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>>1193974

Based on years of experience, I can assure you that the best way to grow grass is to try to prevent it from growing. Buy some concentrated Roundup and saturate the sand weekly, and in no time at all it will be sprouting grass like crazy. No need to buy seeds or fertilizer, either.

>>1193993
Seems like a good way to fuck up the rest of my lawn.

turn soil over to push sand down, turn til you hit clay(if you have any near the surface), mix peat moss, thin layer of bag dirt, gypsum and work that into the topsoil you freed from that sand.

Next depends on your budget/time.(above done to KEEEP your grass alive/salt/sand/murder resistant)

Money/time, get pregrown grass, lay down into your fresh dirt, pin down corners, and water regularly til it blends into your yard(don't overwater)

Get bags of appropriate grass seed, spread, water before/after, do as bag says til you have grass. Bonus get green/brown/whatever covering to help keep grass seed from birds/drying out/blowing away.

>>1193973

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>>1193973
>but how do I go about spacing the numbers and the pieces of wood, etc?

You need a tool called a "divider". You can buy one, but the ones they make nowadays are not very good. Check local estate auctions and see if you can find one made 50 years ago or more. We can help you refurbish it, and in the end you will have a tool that will be your go-to tool for the rest of your life.

>>1193992

Thanks for this bit of info. Anything to look for in particular? I've look at tools at yard sales for years, but only see cheap junk. Not been to any estate sales.

>>1193468
>place a brick in each leg

I've seen a ton of beds like this. Just fix the leg in place, on the riser, so jostling it won't make it slide off.

They sell plastic risers that don't look ghetto for a few dollars. If you don't care, there's no reason not to use a brick instead. Just make sure you put risers or bricks under the supports in the middle of the bed as well.

>>1193468
The brick will crumble and you'll surely die. Better get another plan.

>>1193298
Stroke order is important. They aren't that hard. Get heisigs remembering the kanji.

Voicing is also more important than introductory books let on, like bridge and chopstick is written and pronounced the same way to gaijin but natives say them differently.


Consider finding a local tutor or college course in japanese

>>1193303
would that I could, but I live in the bible belt, and the colleges around me teach Chinese or only offer Spanish/German foreign language focus.

You say stroke order, meaning that they actually can tell what order the strokes were made? That sounds absolutely absurd. I don't think I could ever pay that much attention to detail.

What is/are heisigs?

>>1193306
Heisig is an authours last name
If you are whining about detail or this night possibly be too hard for you to ever do, go join the military or something where you're not allowed to fuck up to toughen your shit up.

Literally a child can learn this.

Diamond shapes like the 80° CNMG are probably popular because they are cheap and strong. I use them the most by far.

I don't use the T style triangle inserts a whole lot so I'm not really sure about them.

>>1193209
I've got probably a couple/few hundred triangle style of all kinds, and maybe 50 or 75 diamonds of various sizes (mostly carbide, a couple diamond tipped CBN).

So I'm just wondering if I should buy a new triangle insert holder (the one I have is fucked up) or sell them and start using diamond shaped stuff.

With the diamond shaped ones it just seems like there is more material that isn't being used.

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>>1192677
Obviously you have never had to fuck with a clogged garbage disposal. Just dont flush anything except for shit and paper

>>1192681

well they usually clog from some asshole trying to throw a whole chicken down the tubes.

i dont think it would have any issue with poo.

>>1192677
Garbage disposals are breaking things up to go down a pipe smaller than 2". Toilets drain directly into larger pipes. It will be unnecessary expense and mess for absolutely no reason. And >>1192681 is right, what will clog a toilet will destroy a garbage disposal. Which is usually excessive toilet paper per flush. I don't think you want to try unclogging a garbage disposal jammed with poopy TP.

>>1192206
Well it kind of depends on location. Bangkok or Bhutan?

>>1192098
You still won't come out ahead. Your competition aren't paying for their energy.

>>1192098

get better memes.

>>1192098

You have no idea what your doing, go back to /b/

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>>1191516
These are the hoses that came with the sink. Couldn't he just have fitted longer ones if they wouldn't reach?

>>1191516
It uses utility water, very dangerous.
Also it's California, they have to regulate everything.

That should have taken only an hour.

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>>1189996
Check >>>/out/
They have very well developed threads on gardening/plants.

>>1189996
Plant it outdoors and make a solution of rooting hormone and water, a soak the root mass very well.

Ask me anything boiz

How often do you cry yourself to sleep?

>>1175747
Do you guys ever stock straight 2x4s?

>>1195831
Never tried it. Shouldn't the sub get the sum of both channels?

>>1195859
they get the same signal from the amp, so that makes it a bit easier

>>1195831
i guess you wouldn't want to feed your sub with already amped sig. might blow the thing up (literally). got to take the sum of both sigs (you can mix them together using equal resistors before input at each signal line so they don't mix at the input of the amp)

ha ha flyovers

>>1195667
>best homemade mixture

Shit.

>>1195678
>implying burying your shit is worse than living among shit

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>>1195658
>Really?
>waited 8 minutes
don't tell me you didn't even bother googling cast iron skillet logos.

here's a hint: your skillet has a longhorn in it's logo

>>1195698
That was a shitposter commenting that on several threads.

>>1195698
Absolutely no help.

>>1195363
You'd probably need to make your own transformer with a few different secondary coils. That means winding a lot of coils and making a metal core. You don't need perfection, so a solid metal core instead of a laminate will work if that's easier for you to source. For toroidals you'll need to get those off ebay.

Also, using a Microwave Oven Transformer (MOT) is what most people do, but those are single setting unless you wind a new secondary coil for it (like what people do for making spot welders out of them).

DIY equipment is fine so long as safety is kept in mind.

>>1195363
>So I'm wondering if anyone here knows where I might be able to get a variable transformer that won't break the bank but actually reaches at at least 15 KV (but not more than 30 KV).

use a 120v variac and a single voltage high voltage transformer ( non electronic one - just coils & an iron core )

>>1195363

You flat-out aren't going to find what you need, in the price range you want, as an off-the-shelf solution. Mostly because of your "variable" requirement.

It would be much cheaper to make your own, even if you have to spend a bit on enough magnet wire to make a large enough transformer.