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Aside from blowing them all, 2017-06-25 12:48:25 Post No.1198920
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Aside from blowing them all,
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2017-06-25 12:48:25
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what can I do to keep the guys doing work for me happy? It's a pretty large outdoor job for a couple days in the hot summer. I have a basement bathroom I'm going to offer, and probably fill a cooler with ice cold gatorade.
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Sit in a lawnchair watching them work getting drunk off ur ass
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>>1198921
pretty sure do the opposite?
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a cold beer at the end of the day. stay out of the way come, check the job once or twice and tell them if your happy or you want things done a little differently.
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Can /diy/ help me identify the white connector on this board? It's usb, looking to replace the entire cable.
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>>1198412
it's not a connector, it's just a plastic frame to hold the pins in the right position to be soldered. you don't need it, just record which pins are what color/go to pins on the usb connector and solder your new cable.
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>>1198413
I figured that might be the case. Thanks
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>>1198412
>the white connector on this board
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pin_header
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I have this defective Federal Pacific Electric breaker panel that needs to be replaced.
Would a retard with no electrical experience but some basic understanding of US residential wiring and electricity in general be able to replace it without electrocution?
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Nope. And u have to call the utility to pull your meter in order to change the panel.
You can diy, with assistance from the utility but if you've never done it before and are retarded your just gonna cost yourself alot of money.
Sorry anon. Find an electrician who can pull the meter for you, but most importantly replace the seal on it after your done.
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>>1197375
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whats wrong with the panel?
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>>1197378
This is what I figured. I'm buying this house and the sellers are cutting me a check to replace this and pay for a couple other issues, but I thought maybe I could DIY as much of the shit as possible and save some dollerydoos.
>>1197381
Like 10% of the breakers manufactured don't trip until they're way over the current rating, and some of those actually get physically jammed to where they never trip under any conditions. The company cheated in their UL certification to hide this, and sold a fuckton of these panels until someone figured out their ruse.
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Removing rust and painting over scratches on car 2017-06-17 09:13:38 Post No.1195288
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Removing rust and painting over scratches on car
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So my mom scratched up the side of her car a while ago and she only told me about it now. The scratches are surface level and the several rust spots are about 1 inches by 5 inches big. I figure I'll do the repairs myself since the rust spots are pretty small and it's an old ass beater car.
I've never done this before though so I'm not too sure of the process involved, and I have no tools either. I'm thinking I need to get sandpaper first to sand off the rust first (what grit?) then prime over the bare metal? Is there a special primer I need for this or can I just get any primer that goes on metal? What paint do I need and will I need to apply some sort of top coat at the end? It's a shitty old car so I don't care if the colors don't match up exactly or whatever. I just want to fix up the scratches.
Pic related from google except with more rust spots
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>>1195293
Really what?
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>>1195298
Really?
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>>1195343
Really what?
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I have a couple of light fixtures light this in my house (example from google, without the glass dome). They have two bulbs in them that are mounted horizontally and there's some foil on the base of the fixture to reflect some of the light to that goes up back down into the room. I am going to make the switch to LED bulbs and I was thinking I could use a bulb that only has LEDs on one side instead of an omnidirectional bulb. This way, all of the light would go downward. Thing is, I can't seem to find what I need. Does such a bulb exist? What do I need to search for? Is it something I can DIY?
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make them mounted vertically
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If you found one that has LEDs on only one side, how would you be sure it pointed down?
Those are screw base sockets and the lamps should be firmly tightened.
If it's tight with the LEDs up, what then?
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>>1198858
As far as I've seen the short answer is no! As for mounting it vertical that would require a new fixture!
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Had my grass relaid 6 months ago but it's as lumpy as a steam engine.
I know you guys love dirt yards buuuuut.....
Is there any way to smooth it out? We're talking two and three inch differences in base height here....
Wish I'd called the contractors back but I didn't. I'm hoping to god now that there's a way to do this without killing the grass off, roto tilling and rolling
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Shiet...
You can't fix that, it's been down for while a and seems like it's mostly settled. you can try to press some of the high spots and just trow a little bit of dirt on the low spots (almost covering it). Grass will eventually grow on top of that. "quickest" way i could think is to just trow some more dirt over the low spot and spread some seed
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>>1198811
>wahhhh my lawn is not flat >.<
>how do i dig out some dirt without making a scar in the ground?
fucking 1st world problems
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>>1198825
Fuck off to your shithole and hope we don't leave any lumps in it
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Original Xbox Displays only a grey screen no sound and the eject button resets the system 2017-06-24 12:24:06 Post No.1198660
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Original Xbox Displays only a grey screen no sound and the eject button resets the system
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Please help
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Could it be an A/V cable issue?
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>>1198666
Fucking no. How could the A/V cable cause the eject button to function differently? Get out.
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Sounds like brain problems. What do the caps look like?
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Picknick table / bench 2017-06-24 10:13:04 Post No.1198619
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Iam planning on making a bench/ picnic table as shown in the picture. Can anyone help me with a drawing or builing plan?
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>>1198619
Sure, let me google that for you.
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Stop trying to be original, the designs already been perfected.
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>>1198619
What do you need help with? Everything is visible in the picture you posted.
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I want to build a simple USB controlled (on/off, maybe change directions) motor. I can do some programming/scripting and have basic soldering skills. How do I start? I'd rather not shell out 20+ bux on some gay-ass arduino or whatever.
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motor? what to power? those cheap $2 ones cant really be beat, you can solder the usb cable to it or solder a connector to it.
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>>1198608
I'm happy if I can just turn it on and off through a script or something. I want to use it as a physical notifier for random stuff.
Would this work? http://www.ebay.de/itm/Mini-Digispark-Kickstarter-ATTINY85-Micro-USB-Development-Board-for-Arduino-/331453927604?hash=item4d2c3190b4:g:FL4AAOSwa39UvHm4
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>>1198615
>just turn it on and off
If you can script the DTR output pin this is all you would need.
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Need some help on approaching this. 2017-06-23 12:05:11 Post No.1198128
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Need some help on approaching this.
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My parents house is getting old and in need of some touch ups. My mom told me a bit from the front of her house broken off. I went to check it out and it's this interesting styrofoam piece with a hard shell over it. I have no idea how to approach this. Any advice? Pic is related.
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>>1198128
Another picture.
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>>1198128
glue it back on, fill holes with filler done
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is probably polyurethane (expanding foam)
you can buy a spray can of it and replace all the side of it once you stick it down again, or just do as >>1198139 said and just glue it back
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Is anyone here working on this? 2017-06-22 01:57:59 Post No.1197668
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Is anyone here working on this?
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Hey everyone! I'm working on a device to close and open the lenses like in the movie, is anyone here working on this?
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>>1197668
Copy a camera shutter
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>>1197668
When I figure out how to do the rorschach mask I'll let ya know.
BTW it's been like 10 years so far so don't hold your breath.
Camera shutter idea is pretty good for something mechanical.
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>>1197668
They use cgi in the movie m8
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Hey guys
My furnace is running but it's clogged up or something so the air is obviously out
Will this affect anything else like the fridge?
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>>1197489
yes, its connected to your fridge, remove all your food and throw it our its probably contaminated with dust and bacteria now
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>>1197812
this, be very careful of what you save from the fridge. depending on how long your vents have been out, your fridge could be a death trap from bacteria
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Hello /diy/, I have a incipient proyect to build a laser with enough power to blow tires, problem is, I suck at optics and can't find a way to amke the damn thing work, got a deccent enough power source and I use some lenses to focus the ray, but it's not working, I don't care if it takes 1-10 minutes of focusing fire on the point to snap the tire, bit I'm sick with my own design.
Anyone care to share another one, so I can follow steps and ideas to solve my problem.
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Last night I dreamed about a world where /pol/ was filled with people older then 18 and /k/ only talked about hunting and /out/ about fly fishing, and where /ck/ was only interested in BBQ recipes and /fit/ wasn't full of gymfags rather it was full of runners and boxers while /o/ only talked about pickups and best of all /diy/ focused on actual diy shit, like building decks and making flag poles.
Too bad it was only a dream.
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>>1196465
I'm sorry people want to make stuff out of your comfort zone, but on the bright side you got a monopoly on table making and screwing wood on this thread if that makes you feel better.
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>>1196478
>Out of my comfort zone
You mean they're pussys who don't know what's good?!
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Hey all, first time posting here not sure if this is the right spot but hoping it fits. I have a couple truckloads of windows with aluminum frames. I have taken the frames off of some of them and sold them for scrap. However, I still have plenty left and the screws are hard to remove, tried using a screwdriver and a drill with no luck. I busted the glass out of several of them but it is time consuming and makes a mess. What can I do to loosen these screws in order to get them out?
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>>1195964
Heat them with a blowtorch for a bit and unscrew them while the metal is expanded. Or maybe just drill the heads off and pull them apart.
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>>1195975
>just drill the heads off and pull them apart
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>>1195964
Impact driver and suitable bit?
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So, I've been smoking pipes for 20 years and I've decided to start making my own wood pipes. I've been doing a lot of reading, watching YouTube tutorials, and so on, and the thing which is causing me the most concern is wax/oil. Everyone seems to have a different treatment for the wood, and a lot of the instructions are contradtory. This wouldn't be a problem except that some people warn that using the wrong wood treatment can not only harm the wood, it can be toxic.
The main options seem to be tung oil, linseed, carnauba wax, beeswax, olive oil, and nose oil. Can anyone give me a definitive answer on what I should be using on pipe wood (generally briar, but other hardwoods like apple possible) without poisoning myself?
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Interesting being worried about a little bit of chemical vapor relative to purposefully inhaling toxic pipe tobacco vapor for 20 years isn't it?
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>>1198419
(1) You don't inhale a pipe. You smoke for flavour and absorb the nicotine through your bucal membranes.
(2) According to the NIH, moderate pipe smokers who don't inhale actually have a LOWER chance of early death than strict non-smokers. 20% lower to be exact.
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>>1198416
If you're worried about toxins use olive oil and finish with bee was. Personally I'd go with boiled linseed.