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>>1186998
Sheet metal brake + spot welder.

Spot welding aluminum requires a good spot welder, so use thin steel.

You could tig weld together thin sheet metal but then you need a good tig welder ($500).

sheet metal brake + thin gauge steel + $100 harbor freight spot welder


Let the tongs cool down before you unclamp them from the metal or it will pop a divot of metal out of the weld and look like garbage.

also let the tongs cool before starting on the next weld, industrial spot welders have water cooled tongs.

>>1186998
>desktop
>wifi
You should focus on getting your shit together so you can stop living with your parents.

>>1186998
>So for hard drives especially Is there a way to have some sort of stable sata+power connector that wont move when a drive is taken out from it

Yes. It's called hot swap bays, good to have with RAID.

>>1186906
You should 3D print it, even if you only want one and it's faster and easier to sculpt by hand. 3D printing is the only way to make anything :DDD

>>1186911
no it can be done this way.
OP- once sculpted you could put a layer of mold release compound (or just some separating layer) on the sculpture and as far as resin almost any will work the difference will just be hardness and color and glossiness and such

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>>1186906
If u make a mold i have had PERFECT luck with 2 part castable plastic. Ez-flo 60 on amazon.

Shit gets hot and sets up fast.

DO NOT get that shit on u.

Mix quick and pour. Anywhere water could get out this will. Seal up that mold good.

It's probably only worth it with ASICs since you need to be able to get more money out of it than you spend on energy.

>>1186699
>so ive been looking into bitcoin mining

seriously child, if you don't know how to use Google, you will never mine bitcoins for a profit.

what is it about this board that attracts these chrome plated idiots?

>>1186702
What about having solar panels or another source of energy generation?

>>1186601
I suspect you are talking about laser engraving, not cutting. Yes, a laser engraver would be able to do shading BUT it will depend on your wood AND how much time you put into tweaking gradient parameters.

>>1186625
Alright thanks.

Are you trying to use the laser to engrave the pattern on the piece itself, or to make the block for making the print?

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my living room

>>1186570
dining space, ignore the state of the aquarium I just moved and I haven't had time to properly arange the live rock

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>>1186571
forgot pic

>>1186290
That's a fucking Stauer isn't it

Stauers are janky shit. Take it to someone who adjusts watch bands for a living and pray

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photo on dissipator

>>1186006
>>1186010
Incorrect device for that purpose. All you need for that is black metal pipe and a P&T valve. You don't need a specialized collector and you don't need a vacuum. Also, the through put of such a small collector spot won't give you very good flow for making hot water.

If you really want to use the heatsink for something, get a Peltier thermoelectric module. You can use the Peltier as a heater, a cooler, or as an electric generation device. All you do is slap a heatsink on them. You could actually use one to make hot water and cold water at the same time. They can also be used in solar applications by heating one side and cooling the other with the heatsink to create electric.

https://www.walmart.com/ip/12V-60W-TEC1-12706-Heatsink-Thermoelectric-Cooler-Peltier-Cooling-Plate-Module/565254255

If you are still needing hot water from solar, look into making a solar box oven with some piping running through it.

>>1186011
>P&T valve

"T&P Valve" fixed

Have you looked at those bean bags that heat up? You could put it under your car heater for a few minutes.

https://www.ifixit.com/Guide/iOpener+Instructions/11677

>>1185945
If you are going to be this for a job, you might as well use the right equipment to do it.

>>1185945
Butane heat guns exist. Who would be your customers? Wouldn't they be more comfortable going to a brick and mortar establishment? Will you be dealing with carless ghetto dwellers?

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>>1185909
Here is the schematic of the power supply section, including the bulb. The part number in the schematic is 65e02013s01, but that doesn't bring anything up on google. The bulb in the video looks like a generic indicator bulb that you can find on ebay and various online shopping sites.

Can you post a picture of the bulb itself?

Also, please do a quick test: tape a torch/flashlight where the bulb should be and test with different sized record, just to test if the LDR portion (the detector) is working. Just to be sure.

>>1186351
The schematic can be found on Vinyl engine if you need the rest of it. To answer your LED question, to do that you would need to find somewhere else to piggyback the LED in another part of the circuit that has lower voltage and DC current, since by the looks of the schematic it is hooked up directly to the 120v center tap on the primary of that transformer. Neon lamps require higher voltage to glow than LEDs

The most straight forward and simple way imo is just to get a neon lamp assortment like this, and find the size that best matches the original.
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/i/32343993534.html

This is why I love living in a frozen shithole. No bugs. Call an exterminator or move to canada. Sage.

>>1185795
Dont try and build your own cockroach traps, chances are youre not going to get the needed chemicals and they'll outsmart you somehow (tricky little bastards)
>go buy some quality cockroach traps and buy lots, then maybe take the weekend off, clean your apartment from any food, breadcrumbs and seal everything real good
>???
>profit

>huge
Unless it's a german cockroach, I think you're overreacting. Take care of any water leaks or other sources of moisture.

If german, consider calling a pro.
I'm not usually a buyfag but I've warred with those bastards before and a pro would be better equipped to kill them without also poisoning you.

>>1185762
You really don't have space for a monitor foot? Where are the monitors now? Are you wanting to gain space?

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>>1185762
I'd get one of these and call it a day.

>>1185771
>desk spontaneously explodes, because it's flawed tempered shit
>everything crashes down
OP should also get a freestanding keyboard tray and keep a blast shield around the desk.

>>1185522
Bad thread

>>1186073
Why did you bump it?
Put sage in options field to post without bumping.

>>1186077
Sage hasnt worked in like a decade
Also fuck you, if a thread is shit, let it die.
Sometimes you can get good discussion, even if OP is stupid

>>1185370
I'd think the gloss would throw off the chroma keying but never tried it so can't say for sure. Would be relativity easy to test.

>>1185370
The other anon is right. You don't want gloss because any point of light will have a highly specular response off of the material

Proper green screen materials are smooth and matte so that light hitting it is diffuse

>>1185370
If you already have some, test it with OBS.

>>1184692
First look up your laws because many places have laws against collecting rain water, especially during droughts. Second, if you want to collect rain water without fucking over any soil that desperately needs it (as if there was a drought or something) I would make several smaller rain collectors that feed into pvc pipe that feed into a large container. It's a good idea to filter out the shit from your water but you probably want to use something better than a shirt. A window screen cut up and layered several times would work for all the big stuff.

To purify, you'll just want to use chlorine. You can put chlorine in water enough to purify it but also keep it safe to drink. You could boil it but it would take a long time to heat up to boiling point then a long time to cool down. Also de-oxygenated water sucks to drink for any extended period of time.

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>>1184692
I have pic related, only much larger, like a "fema" coffin (around 1000l in volume), connected to my gutters in my back yard, it's 3 meters over the ground, over a wood beam structure that also serves as a tool/broom closet. I have a hose running down from it into a tap.

I use the water to water the plants and wash things. You don't need to do much maintenance, only removing the sediment after a couple of years.

>>1184715
Well if OP is in a house the roof is prime space there for rain collecting.

>>1183434
Also I'll just say I have access to an oven and other general household shit so im not expecting a miracle. I'll be doing this in about 7 hours after work.

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>>1183434
All questions to ask google.

>>1183458
Thought i might get some more expertise here but what did i expect