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[Anonymous No.1900419]

how do i knock out the center tube spacer?

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i think they dont make wheels in this size anymore. i found this one at an estate sale. and my old dolly has a wheel just like this but with no tube spacer. i want to fix my old,simple, medium sized dolly

[Anonymous No.1900431]

is this worthless without a key?

i found it in a freepile and thought it may be worth $20 or at least not thrown in the trash. how do i id which car it fits?

[Anonymous No.1900796]

>>1900419
Do phillips screwdrivers, in general, wear more easily than other types?

[Anonymous No.1900800]

I want to disassemble a device I found in a dumpster. It has these security screws that don't fit my screwdrivers. Is an angle grinder the only way if I don't hire a locksmith?

[Anonymous No.1900801]

>>1900419
Just find a round piece or metal that you can hit with a hammer and take the spacer out.

[Anonymous No.1900803]

>>1900800
Those are regular allen screws. Maybe you're talking about torx or security torx, not too hard to find a screwdriver set on the internets to unscrew them.

[Anonymous No.1900819]

>>1900796
Yes. Don't use phillips screws unless it's the only option. Hex, torx, and their male versions are the only legitimate screw types.

[Anonymous No.1900826]

is this a fleshlight on the OP picture
i have a rubber one

[Anonymous No.1900850]

>>1900796
>Do phillips screwdrivers, in general, wear more easily than other types?
Yes, because they are designed to cam out to prevent over-tightening.

[Anonymous No.1900863]

>>1900431

That is probably for a roof rack or something of the sort. Looks like it has clamps to fit around tubing. I'd just keep any useful hardware and scrap the rest.

[Anonymous No.1900886]

how do i find entry level CAD work?
i have a construction management experience no CAD experience

id like to work from home like some my friend who draws up staircases. id also like part time work and i feel like doing autocad shit would be good for this

[Anonymous No.1901030]

This foam rubber shoe has fallen off the metal foot it was glued to. Do I need any particular glue to mate these materials together or will ordinary Uhu super glue do the trick?

[Anonymous No.1901033]

rubber looks like its age-welded/melted onto the spacer. looks like it will break the brittle rubber if i try to bash it out. is there some sort of chemical agent i could use to seperate the two? would it be a bad idea to shoot a flame of propane through the center of the metal spacer?

[Anonymous No.1901034]

>>1900419
>>1900801
>knock the center spacer out.

rubber looks like its age-welded/melted onto the spacer. looks like it will break the brittle rubber if i try to bash it out. is there some sort of chemical agent i could use to seperate the two? would it be a bad idea to shoot a flame of propane through the center of the metal spacer?

[Anonymous No.1901040]

>>1901030
Rubber cement

[Anonymous No.1901123]

Question about new construction. I've been envisioning an ideal house for me and I think it's a single floor ranch house on a south facing hill/mountain where the south facing wall is all sliding glass patio door. Maybe there is a high back porch (utilizing ground slope), maybe not. The house essentially just looks like a long rectangle from the top, where the length goes east/west

My disorganized thoughts are:
- full floor heating and AC ports in the ceiling of a short (8'-10') roof - must be ideal for efficient hvac right?
- I figure the full wall of patio doors is possible if there's beams in between each 4 panel section. does that sound right? how thin of a beam could I get away with?
- How much more expensive is it to lay a special foundation into the sloped side of a mountain compared to a flat pad foundation?
- could a cantilevered porch be possible without massive expense? I'm imagining just long joists sticking out past the wall
- If the house is a candy bar let's say 1/3 of the candy bar is rooms and the remaining 2/3 is open floor plan. How wide can the house be before having to put posts in that big 2/3 open section?
- Is it smart to have a basement? I'm envisioning a long house so maybe a basement under like 1/4 of it? How much more in cost could I expect that to add to the foundation?

[Anonymous No.1901124]

How do I go about sourcing a "locking ball joint with electrical wire pass-through"? Ideally it would be multi axis, but one axis with a good degree of movement is fine.It would have to hold maybe 5-10 lb rigid - for a lamp I'm envisioning

[Anonymous No.1901140]

>>1900800

>button head socket cap screw
>security screws

[Anonymous No.1901172]

>>1900431
They have a website with arduous part identity information. Better to check with /o/. Find a parts guy. Or there's most likely a technical support phone number. The key is going to be some generic shit that you can smoke or just shove a sawzaw blade in there.

[Anonymous No.1901173]

>>1900796
Thats where you wanna spend some money.

[Anonymous No.1901407]

I have to paint a metal door. I'm curious about trying paint stripper to remove the old paint, then applying a primer coat and painting again.
Will this be less work than wire brushing, sanding and painting again?

[Anonymous No.1901467]

>>1901034
I would do as Mr.Anon says with a hydraulic jack and something heavy or immovable after tossing in some used motor oil or cheap canola.

[Anonymous No.1901642]

>>1900796
The screwdrivers are hardened steel and should last, the screws will be the ones that wear out and strip. However bits on a drill wear out pretty quick.

[Anonymous No.1901645]

>>1901407
>paint stripper
>less work
never

[Anonymous No.1901646]

>>1901407
Might be a little easier with paint stripper. Still will take about the same time imo.

[Anonymous No.1901756]

Foundation repair, they dug a tunnel, I noticed pic related. What's this cable?

[Anonymous No.1901781]

i want to rebuild some old dewalt ni-cd 18v batteries with li-ion cells. to get the same voltage i will use a 5s configuration and will get the appropriate BMS. what i am not sure about is how do i charge this pack after i finish? can i use the old ni-cd 18v charger with only a positive an negative contact? why do dewalt and other brands li-ion systems have all those extra pins on the charger and battery? i thought a bms has a charge controller and balances your parallel groups so all you need to charge a custom pack is the right voltage charger.

[Anonymous No.1901783]

>>1901756
Post tension cable for concrete reinforcement.

[Anonymous No.1901795]

>>1901783
Thank you.
Is this normal? Is it a problem that it's in this state? Is that something they fucked up when digging the tunnel?
Is my foundation going to crumble to dust by this evening? How concerned should I be?

[Anonymous No.1901803]

>>1901756
>>1901783
>>1901795
I should clarify, the foundation was jacked up on the other side of the house, this tunnel is for access to the plumbing.
The foundation repair was adding some piers, nothing to do with the post tension cables.
I went out and it was a section of cable about 2 feet long just in the dirt. I dont notice anywhere that it came out of the foundation.

[Anonymous No.1901838]

>>1901467
what do i use in lieu of hydralic jack? hammer and something the same diamerter?

[Anonymous No.1902096]

I need to clear a clog from a kitchen drain, took off the bottom p-trap (I thin that's what its called) and there was some grease that I removed, however the sink still backs up and won't drain. I went to take off the top one and the threads for the bottom connector appear to be cross-threaded and won't come off when I turn it. What do I do here?

[Anonymous No.1902116]

Highly specific and probably going to be ignored. I'm in school for mechatronics. Did I get memed or will I actually get a job?

[Anonymous No.1902207]

i have this ramp extension screwed in as one piece and i would like to make it two separate pices. the box and the face

can anyone recommend an easy hook or latch i could use to keep them together?
make with some simple, cheap stuff from home depot down the street?

[Anonymous No.1902208]

[Anonymous No.1902222]

>>1902116
if you're good enough and near top of your class you'll get a job regardless of area of study

[Anonymous No.1902251]

I was to do some home improvements this weekend starting with installing some cabinetry in a tight space in my pantry. Why are cabinets design and placement confusing and hurt my head?

[Anonymous No.1902303]

Never posted or lurked here in 8 years, have a small problem. Dog bit into my Pepe’s plastic eye. Is there any way I could easily fix this bite mark without ruining the overall glossiness of the texture? Some sort of epoxy or resin? It’s pissing me off more than it should.

[Anonymous No.1902345]

Is it uncommon to post your diys on here for others to critique?
I can't find such a thread and that seems kind of odd to me.
>chair I built

[Anonymous No.1902382]

If I weld a bed together will it still squeak? I know it'll be a pain to move but if it's silent it'll be worth it.

>>1902345
Not bad, nice wood but thicker square tubing would have looked better. Why do you have so many welds? Why do the hinge tabs have welds?

[Anonymous No.1902384]

>>1902382
what part is squeaking? If it's the frame - yes. If it's the springs, no.

[Anonymous No.1902386]

>>1902303
Remove both eyes and replace them with marbles.

>>1902251
What are you having trouble with exactly?

[Anonymous No.1902390]

>>1902386
>Remove both eyes and replace them with marbles
That seems like a really easy way to fuck up way more stuff

[Anonymous No.1902509]

>>1902382
Thanks!
I was actually pretty happy that the off the shelf wood had the same thickness of the steel so it's a smooth transition on the surface.
I'm a novice welder and was not to sure about the stability of each bead/weld so I thought better safe than sorry. Initially I wanted to just rest the hinges on the bolts with a cut out, upside down U, but decided that it would be better to close it with some steel from beneath as I went.

[Anonymous No.1902515]

What are some good YouTube channels or sites to learn general trade stuff? I have very little handyman experience, but I want to become a general handyman. I'd pick up an apprenticeship, just not in a place where it's feasible

[Anonymous No.1902535]

[Anonymous No.1902537]

I got some trekking boots that are comfy, leathers intact and rubber sole is good, but whatever they used to bond the sole to the boot failed.
What's the best sort of glue for the task? Next weekend I'll go trekking and it's almost certainly going to rain. I could buy a new pair of boots but I'd like to fix my current ones. I was eyeballing pic related because amazon (not US tho, might not have every brand you guys have).
There seems to be a layer of eva foam in between the rubber sole and the boot leather.

[Anonymous No.1902546]

>>1902537
Forgot to add, tried that yellow glue that strongly smells of solvents but no dice. Clamping might be an issue, it was kind of difficult the first time, gotta figure something out.

[Anonymous No.1902553]

>>1902537
>>1902546

I'd go with a specialty "shoe cement." Gorilla glue or super glue would likely be too brittle for you to flex it a bunch and will crumble apart. They should be foam safe but check the label.

When i repaired one of my Dad's cycling shoes i pulled the laces out and flipped down the tongue so that I could fit a block of wood in the shoe and get clamps to it. A boot will be harder. you could put it on and stand in it to get any bubbles out and wait for it to set up some.

[Anonymous No.1902627]

So for a long LED run (15m) I know power needs to be re-injected about every 5m, but would the ground and data input lines be fine?

Trying to figure out if I need single or tri-core wire.

Also for 3 x 5m strips of 5v could I re-inject power from 1 5v 5amp psu?

[Anonymous No.1902632]

>>1902627
Ground should always be considered power.

Are they addressable LEDs? If so, the chips in the LEDs retransmitt the data between themselves, they are daisy-chained. If you don't know what daisy-chain means exactly, do look it up.

If you connect multiple power sources, you're gonna have a bad time unless they are isolated.

You don't need to add a second power supply unless you need more power, you just need to directly connect the power supply output to power and ground every few meters.
If these aren't addressible you need to explain what data input is here.

[Anonymous No.1902637]

>>1902632
They are ARGB so yes.

Multi PSU can be used, but as I'll be hiding the cables and the price of PSU avoiding it is cheaper. I've just not worked with strips with input before at t his length. The strips themselves will be chained with as small a gap as possible, the idea is for it to look like one giant unbroken Neon tube light (but without the giant power and fragile nature of actual neon tubes or the price)

Definitely want them chained and not parallel because the code I wrote for a small strip and will modify for this would not work if its lighting up 3 spots at once instead of making a nice circle.

I figured if I connect one in the corner it can hit 2 of the 3 strips and I'll route a cable around to the final one. So only 5m of wire to hit all 3 (not counting the wire up to where they are mounted.)

>chips in the LEDs retransmitt the data between themselves
You have saved me. That is the part I didn't know. Dual core wire it is for power and ground then.

[Anonymous No.1902704]

water shut-off bolt.
Whats the secret to getting a socket?

[Anonymous No.1902795]

>>1900419
I have a retarded, but glorious idea.
I want sunglasses, but I have glasses
I also don't like sunglasses because I ALWAYS have the sun hit my fucking eyes from the sides
welding masks don't have a good fov, and they also are too dark.

and that's where I had my glorious idea.
I could get a face shield
THEN get some window treatments.
and I can make sunglasses however the fuck I please that I actually like.

anyone have any advice I may not be considering

[Anonymous No.1902849]

>>1901407
clean with ajax or comet and water after

>>1902795
monogoggle goes over glasses. Or motorcycle goggles. you can also get tinted visors that look less dumb from korea (don't get the chinese ones, they melt in the heat and a re dodgy as far as UV protection)

If you want to diy it yourself anyway make sure you use a window treatment that works on polycarbonate, which is what face shields are made of
You can also make it a full helmet to go less stupid and closer to cobra commander or some shit

[Anonymous No.1902949]

Bought a new washing machine with a plastic housing and during it's maiden voyage at 40c there was a strong smell of hot/burning plastic. Is this normal for new machines when breaking them in or will this happen everytime? The max temp is 90c which really makes me wonder

[Anonymous No.1903063]

>move into basement suite
>place is physically nice but has a smell to it
>have to buy lots of air filters to clean air
>washer dryer stacked in a closet
>discover that the pan under the stacked washer/dryer has mold - green and blue not black
>also previous tenant appears to have had an illegal cat that pissed back there
>extremely hard to get at some areas, including walls and stuff behind it
>do what I can using a system of cloths duct taped to poles and stuff
>bleach is the only thing that worked
>still some areas that I missed but the place no longer smells
>don't care about getting rid of the mold nor if it's hiding in drywall, my system of hepa filters keeps mold spores lower than 99% of houses
>moving out in a year anyway
>99% sure the amount of bleach I used stained the walls and surfaces behind the units permanently
>that's what they get for selling a unit with obvious localized mold problems
>they just collect their monthly check

In the months where I can no longer keep windows cracked, would a dehumidifier help to throw in that closet? I want a solution that'll last a year. I don't care if the mold goes dormant behind some wall. If it were my house I'd rip open the entire closet and flooring.

[Anonymous No.1903087]

>>1902949
It is not, ABS and whatnot don't burn at 90C. Might be best to return it if it keeps burning the plastic.

[Anonymous No.1903094]

>>1902795
>THEN get some window treatments.
One word: curtains

[Anonymous No.1903107]

>>1900850
The patent literally references niggers being part of the reason.

[Anonymous No.1903122]

>>1903094
https://www.amazon.com/Jackson-Safety-Lightweight-Ratcheting-Protective/dp/B088B969B5/ref=sr_1_49?dchild=1&keywords=face+shield&qid=1599281263&sr=8-49

im looking at something like that, a decent safety measure, made to be worked in, and then getting a uv film, then getting some dark tint for it and possibly a 2 way mirror top film.

I hate sunglasses because they dont cover my whole range of sight and at some point it ALWAYS gets through and blinds me but I have also never seen a good complete fov face visor for sunglasses that didn't obscure vision or have the same 'sun still gets through problem, the best I can get seems to be a horse style tunnel vision in the way it works.

as for windows at home... a nice mirror like finish on the outside, hopefully uv treatment, and on the inside a nice vinyl cover velcroed to the window. it blocks almost all the sun, from lighting the room, it stops uv from getting to the inside to heat shit up, and blocks the light from doing the same. without the outer 2 layers the vinyl will get to around 150-180 degrees, and it effectively becomes a large heatsink.

curtains are not as good as a vinyl shield with velcro, but if its all you can install. from the outside the vinyl just looks like a normal pull shade.

[Anonymous No.1903235]

I'm interested in building semi sophisticated robots but I know jack shit about this field and really don't even know where to start. I'm aquainted with c++ and have mathematical skill up through multivariable calculus if any of that helps at all. I simply have little to no experience with electronics. Any guidance is appreciated.

[Anonymous No.1903249]

>>1903235
You should learn electronics.
Get an arduino and learn to set pins high and low, learn to use a PWM output, and learn to use a UART.
You need to learn to control peripherals on an MCU and interface an MCU with other things. Arduino is a place to start.

[Anonymous No.1903271]

>>1900419
can i get my rocks off of acetone?

[Anonymous No.1903325]

>>1903271
sounds dangerous tbqhwyfamlam

[Anonymous No.1903413]

I'm looking for what is basically a long shaft collar. It is going to tie a wood wheel to a steel shaft. I've seen these installed on other products so I know they exist. I have been searching for weeks and the closest thing I can find are shaft couplings (same thing with an extra set screw I don't need).

WHAT THE FUCK IS IT CALLED?

[Anonymous No.1903415]

>>1903413
A bushing?

[Anonymous No.1903421]

>>1903415
But with a set screw. I have a hard time believing a small spinning wheel maker (where I've seen this before) is machining custom shaft sleeves.

[Anonymous No.1903427]

The top part of the heat shield on my truck's catalytic converter fell off. Cat is in otherwise good condition. Should I put it back on or not worry about it?

[Anonymous No.1903428]

>>1903421
shaft coupler

[Anonymous No.1903437]

>>1903428
Without the extra set screw. Though I may resort to using one if I have to.

[Anonymous No.1903439]

>>1903437
Shoulderless shaft hub. Probably would be cheaper to buy a regular shaft hub and cut off the shoulder.

[Anonymous No.1903603]

How/Where do I find high quality lamp hinges like in my picture? That's a $500 restoration hardware lamp, I want to attempt a copy with some aluminum square and c channel and an LED strip

[Anonymous No.1903610]

Buying iron weight plates is too expensive here,id like to know how to make cheap heavy objects. I prefer odd object lifting and strongman,so they dont have to be conventional weights.
So far I thought of mud and water(an acquientance did dumbells this way),but maybe other cheap material like plastic+iron sand/cement,etc would work,too?

i have a large space to build my home-gym in.
>a how-guide for a large atlas ball and for a scottish stone use in highlands games,i need that too

[Anonymous No.1903701]

I want to use a mic at night but my walls are drywall and I'm afraid I'll wake up my brother
Are foam acoustic panels any good?

[Anonymous No.1903848]

I have a shower similar to this
After using it, about 10-20 minutes later, water comes dripping form the showerhead ludly into the tub, about half a glass over several seconds.
This is always an annoying and surprising sound, so i started to lower the showerhead all the way after use to drain the residual water form the hose and vigorously shake it. - yet minutes later i still hear the burst of dripping water

wtf is goung on there and how do i stop it?

[Anonymous No.1904022]

>>1902096
worked for me. Ran it all the way out. Cranked it by hand but you can use it with a drill as well.

[Anonymous No.1904830]

>>1900419
I am cleaning out the basement. Have a lot of small random items. Thing is a mouse has clearly walked all over them and even left some droppings.

How can I best clean all these things so I can use them again? They don't seem damaged or anything, but I'm a bit of a clean freak so I want to sanitize them before the get mixed with stuff in my room.

Items include papers, cables, scissors, graduation outfit, Lego, small wooden toys, all those assorted freebies they had out at conventions, calculators, bulk aluminium ingots, DVD player, box of pens and pencils, action figures, among other things.

I am thinking I'll just wipe them done one by one with some alcohol.
Or is there and easier way to do this?

[Anonymous No.1904853]

I have obtained a set of record #3 and #6 vices. Kinda rusty, in the process of cleaning them up. The bolts that hold the jaws on are messed up and I need to repleace them for the #6.

I sized them as M8 CSK machine screws but after purchasing replacements, the threads must be slightly different because they won't go more than about two turns into the threads.

Has the vice been re-threaded or should I be looking for some specific kind of screw here? Since Record vices have been around for aeons maybe there's some brit weirdness in the screw type?

[Anonymous No.1904855]

>>1903701
They're OK but unless you get complete wall coverage they're more use for making you sound good than they are for sound deadening.

Find a mic that lets you speak softly. If money is no issue the Shure SM7B is ideal for producing good sound even at a whisper level. A mid-level headset mic from Plantronics or similar will also produce good results as long as it's set up well. If you go analogue make sure you pay sufficient attention to pre-amp and ghost power etc.

On the other hand if you're a ragequit smashkeyboard autist that's gonna reeeee at 2AM when your overwatch waifu gets pubstomped, no amount of bubble wrap will save your brother the sheer humiliation of having to live in proximity to the monster you have become.

[Anonymous No.1905034]

>>1904855
Thanks for the reply. I'll probably buy both the panels and a mid-range mic then.

[Anonymous No.1905062]

What's the easiest way to "solve" a key matrix? I have a lot of scrap keypads from caclulators, telephones, etc
I want to use them with my arduino but the connections aren't straightforward like regular key matrices
Is there some sort of tool that allows me to solve this or am I doomed to multimeter it out

[Anonymous No.1905139]

What's the thinnest sheet of wood i can get commercially that won't warp horribly/break on touch/last some years.
I was thinking i could split plywood, but this seems impossible for bigger sheets.

I'm an artist trying to get some wood sheets to draw on.

[Anonymous No.1905154]

>>1905139
Plywood is made of veneers. See if just a veneer will do what you need. That said, veneers are not strong by themselves, which is why they glue them up into plywood to make them strong. How thin do you need? Does it need to be would or would some kind of fiberboard (its something between cardboard and MDF, they make pegboard out of it) work for you?

[Anonymous No.1905163]

>>1905154
The thinner the better, almost approaching thick cardboard, but the reason i want wood is it's structural strenght. A fiber pressed together will bubble up or self-destruct with even some contact with water, and treating it to make it waterproof feels counterproductive.

Box cardboard is amazing in water-penetration and structural strenght, but the ridged surface and it being reinforced in only one direction is cons.

Fiberboard has a great surface, but as far as i remember any fiberboard chunks i've found that have been wet are bent, bubbled up or rotting.
Oil paint could provide some waterproofing, but then i have to treat the backside too.

[Anonymous No.1905171]

>>1905163
If it is wood and you plan on getting it wet you will need to waterproof it. End of story. Real wood holds up the best. Plywood is the next best but the glue will still fail and the plys will warp. You could try marine-grade plywood but that gets expensive really fast. The thinnest plywood I have heard of that isn't for hobbycraft stuff is 1/8th inch.

[Anonymous No.1905337]

I have two lamps from IKEA for my painting area and it's really annoying for me to turn them both on from the little rolling switch thing that they have. Is there something I can get that they can both plug in to and I just turn them on and then turn the thing they're connected to on or off? My brain is thinking something like a surge protector but I am not entirely sure.

[Anonymous No.1905362]

>>1905337
Yeah, any sort of switched outlet, bro. Plug them both in and leave the inline switch on, and then just switch the outlet.

[Anonymous No.1905363]

>>1902537
Go to your local Wal-Mart, and they should have some Shoe Goo in the shoe section near the shoe accessories (laces, shoe polish, etc.). Or visit the amazon link below.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shoe_Goo
http://amazon.com/shoe-goo/s?k=shoe+goo

[Anonymous No.1905620]

>>1905362
Thanks, man. Will do.

[Anonymous No.1905672]

would i be a fag if i used my canvas army webbing bracers and belt for my tool pouches

[Anonymous No.1905676]

>>1901756
Thouch it if sparks fly out of you it's powered

[Anonymous No.1905677]

>>1900419
Got a bunch of spare pine tar.
Has anyone got experience producing things with it?
What's a good tar-to-beeswax ratio for leather impregnation cream?
How about soap: anyone know a good soap base without extra bullshit ingredients?

[Anonymous No.1905681]

Will acetone damage o-rings?

[Anonymous No.1905688]

>>1905681
Buna-n? Probably.

[Anonymous No.1905702]

Let's say I had a setup like in the picture, where Gear A is driven by the motor, and gear B is concentric to gear A. How do I make it so that I can "couple" A and B together at will?
I want B to be free spinning most of the time and be driven by A on command, maybe a solenoid or something that couples the two together somehow?
any pointers would be appreciated

[Anonymous No.1905810]

I was wiring up a bathroom exhaust fan, hooking it up to the same wires that powered the light so I didn't have to install a new switch or get in the wall. I bought a 3 wire cable(black to hot, white to neutral, bare copper to the bundle of bare copper grounds). I was testing for voltage before hooking the wire up to the fan and got some readings I thought were strange.

Light switch on
Black-white 120v
Black-ground 120v
White-ground 0v

Light switch off
Black-white 0v
Black-ground 120v
White-ground 120v

With the breaker off and lightswitch on, there is continuity between neutral and ground. Is this normal? I can't see any reason for there to be 120v between neutral and ground. Doesn't seem to make much sense to me, but I'm no electrician.

[Anonymous No.1906156]

>>1900419
Do i need to add furring around the i beam and bump out the framing for the drywall to be able to attach to or can i make the wall flush and glue the drywall to the flange edge? Its about 8"

[Anonymous No.1906249]

>>1906156
if the wall isn't very long and opening is just cased suggest to furr out

[Anonymous No.1906317]

>>1905702
Clutch?

[Anonymous No.1906323]

What's the difference between an arduino and raspberry pi? Don't they basically do the same thing?

[Anonymous No.1906428]

>>1906249
its about 23' long, 7' to the top of the beam, and there will be a door, just cut down to 75".I couldnt do something like this either?

[Anonymous No.1906587]

I bought an old rotary phone at a yard sale just for looks and nostalgia.
I'm mobile phone only user. no land line in my apartment, and even then, most providers no longer support pulse dialing.
could I get something for a personal network? plug my phone in, I get a dial tone and can listen to it pulse when I dial? get a second phone and network them, ring each other as an intercom system?

I've taken this photo of my phone so you can use it to identify trannies.

[Anonymous No.1906615]

Anyone know what sort of adhesive I should use for a bath door separator? It came loise on one of my tubs.

Pic related is the part I'm talking about. All the tutorials I found used ones that are meant to be screwed into place.

[Anonymous No.1906709]

>>1906587
>KLondike 5
is that some sort of movie prop phone? KL5 was the movie-joke of 555-xxxx since no real number ever started with 555

[Anonymous No.1906710]

>>1906709
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/politics/wp/2017/04/07/a-directory-for-klondike-5-the-most-famous-telephone-exchange-in-the-world/

[Anonymous No.1906729]

>>1903413
That's an arbor

[Anonymous No.1906733]

>>1903848
https://www.homedepot.com/p/Delta-Vacuum-Breaker-in-Chrome-U4900-PK/203125019

[Anonymous No.1906745]

>>1901838
Pretty much. You want something with a slightly smaller outer diameter than the thing you're bashing out (so it doesn't get stuck), but larger than the inner diameter of the thing you're bashing out (so it doesn't slip through and flare the end you're trying to remove).

[Anonymous No.1906750]

>>1906709
I put that on there so that a bunch of perverted channers didn't call the number that was actually on there because for all I know it's still used by the nice old family whose yard sale I bought it from.
but yeah, anon's link explains how the exchanges worked originally and how KL5/555 was a dead exchange as you said, hence it's enduring popularity in Hollywood. 5(JKL) has no vowels or usable consonant combos, so none of the original local networks had neighborhoods that corresponded to 55-xxxx. seven digit dialing came later but 555 got grandfathered in as a dead line.
then my last 4 digits spell FUCK.

[Anonymous No.1906772]

>>1905677
No tar friends? :(

[Anonymous No.1906778]

>>1905163
You can get plywood as thin as 1/16". Birch should do nicely as a canvas.

[Anonymous No.1906862]

what's the best/cheapest way to get a door like this to automatically close itself?
i've been googling variations of "screen security door gate closer" to no avail. figure a long spring attached to the jamb at one end and the door at the other would work, but what kind of spring? i'm only seeing tiny ones for rv screen doors much lighter than this.

[Anonymous No.1906927]

Am retard. Small bit stuck. How fix?

[Anonymous No.1906942]

>>1906927
My brother did this a couple of weeks ago (the bit broke off under high torque). We got it out with hot glue from a glue gun. A big drop of glue on the bit (wipe oil etc off first so it grabs), being careful not to stick it to the bit holder, then stick the flat end of a nail to the glue. Grab with pliers and smoothly pull out in a straight line.

[Anonymous No.1906953]

>>1906862
Door arm.
Automatic door closer.
https://autoplicity.com/3021265-lift-support

>>1906927
Hold it with needle nose pliers, torque it the opposite direction and pull hard.

[Anonymous No.1907224]

>>1902096
your setup is fucked. the vent needs to be IMMEDIATELY after the trap before any vertical sections. but you have that 8 inch section of vertical before you hit the vent. watch a youutbe video, tear that all out, and do it right. your drain keeps clogging because it doesn't have enough pressure to fight against the siphon from all that mess.

[Anonymous No.1907229]

>>1907224
anon here again, do it like this. the run should go straight to the vent from the trap, what I have in white. put a new T there. get rid of the shit underneath.

[Anonymous No.1907230]

>>1906615
i like the GE advanced silicone, it's like $7 a tube at home depot and works great for that. clean the area with alcohol, let it dry, apply the silicone and let it cure overnight.

[Anonymous No.1907246]

Trying to light my hobby corner. Like a fool I impulsively bought decorative led strip thinking it could light my desk from the ceiling. How do I shop for a good lamp? I'm looking for one of those that clamp on a desk and on a swing arm.

Currently got my eyes on this:
https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B00HX2EVPS/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_oa9wFb4J89J3K

[Anonymous No.1907251]

>>1907246
>bought decorative led strip thinking it could light my desk from the ceiling
lmao! What do you do at the desk other than computer work? What do you need direct light for I mean? If it's just to make things brighter, obviously it's fine.

[Anonymous No.1907257]

>>1907251
Its my space for papercraft or making anything really

[Anonymous No.1907269]

>>1907246
learn the difference between lux and lumens, and get a phone app to measure it.
walk into a room with "good lighting," figure out how many lux that is, and buy a bulb rated for that. (lumens are trash and worthless)

[Anonymous No.1907390]

An lid opening mechanism that opens the lid more than 90 degrees.
Is such thing achievable with only one servo?

[Anonymous No.1907397]

50s house has about 8"+ of brick around the exterior shell. interior drywall is nothing more than 1x2 furring strips with no insulation
the house cannot keep a constant tempture in summer or winter (AC/Heat will run to set temp, turn off, and start again in about 10 minutes. repeat x 1000)
where is the leak coming from? should i tear down the walls against the exterior and replace with a regular 2x4 insulation wall?
throw more insulation in the attic?
go in the attic and throw insulation down the little 1x2 strip cavities?

[Anonymous No.1907401]

>>1907390
Not really familliar with using servos but a shorter radial distance (from connection point to pivot) on the lid than the servo (connected by a rod) would give more angular travel.

[Anonymous No.1907439]

>>1907390
Do you need full control? If not you can use a calibrated string to let it fall to -90 amd hold it then pull it back over after the servo retracts.

Otherwise you need some specific joints that I don't have time to draw if you need full control. (Tip: linear arm on the servo + L shaped bracket on the lid)

[Anonymous No.1907462]

>>1907229
Added benefit of doing away with the dreaded S trap

[Anonymous No.1907469]

>>1907230
thanks guy will do just that

[Anonymous No.1907508]

I stripped a few allen bolts from my motorcycle. Picture is of the bolt, part number 90109-06254-00. Is this a generic bolt that I can buy at a hardware store, or do I have to buy these $3/each OEM bolts? I checked online at lowes/homedepot but I didn't see any shape that matched this picture exactly. Could I also use any bolt that has the same threads, but with a different head?

[Anonymous No.1907532]

>>1907469
I would add that there's likely scale all over the area, no?
If so, dissolve it with vinegar or some such equivalent milkstone remover.

[Anonymous No.1907537]

>>1907508
Looks like a pretty custom shoulder screw. You might just be SOL on that one. You definitely won't find it locally unless maybe you check the dealer.

[Anonymous No.1907606]

>>1907397
I'd think it would be in the windows more than the brick. You can get a thermal camera to really see where you are leaking.
you could throw insulation down, and i'm sure it would help, but it would be a pain.

[Anonymous No.1907610]

>>1907606
windows have been replaced with new ones years ago. somehow the house is leaking heat/cold like crazy. by the time chicago winter hits the heat is almost always running because the house cant stay warm.
What about taking down the drywall only and doing something like this?
http://www.insulationstop.com/insulate-masonry-block-wall
one of the rooms along the exterior is 10x11 so I could recover each wall with 2 panels of 4x12 gyp for cheap

[Anonymous No.1907622]

>>1907610
Yeah you could do that. You may need a vapor barrier, my knowledge falls apart when it comes to that. I dont think you will be able to put that on without redoing the walls. I thought you were talking about blown in insulation, and that may be a good option.

[Anonymous No.1907624]

>>1907610
in my first post i was, then i came across that link to that system. i might just go back to the attic insulation idea. I'm going there tomorrow to look in the attic. pretty sure it has old 50s blown in there but it may not be enough/no longer good

pic related is the wall condition i think that is 1x2

[Anonymous No.1907648]

>>1906953
>torque it the opposite direction
Opposite to what?

[Anonymous No.1907656]

Is there a hybrid of these two tools?
My rods are too inflexible half the time, the spring is too weak and a nightmare to clean.

A thinner more flexible set of rods and a solid but very flexible tube auger would sort me but I can't find anything matching that description.

[Anonymous No.1907876]

>>1907656
Anything is possible if you have courage. Consider using smaller fiberglass rods with threaded ends (the expensive tent websites have an interesting array of strong choices). Also consider putting spring sections between shorter rods to make a hybrid (some threaded end assembly requires).

[Anonymous No.1907917]

I was washing my bike in the backyard and I spilled some of the used solvent that I use to clean the dirty oil out of the chain. Now there's a dark stain on the asphalt and I'm not sure what's the best way to get rid of it, I've seen people using coke and baking soda or bleach and there's always the option to sandblast it and just remove the damaged layer, but I want to hear your ideas. What's the easiest and cheapest way of getting the job done?

[Anonymous No.1907927]

>>1906317
yeah I figured, but what kind? Most clutches I find online are for larger/automobile applications, i'm working on a tiny hobby scale

[Anonymous No.1908103]

>>1907656
all I can think of is cable with housing around it used for brake cables on bikes?
hook inner cable to the spinner on one end, fix the housing in place to the spinner's outer shell, and fix a hook thing on the other end of the cable?
shit is cheap. if it doesn't work you're not out very much.

[Anonymous No.1908106]

bump for
>>1906587

no phonefags on /diy/?

[Anonymous No.1908108]

>>1907397
>>1907610
I took a look up the attic. Looks like the original 50s insulation. Is this enough or shoudl I be looking to go get some new insulation or batt?

[Anonymous No.1908109]

>>1908108
is your house crazy expensive to heat and cool?

[Anonymous No.1908115]

>>1908109
its my gram's house and im not sure how much she pays but like i said here >>1907397 the house will always get too hot or too cold, and the AC will run on and off every 15 mins and in the winter the heat runs all the time. she lives in chicago so it gets around 20F sometimes in the winter or colder.

[Anonymous No.1908142]

>>1908108
Blown cellulose. The stuff they make today is okay but not great. Stuff from 70 years ago is crap. Hiring someone with a special vacuum (Yes, they make a dedicated vacuum for this. No, you can't use a shopvac. No, not even if it is a really big one.) to suck that shit out and put some modern insulation in.

[Anonymous No.1908158]

>>1908142
>cellulose
thanks anon, i thought it was rockwool and i thought id have to crawl back up there to take a sample. i think new insulation would be a better way to go than to try to add insulation to the perimeter interior walls. hopefully shes willing to do it because shes 88 and is stubborn and would rather just put a sweater on than try to have someone actually make the house more insulated

[Anonymous No.1908258]

>>1907917
Anyone?

[Anonymous No.1908265]

>>1908158
you can rake it out, ive done it before. took a day to do about 2,000 square ft. just get a shit load of bags, I got a bunch of quotes and all those vacuum fags wanted 2 grand or more. Fuck that, I scooped that shit out and then I can foamed all the holes and blew in 29 inches of cellulose.

[Anonymous No.1908328]

>>1908158
Adding insulation to wall without ripping out the drywall is a crapshoot. Most of the time some blown in stuff is your only option without opening the walls. Older homes (pre-1970's) were often not very watertight. They have hollow walls so it isn't a big deal. There is enough air circulation that a bit of water getting in will dry out before it does any damage. If you fill that up with insulation, especially the cheaper stuff, you will have a rot problem in a few years. So, you should take the walls down to the studs on the inside to see what you are working with. You may also encounter weird blocking and other items in the walls that you wouldn't find otherwise that could cause problems for blown-in wall insulation. Also, having the walls open allows you to identify leaks, replace ungrounded wiring, fix problems in the weather barrier, etc.

[Anonymous No.1908335]

Is it big dumb to buy home renovation materials at a big box store (Home Depot in my case)? I'm doing all of it solo, from drywalling to electrical to plumbing, and just wondering if there were better options for pricing, materials options, etc. Seems to me like contractors aren't buying their romex at Home Depot, but is that cause they have contacts in the industry, or am I just a shithead?

[Anonymous No.1908338]

Can I mix colored powder pigments into clear lacquer to get colored lacquer?

[Anonymous No.1908340]

>>1900419
Best place to buy plastic stock online? I need a few strips of hdpe or nylon or something as skid boards for my boat trailer.

>inb4 put rollers on
Tried that, couldn't make it work without reworking the trailer, skid plates seem like the cheapest and easiest option for me. It's only a shitty canoe anyways, so I don't want to put more effort into than minimum

[Anonymous No.1908344]

>>1908340
Probably mcmaster, I buy raw materials in small quantities from them all the time.

[Anonymous No.1908346]

>>1908340
Also, why couldn't you use carpeted bunk rails?
It's probably cheaper than whatever plastic rail you could come up with and they come pre made from overtons.

[Anonymous No.1908359]

>>1901030
Super glue dries too hard and brittle for load bearing. It will crumble and the shoe will fall off again.

>>1901756
Looks like a lightning ground wire. The end of it is supposed to be attached to a buried metal rod. Probably got dug up when they made the tunnel.

[Anonymous No.1908379]

What kind of watch back is this and how do I remove it? There is a little protrusion from the chamfered edge which I can fit a scalpel under, but I can't pry it up from there. Is that the hinge? I can't fit a scalpel under anywhere else. What do?

[Anonymous No.1908403]

Anyone have suggestions on who makes good wrenches.
Also in particular a torque wrench?

[Anonymous No.1908405]

>>1908379
Probably unscrews if you cant pry it open

[Anonymous No.1908448]

>>1908379
it pops off.
a scalpel is too bendy.
stick the lugs between a vise and use a tiny flat head screwdriver (like for screws on a laptop case or glasses hinge) under that protrusion, or a pocket knife blade.

[Anonymous No.1908458]

>>1908403
If you're just a hobbyist, tekton is a good cheap one, otherwise husky, craftsman, kobalt, gearwrench, ect are good

If you're using it to make money, buy CDI. Same shit as snapon, 1/2-3/4 the price.

If you're a boomer, buy snapon.

[Anonymous No.1908518]

I lost the screws on my kobo mini. I have no idea on how to find replacement screws? Bunnings?

[Anonymous No.1908604]

>>1908518
No, in terms of bolts (i.e. non-tapping screws) Bunnings is hopeless for anything other than big structural bolts. Masters used to be decent before they went under. Go to a proper bolt shop or find them on eBay or element14 or McMaster-Carr.

This is all assuming they're plain threaded screws not tappers or threadforming screws. If they are, those shops are good too but you want to be absolutely sure you're getting the right threads because plastic is so soft that it will just strip out if you try to form a new thread.

[Anonymous No.1908610]

The tarmac road down to my house is absolutely fucked and the council won't do anything.
How feasible is it to perform a permanent fix of the potholes?
Sick of scuffing the bottom of my car twice a day

[Anonymous No.1908613]

>>1907917
Bump for answers.

[Anonymous No.1908616]

>>1908610
>permanent fix
Impossible.

https://practical.engineering/blog/2020/8/31/how-do-potholes-work

It's pretty easy to do a repair but it will only be temporary. Coldlay asphalt is available in bags and easily mixed up. Make sure you compact it properly with a punner or shovel. It might be a good idea to seal around the edges with a melt-in sealant to stop it happening again.

[Anonymous No.1908618]

>>1906587
the simplest way to accomplish what you're asking is to buy a couple ATA's (analogue telephone adapters) and use them with a SIP service. I use OnSIP for this as internal only call without a phone number are free. I set up some old SIP phones and ATA's and sent them to my friends around the world, we just call each others extension and it works great

[Anonymous No.1908622]

>>1908610
do it on a warm day, bash it down but leave it proud, had to do the same thing on my street

its also illegal

[Anonymous No.1908635]

Do these things that lock themselves into a hole in a metal sheet have a name? Doesn't have to be that exact same shape

[Anonymous No.1908689]

i booked next week off work and i have nothing planned and now i'm quite anxious about that

[Anonymous No.1908727]

>>1908689
That's not a question

[Anonymous No.1908728]

>>1908727
are you saying it deserves its own thread?

[Anonymous No.1908731]

>>1903610
just lookup 'diy atlas stone' on youtube

there's a shit tonne of results

[Anonymous No.1908735]

>>1905139
try looking up 'laserply'

[Anonymous No.1908738]

>>1908728
They are two independent properties.

[Anonymous No.1908765]

>>1908618
whoa, crazy. I was just thinking small, but setting up a global network is cool too!

[Anonymous No.1908774]

>>1908635
total guess but search using the word "collar" is what I'd do

[Anonymous No.1908779]

I have a well that appears to either have a broken check valve at the pump or does not have one at all (it's 30+ years old). I can hear the water draining back into the well, and the well loses pressure and kicks on without any water being used. There's no leaks inside. I am reading conflicting advice on how many and where to install check valves on a well. I really, really do not want to pull the pump out of a potentially 100+ft deep well. My question is, will I be fine with installing just one above ground check valve to keep water in my tank, and hope that suction will keep the water from draining in the well? I imagine anything is better than what's going on now. I'm sure the pump will fail in a few years anyway just due to age.

[Anonymous No.1908819]

>>1907224
>>1907229

I was eventually able to clear the clog by using an auger down the T section. Its the first time its clogged in several years. This setup was done by a plumber, are you telling me its completely wrong?

[THe_KvD !ZNBx60Gj/k No.1908841]

>>1908335
There are always local electrical shops and tile-flooring shops and plumbing shops. Depends how picky you are and how much time you’re willing to spend calling around and picking from different retailers.

I know what you mean though, I have been in Home Depot and Lowe’s a million times and the electrical wire aisle is empty aside from guys running for two outlets or a husband and wife trying to DIY something. I went into Graybar and City Electric Supply a couple times to check some shit out and there was always guys with their work vans ordering up big amounts of wire for jobs. It’s hard to tell if it’s because of prices or if it’s the service and ease of business accounts at the specialty places.

[Anonymous No.1908908]

shouldnt the multimeter be reading ten amps? i thinj the 10DC port is broken ...or am i doing this wrong.

i am trying to connect to both ends of a wire to see if wire is bad

[Anonymous No.1908918]

>>1908779
Is it a submerged pump? Probably fine. If it's an above ground pump and the check valve at the bottom of the well fails bad enough and say you lose power for enough time the pump will loose prime and you won't be able to re-prime it.
I pulled up my well pipe last year cause of this. Started with the cycling for no obvious leak.

[Anonymous No.1908920]

>>1908610
Go out in the middle of the night and spray paint dicks around them

[Anonymous No.1908922]

>>1908908
>i am trying to connect to both ends of a wire to see if wire is bad
Use the 200 ohm setting. Touch probes to see what ohms the leads are for reference. Subtract the ref from whatever you read on the wire. Should be near zero for a good wire.

Until you know what you're doing:
Avoid ever using Amps
Never use ohms on a powered circuit

[Anonymous No.1908923]

>>1908908
You are intensely retarded. That said, if you need to do a continuity test use the diode test or resistance ranges.

[Anonymous No.1908931]

Are metal boxes for lithium battery charging a meme or should I get one?

What about for storage?

[Anonymous No.1908940]

>>1908922
>>1908923
>You are intensely retarded
my main issue is i do not know what the symbols mean

[Anonymous No.1908949]

is this the setting i want? can i assume that decimal point is between the two zeros?

[Anonymous No.1908965]

>>1908940
Top right = AC volts. Use to measure the voltage of an electrical outlet
Top left = DC volts. Use to measure a battery voltage
-When measuring voltage, choose a scale that exceeds the value of what you expect to measure
Bottom left = ohms(resistance). This connects the internal battery to measure the current flow created by it to determine resistance. Theoretically perfect wire=0 ohms
Right = Amps (current) Circuit must be broken and meter inserted to measure flow. Best setting to kill your meter if you don't know what you're doing
hFe = transistor checker (the blue socket)
-|>|- = doide checker

>>1908923
Retarded is an inability to learn and can't be helped. Ignorance however can be fixed by asking questions

[Anonymous No.1908966]

>>1908949
Yes.
I'd make that assumption

[Anonymous No.1909018]

>>1906942
Didn't work. Thanks anyway
>>1906953
Worked. Thanks

[Anonymous No.1909048]

A friend pulled the light cord on my ceiling fan and said a bunch of blue sparks went shooting out of it, and now the lights won't turn off. There is a switch on the wall that will still turn it off, but the chain won't work. Fan still works as normal. Figured it was just the pull cord switch so I replaced it, but no dice. What should I check next?

[Anonymous No.1909084]

Is there a way to "restore" a worn self-healing cutting mat?

[Anonymous No.1909088]

>>1909048
Doesn't make sense. You sure it's wired right?
I'd disconnect the switch and see if the light stays off.

[Anonymous No.1909094]

>>1909088
Should be. Same switch, same part number, its only a two wire switch. Maybe wired backwards? Was pretty careful though and it shouldn't matter. Havent taken it back apart yet

[Anonymous No.1909225]

How nasty is Methyl Ethyl Ketone?
Im a bit sensitive to solvents and never used MEK before.

[Anonymous No.1909335]

>>1906587
I use some classic phones myself.
Easiest way I can imagine is using an old home phone switchbox.
In the Netherlands we have PTT Homevox stations pretty easily available.
They still support pulse dialing and some can go up to 5 phones.
Together with that I use a Dialgizmo (no idea if they still make them) which converts pulse to tone, so it works with my provider.

[Anonymous No.1909473]

I cant be assed to unfuck this door. What contractor do I call that does doors?

[Anonymous No.1909513]

what sort of steel are rachet drives generally made of? guy at work sheared off his old 1" rachet and no one and find a replacement drive or similar wrench because it's probably older than me. can he get a square of high carbon steel, weld it on with high cabon rod, then heat treat it to reharden it?

[Anonymous No.1909637]

>>1909335
>PTT Homevox stations
that looks like exactly what I want but I've been typing all sorts of english words into google trying to find a US equivalent and cannot find anything for the life of me. "switchbox" is just a switch on a phone line, like a light switch.
how much does a PTT Homevox go for on Dutch ebay or equivalent? any links?

[Anonymous No.1909779]

what happened to bunkerbro lads?

[Anonymous No.1909855]

>>1909225
It's like acetone, but way worse. Wear a respirator and gloves.

[Anonymous No.1909857]

>>1909779
He had two threads like two weeks ago

[Anonymous No.1909991]

Um.
So how do I go about removing this?
Not the pipe, I'm talking about the whole valve, as you can see its rusted to shit and its even missing its knob to shut off the water.
I'm slowly replaying everything in my house since the people who built it half-assed everything and used cheap third world parts, and the toliet upstairs is the next on my list.

[Anonymous No.1910044]

Buying my first drill.
There's two decent options within budget, a Makita hammer drill and a Bosch power drill ($30 cheaper)

I don't plan on drilling concrete, just wood, but apparently the former has a setting that turns off the hammer.
Any thoughts?

[Anonymous No.1910064]

>>1910044
I'd get Makita as you'll probably want to use the battery with more Makita tools in the future. I haven't used Bosch recently but have heard they haven't performed well as of recently.

[Anonymous No.1910135]

>>1910044
dont get the more expensive hammer drill version. It isnt worth a shit for concrete, it only sort of half ass works in masonry/brick. Save the money and if you ever need a hammer drill get an SDS.

[Anonymous No.1910140]

>>1909991
Find the next valve upstream, probably the main valve, turn it off and run the tap until it's dry, then cut the line and splice in a new line with a slip fitting

[Anonymous No.1910281]

>>1900796
no, only low quality ones. buy good wera ones and they last for years.
t. factory workshop / machine assembly.

[Anonymous No.1910283]

>>1907656
you can get more flexible rods, they are usually white and have a rotating center that you can connect a drill to, this connects to a brush or tool on the end.

[Anonymous No.1910289]

>>1908689
nothing to fear, you fucking faggot idiot. enjoy your free time. do whatever you want, you can do anything you want with that time. stop being a faggot and make a plan for the week and then do it.

[Anonymous No.1910290]

>>1908908
please read up more about electronics before you kill yourself

[Anonymous No.1910707]

>>1908108
How tall are ceilings in the living space? Have seen some older homes that have 8’ ceilings and have seen a lot of contractors add drop type ceiling and add insulation between drop and existing ceiling

[Anonymous No.1910711]

Alright guys so I’m building a cement/vermiculite pizza oven for a chef buddy. He’s kinda broke and is trying to cut corners with some of the materials he can’t afford or can’t find.

Picture an igloo. The entrance will be a half cylinder type shape. I have some extra chicken wire laying around. With the right supports on the inside to help hold shape do you think this will work? Any suggestions on how to make the entrance shape so I can cover it in cement?

[Anonymous No.1910759]

>>1905702
>>1907927
bump
can anyone point me in the right direction?

[Anonymous No.1910766]

My house's septic system's alarm went off. This has never happened after several years of ownership. I dont know anything about septic systems so I googled around to see what the problem/solution could be.

A FAQ page for some septic company I found said that this happens when the water level gets too high and isn't being expelled correctly. Their troubleshooting guide basically said to check if the breaker was tripped for the septic system and if it wasnt, then to wait 18 hours. Because septic systems are designed to go 24-48 hours with the alarm active before overflow starts to happen (!). Well its been nearly 24 hours and the septic light is still on. Also, The breaker was never flipped to off but i cycled power on and off for good measure.

So, what else do I do besides call a septic guy? It has been raining a lot recently and I have taken more showers than I normally do, before the alarm went off. The FAQ page also mentioned that these two items can cause a brief period of alarm state before the water is removed by the system.

[Anonymous No.1910769]

I spun the resistance adjuster too hard on my chink stationary bike and it's now locked at the 8th one, I can spin it but it will snap back to the 8th one if l release it instead of snapping back to the 1st one, it's not the same model but it's a close one, any resources on how to fix that? so far I just put a tape to hold it but it becomes loose after a while

[Anonymous No.1910770]

>>1906587
get on ebay buy an old POTS PABX/PBX make sure it supports pulse dialling.

>>1905702
concentric is a strange setup. easiest to implement i would say a differential gear system with a brake on the body as long as there is enough resistance in the gear b train. if you want something small build it from lego, medium look at hobby rc stuff. otherwise car scrap.

[Anonymous No.1910773]

>>1907246
>https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B00HX2EVPS/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_oa9wFb4J89J3K
ikea have the same thing for 12$ works well enough i have 3 or 4 for task lighting https://www.ikea.com/us/en/p/tertial-work-lamp-with-led-bulb-dark-gray-00424985/

[Anonymous No.1910776]

Any idea how the glass pipes on old force feed lubricators work?
The oil gets pumped in from the bottom, but i have no idea how it is kept it in the center and the other liquid away from the outlet

[Anonymous No.1910785]

>>1908518
Google something to find screw measurements of your model, buy online one of those laptop kits with M1-3 screws of different sizes or whatever. Like $5-10 and will save you a lot of trouble with electronics in the future

[Anonymous No.1910794]

Is this type of crimping pliers worth it for ferrules?

I already have simple crimping pliers but I never work with ferrules.

[Anonymous No.1910815]

>>1910766
Is it leech bed type or anaerobic?

[Anonymous No.1910821]

>>1910770
>old POTS PABX/PBX
thank you, sir

[Anonymous No.1910828]

>>1909637
About €10,-
I usually go to Marktplaats.nl, but it's fully dutch.

[Anonymous No.1910829]

>>1910815
I'm an idiot and I don't know the difference. The water gets ejected through a sprinkler system, if that helps any. I opened up the hatch to the septic system and the tank seems mostly or half empty. The water level was around 5 feet down into the tank. Is it possible a float just got tangled somehow? There is a control panel but I haven't opened it up to see what the readout of anything is

[Anonymous No.1910830]

>>1910828
>>1909637
Forgot to add, do note that they will only work on 220/240v 50hz.
They were designed to only be distributed in the Netherlands.
I would be highly surprised if we were the only ones in the world with this stuff though.

[Anonymous No.1910833]

>>1910776
Doesn't the oil just flow upwards if you pump it into the bottom?
Seeing the hole is in the center, that should cut it.
I'm not an expert, but I have seen one working before.

[Anonymous No.1910927]

Everything in my parents' kitchen that is not inside a cupboard is covered in oil and dust. It's really gross. Is this because we don't have an extractor hood?

[Anonymous No.1910930]

>>1910927
My hood has stopped working for years and I don't have that problem. Stop using so much oil, clean the oil off everything and the dust will likely stop too, since its just sticking to the oil. If dust is still a problem, in the kitchen of all places, look into air circulation.

[Anonymous No.1910986]

>>1910830
>I would be highly surprised if we were the only ones in the world with this stuff though
you would think so, but all the ones I can find over here are all for businesses and cost $100+, hard to find anything old or that supports pulse dialing.
I don't think we had home versions. you could get multi-line phones and transfer incoming calls to a different phone for sure. I believe you could ring another in-house phone, but I believe they had to be the same model, it was proprietary.
but I've never been at somebody's house where they had just any regular phones with a network switch. not even in the old days.

I searched ptt homevox on dutch ebay but nothing. I could check your recommended site but I forgot about the power difference. could maybe get one of those international traveler's converter things.

[Anonymous No.1910988]

>>1910830
no luck anyway.
thanks though.

[Anonymous No.1911026]

>>1910927
yes
>>1910930
youre dumb. they exist for a reason

[Anonymous No.1911029]

Have a question with a picture for reference sort of

>parents live in townhouse
>parents own ground level unit
>Separate unit above them
>Laundry room is next to garage
>dryer vent travels up through the wall and over the garage to vent outside
>more twists and turns than the pic, but that's the general idea
>Dryer always takes at least two cycles to dry anything because of shitty venting
>had had dryer vents cleaned, helps temporarily but there just isn't enough force to push out the lint and air because it travels so far and upward

Any solutions to making the dryer not terrible? Something to help move the air through the vent? I've seen inline duct fans like this https://www.homedepot.com/p/Suncourt-Inductor-6-in-Corded-In-Line-Duct-Fan-DB206C/206584745 but I'm pretty sure the dryer lint would kill that and they aren't meant to work with those sorts of conditions. Any other solutions?

>reroute vent straight through wall to garage
They were going to do this but two different contractors said they couldn't because what was in the wall, not sure what they said was in there though since I wasn't present for that.

[Anonymous No.1911045]

Painting my second car here soon. First car I did a blue base + pearl midcoat and besides a little unevenness with the pearl on the hood it came out pretty well.
This next car I'm planning a gray metallic base coat then applying a 0.015 size blue flake. I know I'll have to be careful with amount of flake I spray b/c I don't want to overpower the gray and turn it into a blue car. Is this a dumb idea to try to get a gray metallic car with blue sparkles? I can't find images of what I'm imagining it looking like.

[Anonymous No.1911061]

Can anybody identify this socket?
It is on a concrete beam over the living room in a UK residential apartment

Presumably its for a light fixture of some kind, there's a lightswitch in the room that presumably powers it (doesn't operate anything else) but I have no idea how to find something to plug into it.

[Anonymous No.1911166]

Gotta move a rug tomorrow, its ~18 feet long and really heavy. It’s heavy, but the main concern is grip. The rug is wrapped around a thick cardboard tube that’s about 4 inches in diameter. I didn’t have time to try today, but I want to try putting a rope through the cardboard tube and attaching a wood handle on either end of the rope, and me and my partner just lift it like that. Do you think this would work?

[Anonymous No.1911331]

fridge has these hinges (hettich 3905 5.0) and it won't stay closed. It springs back open when the door is pushed closed.
How do I go about adjusting this type of hinge?

[Anonymous No.1911367]

>>1907508
I'm sure your bike will have an owners club. Ask there, they often have handy links to cheap alibaba copies. Don't use that shit on critical things though.

[Anonymous No.1911376]

>>1910829
If you have sprinklers then it is anaerobic. If it was over full then sprinklers should be going non stop while alarm is sounding. If you open control box should have a dial inside. Most have a set time they go off (usually dial is set to automatically go off nightly.) Play around with dial and see if you can make sprinklers spray. If you can make them spray then something else is wrong(probably alarm might be stuck) if you can’t make them spray then you need to get it fixed before it overflows, might have a bad compressor. Hard to trouble shoot without being there.

[Anonymous No.1911620]

>>1910711
dudes at slabcity skatecamp made one of out mud.

[Anonymous No.1911668]

>>1907508
Fairing bolts? Regular bolts will work just as fine if not overtightened so that the fairing cracks. The shoulder is designed in the bolt to prevent that. The head you use does not matter, unless you get in a situation where you have to take that exact bolt off on the road and your toolkit does not have the tool for that.

[Anonymous No.1911806]

>>1900419
Does wood stain change the feel of wood, and can you still apply oil to it?
My goal here is to color the bottom part of my tool handles in a uniform fashion so they are easily identifiable as mine (think picrel), but I don't want to seal the wood so that it cant be oiled or change the feeling of part of the handle.
I'm sorry if this is a stupid question, I'm entirely new to this.

[Anonymous No.1911809]

>>1908931
Unless you are concerned about an EMP, I don't see the point.

[Anonymous No.1911847]

I've got a microswitch with three terminals like in the picture. They are labeled NC, NO, C
Could that be no current, ground, current?

[Anonymous No.1911848]

>>1911806
It might raise the grain, especially if it's water based but light sanding with fine steel wool once it's dry will return it the way it was.

[Anonymous No.1911850]

>>1911847
https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/30952/can-you-clarify-what-an-1no1nc-switch-is#:~:text=NO%20is%20normally%20open%20i.e..,switches%20like%20emergency%20stop%20buttons.

[Anonymous No.1911851]

>>1911847
Normally Closed (NC)
Normally Open (NO)
Closed (C)

[Anonymous No.1911890]

>>1911847
>>1911851
common (C)

[Anonymous No.1912119]

What screwdriver do I need to open this thing?

[Anonymous No.1912137]

What‘s the cheapest place in the world to hire a good architect and statistician?

[Anonymous No.1912138]

>>1912119
Hex wrenches

[Anonymous No.1912148]

Thanks. Can you determine the size?

[Anonymous No.1912223]

>>1912148
hx-7b

[Anonymous No.1912234]

>>1912137
>Cheapest
>good

[Anonymous No.1912276]

what thickness of plexiglas should i get for my shed door? lefft the door open and the wind smased the glass out of it. was giong for 3 mm but dont know if thats enough. panel is roughly 150 x 50 cm

[Anonymous No.1912403]

>>1903107
Where?
https://patents.google.com/patent/US2046837A/en

>>1909225
https://lmgtfy.app/?q=mek+msds

>>1911029
Disconnect the dryer vent pipe from the wall pipe, clean the wall pipe out with a vent brush and then blast it with a leafblower to push out anything the brush left behind. You'll have to do this periodically. Any kind of booster fan you put in will also need to be accessible for regular cleaning.

>>1911166
Maybe. Did it work?

>>1912276
How thick was the glass? How thick is the channel it fit into? There's your answer.

[Anonymous No.1912419]

I keep destroying my pants and work shirts doing crawl space bullshit. Are overalls any good for that kind of thing, or do the straps just get caught or something?

[Anonymous No.1912473]

Can I apply a coat wipe-on poly to this without refinishing/sanding? The finish that came from the factory doesn't seem very durable and I'm want to minimize the potential for scratching/water damage

[Anonymous No.1912475]

>>1912473

No.

[Anonymous No.1912476]

>>1912475
How to increase the level of protection without refinishing?

[Anonymous No.1912692]

>>1900419
What is the best residual and non-selective herbicide I can buy in Australia relatively easily and for a decent price?
Yes I want it to kill weeds, grass, and all, and reside in the soil for as long as possible.

[Anonymous No.1912695]

>>1912692
To further this, the only "residual" types I can find is "path weeder" which claim to stop weeds for up to a year.
I mean... can I use path weeder on grass to kill it? Is it like bonded to path use? I know that sounds stupid but I mean it could be formulated to cling onto material like cement and asphalt or something for all I know, rather than soak into dirt.

[Anonymous No.1912700]

>>1912148
Looks like 2 mm? Just get a multi-bit screwdriver set for electronics (~€15 on Amazon) and it'll have one that fits.

[Anonymous No.1912711]

So I've been looking for a backpack like pic related for 6 months but I can't find something I like that is not overpriced, I want to try to make it myself for under 100€
I have access to a basic sewing machine, I want to put a discreet MOLLE system on it and hidden strap clips
Is it doable ? Is there any generic blueprints somewhere I can practice with ?

[Anonymous No.1912712]

I need a human-safe alternative to hydraulic oil for use in a hydraulic system with a pump.
Would any low-viscosity, high bulk-modulus oil work or will I ruin my system?

[Anonymous No.1912729]

>>1912403
I looked it up after posting, and couldn't find anything in the patent. I heard this on 4chan, the anon posted some first source on google books maybe, it's not the patent, so it must be some random report about it. It talks of workers overtorquing fasteners, and mentions blacks offhand somehow.

[Anonymous No.1912813]

>>1912712
What kind of hydraulic system needs to be human-safe?

[Anonymous No.1912815]

>>1912712
It depends on so many factors, tell us what your doing. Pressure flow rates estimated operation temperature why it has to be human safe.

[Anonymous No.1912857]

Installing posts for my new pergola. Would it be possible to pour dry concrete mix into the hole, position the pole, fill up the hole with earth then at the end pour loads of water over it? Would this effectively be similar to using wet mix?
The concrete brand is postcrete if that helps.

[Anonymous No.1912865]

i have a track bike frame with this type of screw:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ky0OchAj7QQ
they're not strictly necessary and a lot of fixed gear bikes don't have them but they're comfy to help put the wheel in straight and tighten the wheel nuts with the right amount of chain tension
pic related has nuts, do you think adding a single nut per bolt to my frame like in the pic will help hold the screws in place?
while riding the bike the wheel axle will be under tension from the chain pulling on it so i don't know if the nuts will help resist the forward movement of the wheel axle into the frame?
when there is zero tension like when the wheel is removed to fix a flat or for cleaning, do you think the nut will help keep the screw in place to "remember" the adjustment?

[Anonymous No.1912867]

>>1912865

[Anonymous No.1912870]

[Anonymous No.1912877]

>>1912857
People do it, but it's shit. Your way better if

Digging the hole, putting 2 inches of large gravel (for drainage), placing and positioning your post, securing it wit temporary bracing, mixing the concrete, placing it until it is 2 inches higher than the ground and sloping it away from the post (so water doesn't puddle up and just sit on your post). Use treated lumber. After its strong enough to touch without leaving marks, throw a bunch of grass clippings,or leaves or an old blanket and soak it. Keep it wet for at least 3 days,7 is better, 28 is optimal.

[Anonymous No.1912938]

>>1902386
The dog's eyes?

[Anonymous No.1912941]

>>1905363
This was the go-to stuff to repair skate shoes when I was a kid in the '80s.

[Anonymous No.1912947]

>>1910794
Yes, they well worth using, although they can be pretty pricey unless you buy a chinesium brand off Amazon.

[Anonymous No.1912956]

I have a 16 gal/60 liter drum and want to build an UDS.
Most people use 4 x 3/4" pipes with caps and ball valves.
But not only do I want to smoke long jobs but have the option to use it as a conventinal grill with the basket for the fuel/charcoal raised.
So I wonder what size of air intakes should I consider for this?
Is 3 x 2" pipes with caps and 1 2" ball valve too much or maybe even too little to get it really hot when using as a conventional grill?

[Anonymous No.1912969]

>>1905810
You were probably reading the white, hot switch leg for the light (not neutral).

Neutral is bonded to ground at your main panel.

[Anonymous No.1913031]

>>1912956
in life I have found trying to make shit that does it all usually does a lot of things really poorly, if you want to do 2 different things, make 2 different things.

[Anonymous No.1913270]

>>1910794
If you're doing ferrules often, get a pair, if you're only doing them once in a great while just use the pliers and try to get them even.

If you ever do a deutsch pin connector, they're absolutely necessary.

[Anonymous No.1913271]

>>1900419
AvE said in his latest crane failure video something about threadforms that are load bearing along the entire length and not just three thread's worth, anybody know what threadform he's talking about?

[Anonymous No.1913291]

>>1913271
All threads if cut correctly will be load bearing on the entire length. The three thread thing is an estimate of thread strength equaling screw strength. Threading in more than three the screw will fail, less than three the thread will fail, roughly speaking.

[Anonymous No.1913292]

>>1913270
Those crimper are not appropriate for either turned or stamped Deutsch contacts.

[Anonymous No.1913293]

>>1912865
Yes, jam nuts will be helpful for all the reasons you mentioned.

[Anonymous No.1913321]

Is it normal for the bolt and the nut to take different size wrenches? Does this mean they are different grades or something, or is this a feature so you don't need two wrench sets? I don't remember this being the case when I was younger, but I don't use bolts often and could be mistaken. I think the last bolt I grabbed from the bolt bin had 7/8 on one side and 3/4 on the other or something like that, and I have noticed this a few times before.

[Anonymous No.1913338]

>>1913321
With metric fasteners it's generally mis-matched standards. ISO, JIS, and DIN all have different standard head sizes for a given thread diameter. American bolts I have no idea. Maybe ANSI and ISO have different standards?

[Anonymous No.1913406]

>>1900419
My dremel came with these and I can't find what the colours mean. What material is each intended for? I want to cut a copper tube.

[Anonymous No.1913496]

I'm making a belt grinder, but totally forgot to think about wheel alignment. I mounted a drive wheel to a motor shaft that is maybe 2 inches too short and the motor can't be moved any farther out.
I've thought about shaft extensions or couplers but I'm not sure what is the best/easiest way to do this

[Anonymous No.1913533]

>>1913321
You sure they're SAE bolts? Metrique has like 4 bullshit standards, but SAE is uniform, unless you've got some ww2-era shit or whitworth or something. I know wartime and Great Depression era shit sometimes had different nut and bolt head sizes so you didn't need two of the same stench

>>1913338
Fucking bane of my existence. I build gensets for a major European company, half the M10 bolts have 17mm heads, the other half have 18mm heads, some of the M12 bolts have 18mm heads, most have 19mm, had one of my coworkers keep stripping bolt heads, turned out the M8 fasteners had a 12mm head, which we had no sockets for.

Add to that most of the generators and all of the radiators use SAE bolts because "hurr durr we injuneers arr da best" and assembly becomes a chore to train anybody to meet takt time

[Anonymous No.1913586]

One of the longest external walls in my house has a horizontal crack running nearly across its entire 4.5m length, and it's all the way through - visible on the outside. Moisture seeps through during winter and I figure that filling it with expanding foam is my best bet at stopping the plaster and paint from cracking and peeling off.

I want to get the foam properly deep into the wall and that would require drilling holes to some depth.
How much should I space them out to reliably fill the crack?

[Anonymous No.1913634]

Bought some cast iron gym plates with a 25mm hole
My bar is 28mm
Is it fesiable to file off the remaining 3mm by hand?

[Anonymous No.1913637]

>>1913634
off the cast iron plate hole that is

[Bepis !n/ZnkB9jUw No.1913639]

>>1913634
Sure. It will take forever by hand and it might not be super precise, but you should be able to do it with the willpower. I do that shit all the time when I’m half-assing things

[Anonymous No.1913640]

>>1913639
nice, cheers. Fuck it i'll give it a go

[Anonymous No.1913683]

a drunk backed into my motorcycle and bent my rear brake footpeg. it snapped off in the brake lever when i tried to remove and replace it. i attempted to drill the screw out but i couldn't get it centered on my press. it's an M8 for scale.

i'm now thinking i'll just drill the entire hole out and install a helicoil. before i do that, does anybody here think there's still hope for getting this broken screw out of its hole?

[Anonymous No.1913718]

>>1913683
nevermind. fortunately i checked: the lever's internal thread was an M6 or a 1/4. i guess they changed it at some point because the replacement peg i got is an M8. so it's getting a helicoil anyway. i think the new pre-tapped hole came out remarkably square on the other end given my dumb ass drilled it.

[Cosmo No.1913734]

>>1900419
I'd find a deep well socket that's the same outer diameter and use a brass hammer or heavy duty rubber mallet and just smack it out.

[Anonymous No.1913773]

>>1900419
Looking for a guide or video on how to properly grade the earth around my patio.

Will be digging down 6" to properly install some pavers and since its all by hand I'm really not sure how to ensure I don't over or under dig. Plus I have some goofy drainage pathing from the house I would like to fix beyond eyeballing it

[Anonymous No.1913782]

>>1913634
Taking mass off the plates will make it lighter, but 3mm off the circumference of the hole might not make a noticable difference. Despite that, though, you should take the L and buy a new bar. If you're crazy enough, look for a way to shave 3mm off the bar instead

[Anonymous No.1913911]

My house was built in 1900 and has no sub-slab insulation in the basement. The floor is also wavy as hell. I want to finish my basement so I can actually use it.

Critique my current plan: frame the walls then create a subfloor - 5/32" DMX 1-Step for vapor barrier and insulation, then 1x4 pressure-treated sleepers (shimmed to level the floor), then 1/2" regular plywood, then vinyl/carpet/whatever.

My main question is how do I deal with the stairs going down to the basement now that the last rise is 2" shorter because of the subfloor? Can I just leave it like that?

Do I need entirely new stair stringers that will divide evenly into the new height I'm about to create?

Do Ibring the subfloor all the way up to the next highest tread? My basement ceiling is unusually tall so I could go up a whole tread but I kind of really don't want to.

I don't know that I can raise the entire stairs up since there is a landing right at the top with a door going outside.

[Anonymous No.1914042]

Can you put oil in hobby grade geared dc motors?

[Anonymous No.1914153]

>>1913293
ok thanks
i can get 10x m4 nyloc nuts for ~2 euros and a 7mm wrench for ~2-2.5 euros
i don't really care about the cost i just want to do it properly but does it seem slightly silly to buy a wrench solely for this purpose? or is that the way to go in order to tighten and undo them properly

[Anonymous No.1914154]

>>1914153
the nuts are a4 stainless steel

[Anonymous No.1914174]

>>1913911
Code will likely say you can't have an uneven last step. If it doesn't bother you then just do it and don't get an inspection. I would probably rebuild the stairs to match the new floor because it would drive me nuts.

In my shiy wavey basement I poured self leveling cement in the really bad spots, screwed down 2" of rigid insulation, did some more self leveler where needed, screwed 3/4 tongue in groove OSB through the insulation, then 1/2" click-in laminate. It's cozy.

[Anonymous No.1914268]

>>1900419
Get a spray penetrating oil loosener and let it soak for awhile

Find 2 bricks or 4x4s or something that you can lay the wheel flat without blocking the bushing.

Find another pipe (or maybe a deep well socket) that it nearly the same size as bushing.

Lightly heat up the wheel around the bushing, carefully, to soften and expand the rubber (not too hot)

Hold the socket with large pliers and use hammer to knock out bushing down. Spray and reheat as necessary, after it starts to clear the other side, you may be able to work it out with only the pliers.

[Anonymous No.1914461]

>>1900419
is there an easy way to remove the tap head from the base (the left bit from the right shaft). its been on there forever and basically fused itself to it. i've tried to pop my vice grips under it and wedge it up, but the whole assembly moves with it and i dont want to crack my basin

[Anonymous No.1914469]

>>1913718
it worked. bought a cheap drill press and a metric helicoil kit and it still cost $50 less than a fucking replacement part would have.

[Anonymous No.1914498]

I lost the charger for pic related. It's a 4v li-ion screwdriver. What voltage charger do I need to charge it correctly? Can I use one of those variable voltage dc power supplies with the interchangable barrel tips?

[Anonymous No.1914591]

>>1914469
You're supposed to break the tang off after you put it in

[Anonymous No.1914767]

I want to build a cheap as fuck workshop table, is MDF going to be good enough for a tabletop or is it too soft?

[Anonymous No.1914818]

I want to make a wooden longbox (literally a long box, with a lid)

Would this be possible when the only tool I have is a power drill? Store offers free straight cuts on wood sheets

[Anonymous No.1914842]

>>1914591
oh that's what the other tool was for, oh well

[Anonymous No.1914910]

Is there a 120v version of a relay? On/ off input connects output from A or B input?

[Anonymous No.1914954]

>>1914767
It will be a pretty shit work table. What kind of work are you doing? I use 1/2 ply and 2x4 for cheap tables. Build the whole thing out of 3/4 ply if you want to keep it around awhile.

[Anonymous No.1914955]

>>1914910
There are both 120v coil and 120v contact relays.

[Anonymous No.1914997]

On a scale of helicoil to only a new head will do, how rekt am I?

[Anonymous No.1915000]

>>1914997

Same anon, different question...
WTAF?

It's not unusual to find a dead crab in this garage, it is unusual to find it hanging in the middle of a semi elaborate spider web. WTF is hiding behind my suspension and should I be worried for my safety while working on this engine?

[Anonymous No.1915011]

Do I have to worry about weight when finishing my attic? It needs drywall and subfloor.

[Anonymous No.1915061]

>>1914842
Well, now you know for next time

[Anonymous No.1915206]

I've commissioned some translucent acrylic plates for a project of mine, and I need to know what kind of products I can use to protect and add shine to them safely. Any recommendations? I've heard Novus is good, but I don't know which one from their line is best for my use case. Open to any brands. Using this specific acrylic:
https://razorlab.online/laser-cutting-and-engraving-materials-overview/acrylic/neptune-blue-fluorescent-acrylic/

[Anonymous No.1915249]

What are the things in the red and green squares called? I'm kinda thinking about just calling a building contractor over to be like "What are these and how much would it cost to replace them with something flat and smooth."

[Anonymous No.1915265]

Are the machines used to cut sandpaper self sharpening?
Because y'know they're cutting into sandpaper

[Anonymous No.1915267]

I'm sick of blackouts knocking out my internet so i got a UPS to keep my soho router running. The problem i'm here about is a wiring issue. I've already got daisy chained power strips (for length) involved and i'm worried about making my fire hazard worse by hooking a fat battery to a shitty power strip. So in the diagram provided where would be the correct place to hook in a UPS without increasing my fire risk. I also have an extension cord i can draft into service if it'd help.

[Anonymous No.1915295]

>>1914997
What am i looking at here? When parts crack in the head, you have to replace the head at minimum.

[Anonymous No.1915310]

Do they make different colored plugs? If I'm going to get the plate in gold I'd want the plug in gold too.

[Anonymous No.1915312]

>>1915310
Forgot pic.

[Anonymous No.1915313]

>>1915312
>>1915310
They do come in different colors, but you should probably give up on gold. Try black.
Besides, having the entire thing be gold is gaudy and warlord-tier.
The most tasteful designs usually have gold accents. A minimal amount of it.

[Anonymous No.1915314]

>>1915313
Good call, black will be better. I'm going for a black and gold thing, I think gold should just be on "moveable" things like coasters or whatever.
What are they called? Just plugs?

[Anonymous No.1915415]

My house doesn't have electrical ground.

The plug in for my sump is right next to my water main. Can I run a ground wire from that receptacle and wrap it around the copper water main a bunch of times to ground it?

Would that be an effective ground? Would it ground the whole house? The circuits going to the panel all have ground wires connected but I have no actual ground in my house.

[Anonymous No.1915417]

>>1915415
>My house doesn't have electrical ground.
I would hope not, your feet would get shocked.

>but I have no actual ground in my house.
Do you just fall through the floor?

[Anonymous No.1915418]

>>1903701
soundproofing insulation wrapped in foil at home depot

[Anonymous No.1915518]

>>1915295
Yeah.. that's a bolt hole which holds the lower intake on, it got overtorqued and cracked. It doesn't look like it affected anything structural on the head but it doesn't look very repairable either since it blew a good third of the thread structure out.

Someone suggested fill and drill with JB Weld. I've had mixed results in the past but never tried it in a head.

I'm getting ahead of myself anyway. The engine was overheated so that head is coming off in any case to check the valves and see if it got warped. I'm just trying to figure early on if I should abandon all hope (of a repair) now and plan on a new head anyway.

[Anonymous No.1915522]

>>1915415

If you have copper straight into earth, then you can physically ground to the pipe, but you want to clamp it, none of this "just wrap it around" stuff; you need a good connection (or as another anon said, your feet are going to get zapped). Some old timers would have done this though I'm pretty sure it has been against code since at least 1974.

If your plumbing feed is PVC, then the answer is a resounding no; find another way.

[Anonymous No.1915595]

>>1915313
>>1915314
That "joke" went entirely over your head, my guy

[Anonymous No.1915609]

>>1915249
That's moulding, sir. You don't like? I think it looks nice.

[Anonymous No.1915613]

>>1915314
Electrical outlet or receptacle.

[Anonymous No.1915840]

>>1915522
>If you have copper straight into earth
It's a copper water main going into the ground out towards the road.

>you need a good connection (or as another anon said, your feet are going to get zapped)
What if it's not a good connection? Why would it zap me?

It is a normal thing people to do ground to their copper water mains?

Also, this is the ground wire from one circuit. Will that wire be enough to ground the entire panel/whole house?

[Anonymous No.1915845]

>>1915840
>why would it zap me?
Bad connections have too much resistance to shunt all of that flow to the ground, so it finds you as one of many preferential paths to better ground.

[Anonymous No.1915853]

>>1915845
That would only happen if I had water on my floor right?

[Anonymous No.1915963]

The electrical boxes I have for my receptacles have notches on them so when you drill them into the studs they come out .5 inch so it ends up flush with the drywall.
But everywhere I see online has ones that are flush with the stud and you have to cut out a hole for them after you put the drywall up.
When I do my drywall I have to cut out the holes before I put the drywall up.

What's all this about? Which ones are normally used and why?

[Anonymous No.1915974]

DO I USE A VAPOR BARRIER IN MY BASEMENT OR NOT?

I keep hearing conflicting thoughts on this.
My basement is 4 feet below grade.

[Anonymous No.1915982]

>>1915974
That's based entirely on what part of the country you live in.
Look up climate zones.

[Anonymous No.1915986]

>>1915982
Lower michigan

[Anonymous No.1916340]

>>1915963
How do you know where to cut the hole after the drywall is up? I always mount boxes proud of the stud so they are flush with the drywall.

[Anonymous No.1916342]

>>1915415
They make ground clamps for doing things like you're talking about. Don't just wrap it around the pipe and tape it up.

Where does your electrical service come from? There is no incoming ground conductor?

[Anonymous No.1916345]

>>1915853
It takes to things to zap you. 1 is a path to ground, could be water, or you could just be touching a pipe or something that is grounded. 2 is an electrical fault. The ground conductor does not normally carry current. The return path is provided by the neutral wire. If a component in your oven or something blows up and shorts to the housing that current will get shunted to ground and your breaker will trip, If there is no ground that entire oven becomes live and if you touch it while providing a path to ground...

[Anonymous No.1916347]

>>1915986
Vapour barrier your basement on the inside of the insulation.

[Anonymous No.1916351]

>>1916342
This is the kind of setup you are looking for.
I cannot tell you if your specific arrangement will be sufficient but I can tell you it's better than no ground.