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Is this your first day using the internet, dumbass?
It has letters and words printed on it, type them into google.

>>3002637
prosthetic knee joint

>>3002637
EBI 04101 External Fixation System Distal Radius Forearm Wrist Fixator Splint

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/sqtddtot/ goes in slashes so itll link you ignorant dolt

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i have like 15-25lbs of simpson strong ties, whats the resale on this bad boys? list them for $100 and drop them to $50 if they dont sell? i imagine the 2x4 holders will be the easiest to sell

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craigslist/fbmp resale value?
>20right angle +3 assorted right angle
>13 2x4 hanger + 3 2x6 hanger
>40 diamond 2x4 hanger
>+17larger guys
=about 100 of them
i was thinking $50 for the lot
i know these sell at about $1ea in bulk, is ~50c each too much to ask?, esp considering some of the larger ones probably sell for $5ea?

redo

>>3002686
>>3002694
That’s like a $10-$20 grab bucket at a garage sale. People doing a project are going to buy new what they actually need, and who tf is looking to save $20 buying them from you on Craigslist when they’re already going to Home Depot for the lumber and everything else they need?

Is it possible to use CAT6 cable to make an engine harness for an early 90s Japanese car?

My AC stopped producing cold air last night. It was still running but not making cold air and the temp was rising.
I called out the service who installed the AC (new 1 year ago) and the guy said there wasn't enough air flow and because of this the cooling coil was freezing. He recommended installing a new air return duct.
Is there any merit to this or is this company trying to fleece me? I'm already mad at them for other services they've fucked up.

>>3002770
I wouldn't. Automotive cabling is more expensive because it's designed for the environment, ethernet cables give up around 60C and the engine bay can get hotter than that.

>>3002772
Get a second opinion. Nobody on the internet can tell you what's going on with your HVAC

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>>3002772
There is merit. You need good air flow across the evaporator coils otherwise they can turn in to a block of ice. Whether or not his solution is the right one is impossible to know unless you’re a technician with the proper tools and know all the variables.

Here’s a defrosting block of ice I found on some coils yesterday. It looked like the inside of grandma’s freezer a few hours earlier.

>>3002772
You can check if the coil is frozen. You can also hear the blower change tone if it is completely frozen. The same freezing can be caused by a refrigerant leak as well though so you need to get knowledgeable or get a second opinion

>>3002772
Well if they also ran your ducts, that's on them and you should address that. If they only installed your unit, then they realistically should have done some poking around and seen if your ducting was adequate in the first place before install. If they did their math for CFM (airflow) after install they should have known the airflow wasn't within standards and would have mentioned a new return duct then and there.
So their math could've been "close enough", they didn't do the math in the first place, and/or they didn't size your return air duct and just assumed it would work with your units tonnage. Of course that's just a few possibilities, can't say for sure without being there. Getting a second opinion should be your first move.

unemployed loser here.
im pretty addicted to doomscrolling but the past few months ive been pretty good about keeping it to a minimum and keeping busy. well my girl just broke up with me and jm feeling sorry as shit and just keep dooomscrolling and having lots of trouble not doing it after i wake up and before bed and even during idle stretches of the day, even though i got shit to do -endless yard work on parents property, look for jobs, vehicle/equipment maintenance-
anyone here ever battle cellphone addiction, advice?

>>3002893
Remain unemployed
The problem will sort itself out one way or another

>>3002893
just stop. no i don't get it.
my dad blasts me for doing stuff on the computer but I heart him watching reels for hours

it's genuinely terrible for your mind unless you're just taking a shit. there's always something better to be doing

only you can take the responsibility to change it

i mean I guess I'm just busy working all day, I never have time to scroll. I wake up too late to do anything other than head out the door. then when I get home there's just better things to do

i'd say it's a boredom issue

Accidentally cut through my extension cord while trimming some bush and looking for a replacement. Is there any 2prong cord you guys can recommend or should I just grab something off scamazon and pray?
thank you

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i'm trying to figure out what all these inlets into a sump pump are.

i'm sure the black ones are from the original weeping tile, but i can't figure out what the white pvc ones are.

i'm assuming the white one on the foundation side was added during a foundation repair. there was really heavy rain recently and the ground outside of the house was like a lake. water was trying to pour in from the white pvc that is capped/taped. i don't know why they tried capping it off.

the other white one could be the washing machine drain or something?

its very confusing

>>3003040
Is this in your subterranean basement? If so, does it have little drains in the floor?

>toilet tank/reservoir started refilling frequently
>flap thing went bad, changed it

now the toilet bowl only fills about 1/3 as full. is this a problem? if yes how do i fix? it seems to work fine otherwise

Got a samsung fridge/freezer (double door), and it looks to be fucked. Overnight the freezer went up to 15C, but the fridge is only 5C. I cleaned the coil at the back because I assumed that was the issue, and I think before then it might've been misreporting the temperature but I can't be sure because I didn't check it first.

Any ideas? I've got it plugged back in but I don't know how long it'll take to get back down to temp, it doesn't sound like it's doing much.

>>3003126
is the water flowing constantly or no? and is it one with a floater or one of those newfangled ones with just the pillar in the middle?

>>3002893
The only time I "doomscroll" is when I dont have shit else to do. If I wake up and I dont have work, or errands to run, or if I dont have a project with a clear direction I may sit around and doom scroll.
I dont even want to go to sleep when I have a project in motion going. I wake up and run out of bed to get back to work on it.
Yard work and car maintenance isnt diy, its a fucking chore. No wonder you are doom scrolling.
Your life is busywork and a nagging exgirlfriend?

How about actually building something my guy?

>>3003129
>is the water flowing constantly or no?
not anymore now that i changed the flap

>is it one with a floater or one of those newfangled ones with just the pillar in the middle?
i think its a floater one. it has like a tower thing but its not in the center. it has floater thing that goes around it that stops the flow once it reaches a certain level

ill get a pic when i can

>>3003128
Alright, after sitting at 16C for 6 hours, it started rising to 28C and poured water all over the floor. Some kind of defrost cycle?

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>>3001203
>>3001244
>>3001252
Anybody able to help a brother out with this? I'd sure appreciate it. Just seems like the sort of thing I could fix with some little 50 cent fastener if I only knew what it was called.

>>3003172
Alright, my best guess for what happened is that ice somehow gummed up the temperature sensor, the whole unit was likely left open overnight accidentally, which froze the radiator at the back and maybe the fan?

I took the screws out of the separator to the evaporator, how critical is the seal around that? It was just foam and polystyrene, it fell apart a bit when I took it off, and probably didn't go back together perfectly. Does it matter if air leaks around it?

How feasible would it be to build and use a steam tractor to work a farm without a bunch of chemicals onto the fields?

>>3003048
it's in the basement, there are holes in the bottom of the sump pit for the ground water? there are floor drains in the house but they are connected to the combined sewer/stormwater drain out to the street i believe.

>>3003178
It would make more sense to go for the electric meme these days.

>>3002893
This is going to sound simple but it really works.

Find a good shelf, mantelpiece spot, etc. for your phone. Somewhere where it's visible, easy to get to if you need to (no stepping over anything) but not on the coffee table or in arm's reach of your usual sitting spot. Put your phone on audible ringing and check it's clear you can hear it even in the next room if it rings/ get a text. Make sure that (if you use notifications on socials) only the text/WhatsApp noise is on, and all other apps have silent notifications. You may wish to put a charging cable there.
Then ---->
Your phone lives on the shelf while you are in the house. You now know you will not miss anything urgent (you will hear it and can see the screen). You can use your phone while standing by the shelf only. You can take your phone with you out of the house.
Then fill your time with other activities and devices. Read books, or an ereader. Use your laptop or your TV. Maybe clean the place up.
Your phone lives on the special shelf. Live by this one rule and the addiction will significantly lessen in just a day or two.

>>3003184
I see, thanks.

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>>3002637
how fix rip

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>>3003155
ya I wasn't really clear sorry, if it's like the top one you probably need to adjust the length of the floater by twisting it, if that doesn't work then something is probably stopping your fill valve too early you'll have to fiddle with it. the bottom one is the pillar thing, can't help you with that one if that's what you got

>>3003195
sew

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>>3003233
there's literally a screw for height adjustment

>>3003245
never had to deal with one of those, thank you

>>3003233
my fill valve looks just like the lower one but I got a flap like the top one. Either way I think you nudged me in the right direction enough to fix it. Looking at it more closely, when I hold the handle for a few seconds it fills the bowl more like the old flap. If I don't hold it, I see the flap floating open for like a second but then air bubbles come out right away and it closes, causing the bowl not to fill up.

thanks!

>>3003195
What kind of object & fabric are we looking at, anon-kun?

my ryobi impact driver is like five years old and been through a warranty rebuild. could a shitty rebuild lead to wrist strain after a days worth of use?

I scored a free post mounted shop fan, like 36". Plug seems to be fine, plugged it in and I *think* I hear a mild humming but I have tinnitus so I can't be sure. No vibrating in the motor housing. Is it worth even trying to fix?

>>3003378
usually fans that dont run just have a bunch of gunk and hair and shit in the bearings that needs cleaned out. theyre really low starting torque motors

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>>3003383
Literally just took the cage off, sprayed it down with PB and spun the blade till it was free

>>3003408
>sprayed it down with PB

that's gonna seize up again soon, as in a week or a month
you need to get lubricant into both bearings for it to last years
use a heavy oil, or grease, or both
front bearing is easy, but back bearing gonna require some small disassembly

BTW, if you have no instruments other than your ears, one way to tell if motor is burnt out is to plug it in/out several times, and see if there's a tiny spark at the power outlet

>>3003445
This. There is probably my some foam or felt around each bushing that is supposed to soak up oil and wick it to the bushing. I just had to tear my garage fan apart and the foam wick was disintegrated from age. Had to unstake the bushing mounts from the motor housing and make some felt wicks to go in there and then load it up on oil.

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I have a large stainless steel bolt that messed up threading in a 3d print. What's the best blade to cut thru the rest without damaging the 3d print. Note I'm having to pull the two bits apart

>>3003451
Any old hacksaw blade will do the job, I'm assuming you dremeled the rest? These days you can get those tiny diamond cutoff discs in decent sizes, I just picked up a pack that are 60mm for jobs like this.

>>3003452
Incredibly hard steel. Will try the Dremel discs

>>3003456
Bolts usually aren't very hard, I've had no issue cutting stainless with a generic bimetal hacksaw blade. Those diamond discs go through anything, though.

>>3003449
It's typically a sintered bearing that's permeated with oil

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What are the best breakers i can buy to replace these?

>>3003505
First you need to find out what kind breaker it is. There are a few different types and they are not compatible. You have a Siemens on there but I can't read the type (tipo). EC? CC? Find out what that is and get more like that. Siemens is good but I don't know if there are better ones that are compatible.

Next, your box is wired incorrectly. One breaker, one wire. Whatever lazy-ass handyman that did that probably put too many outlets on one breaker. Maybe that is why they are failing? They also used off-brand breakers. That might also be why they are failing. Cheap fucker.

>>3003508
Checked other breaker, they are type EE.
And they kinda work fine because when i used a roaster oven and a microwave at the same time it tripped properly, its just that the rust is what worries me because water got inside in the past.
Also there seems to be a kind of grounding issue because often when i touch metal i get shocked, for example metal parts of my PC case.

>>3003538
Do you have a grounding rod that comes out of the panel from the load bar?

>>3002893
I need to know how you're spending your free time, are you mostly jerking it and playing vidya? Are you a druggie? do you have ADHD or just a lazy faggot?

you can download apps to block most of your phone other than calls, but you won't download them
you have to work on you anyways. your girl was going to piss you off eventually and fuck tyrone, your parents are getting older every single day

download audio books or something so you can use your phone productively, you can download textbooks off the internet so you can learn something instead of just scrolling trash on x or 4chan

>>3003540
Green wire that is connected to a grounding rod in my garage... which is a bit hard to check because its now under cement.

>>3003547
consider buying a ground bar and hooking the green wire to that exclusively, if you're getting shocked it will only get worse, as in your shit is gonna catch on fire worse

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I need to make an easily removable ring that goes around a lip in a cylinder. My current design looks like this, a neoprene ring fastened with velcro, with 4 pieces of solid core wire that form an X at the top for mounting.

The problem with this design are 2-fold. First, the velcro wears out, which means I need to replace it every 6 months. Second, the wires are slowly pulled upwards because the foam isn't very sturdy.

But I can't really think of a better design. The ring has to be installed from above, it needs a bit of clearance to go over the lip, it needs to weigh as little as possible, and it needs to be easily and quickly removed. I've considered something 3D printed with a hinge, but the wires need to be stiff because I need them to not pull away from the top, where they're attached to a rope.

>>3003627
can't you put some sort of threaded pipe clamp on it?

>>3003641
Way too fiddly to do up the bolts every time, and again, weight is at a premium. I could maybe stretch to a thin metal strap, but the current version is under 5g.

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>>3003408
I got'r'dun

It was a bitch and a half getting it up there by myself. Had to resort to some mechanical advantage

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>>3002637
Bought an old.house. UPVV double glazing with matching plastic structure on the inside. They've left a gap behind the plastic at the top and the wall behind. I'll need to take this off, add timber that'll be able to secure curtain rails. How difficult is it to put the plastic surround back? Thanks

>>3003654
*UPVC sorry

>>3003542
i was spending my days looking for jobs, doing yard work for my parents, *slowly and meticulously* research/repairing my cars. and spending way too much time cooking big meals and inviting friends over to eat them, that eats up 5-11pm like 3x a week. i would sew in the mornings, my girl would have me call her for like 1-2hours a day (sometimes three) and freak out if i didnt. i had two separate random projects this summer that took up countless hours of research and two 7day trips to go do them ..ended up going out there and not doing either. ...and of course all the bs stuff would always come before the actual job search. theres plenty for me to do and just none of it gets done if im laying in bed staring at reels on my phone.

i left the house this weekend to go learn some stuff on a carpentry project and some cute girl that was there to learn too seemed to be into me, but i didnt do anything about it :0

i was diagnosed as a child with ADHD but since the meds for it are basically meth, i completely avoid them unless i realllly could use their help that day. and even then i 'microdose' a 1/20 of one of my 15year old stimulant pills and wow does that dope me up. but without any sort of structured timeline, the meds still dont really help at all

>>3003627
Can you explain the situation in more detail as to why it needs to be so lightweight, what it is for exactly and show some real pictures of the current setup? Also what size of cylinder?

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>>3003672
It's 60mm dia with a 70mm lip. I'm considering some kind of 3D printed flange, but I don't think it'll open enough to get around the lip without eventually cracking. I could split it in 2, but then I have the issue of sticking it back together when its over the lip.

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Have some ants living in this tree. What can I fill the holes with so that it seals and gives the tree the best chance of healing over the cut? Previous owner let the limb get extremely rotten, and I couldn’t cut any closer to the trunk.

>>3003703
Leave it alone, trees compartmentalize damage on their own

>>3003704
Okay, thank you. Just didn’t want the holes to expand enough to prevent healing.

>>3003705
Yeah I get the urge to clean out the rotten wood so it doesn't heal around it but it'll generally rot faster then the tree heals and kind of crumble away on its own. Also, removing the dead wood just exposes healthy tissue

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bought a house, has these super janky and retarded steps. I would love to hire it out but can't exactly throw down the thousands upon thousands dollars any time soon. Theres probably not any better replacement solutions for this is there? I'd be almost willing to try to frame and pour some myself, but I've got room temp IQ and would definitely not do any better of a job.

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>>3003719
the stairs themselves might be ok but the step where it turns into the slab making up the path to the door is shitty, as well as the bottom. Maybe I could do some sort of foam jacking on the top part to try and get it to meet the path's slab better? I couldn't tell you off the top of my head if the steps are level but I'd be willing to bet the answer is no.
I'm open to ideas, and also for a way to dress up the sides, especially where the cinderblocks and stone wall meet.

>>3003723
Fill in between the top step and the walkway so it's more of a grade than just an abrupt and awkwardly angled step up

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Not sure if this belongs in ohm or machinist, but is there a better way to clean off the crud from this pulley from an old VCR? There seems to be something corroded onto it. I cant remove it from the unit or the shaft so I have to clean it this way.

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>>3003749
the belts are either loose or slipping and im thinking this has something to do with it

>>3003749
I question the point of even getting a VCR running again, they're total garbage. I think there's not much way around the tedium, ideally you'd get a drill on the shaft or on whatever that pulley is connected to to spin it slowly and sand the gunk off after getting most of it off with IPA and a stiff brush.

>>3003750
Oh, and if belts are loose and slipping, the belts are probably shot, you need new ones.

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>>3003752
its sentimental reasons and theres about 2 dozen tapes of stuff from the 80s that probably doesnt exist anywhere else. i want to digitize what's left before this unit dies for good
yeah it probably does need new belts, unfortunately I'd have to eyeball the sizes since there's no part lists or diagram list anywhere for them.

>>3003749
If IPA doesn't work, I'd try acetone on cotton balls/paper towels, and then scotchbrite if necessary. Don't let acetone drip onto other parts, it might melt paint/plastic.

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>>3003755
>i want to digitize what's left before this unit dies for good

easiest solution: get one from the thrift store for $10
bring a junk tape or 2, and some composite cables, so you can test it works

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>>3002637
What is the difference between concrete stain and concrete coating?
pic related, prices are similar, but the stain covers 400sqft while the coating only does 60sqft.

I am looking to cover my porch's concrete with something.

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>>3003807
its not a VHS system, its different format that only existed for a few years

I am working on a shopping list to enclose a screen porch with insect netting. I will include a rail.
What is the best lumber to use for this?
cedar?
pressure treated lumber?
redwood?
yellow pine, douglas fir?
i will be painting or staining it. i just want something that isnt going to warp or be warped like regular framing lumber

>>3003819
The stain will just stain the surface and go on real thin therefore the higher coverage. The coating will be more like a separate layer on top like paint.

>>3002686
get ye olde grinder
get ye a target
maketh ye some dope ninja stars

>>3003755
A micrometer will help. Failing that engage with the lostmediawiki people who'll help

>>3003723
looks like it was bedded poorly and the ground underneath settled. you should be able to dig out a side and slip a jack under to push it up
obvious get a board under the jack to distribute pressure across entire step. once leveled out you could fill out underneath with more concrete or foam or dirt or whatever
that bottom step i'd just cut that front corner off with a grinder so it looks more flush
cinder blocks also cut with grinder flush and hammer off the tops
>i know nothing about this, but that's what i would do without researching at all

>>3003752
VCR tapes are of the few forms of media sharing tool that would survive a giant EMP (nuclear falloff)

>>3003819
I used paint on my concrete patio and it chips from pressure wash cleaning
I will use some form of sealant next time. idk if that helps
in your case maybe stain+sealant
coating will chip away, but could also be sealed in for protection

>>3003820
there used to be vhs head cleaners that I was going to suggest trying to track down, but if it's not really vhs those won't work. get a swab like this guy has I guess? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZa3F8NF9Gg

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>>3003719
whoever sold you that house was laughing their ass off when they did, that shit is a safety issue and you should have had them fix it

putting down gravel and landscape rocks can make it look nice and not like a crackhouse at least. the rocks beside the steps look cracked, and if you get rid of those you can rent a skidsteer and just grade the entire walkway anyways if you want

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>>3003886
that shit looks trashier than pintrest pallet board wainscoting and brown paper bag and elmers glue floor covering
>safety
careful in that glass house when your solution is buckets of marbles dumped in a stairwell

>>3003888
>looks trashi
it doesn't thought. quite quaint and a decent solution

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>>3003894
>t. has thomas kinkade schlocky paint by number shit hanging next to the liv laf luv plywood sign

>>3003888
All structures with four or more risers in the first world require a hand rail commercial or residential
>blah blah marbles
In the first world we have heavy equipment to pack dirt or gravel down, nigga thinks playgrounds wash away when it rains

>>3003724
>>3003872
these are probably my best options
>>3003886
among other things I'm sure. who wouldn't want to take the opportunity to fuck over some clueless retard buying their first home?
I would like to replace or repair the stone wall down the line too, but its generally still solid and doesn't seem like its in any immediate danger of falling over
>>3003888
you're insane, that looks cozy

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any idea how to fix this? super glue melts when the outlet and 'port' thingy gets hot.

BUT
i think the charger only gets reallly hot when im charging my jackery powerbank and ryobi batteries at the same time.
powerbank pulls 70watts and i believe charger pulls about 45watts. these both will pull at the same time from my old, small 4cyl ford truck whether the truck is on or off. if i have the both devices pulling power from both my 12v outlets at the same time, does that increase the overall current AND overall heat running through my 12v outlets? will running only one device at a time keep the outlet cool enough to prevent the superglue from
melting off the ryobi 12v 'port' thingy?

fuse is labeled
>UL 32
>BUS SFZ 20A
where can i find two 'cut and swap' 'port' thingy charger ends? i have two of these 12v ryobi chargers and theyre both melted.

what are these port thingy charger ends called?

when BEST BUY had recycling bins out front, i could just pull whatever scrap cords i needed out of the bins. so bummed they got rid of those bins

I'm looking at roof replacement.
Do ridge vents drive winter heating bills up?

>>3004008
That is just a 12v cigarette lighter plug. Look that terminology up. Make sure you get one with heavy wires and rated for at least the 20 amps it currently has on it.

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>>3003508
>>3003505
Like this anon said there only needs to be one wire per breaker. You can get tandem breakers, 2 that fit into one slot. Just watch your total amps for your box 200 maybe?

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>>3003654
Whoever put this up has left a gap almost 10cm deep. Pic related. I suppose the rest of the bay windows will be the same state. Best to have done with, rip off the offending PVC, attach wood to the impacted areas then re-do the UPVC before attaching the curtain rails?

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>>3003880
its not the head, its just a metal pully that the belts go around. I think the belts are slipping because the unit will rewind/fastfoward when there's no tape in, but once a tape is loaded, the resistance is so great the rewind motor just stops turning

>>3003627
>>3003676
Who are you drone-dropping bombs on, anon?
>>3003824
Cedar is a natural repellent of many insects.
>>3003880
Just use a piece of dry paper to clean the heads.
>>3004095
If your attic is sufficiently insulated and your windows and doors are properly sealed then your heating bills will be unaffected.

>>3004133
>attic
Awesome, thanks.

>>3004142
Np, anon.

>>3004119
just use a longer curtain rod to reach the studs

I've got a 3mm stretchy shoelace (basically a bungee cord), and I want to attach it to a washer with a 3mm hole in the middle with the minimum amount of thickness taken. Best I can think of right now is cutting the thing apart and splaying it out to glue it flat outwards.

>>3004275
You're probably correct.
Unlessnthe requirements are low. and an adhesive strong enough to just glue it into the hole flush.

>>3004275
>splaying it out to glue it flat outwards.

glue is always iffy
i'd try either a chicago bold or a pop rivet

>>3004286

chicago bolt, not bold

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Renovating the kitchen. There is a corner between two doorways that had some (very rough) handmade shelves previous owner put in. Not a ton of space to work with there.

Going to put more shelves here, it's a small kitchen so any storage is helpful. Outside of just doing something similar to what they had before, any ideas on how else I could utilize this space?

Wondering if my asbestos test is wrong.

It was an Amazon test. They say I have 10% amosite asbestos in my loose-fill attic insulation. 1960s build in the greater Chicago area.

Wasn't this stuff pretty rare in my area?

>>3004434
you can build a cabinet with pull out drawers pretty easily in that space, and make it tall too if you want storage, you can even put a trash bin on the bottom, shelves will look cringe and shit will fall off of them and every corner shelf I've ever had eventually craps out

>>3004482
>i tested something and the test came out not the way i wanted it to, so the test must be wrong
are you a researcher by any chance? anyway send a sample to a lab

>>3004513
I mean that's the result the lab sent me. Seems suspect, though.

>>3002653
Is this true?

>>>/diy/sqtddtot

>>3004540
then you have your answer, unless you're implying the lab is lying to you for some reason?

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I have this useless crap, what do?

It is an HP LaserJet 5 Si MX from 30 years ago. Heavy as OPs mom. It is on the way to the e-waste facility but I'd figured I'd ask if there anything cool or useful you can pull out of these things? The network card with LocalTalk, 10Base-t ethernet (10 megabits a second baby!) and BNC connector look pretty sweet. And useful components on the PCBs? Maybe some stepper motors that spin all the rollers?

>>3004563
>HP LaserJet 5 Si MX
Uhh, maybe don't junk that thing. Does it work? Because, if it works, well you will probably never need to buy another printer. I mean, its only 30 years old. It probably has another 30 years in it easy. I'm not joking.

>>3004566
Probably needs new rollers but yeah, buy some.repalcement parts and keep using it. This is like the best black and white printer ever made

>>3004549
The test could be inaccurate. Hence why I am asking...

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>>3003703
>>3003704
this tree (>1k years) probably died because they propped up the branches instead of letting the tree /diy/

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>>3003798

>>3004563
one of the first things i bought on ebay as a retarded kid was an 8150 to do a3 toner prints for making pcbs.
courier refused to deliver it, had to go to the depot and take it off the pallet it was on and then take it to bits to be able to lift it into the car.
it never worked properly it always chewed up the first page then jammed. stripped it right down seems to have been dropped. frame was bent and optical switches were all misaligned to the flags. poor thing couldn't fix it. i still have the fuser somewhere. dont know why i kept it.
my mum was pissed off because it was enormous, nowhere to keep it, and if it had worked it didnt even do color. great memories.

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>>3004566
>>3004574
Story time!

>>3004583
Are you me?

Picture related. What do you do when someone says they have a pallet of stuff for $50 and you see a little Sony PVM in the pile? You drive 2.5 hours and spend $30 in gas on top of the $50 to take the pile of untested e-waste off their hands!

So, I get it all home and, uhh, there was some good stuff in there. I got a Dell SK-3210 PS2 keyboard with a little built in trackback (and immediately broke two of the keycaps), an older Microsoft wired 'wheel mouse', a Logitech M310 wireless mouse, A Boston Acoustics BA735 2.1 sound system (digital input only, I'll have to fix that), a bunch of heavy duty power cables, and a box full of teeny, tiny swage dies and other pits and pieces.

Plus a couple of dogshit printers, crappy keyboards & mice, a junk TFT monitor, old ethernet cables, and some other stuff that I dropped off at the e-waste center.

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>>3004580
>be tree
>stand minding your own business for 1000 years
>along come dogoody professor of treeology
>this tree is obviously suffering and needs intervention
>no symptoms is a primary symptom
>'fix' sick tree
>now horribly disfigured unnatural abomination
>tree dies just to spite the instead
>it obviously wasnt our fault for fucking with it
pottery

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>>3004591
I first hook up the Sony. It is a PVM-1390. It has a BNC composite input and output on Line A, S-video and VTR on Line B, and a sync on green 'RGB' d-sub connector with 25 pins (!) on 'CMPTR'. It looks lovely and the sound works. This picture is with the brightness turned all the way down cause my phone sucks.

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>>3004594
>>3004591
So, I tried out the LaserJet 5 and... she is stinky. I should not have done that in a small room, as it now smells like whatever heater these LJs have in them. Born June 1996. Just missed her 30th.

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>>3004596
>>3004591
And she prints! The LED display is a little wonky. The page counts are almost certainly incorrect. She has an aftermarket toner cartridge and the network settings don't match the stickers on her case. So, someone factory reset her 1040 pages ago. Still, though, 30 years old and her printing still looks really good. Not perfect, but that is like 90 in printer years.

>>3004578
well everything could be innacurate or botched or not up to spec, what do you want people to say? noone here has ANY idea about that test. do another one in a different lab if you're paranoid

If you could choose, would you be a white collar or a blue collar worker?

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>>3004652
>If you could choose
Motherfucker, you can. They aren't mutually exclusive. Shit son, get a blue collar job to pay for the education they want for you to get a white collar job. If you decide you like blue collar, keep at it. If you don't, get the white collar job. Fucking idiot. Don't worry though. Being an idiot doesn't disqualify you from holding a white collar job. Might even help you get promoted. The dumber you are, the higher up you will rise. Look at the last 65 years worth of presidents the US has had.

>>3004652
having did both in a variety of jobs, definitely white collar
>but muh healthy body
just go to the fucking gym

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I'm moving this heavy piano, getting it out of the garage and putting it in the foyer. This lever works really well, the tricky part will be getting it up the street curb about 5" or so i think, but I'm feeling like that greek lever guy so here goes

>>3004659
>get a blue collar job to pay for the education
imagine being american. how sad...

>>3004691
>getting it up the street curb about 5"

i'm an average sized guy and i was able to lift one side of a piano like that
it had a handle on the back just for that purpose
no wood-destroying lever needed
so, one person lifts, a second person shoves from the dolly side
maybe lay down some slippery MDF fiberboard to slide it in enough to use a second dolly atop the curb

>>3004735
the wheels don't work so good i was hoping to use the dolly, but i noticed the bottom isn't flat there is like a 1-1/2" lip on the front face of the piano at the bottom so that i imagine it would tilt back if i did the dolly, my parents are old so i don't want them to end up in a tricky spot with a heavy piano, the thing is real gd heavy i can't lift it solo
i was thinking maybe a little rig for the dolly to even it out but that sounds like a pita,
could build a ramp for the small curb
gonna get light machine oil for the wheels, have an idea for the dolly, would rather not brute force it, and have to protect the bamboo plank floor from the wheels, blah blah blah will sleep on it
can i use schedule 40 or 80 pvc 3" maybe as a moving fulcrum for my steel bar? sounds really dumb but i gotta lift it and then push it over the curb , changes the lever but only need a couple inches horizontally,
or maybe, line it up horizontal to the curb, lever it up, and then just rotate 20 degrees and the leading edge is on the sidewalk, doesn't solve the back though.

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>>3004563
I managed to get this monster working in Windows 11. While it works on a standard ethernet network my dogshit consumer modem/switch/router combo doesn't support BOOTP and this antique doesn't support DHCP. I had to manually set the IP, which is fine, until you realize you have to input each octet of each item (IP, subnet mask, and gateway) individually by starting at zero and holding the + button until it reaches the correct number. If you go over there is no - button so you have to keep holding it until it comes around again. Inputting 255.255.255.0 for the subnet was not great. Now I see why so many old networks use 10.x.x.x addresses.

Getting the driver for the thing was the worst part. HP still has them on their site but they are all not compatible with newer versions of Windows. Microsoft has the drivers in the Windows catalog but they include 12 different editions and don't tell you which one you need. I ended up having to add the printer manually and use the 'Windows Update' option when it tells you to install the printer driver. This never works for modern printers because Microsoft never has current drivers. If you need to install a printer who's drivers were last updated in 2006 they have you covered it seems.

MacWorld gave this printer their Editor's Choice Award in 1996. They noted that it was 130 pounds and cost $4,800 dollars. My unit has a duplexer, which was an extra $669. That is $11,639.25, accounting for inflation. No wonder it has lasted 30 years.

>>3004597
keep using and maintaining it, it probably has years of service. see if you can find someone to 3d print parts if needed.

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I just found out I’m paid at least $10 an hour less than everyone else at my job and I’ve almost completely lost the will to work. The guy that told me what he makes, $10 more an hour than me, most of his job is driving around.
I’m able to do every single other job that anyone else can do, people who are mostly siloed in what they do and they can’t typically do other jobs. I also run machines and do design work that no one else can do. I can do all the welding and fabrication myself. Everything.
I worked every single day from the beginning of June to last weekend, not this past weekend, the first day I had off all summer, to finish jobs that no one else could have done.
Last week I would show up to work and do the absolute bare minimum. I can’t get myself to care about it anymore with how little they value me. Idk what to do other than quit, but I really don’t want to be looking for work right now. What do?

>>3004852
Three big options:
Make a case that you deserve a raise.
Try and get promoted/a project of your own that will entail a raise along with more duties that will increase your enthusiasm
Find somewhere else that wants you and is willing to pay for you

>>3004852
Ask for a raise. Don't name names. Just say they you know that others here are being paid more for the same work, you think that you do just a good a job, and that you would like your compensation increased. If you can find a recent job posting from the company for the same role that can also help.

BTW, shit like this is why you should always compare pay with your co-workers. Your employer is the only one that benefits when you keep things under wraps. That is why they give you shit when you leave a paystub out or discuss pay at work. It helps keeps their labor costs low. Maybe you've been there a few years and the company has had to increase their pay to fill positions recently. The last thing they want is for you to find out and ask for a raise. They aren't going to offer to to you. You have to ask.

I worked for a place for 9 years. I got a few raises here and there but a friend told me he had seen a job posting from my company for the same role and it was paying $4 an hour more than what I was getting. I spoke with my co-workers and it turned out, as I was the longest standing employee in the position, I was getting paid less than all of them. I discussed it with my supervisor, he looped in management, and they basically said we'll think about it. A month later I got a 50 cent an hour raise and a promise of more come the end of the year. They acted like I should throw a party. I started looking for jobs that day. It is easier to find a job when you have one. You can take your time and wait for something nice to come along. Not jump at the first thing to keep the bills paid. 3-4 months later I was working for a different company that paid me $5 an hour more to start, had better insurance, more company perks, and was a lot less stressful.

Something I have noticed about shitty companies is they are always busy, always hiring, but never paying that well. Why are you doing other peoples work? Why aren't you getting time off? Fuck that.

>>3004858
Don't just ask for a raise, have your CV ready and even shop it around at new jobs to see if you can get a similar or better offer.

Going in and asking please sir may i jave some more money is bitch ass. You got to be ready to walk and tell them tonget fucked. Especially $10 that's crazy

>>3004852
>he fell for the "work harder and youll be rewarded" meme
Nobody rewards hard work, no other shop is going to reward hard work. They reward people who are likeable and sociable. If you had become buddy buddy with the owner, the owners son, the manager etc etc, youd be looking at less work and more money.
Instead you made yourself into the exploitable worker bee who puts his head down and just produces.

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Got a project I'm currently planning on using brass M2.5 bolts for, and I want an external hex head for vanity reasons, but no one sells hex bolts that small. If I buy threaded rod and nuts and lock-tite the nut at the end of the rod, can I polish the end to make a hex head or will it look like shit?

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>>3004894
it will look bogus because there will be a countersink and a unfilled spot where the thread starts
you can get #3-48 screws in hex head which is within 5 thou of the same diameter as m2.5

>>3004858
People in the tech world dont get raises. They get time and experience at their job for a year or two and then jump ship to a higher class of company who pays more. When a layoff happens, they just talk to their network and get a job elsewhere.

It WILL work the same way with shop jobs if you are willing to jump ship. There is this ingrained culture/pride with blue collar jobs that hasnt really caught up with what white collar guys are doing. People still believe they will be rewarded for being loyal to their company, and its simply not true.

Work your way up a reasonable level till you plateau at a company and then jump ship

>>3004894
It will not look aesthetically pleasing
Have you considered Acorn nuts?
Its a hex with a dome on it, or you can find other knurled caps that would look ok, depending on what the application is.

>>3004894
https://www.lockeduprc.com/M25-x-7mm-Scale-Hex-Bolts-30-MC-Zinc-_p_1363.html

RC car scale bolts

>>3004652
I left the machine shop and now WFH in insurance. The two are not even close. Being an NPC and talking to NPCs all day sucks. Trashing your lungs/heart and beating up your body being in a shop all day is substantially worse.
/diy/ as a hobby not a job is the way to go.

>>3004852
Dont ask, demand a raise. You know youre worth more amd have unique value, and now knowing that and that you're being underpaid is going to make every day there absolutely miserable. You'll either get that raise or have to quit, because you're life will be absolute misery if you put up with it.

Its what I came to once at work, and it worked. I got a 7 dollar and hour raise and got my boss to pay for some other stuff.

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>>3003888
Digits aside, you have no idea how much I want to cave your head in, you defective little shit

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>>3004961
ask your wifes bull whata good packjob feels like

anyone have experience with cocaine and workplace drug test? my buddy gave me 1g bag and ive been doing a little here and there over the past two months and have gone through like 2/3max.
well i did a lil this morning and then got a rural 14/12 job offer about an hour later. I am delaying going through the on onboarding process because i imagine theyll want me to drive to a local lab for drug testing very soon after my paperwork is done.
ive read that 'monkey whizz' worked for a ton of folks except for a single short post that said the user tested positive for fake urine at 'LabCorp', my buddy says he uses 'Monkey Whizz' at LabCorp regularly and passes. suggestions? should i buy a fake urine sample, complete onboarding and then if they ask for immediate drug test, then use it?
theres a ton of info on cleansing for marijuana but very little for cocaine.
i can only assume this stuff has meth and other adulterants as well
fuck im dumb

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Not sure if this should be asked in /ohm/ or not since it's for a headphone but it's concerning hardware. On headfi someone swapped out the headband of their denon headphones a few years ago - the poster hasn't posted in years otherwise I would ask there.

Would anyone have any ideas on what hardware he used to mount the baffle chassis? Or suggestions on what I can try? I'm currently using a nut, bolt, and washer, it's ugly and doesn't allow rotation of the cups. I was thinking of trying to find a shoulder bolt small enough if that could work.

https://www.head-fi.org/threads/denon-d2000-headband-rebuild-full-diy-guide-photo-heavy.845365/page-2

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>>3005057
Follow-up pic, the outside of the headband. Not sure what hardware he's using here to mount.

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>>3005058
And here is my temporary solution which works but is not ideal.

>>3005057
I assume it's something that came with the headphones, but looking up the listing on alix it doesn't look like the same thing, they're all metal.

I recently did something similar using a chicago screw and some loctite, which has been holding up well in my headphones. Just make sure to back off the screw slightly so it doesn't become glued in place, you can probably use a washer in the stack if you're worried about wearing through the plastic.

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>>3005061
>I assume it's something that came with the headphones
I didn't think to check the D2000s. You're right, looks very similar.
>worried about wearing through the plastic
The rings are metal thankfully, but I have 4 bolts sticking out haphazardly on both sides right now, two of which I've covered with electrical tape. Looks jank, reference the third image I posted.

This is the listing that he used. Comes with hardware for Hifiman. I've opted not to modify the denon rings in case I want to go back to them as I've found other modification ideas for those that involve drilling a hole through the headband itself that is made of cheap shit pleather. Thanks for your suggestion!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLKuQxR58lI
https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256803862000099.html?gatewayAdapt=glo2usa4itemAdapt

>>3005060
>>3005058
>>3005057
Acorn nut to improve appearance. They have a maximum amount of thread they can be screwed down upon before they max out. You might be able to use that feature, if you size the bolt correctly, to make the fit slightly loose. Add a few plastic washers that are low friction to allow rotation without it being completely loose.

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>>3005065
Oh this is a far better idea than the shoulder bolt I was thinking of, pic related. Thanks I am going to see if I can find some at my local hardware store.

>>3002893
find another unemployed loser and agree on doing something together

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>>3005070
>this is a far better idea than the shoulder bolt I was thinking of

an even better idea is the chicago bolt, or chicago rivet
the acorn nut stands up too high, and its shape is UGLY
makes people think of a light fixture

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>>3005130
This looks more difficult to source locally, but this also looks like it would fit my needs nicely as well. It looks like they are easily disassembled. I'm very grateful for this thread and you anons, I would have been sitting here twiddling my thumbs trying to come up with solutions.

I've a detatched brick garage with some concrete cladding/sideing on it (looks ~3cm thick) I want to attach a couple of solar panels on an angled bracket (60kg weight total + allowances for whatever wind is in an inclosed garden). Kinda worried I'd drill through the concrete and it would cave in (there's likely some sort of air gap).

Am I worrying for no reason or should I go for a no drill solution? Are there even outdoor advesives that can even take that sort of weight?

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Any tips for cleaning this tablet? IPA won't dissolve the glue and acetone is too strong

>>3005166
I'd throw it in the trash and buy a new one. That shit is worth like 10 bucks.

>>3005166
Armor all degreasing car wipes.

Some chance it might be too strong

>>3005164
>Are there even outdoor advesives that can even take that sort of weight?
60kg? ....theoretically, yes. you could get a tube of mounting adhesive which is rated for 20kg/cm2+, so if you prepped the surfaces and slathered that on, maybe it would hold? i used it on my shower fixtures and 5 years of everyday showering, it holds fine - however that's a weight of 2kg at most
i don't think i'd risk it though. why not put it on some sort of chassis?

>>3005166
Try WD-40, and then get the WD-40 off with IPA.
Had success with removing electrical tape residue from extension cords.

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Will I die attempting to cut this tree down from the bottom?

>>3005181
you might wish you were dead when it falls onto your house and/or knocks out the power.

>>3005182
It's tall but skinny. Too far away from the house to fall on it

>>3005181
My guess: No.
But of course, you photographed this and cropped the picture to eliminate the branches that are higher and tangled in the 230 kV line, right?
Branches only appear to reach communications lines (low voltage). You could break one of those, knock broadband out on your street and incur the wrath of every autistic gamer. So, yeah. You might die.

That one branchs that appears to be almost touching something: With leather gloves, loop a nylon line over it and pull it back. Then cut it and pull it away. As soon as the highest branch is below the CATV/telephone stuff, hack away.

>>3002637
Questions:
Where da' ham radio thread at?
I purchased a Yaesu FT-708R cheap at the local thrift store. It appears to work. I found the manual and schematic on line. Issue: There appears to be a mod done to the radio. A bank of 5 DIP switches sticking out the back. Anyone recognize this mod? If I know what to search for, I could probably find it. My guess: The RAM has been expanded and this is some sort of bank switch. But my Google-fu fails me on this guess.

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>>3005164
What kind of roof? Do you have rafters that overhang? If you do, or have some other kind of robust roofing system, you could hang the frame from the roof and simply have supports attached to the walls to keep it from moving in the wind. This would greatly reduce the load on the wall and allow you to use smaller fasteners or even just adhesive as >>3005170 suggested without worrying about the load on the wall.

>>3005166
Have you looked into Goo Gone? What kind of glue is it/what was attached?

>>3005190
>Where da' ham radio thread at?
>>>/diy/ham

>>3005166
>IPA won't dissolve the glue and acetone is too strong

a middle ground is vinegar

>>3003034
go to a hard ware store. Buy a male electric plug end and female plug end. attach to the cut wire. Now you have 2 small extension cables.

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>>3005181
>>3005181

>>3004906
>>3004857
>>3004858
>>3004893
I sent my resume to another shop today that they’re looking for someone and I checked every box. (I somehow have a connection to the owner of this large shop through my brother’s in-laws) A major problem is they’re in my home state, not where I live now.
My boss also talked to me today, which is rare, we’ve had almost 8 conversations in the multiple years I’ve worked for him. I brought up my frustrations of burning out an entire summer only for the work that I’m the only one that can do, sat in our shop for weeks after the supposed deadline. He agreed and understood my frustration.
Later in the day I was going to talk to him about my future at this job and potentially talk about a pay bump, I didn’t end up doing it because of my own deliberations to send a resume to a company in a different state was already enough shit to think about.
I’m going to talk to my current boss candidly about needing a pay increase. Thank you anons for encouragement

>>3005010
>/diy/
>drug test
lol. they're all so desperate for employees they ain't drug testing unless you live in like portland or something
coke gets out of your system fast and you've been unironically babying it
wouldn't even worry about it

I'm working on making a table with an old cast iron engine block. For the legs, I can either bolt the pistons to the bottom, which might make it a bit unstable, or I can cut 3/4" thick pieces of steel and weld them to the bottom so that I can mount the pistons at an angle.
I know welding to cast is difficult to do right and I only have flux core (190A welder, though) but am I overthinking in this case? It won't be heated or stressed aside from weight but given that it's 150lbs, I don't want them to fail and knock the thing over.
I could bolt something to the bottom instead of welding but it screws with my intended design a bit.

>>3005361
Stick welder, nickel rods and you can weld cast fine

>>3005361
itll be fine for a coffee table

>>3005372
>fine for a coffee table

and just phenomenal for your reputation as an inbred redneck

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Why are replacement swamp cooler pads so expensive?

>>3005244
>>3005189
Okay so it's not touching the zappy. Turns out my pole saw is not working so I'll fix that and then try to get it loose before finally cutting that branch. If I die I'll let you know

>>3005392
That seems about right to me. It's a large object and needs shipping and handling and a decent chunk kf mayerialntonmak

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I have a window AC but I would like a more elegant way to secure it. I have lots of angle iron and want to fabricate something that doesn't make my house look like a prison.

Turns out making luminaries are fun.

What kind of lamps should I make if I wanted to sell them and make money out of it ?

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what's the deal with split ring washers,

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>>3005624
A strategy of tension.

>>3005624
Ineffectual leftovers that just became ubiquitous, like Philips head screws

>>3005624
Those things piss me off. They are good at marring up paint and sometimes cutting a nice chunk into the nut. Also good at breaking out and leaving you with a nice loose bolt.

>>3005638
>They are good at marring up paint
I was taught to put a regular washer first to distribute the load then lock washer to stop things like that

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>>3005624
see >>3005627
caterpillar has purged all split washers from their old parts breakdowns because they are worse than nothing
gay ass split washers will open up or snap in half and then pop out leaving behind a loose bolt
theyre from a time when bolts were oversized and not stretch tensioned at assembly torque
proper below yield tension or loctite are far superior in every way
t. lock washers tongue my anus

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>>3002637
How hard is it to find an under the table cash job? I need the money but can't afford to lose my insurance.

>>3005682
Depends on what you mean. Like actually working for someone else? You have to network so it depends on your network. They aren't exactly posting this shit on job boards.

Doing shit like buying/fixing shit and flipping it on eBay/CL/Facebook? Easy. Working for neighbors doing around the house shit? Depends on your neighbors. I made decent money doing IT shit for regular people on the side. Upfront cost was nothing, as I am a professional IT guy. I was paid in cash and any parts needed I had the client buy themselves so there was no paper trail. Working for an actual boss who is not paying benefits and shit? Fuck that.

Where the fuck can I get scrap material these days? It feels like back when I was a kid you could find all kinds of shit just lying out on trash day. plexi, sheet metal, pieces of siding, whatever

I just need something rigid and flat I can cut to mount some consoomer electronics to. even if i were to be mega hick and use plywood, no stores near me even sell it unless you're a contractor buying pallets of stuff to build a house

i only need like a 2ft x 2ft sheet of something cheap but rigid i can cut to size to cover a box, and is robust enough i can bolt some amazon 12v regulators and automotive relays n shit to and i dont want to buy a whole tool box or computer case or something just to rip it apart for one(1) panel

>>3005770
Businesses are getting more efficient nowadays. There's nowhere near as much scrap as there used to be, but you can always try local scrapyards and dumps.

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>>3005770
>Where the fuck can I get scrap material these days?
i have no answer except i feel your pain
scrap price is terrible so the toothless scrappy in my town doesnt get any to haul
all the construction debris is promptly put in the dumpster and gone
and faggots selling used junk want 125% of the price of a new sheet of plywood for a chopped up partial with a hole in the middle
>dont lo ball me i know what this is going for new
the thrill of building shit out of free junk had gotten hard to come by

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>>3005827
why do you tolerate rats in and around your living quarters?

>>3005828
We have 5-star rat restaurants. They dont eat garbage like you do.

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Why are gears often depicted and known for having flat teeth like the red box ones here? When in reality they're often pointed? Even when the it's flat the sides are curved
It's a dumb thought I've been wondering about. Is there actual reasoning behind it? As even antique gears have also have curved sides

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>>3005874
>When in reality they're often pointed?

is it possible things can be represented symbolically rather than realistically?
coz people are just bad at drawing

>>3005874
Do you think some graphics artist really cares about the validity of their clip-art?

>>3005876
>>3005880
Well I mean in most media they're often depicted like that, not just clipart. but like you say it might just be an artistic representation that stuck around because it's easier to convey and looks more mechanical instead of aggressive. Just wondered if there was some actual historical reason for it

>>3005874
the more primitive type of gear are easier to cut and if anyone depicted them as pointed people like you would UM AKSHUALLY them about how actually they should be rounded

also gears with flats are easier to print, easier to identify at range, and generally look more obviously like a gear than like a many-pointed star with a circle in it

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Is it possible to mix in a small amount of marine lacquer with high-gloss regular wood lacquer (both turpentine-based), to make it slightly more water resistant? I mean mixing together into one substance as a final finishing layer, not as separate layers. The base would be normal primer and normal layers of lacquer. The final top coat would be the mix.

>>3005874
i suggest its something to do with the size and number of teeth.
gear teeth are not completely pointed, they are flat at the top typically on larger gears at least.
i think that
1) if you drew curved teeth, the gaps between the teeth necessarily would have to shrink, so you need to draw more teeth to make it look normal.
2) the square tooth cogs remind me of the warning sign of a hand crsuhed by gears: ISO 7010-W089. if you draw a warning sign you want the simplest symbol possible recognzable from the furthest distance in the quickest time. for this application, fewer teeth is better than many teeth. ALSO, i think the square teeth in this example imply more power and hand crush-ability than many small curved teeth. but thats subjective.
I suggest that most designers drawing gears look at or think about the safey sign and copy that.

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>>3005065
>>3005070
>>3005130
Thanks for the suggestions, here's the finished result.. Went with the chicago screw. Filled in the gaps with a metal washer and some tiny o rings I had lying around. Works almost perfectly. I have some concerns that they may come unthreaded and I'm debating on applying loctite but so far after a day of use they have held stable so I think this was the solution.

>>3006002
They'll probably work themselves loose, loctite works great. Just try and wipe off any excess so it doesn't stick to the washers.

>>3005963
Try it on a small scale and see if it does what you want it to. Like a thimble-full of both mixed together and paint something with it. See what happens.

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What's the best way to treat hard water for a hobby workshop? Small scale; fucking tired of buying deionised/distilled water. Realistically only go through fewer than 5L a week of water for jewellery/electronics & other art shit.
>inb4 buy a reverse osmosis unit
I can't find a model that isn't white woman shill pill bullshit that'll last 2 weeks because it was designed to last the attention span of a tiktok scrolling single mother

I'm buying a house with a deck. What do I need to know about maintaining a deck? We have long hot summers and then winters with some spotty storms throughout and then relatively big rains just as it turns to spring. I think I'm more worried about the sun than the rain.

Is oiling it once a year sufficient? Would I do it before summer or before winter?

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>>3006100
It will depend on the wood. If the wood is cheap and fast-grown, it will warp and bend no matter what you do.
To maintain it you will need to pressure wash with soap to remove the biofilm that develops (every 1-2 years); then sand it (every 3-4 years). Only after sanding it should you apply oil because you're just going to lock in microbes that eat away at the structure and you'll double the time and effort spent to unfuck the damage.

>>3006102
From going back in time on aerial photos on the council website it looks like it was added pretty recently, so it's probably cheap stuff. I'll keep a close eye on it. Sand before oiling makes sense but I think it might need it more often than that because it gets a lot of sun.

>>3006104
In that case, look for a UV protective oil. Not much you can do about heat from the sun causing thermal cycling which will drive out moisture, causing internal stresses in the wood. Just hope the guy who put the screws in to the joists wasn't having an off-day

>>3006104
Oh as well, if it's a good neighborhood; try to make friends with an older retired guy who has time to diy, might be able to try his tools like pressure washer with those frisbee shaped attachments. They have a spinner inside that works like your dishwasher, saves time on cleaning the film that will develop on your deck from cupping of the wood. When the wood cups it will puddle water that's gonna rot the fastest.

>>3006011
I'm avoiding loctite for now because I fear that if I apply even just blue, it won't come off. Absolute nothing to grip on these things. So far so good, the o ring and metal washer seem to be keeping it from spinning loose.

>>3006119
You could've got the chicago screws that have a hex on one side and phillips on the other, that's what I used. They're soft enough that I probably couldn't separate them though, I put some on something else and would up just cutting it off when I had to replace it. They make weaker loctite that doesn't need heat to remove, but in my case it would've been a real pain in the ass if they worked themselves loose so I'm glad I used the stronger stuff.

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>>3006097
>buying distilled water
>he doesn't distill his own water

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What are the odds I’ll get this WiFi dongle out of my washing machine without bricking the whole thing?

>>3006167
>WiFi dongle out of my washing machine
WTF did you buy one?

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>>3006177
>why buy?
It was on sale. also good luck finding an appliance that’s not gonna broadcast an access point 24/7. Your post was helpful tho, thankfully It practically popped right off and the machines don’t seem to care. Too bad about the warranty.

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A few weeks ago we had a new sink installed and everything seemed fine. A few days ago I noticed this weird ring of rubbery stuff around the drain that seems to fit pretty well into the little depression and I couldn’t help but wonder if this is some kind of poorly-applied sealant or what- would it be a terrible mistake to remove it?

>>3006180
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Putty#Plumber's_putty

>>3006181
Is it safe to get rid of? I’m guessing it’s not toxic or anything and based on that ingredient list it seems that way.

>>3006185
>Is it safe to get rid of?

it's a seal
when you remove a seal, you get a leak

>>3006185
You want to remove the putty used to keep water from collecting/leaking out around the drain of your sink?

I mean, honestly, it looks like your plumber did a shit job. You shouldn't be able to see the putty at all. Likely there is some kind of size mismatch between the drain opening and the drain they installed or they didn't tighten the lock ring nearly enough and the gap is too large. The stainless steel looks like shit too. The whole thing screams 'cheapest materials, cheapest plumber, got what you paid for.'

>>3006197
>>3006200
You guys know that it is safe to remove what squeezes out of the joint right? You're not retarded are you?? Right?

>>3006208
That's not "squeezing out", that's the rim around the drain hole. A plumber who isn't retarded would've got a drain that fit the sink, that one doesn't. If you cut that putty out, you now have a depression around the drain where water will pool, and it'll get fucking filthy and need cleaning out constantly.

I would personally pull the whole thing out and add a correctly sized drain. It's meant to be flush.

>>3006209
>it'll get fucking filthy

also, you'll be providing a source of water for any insects you may have wondering around
making it a welcoming home for roaches and such

>>3006210
>>3006209
Can I leave it in there forever?

>>3006211
The fact it's already starting to look pretty tattered suggests it'll come out on its own over time, and then you'll need to re-do it anyway. You might get away with filling it in with silicone and smoothing it flush, but really, you need to take it out and do it properly. Either it wasn't tightened down at all so the drain is basically floating on the putty, in which case it'll leak in no time, or it's too small for the drain hole and you'll have to mess about with it every 6 months to re-do the silicone seal after it gets damaged.

>>3006165
Nigger you've never had to deal with hard water

>>3006200
>>3006209
>>3006214
I’m fairly certain that ring of goop was not there when it was freshly installed, but also that we haven’t eaten anything weird that would account for it. Could it have seeped out somehow? Does that change things at all?

>>3006236
>I’m fairly certain

I’m fairly certain you're wrong

>>3005181
Just report it to the power company and they'll trim the tree away from the lines for free.
Then you can cut the rest down if you still feel like it.

I bought a replacement axle for my bicycle so I can use it as a trainer. I want to leave that axle on all the time, but in the case of a flat one side has a 19mm bolt I don't currently have any tools to remove that will also fit in my usual bike bag. What's the best solution?

My first thought was to just cut down a wrench, but I'm not sure my shitty old reciprocating saw will handle what I assume to be hardened steel well. Am I overthinking it ? I could go out to Horror Freight and grab a cheap angle grinder, but at that point I could just buy a set of small wrenches. I suppose I don't need to put a ton of torque on the thing, just get it beyond hand tight.

>>3006265
Hack saw to cut the wrench down or get one of those short handle wide jaw adjustable wrenches from Amazon

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>>3002637
I'd like to laminate paper and card stock. What laminator should I get that won't break? Just A4 size needed.

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anyone got an idea how to upholster a welded tube? I have pipe foam, faux leather and contact glue at my disposal

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Trying to do this as a curtain rod
I guess I'll have to drill a hole at the end of the dowel, but it's 6 feet long and I don't have a clamp.

>>3006367
Lay your drill on its side and get a book or something to level the rod up to the drill bit. Be sure you use a bit smaller than the threads on the end piece

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How do I get this thing (bearing/shaft assembly) off the drum?
Checked linkrel page video but shaft assembly looks different (Mine's the 9 kg model, so maybe a sturdier assembly): https://how-to-repair.com/blogs/repair-guides/how-to-replace-washing-machine-bearings-on-candy-hoover-otsein-zerowatt-etc

>>3006367
Oh and not sure how professional you're worried about it looking, but you can do this to find dead center

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RgTG8rrWIu0

>>3006372
How worried are you about it being intact/in decent shape? If you just want it off the drum and don't care if you wreck it, just use a pipe wrench. If you want it intact, see if there's anyone you can borrow a slide hammer or bearing puller set. Might can borrow one from a local part's store

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>>3006374
It is: picrel is the inside, but it doesn't matter; washer was scrapped, but I saw one of these being used as bbq and thought that'd be neat.
Spider is completely rotten, though (close to 20 years old washer).
Guy in vid just pushed shaft in to get it loose, but mine looks different and I wrecked the drum housing anyway, as it had no bolts (glued together?), unlike video, so I needed to saw it and break it to bits (a major pita) to remove it.
No such luck with borrowing here.

>>3006379
Yeah just throw a pipe wrench on it and torque it loose. It's gonna be some kind of epoxy

>>3006380
Don't think that'll work, as it's the bearings assembly that needs to come off and that obviously spins freely.
Guy just put drum housing on planks and hammered down the shaft/drum assembly to get it loose; I'll try to get something strong under the bearings assy to hold it in place and try push the shaft down, failing which I'll probably just saw it off.

>>3006368
I probably still have to secure the rod somehow, right?
Why does the drill bit need to be smaller than the threads?

>>3006394
No deeper than that is, you should just be able to do it free hand

You want the hole smaller than the threads because if it's the same size there's nothing for the threads to grab

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>>3006380
Yeah, pipe wrench just stripped the whole thing; it definitely needs being pulled out, but for that I need some sort of lever beneath it, or maybe I'll just blowtorch it out, as it's probably seized, by now.

>>3006425
Oh I thought you meant the whole housing thing

Maybe thread a bolt down the middle and snatch on it. Is there some functional reason you want it off?

>>3006372
>>3006425
Oh wait, duh, take those screws out of the ends of those arms

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>>3006442
Yes I want to remove the whole thing, leaving just the shaft/spindle.
That threaded thing is part of the shaft, I guess
>>3006444
I did; they're countersunk screws, so that's probably what's preventing me from pulling the spider out; guess I'll need to pull it harder or just saw the arms to release it; I'll try tomorrow.

My microwave has started doing a thing where every once in awhile if you open the door while it is running, it'll trip the breaker. Sometimes it'll happen multiple times in a row, sometimes it'll go days or weeks without doing it once. My only question is if this is likely a problem with the microwave or a problem with my wiring? I don't want to replace it for 200-400 bucks (plus all of the hassle since it is over the range) only to find out it's not the issue.

>>3006499
can you pause it?
start pausing it first, then opening it

>>3006506
Forgot to mention that, yeah doing that usually alleviates the issue at least anecdotally

>>3006508
>>3006499
Is the outlet it is plugged into a GFCI? If not, maybe install one. They aren't terribly expensive and are generally not a bad idea to have in a kitchen. If you do install it and the outlet starts tripping and not the breaker I would suspect some kind of short condition in the microwave that only occurs if the door is opened when it is running.

If you already have a GFCI and it is behaving as expected it might be a breaker that is going. An easy test is to turn off your main breaker and swap the microwave breaker with another one in the box of the same specs. If the problem goes away it was likely the breaker that is on its way out. Just remember where you moved it to and replace it. Now, if your breakers are GFCI or arc fault, not your outlets, that also may be why they trip.

>>3006512
Standard outlet but it's 20 amp (with the sideways terminal) and on a dedicated microwave only circuit and 20 amp breaker. House is a new build about 8 years old so I would expect (and hope) that the breakers aren't going out already, but they're cheap enough I can just replace it anyway and see.

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>>3006516
probably one of those faggotass arc fault breakers that trip if a spider farts
id put a regular old fashioned breaker in its position and see it the problem goes away
>inb4 gogo homeinspectorgadget throws a shitfit and falls in it about muh licensed repair

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>>3006446
Fuck yeah; did it.
In the end it was just the countersink holding both parts together.
Now I need to see if there's anything worth salvaging on the bearings housing.

>>3006518
>id put a regular old fashioned breaker in its position and see it the problem goes away
or just put it on a different line

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Might be the wrong thread but is this safe?
It's behind a wall socket

Bought a hand winch from lidl, their parkside brand 10m cable 600kg max load.
when unravelled it I realised it only had a single 10mm bolt as a spindle which feels like quite a tight radius for wire rope.
But looking online is this actually normal for hand winches most google images seem to show the same?

I thought there would be at least a 50mm drum for the spindle.

>>3006617
is this a wall line? iirc in general wall lines should be uninterrupted, and if you need ot splice them or whatever, it should be done using a junction box
>is this safe
relatively, i've seen much worse

>>3006617
assuming your british
screw terminal is not maintenance free, it should be accessible.
Is it to BS 7671? no. is it the end of the world? no.
behind a socket? if the cable was in the back box of the socket would be 'accessible' but only one of the conductors is split so might cause you some trouble.
i think soldering and heatshrkink, or a crimp connector would both classify as maintenance free.
ideally you figure out where either end goes and pull in a new length

>>3006617
If you can see it, it's not up to code but who gives a shit unless your house burns down, in which case anything like this will be used as an excuse to not pay insurance. If you can't see it, you're being a cunt to the next poor fucker who has to work on this shit.