Every single screw should be torque. The alternative is madness.
guy told me he was gonna change all the bolts and screws on his Harley to Hex Head, so he'd only need to carry about 5 hex-keys to "do anything" including tear down the engine.
>>2964101common on guns, and a gunsmith's screwdriver set is like 50 sizes.they say a perfect flathead fit is best for stuff that isn't taken apart often, but can be by a "pro".
>>2964101This. Flatheads are a fucking nightmare to work with especially in any application where theyre not attached to an object you can just hold or move around in front of you. At the absolute most they should be a secondary backup feature (like on square/slot) just in case you strip the shit out of the main driving hole
Flatheads suck, but they have their niche too;In historic furniture and window renovation they look correct AND if you pain over them, no other screw is as easy to scrape the paint from the slot as flatheads.But otherwise? Lol no
filips cheapcheap good
What's in your go-to problem solving kit and how's it set up?
>>2962034wait...Leatherman is jewish?! WTF I have to rethink my whole life now
>>2962388I can't find anything saying he's Jewish, and the origins of the name are inconclusive. (It's an Anglo name but some Jews adopted it when they moved to the US.) I found an article from a Jewish publication about the brand's popularity in Israel but it said nothing about Tim being a Jew, and you'd think it would have if he were one.Spyderco is Jewish though, or at least founded by a guy of Jewish origin.
>>2962662I share this anons conclusion on Leatherman. Got curious too.
>>2961881the edamamebois that carry this shit always whip it out of their $200 rei zipoffs that have never been dirty and then try to flex about their $300 hiking boots that they worry about stepping in a mudpuddle with. then they struggle and fail to use it to get a pop top can of smoked oysters openmeanwhile jimbob takes out his stub of a case folder thats been sharpened down to a nub on the bench grinder and cuts a piece of chaw before using it to perfectly set the mixture on his 090 stihl
I set one up and it keeps growing and growing until i end up with my large toolbox again.
I am a welder and I paint with metallic paint and polish metals every day, and every day I feel worse and more aggressive. Is the lead hurting me?
>>2963859What lead? "metallic" paint uses synthetic chips.
>>2965002Pepe posters and welders are both low IQ. Don't expect either to actually know what lead is.
>>2963875>other 20 guys pica is more common than people think, i put pens in my mouth, maybe that guy put glasses stems.
>>2964418its all over everywhere. supposedly banned in USA in IIRC 1972 but still used till IIRC at least 1980 due to reasons.Painters tell its easy to make.Not sure if they just dump into normal latex or other paint or WTF. basic lead carbonate (\(2PbCO_{3}\cdot Pb(OH)_{2}\))
>>2965121PS-there used to be Lead Test that was a vial of dark amber liquid that would turn (white) Lead Paint or primer dark red. I was fooled first time I used it on a V I cut into some trim, because I didn't do the old "The Science" of a CONTROL. It turns the bare wood sorta dark, so the dark first layer of Lead Primer/Paint kinda blends in, like its "bark" (on interior door trim wood). LOL.But once you compare to non-tested CONTROL its obvious.
how Bubba would it be to use above ground pool as fresh water storage cistern?I'm looking at some houses that got "Shared Well" and I'm told that CAN be "OK" but can also be HOA tier shit fest, so I'm thinking it would be wise to hedge bets.Looks like an AGP is about 1/10th the cost of just a proper plastic Water Tank, per gallon.I'm thinking with a good cover, no reason why AGP stored water from (still functioning) well, combined with rain water from various sources, like some tarps hung from ropes hung from trees, could be used for normal tap water, with some added filtering or treatment for drinking. I got one of those counter top 1-gal distillers that does a gal in about 4 hours at 750W, and puts out bit of heat, so fine for during winter to recover heat into room.I figure an AGP could at least be used as holding tank if I need water delivered with 6000gal truck.I've never heard of anyone intentionally using a cheap AGP for household water cistern.
I think you're adding a lot of headache to save a relatively small amount of money.
>>2964817I think op should play with a 55gal drum before going full retard.
>>2964817Huge tanks are cheap if bought 2nd hand. An actual tank will outlive your pool by more than a factor of 10 so keep that in mind when calculating your cost.
>>2964817>how Bubba would it be to use above ground pool as fresh water storage cistern?I love the innocence of this.
>>2964931thx, also I'm thinking a real tank would add Equity, where as a Bubba pool wouldn't even add value of a pool, because I'd need some Bubba cover that would turn it into "junk that needs to be hauled off" in eyes of most people.
Thinking about building a small cnc mill for small steel and aluminum parts. I’d like to make the thing mainly out of aluminum extrusions. I was thinking that a fixed gantry design like picrel would be the most rigid, except I’d like to mirror it so there are diagonal braces on both sides and to increase the depth of my work area.Is this the most rigidity possible given the size and format constraints?
>>2950898shit fea if you got only 7% dif in flection with and without the braces>t. senior structural engineer, ansys spec
>>2961808Naw it makes perfect senseThe forces involved (the X component specifically) are twisting the frame around the axis pretty much parallel to the braces so they don't do shit. They do help resisting the Y and Z forces but the frame is strong enough in that direction already and the majority of deflection happens elsewhere, so again they don't do much.
>>2959526>Big empty space you can fill up with molten lead, concrete, or epoxy sandit'll be fine with some mods
>>2962533That amount of lead or epoxy will cost you the same as saving a couple of hundred dollars more for a chinese mill made out of steel.
beer can cnc status check?
I have a gong from a clock I like the sound of and would like to turn it into a doorbell. I was thinking of how I would get it to strike the rods and play a few notes. I tried looking at examples but couldn’t find many. I thought that a cam system would work paired with a gear reduction system and a 9v motor. Another thought I had was using solenoids to hit the rods like in other clocks. Which would be better? I’m worried the cams would dampen the rods and muffle them.
>>2964678Check some examples online. They use a rotating drum with points that catch a spring loaded hammer to pull it back and strike the rod
It's a pretty simple setup. Some kind of iron/steel hammer, a spring, and a coil of wire that acts as an electromagnet when powered.You may even be able to buy a premade mechanism as it's what most older doorbells used.
>>2964890Here's a video of one of the3se electromagnetic chimes in operation. It just operates by powering and unpowering the electromagnetic coil.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXuKfCIjQlcYou can buy one of these nutone shime replacement mechanisms off amazon for like 20 bucks. You can even get the whole kit with the transformer and buttons for 40.You'd just need to replace the chime plates in that kit with the chimes you already have.You can also maybe change the material on the ends of the strikers to create different sound characteristics.
>>2964894I’ve found some 12v solenoids on Amazon for 6 bucks, how would I wire them up to strike at different intervals?
What do you guys wear to work?For me it's blue jeans and a vent back fishing shirt. Black leather jacket if it's really cold or raining.
>>2963932I gave up on jeans when I realized I could just wear work pants everywhere and not care about looking like an HVAC tech. The incresed range of movement and storage capacity is well worth it.
>>2963932Fucking jula... You filthy slav
>>2963939lol knew i had it coming. no, norwegian and self employed, but in not wasting my money jula pants are great value for the money.
prana zion pants and cheap breathable polyester polo for my /out/ job in the summeras a NY refugee, NC summers are all about quick dry clothingjeans and a hoody now that it's winter
managed to cop a jobman softshell jacket for cheap much better than wearing fleece during woodworking you can never get the sawdust out of them
I wanted the green line a few months back but anons said not to pay 70$ and wait for the performance line. This a deal?
>>2964451i was a poorfag once, and i bought the cheapest tools awailable. it was just a waste of money, a 20€ drill that lasted that project? thats 20€ wasted. should have saved up that money instead and bough a real kit from a brand. cheapest versions of expensive brand drills fail regulary, atleast makita does. i had two of them catch fire right there in my hands, but they where then doing a job your cheap ass drill can never do. so i bought the expensive version and it never failed.
>>2964460milwaukee is garbage that can't be repaired or serviced.
>>2963936>advertise a brushless motor with 10x longer lifespaAnd you believe them?
>>2964486brushless motors only have 2 small cheap ball bearings that are in mechanical contact, the rest is magnets and wire coils in epoxy. They basically last forever.At worst you have to replace 2 bearings you can buy for 2 bucks online anywhere these days.brushed motors have carbon brushes which wear and create carbon dust which abrades the bearings and the gears and everything, so they wear out eventually.
>>2964479>>milwaukee is garbage that can't be repaired or serviced.what's a better brand?
Homebrew general.Post you brews, recipes, ideas and problemsold 'un >>2921463
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>>2964593I know you’ve already made it but just in case you wanted to improve it or if anyone else was interested. Although if you want to buy a press I’d recommend a stainless steel one rather than wooden.
>>2963896Good to know, I will try to build one before next season. I hadn't really planned on making cider this year but then I saw all those apples still on the tree and didn't want them to go to waste.>>2964591Thanks for posting these. Honestly pretty similar construction to what I came up with, except using a lead screw instead of jack. I had done a lot of thinking about lead screws, but it's a specialty part while bottle jacks are great because you can get them anywhere for cheap. I thought maybe I could modify a scaffold jack but that's more work and more expense. I already had the jack, and it was formerly useless because it was too tall to fit under the car I intended to use it for.Also I wanted the food contact parts to be metal so it'd be easy to clean, hence the steamer.>>2964297Nice, did you add yeast or use the wild yeast? I was going to count on wild yeast but after a few days I still didn't see bubbles so I added champagne yeast to kick it off.
>>2964672I put in a little bit of champagne yeast in there so that I could get something with a bit higher alcohol content. The wild yeast is kinda doing some stuff - I see some larger floaters and the likes.
The apartment I live in now has a hydronic heating system (baseboard heaters with copper pipes) For the past two years I've been in this apartment I've noticed the heaters are barely warm to the touch and the apartment never reaches the temp on the thermostat. On cold winter nights the apartment barely gets past 63 degrees even though the dial is set to 73.I've told this to my landlord and he just says "the walls arent insulated very well so it will probably be chilly"I looked inside the thermostat and its a 3 wire zone type system, Red, White, Green (Y). I am only getting 12.2V when i test R to GI dont get any amps when I connect R to W. There is a heat actuator dial inside the thermostat from .15A to 1.2A and it may be inproperly set, but without reading any amps I dont know what it should be at. Really my question is: how do I tell the landlord to inspect my thermostat system without telling him I went in there and checked it out already? if I say that its still too cold in the apartment he might dismiss me again, and if I tell him there's something wrong with the voltage he may have have me evicted for fucking with the thermostat.
Pour oil down every drain boil cooking oil and pour it then rip all the copper out of the wall. Leave and go gambling.
Just connect RED->WHITE with a jumper wire. When it gets too warm just crack a window open lol.
>>2964333Someone already recommended that. I wonder if he ever did it. >>2963971
>>2964416>>2964333Do you mean jumper it with the wires exposed or while it’s hooked up to the thermostat?I think the issue here is that the heat IS running but it’s not running hot, I think all my thermostat does is just a simple on/off. The heaters are lukewarm 24/7 but the apartment barely cracks 65f
>>2964960Jumping the wires opens the valve to allow hot water to circulate. If it doesn't, then your landlord has the boiler limited, so there is nothing you can do about it aside from buying a space heater or putting on a sweater.
pick it up
>>2964525All the retiring boomers I know are cutting down trees.
>>2964923"Back when I was a kid we had to plant our own trees to enjoy. Now that I'm at my end of life I'm gonna take em all down so you have to plant your own trees too!"
>>2964923Wtf is wrong with that generation? They seem hellbent on leaving a shitty world behind.
>have massive hard maple tree next to house>wait for all the leaves to fall>dry day>blow leaves out of landscaping out to grass>mow and mulch leaves in to yard>put mower up for the year>come spring pick out the rest when getting landscape beds readyI don't think it's that big of a deal.
>>2964965You have a fairy ring.
im melting the tail ends of yankee candle jars on my wood stove so i can make my own candles.
>>2963870>but some of us have big plans for the detritus we collect.This is a man I can get behind
>>2964001>I melted down a bunch of abs plasticYou know that off-gasses cyanide when you burn it right?
>>2964755That's nice dear.
>>2963865You can do this if you have lots of free time and are completely broke. So I did it once. Warm up the last couple of inches until it re-liquifies in the jar, and get a pack of pre-made wicks mail online for a dollar.It's like having a candle club card, every 10th candle is now free to you now. Absolutely minmaxxing toward your frugals merit badge, but also a terrible use of your time.
>>2964836My dad used to do this on top of the wood stove they used as heat for the house. He'd just put all the almost gone candles there and let them melt and then pour them together and use a match stick in the middle as the wick. Didn't really take any time or extra energy at all for him because the wood stove was always producing heat when they needed it anyways.
How do I soundproof a vintage car? I can’t really put soundproofing material all over it, what are the main areas I should put the soundproofing sheets on?
>>2964648doesn't that stink up the car
>>2964419Floorboards, inside the doors with a panel or three, roof, firewall. Look at what vehicle manufactures focus on. They make knockoff killmat on Amazon for relatively cheap. If you want heat insulation they make sense foam stuff noice brand on Amazon if I remember right...
>>2964419I had excellent results using chicken-wire to secure foil-backed pink fiberglass to both sound and heat insulate the engine dog house of a 1968 mid engine Dodge Van.Fucking night and day. I'd have to use the heater on the dash.I secured the wire with little 1/8" screw cap bolts and nuts and washers, but you should be able to figure something out without drilling holes in the exterior body. Probably some spring steel slats that wedge at edges of body panels.
>>2964655The good ones dont do that at all.
Shag carpet
A question about wood finishesI'm making a very simple clock. Just a quartz mechanism. Simple and within my limited scope.The face is a piece of white ash. I intend to use satin finish minwax polycrylic as the finish. I understand that this finish does not really alter the colour of the wood. I have boiled linseed oil, and I see white ash treated with BLO takes a nice golden colour.How long should I wait after applying a single BLO treatment until I apply the polycrylic? Would 24-48hrs be sufficient? Is applying BLO redundant if I intend to use the poltcrylic?Cheers
Polycrylic is very clear, but that doesn't guarantee the wood looks identical to the unfinished color. Always use scrap material to test a finish or process you are unfamiliar with. BLO is yellow and will darken with age. It can help make things look older than they are. I would use either one and follow the directions. Drying and curing times are different. If you want to use a blend, then run a Tung oil or tru oil and be done with it. If you're trying to make your own blend, then have at it and stop bothering us.
>>2964902I appreciate you telling me what you know. Merry Christmas
Trying to get into making a simple ring as a side hobby but the solder doesn't seem to want to bind at all? Ik I have the right type so now I'm just unsure if my lil butane torch is able to get it hot enough or something else?
use flux
>>2964891It didn't seem to change anything besides limiting the burn scarring on the silver, even when I focused the application on where I want to solder
