maybe it's on some foam that's shrank over 15 years.Maybe I try to seal the perimeter of the cover to the back of the fridge with silicone or something
>>3012207I was unable to fix mine once it started.I did hear it “pop” a couple of times, when I opened the back, the ice had gotten so large that it cracked the foam surrounding the coil. I never thought the bottom of the foam needed to form a “seal” against the water coming into the fridge, that may be the case though. I guess you could try building a dam around the drain groove in the back with aluminum duct tape or something.I ended up raising everything off the bottom of the drawers (I used some plastic containers and put a rigid sink mat over them—fit perfectly) and checking it every day. Did that for over a year.The ice clog comes and goes. My guess is by the time you checked it, it had already cleared normally…. The water accumulates pretty slowly and just sits there, so the clog may have been gone for days while the water just sits there.Other things that helped was ensuring the whole back area of the fridge shelves was clear of anything that might interrupt airflow.
time for a new one
Can this be repaired with epoxy?
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these are screwed togethersoak in muriatic acid for a day, tear it down and remove the broken section
>>3012060I know this is complete bait and you're just being a disingenuous asshole, but brazing is quite easy and a preferred fix for cast iron.
>>3012068Kek
>>3012010i would try and epoxy it but after taking a wire wheel dremel and getting any flaking off and then a rust converter. if you wanted you could get a stainless steel hose clamp and put it around to hold it down.
What is the best. Who has experience?Most important tips for buying etc.I have tons of wood and time on my hands and lumber costs a bunch so...Is it worth it to jump from models that cost $5,000 up to a $10,000 model?
>>3008102>for cheapgoing through thick logs eats so much gas it is cheaper to hire somebody with a mobile grid powered sawmill.not even talking about the hours wasted
>>3011457Eh, sounds like a good time. What else would I be doing? Shitposting on 4chan?
>>3011504its grueling and misserable work akshualyfor hours on end you force the saw into a sideways cut, get raped by the vibrations and huff two stroke fumes
>>3011529You don't have to keep selling it to me.That's the best kind of work, especially where you can forget about everything else in life while doing it. Bonus points for loud noises, so eventually I can have some eternal peace and quiet...
It will even itself out under some weight right? Surely...
Are Real Estate agents lying about Inspections and "buyer's financing fell through" on houses that have fallen out of "Pending" on Zillow?I hear the SOP is:1)offer accepted contingent on Inspection after buyer puts up earnest money2)Inspection3)Appraisal4)bank approves appraisal and buyer's credit, title, etc.But to crawdad out of Pending doesn't the buyer need to give Seller's agent a real reason from the Inspection to recover earnest money, otherwise WTF even is "pending" and "under contract"?Are all these agents that say they never saw any Reports on the house just legally able to lie about until just before Closing when they have to Disclose, but they figure "sunk cost fallacy" is in their favor?Don't all Buyers wave the Inspection in the Seller's agent's face hoping to re-negotiate to lower price because ANY inspection will have some stuff that SOUNDS kinda serious, even if its grasping straws about "possible future"?
>>3011748supposedly there are "good bookies" and "good loan sharks" who don't want to see a "family man" get fucked up over his head.But I'd still take a know, legal, licensed bank with its known and published procedures and reputation over some squirrely RE Agent I met 3 days ago. RE Agents have worse reputation than used car dealers but for some reason all RE Agents have nothing but 5 Star ratings everywhere online.>>3011746interesting, I've got a pretty simple banking life, and I can only think of one case of possible bank fraud. I deposited a Cashier's Check from a Chinaman from a car I sold for my buddy who had to move overseas and while it spat out a receipt I later lost it because he didn't mention anything for a month or so, but he says it never showed in his account. No idea if maybe it was a bogus Cashier's Check. Whole "Cashier's Check is like cash, but not really" I don't get. Can't a BANK call to find out if its legit on the spot during banking hours, but I digress.I had $100 sucked out of my BMO debit at some remote ATM in N. CA, but they refunded me no problems. No one including cops in any location seemed interested. I'm sure I wasn't the only one but some gang with a shoe box of fake cards tapping out that ATM on CCTV.>You don't want to introduce the conflicts of interest of having a bank lawyer being the primary authority on these deals.I think I do because its in the banks interest to make a deal that "works" for everyone and they slowly but surely pay-off the mortgage. Also, any real shenanigans by a big name bank will become known. But shenanigans by individual agents are hard to track and wont show up on any "one stop shop" reputation site.RE Agents are incentivized to push their clients to sell too low or buy too high because that makes The Deal more likely to happen because it pleases the other party.Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>3011844>I think I do because its in the banks interest to make a deal that "works" for everyone2008 is a direct contradiction to whatever point you think you're making here. The banks will fuck everything up for short term profits.
>>3011862I'd still rather deal with bank employees under bank supervision, with its corp rep on the line than an independent RE Agent sweating blood because you are their only deal that month.IMO bank greed was only one of several factors in 2008. Hard to believe banks were making high risk loans to Illegals on their own without being pushed by Govt.When I re-fin my car loan at Wells Fargo from the dealer loan they crawled up my ass and took 2 weeks.Big diff between 2008 and current Covid price spike is today's owners have about 4x the equity so a crash and and foreclosure panic is unlikely because owners could take out 2nds on their equity.
>>3011873>Big diff between 2008 and current Covid price spike is today's owners have about 4x the equity so a crash and and foreclosure panic is unlikely because owners could take out 2nds on their equity.You mean like people were getting 2nd, 3rd and even 4th mortgages on their houses in 2005-2007? The behavior that the banks allowed that directly caused the crash? The thing that is basically illegal to do now? 2008 is literally standing right in front of you proving that your idea makes zero sense and you're in denial.You can't actually be this retarded..>Hard to believe banks were making high risk loans to Illegals on their own without being pushed by Govt.Well nevermind. You don't understand something as basic as a conflict of interest, so you concoct a government conspiracy and blame illegals. Because that makes more sense than a bunch of greedy bankers fucking things over by giving people making 45k a year millions in loans so they could collect on commission checks. Said conspiracy that makes zero sense and would have happened under a republican president to boot, somehow magically justifies sucking off bankersYou poltards mystify me. I fucking hate dealing with illegals for a variety of easily documented and supported reasons, but I genuinely cannot fathom the level of retardation needed to blame them for 2008 when they weren't even the ones getting the loans. You're not even just being dumb, you're actively making shit up so you can deepthroat a banker. Or are you one to offer your wife up and watch?
>>3011924but would you rather have Re Agents mostly involved in house sales, or a bank?Even if a Govt backed loan where the bank's only risk is WTF it takes to legally and physically clean up the mess, a bank has SOME interest in you having a "positive home-ownership experience" post-purchase."Why Banks Lose Money on Foreclosures• Legal Restrictions on "Profits": If a foreclosed home is sold at a public auction for more than the outstanding debt, the bank cannot keep the excess cash. By law, the bank is only entitled to recover the exact loan balance, interest, and legal/processing fees. Any surplus funds must be returned to the original homeowner or used to pay off secondary lienholders."In contrast, an Agent has the same incentive as a sleazy stock-broker to "churn and burn" since their income comes from sales commissions, not a percent of your equity gains 5yrs or more in the future.IMO it would be interesting if banks offered loans where part of the deal was them as fellow speculators who'd get a % of your increase in Property Value (minus real inflation, and minus any expenses for improvements)+-
I'm building a grow space to feed my 5 ounce a month cannabis habit. It's legal in my state. I'm buying a metal shed, putting a grow tent inside of that, and running a sub panel out to the shed to power lights, a heater, fans, and a dehumidifier. With all the optimization I'm planning to do, I should be able to grow 18 ounces every 3 months, busting my 15 ounce habit.Some things I'm doing to increase yield are:>adding CO2 to the environment from a pressure tank>maxxing lighting watts without burning plants>letting the next crop's clones clones root in a separate area while my current crop is still flowering>Sea Of Green grow technique which requires more plants, but smaller plants. Maximizes light absorption.The shed will be 8x10ft with a 4x8 tent inside it. 4x4 of the tent is for the plants, while the other 4x4 in the tent will have the utilities like heater, dehumidifier, CO2, etc. The rooting clones will also go in the utility area.I live in cold mountains, so the biggest challenge is keeping it warm enough year round. Gemini says that even in my climate, a regular space heater inside a tent inside a shed should be okay. I can't bring in fresh air from outside because it's too cold, but if I add CO2 to the tent I can actually increase yield.Please critique this setup.
>>3011978I have 48in of space to grow vertically before it gets too close to the light. Gemini says the sativa I want to grow (Golden Tiger) will stretch 3-4x on average. That means I should start flowering at 12in and expect them to be 48in when they're done.I have to clone during bloom because the bloom period is so long, I can't start rooting until later or the veg will be too tall after just 3-4 weeks. The cuttings are going in the fridge for 5 weeks, then rooting and vegging. I can't let them root until the current crop is nearer to harvest.Maybe I'll do 1500ppm. I have to use the co2 just because the outside fresh air is too cold.Warm lights will be a plus in the winter.Should I get one of those fancy electronic ph measurers? I guess I should just google the price.The reservoir needs to go in my tent to keep it warm enough for the roots. It'll even act like heat storage, absorbing hear when things spike or releasing heat during a freeze. There's enough space for it, especially if I build shelves.
OP is a true /diy/er, completely ignoring the advice given. But it's ok, he convinced Gemini he doesn't need insulation.
>>3012072I have done literal tons of insulation work and him ignoring insulation is driving me insane. I'm the asshole with the mylar blanket over his cooler, I keep my propane tanks in 'coats' even my 100lb one. Insulation is life.
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>>3012074Thank anon. I'm serious about a mylar blanket over ones cooler. I have a compressor driven refrigerator cooler and with a 3 layer mylar blanket it keeps cool more efficiently when I camp in the desert than it does in my average temperature bedroom.>picrel is the cooler
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i got these from chinkland today. both are nice. the small work pro was like 3 bucks and is brilliantly designed.
>>3007148Pretty sure that drywall will destroy it. That's a box cutter not a utility knife. Those have their places for sure.
>>3011435Except for when you grab it out of your pocket and get cut up
>>3011851It retracts into the sheath.It is all you need though.
What happened here and why is the gas cylinder stuck. Shit is a wobbly mess, anything I can do? Ignore the bits of string I stuck in there, I was trying something.
If you know anyone who works in an office, get them to snag you a chair. We always had chairs to give away
>>3009476Chairs aren't real.
>>3009476had that happen to my old chair, took the mechanism and cylinder to work, used a grinder to remove paint, cut some 7 gauge steel triangles, welded 6 or 7 or them around the ring. never had another problem with the chair until the cushion was so far gone that i threw it away
>>3009476But the more important question is: what is your new diet plan now as a preventive measure?
>>3009481Yeah shit's fucked mate. Learn how to weld or buy a replacement chair base. You'll need to find one that matches the diameter of the piston and the bolt pattern on the seat bottom. Note that the replacement part will be the same cheap chinesium with garbage welds as the old one so it won't last a long time either.
WTF are these bars on lower roof on this rural MA house and do I want them?https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/701-Rhoades-Bailey-Rd-Southfield-MA-01259/463963473_zpid/My guess is "break up snow slabs when they slide off roof into less dangerous smaller pieces, so went a door slam triggers the slide less comedy ensues".
>>3011853That's not true kek. This thread oughta not even exist there is a thread in here called dumb questions that don't deserve a thread. You'd probably have better luck in there.
>>3011845>but wont they mostly HOLD the snowyes>and is that a good idea?it negates the snow-shedding advantages of a high-pitched roof made out of a slick material like metal but it also prevents said roof from dropping all that snow load at once right onto your head if you're under it.
>>3011845It holds the snow which helps insulation and prevents an entire roof worth of snow to fall on someone or on a carThese are usually either bars that hold the snow or multiple small thing (snow hooks? Idk I'm ESL) thats mostly to break up big slab of snow falling down
>>3011861I’d be a lot more worried about ice
>>3011837It keeps piled up snow and slabs of ice from sliding off and killing you
Would moving into a trailer park, maybe into a 3 bed trailer and putting up a wall around the living area to create a 4th bedroom, be a viable way to escape the insane costs of home ownership? I'm even looking at trailer parks and planning to find the right balance of trashiness of the current tenants there - trashy enough to keep the lot rents down but not so much that I'd feel unsafe living there.
>>3009965>>Private equity is buying trailer parks and raising lot rents anywhere from 75% to 150%, sometimes even more.Extremely based and red-pilled
>>3009272no, its a bad ideayou should state your problem fully in order to understand it because you are running away from sort of a responsibility that is becoming expensive to you
>>3009272You can just form a Corp with the 4/8 people and buy shares of a house and get a mortgage for it. Very popular.among Asian and Latin families. Whites frankly retarded for not using this obvious tool.
>>3009314It's weird that you think people living in a trailer park care about stuff like that
>>3009272In my region trailer parks are being forced to sell at an accelerating rate to build houses for richer people. They're no longer a "safe haven" for cheapskates and blue collars that make more than apt dwellers but not enough to qualify for a mortgage. YMMV though.
If you flush enough urine down a toilet (gallons upon gallons in bulk [average of 1.5 L in one go] over an extended period), can the uric acid crystalize into a clog?
>>3011344I am currently storing urea in 25 liter jugs. I will let you know if any crystallize bud
>>3011344toilet no. but back in the army we had a urinal that got clogged all the time. i felt bad for the poor soul who had to maintain it. there were also some other crap that i've seen back in the day, but i keep it to myself to not gross out people.
>>3011360yeah we call it piss crystals and its more disgusting than dealing with septic tanks
>>3011362Yeah maybe he was just asking for a friend.
>>3011361$50 for a bottle of hydrochloric acid?If it’s “acid crystals”, probably bleach would work better.
