/diy/ - Do It Yourself

strain gauges are the usual choice these days for force detection

For example, there are these load cells, and I could add them to the padding with some form of plate that covers some area, and this should allow me to validate where the kicks are hitting. Any ideias on how I should distribute these?

>>2791900
Why not load cells?

>>2791873
Chemistry!

>>2791880
of what kind? is it droogz?

>>2791884
Drugs are chemicals, so maybe. Bombs contain chemicals as well. Chemistry makes everything!

sounds better than night putting

That's what I did. Work during the day and then drag my ass to welding class once a week.
Not much advice, the instructor will teach you all about it.

Shut up and learn.

Things that seem stupid at first you will come to understand.

Also fucking prep your shit. Buy three angle grinders now.

>>2791830
if you're using mig and take a break, turn the gas back on

there's something about welding at night that's so unwholesome

>>2791805
>3 threads about dirty ass walls in your shithole apartment
fuck off and mix up a bucket of hot soapy water and start scrubbing you lazy nigger

>>2791805
>two big spots obviously patch jobs
Its the tinnest coat of paint imaginable anon

>>2791783
Your npr article about high paying jobs changes nothing.
Companies bitch and moan about being unable to hire people or talk about how much their willing to pay but it's all lies.
I remember applying to BNSF a couple years ago when they were offering $8500 sign on bonuses and paid training for 30+ openings. I was immediately rejected, no interview. I gaurantee almost all of these companies get plenty of applicants.
And then my experience has been that when you do get hired, you will get paid much less than the advertised pay and raises will be much fewer and smaller than advertised.

So why are trades dying?
>yes, really, shit pay
>dealing with shitty bosses
>dealing with shitty contractors
>dealing with shitty customers
>dealing with other shitty tradies
>dealing with shady business practices like not getting the pay or benefits or breaks promised in your employment contract/state law

Then you have classic boomer retardation to blame:
>why hire and train white people to do a skilled job when I can just pay these illegal beaner crackheads $5/hr to do the same thing?
>wow look how fast they work!
>hey how come skilled craftsmanship is disappearing and everything is built so shoddy these days?
>they just don't make them like they used to

That's why heavy industry is where it's at. It's like a trade but the people you work with respect you and don't hire illegal immigrants.

>>2791854
You forgot
>hires the cheapest employees
>Why is everyone so lazy and keeps missing work?

>>2791862
^Truth and wisdom.

>>2791783
>Why is this so ????

it's not the pay, it's the State licensing that's a barrier to even get into these jobs

In most States to get into Plumbing, HVAC or Electrical you have to first be an apprentice for 3 or more years before you can even take the licensing test.
Problem being very few established trades companies hire on apprentices.
They'll hire on employees, who can work under the license of the company owner, but that's not a path to be able to get your own license.
And even if they do hire on apprentices, the apprentice gets burned out being treated as a nearly unpaid slave.
And if the apprentice leaves that company and goes to another company, their apprenticeship time starts all over again, so if the apprentice leaves a company with only 1 year left of a 3 year apprenticeship, they start back over for another 3 years at the new company.
Companies know this, they know that the apprentices don't want to loose the time they've put in, so the apprentices get treated like crap.
Even then, if you manage to make it through all the hurdles to get the Master Tradesman to sign off on you having completed your apprenticeship, you then have to pay several thousands of dollars to the State to take the test to get licensed.
Then there's the insurance, if you try to strike out on your own as a licensed sole operator the insurance is CRIPPLINGLY expensive.

tl:dr the boomers created a protectionist system that bars entry of younger competition.
it's why the vast majority of the trades companies are family operations, father to son, father to son, etc.

locally we had a Joint Vocational school the shut down it's Trades program as the local trades companies just entirely stopped hiring apprentices from the JVS, and without the trades companies hiring on apprentices, the JVS couldn't justify keeping those courses going.

>>2791774

>>2791774
Crown molding

>>2791802
>crown molding
not quite
>>2790448

>>2791802
kek
>>2791809
you missed the joke

Spider shit

>>2791766
Spider shit
Does whatever
Spider shit does

>>2791746
>but I can't take a pre trade course
you sure? most prisons have programz you can do while your waiting to parole out

>>2791746
Go join the IBEW. There is just an attitude test. You don't need prior knowledge

>>2791746
You should be able to work it out from here

>>2791762
Not American
>>2791757
I work full time and can't afford to give up this job yet

>>2791740
get a cat

>>2791740
> Thinking of buying the place in rural Australia.
Mice will be the last thing you’ll be worrying about m8

a house made of brick and cement not sticks

million dollars

That'll run you at least two Mexicans.
More is Mr Mike has to get involved.

But realistically, you could do for under 300 dollars. They got them fancy lifts that holds your gypsum board up and crank it right up to the ceiling studs / joists.

>>2791726
If you have water damage in the ceiling it means your roof is fucking leaking. Hire a reputable roofer if you're not willing to get up there yourself or no you're not experienced to diagnose the issue. Get before and after pics, it's probably an easy fix, but the roofer will try to sell you on the whole roof. Replace and repaint the ceiling yourself.

>>2791784
> but real assasins don’t keep their rifle in a matching foam pelican case.
Where do they keep them? You knowing so many assassins and all. Are you John Wick? You’re John Wick aren’t you? You boogie man, killing people with a pencil mother fucker.

>>2791720
>Yellow Black and Decker
>Foam
>Hasn't even cut finger pulls
I'm gonna vomit

>>2791804
Don’t need finger pulls. Never used em.

>>2791715
I hate this shit. It's just another propriratery standard they get you into, sp you have to be loyal to the color.
Same as batteriea where they are all basically the same.
>>2791720
Larp. First time you throw a geasy tool.in that foam, it will disintegrate. But that wont happen because those tools get used to tighten hinges on kitchen cabinets once a year.

>>2791784
>>2791850
>keep tools clean and maintained
>LOL this queer doesn't abuse his tools like I do!
>LARP
You retards would have a lot more money to buy drugs each month if you treat your tools well.

>>2791704
You install it on a supply register and it supposedly pulls air from other rooms into the room it's installed in. Doesn't do shit in actuality though.

>>2791699
Central air fag problems.

>>2791751
>t. split system brownoid with the pump on the balcony

>>2791699
>Do these work?
They're like fishing lures, if you bought one it did what it was manufactured to do.

>>2791699
I've had that exact one for a few years and it definitely made a difference.

I think it's a good idea, but too specific. You may not get enough jobs. Do grills and stove tops and ovens as well.

You make that a business and you will do really well.

Wear gloves and a mask, those chemical companies don't play

>>2791684
If you have experience in sure you already know this, but be ready to work third shift a decent amount. I'm also assuming that you're planning on using a steam cleaner? It's a rough life, man. Make sure all of you are equal owners, because of the three of you, at least one will say fuck it right as you're about to score a decent contract.

>>2791684
Do grease trap cleaning while you're at it.

Its a shitty job and you need fire certifications to actually get hired. Need an expensive steam pressure washer too. Youll want a fire suppression tech on payroll too.

>>2791684
>I'm already thinking of chemical costs and basic shit like scrapers/ an LLC,
wow you're thinking of chemicals, scrapers, and whether or not to form an llc? sounds like you got it all figured out, champ.

>>2791682
FCC Agent Smith has entered the chat.

Irf520 with a capacitor swing kit

It has to be in the water, for one thing.

>>2791610
>Step 1: dunk in a 50 gal. barrel of penetrating oil

its gone

>>2791610
>air
>fuel
>spark

Air is pretty easy. Check if you have spark, throw a fresh plug in there for the hell of it if you want. If no spark, go through all the ignition components and wiring and get that working. Then try running her on starter fluid. If the starter fluid works, time to diagnose faulty fuel delivery.

I guess OP accidentally left SQTDDTOT out, but that's fine. I bought some GE silicone sealant in the caulk tube format a year or two ago, and just got around to using it. It seemed a bit runny but otherwise ok. Now, several days later, it's as gooey and runny as it was the first day. I did my entire bathroom, so please tell me it's going to cure eventually and I don't have to clean it all up. THANKS!

>>2791587
>I would need it to work through the deaths of individual drive, and I should be able to varry the amount of redundancy
What you want is a RAID array on a NAS. Depending on your needs and cost restraints you will need to pick a raid level (see picrel)
Raid is only one part of keeping data perpetually, and should follow a 3-2-1 backup plan:
3 copies of your data
2 Different storage media (HD + Disc, HD + Tape, HD + SSD, etc)
1 copy off-prem (Stored in separate physical location to avoid catastrophe like fires or floods

Error correction is built into plenty of filetypes, but data should probably be re-written every 2-3 years on a hard drive to meet industry best-practices. there are drive cloning tools you can use to do this (I use Clonezilla). Obviously you need two disks if you are using cloning to rewrite your data periodically. IMO, many people have had data on hard drives for decades, but your risk tolerance is up to you. If you are okay with your data being non-ready you could always archive them with 7zip or winRAR. The compression algorithms have built in error correction on decompression, but obviously if you want to use the files you would need to decompress it.

I hope that helps. People love to scream that physical media is dead, but if you're looking for long term storage and don't mind paying a bit, you can always get a used LTO5 drive and write 1.5tb per tape. Those data tapes are still used for a reason- if stored well and kept in a controlled environment, they will last 30+ years. Biggest problem with tape is that the read/write hardware is often hundreds and hundreds of dollars, even used.

Let me know if you need me to elaborate on anything. this might be a better question for >>>/g/

>>2791607
>People love to scream that physical media is dead

what other type of data storage media is there?

>>2791607
Alright, see you there

>>2791611
Cloud/hosted storage. I should have said "WORM" Write Once Read Many media

>>2791622
>My landlord isn't going to do shit.
Ah, so I was right. you're living in a slum. there's no point trying to fix it because without fixing the underlying water issue there's no point.
>/diy/ - Useless slum apartment rehab

>>2791640
>without fixing the underlying water issue there's no point
Yeah, that's not going to happen. I just wanted to know if I could slap some fucking spackle or joint compound on it so it wouldn't look like shit for the next few months I'm living here.

>>2791642
Paint over it with some Kilz primer and then paint it whatever color but do it corner to corner or it'll look like ass. You can get away with spot priming it

What does your girl do? Who is the income earner. It doesn't sound like you, if you're so bored you will fix up 'your own' place. I mean that's an admirable trait, but as anon said, it's misplaced: this is strictly an issue of your landlord needing to repair the area. And you need to leave if they aren't. That's the nature of renting. They will find some other schmuck, who doesn't mind absorbing mycotoxins into their bloodstream, compromising their health, and who will pay them money for that priviledge, for a room(s) in a building the landlord already owns - controls, and you don't.

It's water getting in. Whether it's a leaky pipe or leaky roof, it's likely not a job for you. Could I handle it? Yes. Would I? No. Should you? No.

I'm not some dumb cunt in an apartment. I'm a dumb cunt who moved to a farm, to help out for room and board. We are the same dumb cunt, but that's to say you can do better. I refer all you young boys (males) that are missing a huge amount of basic skills, to volunteer on helpx.net etc. My journey started there, then quickly bounced to helping a friend with his farm.

Now whether you can also earn the same income at the same job, probably not. But these 'lucrative' wages or salaries from jobs near cities, are fake. You are chained to paying all the bills, rent being one of them. The employer has already factored that in, to keep you under their thumb. It's not bad or good, it's a sucker's gamble.

If you want to have children, there's nothing sexier than a man, who can split wood. Fresh air, the smell of woods, ample space, not being asshole to bellybutton with every other medicated wagie..

>>2791642
What's the point of spending the money on some place you're only staying for a few months? Are you literally retarded?

>>2791552
Material for crickets to nest in

hand them out to middle aged women. also I’ve seen some people use these to start seed potatoes.

>>2791614
this is true one time a guy gave me $80 for some old puffy floor mats on ebay and even drove to my house to pick them up. you never hear from them again because they realize they're stupid and move on

>>2791552
You can glue them to your wall to improve sound acoustics.

>>2791680
stop spreading such misinformation and disinformation bigot or your privileges with be taken away