one big rock

I'm going to build a shed on my property mostly using stones I can find, but I was wondering if I could just have one big slab of rock, like maybe marble or granite from a place that sells countertops? It would be 8x10 ideally but I could get by with a 6x8 if that's the biggest slabs I can find, but my question is how large of a span can rock like that take before it caves in under it's own weight?

>>2799695
you ground prep is going to determine how long it lasts but no countertop cut piece is going to be set into the ground deep enough to prevent rainwater and erosion underneath. you'd be better off getting a custom cut piece of stone that is thick. I imagine either is so expensive that building a crapshack of rock on top would be idiotic. Embrace dirt floors or start pouring cement a bag at a time.

Why is there a net over that cute lil' pond?

>>2799734
I was talking about the roof, not the floor, hence the question about span and the rock caving in under its own weight

>>2799695
like this but not so buried, and the rock that covers the entrance would go the length of the rather short building

>>2799695
how do I determine how thick the rock needs to be, what kinds of rocks will work and what kinds won't, and where to buy such a big ass rock

>>2799737
I don't know anon, it's not my pond, I would never do such stupidity

I would like the finished shed to look nice, have a good solid working door, and mortar between all the joints, like the op image but with a big slab for a roof

like a modern version of this but with a door, mortar between the rocks, etc.

Mike Oehler's underground housing workshop. With the videos.

magnet:?xt=urn:btih:E1594F8A95929DC<wbr>1DB661E1CF5F5B31FDBFE4B1D

I grabbed this off (now defunct) One Big Torrent, which in it's day, although it started as a muh counter-revolutionary commie site, quickly had contributions in homesteading (you can see how both political movements, left and right, dovetail among the thinking members of each).

Would appreciate you seeding it.

>>2800383
Thanks Anon, I was rereading "the $50 and up underground house book" the other week so this is very relevant.
Not very active here, has anyone tried to have an underground general? (autism containment)

>>2800289
where in the fuck is that ever specified in the OP?
span is as big as the piece since it will be supported on 4 sides, even if you ridge without a ridgpole the edges will ostensibly support each other in compression but I suspect you're planning a lean-to style slab. countertop thick is fine for this. beware of leaks through the sink cut-out.

Also it's not entirely unheard of to roof it over with stone slabs, you basically span it with sticks and place rocks that are as long as the sticks between each pair then thatch with mud daub and cover with dirt. there are videos on youtube of primitive canyon/cliff dwellings and also some guy rebuilding/building a stone shed as a thank you that do this.

>>2799695
>8x10 ideally but I could get by with a 6x8
you can find both of those in many places in the US, they wouldnt cave in under their own weight
if you're using it like an arch its called a lentil, which theres been much, much more massive stones used for that purpose
https://naturalbrickandstonedepot.c<wbr>om/products/hearth-stone-slabs-weat<wbr>heredge-limestone
heres one example, although i'd reccomend looking for quarries in your area to reduce shipping costs
like say you're in kansas or missouri, you'd get a limestone slab because limestone is whats available in the area
you could also look on craigslist


fags are gay

rate my handrail
what color should i paint it
white aluminum exterior
i was going to go with dark green because of the yard/hrass but maybe a rust red because the brick walkway or something absolutely garish like safety orange or amethyst so it stands out
yes i know my deck is dilapidated

Anonymous

>>2799892
Please? It won't stop raining for a few days but I want to be prepared

That is one damn fine handrail anon, and I agree that dark green or rust red or safety orange or amethyst would look very nice on it.

not code and your gonna kill your whole family when it collapses

Bad and ugly. Also potentially dangerous.

>>2799987
Looks like it will drain/runoff well. Check.
Used pressure treated 4x’s. Check.
No balusters to catch a childs head between them. Check.

Looks good.

>>2800013
I'm having a bad day and decided to be an asshole. Your handrail is nicer than I have it credit for.

>>2799892
>>2799987
im sure your moms real happy with it and proud of you. hope she gets you pizza for dinner tonight

>>2799892
Looks good anon.
I vote dark green to blend it in. It looks nice but shouldnt be the focal piece when looking at the front door of the house. White to match is safe too, that would be my second pick, but may look shabby as it gets dirty, the dirt splashing up around the bottom from raindrops will stain.
PT pine doesn't take stain well but matching the old deck is a third option.
Whatever you pick I'm sure it'll be fine. Hope you set those 4x4s properly so she doesn't wobble in a year.

>>2799892
>>2799987
4/10. It works, but aesthetically it's kind of awful. It would probably look fine as part of a deck with matching railings around it, but on that porch with no railings it doesn't fit in at all just sitting there by itself. FYI residential building code doesn't even require a handrail there since there's only 2 risers.

>>2799987
It's nice anon, I'd touch it for sure.

Does it have a graspable surface 32 to 34 inches off the ground 1 1/4 to 2" in diameter?

Cuz thats code for what a handrail is sposed to be. So just dont rent it.

>>2799892
Paint it red then put fox statues on both sides

it looks like a shinto void gate. Honestly its aesthetically ass. the only way to save it is to paint it black and red and tell people its a shinto void gate, at this point. When building its important to blend so other tradies dont make fun of you and complete nobodies cant tell you it stands out as chuckle fuck tier.

>>2801299

Notice how this design is not ass and why. Its because of its slim structure and familiarity. What is off is its bolted and not welded. For the price of this rail you can buy a Chinese mig/tig/stick and buzz boxed some iron to build this. So your grandma is proud of you and says you are smart and skilled.

>>2799892
Burgundy and maybe paint your front door burgundy as well to match.

Also, since the only way to rectify this is painting it like a shinto void gate, youre going to need to disassemble it and paint every piece individually for coverage. You think youre going to be cool and just paint the exposed parts. But thats a mistake. The unpainted gaps will collect rain and prematurely rot and you will regret this decision vs. Disassemble for full paint coverage. Youre fucked kiddo.

>>2801310
>Disassemble for full paint coverage.
jesus no. prime it, caulk the cracks, paint it. and if it's pressure treated wood let it weather as long as you can before you do anything.

>>2801329
Jesus yes. On outdoor structural wood this is how you do it right, pedro. Youre asking for a premature failure if you own something, not painting the crevices for complete coverage. Pedro is out here fucking around bullshitting again.

fags are gay

>>2800051
my wife has severe back problems after our second kid and I didn't want to make a ramp or stairs + had extra wood from work
I was really drunk when I built that
>>2800730
Yea it's sunk deep
>>2800781
I live so far in the woods "code" isn't a thing I am worried about
>>2801709
lol


Anonymous

Anyone here installs windows for a living, if so what are some tips you have to a greenhorn?<br>I just got hired to do it but I have no experience whatsoever, how fucked am I?

>what are some tips

If you're under the age of 30 you probably need to be told to put your goddamned phone away.

>>2800091
I need the phone to watch youtube videos and ask chatgpt how to do the job.

>>2800078
lurking for advice on how to properly measure a window to find a replacement

Window flashing tape along the bottom of the rough opening. Put the window in the rough opening. Shim it plumb and square to the building. Don't let it fall. Pop some screws into the framing through the side where nobody will see 'em. Use the flange if it has one. Make sure that the window opens and closes properly. If it doesn't adjust your screws and shims maybe. Go outside and put window flashing tape along the sides; start low and work your way up to shed water properly. Some people leave the bottom untaped. I don't care if you do it or not. Go back inside and spray expanding foam around the whole thing. While it dries, go outside and trim out the window. Go back inside and cut off any excess foam if there is any. Trim out the window inside. Make sure (again) that the window opens and closes properly. Clean up after yourself.

>>2800149
measure the size of the opening, find the replacement window that is the size of the opening in lowes and buy it

>>2800078
>>2800150
very nearly have it. if you want it AAMA-compliant, you need to apply exterior sealant to the back side of the nail fin before you send your screws home. if you have a block frame window, dob sealant in under your screw heads before sending them.
get a friend to help. goes much faster with 1 guy inside, 1 guy outside.

>>2800150
>>2800206
Thanks. According to the employer the work is done in teams of two so I'll have someone to learn from I think.

From 1 to 10 how hard would you say the job is?

>>2800078
can anyone show with pictures this window job in OP to finish?
I have some shitty t1-11 sided house like this and need to replace some t1-11 and put some new windows in but I'm not sure how to do "bomber" flashing. everything is wooden now with brickmold trim. The old retards didn't maintain the wood frames and painted over it before I bought it and now the evil(rot) is showing its face

>>2800220
how comfortable are you with heights and a ladder?

>>2800078
>just got hired to do it
if you got hired by a company as an installer they'll fucking teach you you fucking retard. if you got "hired" by your mom watch a youtube video you chucklefuck. windows are simple af: size shim screw foam trim.

>>2800250
you just trim it caulk it paint it

>>2800118
>I need the phone to watch youtube videos
bait
kids don't watch youtube anymore, they use tiktok for everything now

>>2800405
>if you got hired by a company as an installer they'll fucking teach you
Yes I got hired by an actual company and I sure hope you're right and it is a monkey see monkey do type of job otherwise I'm fucked.

>>2800078
Number one rule: don’t crack the PVC. They tend to crack in the corners most frequently. It should not be forced into the opening.
Customers complaining about cracked corners are a bitch, you’re gonna hate callbacks, and your boss is gonna make you hate them too even if you don’t at first.

>>2800472
>Customers complaining about cracked corners are a bitch

Customers expecting non-retarded work that they pay top dollar for are NOT A BITCH retard.

>>2800078
How hard it is depends a lot on whether you are doing new construction or replacement, and if it's replacement, whether you are replacing traditional frames (and what kind of exterior wall they're in) or if you are doing vinyl retrofit windows where old school aluminum frame windows are...
The latter is moron simple.
New construction is also fairly simple except for every faggot on the jobsite will insist he knows better than you, code, and the manufacturer how it should be done. And that includes the inspectors.

Replacement where you have to fit a new window in an old hole, make modifications to siding and trim, integrate the unit and new flashing with existing weatherproofing and make it all look seamless requires some skill to do right and not have callbacks...it's not rocket science but you have to be able to think on your feet; ma y windows only get replaced after years of leaks that mean extra work just to get the framing back in order before you can just pop the unit in...also older buildings often have settling and other issues that complicate window and door installation because nothing is square or plumb and you have to know how to make things work anyway.

>>2800472
>>2800489
Fucking A, brothers. Thanks a bunch for all the advice, I spent like 2h watching people explaining in detail how to do it and honestly it doesn't seem that hard but I'm sure when I'm on the field there will always be something to make things more complicated.

>>2800078
>put the frame with glass in all at once
do americans really?

>>2800520
everything here is prepackaged presized precut prenup premade for maximum throughput, quality be damned

>>2800520
>>2800614

Its a fixed picture window that's glazed at the factory under optimal conditions...there zero advantage in either ease of handling or installation to glaze it in the field (it would be much riskier and more difficult) and field glazing will never achieve the quality level achievable under controlled factory conditions.
>do Americans really?

Know how to design, manufacture and install modern energy efficient unified picture windows that don't need a grumpy old fart with a leather apron and wire rimmed glasses to show up and seal in the glass in using a mixture of beeswax, stone dust and cow dung?

Yes, they do.


Found a underground bunker in my garden

>>2800058
Go ahead and pump it out, then tell the homeowner that his septic tank is good for another 5-10 years.

>>2800088
I am the homeowner.
House is at least 100 years old at a guess. Think it is septic as I've seen two pipes leading into the tank, but it wouldn't have been used in a long time.

>>2800090
It probably sterilized itself then.
Looks like medævial brick/arch technology.
Nice find. Take full advantage. It’s grandfathered into the codes of the time, (like none, nobody had to be forced into making good quality stuff)

>>2800095
It can sterilise itself?
Reckon it'd be safe to use it for something?
Had a Google but all I found were Reddit freaks and libtards saying no.

>>2800058
>Found a underground bunker in my garden
cistern

>>2800095
> Looks like medævial brick/arch technology
Could be post 1900s brick just as well. At least where I live pre 1900s bricks are a lot rounder at the edges and the concave grout joints also indicate more recent work

>>2800103
You could probably store water in there but I wouldn’t trust the sediment so you may want to get that out first

>>2800123
Yeah would be a mammoth task.
Only know that the house is at least 100 years old as one of the neighbours has bullet holes from their gaff being strafed in the war.

>>2800058
Wine celler and name the wine Septic Sanctuary Sip or Septic Reserve.

>>2800058
looks like a cave in waiting to happen, I'd fill it if I was you

throw a bunch of predatory eels in there

Kidnap children and store them in there.

>>2800310
why would you do that? children are terrible, why would you hoard them?
t.has two

>>2800313
Rainwater collection is making a come-back. Now that they poison all the city water. And charge too damn much for the 'favor'.

Even out here west by god virginia, they poison the water at the local district. And yes, the bosses house has a cistern (farm doesn't, but there was nothing here cept free gas). I was just fixing it up the other day.

What's above it? I'd be concerned about it collapsing.

>>2800058
Cool, get it pumped out.
I'd pipe in my gutters to it and then you have free water for irrigation of your lawn and garden in the summer.
>you do have a garden, right?

>>2800058
clean it out, treat it with something so its water tight, run electric, add a vent out the top for air, add furniture. now you have another bedroom and your house value goes up fifty thousand dollars.

>>2800395
>get it pumped out.
>pipe in my gutters to it
Make up your mind.

>>2800351
The rainwater is already poisoned anon, the only option is to filter it yourself.

>>2800466
>Filter it yourself
Urine isn't as good for you as they make it out to be

>>2800125
If you pressure wash it from the outside and then pump out all the water most of the loose sediment should be gone after a few times. Let it dry out completely for a while. Then fill it to the brim with water and some sanitising agent, leave for a few weeks and remove it. Remaining solids aren’t that dangerous because if they were water soluble they’d be gone already. Good enough to collect rainwater for plants, or as input to a drinking water filtration system

>>2800058
If you pump the water out, you could make it into a cellar of sorts, but document and take photos of anything you find personally if >>2800095 or >>2800123 are right. It could be an interesting historical find.

>>2800058
I had a friend whose parents found a thing like this. It was full of old WW2 mortar shells or landmines or something and the EOD took weeks excavating the entire property to clean them all out

>>2800058
why does everyone else find all this cool shit in their back yards? all I've found is a sewer pipe.

dump all your trash and turds in it to fuck with the person who buys the land from you next


I'm making a workbench from salvaged construction lumber. The legs and lap joints are already cut, but I need a strong joint for the shorter stretchers going depthwise. They are just long enough to reach between the legs, but not long enough for tenons. At first I thought of just a butt joint with really long screws, but then I came up with using large dowels instead.

According to the tests of based autist Matthias Wandel, screws sink into the wood as they fail, but dowel joints perform almost on par with mortise and tenon.

The dowels are 20mm in diameter, the stretchers they go into are 60x95mm, legs 75x90mm and the long stretchers 45x60mm.

I plan to glue and screw the laps, though I would prefer not to glue the dowels into the legs, but instead pull them together with long structural screws. This way I could "flat pack" the bench if I need to move it.

So my question is, would all the dowel, screw and counterbore holes packed into the lap joint weaken it significantly? And could I get away with no glue on the dowel joints?

eploded joint and isometric overview.png

Here's the joint test I mentioned: https://woodgears.ca/joint_strength<wbr>/index.html

You can also see how my design would fit together in picrel.

>>2800015
> According to the tests of based autist Matthias Wandel
There is a lot of cool autists out there.
One of the most brilliant of them was testing screw and bolt holding in wood that was tapped with threads.

He found that adding crazy glue to the inside of the threads made them A LOT stronger. Brilliant idea. I forget who it was though, it was years ago.

>>2800023
I think I saw that somewhere as well.

> wood that was tapped with threads
Do you mean he tapped machine threads, and used bolts instead of wood screws? That sounds really interesting.

>>2800015
I don’t know what you’re making but I don’t think this is what you need. Too many components for very little added strength, 3x20 mm dowels is pretty much anlways overkill unless you’re Dusty Lumber Co. Don’t pull the end grain with screws like that either, it’s a terrible connection even worsened by putting them so close to the corners. 3x8 should do fine any day

For one you can disassemble you’d normally want to glue the trestles, and the top, and remove the connecting horizontal beams to take it apart. This way you’d still have a flat pack. Then put some carriage bolts instead of screws.

>>2800015
yes extra holes weaken it
you could get away with using no glue if your dowels are perfectly snug and tight but I wouldn't recommend it to be honest

>>2800030
> tapped machine threads?
Exactly. I’d tap them again after the cyanoacrylate cures. You still want beefy threads though… course. And you want the thread depth to be as big as possible.
You can tap big ass lag bolt threads and those massive deck screw threads just by cutting a slit through the threads of a spare screw or bolt with a dremel.


Does anyone here run a Handyman for Hire business? How successful is it for you? Thinking about making money off my tinkerings for once

Well, we've never had this thread before. Nice work, OP.

>>2800475
There's a first time for everything!

>>2800469
Billions must breath fresh and clean air.

>>2800469
Yes. Worked on crews for years, realized if I could handle some paperwork I could make way more money. I'm not rich from it but it's freedom and I can pay bills.

>>2800475
Not everyone lives online 24/7 just because you do. Each thread will have a fresh perspective.


I got this dewalt vacuum it's old and European, i can only find one source of filters, but i noticed alot these eurovacs have the same paper rectangle filter with orange foam, are euro vac filter standard?

>>2800534
How can it not be standardized if it is from Europe with its oh-so-much-smarter standard system of le measurement?

>>2800552
anon it is made in Italy, the filter is made in Germany, it a paper filter with orange border you can find all the eurobrand got em hilti,bosch,festool,flex etc.

>>2800552
Yeah, it’s a 3.311766666… gallon converted from metric.
Wait… it’s a dewalt, so they round up to 100 gallon
Like their battery voltage.

>>2800552
that not the volume capacity its telling you its pronouns for when you stick your dick in the hose

>>2800534
Use a panty hose leg as a filter sock and you won't need to replace filters. You can cut and tape them if needed. I only have to replace filters if I get them soaking wet.

>>2800690
I came here to say tube sock lol

>>2800534
Not really, Kärcher and Dewalt and some other shop vacs use the same model known as D27901. They come in different ‘grades’ tho with the original Dewalt one being up to €100 and clones low as €10. The expensive one can be pressure washed iirc

Philips and AEG use almost the same model for some normal vacs but those have notches and won’t fit a shop vac

>>2800666
Actually GAL stands for Guste Agregiĝi Litro, which is "Correct Aggregate Litres" in Esperanto, another system devised and used by annoying eurotards to solve a problem that didn't exist.

>>2800534
>are euro vac filter standard
there are like 3 or 5 oem who sell their vacuum under two dozen brand names

>>2800572
what does this mean
what's up with their battery voltage

>>2800873
dewalt advertises their 18v batteries as 20v in the US


Is there a way to fix this?

>>2800714
If you need to ask, no. Throw it in the trash

Kevin Van Dam

>>2800716
Probably this. I would buy a new one. You can solder them back on if you want, but there’s a good chance you do more damage than good if you have never soldered before. Also the strain relief on the cable is fucked and all the electrical tape in the world probably won’t get it close to the original strength.

Anonymous

>>2800714
>Is there a way to fix this?
not by you.

8-watt USB soldering iron kit on ebay.

That's the correct size for that kind of work.

>>2800714
Just plug it in pussy, it's clearly wireless

>>2800714
Your balls don't actually drop until you learn to solder anon so maybe it's time.

>>2800714
Retard proof
>Just don't squeeze "VBUS" or else you'll take a ride.

>>2800714
Those are the devil's wires, microscopic and enameled. I've tried to solder them twice before but couldn't do it.

>>2801029
> retard proof
He he… that’s pretty good, actually.

>>2801029
>>2800714
What are the extra pins for? I thought USB only has 4 pins.

>>2803010
That's USB 3.0, notice the blue color on the tip

>>2803013
Ahh, i had no idea USB 3 had more pins, I thought the just made it faster like USB 1.1 to 2.
They definitely jumped the shark with USB-C, but soldering all those micro pins on both sides seems even less doable (as designed… to sell you on an un-DIY-able technology subscription)

>>2803021
The extra pins are 'hidden' behind the regular, visible four pins.

theBoss

>>2803021
>(as designed… to sell you on an un-DIY-able technology subscription)

Were you a normal person before 4chan started force feeding you redpills?

Anonymous

Lay the wires out on electrical tape in a row and press it against the contacts to test before soldering. Helps with soldering too as it keeps everything in order. They're nicely labelled for you though, shouldn't be too hard.


does this really work in america? i need to resupply my workshop, what are the best cities to do it?

Kevin Van Dam

>>2800728
I’d imagine most cities in California will have something like that. But then you have to deal with the crackheads.

The problem is lots of these guys sell them to the pawn shop, and then the pawn shop asks 90% of MSRP for the new tools, and you’re better off buying the stuff when it goes on sale at the store and have a receipt and warranty.

Anonymous

>>2800728
just go where the purple is, and please... stay there.

>>2800750
That’s not even true. The places where people are most likely to do it are the dark blue spots on this map. There are lots of drug addicts in those neighborhoods who are more likely to steal the tools because there are very little consequences if they get caught.

Also you can go find your personal junkie thief. I met one before, he’s like “Hey man if you ever want stuff from Bass Pro Shops, just tell me what it is and pay me 50% off cash” and that dude definitely would’ve made a Home Depot run too before he went to detox.

>>2800750
>>2800771
>Pam from the office: "They're the same picture."

 Sorry boys, not at my memeing computer...

>>2800728
I homeless guy tried selling my a cheap ass light outside Walmart.

>>2800771
This is immoral, you are stealing and exacerbating a man's worst sin.

>>2800750
That's a really old map. Inmove from Cass county ND and because of the niggers, just look and it shows 6.5%, but you maps shows none.

Kevin Van Dam

>>2800798
I never actually went through with it. I think that kid may have died from an overdose because I texted him one day and his dad answered with some wild shit.

Anonymous

>>2800728
Yeah it works. If your in certain areas then you could literally just go and take shit and walk out and no one will stop you if your acting aggressive and are black.

My advice: buy a black face mask (literally a Halloween style pull on mask of a black face), dress down like a hoodlum, and just go take shit in one of these areas. No ones going to stop you. If you wanna have some fun with it as your walking out of there you can act all aggressive while grabbing your crotch with your pants sagging down and yell at the min wage white workers “fuckin racist ass cracka!! Fuck u gon’ do stop me?? Racist ass bitch dis ma reprashions!”

For any fags in thread saying “b-b-but stealing is immoral!!” You literally live in a country that steals half of your paycheck to give to illegal niggers, Mexicans, and immigrants that sit on their ass all day, and these stores lobby for this kind of action because it’s good for their business (free money from EBT and welfare leeches). If you still think “le morality” applies here like we’re in the 1920s in a nice white country then kindly rope yourself you fucking beta moron.

>acting aggressive and are black
Do you think that white meth heads don't steal stuff? Just another reminder that your average 4chan racist is fucking dumb as shit.

>>2800908
They do, but store clerks are ever slightly more intimidated by the a hoodlum black over a scrawny white methhead.

>>2800908
>Do you think that white meth heads don't steal stuff?
they don't get a free "get out of jail" card

>>2800914
So there are a higher percentage of blacks in jail, but that's because they all have a "get out of jail" card? What are you trying to say?

I don't understand why you have to pay for things. Why can't you just walk in a big shop and walk out with power tools for free? The big companies make billions

>>2800750
>50% or more
God that is scary. I get unconfortable when I see just a single one in my white town.

>>2800728
how do you find this? i only find facebook market place scammers.

>>2800750
Fucking kek. That one county in Northern California. It's Lassen county, has a total population of less than 40,000 people. It is home to California's largest prison, which I'm pretty sure is the entirety of the purple on that map.


What am I in for bros?

I just bought a FUBAR Lexus RX350 and I don't have the slightest idea how to fix this. Just use some duct tape and leave it mostly as is? Am I in for a lot of pain and suffering?

>>2800786
Go to scrapyard and find make/model of car with good doors. Purchase them and install them. Rock the multi-colored paint job like a boss.

Most of that will buff out. Post in the classic general on /o/ and you will get some good tips.

>>>/o/

this will probably not work, but anyway: >>>/o/27610996

1 like anon said go to junkard
you can probably find the door
may not be the same color
you may have to pry it your self

2 mexicans
go to the hood lol
there are mexicans that do this shit for cash
or change your door if you got one

>>2800786
So you got BTFO on /o/ for spending more on that 200k mile accident car than you could get a decent condition one and came here for validation?

>>2800790
>the classic general
It's a containment thread for forum larpers. I also recommend OP go bother them until they have aneurisms.

Suction cup you can get at an auto store for ten bucks will make significant progress on that. Toilet plunger if poor. The metal has memory, you can spring it back. Lots of soapy water help plubger stick.

After that get hair dryer and compressed air i think it is thats basically dry ice in a can. Heat it up hot, flip the can upside down and blast it so it forms ice. The rapid cooldown will cause the metal to contract, pulling on the dents straightening them out. Its real cool.

But just dgaf or get a new door too

Also, heat gun/hair drywr

Also take the door interior off from the inside, get a flat piece of 2x4 so you arent directly hitting the metal, and sneak it thru the x frame on the door, put on ear protection and TAP away at things. Better to do too little than too much with each hit.

Sieg

>>2800786
I had an old Nissan 200sx with similar damage in high school, but and hang a new door like other anons said

There is a crash bar inside the door that is impossible to get straight again,

I managed to get the door skin straightened out but that crash bar was a bitch and interfered with window glass

Anonymous

>>2800786
Get another door from a salvage donor along with anything else you need.


Fixxing the bathtube

My bathtub has a hole in it, and I'm trying to fix it. A big chunk broke off, but it fits perfectly in the hole. I don't have access to the bottom of it, so I've glued a handle to the big chunk and am trying to pull it while having applied some bathtub acrylic fixer on the sides beforehand.

Any suggestions?

Messy results are in.

Applyed more fixer on top will just grind it away later.

>>2800713

so you fixed it apparently.. so why did you need suggestions again? what was the point of this thread then? ok so you fixed it. now fuckoff. a harbor freight thread died for this shit.

>>2800777
lighten up baby gurl. he had a broken thing and he fixed it. which part of that flew over your nappy head.

>>2800777
>NOOOOO YOU CAN'T DIY HERE!!!!
Go back to a thread dedicated to consuming you faggot...

>>2800703
I suggest sanding it afterwards and painting it if you can find a small amount

>>2800780

you missed the point. OP asked for advice but then just fixed it. so what was the point of asking for advice. can you even read?

>acrylic bathtub

I feel bad for you son. Those are designed for emaciated trailer park 8 yr olds. You should strip the bathroom and change out your tub, shower mixer, sink and faucet heads. Redo the floors and shower walls. You live in a cheesy pizza box. Your shower valves will leak behind the wall and destroy all your cheesy pizza boxes you live in next.


HEPA Air filtration

I am planning to build a cheap and simple HEPA air filtration system for my office. Anything you can recommend or have build one in the past, anons?

Anonymous

>>2800839
This has already been covered many times: box fan blowing up, on a square frame made out of four filters.

>>2800855
Too much flow resistance.

>>2800839
Not hepa, but Air King makes a box fan with a bracket to hold a 20x20 furnace filter. It's decent, and you can use however fine of a filter you want in it. I have three of them in my house because of my dogs. My only complaint is that the filter is very close to the back of the fan--it should have been spaced away a couple of inches--and they could have put a shroud to make the fan blades more effective, but judging by the amount of filth the filter picks up, it is indeed effective. See picrel

Screenshot 2024-05-18 at 12-32-32 Amazon.com Lasko FF305 Air Flex 2-in-1 20-inch Box Fan and Air Purifier in One with MERV10 Air Purifying Filter for Cleaner Air and a Cooling Breeze Home & Kitchen.png

>>2801233
very convenient , this might be what I am looking for

>>2800923
I need this. My room gets extremely dusty from cat hairs and all the talcum powder I spray on my bussy

>>2800839
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cor<wbr>si%E2%80%93Rosenthal_Box

For the price of the filters themselves and a box fan you can get an air purifier that works better than $100 models. My wife has the worst allergies on earth and we both swear by these. Four filters taped down to a cardboard bottom and fan on top is all you need. Maybe put some cardboard supports on the corners for extra strength. Takes 10 minutes and will last you for about 3 months if you have it on all the time. We only replace them when the filters start looking real funky. Helps with smells, totally handles pollen , and if you use the high grade filters, it works for COVID too. The same design can also be scaled down to a desktop model using 12-in square filters and a cheap Black & Decker fan you can get off Amazon.


how fucked is this? the house was previously a small cabin that the previous owner (who was a union carpenter) built a large addition to & turned into an actual house.

 this was his build after opening up the exterior wall & adding a horizontal 2x4 to the old top plate and a fuck ton of 2x8 lumber on the other side, creating a cluster fuck of a beam. held up by an out of level adjustable jack post.

 it's sagging towards the center of the horizontal 2x4, is there anyway I can unfuck this without getting squashed, or getting fucked in the ass by contractors & permitting?
 based on the age of the wood on the addition, I'd hazard a guess it was built 30-40 years ago

It's fine. Tape and mud. Every house looks like that at this stage.

Maybe just go to Home Depot and get some mexicans.

>>2800783
part of me thinks it will be fine, but that horizontal 2x4 joined header w/ this out of level screw jack his sketchy as fuck to me

Looks to me like the beam work is being done by the 2x8s and the horizontal 2x4 is just sagging because sometimes it be like that. Are the 2x8s sagging at all? What is above the horizontal 2x4? If all seems solid i would honestly just do what >>2800783 said...

>>2800778
Agreeing with what's already said. Beams sag over 40-odd years. If you want to re-level the ceiling, you'd do better just shimming the drywall. Yeah, that half-assed assembled beam probably should have been done better originally, but looks like it's held up pretty well.
That horizontal board isn't carrying any weight. If it's sunk well below the rest of the beam, you could just shave or sawzall it down.

>>2800778
get a glulam beam that length and jack it up against that one, then install it properly with support underneath. you're going to lose head room and some room on the sides but it will be solid for another century at least

>>2800788
>>2800783
the 2x8s are fine & aren't sagging. the top plate above that the horizontal 2x4 is screwed to doesn't seem to be sagging.

 i can imagine it'd be fine I'm just concerned about that horizontal shit there, which are holding up the ceiling joists and roof rafters.

the joists in the ceiling are actually going in two different directions. to the left of the beam they are going perpendicular to the beam & are resting on the horizontal top plate. To the right of the beam they are running parallel to the beam

this is a pic of the out of plum jack

>>2800806
it's actually got ceiling joists & roof rafters sitting on it.

>>2800875
I think this is probably the most least involved thing to do to make it 100%

>>2800787
>out of level screw jack
what matters is if everything else is back to level. also it looks like he committed removal of a supporting wall. if it really bothers you you can just put a screw jack next to it and remove or straighten that one. get the correct height while you are at it.

the 2x4 sag in the middle depends on if it's just the 2x4 or if it's structural above pushing it down. use your spare jack to straighten it and then idk bolt some L bracket down the side.

>>2800778
That 2x4 is not holding shit, I'd probably just send some screws up and to make it not sag. The beams look fine. Leave it be.

>>2800778
Not bad at all. Painter here. I can easily take care of it myself.


I designed a little kitchen shelf that will fill out the gap on the wall. I have all the pieces but i'm not sure how to go about putting it together to keep everything straight. I'm a third worlder scum so i don't own a full blown woodworking shop, only very basic tools.
The plan is to use just wood screws because it's mainly for aesthetics and won't hold much load.
Any tips on how to keep everything in place during assembly?

>>2801058
Glue first, then optionally drive screws in from behind once the glue sets. Glue makes assembly easier and is plenty strong.
>during assembly
If you have absolutely nothing resembling squares, then cut some pieces of wood to square, use cheap clamps to hold the pieces while the glue sets.

Sieg

>>2801058
Best thing to do if you’re a novice woodworker is to just use dovetails for the outside joints and cut a rabbet by hand for the middle shelf

The high school kid at Lowe’s will help you out here

Anonymous

>>2801102
>Glue first, then optionally drive screws in from behind once the glue sets. Glue makes assembly easier and is plenty strong.
first post and everything about it is wrong. you glue then screw, the screws HOLD the piece while the glue dries. like woodworking 101.

>>2801058
idk what the fuck these guys are on about. your wood is square, you have some way to cut the wood or have it cut implies it's square. you're gonna pick nice straight boards because you're not an asshole or an idiot.

the boards have a width, at the end of the three boards drill a hole in the middle of that width and 3cm from each end. along the back length go 3cm from each end, repeat at 3cm on the front. add a hole midway between.

the holes depend on the wood, if it's fiberboard your drill bit will be 3mm barely big enough to take a screw. if it's pine or other solid wood pick a bit ~1mm smaller than the screw shank. go as deep as the screw less a board width (e.g. the actual depth the screw will go in). Test on a scrap piece from the corner cut to ensure your screw fits tight and doesn't split anything.

now measure (imagine!) identical holes on the back and side boards. drill them to the screw shank size. you can switch to a bit bigger than the head and take out a little divot for the screw heads to counter sink in.

then you run a bead of glue down each shelf edge you're screwing in and attach it with the screws. the glue is honestly not necessary but it will be much stronger. see how the screws hold the wood together and the flat side of the wood against the flat face of the back makes it square because both pieces are flat and square? It's magic!

Sieg

>>2801150
Nah you just have your 8 year old hold the two pieces of wood together until it’s dry and you yell at him when you can’t drive the screws in because your ryobi you got from your wife on Father’s Day is in reverse and your office job doesn’t require you to build things

Anonymous

>>2801194
>doesn't have a desktop mill at his office job cubicle for personal machining
I swear /diy/ is more disappointing every day.

Sieg

>>2801194
Also the screws are drywall screws because screws are screws and this construction shit is below you and for those Mexicans and the poors

Real men write emails for a living and know all the excel hot keys


Anonymous

>turn chair into chair
Looks like you are done my friend

>>2801097
but how do I put those fucking things to it and make sure it can go up and down

>>2801103
You don't need that. Mount a metal plate via the bolt holes of the frame and drill it out for caster wheels

>>2801103
doesn't it already have vertical and horizontal adjustment?

That base you posted isn't going to work. They're not rated to hold the kind of weight you're trying to put on it. And you'd have to great real creative if you actually wanted to mount it in that thing, and it'd probably be too top heavy and want to tip over. I'd mount a steel plate on the bottom that's a couple inches wider than the bottom part there, then mount casters on that. Adjust your height by picking an appropriate sized caster wheel for the end height you're looking for.

>>2801110
I suppose you could use some 3/4" plywood or something instead of steel, too.

>>2801075
you take that bus seat and you put it in front of your game console or PC. diagram attached

Be sure to play bus driver simulator while sitting in your bus driver seat!

>>2801075
>I wanna turn a drivers bus seat into a gaming chair any DIY guides thay can help?
you are incapable.

>>2801075
Fab a base with locking casters. Make the base out of upward facing angle. Bolt together using lock nuts. Bolt chair base to flat bar or downward facing angle (from the same stick, suppliers will cut to length for transport or to size) cross bars. The tray should face upward to not block casters. Use casters with at lease 3" wheels.

I did (but welded the dolly) but no pix autspergies only care about disorderly areas around an object, not the object.

BTW one reason I choose the dolly format is easy mods in future and another is I can pull four bolts and have a very nice furniture or other dolly if I need to move something else and my other equipment is full.


What sort of wall hardware would I need to make this? I'm thinking keyholes are out of the question because I want it to be durable.

>>2800891
What is "this?" your photo shows a piece of wood. Is it 6 inches long or 10 feet long? Is it a stair rail or is it a cabinet handle? What are you attaching it to?

Go to /sqtddtot/ faggot.

>>2800893
You're mom didn't pay for ballet lessons? No wonder you have such a tight ass.

Kevin Van Dam

>>2800893
This

You could hack up some hidden shelf brackets possibly. Would it be possible to do a pocket hole and a plug to cover the screw?


/fml/

Anonymous

Replace leaking hot water shower faucet.
Use shower shut off in the wall because condo life and don’t want to schedule a building water shutoff.
Faucet works fine but now shut off valve is leaking 1 drop about every 20-30 seconds.
How fucked am I?
When I started to turn the shutoff back on it began to drip almost immediately so I stopped and didn’t open it all the way.
Time would have been better spent touching myself.
Wat do?

hard to tell from potato vision, but if the valve has a packing nut tighten it JUST A LITTLE BIT. and sometimes those extremely slow drips go away on their own.

>>2801327
oh and the other thing. open it all the damn way so it's back where it was for the last few years. if it starts leaking more then fiddle with it, but right now open it all the way. and maybe close it and open it again if it still leaks.

>>2801328
I thought about backing it out all the way but don’t know anything about these types of valves. Didn’t want to screw it out all the way incase it completely unscrews and spews hot water all over. Leading to emergency building water shutoff.

Leave it, eventually it will calcify again and stop leaking.

>>2801322
What the other guy said, try tightening the packing nut. If that doesnt work youll have to shut off the water and take the packing nut and the sealant stuff around the valve stem. wrap a bit of ptfe tape up in a string and pack it in around the valve stem and tighten the packing nut back on.
You can do this with water on but its risky for a diyer.

>>2801686
>If that doesnt work youll have to shut off the water and take the packing nut and the sealant stuff around the valve stem.
I've replaced packing without turning building water off.
If the shutoff does not leak when shut off, you can hold the valve stem closed with screwdriver and remove packing nut and packing. The valve stem threads will remain engaged and hold the valve washer against the seat, keeping the water off. Buy new packing or, if not available, there is repair cord that can be wrapped around the stem to take the place of packing. Replace packing nut and test/adjust.


i have a small 1L can of paint thats got clumps in it. stirring helped some, but not enough. how do i get the paint smooth without diluting it? i dont have access to those paint can shaking machines.

>>2801152
Stir more. Also run it through a strainer to get the lumps out before using it.

>>2801158
i stirred the damn thing for like 20 minutes. the clumps are so small that i dont think stirring more is going to do anything to break them up, just push them around. strainer might do it though.

>>2801169
no blenders. i have a drill attachment, but its only suitable for larger cans. got a whisk, but id say even thats too big.

>>2801173
I came up with a lazy, beer influenced idea. Put a few big zipties onto a drillbit and shorten them. Just don't drill through the bottom of the can

>>2801152
You need a strainers. OR cheese cloth. You can even use old pantyhose to strain it

>>2801152
Professional painter here
You need a strainer bag.

>>2801184
not sure im ready for that level of dyi-ness just yet.

>>2801188
>>2801190
thanks guys. ill see what i can find.

>>2801161
>20 minutes
noodle arms detected

>>2801184
just use a 1 1/2" wood bit jeez


Salvage Ryobi 40v & Electric Mower Thread

So the branded battery on the left tests bad. I've looked up the reset procedure but it requires a charge. I read you could use another battery to charge it so I've got the chineseum battery fully charged on the charger. The Ryobi battery is flat, dead, kaput.

I see two possibilities:
1. connect the batteries + to + and - to -. wait a few hours for them to equalize.
2. connect the batteries in series to the charger.

What do?

Also general electric mower discussion I guess. I got the battery, charger and mower for free, the chink batt cost me $60, I plan to sell it ASAP as I run Ego for my cordless electric yard equipment.

>>2801384
open battery
test each cell voltage
charge that cell or cells
???
profit

>>2801387
Not worth it to get a welder for one battery. Also no reason to suspect bad cells, it's simply dead from neglect.

>>2801395
incorrect.

you don't need a welder. open the pack check the cells almost certainly there is one or more cells that are way lower than the others.

charge those cells IN THE PACK then try them on the charger again. many BMS's won't let the battery charge and may show zero volts if one or more cells is lower than X volts.

Tool batteries are packed together tight with cells spot soldered to thin conjoining metal strips. You risk catastrophic failure trying to use heat to desolder and remove individual cells. There is an electrolyte inside each cell that allows them to function, allowing ion transfer between cathode and anode. Under certain conditions unwanted chemical reactions take place and to my understanding can increase internal pressure. Likewise, there are chemical reactions that deplete the cycling and endurance of the cells even under standard use.

Replacement is more practical. Even when the tool batteries were costly, I moved on from tinkering with repairs. The BMS is cheap. The cells and overall construction are cheap.

>>2801403
everything you said is wrong.

you cannot rebuild a name brand battery for less than buying one.

it's easier to find the bad cell, charge it, or replace it. you can get spot welders that run off a car battery for $20 and nickel strips for very little.

>>2801413
You're inconsistent as all fuck. You need to make up your mind if you're rebuilding, repairing, replacing, or vaping whatever bullshit you're spewing.

Thats Ryobi…synonymous with shit batteries<br>Electric mowers are a cheaper insight to electric cars.

>>2801434
no shit which is why I'm flipping it as soon as I figure out if I can charge more for having the original battery up. as far as cars I've noticed a real uptick in Teslas over the last year and several Rivan SUV as daily drivers.

>>2801432
build a battery to power the vibrating bed

>>2801428
and you are a blithering idiot.

Kevin Van Dam

>>2801395
See >>2801398

If there’s a few cells that aren’t totally fucked, just a bit too low for the charger to want to work, you can charge up individual cells while they’re still in there. The battery won’t come back to 100% after that I’m sure, but I’ve been getting some pretty good use out of that 18V 2.0 pack after recovering it.

>>2801434
I think it’s more that Ryobi is synonymous with weekenders who will run a battery down to 1 bar and them throw it in the garage for 9 months and then complain that the battery is dead because the voltage is too low for the charger to recognize it.

Also not sure if the 40V batteries are the same, but the 18V Ryobi pack actually cut out power to the contacts at a certain threshold, I was getting like 80mV at the contacts even though the whole pack was more like 10V, so there was no way to “jump start” the thing without taking the pack apart and going straight to the cells since the board went into protection mode. But once the voltage of the cells came back up, the circuit board went out of the gay protection mode and I had ~18V at the contacts again.

>>2801434
Also these are all Samsung cells. The shitty Ryobi battery thing is a meme you fell into. The worst thing you can say about the Ryobi batteries is that they went to generic cells in their newest non-HP battery packs, so grab the HP packs for a couple doll hairs more if you’re going to run the tools real hot.

Anonymous

>>2801582
>for a couple doll hairs

This misfit tries so hard to be one of the guys. Imagine his real life, everyone talking behind his back and wishing he'd just fuck off.

>>2801403
>spot soldered to thin conjoining metal strips
No, they're spot welded, there's no solder anywhere near the cells.
>risk catastrophic failure trying to use heat to desolder and remove individual cells
Yeah because there's no solder and you can't fucking desolder them if there's no solder. Cells can be soldered and desoldered otherwise, but it often leads to early degradation. Welded batteries have to be cut off with pliers or weld spots ground away with a dremel if you want to repair them.
You'd have to try really hard to cause a battery to explode by soldering. Explosions usually happen when you overcharge or rapid discharge the cells.
>ion transfer cathode anode chemical reactions
Don't talk about the internal workings of the battery when you don't even remotely understand the external workings of the battery.

>I see two possibilities, connecting the 0V battery to a 40V battery, and connecting the 0V battery to a 40V battery
Genius OP, use some nice thin AWG20+ wires for color indication of charge process, when the black wire turns red, it's charging.

Posting in this thread because there isn't a lawnmower in general general.
>outside mowing with an ICE push mower just now
>Almost fucking done
>Suddenly the mower cuts off and I hear rattling
>When I try to crank it the cord pulls extremely easy and the blade spins with no resistance
>After a few tries I heard the rattling again
>Engine sounds and feels like it wants to start barely but it is a VERY faint sputter for a couple a seconds then kaput
It's only three years old. I do an oil change every two seasons. Did the engine just blow? There was no smoke or anything. It's a Toro. Sorry for posting this in the electric mower thread.

>>2801384
Got an old set of 3x 40v with a leaf blower. One battery had the same problem. I've done the jumpstart trick with an old18v DeWalt and it worked like a charm.
The 40v would accept the charge. I crack open the case and one whole side had completely corroded contacts. So I just scrapped the whole thing and kept what little 4volt still could charge and even those don't hold a charge long.

>>2802127
You'd be better off posting it elsewhere, combustionfags aren't going to be visiting electrical tool threads much. But if it seems like the blade is disconnected from the engine, then you might have engine components broken. You're not gonna know until you take it apart.

Prepare

I use the generic 40v 6ah ryobi batteries. They are $50 or less and all over ebay.

They have overtemp, undervolt and other standard protections built into the battery.

I'm looking for a second mower, which model do you have?
>>2801384

Anonymous

>>2801395
Welder? No… just clip off the nickel strip and buy a pre-tabbed battery and solder it.

Almost always it’s a single battery that causes the failure if it’s not already years old and had gradual degredation.

Kevin Van Dam

>>2802603
I’d almost guarantee true capacity is closer to 3Ah if it’s a 20x 18650 cell 40V pack. Pretty much every single one of those “claimed” 6Ah packs for the 18V tools at least are using cheaper 1500mAh cells in em, and the capacity is even lower under higher loads.

Anonymous

>>2802770
> imagines batteries are rated at half of every other battery
If only there was sone way to know…
Nah. It’s impossible to open, and take a picture of it. And even if you did, what kind of board can be used to upload a picture? It’s a stumper.

>>2801413
Yeah you can, someone legit threw a new milwaukee m18 battery in the recycle bin, all 10x 18650 cells are completely fine.

10x samsung INR-18650-25R cells : free

I also bought m12 plastic housing to use those cells to make a bigger capacity battery for under 13 dollars. https://www.ebay.com/itm/1863132905<wbr>41

Also, I scored an EGO battery that also has 14 INR18650-25R cells (one was bad) so I have 23 of those all for free and can make multiple new batteries for the price of one.

Kevin Van Dam

>>2802776
>yet no picture of knockoff Chinese 12,000mAh rated 18650 cells


Anonymous

planning on connecting, two fans and a Peltier plate
24v power source, cooling plate is 15v rated, the two fans are 5v each
how can i split the voltage evenly so that each part gets roughly their required input voltage
i don't think i can use a potentiometer, as the cooling plate needs as much current as possible, the fans can run on very low current

Get the proper 15 v power supply and use buck converter for 5 v. Excellent thread. Love the pic.

>>2801605
Hook the fans in series and the plate in parallel to the last fan

>>2801624
don't do this OP; it produces poison mustard gas

>>2801608
wait so if i have a the Peltier in series and then buck converter set to input 10v and output 5v the voltage before it is still gonna be 24v?
i thought it would absorb the 10v and leave 15 for the Peltier

>>2801624
apparently you shouldn't have fans in series because if one falters the other one will overvolt because no power draw
and also wouldn't that give each fan 12v and activate the hidden smoke machine mode

>>2801633
>wait so if i have a the Peltier in series and then buck converter set to input 10v and output 5v the voltage before it is still gonna be 24v?
>i thought it would absorb the 10v and leave 15 for the Peltier

my god why the fuck are you messing with electronics.

>>2801643
Hey eat shit gramps im learning

>>2801605
You have another problem. You have about 100 times more fan blowing power than Peltier thermal heating/cooling power. The fans, while much lower current and voltage are likely to completely overwhelm the Peltier device. Unless they’re ridiculously tiny or something.

>>2801663
not me but i just don't know how buck converters affect a citcuit exactly
current cricuit plan, for some reason i thought the buck would have a votlage drop of 10v

>>2801668
nah they are pretty weak, but wouldn't you want as much heat dissipation power as possible?
at 0 degree temp difference it absorbs 60 watts on the cold side
also it only maintains a temperature difference, if the hot side is 90c the "cold" side will be 30c

>>2801670
the voltages around a circuit must sum to zero
the current at any node of a circuit must sim to zero
these are kirchofffs laws check them out
the problem you have here is that the regulator needs to draw a certain current to output 5v at whatever current the fans draw.
in order for the regulator to draw that current, it has to pass through the peltier module.
the peltier module has its own ideas about how much current it wants to draw, actually i think the current it draws changes based on how hot it is.
now if you were very lucky and worked this all out you might find a configuration that could reasonably work, but throwing it together like this is not it at all.
you say the plate is 15v rated but that isn't useful
peltier plates the voltage and current depend heavily on what the temperatures of either side are.
if you put too much voltage through a peltier (you aren't able to keep the 'cold' side cold enough) then the whole thing just heats up and doesn't work at all.
peltier is a terrible starter project because the thermodynamics are a lot more maths than the electronics alone.

>>2801605
PC psu should work from mains to your required voltages.


I need a cheap way to exhaust an attic for an elderly couple on my street who are coincidentally mentally ill and live in poverty. I've done what I can by cleaning the coils and trying to block some of the draft, but the windows and doors need to be replaced, however the couple aren't able to do so, and their children don't seem to have the desire or mean to accomplish it either. I was thinking about mounting an exhaust fan at the top of the attic and venting it out the soffit, or maybe insulating the actual flex ducting itself. Any ideas?

Go online like ebay or amazon
 Buy a marijauna greenhouse exhause fan. U can get sizes from 30 to 200 dollars. They are quite strong.
It even comes eith flexible ducting. Make a 3 4 5 inch hole and vent. Of you are cheaper just get a solar exhaust fan

Yes

Or if they dont care put plastic insulation window stuff on

Invite them to a mattress party, and be done with it.

>>2801477
Get something like this. This beauty has been running 24x7 for about a decade. She's got plain bearings that you'll need to grease every couple of years and she'll outlast the couple.

>>2801477
you don't need that shit, you need a lawyer to slap you upside the head with the liability for their wellbeing you'll take on

>>2801477
well you haven't post the roof, the sides of the house, whether it has gables etc.


DIY solar.

Im reading solar prices are continuing to dive and people are getting quotes for 8 cents a watt per shipping container out of china. I saw a guy saying he can do used for $80 for 200 watts. so asked if he can do .15 cents a watt for $40 dollars per panel (double whole sale) and he said $130 USD, cash only. I told him he must be tripping because he doesnt know the bottom fell out of the market. My new hobby is to low ball solar panel boomers and laff at them when they think theyre sitting on gold I guess until they unhero from over extension in the wrong market of boomer price arbitrage. Posting here because /biz/ is pajeet.

Also please post best per watt solar prices on self install (no 3rd party install quotes)

>>2801340
Go home reddit. Also how do you do smart home that actually does something this time. Like DPDT and a logic panel to run my fucking AC when it detects solar voltage? IM TIRED OF PAYING FOR THIS SHIT!!

>>2801343
[ ] pay for this shit
[ ] pay for this other shit

you may choose 2

>>2801339
it doesn't matter, you won't do it.

>>2801345
bro yur fucking retarded and the same poster. I can tell because youre fucking retarded. Go home reddit.

>>2801348
>reddit.
you know this is now a compliment? right? literally no one is insulted by, and haven't been in about 10 years.

>>2801347
Do what? buy solar panels? or wire them to run my AC? I have fully off grid property. So its possible I do shit. I already invented you a fucking jackery. Youre welcome...bitch.

>>2801352
https://www.reddit.com/r/SolarDIY/c<wbr>omments/su41eo/cheapest_way_to_star<wbr>t_with_solar/

https://www.reddit.com/r/SolarDIY/

https://www.reddit.com/r/solar/

https://www.reddit.com/r/solarpanel<wbr>s/

https://www.reddit.com/r/solar/comm<wbr>ents/whcwb6/so_youre_considering_go<wbr>ing_solar/

>>2801351
Thats actually where I read some1 might be getting 8 cent a watt quotes from CHYNA. 90% of reddit is shit and I see your reddit has migrated here. Ill prob. buy some Put options later to watch your Reddit gold stock crash to 0. Thats just easy fucking money.

>>2801358
oh hey its the same shitfag poster. So good you joined the thread.

>>2801355
Top Fucking Comment: Ask the gov to pay for you solar panels. OMFG..Fucking KYS...like I would even fucking pay taxes...

>>2801355
second post: Try to lease off your neighbors solar so they can sliding scale price gouge you since youre obv. reddit and fucking retarded. (protip: your neighbor doesnt have solar. Hes price gouging your grid because hes boomer and knows youre retarded)

>>2801339

Are you looking to do something or just being contrary?

880 watts of my arrays were pulled from a pile next to a dumpster for free. They are bi facials with cracked rear glass. This is diy. No one cares you are abusing the elderly.

>>2801366
> reddit reddit reddit reddit reddit reddit reddit reddit reddit reddit reddit reddit reddit reddit reddit reddit reddit reddit reddit reddit reddit

I was going to respond, but OP's been such a shiteater that I reconsidered. But I'll say that new solar panels are normally going for a little over 3 cents per watt on domestic markets, OP is a retard.

>>2801339
Just trick your retard old parents into getting solar before they die off and you inherit the home.

Free solar


What do I need to cut gemstones into thin slices?

I’m talking 1/4-1/8th inch slices. I’d like to be able to cut rubies.

That's not a gemstone. Looks like a lemon. Use a kitchen knife and go to >>>/ck/ with this question.

>>2801725
For faceting you need a lapidary wheel. For cutting slices you can probably find a very very very tiny chop saw or rig a Dremel with a diamond wheel onto a pivot or something. Don't forget to lube

>>2801729
That's not a lemon, that's a hassleback cut turnip.

>>2801734
I want to get a lapidary wheel eventually, but I don’t think I’d need one for just making flat slices. Well, maybe. We’ll see if I can hand sand and polish it while keeping things flat.

Anyways I was thinking of modifying a tile saw. I’ll need to cut gems that are 2”x2” or larger so I’m not sure if that’d work. I was also just thinking of going at it with a coping saw and some diamond wire. Would take fucking forever but it’s certainly the cheapest way to do it.

>>2801746
Right about the cut, but that's a potato

You can buy a lapidary disk for like $20 just put it in a tilesaw<br>https://www.amazon.com/Diamond-Lapi<wbr>dary-Jewelry-Turquoise-Diamonds/dp/<wbr>B07WFVWB63

>>2801869
That's not a potato, it's clearly a rutabaga.

>>2802632
Are you high? It's obviously a yam

>>2801725
been there, done that. The correct answer is diamond wire saw. You can also do diamond cutoff wheels but theyre not as nice and may even be more expensive on a per cut basis. If your stone is precious, then a cutoff wheel will have way more kerf. A dremel + jig would do the trick for a cut or two, just keep the saw wet.

>>2802863
>those prices
I think I’m just going to clamp that shit to my workbench and rawdog it with a length of diamond wire and some gloves.

In the future I would like to DIY a diamond wire saw though. Potentially even using cnc so I can more or less sit on my ass while it does the work.
Thinking about it more though, a lapidary wheel would probably be a bigger time save. If anyone has any plans for a diy lapidary wheel, please post

>>2802899
cutting ruby is pretty tough. It will take you days if you're doing it like that. why dont you figure out a way to attach your coping saw with a diamond wire to a jigsaw or something and just rig it in such a way to apply light pressure?
Though making a wire saw with modern motors is probably trivial actually.... all you gotta do is have two steppers going back and forth.


green estwing + custom tools thread

so I found an old used estwing hammer today and I cleaned it up a little bit. i want to dye the rubber handle green. I heard I can use plain ole rit dye but should I use yellow dye to make green or just use green dye? does anyone have any experience dying rubber?

also please post any tools you've customized in any way, shape, or form

>>2801766
green is my favorite color because it's the color of plants, the color of vibrant life in nature. green grass, green trees, just gives me good green vibes
just bought a tool bag, forest green with black trim

Buy a wood handle Vaughn framer, sand the handle and paint it green. You will have a better hammer and it'll be green.

>>2801765
>i want to dye the rubber handle green.
here is what's wrong with your idea

>>2801765
>I found
Give it back to the owner.

>>2801842
no, I am the new owner
that's what you get for leaving your shit in a repo'd shed

>>2801826
when paint is used on tool handles it wears off into your porous skin, not the best idea. not sure if dye would be much better but if it stays in the rubber instead of coming off on your hand it would seem to be
also Vaughan isn't better, it's different. they're both 10/10 for different people, sometimes even the same people give both 10/10, deal with it ya cocksucking fanboy

>>2801995
>using steel handle hammers for anything besides demo
Have fun -ACKing your elbow.

>>2802236
I already have tennis elbow on my right arm, not using a inferior handle material to own the libtards by wrecking my joints.

>>2802254
nta but one of the first signs of your test dropping with age is the breakdown of cartilage in all your joints you've been abusing over the years

>>2801995
Hitting nails in with an estwing hammer is torture but they're good for stripping forms

>>2802425
if it makes you feel any better I already own claw and rip hammers in wood and fiberglass, and I've got a ton of other hammers too

>>2801765
Give it back Jamal. Changing the handle color is not going to fool the true owner.

>>2802422
I destroyed that elbow from drilling 100000's on the drill press at work, hopping to get promoted to engineering work, I'm left handed anyways.

>>2802454
see
>>2801907
pay your bills on time José

>straight hammer
you'll put your eye out bro get a claw hammer for the love of everything good

>>2802820
is this a serious comment? do you not know how to use a hammer without hurting yourself?


$35 grill what are you doing for summer?

Done with my grill restoration. Total invested was $35 for a new full propane exchange tank and I have a spare empty still to sell. Rate, hate, post summer projects.

>>2801724
>what are you doing for summer?
summer is here, and my grill has been put up. only morons grill when the outside temp is over 80 degrees. where I live it gets up to 120.

>>2801770
>heating up your house
The hotter it gets the more I am cooking outside

>>2801865
This. I even use a cast iron skillet for sides while I'm grilling meat in the summer just to keep from heating up the house any more than necessary.

>>2801724
My grill cost $30 in about 2018, still going. Just had filet with asparagus, actually. Shit was cash.

>>2801770
>I live in a furnace and it's everyone else's problem

https://youtube.com/shorts/M9hmWfsw<wbr>BGw

It's the basic Biolite campstove for $35. Grill kit i already had. Use the grill shape as a pattern, to trace out on 3/16 or 1/4" steel. Cut it. Drill 5/16's holes all over it, and slot it with a cutoff blade from a 4-1/2" angle grinder, at 45°.

Using a half a leafspring as a handle to wedge into the slot and lift the plate.

The shitty grill insert, included with the biolite grill, has no heat mass, and the tiny holes clog easily. Throw it out, it's a trash design. Or save it for light backpacking.

This cookplate makes it 10x better, though.

I run it on whatever bbq pellets or chips that I find on sale. Can also run on DRY stuff you have around. I have the original stove, too, with the regeneration feature, but it can't run slow enough to truly smoke the contents. This USB rechargable unit, is better and lighter.

OptimusDime

>>2801724
Nice. I trash picked this stainlessness one. It was full of wasps nests.

Anonymous

>>2801724
> new propane
I read that as prostate initially, so make some dishes with tomatoes in it.

What's the best system to backwoods your own charcoal?

slow fill a single barrell or pit then seal out the oxygen when it caps out?

>>2802086
Steel 55 gal drum - make sure to remove any paint or chemicals so your charcoal doesn't become cancer fuel.
Poke some holes on one side of the barrel. The gases from the wood will escape from here into the fire and burn. This side of the barrel will face down into the fire.
Fill with the wood you'd like to make into charcoal. Aim for fist sized chunks.
Dig a bit of a pit, put the barrel in sideways, and burn a fire around it.

>>2801724
>post summer projects.
Going to build a basic brick grill for my mom.
I never really "got" gas grills, indoors in the kitchen for sure but outside grilling I always preferred wood or coal.
Maybe I'm a weirdo.

>>2802115
charcoal is awesome but for a single serving, two burgers or even 3 chicken breasts it simply isn't worth it to light and prefire all the charcoal, cook for 8 minutes and then allow all that charcoal to burn through. You need a 4+ person party/feast and extras to cook to make the process worth it, even on the smallest charcoal grill.

>>2801724
I did the same. Only thing I had to replace was the handle on the hood which was broken in half somehow. These things clean up good.

>>2802133
If you use a chimney starter and lump charcoal, you can use less, like 2 cups worth maybe, then shut the grill when you're done and it'll go out, then you can re-light it the next time you grill. I've used a thin layer of new charcoal topped off with the old stuff from last time every time I've grilled for years now.

>>2801865
I have money

>>2801886
I'm assuming you are retarded.


I have a block foundation and this rimjoist in the basement.

What should I do about insulating it? A lot of the blocks have no filling in their cavities.

Keep screaming anon eventually the authorities will rescue you

>>2802039
> lot of the blocks have no filling in their cavities

Ok so put some expanding foam in the cavities. You can spray it on the joist too but I wouldn’t. Might trap condensation. Just staple some fiberglass shit. Insulating is the easiest thing to do. Just don’t try and make it airtight.

>>2802039
I'd glue XPSfoam on the front of it, ideally it should be outside but that's a pain.

>>2802039
seal it then glue 1/8" furring strips and glue 2-3" foam board to that. or frame it to code and drywall.

>>2802104
XPS foam needs a gap you don't glue it directly to the wall

>>2802152
Did you read the expanding part? If you don’t want to use all the foam. Next best insulators are going to be water, then (trapped) air. Since you probably don’t want to fill up the blocks with water just leave them alone or foam the tops and quit it with the excuses.

>>2802304
fuck you big foama shill nigger $5 a can


How to make $200/month from home?

>>2801843
Put $33500 into a savings account at 0.6% interest. Boom! $200+/ month. Thank me later.

>>2801843
>have 4 kids with different baby daddies

>>2801843
1x $7 blowjob each day for a month

Got into custom 3d printing at the worst time.

>>2802020
It really is. It’s amazing what the jannies allow and what hey don’t. Of course this post is pointless because it will probably be removed while all the other shit posts will remain.


mower small engine work

Is there anything I should look at or address in my mowers engine when the crankshaft cover is off?
16hp vtwin vanguard motor has a serious crank governor oil seal leak.

I have a new main seal, new governor seal, and a new crankcase cover gasket.

I don't need to remove or disassemble anything major to replace the seals.

Is there anything I should mess with while I'm there?
It runs good other than the slow oil leak which has become major this season.

>>2802132
nothing I can see faggot. if it runs well don't fuck with it. if it's leaking oil and not burning it why don't you focus on fixing that instead of faffing about trying to fuck with shit that is in order?

>>2802132
>anything I should mess with
>runs good
Yes, go get laid instead of fucking a small engine for no reason. Better yet, throw that engine in the trash where all small engines belong.

I would pull the rod cap and plastguage the crank journal / rod clearance. Also pull the cam and mic the lobes for wear. Maybe clean any brass you see in the case. After that torque it all back together and throw off the nearest bridge into a body of water. Hopefully the ocean

Posting this here because the electric motor thread didn't respond.
>outside mowing with an ICE push mower just now
>Almost fucking done
>Suddenly the mower cuts off and I hear rattling
>When I try to crank it the cord pulls extremely easy and the blade spins with no resistance
>After a few tries I heard the rattling again
>Engine sounds and feels like it wants to start barely but it is a VERY faint sputter for a couple a seconds then kaput
It's only three years old. I do an oil change every two seasons. Did the engine just blow? There was no smoke or anything. It's a Toro. Sorry for posting this in the electric mower thread.

>>2802218
>Customers who bought this also bought BBC dragon dildo #99
No thanks. Some people actually have to mow for more than a couple hours.

Just put it back together, look if there's any glitter but even if there is just clean it out and as long as it feels tight I'd just leave it.

>>2802221
>check the engine for obvious speed holes
>pull the sparkplug, inspect it and peek inside with a light
If it's fucked, just go to McDonalds and buy another McEngine.
It's probably not worth tearing apart for $250.

Prepare

>>2802221
Ya done dickered it good. No compression, because valves or something. Rattling? What's left of the valve. Or rings. Some kinda bad failure.

>>2802218
> Get 'lectric
Actually not a bad idea. The basic (not HP) ryobi 40v stuff, oem charger, new 3rd party batteries, are quite affordable. Get the regular 6ah battery copies tho. I see the aftermarkets are starting to go after the taller ryobi HP battery segment, and they don't fit in e.g. the basic 40180 or 40108 brushless 20" mower.

>>2802213
Nah it's just a seal. He can replace those wo tearing the bottom-end apart.

>>2802222
The aftermarket 6ah 240watt ryobi 40v batteries are less than $50 ea. Get 4-5 of them and just swap them in the mower as you go. Ryobi originally designed the mower to hold two batteries so they would drain in parallel, but some horrible beancounters decided that the second battery location should just be a place to keep a spare, unconnected from the harness.

That's a terrible idea: battery tends to overheat just as fast as it drains, hardcycling it. Range is more limited. Hot batteries take longer to get charging (have to cool first or charger will refuse, and not automatically start when cool enough). And the clear cover for both batteries, tends to heat up the unused battery on a hot day, getting it closer to the overtemp cutoff, before you even put it into service.

That said, keep your blade sharp on the 'lectrics, cut dry grass, and use a bar to keep the rear port open, so it's not mulching but instead, throwing the cuttings out. Cut on the highest setting if you have tall grass. Don't force the mower; if it bogs down, take it slower.

Anonymous

>>2802309
>> Nah it's just a seal. He can replace those wo tearing the bottom-end apart.

Well duuuuuuh it was a joke you toad

>>2802309
>>2802295
The rattling is metallic. Like if you were to toss a nut into a metal fan. I'm going to take a quickook at it tomorrow but I don't have high hopes. Thanks.


Siding identification

What's this style of siding called? Is it just two different widths of horizontal lap boards alternating or is it something specific?

theBoss

>>2802177
>s it just two different widths

yes. someone paid a bunch of money to look different and ended up looking stupid

Anonymous

6” lap with an alternating reveal

6
3/3
6

theBoss

>>2802206
I hope you are doing the beeg joke, or are you one of those women who fail the simple geometry quizzes.

Anonymous

>>2802187
Nope, from my phone camera walking around

>>2802206
So just alternating spacing of one uniform siding choice? I feel like you would get weird stack heights outwards and it wouldn't be uniform.

>>2802299
You use different width siding…I guessed @3”
6 inch lap and say 4inch lap. It’s not rocket science
You got

>>2802312
Ok, thats what i figured. I didn't want to walk up to a strangers house to get a closer look at the siding.

Is there a term for this or is it just something someone freestyled?

Thanks.

Actually that looks like 12 inch and 6 inch now that i look again. Measure them

>>2802314
Just free style it…im sure theres a term. Not seen it around here…too busy for my taste

>>2802317
I've never seen it either. I wasn't sure if it was a thing or just someones crazy idea.

>>2802177
I don't know but every time I see a chimney on the side of a house I feel the need to plant ANFO explosives in it and blow it the fuck up.

What is wrong with you americans wasting all that heat? Or do you live in line texas or some shit, so heating season is a month long?

>>2802514
Since you obviously live in some third world shithole that depends on fire to heat your cave it’s understandable that an American homes fireplace seems ridiculous. We use them for the ambience
that they give along with heat. You can only judge by your own experiences…we forgive your ignorance


light fixtures using specific bulbs

where the fuck can i sort light fixtures by the type of light bulb they take? where find a light fixture that uses 211-2 automotive light bulbs?

i want lights in my conversion van that use the same bulbs as the existing interior lights

>>2802239
why, that's so dumb and gay
just use a more common bulb, the days of 1,000 bulb standards are coming to and end, thank god

Prepare

>>2802239
The panel LED conversion kits come with adapters for 211-2. It's a fake bulb you insert into the existing fixture, that has a pigtail that connects to the (much brighter) LED panel. The panel may still fit inside the housing. Or you can get LED 211-2 lamps.

You don't need to standardize on something: just get 211-2 lamps in whatever color you want (warm white, red blackout, daylight) snap it in and be done with it!

It's not like you are ever replacing that 211-2, once you've upgraded to LED.

Anonymous

>>2802339
Idgaf if the bulb will be outdated in 5 years, I just want to have spares that fit any of the lights inside my van. I don't want to have to carry replacement led strips or some shit alongside the bulbs i already know i will bring. I plan on doing some overlanding in it so I want backups when I can.

Prepare

>>2802397
12v L E D lights don't burn out unless your electric is fucked.


Unclogged Sink Still Won't Drain

Anonymous

>Bathroom sink would not drain, water just sits there
>I assumed it was clogged, took apart the P-Trap, made sure the main pipe coming down from the sink basin was clear, P-Trap was clear, and cleaned out some of the sewer pipe coming from the wall.
>Still won't drain.
>The goose-neck pipe connection to the sewer drain is leaking a slow drip
>Every connection is as tight as I could make it with tongue and groove pliers
>All the other drains in the house seem to work just fine still.

What might be going wrong here?

Find main cleanout get stinky
Tampons
Hair
Too much shit paper
Tree roots
Clay tile
Food from garbage disposal
Recent flooding
You name it

>>2802329
We've had that happen before with tree roots several times, but when that happens the water starts backing up in the basement.

Right now everything's draining fine except this one sink. I'm not sure how the pipes all connect up to see where there might be a blockage in just this pipe..

>>2802331
is the drain closed?

take the p-trap off again and snake it with a drill attached snake. should be long enough for single drain.

>>2802336
I tried to snake it already but the snake I have is too large I think for the bathroom sink pipe. It didn't go very far and could not bend around the corner. Drain is not closed.

The slow dripping from the pipes would not be enough to prevent the sink from draining, right?

>>2802346
get a drill sized snake or one of those drain zipper things. obviously the clog is further from where you cleaned out. water should not be sitting in the pipe that goes to the wall in the first place. water *should* be sitting in the U of the P trap, but not above the level of the wall pipe. water will slowly drain if there is any way for it to get past the clog as the sink is higher than the wall line.

>>2802337
>snake I have is too large I think for the bathroom sink
>could not bend around the corner
hire a plumber because you are too retarded to use a snake correctly.

>>2802325
the sink stopper is set too low , some come with a stand off seal to catch hair and they have to be set higher for the water to clear , if a plunger wont clear it ,

>>2802325
if you have one that has the stopper actuated by a knob. check the stopper for build up mine always clog in that way.

>>2802329
>Tree roots
Been there, had to replace like 30 feet of drain pipe.

>>2802348
g
nothing else can actually fill to the too besides e qnd it's a long time from that

>>2802362
There is no clog in the drain between the wall and the sink, you can pull the stopper out and it still doesn't go anywhere.

>>2802360
It's literally just too big. It's one of these styles that's designed for very wide pipes I think.

>>2802638
that's a toilet auger you retard, not a snake. call a plumber.


Is there a reason besides cost and availability to use or prefer partial tang screwdrivers over full tang/chisel/demolition screwdrivers?

Kevin Van Dam

>>2802447
If you don’t need it, then it’s totally unnecessary to have the extra weight and material and whatever extra manufacturing step is required to make the tang level and clean at the end of the handle. Think at the process, a regular driver blade is put into a handle mold 2/3 of the way and plastic injected, and the full tang would be more complicated overall with the metal blade sticking out both ends of the mold and probably needing to be ground flat. And even if the tang was like 98% of the way into the mold, then you end up with a super thin plastic area which is peobably going to chip if you ever drop the driver on the rear. Having the tang about 2/3 in is a good balance.

Plus the thru-tang drivers are built more heavily assuming you will hammer on them, so a full tang on a regular duty driver may convince some users that it’s a chisel and get it rekt real fast, and then people bitch that the screwdriver is weak when it was never meant to be used for those purposes.

Also as an added bonus, if you end up touching something electrical that is still hot, even if it’s not a VDE driver, you will probably be ok assuming your hand is completely on the handle. If the tang is poking through the back, that’s an easy shock.

If you want a thru-tang demolition screwdriver, buy one. It will be heavy and large because it’s built for a different job than a regular driver.

>>2802447
>>2802463
This one with the strike cap also weighs like twice as much, these are both #2.

Not to meantion if every one of your drivers was the demo version and you’re using them constantly to chisel and pry, even the best ones are going to get beat to shit and be trash for a normal screwdriver application.

It’s like asking why not just use a machete for every one of your kitchen jobs, including jobs you’d normally grab a small paring knife for.

Anonymous

>>2802447
>any reason besides cost
cost is the only reason it's called capitalism for a reason. you add more machine operation from the molds and machining and polishing to more human Q&Q and detailing.


The circulator pump at our rental is driving us insane. Its whistling sound travels through the whole heating system. How would one go about destroying the machine in a not-so-obvious way so it has to be replaced? No crowbars or baseball bats. Would a strong magnet do something to the motor?

>>2802668
Bc the owner is old and doesn't hear the noise. No way of convincing him to replace or fix the unit.

Do you think we didn't try the civil way? I'd rather be pussy and a nigger than having more sleepless nights.

>>2802680
We're not the owners, just tenants. Landlord won't replace the pump bc he can't hear the clear high-frequency noise. So, the pump will only get replaced once it's broken aka doesn't work anymore.

How much does a new one cost?<br>You could replace it yourself and keep the old one for when you move out.

>>2802696
>Tell me again why you cant withhold rent till your unit is liveable again?
Because the owner can't verify that the unit makes a high frequency noise bc he can't hear it and the other tenants are also old folks who don't hear it. But friends have confirmed there's a high-pitched noise coming from the underfloor heating. It's also verified that its originating from the pump.

>>2802703
I can't replace it myself. It's a multi-apartment house. They're fairly affordable, like 200 USD plus installment work.

>>2802649
Hvac tech here.

That whistling noise could be air in the system. Id recommend watching a few youtube videos on how to bleed your system. It's not hard.

But if you want to be a dick and destroy someone's property: most pumps have isolating valves for a quick and easy change out of the pump. You could close the upstream one and overheat the pump but i wouldn't recommend doing that.

Another option is finding a way to make the capacitor go bad in the pump. Most of them have a compartment on the pump that houses a tiny cap.

>>2802705
Download one of those spectrum analyzer apps so you can show it makes a sound.

>>2802705

Im not a hvac tech, I do maintenance on rentals, and I agree with the poster above me; high frequency whistle or whine people with hearing loss cant hear doesnt immediately point to the pump.

" it whistles through the whole heating system"

>so i destroyed a thing in ur basement, sry.

You, like a lot of tenants, are believing what you want to believe with no experience.

>>2802668
Landlords are all scum anyway so who cares.

>>2802649
my grundfos sends a nice brrrrr up to even the 4th floor
is nice


600mA vfc or 4A ceramic fused non-vfc multi, for home use, /dyi/?
A5X or FY106B, below:
https://a.aliexpress.com/_ExUtCeB
https://a.aliexpress.com/_EvdsnQT

ok, I'll throw this one too:<br>https://a.aliexpress.com/_Eu6FMDl

>>2803211
>>2803219
I’d trust a lightbulb more than I’d trust either of these

>>2803227
why so? i know they can be sketchy, but looking at buyer's reviews (yeah, those can be sketchy too), couldn't find anything wrong with them.


Minilathes are fucking stupid

> I need a 1/2" bolt and all I have is round stock and this stupid lathe.
I could've had it from Amazon before you finish setting up your lathe

Dont know about anyone else but<br>I buy a bolt from the hardware store

>>2802531
>I need a 1/2" bolt and all I have is round stock and this stupid lathe
>mill flats for hex end or broach it for allen?
retard, efficiency is buy the bolt you need

Sieg

Chinese mini lathe, because you need a 1/2” aluminum bolt that’s tapered, with non-concentric threads and chatter on the major diameter surface

Pro tip don’t buy fucking machine tools from harbor freight and expect mori seiki level performance

Anonymous

>>2802543
>Pro tip don’t buy fucking machine tools from harbor freight
buy one, spend $500+ on metal gears & better tool holder, another 6 hours setting it up

https://shuntool.com/article/how-to<wbr>-tram-a-lathe

Sieg

>>2802554
I had to strip mine down and redo the ways

Anonymous

>>2802531
Where is the amazon listing for DWM 1909 cavalry carbine front sight protector screws?

>>2802531
>> I need a 1/2" bolt and all I have is round stock and this stupid lathe.
>I could've had it from Amazon before you finish setting up your lathe
You don't make things that are easily bought for cheap on a lathe. You make things that are for custom applications and not available anywhere you retard...

Sieg

Chicago electric tool and die by Bauer and Hercules isn’t top tier aerospace level 2 tenths precision?!?!?!

Next you’re going to tell me that Pittsburgh carbide sucks shit