/diy/ - Do It Yourself

Oh fuck.. That's every day In work. Operators round screw's and pass them to me for rescue.

Infuriating

>>561373
lol, I kept looking for bits of bone or blood in there...I've been hanging around /b/ too much...

>>561349
i THINK IT S STRIPED!!1
NOOO JUST KEEP GOIN!!!!1!!!11

>>561349
>Wrrrrrrr, dtdtdtdtdtdtdtdtdtdtd
>wrrrrrdtdtdtdtdtdtdtdtdtdtd
>.....
>ddtdtdtdtdtdtdtd
>the sound of a coworker installing drywall screws

So,what are the general do's and don't's avoid stripping out screws?

>>561409
DO use the right size bit for the screw. Nothing too big and nothing too small.

DO not set the drill to torque unnecessarily, it depends on what you're working on. Installing a screw into a motherboard to mount it onto the stand off? Least amount of torque possible. Screwing a deck screw into a stud for framing? High torque.

Also stop when the screw is in snug.

WHY CAN'T WE JUST USE HEX HEADS FOR EVERYTHING, RWARRGH

I've been assembling Lamilux light domes all summer and all the standard issue screws were fucking torx. Had to use a weak ass cheap chinese screw gun for them, because Makita guns would fuck up either the bit or the screw way too damn often.
>Very last bit is die
>Call the coworker who is on the way, ask him to buy some more bits
>He buys two expensive ass titanium bits
>"These are real fucking fancy! Fucking titanium, man!"
Got fucked on the second screw I've used it on.
God I hate fucking torx screw.

>>561407
thats the noise a screwgun makes when the clutch bottoms out.
it's perfectly normal and it's not stripping the screw.

>>561425
But do they have to do it every time??

>>561441
Is it just the noise that bothers you?

>>561425
They were using a drill not a screwgun and it was stripping the heads out every time and 1/4 of the time the head would stick about 1/4" out from the drywall. It was infuriating.

>>561454
oh lol

>>561425
>>561454
i used to use a drill to screw if i had lots to do, the noise that comes with stripping the head is horrible. Bought a nice cordless with variable clutch and the noise of the clutch slipping makes me jizz every time.
even used it to mount a tv onto a wall bracket. probably the best innovation in drilling since electric

You know what gives me the heebi-jeebies? Every single "did I solder this gud?" picture that gets posted here.

>>561470
Looks like they soldered that in a Russian blizzard.

I'll have to start taking pictures from where I occasionally assist

Vacuum repair shop, and we do some of the shadiest shit sometimes. Just last week, put a field from a two-power-level monitor onto the body of a one-power-level motor. Worked perfectly, as the machines were like 25 years old when the "updates" they made were the slightest tweaks and everything still runs, but with 0 ratings/diagrams/anything on some of these motors and other bits, we really have to jury rig things.

My worst case was replacing this small 1W 5ohm resistor I think, with one of the exact rating - but since it was a different material it was like 10x larger, but still fit. We've done lots of other questionable things.

>that feel when coworker installs a clutch backwards, and you get to fix the return job.

pic is not what i dealt with, but close enough.

Anyone have the picture of the comfy pigeon from the thread where the guy put an outlet onto an unmetered power drop?

>>561513
bumping for interest

>>561349
>>561407

>>561411
Thats good advice. Do you have any for getting out a tamper proof hex screw. I need a temp fix. I use the correct tool at work but lost it recently.

To replace the batteru on a solstice you have to remove body panels

>Be a kid years ago.
>Two guys working on HVAC.
>Listening through floor.
>Hurr hurr which one the ground wire the green or white.
>uh.....
>idk just uh, hook the white one in and see what happens.
>Likely there is a house without a ground on the AC unit.
>Someone is going to get hit with 240v at 60a if it shorts out someday.

Didn't know what they meant back then but now....

>>562664
You could just take a file and drill to a metal rod and go at it with that. For extra legitness you could temper your metal rod too

>>561502
wtf why
>>562668
manufacturers love to screw us in the with those type of repair jobs

>>561409
>>561407
>>561349

Fucking chinese screws. Not to mention chinese nails, cannot hammer in 9/10 times due to them bending.

>>562669

Should let the owner know, you could be saving lifes.

>>562668
Sometimes I try to imagine what passed through the mind of that engineer..... And I wonder if he ever repaired or built something by himself...

>/diy/ gore
Anything I have every soldered.
;_;

>>562668

If they're going to do that, you'd think they'd at least spend the extra $50 and put a deep cell battery in there.

http://cheezburger.com/65285

>>561407
thats the torque release or whatever its called skipping so it doesnt go too far in/break the board.. not a screw stripping.

>>561513
haha I remember that, the voltage on the lines was really high too. maybe check the /diy/ archive? anyone have the link?

>>562668
>>562798

actually they are quite simple to get too, its like 4 screws holding the panel on and I believe 2 bolts n the arm swings out, dumb yes but not a pita like a sebring where u have to remove a wheel and inner fender well. shoulda just stuck it in the trunk though.

>>562664
>dremel cutting tool
>cut a slot
>flat head screwdriver

Ain't great, but it works.

>>562664
>>563007
>>562670

>>563020

or use the right tool for the job, and as far as breaking torx bits, dude back down on your drills torque.

>>562664
>>562664
>getting out a tamper proof hex screw.
use a small pry tool to break the pin off by bending it over a couple of times.
use are regular tool that fits the now regular head screw.

>>563024
It's a temporary fix for someone who's lost their tool. did you read the post, brainiac?

Phillips driver bits are EXPENDABLE. Fuck, whenever I hear the sound of a screw being stripped I look at the bit in the screw gun and its all stripped to fuck as well.

People are apes.

>>563044

I'm sure he passes an ace, lowes, home depot, walmart, auto zone, advance auto on his way too or from work. they all have the right tool.

>>562798

>And I wonder if he ever repaired or built something by himself...

The question wondered by every industrial maintenance or construction worker ever.

>>563061
grabber #2 master race reporting in

>>561349
Halfway there. Been restoring my baby and some fucktard smashes in the front grill in a parking lot. Yeah, thats radiator fluid.

>>561473
Nah, I dont see "CCCP" stenciled on it anywhere.

god damn captcha, dzooksh delineations

>>562668
Welcome to the 1980s. Corvettes had that first. 3 torx bolts, and 2 10mm that require a regular wrench.

>>563100
DEATH!! That should be legal grounds for death or at least a severe beating

>>563100
did you at least use the stores cameras to figure out who did it then rape them six ways to sunday for hit n run?

>>563149
Yeah, after a 2 month slog, his insurance is paying out. Going to get it back up and going, and pocket the money for repair (doing it myself).

The only reason I got it is the security guys from that lot took his statement, which confirmed the ridiculousness.

>>561502
Is.....that.....HOW? WHY?

>>561502
I didn't want to sleep tonight anyhow.

>>562664
this
>>563033
Plenty of times I have used a small blade screwdriver or center punch like a chisel to knock the center pin out. Handy if you don't have a dremel on hand, plus the screw does not look butchered if/when you replace it.

>>563093
What is a "grabber"

>>561513

>>563467
Thank you, I remember spotting that little bastard in when he posted it the first time. Like finding a diamond ring in your Cracker Jacks.

>>562960
That certainly steamed my hams that they gave reddit credit for that.

>>562672

Probably so people can't run cables to the starter solenoid

>>562994
I think Chrysler is putting them in a trunk of most their cars now

>>561441
it's called a dimpler, if it doesn't do that sound it means the screw is not flush with the drywall.

>>563654
woops, didn't see this.
>>561454

>>563654
I thought the same thing at first and then saw that his coworker was indeed full retard.

Don't have pictures but I will try to make your you a mind picture

a good m8 of mine was doing up his house (read: tearing down walls out of a timber frame and making new walls) and he thinks to himself "I want a bit of a deck and porch situation going on here". Now you might think he'd throw in some ground supports, some foundation, and have it just butted up against the house, but no. He gets some fucklong timber baulks and he slides them in through the gap and in among the floorboards and whatnot, but the gap is wider than the timber, so they're all slanted down. And then he stacks up 2x4s along the length to bring it up somewhere label and puts boards over the whole thing and puts up railings and a little roof part and calls it a porch.

It's solid as fuck right now but I figure it's only a matter of time.

>>563020
Why not just take a small flathead and bend the metal tamperproof part out?

>>564049
Is this on ground level, does it intersect the ground? I'm not saying its good work, but it functions mechanically with the floorboards as a counterweight as long as they are constructed fine with accordance with this lever even if it doesn't intersect the ground, more or less because floorboards are made to hold you up, they also have holding you down via leverage in such situations as this potential.

>>561349
>2013
>not using an old man

seriously guys step up your game

>>564206

It doesn't intersect the ground

I mean the concept is fine, I have no problems with it, it's a little unorthodox or whatever

But it's not bolted to anything, it hangs by friction

In hindsight I was not clear about this

>>561502
fucks sake how do garages keep hiring such retards

in my first year as an apprentice i never made one major fuckup.

>>563024 >>564055
jesus christ calm down you faggots it's clearly a lighthearted joke

>>>>>>>>>> r-right?

>>563367
a bit that has micro teeth on it so it doesn't slip

my ceiling. couldn't quite get everything flush by myself, so I said fuck it, screw it down, then dremel it flush.

>>561470
10/10

A+ anon, good work.
>how the fuck do people not know how to solder?
>I repaired a motorcycle cdr board by desoldering some shot mosfets, bought the others and the guy who owned the motorcycle was in a hurry and said dont worry i can solder.
>mfw he fucking bridged the contacts with solder, and did even worse than this picture - cold joints full of slag. most weren't even bonded.

>>563093
>>563367
...it's the best thing for security screws, stripped screws, and bolts

>>565500
shit.. nevermind mixed it up with GraBits

on that thought though, what screw extractors does DIY prefer for fixing the fuckups of others?