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Anyone got one of these?
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yep. draws stale air out of the kitchen and bathrooms and dumps it outside, pulls fresh air from the attic space.
it's been up there for 30+ years doing it's thing, i don't really think about it any more apart from pulling the core and washing the dust out every 2 or 3 years.
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>>1149957
Pretty much every new house built to decent standards.

New houses are fairly air tight so they need a mechanical means to replace the air. Definitely a drain on resources though.
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>>1150059
How often do you clean the filters?

Does anyone know how I could go about making mats like this with a hexagonal pattern on them? They're used for a game called heroscape though they are not sold anymore so I wanted to either make some myself or maybe even find a site online where I could have these custom made for me
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Here's how they are used in the game
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And I know that when these were made, it was by a single guy because these mats were custom made and not officially sold by Hasbro who made Heroscape
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>>1149934
Why not just print on cardstock? Or normal paper glued onto cardboard?

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i want to build a bike generator, but all the diy vids i see make it obvious that you have to constantly pedal to power anything. is there a way to store the electricity i create, instead of it all getting used immediately?
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Did you even look at the picture you posted? What the hell is this thread?
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Electricity is cheaper than food.
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>>1149893
flat out at your hardest possible pedaling, you'll be putting out about 250W. You'll only be able to geep that up a few seconds.
Continuously, you can usefully put out 60-80 or so if you're in shape.

So, like, you can charge a cell phone in half an hour or so, or run an oven... if you get 15-20 friends.

Why are you doing this?

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When building a new house, what should you expect to pay for the lot vs. the house build? Is there a commonly assumed ratio, like 20%/80%?
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>>1149892
Depends on how big the lot you want and the location.
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Call it an urban area, maybe two city lots
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>>1149903
what city?
location, location, location.

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I need your help to figure this shit out

I bought an ice cream freezer, I need to install a thermostat so I can use it as a fridge to store water.

How fucking ever, the freezer comes with a heating element around the frame and a fan located in front of the compressor, I have no idea what turns on the fan or even why it comes with a fan, or why the hell it has a heating element (regular chest freezers don't come with fans or heating elements) since the damned thing only comes with a single turning switch with 7 lvls of temperature (7 is the lowest)

I wanted to install a stc1000 thermostat, so I can still use it as a freezer if I want. But I have no idea how the thing works with those extra elements.
Pics below
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>>1149873

Here's the diagram

(shitty translator btw)
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>>1149873

the thermostat
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>>1149873

translation:

Tension 115~
Ffrequency 60Hz 2.8A

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Is it possible to make a 2 stroke 6-cylinder axial engine, wherein 3 pistons serve as air pumps for the opposing cylinder?

It makes sense to me. One piston functions as a pump to force fresh air/fuel mixture into the opposing cylinder where the actual combustion happens.

The first drawing is a diagram of how 1 pair of pumping and combustion cylinders would work.
The second drawing is a top view. O cylinders are pumping cylinders and X cylinders are combustion cylinders, with the arrows pointing in the direction of air flow.
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>>1149848
so it's some convoluted way to put a motor driven turbo on a 2 stroke?
WTF?

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Anyone here made the router lift from ShopNotes magazine no. 121? It seems to be a really popular router lift on the net and looks simple enough to build so I want to give it a go.

Only problem is the router lift is designed to fit a regular round router in a clamping system whereas I only own a plunge router which is more of an oval shape. Also my router tapers a little thinner towards the top so I can't think of a good way to modify the plans to mount my router in a clamping system as intended in the original plans.

Any ideas /diy/?
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>>1149840
If you want to lift a router you first need to unplug it.

Lenny the burger
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>>1149840
if you already have a plunge router, take the easy way out

find a crappy table, preferably in the trash
cut a hole for the bit
drill and coutersink some holes for mounting screws
mount the router to it
adjust depth by changing plunge amount on router

the only thing you might need to buy is some longer screws, but otherwise, it can be done for practically nothing
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>>1149865
This is what I'm doing atm but it's kinda hard to unlock it and push it upwards from underneath the table to increase my cutting depth. Sometimes unlocking it causes the springs to decompress and I lose what my height was at. If a router lift can't be done then I'll just keep putting up with it. It's just kinda annoying and I'd rather something that can be incrementally adjusted.

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first of all sorry if my english is weird, its not my native tounge, but ill do my best.
so i got this KVM switcher and i want to recycle it. i make weird music that is based on heavy effect processed sounds. (for instance a lot of guitar pedals can be used, rack FX units, etc).
so i wanted to make this into a weird audio mixer/looper. the order of stuff and whats on and off can expande the possibilities of sounding fast.

but im kinda slow today and cant get a concrete idea. but i was thinking hooking a lot of FX loops (send and returns), to be used each with a singe FX unit. so we have Loops, say 8. L1, L2, L3, etc.

so... what i would like this thing to do, from the most basic to the ideal (not sure if possible) goals.

that it could switch between:
1- On/Off loops in a static order.
2-On/Off loops in switcheable order.
both 1 and 2 are based on a mono input and mono output. no weird routing or panning stuff that will be present on option 3:
3-same as above but also having a mono-stereo split somewhere, so for example
signal in-loop1-splitter-
split1-loop4-loop3-out1
split2-loop2-loop6-loop8-loop loop5-out2
where out 1 could be a hard panned L and out 2: same but R.

we can think most FXs have a gain stage so everything can be pasive.

im a bit confused right now. also checking the circuit board. i supose this is just a 13 pin switcher, each big switch connects input to output and thats it.

for option 2 and 3 i would have to add more individual switches, this would in a certain form, program the 4 main switches.
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components i can get here are:
4P3T rotary
2P6T rotary
3PDT &4PDT, but expensive , try to avoid
8 pin 3 positiion switch
and more common 3 , 6pin on on, on off on, etc
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the board
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i built once a joystick mixer, one input, split ro 4 loops, joystick opened one of the 4 returns, a switch feedback the loop, regulated with a pot, the other big switch was the clean bypassed just in out signal, rotary switch for a permanent on going from loop1 to 4 ,then clean. first postition was just off. letting the unit in joystick mode. other rotary did stereo outs, loop1-2, then 3-4, then 1-3, having all posible 6 positions and with another swith reversing them, wich are the whole 12 possible combinations.and another switch opened a momentary, momentaryt and permament switch for that, same for inversor.

its the thing that says eat shit.

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Hello /diy/,

I'm installing higher MP cameras in garage and on the outside of my house.

I'm keeping my DVR so I'm just buying new cameras and a bigger 2TB HE'S.

What type of connects are these called (these go to the cameras)
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>>1149708
>igger 2TB HE'S

I meant 2 TB HDD. Im on my phone


The yellow connection kind of screws in and and locks. Pushing them together and twisting unlocks
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>>1149708
BNC 75 Ohm (yellow video)
(think..) 2.1mm DC power plug (red power)

measure the red one if you can, but, cams is usually 2.1mm,

Does anyone have experience with using Plastic Dip? I'm thinking of spraying my car rims a matte black, but I've never used this stuff before.
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Fuck, plasti dip. Damn auto correct
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It's ok but it sucks if some one scratches it but other than that is good to use for a bit
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Take your time and it will look good and last long. Don't rub up on a curb and don't do it if you need tires soon... the tire process will ruin your work.

Take your wheels and centercaps off. Tape off the valve stem and place index cards around the edge of the wheel between the wheel and tires. Your first coat should be very thin. It works as a bonding layer. Take your time with coats. The more the better and let them dry thoroughly. It's very hard to get rid of runs.

Hope this helps

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Fucking Nielsen broke the door on our TV.
The peg on the left side is nowhere to be found.
What's the best way to fabricate a new one?
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>>1149627
how old is this thing?

jbweld a piece of ~14 gauge solid copper wire to that post on the left in the same position as the stub on the right
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>>1149627
I'm guessing Sony?- see, this the problem with TVs nowadays, not enough flimsy plastic doors which break by looking at them, or superfluous manual adjustments enough to fuck up your picture beyond all hope of viewable redemption. How is living in 1982 anyway, OP?
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>>1149642
Sounds good. The problem is, the part of the post where the peg connects is missing as well. So now I need something to approximate that. Label says May 1989.

>>1149673
Magnavox.

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Now I don't have a lathe yet, but having a look at this neat-looking tape measure I thought it looked like a nice simple wood-turning project with which to get used to speeds and feeds. Since this thing doesn't seem mass produced I decided there must be some sort of tape measure kit that you build your own housing for. After scouring the web I only found cheap plastic-case tape measures, nothing at all without a case, not even bulk. I find this a little surprising since there's probably a market for this, like there is in pen inserts.

The tape measure doesn't lock; it's just got a piece of electrical tape to stop the spring retracting the measuring tape. A locking one would be more practical, but I'm not picky.

Has anyone else found one or had this problem before? Thoughts?
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>>1149526
>I find this a little surprising since there's probably a market for this, like there is in pen inserts.
Tape measures do not run out of tape like pens run out of ink numbnuts. Why the hell would there be inserts available?

Just go buy a tape measure for $2, pull its guts out and work around it. You'll also have the original case to measure up and copy from when it comes time to affix spring mounts, hubs and such.
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>>1149526
Unless you want it beacause aesthetic i suggest you to just get a professional one.

>>1149543
Cheap plastic is waste of money
Look for 3M, mine lasted 15 years before I accidentally it
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>>1149548
I'm suggesting he buy it for it's guts, not to use day to day. Only time I have had tape measures fail is because the spring broke off/through the plastic where it anchors to the body, even the cheapest piece of shit should have a tape and spring that will outlive the wooden body.

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ADVICE/SUGGESTIONS NEEDED

>Purchased a 2 inch LED strip
>Want to run it on battery power, (the smaller the physical size of the battery and housing, the better.)
>The strip is 12v and draws 0.175 amps per foot (strip is 2inch)
>I am illiterate in electrical engineering, please tell me how to power my LED strip with batteries /diy/ you're my last hope.
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>>1149498
Connect a 12v battery to the + and -
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>>1149580
I need it to be as small as possible. Is there any way a watch battery setup would work?
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>>1149648
If it outputs 12v

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So I recently came into possession of one of these guys, and I was talking with said source of this kajiger about converting one to being a sleeper computer and loading it with actually good modern hardware. Now I have apparently underestimated 1998 Macintosh and their ingenuity, and I'm wondering if the internals actually would support modern hardware form factors. I've worked on computers before, but never made one to fit into something like this.

Anyway, the question really is, can you fit modern hardware into here?
IE;
Asus Strix MoBo
GTX 1070
Seasonic 550 W PSU etc
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>>1149479
its a box, yes you can.
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>>1149481
Are there any special considerations I should take on the form factor or dimensions of the parts.
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>>1149486
The smallest size motherboards are more than powerful enough and should easily fit in there. Measure the dimensions of the existing board and its screw holes and figure out if it fits one of the modern standards, because if it does you'll have a trivial task ahead of you. Your main concerns would be mounting the peripherals, like the hard drive(s), I/O ports, optical drive, etc. If that thing already has spaces for those then you're good to go. You'll need to make sure that modern boards' heatsinks aren't in different positions, because they might not fit beneath the existing PSU, etc. and might not be inline with the existing fan.

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I was watching a podcast and they had what looked like a flag made of ruff cut lumber blocks and either they painted the black parts or used a torch. I can't find anything like this on Google and was wondering if anyone has seen something like this up close? I would like to try and make a flag like this of my state but am not sure if it's wood or just some plastic Costco type thing.
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>>1149451
Well if you want to diy it, you could get a bunch of wood and screw and glue them together, then hnd paint a flag pattern on it the either spash paint thinner on it or leave it our in the sun for a few weeks
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almost looks like it's painted on a brick wall

it could be done with wood, painting would be easier than burning
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Whatever you do don't fake the distressing like some gay ass pottery barn shit

Paint a wooden board, throw it around the dirt, leave it in the rain and sun for a few months

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