/diy/ - Do It Yourself

-insert shit drywall job done by retarded drywall crew here-

>>1823473
A grinder and paint will make a welder what he ain't.

>>1823473
I see these all the time in my family since our version of learning to weld is "weld this and don't hurt yourself".

looks like an agent orange birth defect

>>1823599
I thought that was someones gnarly arm wound before I clicked on it.

>>1823166

>>1823473
Is it leaking? hmm? well all right then.

>>1823916
this actually got me mad

>>1824044
I giggled

>>1823916
explain for non electrical retard please

>>1823473
>>1823932
>>1823555
>not just dabbing more metal hot glue to cover up porosity.

>>1824174
You don't splice in lines by driving a screw into the middle of an existing line.

>>1823166

>>1823166

>>1824044
horry sheet
>>1824338
is this a shop or did someone have too many pipes and too much time?

>>1824070
I'm just speechless... how do you even?

>>1824174
He's getting 110. Out of one of the legs. This is perfectly fine. He should have taped it up though

repostan >>1805613 because it kind of belongs here more than it did there

>>1824419
After pondering this for about 60 seconds, I think the scariest part is that clearly the cover to the box is nowhere to be found.

>>1823680
Ominous

>>1824338
Yo bro, can you open the valve for the water sprinkler

>>1824268
nice, a russian LED

>>1824363
>insulation integrity destroyed
>Live piece of metal waiting for someone to touch it
>exposed conductor in wire nut
>this is perfectly fine

>>1824338
Was that the piping for the coolant system at Fukushima nuclear disaster?

>>1824227
Nothing wrong here. Yeah, it seems counterintuitive, but this is perfectly fine.

>>1824444
theres obviously no service to the box yet and they are running shit off a generator.

>>1823548
Yessir.

>>1824338
my buddy's pool system looks like this. he did it himself and he's all proud of it.

I can't complain, he lets my family use the pool.

>>1824611
Worlds first frictionless car

>>1824338
Buy me a case of beer and I'll make it a work of art.
Based boomer pipe fitter

>>1824338
more head than my uni gf
8)))))))D~~~~O:

>>1824788

Some OC
The wife called it "my husband's Frankenstein plumbing"

>>1824822
This was the view in the basement.
>kitchen dumps into the laundry tub line via a San tee, and of course the whole horizontal waste was back pitched..

Another OC from a mud basement "house" with green greated plywood as the basement walls...

>>1824830
View from under

Last OC for now.
>put in new ceiling fan in 1912 house
>turn off switch
>open up old fan, nuts off, check if there is voltage from black to white.
>no voltage
>check voltage from black to ground
>no voltage
>safely assume I can un wire and take down fan
>huge sparks, gets shocked
>trips breaker
>flip breaker and test wires
>turns out the white 'neutral' was actually the hot side...

>>1824897
Considering the number of times that has been posted here, you think you dumb fucks would copy the properly rotated versions.

>>1824899
for you

>>1824897
>>1824902
Other than it being a huge waste of time to do it that way, it's not a load bearing wall so there's nothing really wrong with it.

>>1823680
>>1824647
forgot to post the second half

>>1823916
>not even wrapped the right way around
evertim

>>1824789
Is that blue wire loom is that even uv rated and were you there because they couldn't figure out why no need of f them would work

>>1824905
are you kidding? its a kitchen wall (made obvious by the receptacles marks over the counter, microwave, fridge) which means they will be hanging cabinets from that wall full of heavy shit. plus, how are you going to attach drywall in between the studs where the header is cut out? just the weight of the drywall will start pulling that floating wall section down since its not supported by anything

>>1825046
Those studs are very, very clearly attached to the wall behind it. They're transferring any load to that wall. It's not ideal but it's not the structural disaster you seem to think it is.

>>1824268
>Forbidden snack

>>1824902
I'm more concerned with not using a long turn 90 going from vertical to horizontal and using a sanitary tee with a 45 instead of using a wye.

>>1824363
surprised screw not red hot

>>1824788
we all been there right lads

>>1824897
Nothing wrong here

>>1825046
That seething cowboy who comes in afterwards detected

>>1824044
beautiful

>>1825046
Noob
You like to have some cabinets on this particular wall? Smack one sheet of plywood on it and it’s plenty strong

Pic is from outside

>>1825014
I always enjoy seeing this one i would love to see the guys face when he first saw it

why is this all reposted shit that I've seen here...

nobody has any fresh diyyer/tradie gore?

These threads are always the same..

>>1825438
This is up to Brazilian plumbing and electrical code, don't see anything here.

>>1825504
Not my photo, but I did it.
Fucking schrader vavle was leaking, I gassed the mini split, wrapped 9000 layers of teflon around on threads... And bubbled don't bubble.

To HVAC speciallists: YES, TEFLON FUCKING WORKS EVEN ON NON-TAPERED THREADS IF YOU WRAP IT THICK, NO NEED TO CHANGE FUCKING CORE.

>>1825436
Fucking amateurs, they didn't extend the grounds....

>>1825575
Bro you can change a valve core in like 2 seconds with a core tool. Jesus dude

>>1825575
I would have just changed the schrader like this guy said >>1825664
but if I've got a leak on a cap on an angle valve or henry valve that i cant change i use this shit never had a leak it wont seal

https://markal.com/products/la-co-loc

>>1823680
>>1825014
a /diy/ classic

>>1824419
I like the sockets' looks of horror. Very cute.

>>1824369 Somebody did save it up. Nice.
Btw that funny wires shoved into the outlet was the least problem among all other things.

>>1823680
>>1825014
I think the most amazing thing is that someone stood next to that thing long enough to take 2 pictures rather than running for their lives

>>1824788
this very nearly happened to me once when I was working as a cable installer. luckily I noticed before it was too late.

>>1825575
Well, duh. The packing and seats in that valve are teflon. Hell the valve core was probably teflon too, they stopped using rubber years ago.
You could've replaced the schraeder core without evacuating by using a core tool, but in your defense since it's a mini-split you'd need a special 5/16 core tool (which they do make) to do it. Sucks having to buy a $60 tool for one fix. Also, instead of all that teflon tape I would've used Leak Lock.

>>1825747
La-co-lock? OK grandpa. Leak Lock or Nylog is how the kids do it now (Nylog is probably too thin for this situation though). You still using Thawzone and a Dial-a-Charge?

>>1825659
Maybe the system isn't grounded so the grounds in the socket are redundant anyway. That's how it is at my place.

>>1825659
>>1826073
It could also be that there's a ground strap that goes to the mounting screw. So, the inner socket could be grounded like normal and then the ground from that travels through the screw to the outer socket.

>>1825438
?

>>1825664
Bro, do I look like an HVAC supply house or am I made out of money?
Teflon tape is literally 20 cents, and you can buy it everywhere, in hardware store, in walmart, in corner shop, even fucking stray dog has one.
And core removal tool is like $50 and it is sold only in couple stores in my region, since air conditioning is luxury. (local one only has R134a valve core removal tool)
Yes, this Teflon shit helds R410a 40 bars (hot day + heat pump mode) no fucking problem.
>>1825747
Teflon is easier to come by.
>>1826066
>Well, duh. The packing and seats in that valve are teflon. Hell the valve core was probably teflon too, they stopped using rubber years ago.
I've doubts. It is chinkshit box, they will use cheapest option possible.
>Dial-a-Charge?
You won't believe me how much I need this nigger.

>>1824822
>>1824825
We like to call that “plumbentry”.

>>1825014
I was having a hot shower and suddenly it became a hot shoah

>>1823916
electricians are gay babies. This is badass and patriotic

>>1825014
I would love to see exactly what was being grounded through that flex line.

>>1826234
>You won't believe me how much I need this nigger.
Do they even make dial-a-charge for R410a?

>>1824338
WHAT THE FUCK IS THAT AND WHY IS IT LIKE THAT

>>1824444

>>1826472
Use staybrite 8 they said...

i wonder how bad this can end

>>1824227
Do those breakers not trip internally? with pic related style breakers you can't block the lever because it has a triggering mechanism inside.

>>1826066
Nylog fucken sucks young friend I had a ball valve cap I smeared that shit on and still couldn't get it to seal had to go back to the good shit laco lock
Leak lock works good but I find it can be hard to break shit loose once it dries

>>1824338
Omfg I just figured out what's going in here. The shitty little Hayward filter gave it away. This is a system for a spa (what you retards call a hot tub). One pump is a jet pump, likely the one on the left. The other is a heat pump. Normally they're supposed to be plumbed separately, but this dumb cunt didn't figure that out. So this retard made the most infuriating manifold i have ever seen, and connected the suction sides of the 2 pumps. Then this absolute fucking brainlet did the same thing for the return side. He gave individual lines to every jet in the spa, not knowing that there's either a manifold in it already, or they're all on the same line inside the shell of the spa, so him doing that was completely pointless. Odds are 99% it was the later.
Also lmfaoing at that dollar store salt cell he has.
T. Has been a pool and spa repair guy for like 13 years

>>1826234
>>1826284
you dont need a dial a charge any more just buy a scale hell you can use a bathroom scale

>>1825438
showering with these is so much fun
trick is to turn on the hot water buton before you start the water, so its less chance of shock

>>1823916
>wood screw
>can handle amps
>no breaker and before service disconnect

btw, electrician reporting. much lols

>>1823166
k

>

>sister moves
>"hey theres something wrong with my outdoor lights and my bathroom outlet
>floods are on bathroom gfi breaker, gfi looks like this

>>1827100
>a few months later
>our heater turns off the breaker, and the circuit panel is making a really weird smell and buzzing when we switch it back on
>go to take a look
>panel is on exterior wall
>acorns and shredded paper and leaves line the panel bottom
>also whoever was in there last was less than a cunthair from driving the cover screw on the top right corner into a live10 wire that was jammed way the fuck too close for comfort and was visibly impacted before

>>1827102
wish i took a picture of their basement it looked fucked the fuck up>>1826086
like that almost

>>1827099
>shields are for pussies bro

some OC

I'm not defending any of this shit but it happens because people don't understand people think the plumber, electrician, HVAC tech etc, are ripping then if because they quoted two grand over what Cletus did.

>>1826867
I feel ya

>>1826780
You dont need a vivid imagination for that. If its an old Commie block, it probably will hold, though.

>>1827201
yea i guess
i have seen some retarded shit though
pic related, pier footing for a home in a serious floodzone literally at bayside.
piling were off and when dude laid out the piers 4 of them out of 36 were literally floating off the footing

>>1827228

>>1826867
I don't trust scales I have. Especially after it turned off on me mid charging (because it is a good idea to know how much gas you have added).
Never zero out kitchen scales.

>>1824268
>>1824654
Why doesn't this happen to the other nuts?

>>1827165
That panel is mounted sideways.

>>1827261
other cables might have other loads or something has to be the weakest point.

>>1827261
their not loose

>>1823680
can someone explain this? I don't get it I assume the gas is hooked up wrong somehow but do not understand the details.

>>1827321
see
>>1825014

>>1827321
Legend has it that somehow the house's entire wiring got routed through the gas line, which is heated to incandescence from the current passing through it.

>>1827395
If properly earthed no issues

>>1827230
good god in heaven

>>1825014
>>1823680
could this be what is happening

>>1827422
Things like that can be found in Chinese highrise columns. Anyone have the webm?

>>1827261
>bad/loose/dirty connection at the intended interface
>good enough electrical contact on the nut
>current goes through the nut, then the bolt, then to the bus bar
>heat is concentrated at smallest contact area
>smallest thermal mass also contributes

>>1827098
Nice reflow job

>>1824174
>>1824363
>>1824679
it's only hot where the red wire is, once the electricity has cooled he switches to black line which is appropriate.

>>1827528

>>1827547
China building cheap shit just like the virus they unleashed that worked good for a few months then broke now it just really annoys you everytime you think about it

Anybody have that picture of a dudes basement ceiling where he wanted to put in a drain pipe and cut a huge chunk out of a metal I-beam that was holding up his house, so the pipe could go through?

Repairing this old mill i bought. Came across these wires going to the servos...

>>1827634
Its a clusterfuck in general but the amount of wierd shit i find is baffling.
I picked dozens of fistful of chips from the electrical cabinet.
Wires are brittle as shit from being soaked in oil.
I even came across chips next to wires in terminal blocks with screws tightened on them.
Half of the contractors on this pic is not even used, wires just go nowhere.

>>1826826
Kek he also has an auto chem system with no CO2 or acid feeds hooked up to it.

>>1826826
it's not a spa it's a pool. spas don't use saltwater chlorination systems like this one does, also i'd imagine it has water features like a waterfall or something stupid

>>1826826
there's no way you've been working for 13 years as a pool repair guy. quit your bullshit

>>1827978
>spas don't use saltwater chlorination systems
Like he'll they don't. Pentair makes the IC20 salt system almost specifically for spas. I have spas with Aqua Pures too.

>>1827099
Blood spatters all over. Any more pictures from this set?

>>1827547
That's normal for concrete after it's a couple years old, it covalently bonds with trace minerals in the mixture and loses a little rigidity. As long as the beams were installed correctly it literally can't cause any problems.

>>1828119
This is not normal.

>>1826789
Yeah they do. It's why you can't just flip a tripped breaker back to the on position, you have to flip it off first.

>>1828119
Since this is wrong on every point, let's go through it.

>That's normal for concrete after it's a couple years old
Not for any formulation of concrete ever used. Crumbling like that would interfere with any purpose for which concrete would be used. Imagine what would happen if a dam used "concrete" like that.

>it covalently bonds with trace minerals in the mixture and loses a little rigidity.
Concrete hardens and becomes rigid by a non-covalent hydration reaction between water and calcium silicates, both of which are major ingredients. This reaction continues for years, though it gets slower over time. On long time scales, concrete absorbs carbon dioxide from the air, which turns some of the hydrated cement into calcium carbonate, essentially reversing the process of cement production. This makes the concrete harder and tougher, not more brittle.

>As long as the beams
Beams are horizontal structural members. The things in the video are columns.

>were installed correctly
They were cast in place, not "installed", and they were obviously cast incorrectly. What with all the loose aggregate.

>it literally can't cause any problems
Those are load-bearing columns. Such things are overengineered, so it may not collapse immediately. That's not out of the question with such poor bonding, however, and in any case the robustness to handle things like storms or earthquakes will be severely reduced.

>>1827607
jesus christ, use punctuation bud. you type like a facebook mom

>>1824834
working on a circuit that's still on at the breaker
working on a circuit without using your nc stick

that ones on you

>>1825438
Not as dangerous as it looks, not that i would ever use one. it only becomes an execution device if the neutral disconnects and the ground disconnects (or the ground was never installed)

>>1824044
If you touch those coins would you die?

>>1828235
It would be extremely painful.

>>1827261
the glowing one is coming loose, look at the bottom of the plate, it's not touching.

>>1827213
if the balcony floors are just extensions of the girders for the structure floor, the balcony itself should hold just fine, so the failure would be the railing breaking dumping the water and occupants out the side.

>>1828238
for you

>>1828260
u newfag, first we say, "You are a big guy" then "For you"

Joys of dumb ass previous owners

>>1828351
Why are there even screws coming out of the back of that fitting? It's supposed to be held in the hole by those tabs sticking out of the side.

>>1828185
>if dams used concrete like that
They literally do. The liquid soaks into the mixture via osmosis and maintains a constant equilibrium of wetting and drying, keeping it stable even years later. I guarantee you that if you went to Hoover Dam and poked around with a screwdriver, you'd learn instead of just being a fucking try hard know it all on the internet.

It's covalent, open a book.

>columns
Which are supported by beams, rendering your nonargument totally moot.

>cast in place
Asked me how I know you never worked on a Chinese jobsite. In China and much of Europe, they lay the concrete in big troughs nearby in the area and then stand them up with cranes or sometimes just pulley systems. Again, read a fucking book.

>storms
Why would you want your concrete to be "lol so super hard and totally brittle solid" in high winds or in case of earthquake? If it doesn't have give, give as displayed in that video, it'll just topple over

You are a literal retard.

>>1824611
running them slicks for track day

>>1828357
I'm european, i've worked all over northern europe.
You are fucking wrong. For some reason you're lying on the internet so I can only assume you have self esteem issues.

>>1828235
If you touch both terminals of a car battery, do you die?

>>1827547
It's either salt/mineral damage or they used concrete that had gone off. It sets in the presence of moisture pretty much, so you don't want shit that's been sitting around for over a month ideally.

>>1828158
Correct.

>>1828185
They're weirdly nearly right on a few points, so I guess they're book smart or something. How they've never interacted with concrete that's more than a couple of years old is beyond me though.

I will pull you up on a couple of things, it's not clear from the video if they were "cast incorrectly", it doesn't look like they were vibrated too much (they're poking around the middle and possibly top of where it seems there were forms, if the aggregate had settled out you'd expect to see very little and even a fair amount of completely unhydrated cement in the worst cases). It doesn't look like air was entrapped either, it really looks to me like the cement was too old.

There's covalent bonding in CSH that forms part of its strength, it also tends to remain partially as a gel (this is why some people say the Hoover dam hasn't set, and why you get stuff like concrete creep and some surprising elastic and plastic properties of concrete).

>>1828401
>you'd expect to see very little
very little aggregate

>>1827511
Thanks for the explanation, anon. It makes sense.

>>1828383
Sounds like you don't have an argument and are probably homeless and posting from the nearest library.

>>1828357
that is the dumbest thing I've read on the internet this week

>>1828408
I'm surprised you can read at all, disprove one thing. I'll wait.

>>1828409
Concrete isn't brittle.

>>1828412
Exactly, that's why it powders easily after a few years. It has to do with the way magnesium and iron silicate interact with humidity in the air. If it cracked in two like you seem to think it should, there's no way it could stand up to weather or earthquake. The horizontal beams in that building are the load bearing structures, and they're just I-beams filled in with more concrete mixed with pulped hardwood, which the concrete leeches minerals from to prevent you from seeing that it powders. It still does, it just replenishes itself more visibly.

I'm still waiting.

This is pretty classic
https://www.bcsportbikes.com/threads/build-to-fail-fail-to-build-what-is-this-i-dont-even.146566/

>>1828418
>Exactly, that's why it powders easily after a few years.
There are additives that prevent this (from PVA glue to special Sika Latex shits). There are sealants available (paint, stucco, etc.) Also, polished concrete doesn't really powder.

>>1827165
What's wrong here?

>>1824611

>>1824763
Smooth tires actually have significantly improved grip... under perfect road conditions. In racing, they're known as slicks. They're generally not used outside of track racing because they don't handle dirt or water very well.

'[spoiler]' I love tires '[spoiler]'

>>1828807
Tire compound is more important. Bald all seasons don't even grip as well even under ideal conditions as treaded high performance tires.

>>1823916
It's possible that the screwed in wire is just used for voltage sensing. Wire is bigger than necessary and wrong but you use what you have when needed. That being said, that is probably not the case here

>>1828338
Where do you work?

>>1829052
Oh is this the classic "why are they not putting all of the screws in" thing?

Its fine because screw grades.

>>1828357
My driveway, stairs, 1st floor walls, and foundation all would like to have a BIG fucking word with you. I could take a screwdriver to any of them, and they wouldn't give a single solitary flying fuck. That "concrete" is shit and you need to leave Taiwan alone.

>>1825325
no, invest in a measuring tape and learn to use it
if your in a situation where your not 100% sure start from the danger side

>>1828338
Ok, how?

>>1829308
You're obviously a manlet who can't wield a simple screwdriver properly. Don't blame me because you can't scrape shit with force. Go lift some weights for a week and get back to me, faggot.

>>1824444
checked

>>1824369
There are tons of panels where I work that look even worse than this. I’ll try to snap some pictures tonight if I get the chance

>>1829296
bruh. there's not even full thread engagement on most of those that are there. and the ones on the left appear loose.

>>1829308
>>1829407

dont take that anon. that nigger said your dick was broken and you cant please woman. stab him in his crank shaft and then piss on him

>>1829056
Sure, but the pic didn't involve a person changing the rubber compound in their tires.

>>1824268
Handy cigarette lighter

>>1824788
This is why you always drill from the inside out.

>>1827230
What is the deal here? Not enough water in the mix?

>>1824905
How do you know it isn't load-bearing?

>>1828235
I don't think so but since there is no fuse in place anymore the entire thing can burn the fuck out.

>>1829476
Don't need my screwdriver smelling like onions and Jamal's sloppy seconds.

>>1829670

>>1826826
I just thought you might enjoy this story.

I'm a construction worker. We just re-did someone's backyard, the whole thing was concrete with a pool and spa. We busted up the old concrete, hauled it out of there, checked all the pool/spa lines, poured new concrete, colored and stamped. Got it all done, turned the spa and heat pump on, and sure enough water comes bubbling up under the ground. I think my boss died a little inside that day.

We had tested all the pipes, but the last thing we did before pouring concrete was stake some of the forms. Someone pounded a pointed metal form stake about 16" into the ground, piercing one of the lines right outside the spa. Had to cut out a section of finished, colored, stamped concrete, carefully chip away the shock crete around the spa liner, fix the pipe, and pour back that section while attempting to make it match the rest it of the concrete.

Spoiler: It didn't match. I mean, we knew it wouldn't be perfect, but we were shooting for a respectable 95%. That is until we realized the rental place gave us a different pattern stamp the 2nd time than the 1st time. Yep, we stamped a completely different pattern in it. Stands out like a sore fucking thumb. Right in front of the bar/island next to the spa, too. I think the client would have made us dig the whole thing up and do it again if he wasn't tired of seeing us in his backyard.

>>1827643
>it’s only 4 axis, how hard could it b-

>>1824822
Is that other line going to a dishwasher? If so, you need to change it. Plumbing it like that will allow dirty water from the sink to run into the dishwasher. Hang the dishwasher drain up under the bottom of the counter, higher than the bottom of the sink, to prevent sink water from running into the dishwasher.

>>1824902
As a carpenter, I can tell this was done by an engineer or other maths person.

>>1826780
Oh my god that is genius and horrifying all at the same time

>>1829970
That was my initial state of mind in the roller coaster of retrofitting this machine.
>how hard can it be...
>oh shit mate what did i get myself into
once i ignored that mess and traced back the actual in/out signals for the axes and the end stops it was:
>just a couple wires, ignore the rest
im expecting the next low point in the rollercoaster, i have a hunch it will be pid tuning or something like that, maybe i can dodge that

>>1830002
TOT?

>>1830022
TOTs maho is a different model

>>1828357
>>1828119

You are actually retarded. I do maintenance for a living. One of the buildings on the property I work on is a cathedral made entirely out of concrete. The others have concrete basements. They're all old, with the newest one having been built in the 50s, and the first on the lot was built, if I remember correctly, in the late 20s. NONE of them are crumbling, anywhere, like what is seen in that clip. The fact that I have to pull out a rotary hammer every time someone wants me to hang a TV, whiteboard, or shelf, is proof enough of that.

Either cease trolling or do not breed.

>>1828401
>it really looks to me like the cement was too old.

It looks very much like incomplete mixing, or they were skimping on the actual cement, or both. Either of these result in poor bonding between the individual grains of aggregate, and something that behaves a lot like sandstone. either in isolated places or throughout the whole thing; solid, but very weak, crumbling with little effort.

Unless you literally mean the cement itself (not the concrete) had been sitting around too long before being used, causing it to partially cure on its own. That's also a distinct possibility, giving a similar effect to using too little cement in the mix.

>>1827099
that's metal

>>1829558
Just not mixed

>>1827612
drains when either the shower or the toilet overflow
works perfectly fine

>>1828356
People do that shit all the time
>need to put a box in a weird spot
>have only this plastic old work/wing tab box
>send a couple drywall screws through the side of the box into a stud

I see that happen almost as often as I see those boxes correctly installed. In this case someone used a sheet metal screw or something similar and sent it through the back of the box into the wire.

These mistakes are easier to make than you would think. I've seen roofers send screws into electrical conduit on the inside of a flat roof. How could they know it was there before they sent the screw? They couldn't. In fact, they didn't even know they hit the conduit after sending the screw, because that circuit was for lighting on a timer.... that retail business had a real weird time every evening at dusk when the floods came on and it tripped the main breaker shutting the registers off....

>>1824611
This is fake as fuck

>>1826284
With a little time, a scale, a recovery tank and a grease pencil you can make a charging cyclinder for just about anything that isn’t going to blow it up...

>>1829633
There's a load bearing wall directly behind it.

>>1823916
ok I'm still kinda new to some of this shit is that a fucking gasline?

>>1830123
No. It is a main leg feeding a circuit panel. Someone has tapped into it with a drywall screw, which, while halfassed, is only dangerous in the event that someone was smart enough to to that and dumb enough not to know why it is dangerous; bypassing all the breakers etc from the main leg means the wire would burn up/start a fire if short circuited or overloaded; it was probably done only temporarily by an electrician for testing, and he wasn't worried about puncturing the insulation on the leg... because it's not a big deal once wrapped.

But if you see that in your basement, don't touch it.

>>1830022
nope

>>1824268
I like LEBs (Light Emitting Bolts).

>>1829938
I dare ya.

>>1830219
I prefer light emitting LED diodes.

>>1828406
>>1828383
I have no dog in this fight but these two posts... lulz were had my friends.

>>1824611
>be me
>be early twenties
>be early 2000’s
>these parts not relevant just added them for shit n grinz
>work at WallMart
>be tire and lube “technician”
>pick up next job in line on computer
>tire rotation and balance
>drive car onto lift
>lift
>look like pic related
>sometimes with steel wire extremely visible
>”Can’t you just rotate and balance them anyway? I have the lifetime plan?!”

This happened more than once.

>>1830247
LELEDD?¿?

>>1830242
>the long pieces of wire still stuck in it

>>1830258
Where you allowed to do it?

>>1830383
No. It’s a massive liability to the company and I wouldn’t have done it anyway as it would be a liability to me personally.

>>1830242
I’m a god awful welder and I have no idea how you even do this.

>>1829968
That fucking sucks, I would furious. Something similar happened to my old bosses pool. Land scapers were doing work and busted 2 lines for his pool. They didn't tell anyone at first and tried to fix it themselves. They did a good enough job, but 1 line was suction, and the other was a return line which they didn't know. They ended up mixing the lines. Half his return lines became suction, and 1 of his skimmers was a return.

>>1830392
My first attempts at welding looked something like that. I had no idea what I was doing and couldn't get meaningful help from the people I asked to teach me. The wire kept melting instantly so I kept turning up the wire speed so I was just getting half melted bits of wire stuck everywhere with no penetration. Then a fat toothless redneck with nine fingers said to me "get yer puddle goin' and push it around" and that was all the input I needed to understand what I was actually trying to do.

>>1830416
>nobody would help me
>the one who did I’m going to insult anyway
I can’t imagine why nobody wanted to help you.

>>1830418
Those weren't insults, they were statements of fact, and my point was moreso that valuable information can come from unassuming sources.

>>1830426
But anon, how can I be a badass welding primadonna who is always abrasive without projecting onto everyone else?

>>1830426
>fat and toothless isn’t an insult
I’d hate to hear your “fuck you”s
>unassuming sources
A “red neck” knowing how to weld surprises you? It’s like your mom liking spit roasting. We don’t really know, but come on, we know.

>>1830485
Different anon

I work in aerospace as a welder.

Every redneck I've worked with who "can weld real gud" has tried to tell me I'm an idiot for trying to use pure Argon on mild steel with GTAW.


Allegedly, this is because "erryone knows you us fuckin co2 on steel, don't matter the style"

Then again I live in a place where calitards think we're all rednecks, so that probably isn't the right term, inbred is probably more accurate.

>>1824174
this is a strait hot from the pole - no breaker , iron screw will heat up when used like a hot iron , red to black wire - is a major no no in all codes . wire wrapped the wrong way should go the same direction as the threads on a screw and the wrong kind of screw was used so it can slip off .this is just from what I can see

>>1824611
ahh the pains of retreads . most kids these days wont know what this was like do to awling back in the day - they used awls to remove bubbles from new tires and retreads , sense I lot of people had crashes and a lot were kill they outlawed retreads and a lot of manufacture got in big trouble for awling tires

>>1830680
nothing wrong with this

>>1830414
fuck that's funny

>>1830690

>>1830680
>>1830732
Seems it doesn't have the right draft

>>1830686
What am I looking at here? Is that a drop ceiling connected to the pipe or an attempt at making a ground?

>>1824214
why not?

>>1830506
>>1830506
Well that wasn’t really my point but yeah that seems like a regional thing. I used to be a welder here in the Midwest and me and all the rednecks used argon for tig.

>>1830678
since, learn to spell

>>1830775
That is not supporting the drop ceiling because it's not connected to the track. Someone had to hang something and they did it by sticking a piece of threaded rod up through the ceiling tile and twisting a bit of wire to a sprinkler line... Whatever they were trying to hang probably would be more secure and more easily installed by using those clips that attach to the face of the finished ceiling track.

>>1830777
I'm with you.

The answers are: electrical code, no breaker, dissimilar metals etc but..... This was probably done only temporarily by someone who knew what he was doing.... I'd probably do the same under certain circumstances.... Dare to dream.

>>1830811

>>1830811
>>1830813

>>1830811
>>1830813
>>1830814

>>1830818
HOLY FUCK
ahahahahahahahah

HAHAHAHAHAHHAHSHHHFDJENEBBDBRBVVjhghhghhggggfffffffffffffffddffffddddddd

>>1830869
A bit of crumpled up aluminum foil is greater resistance than a small, solid steel nail? I'm surprised.

>>1827643
jesus what kind of mill

>>1830002
holy shit beautiful machine

>>1830816
Our utility used to have power outlets as mascots (vid related: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nthb4ZSIRxg).). This is them on meth.

>>1830874
Surface area is what matters

>>1828357
Please don't use my image to shitpost

>>1830897
Then wouldn't the crumpled aluminum, rifle cartridge, and wheel of cheese all be the highest amperage next to the wrench?

>>1829976
How?

>>1830874
Aluminum as a material has a lower electrical resistance than steel, but aluminum foil is very thin. However, resistance alone is not what determines when a fuse blows. With these "fuses", it's heat, and steel can handle a lot higher temperature before failing than aluminum can

>>1830869
>Audio-visual autoalert

>>1823916
Kek'd

>>1830241
That is amazing. Didn't know tires could be made into balloons

>>1831262
They start out as balloons

>>1831290
Lol, sure okay. What I mean is, I didn't know they could expand so far without exploding. Having truly shredded a couple, I was under the impression they would just pop when damaged and/or overinflated.

>>1830680
I remember when I was a kid my friend's dad had one of these stoves in his garage.

For some reason my friend got it in his head he wanted to see how hot he could get one of them, so he stuff it totally full of wood, and got a bellows out and started blowing air into it until all the paint burnt off and both barrels were glowing cherry red.

His dad was a really quiet, easy going kind of guy, but man was he red faced pissed and screaming me he saw that.

>>1831317
I knew what you meant

>>1824654
The forbidden jolly rancher

>>1831177
The cobbled together piece of pipe... but to the right is something that looks like it's been on fucking fire.

>>1830769
Im pretty sure its because its getting really hot

>>1830089
what... you work at the quick stop groceries

>>1831466
looks like it just burnt insulation from the line that was pinched off with a torch right next to it. the real fuck up is where that line is swelled up looks like it almost blew up

>>1828357
nigga just go outside and find something old and concrete to test your retarded hypothesis

>>1831705

>>1831711

>>1831712
one more.

>>1825399
Save it for a rainy day.

>>1830732
>>1830680
Cool smelting furnace, bro.

98 year old stop tap and lead pipe

>>1831907
And the replacement

>>1827098
not enough wood screws and pork shoulders

>>1823916
kinda epic ngl

>>1831907
>>1831911
Thats not REKT thats beautiful

>>1827165
Those feed wires are a hair too small.

>>1830079
It's mixed it's just that they didn't vibrate it enough when they poured so it never filled all the voids in the gravel back-fill.

>>1831715
That's why you buy a lift with over head cables.
probably rusted through and broke.

>>1826780
I mean this is kinda a win win Situation, either the kid succeeds in his pool and leaves his parents alone, or the kid is no longer a problem

>>1824044
one way to get rid of your jew infestation

>>1828357

OC hot off the sewing machine.

Wanted to see how hard it would be to make a wallet out of some scrap vinyl from another project. Had no pattern or instructions, just tried to throw something together using my real wallet as a sort of reference. It was going kind of ok until I started sewing that left side. I learned a lot though so maybe next time will turn out better.

>>1832477
Holy shit fuck that

>>1832536
Backside

Lessons learned:
Actually plan out the panels better. I figured I’d just makes some sloppy oversized panels and cut them to shape when needed. Made it really hard to sew a straight seam with a horribly cut panel since you have no reference to what is actually straight. Also some panels were still kind of too small anyway.
Double check how much thread is on the bobbin before attempting a long, continuous seam. Having it run out suddenly and only realizing it after making a dozen pointless holes really sucks.
Pay attention to what all layers about to be sewn are doing. Maybe find some way to keep them together (pins did not work at all. I’m thinking maybe paper clips but I couldn’t find any at the time).

>>1823166

>>1832556
I like it. Needs some tack welds on the threads of the turnbuckles to turn it into a permanent installation.

>>1831705
>that guy just sitting there
oof

>>1832477

>>1828357
WHO THE FUCK IS MOOT??

>>1832542
who cares what your wallet looks like
does it securely hold your shit? yes? good it's fine.

>>1832536
>>1832542
the perfect wallet to throw a few hundreds in then go buy a pack of gum with

>>1823166

>>1833005
boat go brrrrrr

>>1833005

I've heard of liquid cooling, but this is ridiculous

>>1833190

Welding cast is a whoore

no photos but over the course of ten months on my last jobsite everyone I worked with got sick and tired of hauling their tools up a 30 foot shaft just to unfuck one breaker which was
>hidden behind a panel
>cover had 30 screws keeping it in place
>not all screws the same
>needed 3 separate heads on the drill to remove them all
>never put the panel back on properly after the first time
>moisture got in exasperating the issue
>was the designated shitter who had to climb up the 30ft ladder and undo the only screw holding the panel most of the way on to fix the thing
>this happened every week for about a year
eventually we just disconnected everything from it, I'm not even sure why we had it up on the roof in the first place but an inside unit was not only easier to access but didn't get wet constantly

a random question
how much would you pay for a remote controlled hyper-realistic spider with a speaker/microphone and camera?

>>1833446
About three fiddy an hunnit. shoo.

>>1830868
Is it bad?

Found this at work today

>>1834054
What's the point? A male quick connect soldered to a female quick connect?

>>1833207
+1 (you)