pneumatic shovel, why not?
>>3007306They're pretty heavy so they're not much fun to swing around unless the soil really demands it. A grub hoe is probably better for most soil types. You can take a big swing and not hurt your back at all
>>3007303>why not?cause hidrooolics
>>3007334>tfw want mini excavator but don't want to spend 3k for it
>>3007331I used to repair them. I know of the suck.
i have a spade sds attachment for my milwaukee demo hammerit's pretty awesome. especially in florida with clayhas saved many a many hours of struggle diggingif we're just talking regular dirt then it's completely unnecessary
Why hasn't this shit been phased out yet? Fuck the niggers who invented this.
>>3007544Tapered thread gets tighter the further you tighten it. It just werks. Why are you mad?
>>3007544OP, Tapered Thread works fine as long as it's made reasonably well.What you likely experienced was monkey metal garbage that had a threadform outside the mean.You should be cursing your own niggardly and kikeish nature that led you to buy inferior components, instead of the threadform.
>>3007558Just give er another wrap or two of Teflon tape and send it home. It'll be fine. Red loctite will make them not leak as well, but you might have fun taking it back apart without heat.
Cross-thread it, didn't you? Pipe threadings are bullshit, though. Fucking 50 different standards and none of them really work with each other even though they almost do.
TL;DR What are some cool old vintage home features that you don't see much anymore that would be good to add to a renovation?One of my grandmothers is moving to Florida and I'm getting the house. The bones of the place is a late 1940s 2/1 bungalow. It was basically gutted and rebuilt on the inside back in the early 80s after a bad kitchen fire. Out went the hardwood floors, plaster, and solid wood built-ins. In came lots of melamine, fake wood veneers, and vinyl flooring. To be fair, based on old photos taken for insurance, the interior was wrecked by smoke and water damage. Well, 45 years hasn't been kind and most of it needs to go. Luckily they insulated and replaced the old plumbing and wiring so all I really have to do the easier stuff.What are some cool features I can add while I am at it? I'm going to be taking the kitchen and bathroom down to the walls and putting hardwood floors/tile back in the place. I don't have the inclination to tear out the drywall and go back to plaster though.Picture from google but is similar vintage. More posts to follow with some ideas I already have.
>>3001400>What are some cool old vintage home features that you don't see much anymorehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UcQaoURMbbMIDC that it's ai voice, it's a good list. They didn't mention cisterns tho.
>>3002222This. I went through a whole rick last winter here in Indiana. Semper Fidelis,Bill "Dozer" CalhounSergeant (Marine Corps Veteran)For The Corps
>>3001452WTF? Please tell me you’re joking and there’s some built in bin below it that you can empty out. >>3001469>scale ends at 250 poundsWhat is this? A scale for anorexic europoors?
>>3007402Nope. Right into the wall cavity in most cases. These went out of fashion fairly quickly but weren't uncommon during their day. Walls were hollow, even exterior ones. Razor blades were sharp and a pain to dispose of. This was before plastic bags were common so people often used paper (grocery bags, newspaper, whatever was at hand) to line garbage cans. These would shred them. Either that or they wouldn't have liners at all and you basically emptied and washed your garbage cans several times a week or even daily. They were a hazard and it would take tens of thousands of blades to fill up a wall cavity. People switched to electric or disposable razors long before anyone ever filled a wall.>A scale for anorexic europoors?Americans used to be thin. Then the suits hired food scientists to make all our food addictive. Getting super fat was a side effect they didn't care about. That said, our old Borg would roll over. No idea how accurate it was passed 260 but it would keep going to at least 40 after passing 260.
>>3001906Came here to post this. The biggest issue I see is that most delivery people aren't going to bother looking for the package door and will drop things where ever they want.
How bad of an idea are these? I think I could complete it for $150-$300 depending how much a second mower costs. Mowing my property currently takes over an hour, and a ride on isn't currently an option.
>>3006844let it grow, or will hoa chew you're ass?
>>3006958He's not wrong about it sucking to be a European though...
I mow a half acre with a 21" push mower. I thought I could get away with going cheap since my last couple cheap mowers lasted forever. My Yardmax mower is a cheap piece of shit. Fortunately I've been able to have them replace parts under warranty but this thing has no longevity. I'm going to sell it in the Spring before it completely falls apart and get a Toro.
>>3006844The blades will hit, anon, and the left one will not clear grass. Only way to make a contraption like this work is for one mower to be slightly forward or behind (as most decks on riders are set up) and for the one on the left to shoot out the back via cutting a hole in the mulching box. Or attaching a bag. Whatever.
>>3006844yes,Get something like small (30 - 40 inch) walk behind.
How difficult and time consuming is it to master airbrushing miniature models?
>>3007389No, it's not normal.>buying used airbrushes from ebayWhy would you do that? You don't know how beaten up it can be, and you can't test it prior. Besides, why would you even buy an airbrush this old, it's basically guaranteed you'll have to replace at least the o-rings. More, if the previous owner was an idiot.
Can i use my dad's big air compressor for construction on a small airbrush
>>3007389No, that is not how it should be. I got the impression that the Evolution gets gunked up easily though. It probably is that the needle bushing behind the paintcup is filled up with paint. It would be advisable to give your airbrush a thorough cleaning.
>>3007423Evo is actually fairly tanky when it comes to gunking up and clogging. Infinity is sensitive as fuck, though.
>>3007420If it is not too loud for you, sure. You just need to have the adjustable pressure gauge and the matching tube on it.
In /rcg/ we discuss anything & everything remote controlled - multirotors, fixed wing, cars, rovers, helis, boats, submarines, battlebots, lawnmowers, etc.>How do I get started with racing drones?https://oscarliang.com/mini-quad-racing-guide/https://www.fpvknowitall.com/ultimate-fpv-shopping-list/> How to build a racing drone (16 part video series from Joshua Bardwell)https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLwoDb7WF6c8mWARrcxtX_G6yytK7QFHID>What about planes?https://www.flitetest.com/>What about aerial photography, is DIY viable?Buy a DJI if what you actually want is to take good photos/videos, go DIY if what you actually want is a fun project.Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>3007688>>3007705I have a Potensic Atom with a 4K camera, gimbal, arms that fold like a Mavic and it's less than 250g so it's unregulated.
I'm so tempted to drop 50 bucks into this
Is it legal to run PrivacyLRS?
I want a losi Lasernut but am told they are fragile. Assuming money is no question I could upgrade every failed or broken component to make it bulletproof right?
>>3008634seems to share a lot of parts with the 8IGHT-XTE. GPM, Vitavon, and a bunch of no name chinkshit brands make stuff for it.idk about bulletproofing it but, looking at it a few things stand out that I would change or check after owning and abusing my 6s typhon.metal diff case for the center, check f/r diff backlash shim if needed, check pinion mesh regularly (tekno pinions are great btw), metal/carbon chassis brace (if you bash it) since that things so long, stupidly strong fan for the motor. maybe a servo if you're not happy with the stock one.other than that everything else seems like a waste of money till it's needed. maybe add metal bulkheads with the metal center brace if you jump it high or bash it but, for that kind of money you could get a granite 223s and beat the hell out of it without worry
Hello /diy/, coming over from /k/ and wanting to know how do I fix this shit cracking drywall? I suspect it's cracking due to high humidity area (bathroom), thanks.
>>3007438Throw some lead at it so it can breathe better.
>/k/ fag in /diy/>no house popsi am disappoint
>>3007449It's my boss's house.
Stupid Questions That Don't Deserve Their Own ThreadWhat this is?
>>3008368>I'm scared she'll want to get rid of tools if I haven't used them for 3 monthsbuy 50 gallon drumexplain to her that she will be living inside said drum at bottom of lakeif she so much as touches your tools w/o permissionin a loving relationship, clear communication is the key to everything
>>3008368>get rid of tools if I haven't used them for 3 monthsis your wife an idiot? genuine question, does she have extremely low iq or something?
>>3008359 herei "cleaned" the carb and the spark plug, and now the engine is on full throttle constantly. when i looked at the carb before, the throttle was kinda moving back and forth at the "barely open" position, now it's just fully openkinda lost here, honestly
This water spigot, which I believe is the main shut off for the house leaks profusely when I tighten it (turn clockwise). How do I stop that from happening? If I need to replace it, how do I do so without dumping gallons of water all over the floor?
>>3008915You call the water company and ask them to cut off your water.
Recently been finding leaks in my kitchen, traced it to this pipe behind the oven which leads outside and has been letting water in when it rains. I have no idea why it only just started leaking because I've lived here for nearly 20 years and it's never done this before, I've never noticed the pipe before either. I guess it's a gas pipe for ovens but my oven is electric and has been here the entire time i have so the pipe didn't leak for decades, maybe it was blocked and recently whatever was in there broke down, idk.What should I do to block it up? The pipe ends are pretty much flush with the walls they come out of so a push fit stop end won't work because there's no pipe sticking out for it to attach over. Just sealant or cork and glue seems too short-term to me.
Fill that bitch with silicone and call it a day.
yeah, a silicone fill would be my first thought too. Pretty easy so I wish you luck
Expanding rubber pipe plug. You can get them at most hardware stores, pool supply stores, and amazon.
>>3007418This, but two of them (in and out) for safety.
Check to see if you need to run a cable from kitchen to garden before making a silicon plug (or if no cable then expanding rubber)if it's loose around the copper- dig it out a bit, wait for a dry period and put a bitumen patch on it
i was inspired by pic-rel to make one myself, but something scarier with claws, meaning no support for not fallingi already have a 3D model for a deer skull with antlers i can 3D print, i need advice on what i should use for some kind of shoes to make me even taller (190cm by myself) or i can also set the head way above my real head for same desired effectany ideas welcome, i have a big forest with lots of people walking/driving near where i live
>>3006415Sex
>>3006415>i need advice on what i should use for some kind of shoes to make me even talleruse shoes>or i can also set the head way above my real head for same desired effectyou can do it, man, feel so advised.By the way, is it really worth time, money and effort to become a menace to your local community? Can't you just throw feces at peoples' windows at night or something? Effect will be the same - spooky and cringe
>>3006415Good way to get shit lmao
>>3006473Didn't say it wasn't funny. Just be safe Anon.
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Gimme tipps how i can puke.I binged again
>>3007169Ipecac hasnt been available for years bro
>>3007233Ewwww. Why on earth would you do that?
>>3007228Step one is the best
>>3007078Look in the mirrorLmao
>>3007092You gotta fucking stop.
911 I put potato peels down my garbage disposal Now it's clogged past the trapHow do I fix this anons
>>3007221I've long rallied against garbage disposals. They leak, they stink, they clog, and give people a false idea of their capabilities. I convinced one of my coworkers to rip his out after fixing a clog.
>>3007129get rid of the garbage disposal. all they do is clog. food is not meant to go down the drain.
>>3007129>How do I fix this anonsPlumber hereStep 1, don't fucking do thatStep 2, you see that bend at the bottom of the cabinet? The ribbed circular piece is a hand-tightened nut. It's the P-trap that keeps sewer gas from seeping out of your sink drain and the spot most easy to clog.Step 3, unscrew the nut. It's upside down so lefty tighty, rightly loosey.Step 4, unscrew the nut on the otherside of the P-trap where it's heading into the wall.Step 5, CAREFULLY REMOVE THE P-TRAP, it's full of water that's had sitting and decaying organic matter. It's gonna be foul. Don't get any on you and dump it outside. If there's likely more shit in the pipes from the sink to the P-trap, have a bucket ready to catch you. ALSO do not just pour it down the skin drain like a fucking retard.Step 6, clean out the P-trap with towels, a hose, or your hands.Step 7, Replace the P-trap and screw the nuts back in tightlyStep 8, Pour water down the drain to refill the P-trap and keep sewer gas outStep 9, stop dumping weird shit down the drain you fucking imbecile.Side-note, if anything important and heavy gets dropped down the sink drain, with enough water it will eventually end up in the p-trap and be easily retrieved.
>>3007131>garbage disposals are worthless slopthey really are unless you run a large commercial kitchen with low iq staff (unavoidable)people call me to replace them because after 8 years they just start leaking from frame and are like, "I don't even use it!">well what If I rebuilt your drains to eliminate a disposal altogether and remove this point of failure? I'll do it for $100 less than the disposal replacement"no, <insert nonsense>"alright whatever>>3007197>That would have sucked to need a plumber on a holiday weekend.>that'll be 325$ to show up and give an estimatebut congrats>>3007219it's wild, i got a call once where a like 55 year old lady was cleaning out her fridge and dumped a tub of pulled pork in it. obviously cloggedthe tubular immediately after disposal"you know if you can physically remove it from a container, it should go to the trash">nobody has ever told me that and i don't believe youComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>3007273>>nobody has ever told me that and i don't believe you
Hey guys, just picked up a robbins and myer list number 2706 fan with the 5 brass blades. Some previous owner snipped the cord on it, so I would like to replace the cord and the bottom felt. The brass fan blades have seen their age as well but I will keep them.Would this fan only run through a 36v power supply? I am assuming so. I will get photos when I get back to the house, here is one I pulled from image search.
>>3004255>>3004256Hahaha, god damn are you fucking ignorant. Stay in school kids.They didn't put AC to DC power converters in 100 year old desktop fans. You know what they did have? All sorts of weird power standards across the US. How did they handle that? By tailoring their products to use whatever power was available in a specific area. Wiring a motor to operate at 32 volts from the factory is easy as fuck for these old school motors. They weren't efficient but they were dead simple and easy to adapt.Since every region had its own power plant operated by an independent company their line power could be fucking anything. Sometimes it wasn't even a 'power' company. It was just the local factory or mill selling excess generation to the locals. Mostly their generators powered lighting systems or motors. The voltage they used depended on what was best in their specific case. Did they use Westinghouse (AC) or Edison (DC) products? Fractional horsepower (e.g. sewing machines) or larger motors (e.g. engine lathes)?Or sometimes not even that. Some people had completely battery operated systems that were charged by an onsite generator a few times a month. Back then lighting was the biggest user of power and batteries were expensive a fuck. They were still cheaper than using an always on generator that could handle variable loads but they weren't cheap. Wire was expensive too. You could power the system at 6 volts DC to save on batteries but then your wire would need to be fucking huge. Or you could power your system at 100 volts DC but then you could need a fuckton of batteries because most batteries could only store 2-3 volts.Fuck man, old appliances used to use Edison screw terminals so you could plug them into light sockets because that was all anyone HAD. Power outlets weren't a thing yet. So, yeah, some appliances used weird voltages. That fan was likely meant to be used on a 32 volt DC system that was battery powered, not wired into the electrical grid.
>>3004326To continue. The two-prong plug we use today? The first version of it didn't come out until 1930! Edison's first power plant that sold power to the general public opened in 1882. 48 years of people doing whatever the fuck they wanted in terms of connecting things other than lights to the power system.If anyone wants to see how the did this shit back in the day (1926) check this out: Graybar Electric Company Catalog No 101https://archive.org/details/graybarelectricc0000unseIf you wanted to start your own power company this was the catalog you bought everything from. 743 pages illustrated. Picture fucking related. Anything look familiar?
>>3004326>>3004327This got me curious enough to look into 32V DC systems and where they were used. As you say they were usually battery powered and it sounds like they mostly existed in rural areas, especially farms, where they'd use generators or sometimes windmills to charge the batts. Apparently this lasted surprisingly late, with 32v stuff being made into the late 40s, and they'd often wire stuff to 110 standards (of the time, anyway) and use standard plugs and sockets so they could just hook up to the grid when it eventually got to them, which has led to a lot of burned out radios and other stuff in later years because people saw a normal-looking plug and stuck it in a 110 socket. I wonder if that's why the cord has been chopped off of OP's fan.
>>3004328More likely the insulation on the cord went to shit and they cut it off so no one would try and plug it in. They used cloth, rubber, or even asphalt insulation back then and it simply falls apart after a while even when stored in good conditions. It also likely would have had an Edison screw type plug on it like the toaster pictured here >>3004326.
>>3004330Yeah that could be true too. I was also thinking that it might just have been aesthetic though, that fan is the kinda thing you'd see on a shelf in some hipster coffee bar or clothing store or whatever and maybe they just lopped it because having the cord hanging off it was ugly.
What tools will I need?
>>3005872lol ok guy.i was the only anon helping op, with multiple easy to find for free online references. shut the fuck up., graphie
>>3005908I dont fucking care who you are. You are a hopelessly alone creature and deserve each and every instances of suffering you experience
>>3006013does room temperature chardonnay count as suffering?then call me a bodhisattva.
>>3006081i actually drew on graph paper todaycough i mean engineered cough lol no i dont mean that cause thats fucking pretentious and gayi drew on graph paper today to explore some tessellations. it was simply the easiest way to go about it.but id never Corinthian on graph paper, id never plan on graph paper, id never descriptive geometry on graph paper. units are a fiction for a magnificent draughtsman.grids of course are not. but then we are getting into nuance beyond the calibre of the board.we need more spiralshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dx10715hFKothe spirals are hard to decode.
>>3006086All engineering paper is graph paper but not all graph paper is engineering paper.
How's the job outlook for plumbers?
I quit my comfy night security job soon and enter plumbing (by my own will bc fuck it I need some real shit and horrors in my life, as well as actually useful skills). Give me your pro advices.
>>3006860It's pretty good. Got started doing service plumbing this year and was busy as fuck for a couple of months before things slowed down now. It'll probably pick back up when gas prices aren't fucking insane.
>>3006891>the joke: ->>your head: O
>>3007099Oh, yeah, I'm sure the oil companies will just lower the price once they get tired of carrying around those massive bundles of cash they have been making by gouging the fuck out of us every time a butterfly farts in Uzbekistan or whatever. And that Trump won't do something else unhinged to fuck up the economy during the next 800+ days he has left in office. Or that some other shitstain world leader of corpo suit shithead won't do some other bullshit to fuck the rest of us over for their own benefit. Everything is just gonna be god damn sunshine and rainbows. The same bullshit system that has us "choosing" the least awful option between two cognitively impaired pedophile octogenarians isn't making any changes but somehow everything is going to be wonderful! Just give it a few more months!Tighten your belt, fucko. This is the new normal. We allowed them to do this and it is only going to get worse until we stop letting them get away with it.
>>3007120>boohoo why can't everything always be goodGrow up, Ivan
