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>>2968869low quality bake
every time i buy some shit in a store it's broken or otherwise non-functional right out of the box. if i start threatening literal murder/arson/terrorism at the store counter when i buy stuff will they give me the secret "actually works" stock they give to boomers
>>2968936It's one of those manifesting tricks, you have to believe the next piece of shit you buy is going to work forever. I know it sounds fake and gay but it starts working. I've had to send back like 2 of the last 300 things I've ordered.
what is this crud that was locking the nut tight onto the threaded spindle? it was a pain to remove the propellor, but it was very easy to put back on. the pump looked free of debris but no longer makes the loud noise since i put it back together.i worry the crud on the threads was necessary to hold the propeller in place.wat do? red loctite?regarding this pump>>2968840
>>2968956i find the opposite. every time i'm hopeful it doesn't work and the few times i order online it's the one time it takes like a month to arrive (literally happened to me recently, I ordered some bike stuff in fucking NOVEMBER and only got it last week)I am going to start killing
>>2968936What the he'll are you buying that is so badly quality controlled?
>>2968869What are my options for soundproofing apartment walls? Has to be no permanent, it’s okay if it has to nail into the wall though I can patch any small holes. Landlord is okay with this and it’s possible landlord will want it to stay (landlord is family).>move into sister / BILs old place when they buy their first home>they swear neighbors were always quiet for the most part>hear one neighbor slamming shit constantly always after 5pm whole building shakes and pretty sure they on another floorNot much I can do about that>neighbor next to me is a 45+ year old woman and she has a small rat dog that barks if I make a sound, hear her always sliding something around sounds like wheels on the wall pretty sure it’s somehow cooking related>will hear her fight with her boyfriend sometimes, screams at him dudes always chill, she’ll yell “GET THE FUCK ASAY FROM ME”>will hear them having convos>yesterday, no idea what this was, she sounded upset but started banging something on my wall like a dozen really fast bangs as if pounding a rock against the wall in angerObviously this means they can hear me too, and so generally I keep quiet to be considerate but it doesn’t seem reciprocated.SO I’m looking into soundproofing to at least dampen things a bit. I like the look of wall slats, would go with the rest of the stuff I’ve been getting the wood furniture and flooring. But idk how sound proof that is or if there’s something more effective which I could use and add my own wood slats on top of to get the look I want
Humidity in my room is around 20ish %, what's the DIY 3rd world way to get that shit up to like 40%?I've got a radiator that's blasting most of the day and at first I bought an 200$ evaporative humidifier off amazon but the fucking water pump broke after 2months, luckily refunded that shit and I'm not exactly enthused about buying another one
>>2968869I bought a 4 stage reverse osmosis filter, and i hooked it up to my fridge. while I am getting good pressure out of the storage tank, the line going to the fridge has a steady stream, my fridge will only dispense about 6-8oz of water before turning off. i have to reset the cup and go at it again.before the osmsis filter the fridge would dispense water as long as you held a cup there.what is causing the fridge to turn off? obviously there is less water pressure, it should just flow slower.maybe its the fridges own filter, its brand new. is there a way to bypass it? its pic related, can I just loop the intake and outtake?
>new to the company >Work in teams of two>Just a handful of employees overall >Everyone is off work but me>Have to go to jobsites alone and have no idea on how to do the job>All that responsibility for and getting paid minimum wageHow do I handle this shit? It will be a shit show and I'll probably end up being a neet again.
>>2969025>Have to go to jobsites alone and have no idea on how to do the jobyour company sucks ass and your boss is a moron for sending a fng out to customer sites. this will do nothing but destroy customer reputation and loose work>All that responsibility>getting paid minimum wagethis is basically a case of not your problem. do what you can but dont fuck anything up. pal up with anybody on site and carefully explain the situation without slandering your company too much and you might get poached for a better offer
>>2969027>boss is a moronAbsolutely, I've been saying that since I came to the company.We do contractor work for a larger company and as long as someone shows up he gets paid, I think that's why he doesn't give a shit.But I'm tired of looking like a retarded bum to clients because at the end of the day it's my face there.
>>2968964You gotta convince yourself you're happy and be relentless in positivity. It can sniff out all your doubt and secret pessimism. Fake it till it becomes real, stick to it. It takes effort. If you're ready to murder over mostly Chinese junk you haven't made hopefulness a habit
>>2969012>what's the DIY 3rd world way to get that shit up to like 40%?set open pans of water on radiator
>>2969012>20% rhill trade you
if you have wooden cabinets and open shelves (basically the cabinets without the doors) built into the wall, how do you dust-proof the open shelves?
>>2969098>dust-proofThis doesn't exist.
>>2969109i was thinking along the lines of acrylic glass doors for them to at least cover them up for them not to be completely open
Can anyone recommend me some arts&crafts supply stores that ship from Europe (or Germany, ideally)?There's a small local one but the selection is quite limited and I'd like to order some stuff online
how much weaker is 3/8" or 1/4" tempered glass compared to 1/2"? I made something like pic related with 1/2" glass because I wanted one large glass top without any runners or supports underneath it. It's only subjected to typical coffee table static/dynamic weights, but the half inch glass is like 60 pounds which is pretty excessive. I was going to rebuild a version 2 table but I'm curious if I can get away with a thinner and lighter glass panel or if I should just reuse the half inch panel I have
I need some solid and straight metal rods like camera slider rails. what would you use for something like this? I need minimal sag under load which would be about 2 pounds and the rods are something like 12ft (3m) long
Is it worth the trouble to install a shower valve myself, or have the plumber do it? There is no back opening, and the cut out is fairly small. The videos make it look easy, but this has been here a while so I don't know if I'll have trouble getting the old one out.
This is a pic of my desk taken with cheap flir. The part underneath the desk is very cold, so cold that when I heat the room to normal temp, my toes still get numb (it’s 0C outside). It’s against an outer brick gable wall. I suspect there is a thermal bridge from the brick to the inside. Can I insulate this by slapping XPS sheet on the inside?
>>2969153does aluminum extrusion not work?
>>2969208that looks like exactly like what I need. I just didn't know the name of it. thank you
How long before you ask for a raise if you work trades?
>>2969246Ask your coworkers what they make first
>>2969248That's none of my business, lad.
>>2969151At one time in the past, I had a shop with display/counters.The tops were 1/4" glass and I never had a problem.1/4" is probably all you'd need.If that concerns you, go with 3/8" - 1/2" is excessive.
>>2969251Lol bullshit, that's how they fuck youAlways discuss pay with co-workers
>>2969260You're not wrong, but that's how co-workers fuck you. They always fucking lie.
I have a 13mm piece of solid aluminum rod, and I want to make its length adjustable and lockable as easily as possible. Right now I'm thinking of just finding a piece of pipe it can slide inside of and drilling a few holes for a pin I can move.
>>2969260Either way I'm waiting for the end of the month, if I don't get a raise I'm quitting.Been taking a lot of responsibility lately and actually got the job done, I ain't begging for money.
Posted in last bred and I have since baked this contraption of pipes and couplings. It leaks at the circled part about 1 drop ever 2 hours. I already replaced both couplers twice but still I keep having this tiny leak when the system is pressurized. Is there any way to seal it from the outside? Is flexible house an option here? The couplers are like 2mm out of alignment now
any tips on how to DIY landmower with rs755
>>2969558Buy a spindle assembly for a riding mower. Bolt it to a pushmower frame. Attach to motor with pulley and belt combo. Attach battery on the back of the mower.
>>2969556Since you're using copper lines, it's possible to make an offset on the bottom line to put the fittings in correct alignment.You'll need soft copper and a piece long enough to facilitate the bends.Cut to length and install...
>>2968961check pump rotation and thread direction, it will most likely be self locking without need for any loctitethat crud is most likely just crud, some random shit that got in
>>2969153pipe of some sort, aluminium extrusionsyou don't want it solid, its more bendy and springy
>>2969556>1 drop every 2 hoursThat'll seal itself with corrosion after a while.
My sink drain pools water around the outside lip of the drain plug and grows black gunk there. What's the solution?
>>2969593Pull it out and reinstall it properly.
>>2969556Any reason you didn't use teflon tape on it?
>>2969580Thanks, I tried, but whatever I do seems impossible to get millimeter accuracy in the offset and perfectly parallel ends on a short 7cm ish piece. I also tried with 2x 45 degree soldering joints but that made the offset too big and with 1x 45 deg and bending the pipe. >>2969586Cool I hope it will>>2969598Theyre compression fittings everyone here says youre not supposed to tape them as like it’s the nr 1 rule of plumbing. I could try but draining and then refilling the system takes hours (it’s the lowest rad in the house and have to move all the water to another room)
>>2969611Is it leaking from the threads or from the brass ring? You can use tape on a compression fitting so long as you use it properly and don't clog them. Or you can use pipe dope. Ideally you wouldn't have to, but obviously you have a special situation. Or just leave it. As another poster said, at that rate, it'll corrode shut in a week or so.
>>2969585thanls. I think the extrusions would be ideal. The square shape is going to be very helpful for this project.These wheels can attach to a single piece of it, and will take a lot of the complexity away.
>>2969611>compression fittings everyone here says youre not supposedfuck thati butter them fuckers up with t+2 including a little on the wedding ring so theyll crank down without galling. a compression connection requires metal deformation to seal so friction reduction is always helpful especially on chink stainless with rough threads
>>2969611>I could try but draining and then refilling the system takes hoursYou should shut off all your other radiators first so they retain their water, but honestly you should be able to do these kind of repairs with the water still on if you're quick and have a bucket. With the TRV off you shouldn't be getting that much draining at the bottom.
>>2969611>I also tried with 2x 45 degree soldering joints but that made the offset too bigUsing a street 45 for one of the elbows will give you an offset of about the diameter of the pipe.One end of the street elbow slips into the end of the other elbow eliminating the piece between them.
>>2969611>2x 45 degree soldering joints>>2969648>Using a street 45 for one of the elbows will give you an offset of about the diameter of the pipe.It would be something like this (photoshop but realistic)
I'm trying to fix some outlets in my basement that we're never wired correctly by the retarded house flipper that remodeled my house. How on earth do I actually get three 12 AWG wires to twist together? I can't get all three to twist together even with lineman's pliers, and the wire nut can't do it either.
>>2969688get jumbo sized wirenuts or use a split bolt
>>2969688>I can't get all three to twist together even with lineman's pliersUse two pliers. One to hold the three wires and the second to do the actual twisting. I usually use slip-joint pliers to grip the three together and lineman's to do the actual twisting.
>>2969693Shit, that makes a lot of sense. I'll try that.>>2969689I'm using wire nuts that are rated for up to 3 10 gauge wires, is that not enough???
>>2969694m8 I've got wirenuts where three 12 awg is the minimum get bigger nuts if you need em
>>2969695The wires all see to fit in the nut, it's just the actual twisting together part that isn't happening. I know bigger ones exist, I just didn't want to go TOO big.
>>2969695you are brown
>>2969698Nah m8
>>2969700why are your fingers so short
>>2969704Uh, they're not?
>>2969151Most glass tables are 1/4 Inch, plus I looked up a formula once for a small piece of glass I had and it came out to like 100 pounds of weight could be placed on it, so as long you aren't dropping a sledgehammer or stacking bricks on it, it should be fine for normal table use.
>>2969151Decided to look for that formula again just to make sure of what I was talking about, I might be off a bit on those numbers so here is a link to what I used. It should give you an idea of what the load limit is.https://www.fabglassandmirror.com/glass-weight-load-calculator?srsltid=AfmBOoqBpnS2v-gf1ZoXaLt0j9EcyFaQtH6XQaDDUfIWQ-l5CTKyDaK3
>>2969618>>2969632From the thread side of the brass ring. Intuitively Teflon would work so I’ll try that first>>2969648>>2969649I have looked in every hardware store around and online, they all only sell the ones that receive a pipe on both ends for some reason >>2969640I did but I got huge runs of decades old tubing, the floor is new, everything is close to the wall and I only have space for like a small dog bowl underneath the drain point.
How many years do you recon you need to actually become somewhat proficient at a manual job?
>>2969842>yearsif youre still flailing around like a monkey trying to fuck a football on a menial task after 2 days you need to try elsewhere. and thats being generous
>>2969838>I have looked in every hardware store around and online, they all only sell the ones that receive a pipe on both ends for some reasonThat's unfortunate. Home Depot and Lowes are both near me as well as multiple plumbing supply houses in my area have them and I live in rural Arkansas...Too bad you aren't near, I have several in my copper fittings box. I'd just give you a couple...
>>2969852My local lowe's doesn't carry shit as far as cpvc or copper. They are trying to force everyone to buy PEX and their gay-ass, super expensive fittings.
>>2969854https://www.lowes.com/pd/Mueller-Streamline-15-Pack-3-4-in-45-Degree-Copper-Solder-Elbow-Fittings/5004027363lowes has this shit they just hide it and the staffing is fucking incompetent
>>2969852>I have several in my copper fittings box.Only one 3/4 inch, not several unless I count the 1/2"
>>2969897what's in the bottle?
apartment management had new windows installed, which is great, but the window guys took down all the miniblinds and didn't put them back up. I figured i'd just do it myself rather than calling the management, but when i went to drill some holes (top left of the window), that material around the window is plastic and there's fucking nothing behind it. what do?
>>2968985He's probably from some shit hole.Flags would be useful on /diy/.It would prevent a lot of confusion.
>>2969898https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1053oDFfVMI wouldn't use it on a pressure line but I frequently used it to plumb TPR valve lines. When I first became aware of it, I made-up a couple connections and hooked them to a full-pressure (60-80 psi) system. They held without leaking but I still didn't trust it for long-term use so I always soldered everything except occasionally when I was replacing or reworking a drain line.
>>2969904>what do?fill the holes and demand management replace the blinds. withhold rent until they do so.
How can I repair the damage on that door? I was thinking of sanding it a bit to make it smooth, but then I'm not sure which product to use to fill it. I have an extrafine woodfiller, should I just apply it and then paint on top?
I fucking hate cleaning my house. You wet the paper towel, you wipe up the dust, then you wet the counter again to get rid of the streaks, then you have to use another paper towel to buff the streaks out. Vacuuming isn't so bad, at least i've got a power tool in hand. THEN THERES FUCKIN MOPPING. I got a chinsey powered "mop" thing that leaks water and the battery runs out halfway through, its shit. Whats a good power mopper thing? I wish it'd take milwaukee batteries, but a self-contained battery is fine since Milwaukee isn't in the cleaning business.
>>2969979>I have an extrafine woodfiller, should I just apply it and then paint on top?yes
>>2969862The web site is not the store, anon. My local does not have it. Luckily I have a local family-owned Ace that still carries cpvc and copper. Saved my ass more than once.
>>2970006the blows website as shitty as it is has never been wrong on stock for me. its usually a case of the shit being pushed back behind on the shelf or being on a completely different aisle than its supposed to be
>>2970011It's up to the manager of the store on what they order. Supposedly you can order it from the warehouse to the store via the website, but I've never tried, nor does it help when your water pipes burst and you need some obscure elbow fitting.
>>2969852>>2969862>>2969854Euro so no Lowes or hd, we’re not even allowed to view the home depot website. Found a place where they sell them but since there are never drawings I cant know much the offset will be exactly when I solder them together. I talked to a plumbing guy and he said he’d get me some alu pex couplers and pipe tomorrow and that does seem like the easiest solution for now. I know you all don’t seem to like pex but it’s not drinking water and just an 8cm piece so I think that’s the easiest good solution right now
>>2968869I'm working on finalizing my waste oil burner, for use in melting various metals in a furnace.I just learned that I need to preheat waste oil (maybe no pre-heat needed for diesel?)I don't want to spend a bunch of extra cash, and I have some spare nichrome wire. Could I just wrap the copper oil feed tube with kapton tape, and coil nichrome around it to pre-heat my oil? I need to at least get it to around 100 or so degrees Fahrenheit, with higher being a bit better. Anything too hot would melt the solder on the various fittings I've used.
>>2970019I have no real issues with PEX, I just hate that it's more or less being mandated when there is nothing really wrong with the current system. You either have to buy sharkbite fittings to blend them or adaptors, neither of which are cheap compared to a 50c pvc coupler or copper. Like now they're trying to tell people you shouldn't use galvanized anymore because the coating wears off. First off, they don't put the coating on the inside of long pipes and for another, it's the chemicals they put in tap water that corrode the zinc, not the water. /rant
>>2970022Couldn't you just take some soft copper and wrap it around your exhaust stack to scavenge heat and pre-warm your oil?
>>2970039I could do that, but I would need someway to still preheat the oil at first startup.Normally people start off with propane (for pre-heating) then switch the system over to waste oil + compressed air, but my setup provides too little air flow without modifications that would then introduce too much air for waste oil.
I made a question last thread about a faulty crt green gun and the issue came back. This is what happens:Sometimes after about one hour of usage there's a 1/4 chance the green gun either loses a lot of intensity or turns off completely and the picture becomes purple.Then, if i turn the monitor off and on immediately after, there's like a 1/2 chance it fixes itself and the image is normal.What could be the cause of this?
Some kind of small animal, probably a rat, has managed to get in my attic, run down the wall, and is now trapped in the partial former wall above my kitchen.Is it worth breaking the wall to get it out? How long is it going to stink for if it dies up there?
what do i use to clean that hard-water calcified alkali crap off the lower part of a toilet (UK)?
>>2970093White vinegar.
>>2970077>What could be the cause of this?heat
>>2970093CLR
What's the dumbest and easiest trade to get into?
>>2970087Depends. If it dries out on time no problem, but if the wall is warm it will attract flies or other bugs that will eat it and/or leak moisture
>>2970146Is it though? Because sometimes the green turns back on and works for hours. Sometimes it just won't turn back on. I also used this monitor for two years with no issues, but i moved it around quite a lot these past months and this started happening.
>>2968869How do you guys deal with people that are very insufferable and also participate in your favorite kind of DIY activities? I used to be interested in a lot of things, like 3D printing, software, electronics etc, but I kinda slowly lost interest in those spaces, because I kinda started noticing that those hobbies are infested with people who are very pushy, self-righteous and annoying, especially in regards to software. I recently wanted to maybe re-enter those spheres but i sadly started noticing them again. I asked this question a few different people and they I should rather seek therapy because I am not nearly as hated as I think I am. Are they like, actually right and I need to take my meds, or is it actually the case?
>>2970475If EVERYBODY else seems to be the problem, it's probably just you frenSorry
>>2970486No need to apologize, anon. A few years back I started my journey to become 1337 software guy, but eventually I started noticing that most software hackers and people alike very often share some very questionable opinions and have very hard time tolerating those who do not agree with them. They also tend to power-trip a lot and abuse their "powers" (lets call it that way for the same of simplicity) to ostracize people they don't like, I think you know I mean. Then I thought about taking the hardware path, and I have started noticing that hardware guys often look exactly like the same kind of people, although its not that common in this space. As an adult person, I do not really like talking about politics and stuff, but it seems to me that either the vast majority of this hacking/tech community is like this or I am just being delusional. I recently also shifted my interests to spaces filled with people that (I think) don't hate me, like knives, tools, manual labor, herbs or (regular, old fashioned) electrical engineering. I know I probably shouldn't ask those kind of questions here, but I feel like I might be wrong in this regard and most of this hate only happens in my head, even though I think some of you can agree that those high tech guys can be often very insufferable.
>>2970475All of these groups are social misfits thst can't work with others and are fucking assholes that's why. It's like going to a dnd game and being like wow everyone is a fucking nerd and can't take a joke or pickup on social queues.
