/SQTDDTOT/ Stupid Questions That Don't Deserve Their Own Thread.

Use this thread to ask questions you think don't require a thread of their own.

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If you didn't get a response in the old thread, feel free to ask again here.

(except the guy with the 15A outlet on a 20A fuse)

Sieg heil

>>2794873
If it takes 1 hour to cook a batch of cookies and Cookiemonster has 15 ovens, working 24 hours a day, every day for 5 years, how long does it take Cookiemonster to make 6 million batches of cookies?

Each cookie oven also has doors made of wood.

Anonymous

>>2794880
Trick question. Cookie monster can’t leave his trash can?
It only takes 10 minutes to bake a cookie.
Also, they use conveyer belt ovens so they just one long oven.
There are no doors, there is just these silicone flaps when they go in thru they conveyer belt.

>>2794890
Wtf Cookie Monster don’t live in no trash can you’re thinking of Oscar the grouch dumb fuck

>>2794873
How can I monitor a (industrial) power supply ? Client claims their power is pristine but my machines fail in a way that can only be explained by power supply issues.

>>2794873
>(except the guy with the 15A outlet on a 20A fuse)

Why you gotta call me out like that :(

>>2794930
>https://www.fluke.com/en-us/produc<wbr>ts/electrical-testing/power-quality<wbr>

Lube up your asshole here comes the safety yellow colored dick

I'm a crossposter who knows very little about DIY. I'm looking at renovating a basement into a one-bedroom suite. The immediate things I'm looking at are ripping out all the carpet, putting in some kind of hard floor, and installing a kitchenette. No need for remodeling. For the floors, the reno guy I talked to today said I should just get LVP, which is tempting but also I'm concerned about it looking too cheap/shitty.

So, first question is, any immediate thoughts or opinions? And second, any resources I should look at for learning to do the easy bits myself? Even though most obvious resources, I literally do not know where to look other than blindly searching for stuff on youtube (also I tend to prefer reading materials to video)

>>2794949
>Remove carpet
Pretty straightforward and doable yourself.

>Hard floor
If there's nothing weird under the carpet, this step is also pretty straight forward. I wouldn't do LVP personally because it looks and feels cheap. But if you do decide to do LVP, get the click type. It's stupid easy to do. If you can put two Lego pieces together, you can do this. I'd opt for tile personally but you'd need to hire someone to do it. Hardwood and laminate is not ideal for a basement.

>Kitchenette
Pretty straightforward esp if you get something from IKEA.

>>2794880
>Each cookie oven also has doors made of wood.
The oven doors aren't made of wood. That's the prep room where the supplies are kept and the cookies are prepared for the oven.

BTW: Cookiemonster was never able to gather enough supplies to make 6 million batches of cookies. That's just a (((Sesame Street))) dream.

>>2794949
i reccomend putting tile in the basement

If I plaster over this shit with finish plaster is it then ready paint or will it need a finish layer?

The manufacturer of the finishing stuff says use no primer to smooth out existing granol/stucco and then it’s ready to paint but I’m sceptical.

I will probably marry this gf im dating, and she is frugal and hard working.
The problem is im not.
She always scolds me that i should do everything around the house, like tile the bathroom or tike the roof and similar shit, basically anything and everything. Im a city boy with gentle hands. Will i be able to cope?

do these come apart easily? I finna get this off craigslist but never see them except assembled in front of box stores. How easy is this to break down into pieces to shove under my truck cap or should I figure on getting my trailer out of storage?

>>2795094
1. marry trad wife
2. caulk gun until cracks filled
3. let her bake
4. ???
5. profit

>>2795029
let someone who deserves her have her. Apparently you do not.

>>2795029
1. buy a nicer house that doesn't need all that shit done

>>2795091
assembly/disassembly is simple but may be time-consuming

>>2794890
>>2794904
And the trash can has a basement. Wouldn't be surprised if that basement had access to tunnels.

>>2795103
elaborate? assembly not a problem I'll do that at home with full tools.

>>2795091
What's the Searx button. It can't be the search engine.

I'm a newfag when it comes to thus stuff so bear with me. I had my bathroom redone yesterday. They recommended LVP flooring, the installer said it wasn't a great idea but we were already committed. Overall I don't love it and plan to replace it in a year or so. I noticed a bit of flexing by the shower. Enough that the caulking has split. What's the solution here? I can't afford to redo everything right now.

>>2795114
Yeah there are 10,000k videos about how to take the grill bit off and/ or clean the grill bit and FUCKING ZERO about how the whole unit is assembled. Go ahead, prove me wrong faggot.

>>2795004
Buy paint with primer dilemma no longer exists. But yeah paint on mud is fine with no primer no reason to believe this product makes Jose job harder, nobody would buy it.

>>2795122
>But yeah paint on mud is fine with no primer
eggshell or other paint with a sheen will look like pure shit on bare sheetrock mud, and some paints will literally peel off in sheets if a bit comes loose. any flat latex paint works fine for a first coat; no need to use an actual primer unless you have some you want to use up.

>>2795109
It's been assembled and used.
Nuts and bolts may be rusty.
Parts may be 'glued' together with grease.
Other unforeseen problems may arise.

>>2795116
>What's the solution here?
get a tube of matching caulk
squeeze fresh caulk into crack
swipe soapy finger over fresh caulk to smooth into crack

how hard can that be ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

>>2795121
just lay it flat retard, or take the flat cover off of your truck since it's obviously in your way, stopping you from carrying a simple item that would otherwise fit in the vehicle you bought to carry large items.

>>2795116
More caulk. Get one for areas with flex.

>>2794930
If you build machines and can't figure it out yourself...your machines are definitely the problem.

>>2795162
I have a trailer for that retard, I'm trying to evaluate which is a bigger pain in the ass, a few rusty greasy bolts or driving to my storage spot.

>>2795180
What do you hate more, learning how to disassemble/reassemble it and then disassembling/reassembling or just getting your trailer?

So I drilled into a wall to hang up a peg board and found something.
Drilling was tough at first, then I hit something hard for a bit, then it suddenly became like drilling soft chalk until I "pushed through" into a cavity.

I asked an Architect and he told me we often construct homes from something called "Thermal Brick".
Could something like this ever hold a desk? Or even shelves? It's so weirdly crumbly

Kevin Van Dam

>>2795207
That’s cocaine. You might have bought Escobar’s fabled blow abode.

Anonymous

>>2795180
so wait, you bought a truck, covered up the storage part of it, then bought a trailer and a place to store the trailer that's far away from you, and then you need to use all of these things to carry one item, when you could have just not covered up your truck's bed? Sounds like you got some shit to sort out.

My dad had a plastic bottle, it has Japanese text on it which says powder coupling
The bottle is full of powder and it's very heavy
What is this?

>>2795209
well I've had the truck cap on it for 10 years and used the dry secure storage it provides dozens of times and never once come across a situation where it made sense to pull it even temporarily, I'd say yes I've got my shit pretty sorted m8.

>>2795214
sex sand. it's like lube but makes things less slippery for after she has a kid (You) or is just a gusher.

The screw holding my curtain rail up has come loose. It won't go back in.

>>2795159
>>2795165
I've never caulked before. Think I can do it? I'm clumsy

>>2795091
you dont if you value your time, you put it on the back of a truck or use a rape van, uhaul rentals are cheap

I installed a floor outlet today and used some spray foam to fill in the gap between the outlet box and the floor. A bit got into the outlet box itself and I did my best to remove the majority of it from the box but there's a smidge tacked on to bits of the sides of the box that would require I cut the power to take the entire thing apart and scrub it. Should I be concerned about a potential fire hazard? I know there's a big thing where people recommend filling the insides with fire block only to be told by others that this a massive code violation but I don't know what amount constitutes between that and "you literally sprayed foam inside the entire box".

Kevin Van Dam

>>2795228
Yes. It’s super easy, and if you fuck up, you can wipe it off with some water while still wet, or peel/scrape it very easily when dry.

>>2795233
Isn’t that stuff all fireproof and non-conductive? If so, I wouldn’t worry.

Anonymous

>>2795234
It's non conductive but not non flammable. The way I understand fireblock foam is that it exists in the context of sealing gaps for airflow to feed a fire and is in no way less flammable than any other foam.

>>2795234
Will do. I've built computers so it shouldn't be that hard.

>>2795222
Builders and other lazy bastards will often drill stuff like that straight into drywall. If there is no stud behind it, put an anchor in the hole and then put the screw into the anchor

>>2795244
Just a tip, make it a concave seal not a convex one. It's stronger that way. Look up tutorials by Charlie DIYte on YouTube.

>>2794873
>Wet-Ass Sandwiches
idk why that makes me laugh

Sieg heil

>>2794977
I feel like the entire basis that big bird gave to occupy Sesame Street over what Cookie Monster did might have not been truthful

But big bird always just immediately calls anyone anti-avian whenever we question his bold and seemingly untruthful claims

Anonymous

I have this playhouse in the backyard. Previous owners built it. There's a slide on it, and that's the only reason the kids go near it. The other 99.999% of the time all it does is attract ungodly amounts of wasps and bird crap. What advice would you have for how I can dismantle this playhouse piece by piece and what tools will I need?

>>2794873
one of my coworkers gave me a dude wipe. He has the newest apple watch despite being horribly in debt. I dont think he has a hoverboard, but I know hes got an electric skateboard. so I actually know the type of person who buys this bullshit

>>2795327
put it for salr on cuckbook. there's garden shed moving services that'll haul it away for them

>>2795169
I don't build them, I deploy them. The fucks in the design team couldn't be bothered with one client's shitty supply when they could spend their time inventing fake tasks to justify their salary.

>>2795398
>, I deploy them. The fucks in the design team couldn't be bothered with one client's shitty supply when they could spend their time inventing fake tasks to justify their salary.

slow minded installation tech cope and seethe cuz he too stupid to do creative work.

I've got this exact set of speakers for my computer setup, but I'm rearranging my desk completely.

Would it be a bad idea to take apart the small speakers and making a custom MDF housing for them (mainly, to attach them to my monitor... Essentially a soundbar)
Or will they just sound bad bc of audio-related stuff?

>>2795404
No, no. I come from design, but left it because of this gay mindset

Sieg heil

>>2795335
They think they’re high IQ for some reason

Anonymous

>>2795099
This may be true
But i want to better myself so she is happy with me
>>2795100
I have my own apartment, only need to renovate the bathroom, but she will insist we do it ourselves probably
Then we will inherit a huge house from her parents, which is currently in an ok state, but who knows what the time brings
Basically my question is, with a full time job and basically no free time, how do i get better at diy stuff?

>>2795431
>with a full time job
Lemme guess, 40hours a week?

There's another 128 hours per week you're not utilizing to the maximum...

>>2795327
Put it dangerously high in the air on stilts and I guarantee the kids will love it!

Or turn it into a doggy mansion.

>>2795438
Yes, but i have to travel on weekends
How do i even start, with what, where do i learn, i don't have any tools
That's given i quit some of my side stuff and sleep less

Is laying click PVC as easy as youtube makes it seem?

can I galvanize a bolt if I just melt a bunch of zinc on a stove and submerge the bolt in?

>>2795472
certainly. that's how it was done in ancient rome.

>>2795472
isn't that just going to fuck up your threads and shit when it fuses to your bolt and turns into a ball?
you can do chemical galvanization at home for super cheap, just look it up on youtube.

>>2795455
Do you have two arms, two legs, and enough fingers to hold something? Then yeah it is as easy as it seems.

>>2795503
The pieces aren't heavy, like a child could lift them. Unless you mean you can't bend down at all.

>>2795512
>Unless you mean you can't bend down at all.
it isn't so much bending down as crawling around on the floor for an extended period, which after a while is hell on your knees as well as your lower back. House painting is not very bad on your body until some asshole thinks it's ok to have one guy paint baseboards all day long.

>>2795516
Get some knee pads and a drug store back brace and take it slow. Like you could probably split a room across a couple days if you don't care about speedrunning it. If your back still can't handle that, then just hire someone because you're obviously not able bodied at that point.

>>2795472
Melting zinc indoors can wreck your lungs. Do that outdoors in open air.

https://www.anvilfire.com/iForge/tu<wbr>tor.php?lesson=safety3/demo

Cold galvanizing or other coatings or using stainless hardware (cheap online) are generally wiser option. Study "hot dip galvanizing" if you really do have something not better addressed by other methods.

Pic related shows a front view of a wall and ceiling at my new house. In some parts it shows a gap between the drywall pieces, in other parts I can see some expanding foam isolation. I want it nice and and paintable in the wall color. What would I fill the green part with to make it that way? I can’t fill it with wood or drywall i think because it’s a 100 year old house so the corner isnt straight or even over its length. It’s about 1” deep in some parts and 1/2” in others

Is there a product like drywall filler that can be applied like caulk but for ~1” gaps? Or how would I get it in there

Sieg heil

>>2794873
If 13% of the national socialist workers party members committed 50% of the crime, by liberal logic isn’t it prejudicial to write off the whole ideology/party?

Anonymous

I'm kinda broke right now bros and want to know if there's anyway I could get like a few dollars in the same few hours

>>2795589
>implying any crime was actually committed
yes

Sieg heil

>>2795593
Burt brings up a good point. I mean we’re just asking stupid questions here and not insinuating ang faction in world war 2 committed any crimes

Or even modern day…. Well except Israel we know they committed a ton of crimes since October of last year

Anonymous

>>2795607
asking stupid questions is the key to opening npcs eyes. if they do any simple math, they'll quickly see the answer is greater than or equal to 110

>>2795607
>>2795612

you buffoons are like cockroaches in every way. can't you stay in your designated trashpile and leave us alone >>>/pol/

Do you have a Heuer vise? Do the threads on the spindle look similar? Or have you ever seen acme threads with this sort of finish?

I was surprised, but I figure it doesn't matter for G acme threads. I assume this is a manufacturing shortcut. The thread flanks are smooth, and it feels fine, running it in & out.

But man, that looks shitty.

I wanna enter the world of consoooooooooming 18V batteries, but I'm not sure which brand to go with.
I want an angle grinder, a large-ish hammer and some sander and a lawn mower. Price wise so far it's a tie between makita and metabo, which both have sales right now for a "cheap" entry.
I know, metabo is rather exotic in the US, but I'm actually living rather close to their home base in Germany (though, of course, they're china made (and also owned?) nowadays) so that's not an issue, however they're not seen that often in stores, so I can't just say >fuck it, it's just money and buy a new battery with a 15 minute car trip. Makita on the other hand is widely available and notoriously has everything under the sun with an 18V battery, but there's the whole
>hurr durr, they're way behind with their tech and the batteries have a brick-it chip on them
meme, so I'm uncertain.

>>2795735
I'd go with Makita just because you never know when you might need some niche retarded tool ASAP. I've had their stuff for years and never had any issues with it. Tbf I have never used Metabo, but I've heard good stuff about them. However since they are both pretty solid brands, the accessibility and diversity of Makita tools gets my vote.

I have to regrease my vise clamp after cleaning it. What am I supposed to use?

>>2794873
Dude wipes are actually great.

>outside receptacles don't have GFCI.
>install combination AFCI/GFCI breaker
>turn on
>circuit breaker breaks circuit instantly.
is it really a ground fault bros? old QO load center, type QO AF/GFCI because HD wouldn't sell just a GFCI. grounds and neutrals are all landed on the same bus. hooked up line 1 and neutral. it doesn't trip if the neutral isn't terminated. haven't tried it on another circuit yet. probably going to do that, then do insulation resistance test, then start replacing receptacles.

is it true that I have to replace my dirt bike piston every 20 hours of use? why is that? my street bike has the same piston for more than 5 years.

>>2795583
>>2795583
>Is there a product like drywall filler that can be applied like caulk but for ~1” gaps? Or how would I get it in there

buy pic related
fill with drywall compound
squeeze drywall mud into opening
don't apply to a thickness of more that 1/4" at a time
allow to set/dry then apply another coat

pre-filling the gap with strips of drywall or foam rope or strips of wood will make it go faster

crown molding may be another consideration

>>2795589
>If 13%
send that 13% to a wilderness continent somewhere

>>2795735
>I'm not sure which brand to go with.
buy a "tool only" that fits your needs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDF<wbr>MOP0qr3Q

We Bought the New Universal Battery for All Tool Brands 0-23 screenshot.jpg

>>2795398
You'll need to provide more information to start with, like anything of the following: What kind of power? DC, AC, voltages, currents, phases, load? What is the customer's site power? Commercial mains, boiler/generator, motor/generator?

>>2795807
Competition vehicles like a motocross bike are built to an extremely different standard then street bikes. A street bike is built to be reliable-ish, with longevity in mind over absolute peak power. A dirtbike intended for racing is built to run at 110% full throttle, with no regard for longevity. No point in making the engine last longer if your going to be down on horsepower compared to the rest of the grid - who cares if it lasts years if it keeps you at the back of the pack? Competition vehicles require grueling maintenance schedules. Something like a trail bike might have a damn similar frame and a similar powerplant, but make 1/3rd less power at the cost of not blowing up every 24 hours. Objectively, I'd recommend a look at what you are using it for and your priorities. If it's a dirt lot stunt toy, or a racer, and you want the power, it might be worth doing the rebuild schedule. If it's supposed to be more reliable then that or you don't want to pull an engine every week, might want to consider swapping to a less internally-stressed machine. Sometimes you can just get away with a lower-output motor in the same frame. What kind of bike is it?

>>2795847
>One Batter System
Wouldn't trust that.

Wall air conditioner drain pan is filling with water.
In condo/apartment several stories up, don't have access to the exterior.
I keep reading vinegar and bleach are both corrosive to the fins and should be avoided. Pan tablets seem to be preventative and won't unclog.

Is there any retard-proof way to unclog the drainage?
Can anything be done without removing the unit from the wall?

>>2794873
Need to fill some holes in plastic. Used some JB weld mixed together plus frog tape on the otherwise and so far it seems to hold, but I want to experiment with another solution.

>https://www.wikihow.com/Fill-Plast<wbr>ic-Holes
This wiki how I found when doing research suggests to use super glue and baking soda in a similar method. Could anyone advise if e6000 should work similarly?

>>2794873
>tfw i buy dude wipes
i truck driver they smell a little nicer than normal butthole wipes and somtimes are the closest thing i get to a shower

Thinking about putting in a little fountain in our yard. It's north facing and we're in zone 7a and the fountain would need to be outside year round. What are the downsides? It would be nice to have space for birds to bath, but happy just to have a trickle for visual interest. There's only one tree we'd have to worry about for leaves in the fall.

Does anyone have experience with solar powered fountains? Easy to install?

Any ways to fix small holes and scratches on vinyl flooring without having to redo it completely?

>>2795951
newer units use the water in the pan to assist in cooling the condenser coil
it may not be clogged

>>2795410
You'd probably be better off saving your time and effort by just making a mount and then screwing the entire small speaker housings to it. Those speaker boxes are screwed and glued together and the speakers themselves possibly glued into the frame. Not worth the time to take apart, may as well buy 3" speakers and diy in MDF. The plastic assembled speaker housing has some acoustic properties but definitely not worth disassembling for parts.

>>2795959
What kind of plastic and what kind of repair?
ABS and (C)PVC have their own glues, as does acrylic. They can be solvent welded.
Nothing dissolves polyethylene and polypropylene so that needs to be heat welded.

>>2795978
An unknown polymer and an unknown polycarbonate. I have no idea if ABS, but I am pretty positive it isn't made of any sort of PVC.
>what kind of repair
Small hole that has been cleaned up that needs to be filled in and made smooth. Thanks for the info by the way.

>>2794949
Plastic flooring is cheap shit, if this is a rental that you're planning on fully renovating every 5-10 years then LVP is fine, but if you want the floor to last use something real

>>2795843
Thanks I didn’t know about those. Crown moulding isnt an option I think, it’s a 45 degree inside corner of the gable roof. Also it’s a dutch style farm those don’t have crown moulding anywhere.

But I will get a grout bag and pre fill with PU foam. Any recommendations on the drywall compound? There are many different kinds for different applications here but none of them says this specifically

Kevin Van Dam

>>2795873
They just tested those. It’s a cool idea, but between $50 battery and $20-$30 adapter, it’s not any cheaper than buying a 2pk of brand name batteries when they’re on sale 70% of the year.

Also they shut off on any high draw tools. 1/4” impact driver and most basic drills that you’re not abusing, they worked, but most of the stuff you would want a 6.0+ battery for, the one size fits all will cut out under any stress.

Everybody bitching about the proprietary batteries does it with a strawman argument assuming that there’s no way to pay anything less than full MSRP for packs. And then people look at $35 “6.0 Ah” packs on Amazon that have knockoff Chinese cells and they’re really 3.0Ah packs that shit out after 50 cycles

Anonymous

>>2795971
It's over a decade old
After a humid day, there's so much water in the pan it's audibly splashing around, but thankfully not leaking yet

>>2795850
Three-phase 400VAC, we required 85A so client probably dimensioned for >100A. FYI we put the phases very slightly out of balance (we power small one-phase vision machines trying to balance everything).
Customer uses commercial mains.
It's in Europe.

>>2795404
engineers are the fucking worst
t. degreed me working on the trades side

>>2795855
Kawasaki kx450 2024. I already put down a 70% down payment. I'm thinking of turning it into street legal bike. it's the lightest bike with a lot of horse power I found. I was gonna settle for africa twin but then I found out it's a 300 kilogram behemoth whereas a competition dirt bike only weighs 100kg.

I want a dirt bike to drive around in the middle of nowhere.

>>2795968
A twelve volt pump and a few 12v solar cells and you can probably have a daylight trickle in your bird bath. I wouldn’t bother with more than that without planing to run mains to fountain

>>2794930
>>2795398
>>2796019
What you want are called CT’s (current transformer) they go on conductors and measure current. With a reference voltage and some monitoring software they do more like show you if your clients PF is bad and things are more out of phase than you think.

>>2795959
E6000 is not cyanoacrylic so it won’t react with baking soda it will only make a gross mess.

>>2796062
If you ride it like a street bike, maintain it like a street bike.

>>2795997
>Any recommendations on the drywall compound?
I've always used whatever I was using on the normal taping and finishing steps.
Which reminds me. You need to tape the joint when you get it close to the finish level.

Kevin Van Dam

>>2796062
>>2796091
Has anybody done that before? What is the process like with insurance and registration for something that isn’t meant to be road legal in the first place?

Unless they sell some KX450 (R) for (Road Legal) so insurers are used to it and it’s like you just bought a different trim level.

Anonymous

Deciding on redoing a room in my basement that's 400 sqft~, and I need new flooring for it, its concrete underneath.

So why do vinyl planks cost the same as the roll on stick on vinyl shit? Wouldn't the planks be a much better value?

>>2796096
He said he wanted to ride in the middle of nowhere but not actually racing.
This would imply giving street bike levels of stress on the machine.
You don't need insurance and a license to ride in the middle of nowhere unless it's downtown Nowhere, Oklahoma..

>>2796091
how does the engine of a dirt bike differ from street bike? surely it has the same materials makeup like piston, Rings and cylinders. I don't see why it warrant piston change every 20 hours.

Sieg heil

>>2795959
E6000 isn’t super glue it’s just adhesive

Look for something branded superglue or CA glue

Also e6000 isn’t rock hard when dry it’s kinda goopy and holdy

Anonymous

>>2796079
>>2796116
Thank you, exactly what I needed. On another note I was reading that the baking soda mixture may not be good for freezing temps so I'm thinking of trying graphite from a spare pencil I have.

>>2796108
>how does the engine of a dirt bike differ from street bike?
The biggest difference and hence the reason for lower time before maintenance is the abuse expected.
WOT with constant gear changing in dusty, dirty environments.
vs
Cruising the street or highway at a reasonable speed only changing gears when coming to a stop and restarting.

That's why I said. >>2796091
>If you ride it like a street bike, maintain it like a street bike.

As opposed to >>2795807
>replace my dirt bike piston every 20 hours of use?

>>2796129
so it's gonna live a long life if I treat it like a street bike?

>Ripped out old basement subfloor
>See this on slab
>what do?

>>2796154
>>2796156
Make sure it's stop taking water.

>>2796161
So just use some deep penetrating sealant followed by some self leveling and call it a day?

Are there any good lectures series, podcasts or audiobooks on basic electronics for beginners?

I’m insulating my shed but there’s so much information I don’t know what’s correct. Do I put it like this:

Outer wall (wood)
Vapour-open foil
Rockwool
Vapour-closed foil
Sheeting (ply)

Or can I skip one of the two foil layers, or do i put vapour open on the inside as well? There will be active ventilation since it’s used for melting candles

>live in small room
>tv and window ac in the same area
>constantly blasted by cold air when using tv
I am considering buying a standing mirror or 3-panal japanese divider to block the air from hitting me but the problem with that is the air might come back to the ac and nullify the cooling process. Yes or no?

>no I cannot move my tv or ac

>>2796487
That's not how it works... kind of.... actually it's possible that it could slightly reduce the efficiency... I would have the panel at a 45degree angle as close to you, and as far away from the AC as possible and it shouldn't be a problem.

Do any anons have any ideas on how to drop a large vehicle like a trailer or RV a 8 inches and slowly jack it up again without the occupants inside realizing? It can't be too noisy. But some noise could be explained as sci-fi nonsense.
Looking to reliably raise and drop a vehicle over and over.

what’s the best place to buy steel for welding projects? I’m looking for smaller sizes, like 2 by 3 feet of 20 or 18 gauge to repair a rusted out rocker panel.

How good are waterproofing sprays for clothes and are they any better than molten wax? I want to make me bag and pants waterproof but I worry about it making them feel uncomfy to wear.

>>2796525
theres a shop just down from me sells off pieces exactly like that would suit you fine, dirt cheap too.

Is it just me or are pickup trucks incredibly impractical to work out of compared to a van or even a full sized suv? I can fit 10ft 4x4s inside my vehicle with the back hatch shut. Plus I can keep a chop saw, tablesaw and all of my tools and materials locked safely inside at the same time. Not needing to worry about shit getting rained on or wondering if something will be missing if I go walk into a store before dropping off materials at the job. It only seems to make any sort of sense if you get a cap but then you essentially turned your pickup into an suv anyway. I just don't get it. Everyone I work with who has a pickup truck is a disorganized wreck

>>2794873
What would the anons of /diy/ call this drywall texturing on the ceiling? I'm fixing this for my parents and am gonna have to learn a few things along the way, but that's what YouTube and Google is for. I went down the rabbit hole of drywall texturing though and can't decide if this slap brush or popcorn. I was considering the Homex Spray Popcorn to finish it but I don't think it'd match. It's too sharp, it almost looks like slap brush but it doesn't have a round pattern. I want to be able to match it as best as possible.

>>2796594
that's not popcorn. take a sponge to some pretty wet mud and just press the sponge on the wall. test it on scrap drywall first

>>2796595
Thanks anon! What kind of sponge do you think I would I need? I got plenty of drywall to test it out.

>>2796596
>What kind of sponge do you think I would I need?
May I suggest a drywall texture sponge?
You could test kitchen or bath sponges to see if one of them works for you.

>>2796598
I found one that matches up perfect based off the tutorial video, it's an orange peel/knockdown combo sponge. Off the top of your head, is there a patch procedure procedure you recommend? Like for example

>Screw in drywall
>Mesh tape and mud it up to level
>Sand
>Primer
>Texture
>Sand lightly once dry
>More primer over texture
>Paint and feather the edges

Does that sound about right?

>>2795121
Remember the old internet when you could punch in "x assembly guide" and you would get a 15 page forum thread with some autistic mother fuckers showing you every step with notarised and labelled photos? Pepperidge farm remembers. Vehicle forums are the biggest loss, now you have to struggle with some shitty Haynes manual since search results just give you adverts for mechanics.

>>2796143
No, the piston may last longer, but not forever like on most street bikes. Also you will normally ride much faster on the road than you would in the dirt, so you’ll still put lots of wear on the engine

>>2796108
They make the piston go faster to get more power from a smaller (lighter) piston and other components. Also you don’t see 450cc singles on street bikes a lot, and if you do they are usually pretty low revving ones

I want a paint sprayer I can use inside with Latex/Acrylic paint, is an HVLP with paint thinner enough?

Or do I have to shell out for a bigger model?

This will be to paint inside and outside my house by the way

>>2796741
>is an HVLP with paint thinner enough?
No. For inside painting look for AIRLESS PAINT SPRAYER
These also work outside. They are for painting houses. (inside and out)
HVLP is for fine finish like a car.
HVLP has lots of overspray
Airless has much less overspray

>>2794873
how do I electrify toilet water to keep dogs out of the toilet?

>>2796590
pickups are only good for masons, farmers and DIYers. Anything less than an 8' bed might as well be a tonka truck too.

>>2796775
just put hot pepper powder or sauce in it

>>2796808
I thought about that but I don't know how to get that to constantly dispense on its own and what is the cheapest but most effective powder or sauce?

>>2794873
How can I make this dent in my bumper look 80% better? Not sure where it came from and I don't want to spend 800 bucks on a bumper.

>>2796817
>not sure where it came from

Tell us your embarrassing driving story

>>2796819
Seriously. I think I picked it up parked in Gainesville for a gator tailgate. But I didn't see it that day so I'm not sure.

>>2796817
>800 bucks on a bumper
Hooo boy you haven't shopped for car parts lately

>>2795327
I wish you were near me because I would haul it away for free for my kids to use

if i wanted to make a shitty irrigation system on the cheap would just poking holes into a hose and plugging it into a timed valve work?

>>2796771
Yeah, i took your advice. Bought a Wagner 130 power or something for 200.

Sucks but I have to paint this entire fucking house inside and out considering the previous owners made it ugly as sin

>>2795802
are you 100% certain those outlets arent slaved to a GFCI somewhere before them in the line? Sometimes it's in the garage or even a bathroom. That with a GFCI breaker would cause an instant trip

When my house ac is set to 72 it's freezing. But when I set my window ac to 59 it feels perfect. I strongly believe neither is malfunctioning. What is the science behind why these two machine operate differently?

>>2796916
>What is the science behind why these two machine operate differently?
Location of thermostat related to space you personally occupy.
Also fans (draft)

>>2794873
Leave the quesadilla maker out of this, it has fed my fat lazy ass many a time. Fuck that other shit though

>>2796951
Like the picture says, just get an actual pan. Only boring white women who drink too much wine buy a nonsense kitchen appliance that can only cook one thing when there’s already a very simple way to do it.

Fire Marshall said my garage door opener outlet needs to be gfci but the reset switch has to be assessable from the ground. How the hell is that possible ! I’ve put in gfcis on normal outlets but the button is built in.

>>2797002
You can have one GFCI outlet leading into other outlets and protecting those as well.

>>2797003
That sounds like a not so horrible fix. Thank you!

Kevin Van Dam

>>2797003
>>2797017
This. The GFCI for the outdoor outlets on the front of the house is actually inside the garage. The first holiday season my Xmas lights got poured on and my garage lights kept getting knocked out and I thought the outlet in the garage was going bad until I realized they run them in line like that.

Anonymous

>>2797017
>>2797034
Sorry bros I’m not more savvy on electric. This is a sketch of what I just discovered when I went up above the garage. There is a gfci on the back wall but unfortunately it’s fed from the garage opener outlet. There’s a switch on the exterior wall that seems to send power to all sorts of stuff including the opener outlet. Could I just add a gfci above the switch ? I know it would be an odd height for an outlet.

Or would it be better to run a new wire all the way from the switch, to the existing gfci, then continue back to the opener outlet??

Kevin Van Dam

>>2797038
Why is there even a switch for the garage door opener? Easiest possible solution, if I were to do it, remove the switch and put a GFCI outlet in that box instead. Unless you really want to keep the garage door opener switched…

Anonymous

How would you design this backyard? Not to scale.
>6 foot hedges all around
>don't want grass but areas with plants is fine
>want to enjoy late sun coming from top right
>sun shade awning above the double doors
>mainly have lunch here or drinks with frens
>maybe want a shed but don't want to block the sun from hitting the hedges so dunno how lol

Help I am a retard at this

>>2797042
The switch controls an outdoor light. Is it possible electric can pass through the switch box but not be switched for some items ? Because that’s what I traced on the wires and the switch seems to have no effect on the opener

Kevin Van Dam

>>2797046
Oh shit it’s open, that’s easy mode,

You could probably add a double gang box where that switch is, and then run a 2nd wire off to the light you want switched on/off, and then do a GFCI outlet in the other gang of the larger box?

I’m no sparky. imho sort of stupid your garage door opener is switched with the exterior light.

Other easy thing, replace that swtich with the GFCI outlet, and then replace the outside light with a daylight sensor model so nothing is switched and the light comes on at night.

Anonymous

>>2797049
Hey I like this outlet/switch in a double box, that’s thinking outside the (gang) box) ! Thank you sir for your suggestions

>>2797043
>Not to scale
Come on. Drawing this to scale is like the most important part.

> Help I am a retard at this
Then don't try to /diy/ the design yourself.
You can do all the manual work, but hire someone else to design it.
Hell, the good plant stores have people on staff to help people design a backyard - because they want you to buy your plants and hardscape stuff from them.
Go to a big lawn and garden store, look around at what plants you like, meet with their designer, get their help with the design, then do the work.

Kevin Van Dam

>>2797055
Yeah I thought you had drywall and stuff in there. If you switch that switch box to a larger box, then put the GFCI in one and run that one without a switch to the garage door opener and other outlet so they’re always on, then run some fresh wire to the exterior light and keep the switch for that.

Try not to burn the place down.

Anonymous

>>2796916
Window AC gets a more accurate reading because of airflow on the sensor, house AC could be sensing the temperature of just one stagnant spot.

I'm putting in a floating dock at this ramp, how should I go about pulling this rock out of the way? It's very fucking heavy and shaped like a long obtuse trapazoid (about 4'). I have to lift it over a small step (8" or so) no matter what direction I pull it in. <br>Is there an easy way to break it up into more manageable pieces? Or is my best bet to wrap it up in chains best I can and hoist it out towards the right.

I need to fix and ideally hide this. The panel at the bottom of my wardrobe is broken, and sags under its own weight now (I've put something under it to prop it up temporarily). It's made of this shitty chipwood. My lease ends next month so I'm looking for a way to fix this discreetly and not be obviously broken at a glance.

This latch in the dishwasher detergent dispenser broke off, best way to repair? I see only the whole dispenser can be ordered but not sure how much of a pain it is to replaced and I don't have access to a 3D printer. Nghw

>>2797201
>Or is my best bet to wrap it up in chains best I can and hoist it out towards the right.
Make a tripod and use a winch to haul it up.

>>2797226
Put wood glue in and seat the chipped out piece back in place as best you can. You can try putting something heavy on it like a brick or a weight while it dries. When it's dry, fill any small cracks or gaps with drywall spackle. Then sand it lightly and paint it. If you're worried about the paint showing, tape off the sides and spray paint.

So my desk chair has a wheel that broke off inside of it. The section that broke off and is stuck up inside the chair leg is shown in red (that little retaining ring part is still up in there, as well as the top of the peg.) How the hell do I get it out to replace the wheel?

>>2797308
You can drill a hole in the leg above it and pound it out with a nail. Then fill the hole with bondo or putty and put a little paint on it.

>>2797308
I might try one of those broken screw removal kits.

Or, just drill a hole in the chinesium metal, get a big wood screw,and drive it into the drilled hole, then try and pull it out.

That’s how I removed the batteries from my maglite that had leaked and welded themselves in there.

Sieg heil

>>2794873
Does anyone else notice that the cost of materials, tools and supplies for DIY have gone up exponentially lately?

Do the people of the Jewish faith have anything to do with this?

I feel like it might be connected in some manner

I’m just asking questions here

Anonymous

Hey dudes I’m tired and just wanna sleep

My shit has worked fine for the last 2 years and just at this moment my light switch decided to break and it won’t turn off
Feels like there’s a spring forcing it back up whenever I turn it off.

What do?

Why are boomers on reddit and other sites so hellbent on making sure people don't use airless sprayers to paint rooms even though it's actually 10x faster to spray?

Do boomer just love making other suffer?

>>2797381
Kek, I know which thread you made.

Starrett's red boxes are just Tiffany's boxes for machinists.

Kevin Van Dam

>>2797418
The Knipex red box is pretty nice too, like “This isn’t some shit off the shelf at Home Depot”.

Although they have shitty plastic clamshells too.

Anonymous

>>2797348
Unscrew the lightbulbs
Walmart light switch in the morning, remove and replace the switch

>>2797336
Corporations are increasing profits altogether like a giant colluding mob
That's why it's always best to shop small and local the best you can

>>2797226
Whatever you patch with, you'll need to paint the whole side so it's not noticable

>>2797201
Long chain hooked to a towing hitch

>>2797043
What climate zone are you in?

>>2797002
Just follow the wire down the wall and add a box

>>2796817
Pop it back out with a mallet and then sand, bondo, sand bondo, primer, sand paint

>>2796594
Rollon sand texture
Most hardware stores carry it that can be mixed into ceiling paint.
Follow the directions

>>2796590
A pickup with an 8' bed and topper with openable sides is what I've found to be best
A utility/service bed would be the only real way to improve from that IMO
I'm a handyman and almost never need my trailer since I have a topper and know pretty well what I'll need when I leave for the day

>>2796201
It depends on your climate zone
From inside out in the Midwest we go drywall, 6 mil plastic, insulation, sheathing, tyvek or similar, siding

In the south you can't have the inner plastic

>>2796170
I would take an online college course
There are free ones these days you can take without getting credit

>>2796097
Never buy stick on
Planks are cheap now because everyone realized they're a foolproof flooring option
I would use a thermal break underlayment like DMX one step or something tho

>>2795970
Stain pen and wood filler

>>2795607
Kek

>>2795583
If you mud it, use hot mud or "easy sand 45/90 whatever"
The big problem with big gaps is that normal compound will shrink and crack after a week or 2.

If it cracks a few months after doing it at the ceiling, caulk that small crack with dynaflex 230

Your big hurdle here is the size of the gap. A small crack later isn't a big deal but just normal drywall compound will fuck you over

>>2795233
Never put foam against fire makers.
Just clean it up/off and put it back together

Kevin Van Dam

>>2797423
I’m sure it would work. IIRC, they want the N and GND bonded at the first means of disconnect because the way you have it, there could be voltage from a short somewhere else running through that N wire all over the circuit.

A Youtube electrician explained it to me once.

Anonymous

What should I do to fix the ugly pitting on this blade? I keep sanding and sanding mostly with 400 grit but it’s not getting anywhere. I guess I should move to lower grits but I don’t wanna remove too much metal from the blade.

>>2797563
Is it old or did it just come like that?

>>2797579
As far as I know the previous owner tried to remove the black dlc coating with a dremel. I picked it up on Facebook for super cheap and I’d really like to save it bc it’s a sick knife.

>>2797563
400 is going to get you nowhere. Go lower. You want it smooth, right?

>>2794873
Why is my sink leaking? 2-basin sink. I installed a garbage disposal in one of the basins a few months ago. It worked fine for a few months but then my sink started leaking at one of the connections. I tried to fix it but after a couple days it leaked again.
Pic-related. Is it possible the p-trap is too deep? Should I cut an inch or two off of each end? If that's not it then what's the problem?
Also why is the standard connection such shit? Why not have an actual waterproof seal instead of this shit?

>>2797655
It’s supposed to be removable.
You’ve got a no-no there, it goes from large to smaller diameter on the way to the sewer. It should always get larger towards the sewer.
Yes, it’s probably too deep, you don’t want those kind of connections sitting in water.
They’re sealed with an O ring, maybe you can replace it.

>>2797652
he wants to get rid of the pitting so you're going to basically need to grind it until it goes away, the grit doesn't matter at this point.
if you're not going to use it as a working blade, you could try using auto body filler and then recoating it with something.
if you want to fuck up the tempering you can fill in all the pits by welding steel rod into it and then grinding it back down to shape and then re-tempering. maybe you can get away with some kind of low temperature brazing to fill, but you probably won't be able to match the color of the steel with any metals that can braze at low temps.

>>2795615
Have a cookie anon, theyre delicious

>>2797563
I can't find the link right now, but there's a website where a guy does firearm restorations, and to get rid of the pitting which looks a lot like your blade's, he carefully files away material. You can either live with the pits, or remove ALL the material that's taller than the bottom of the pits.

Does anyone know what program this is?
This program is on a fire stick that I have.
Google isn't helping

>>2797829
No idea, looks pretty generic though. Reverse image search turned this up from someone on Facebook, /nonameapk/.

>>2796062
Don't do it it'd not made for high miles. The reason it's light and high hp is because it made for performance over longevity of maintenance. You will be rebuilding and adjusting valves like crazy. If you want high hp road Enduro Aprilia 660 or yamaha t7 dr 650 drz400 with mods. You'll have to eat the extra weight. Dr350 is light and semi powerfull but not good for highway

>>2794873
is it more efficient to provide full power to one peltier or to split the power between two, which will provide more cooling?

Sprayed the dandelions in my yard and it killed the surrounding grass leaving softball sized dead spots. Theoretically all I have to do is dig out the dirt in the spots. fill it with top soil and reseed? Or can I get away with not seeding since the areas arent that large?

Also is it too late in the season to fertilize?

Do they make anything like a potentiometer knob extension? Essentially a bar or tube of whatever length, let's say 4 inches, that will fit onto a potentiometer and then your knob can fit on the end of the bar/tube. I have a knob that is in a fixed area that is difficult to reach, I essentially only need this one knob to stick out to where it is more accessible.

I have a washer dryer that keeps getting a lint buildup around the door and clothes dont always come out dry.
I flicked through the manual (link below) and there is only a front "coin trap" filter as the lint is supposed to be washed away through the normal wash outflow, but this doesnt seem to be happening.
I checked this filter and it is clear and there is no buildup of lint there.
I have run the wash cycle while empty, and with a drum cleaning solution, but it hasnt resolved the issue.

Any ideas on a next step?

https://www.manualslib.com/manual/8<wbr>06797/Candy-Alise.html

>>2797943
>Do they make anything like a potentiometer knob extension?

>>2797682
I shortened it by about an inch and a half but it didn't help, it's still leaking from the circled connection (and I even saw some drips from the connection above that). And it leaks regardless of which side of the sink is running

>>2798085
>>2797682
I should add that I installed the garbage disposal about 6 months ago so it was working fine for a while with no leaks. The drain pipe is only about 1/2 to 1 inch below the disposal drain, but like I said this was working for ~6 months.
is there a different type of connection I can use or something? These connectors just really don't seem ideal for this...

>>2798085
you need to tighten it
use a wrench and crank it down
seriously, if it leaks then it's too loose

>>2798110
Okay, I just took a wrench to it and got it as tight as it possibly can. That definitely helped, but it still leaks some. It's just now it's more of a drip instead of a steady stream like it was before.
at least it's manageable now if I just put a container under it to catch the drips but... still not completely fixed.
idk, at this point I'm thinking of just getting a new p-trap and connectors and everything and starting over and hopefully whatever problem caused this won't happen again.

Kevin Van Dam

>>2798120
Got here late. Did you change any of the seals? New seals plus lots of that pipe dope paste will normally do the trick.

Anonymous

>>2798085
The slip joints have washers/seals at the nuts.
The typical translucent white nylon washers sometimes crack causing a leak no matter how tight the nut is.
Disassemble the fittings (again) and inspect the washers for damage.
Be certain the flat side of the washer is against the nut and the taper goes into the tapered opening of the fitting.
Yes, I've found them backward when doing repair after a diyer.
Also, inspect the pipe parts carefully while you have it apart. They can crack too.
Pic related shows a metal pipe but the washer works on metal and/or plastic.

>>2798143
>Did you change any of the seals? New seals --- will normally do the trick.
>>2798143
>lots of that pipe dope paste will normally do the trick.
Don't do this. It's designed to work without tape or paste sealer.

I had to rip a wooden table top in order to fit each piece inside a planer. I ran each piece through a joiner then did a mockup and ultimately glued it together using clamps and cauls. I used a generous amount of glue, Titebond III Utlimate. Didn't touch it for 48 hours. Ultimately I'm going to mount this tabletop onto raisable desk legs. My question is do I need to reattach the support pieces, think they're called cleats, that ran perpendicular to the wood? There's not much room to fit them with all of the desk frame hardware and I'm not convinced I need them. Any suggestions?

>>2798212
>>2798215
> 48 hours
Longer is better
> rip to put in planer
Why plane it? Was the top that bad?
> replace the “cleats”?
Yeah, I would.
Look at the work they put into making thise expansion slots.
Granted, when it was new, it was more important… new stuff is a lot greener sometimes and more prone to warping or cupping. However, you’ve fucked with it.

>>2798212
Yes. That's a wide surface and a lot of joints to be just depending on glue.

>>2798228
>>2798232

The table is 56”5/8 wide. The minimum width that the desk frame can be is 43”3/8, leaving me 6”5/8 on each side. Should I add the cleats here or should I minimize overhand by putting the desk frame as close to the edge as possible then adding the cleats closer to the middle? Picrel I can make the width 43”3/8 all the way up to the extreme edges of the table at 56”5/8

How is a "house" like this able to be constructed/not give way without proper foundations?

20 - The Up House - Icons - Airbnb - Credit Eugene T'Jean Davezies.jpg

>>2798237
I would put them outside the frame

>>2798238
It’s solid carbon fiber and nanotubes.

>>2798242
Would it just be used for the base, or for the entire house's frame?

>>2796905
Pretty sure there’s no other GFCI on the circuit. receptacle tester doesn’t trip anything at least.

>>2795091
you finna? by your use of the english language you should just gibs a call too daddi and gettteeem to do it for you. Fucking moron.

>>2795109
"full tools" you mean a fucking whole pack of allen wrenches and a rusty adjustable wrench you found in the yard?

Hey all,

I am trying to repair a BBQ that was given to me and the gas manifold valve stems are bent... They are brass

How should I straighten these with the least chance of snapping them?

I can try to squeeze them in a vise to straighten them or I can hammer them with either a wood backer of a steel backer to try and straighten (like one would do with a nail. What's my best bet?

I have some electrical stuff which according to the manual is supposed to be mounted somewhere with sufficient airflow. Is there a type of enclosure which can provide some protection while also not impeding airflow?

does anyone know what this locking mechanism is called? i’ve tried searching along the lines of “push spring lock” without any luck

>>2798453
Where do you intend to locate the unit? Enclosures with fans and filters if desired are easy to make or modify. What does the maker suggest when you contacted tech support?

Details matter.

Electrical/lighting retard here. Why the fuck is it so hard to get good G9 LED 40W equivalent bulbs? I have a bathroom fixture that uses 6 of these pieces of shit. The incandescent turn your face into an Easy Bake oven and the women can't do their make up under them, so that means LED or nothing. Most are 2700-3000k for mood lighting in chandeliers and not appropriate for the bathroom which should be ~5000k as far as I can tell. Most have shit CRI and the best I could get had a rating of 85 from the Chinese outlet on amazon if they are to be believed, they look OK when they work for a months or two but then start dying. I keep feeding this piece of shit $20 worth of bulbs every few months. The bases are horribly unstable and they flicker due to minor vibration in the room (WHY CAN WE NOT USE SCREW BASES FOR EVERTHING?). Then they start burning out and dimming and the entire length of them start to go into seizure mode. All the brands are shit too drop shipped from China except Philips I haven't tried yet because they want $30 for 4 bulbs. Are they all this fucking picky? I'm about ready to rip this piece of shit out and install a E26 fixture.

Also why do these sockets come with glass covers? One of them shattered today hours after changing them either due to heat or me over tighting it (to keep the fucking pieces of shit from wiggling and flickering out).

How do I niggerig something like pic related without any skills or access to tools.

>>2798749
Same thing, but looks more fancy.

>>2794873
Pressure washer pumps
In my country (Greece) everyone will talk about how you need one with a metal pump, yet I can see no evidence of any pressure washer using a plastic pump (or images of one)
Do they exist? Does the karcher K5 series use plastic? And why is there no info online about this?

>>2798749
>without any skills or access to tools
you either buy one, or keep wishing.

>>2798760
>you either buy one
They haven't mass produced this thing since the 1920's.
>keep wishing
I refuse to believe a fulcrum is advanced technology that cannot be replicated at home. I just need to move a pipe around a pivot somehow.

>>2798749
Obtain skills or tools. You're asking how to make one without making one. To make one requires cutting, drilling, welding and having appropriate steel on hand or buying same.

Barter with a local hobby welder can work if you have something they want, like a spare orifice without too many scabs.

>>2795091
Those things have a limited lifespan. Pretty much assemble once, because it's not a lego set.
Find a better way to get it home in one piece.

>>2798797
Jesus christ you people are autistic, I don't need the exact contraption I just need a lever than can move up and down a bit. After googling for a bit I'll just stick a pipe in one of these things, drill it to a plank of wood, and that should do the trick. Case closed.

>>2797226
Don't worry about it; it's not your fault. The screw split the wood long before you got to use it.

I have a desk with a front edge made of unistrut, and I want to put a removable shelf on the front to hold a MIDI piano, that I can fully remove and store elsewhere. There's no real room on the front or below for anything permanent, so I'm thinking of just drilling a couple of holes, putting some rods through them, and then hoping they just hold stiff enough or maybe having some kind of tensioning system so after the bars go in they bend in or out at the front to lock them from moving any further in or out.

I don't want a drawer, my desk is too low as it is. The keyboard is kind of long at 60cm, but it's only like 2kg so removing it after use won't be that much of a hassle.

Are there any other good ideas for this kind of thing?

>>2798749
>without any skills or access to tools.
>>2798810
>drill it to a plank of wood, and that should do the trick. Case closed.
You must have really tough fingers to do that with no tools.

>>2795771
Buy baby wipes instead, faggot.
>inb4 flushable
no wipe is good for a sewer system

>>2794873
Cheap Amazon multiprocess welders. I am not a pro. I am a homeowner who wants to weld up some shelving, make a tubing guide to help with installing a new well pump, and other odd jobs around the property. I know how to do each type of welding to at least a novice degree from my shop classes in college. What I am concerned about is if these machines are going to have such a low duty cycle they are unusable, if they are going to be a PITA when it comes to setting them up properly for a job, or if they are going to crap out on me so quickly I might as well have bought a better machine. What should I be looking for in the descriptions of these products so that I can find something reasonable for my needs?

>>2798843
Pick a few that interest you then go on YT to see if you can find reviews/tests of that welder.
Amazon has too many fake reviews to use them as a guide.

>>2798843
I have the 250A chengwelder. It's fine. Good enough for putting tractor implements back together.

I want to put a timer switch in my bathroom for the fan. The switch would go in the middle but there are tabs on the dimmer switch to the right side that are crowding that area. Is it okay to remove those tabs? A cursory look online says they're for heat dissipation but how hot does a dimmer switch get?

>>2798843
they are perfectly sufficient for what you need
I would not even bother buying regulator and gas bottle desu
flux core is good enough for glueing shelves and stuff like that

>>2798895
remove center switch
pull wires out of the way
move left-most switch to center
put timer in empty left-most position

profit!

>>2798901
Wow that's actually a really obvious solution I hadn't thought about haha. I'll do this, thanks!

How good are “universal” anchors (nowadays). I’m used to having to pick your anchor, matching your wall, but it seems like most stuff is universal or even “intelligent”. <br>Can I just buy some random, name brand (Fischer or Spax for my euro ass) box and be ready for everything?

Kevin Van Dam

>>2799112
They’re straight if you’re trying to hang a towel rack or a ring doorbell, but don’t let the fancy look fool you, they’re about the same as the basic ass plastic plugs.

If you’re going to do anything heavier than a couple pounds in drywall, some type of toggle is the way to go.

Anonymous

>>2799129
I’m an euro, so drywall isn’t really a concern. I only got real walls.

I picked up this log splitter a few months ago. It stopped running. engine wont run at full throttle and dies down when the choke is fully opened. I bought new gaskets, carb, plugs for it, and still wont stay running.
I dont know enough about small engines., so I dropped it off at small engine shop, they shop had it for 2 weeks, and they cant get it running either.
HF had a sale on Predator engines, so I picked up a 224 for $150.
Does the predator and the briggs have the same mounting bolt pattern?
i may need a new shaft adapter for the hydraulic pump. not sure whats it called, or where to find one. can i get some info on that please

>>2798895
The more tabs you remove, the lower your dimmers power rating becomes.
Read the manual by how much.
Big ceiling fan uses about 100w on full blast.
You should still be able to hook up 2-3 of them on any decent dimmer with tabs removed.

>>2799163
It's a hydraulic pump adaptor yeah, I bet it will just bolt on, or maybe require you to drill new holes on the one you already have.
Best way to check is to just take it apart and see if it fits.
That's not the original pump either.

>>2796062
I can't even imagine the pain in the balls (literally) it will be to ride a fucking dirtbike as a commuter.

>>2799168
the engine has a restocking fee if i return it after opening.

I have to till a yard soon (and later this year at a new house) and was curious what are your go-to tillers?

I prefer electric, are the ones on Amazon any good?

My yards aren't clay or anything but I need to unpack the top soil to plant grass.

>$520 for a 1000gal tank shit vacuum truck
Is the price reasonable or am I getting ripped of?

>>2799229
just the tank or the entire truck?
for $520 that thing probably doesn't run.

>>2799232
To pump the tank lol, lmao
The truck in pic is on a different continent than I am.

Kevin Van Dam

>>2799132
Whatever you say, it still applies. The plastic ones are straight for light to medium loads. Tapcons are easier in masonry IMO and do just as well. For something heavier, some type of toggle bolt if you have a thin wall with a void behind it like our glorious drywall in Burgerstand. And if you want to go heavier in masonry, use something like the all metal wedge anchors.

Anonymous

hi /diy/
had a contractor fix some damage to my bathroom ceiling and walls today. a bunch of the shit from the wall (small pieces of concrete looking stuff from the ceiling, dried/peeled paint flakes, a bunch of sand like particulate, associated crap) fell into the toilet. i asked the contractor if it was okay to flush or if it needed to be fished out, he said its fine to flush so i did.

now im worried i did something dumb. it was a small amount of stuff, and the toilet seems to flush fine right now. the pieces were gravel sized at most i would say, and it was mostly just sandy particulate

>>2799248
You know shit is a lot bigger than a few clumps of sand, right?

>>2799248
It's fine, you poop worse turd than that.

>>2799250
>>2799255
sorry bros im just paranoid and have anxiety problems. i know poop is much larger, but poop aint like rock hard cement or whatever the ceiling was made out of. the sandy particulate im not so worried about, more the pebble/gravel sized chunks of ceiling.

>>2799174
They have one on the shelf for display, grab a caliper and measure it.
Either way, shouldn't be too hard to drill out for a different bolt pattern.

>>2799257
>but poop aint like rock hard cement
Eat more goyslop and it will be.
>>2799192

>>2794873
dont know if this is the right board to ask these sorts of question but is it worth buying a house with only electric baseboard heating? I dont think the house has any vents aside from the bathroom and kitchen.

Just checking to be sure, I learned a bit of residential electrical code back in the day but can’t find this. It’s allowed to use the second set of holes in pic to make an inline connection right? But if I have only one hole am I allowed to put 2 wires in (assuming they fit well)

And finally, I have a fourth wire in the same cable (switched, for a lamp further down), can I cram a wago straight connector inside the outlet box for that wire? Applicable code is iec 60364

>>2799268
My take is only if it's cheap as fuck

And I mean, REALLY cheap and all else is great

Central air/heating is expensive to install and you cannot do it yourself.

want to buy my first real calipers. vernier, dial, or digital? i don't use them often. want to go cheap, but decent quality, so i'm assuming i'd be better served by an analog set? suggestions appreciated.

>>2799190
>>2799258
the display is bolted down. they have measurements, but in the end i need to take it out of the box and size it up.
store said they might avoid the restocking fee if the engine was never ran.

>>2799314
If you don't use them often, vernier. But honestly even the cheap digital stuff is good to within a tenth of a mm, which is all a casual user needs. Only problem is the cheap digital stuff runs the battery 24/7 so they die kind of fast.

>>2799327
just take the battery out when you aren't using it.
i just tape the battery to the outside and slot it in when i actually need to use it.

>>2799314
Dial. If you don't use a digital one often you will spend more time hunting batteries than measuring.

>>2794873
Picked up a used drill press missing the quill feed wheel over the weekend. The hex bit in pic related is where it should attach. It measures about 7/8 inches across the flats, and 1 inch across the points. Would something like this work as a replacement wheel?

https://www.ebay.com/itm/3138785731<wbr>42

Trying to remove this hinge from an old turntable. It's riveted in and I was hoping to just pop the pin out so I can get the two halves apart and make removing them easier. But the ends of the hinge seem to be almost folded up?

Any idea on how to get this apart? Current idea is just jam a screwdriver in the gap on the folded edge and pry open, but not sure if that'll actually do shit.

>>2799586
You run the risk of it breaking the tab off.
Just drill the rivets out from the inside of the case.

>>2799354
both are 7/8" so in theory, it should work unless your drill press needs slanted spokes on the handle to clear the drive belts on top.

>>2799616
Who is going to put that thing under a drill press. Step bits eat rivets, easy. Prying is going to mar the surface.

Anyone know about hanging art?
I've got this A3 size risograph print that I wanna frame. Would it look better matted or unmatted? I'm leaning towards unmatted but I dunno if this is the kind of print that would get hurt being pressed against glass, which a mat would prevent.
What do you think? There's not a home decor board so I figured this is the next best place to task.

Are these okay to use with non-insulated wire? As in, bare copper?

What's the best way to make new contacts for 18650 batteries? I have some cordless 20v battery packs that have a corroded contacts. Or should I try and find the right size ones on temu?

I need to hang a backdrop for a projector onto a preexisting curtain rod. The existing curtain is black, so I need to hang material in front of it. I don't have the backdrop yet, so I'm not limited in that regard. The main issue is that this curtain rod is about 10' off the ground. There's no ladder at this venue, and I would need to rent a vehicle to be able to haul a ladder of my own. Your question, if you choose to accept it, is: what's the best method for rigging a backdrop to a curtain rod that's 10' off the ground without using a ladder, a drone, a trebuchet, a falcon, grappling hooks, etc

diet soda + toothbrush + rinse, you might not even need the toothbrush

>>2799654
>what's the best method for rigging a backdrop to a curtain rod
steal your mom's curtain hooks. or make some out of old hangers. it's literally what they are for, it's basically upside down J and you hang it right on the rod over the existing curtain. you could even make extended Js so each has a 2'2" long handle you can use to place them at 10', assuming your not a manlet. you can just put a simpler version of a curtain side hook through a hole for each one, you don't have to have the fancy clip and pocket. use a grommet or sew around the hole, bend hanger as appropriate.

I got a free grill and some cheap propane tanks. Problem is the guy ripped me off on the tanks, one that was supposed to be 3/4 full is empty, the other has a visibly cracked seal. I've removed the cracked piece of shit seal after verifying it leaks. I'll be wire brushing the brass to clean up the rest of the rubber and then putting back my own seal from the bits bins. I don't have a question. Wish me luck.

>>2799661
>Outworld scented hands typed this post

>>2799664
chuck it throw one of his windows

>>2799671
well the good news is I got it to seal enough to test the grill, the bad news is I don't have a gasket that is quite right (too big, too thin, too long) so while I can seal it once you mess with the tube or canister it starts leaking. Guess I'm headed to a propane exchange where some millenial who is on his phone will give me a new one.

>>2799654
Tie weights to both corners of the backdrop on some long rope, throw them over the rod, then pull on the ropes at the back to get it into position. Shouldn't be difficult, and you can tie them taut.

>>2799112
Universal for the Fischer ones just means they can work as both normal anchors and drywall anchors and don’t need to be fully inserted. These do only medium well in 19mm drywall imo (but okay for being 80% cheaper than Toggler) but are very good multi purpose anchors for harder and mixed materials. Keep in mind that they need to be hammered in and are more difficult to remove. Perfect in brick and concrete. In mortar (as in between rows of bricks) the smaller ones havent done too well for me (but that may have been my poor drilling it’s hard to put a clean 6mm hole in 100 year old mortar+grout) and they don’t expand as much as some others do. But cheap and good in 90% of cases

>>2799632
Whatever you go with, I'd hang it facing the wall

>>2799687
most hanging pictures are facing a wall.

>>2799636
Of course.
Use for what though? Not as a stripper, obviously ...
just as a wire cutter? Yes those will cut copper.

>>2799586
they are folded up. it keeps the pin in place. just fold them down and remove the pin.

>>2799615
this is fucking stupid advice. why would you drill perfectly good rivets before you ever had a problem? the tabs are made to bend and even if for some reason they break it's simple af to put a pin back without the tabs and it still looks good because you didn't gorillafuck the rivets. fucking cancerous moron.

>>2799632
you can find a framed work at a garage sale or goodwill and replace it with your piece. if you matt it yourself you need a special tool to bevel the cardboard matt. if you go to a frame store it's expensive af. putting that against glass (er plastic) shouldn't be a problem- it's clean and dry, and if you matt it typically you would dry mount it anyway which has more of a chance of fucking it up. otoh a real frame has glass and getting UV safe glass is important for protecting the ink.

>>2799709
>why would you drill perfectly good rivets before you ever had a problem?
>>2799586
>Trying to REMOVE THIS HINGE from an old turntable.

>>2799715
in which case it doesn't matter if he snaps the tabs.

>>2799747
Harbor freight sells a specific tool that’s a wide flat two prong fork. You got to get in between to two layers and pop the top out partially.

>>2794873
I have stainless steel HEMA feders and I want to class them up a bit with some designs. Should I slap them with some electro-chemical etching or hit it with an engraver? I'm not sure of the pros/cons of each method when it comes to putting a design onto something designed to hit stuff and imitate combat.

Is it possible to get non-LED versions of these lights?

How do I keep the ants out of my A/C relay? This is the third year in a row the relay's been clogged with ant carcasses.

>>2799867
I don't know where you live but in the US you certainly can.

>>2799875
When you replace the contactor, use a shielded one.
Dust the inside of the compartment with Sevin dust

>>2799314
> want to buy my first real calipers
Same here. I want the classic, manual ones, but holy shit. 99% of the stuff you see on Amazon is those random word salad Chinese “brands” and going to a local big box store is just the same shit, but with their own brand and at higher markup. So I either might as well go to AliExpress or get me some expensive pro stuff.
There’s some rather expensive jap brand, forgot the name, guess 60 bucks is what I have to spend then?

>>2800045
>There’s some rather expensive jap brand, forgot the name,
Mitutoyo

is it possible to grow seaweed at home? if yes, is it worth the effort and cost?

>>2800059
Yes and depends what you want to do with it.

>>2799875
Put copper grease. Protects it from oxidation and keeps the ants out as well

Actually just posting to find
> 2800000

>>2800053
That’s the name. Are they good? Other brands besides OKTLLGEER or whatever they’re all called worth looking into?

>>2799957
I hadn't thought of searching for "dimmable", that's a good idea.

>>2800072
ad seaweed farm: not commercial, just to grow fancy seaweed like mother of pearl for myself and as gift to friends and family

>>2800276
>That’s the name. Are they good?
They're supposed to be the best.
Unless you're a tool and die maker, any $20 caliper is all you need.

>>2800314
Well, I occasionally am called a “tool” so I guess I need them.
But yes, I’d guess mid-tier light to be good enough, but mid-tier seems dead.

any simple ways to remove super glue from plastic without damaging the plastic?<br>i'm considering sanding as the last option because i don't want to mess up the surface finish on the part.

hi /diy/
painter came by to paint the bathroom today after fixing some water damage. he also painted the radiator. i dont know anything about radiators or the paint he used (im guessing it was standard cheapo paint - the bathroom was painted before and some of the paint started having moisture issues)

is that safe / is there any problem? would the radiator ever get hot enough to cause the paint to catch fire or anything else bad? all the radiators in the apartment have paint on them, but i dont know if the other ones were painted with some special paint or something. thanks and sorry for being a peak retard

>>2800311
Ideal would be outdoor space for big seawater tanks. Building them permanent with concrete would be best, but you could do it with some IBC totes cut open. The more surface area the better. Are you close to the sea? If you cant collect sea water, the salt will get expensive fast. As will lights, if you do it indoors. water depths depends on the species of seaweed. Substrate should be rocks from the ocean. You'll need some good pumps to create a current and circulate the water.
You can add mussels, crustaceans and fish too if you want. You could start with a big aquarium indoors for learning purposes, but you will not harvest very much and it'll be quite expensive seaweed.

I took apart a couple electric motors I found for the copper. One of the stator windings wasn't copper, but a silvery metal. What else do they use for them? Aluminium to cheap out on material?

>>2800440
Yes, it's aluminum with copper-colored varnish coating.
The chinks are even making insulated, stranded wire with aluminum conductors.

Please help a poor, simple man. I'm gonna greentext the story so you have full context.
>Notice water dripping from a CoAx cable running out of the attic
>Go up and investigate
>Drip pan for furnace/AC (not sure the combo term) full and nearly overflowing
>Drain it with a wet/dry vac
>Look for leaks or cracks
>Can't find any
>AC won't turn on
>Buy new float switch and install it
>AC works
>Dripping continues
>Turn off AC
>Realize there's nowhere for the condensation to drain out of the pipes, they just form a full loop
>Drain them with the wet/dry vac
>Decide to try and pump water out
>Figured a regular pump would burn up since it wouldn't be full all the time
>No fucking clue what to buy
>Wageslave at Harbor Freight suggests a condensate pump
>Buy it and install it
>Doesn't fucking help at all, barely kicks on and overflows
>Decide to go fucking nuclear option
>Go to Home Depot and buy a fuckload of fittings, including a connector for a garden hose
>T into the drain circle that previous owners installed
>Connect garden hose
>Run garden house out of gable vent
>Realize this won't actually drain anything because no water pressure
>Now I just have a drain loop connected to a 50 foot garden hose running out of my attic
>Dripping significantly decreased, but only temporarily because I can't get rid of the fucking water
>mfw

Please help me, /diy/nosaurs. I just wanna run my AC and not have buckets in my fucking room.

>inb4 hire someone

Fuck that. I wanna learn how to fix it and do it myself.

What does it mean when an appliance, a dishwasher in this case, says to 'Reset power to breaker for 30 seconds'<br>Does that mean just unplugging it?

I've got these wall anchors that came with this pullup bar and I just don't understand how this is meant to hold onto the wall.
The screw is flat, there's no head to it. It's just smooth.
The wall plug is just a shank with no threads. It comes with a nut and washer.

I have a concrete wall. But even with a dry wall I just don't understand how such an "anchor" would work?
Every steel wall anchor I've ever used had a threaded plug and a big bolt with a hexagonal head

>>2800699
As you tighten the bolt the screw is pulled towards the nut, which pulls the flat head into the body which expands it.

How do i remove this water ( Underground garage without drainage )

Electronics learning fren

I'm learning electronics right now and just earlier I made a simple parallel DC circuit with a LED, resistance and capacitor, because I wanted to observe the capacitor charging with my own eyes instead of blindly believing the theory.

I noticed that after 2 to 3 RC time constants the LED did start getting dimmer, but it was also having alot of flickering, all the way at 5 RC or so it was practically off but still flickered to full brightness randomly.

What's the reason for the flickering? I thought the dimming process should be gradual, since the electrons should gradually build up on one capacitor plate, and the electrons on the other side gradually move to the negative terminal of the battery. Unless it's random noise maybe inducing a current due to Faraday's law but then I should have also had brightness increases without the capacitor there (which I didn't)??

Anonymous

>>2794873
>dripping faucet driving me insane
How the fuck do I pull out the valve ceramic thingmabob? It has no clearance for a regular wrench.
Please help I am going to kill myself if it continues to drip

>>2800759
Draw the circuit please, what are you using to drive it?

>>2800760
Do you not have basin/tap wrenches? Also called backnut wrenches.

Electronics learning fren

>>2800761
I was using a 9V DC battery.

It was literally just
Battery + terminal -> Wire -> Resistance (56k Ohm) -> Capacitor (470uF) -> LED light -> Wire -> Battery - terminal
(Everything was wired parallel)

Anonymous

>>2800762
No, I will look into that (and how it is called in my) language. Thanks for the picture.
>>2800763
It should be exponential decay/rise. What you describe means something is off. If you wired the LED parallel to the RC circuit then it is short-circuiting the battery.
Try a series circuit with the same constant.
Flickering usually means bad contact or something broken/burnt (in simple DC circuits such as these, of course). Drawings and pictures would really help to understand what you are doing vs what you think you are doing.
You can use this to draw and simulate:
https://www.falstad.com/circuit/

>>2794873
Briggs straton 875 tiller. Wtf is this wire? No volt meter handy.

>>2800812
Under the governer system. Also which position for governer for start? Prob is not getting spark.

>>2800756
cover it with one of pic related or kitty litter
allow granules to absorb oil
sweep up and dispose of
powdered detergent works great as a finish clean after using the dry sweep
carry a bucket of water and a mop or towel for final removal

>>2800756
you get a paper towel and you wipe it up you fucking zoomie faggot.

>>2800760
needle nose or adjustable wrench tips in twist with another wrench

>>2800851
Good advice.
I use sheetrock 90 drywall dry mix…. Just dump some on and it will soak it up.
Then, after a decade or two, I get around to sweeping it up

>>2800946
That could actually work. but my wrenches don't really fit there, maybe with smaller ones.
I've resorted to use the faucet handle itself to unscrew that, it's a quarter turn to
>put handle
>push down
>remove handle
>put it on the closed position
>push down
>repeat
>thing removed
I was afraid to do this because it is a fragile looking metalized plastic thing.

Thanks guys the dripping is gone.

>>2800957
>>2800946

Also insane photoshop skills kek

Should I install a Weather Resistant receptacle in my bathroom? It gets super humid after a shower since the vent fan suck ass.

>>2801014
no you should replace the vent fan. the outlet should be GFCI so you can hairdryer in the bathtub and not die, a little swamp air won't hurt anything. replace the damn vent fan.

my garage is only drywalled and insulated where it shares a wall with the house. it's all studded out and I have insulation and drywall to do the rest. there is no vapor barrier outside the studs, just wall board (1/4" not drywall) and brick or particle board then wood siding or roof.

I don't need to add vapor barrier on the inside right? like insulation > vapor barrier > drywall etc. I can just go insulation > drywall > firetape right?

the battery pack of my hair trimmer reached the end of its life as it barely charges.
Replacements seem difficult to find so I took it apart to see if I could replace the cells.
the pack is labeled 2.4V 800mAh and inside there were two AA-looking 900mAh 1.2V NiCd flat-top cells with tabs soldered on a "PCB".
I'm having trouble finding the same NiCd cells so I was wondering if I could replace them with NiMH cells of the same capacity.
I've read they're not the same, as NiCd seems to have a higher peak current or something like that and there might be an issue with trickle charging.
Any help is appreciated.

>>2801119
I think they are interchangeable with caveats because the charging profile of the two types of battery are different. I am an EE but I know little about batteries in specific, sorry m8. Can you buy a charger with the battery pack you are looking into?

Also whatever charge monitor IC your thingmabob has is probably expecting the old pack... I hate consumer electronics I hate consumer electronics I hate consumer electronics (x 1000)

>>2795127
>>2795122
Never paint mud or even bare drywall without priming it first. You aren't your grandfather, there's no lead or anything in the paint anymore that makes it worth a piss. It will bubble no matter if it's flat or gloss.

>any flat latex paint works fine for a first coat;
Tell this to all your customers so I can make more money off them in 3 years.

>>2801040
The vapor barrier on the exterior is all you need unless you're doing the floor. If you have none I would go with the purple drywall for safety of mind. Moisture is only a problem when it's not allowed to dry out, in some cases a vapor barrier will make the problem worse.

>>2800948
>I use sheetrock 90 drywall dry mix
You can also brush it on window panes to make oily fingers/oils dissapear without using windex. Glazers use it to clean windows from the putty.

>>2800562
>Realize this won't actually drain anything because no water pressure
You have a drip pan in your attic and somehow can't manage to make water find its level to the ground and for some reason you believe you need a pump? Did you try sloping the drain rofl? It's bad enough you haven't called your landlord already.

>>2795472
No. Galvanization is an eletrochemical process. Also zinc is toxic.

>>2801170
Wait, you're telling me it's water in that pan? A liquid that flows? And all I have to do is tilt the pan and it will magically disappear? That's fucking wild, man!

How to (in theory) make amphetamine at home with a big budget?

>>2801370
>Galvanization is an eletrochemical process
no it's not. that's how "hot dip galvanization" is done