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>>1131838
get one used.

Only shills dislike harbor freight. Or "pros" who buy tools and abuse the fuck out of them. At the very least as long as you're not in some 3rd world shithole you'll have a 30-60-90ish day limited warranty. Try it out and return it?

>>1131858
Or you know, people who don't want to spend every other weekend returning a tool.

>>1131645
>Also, what equipment do I need to create something like pic related?

a mallet, a bowling ball, and a shitty welder. maybe an angle grinder and some clamps.

>>1131645
what happened to the hotel?

if nothing else, frame them in a key box in display as an wall art will be quite suitable for any hotel lobby to show the history of the brand

>>1131645
>Also, what equipment do I need to create something like pic related?

5 min Epoxy and an inflatable ball.

>15-20 kgs of old keys. What do.

Fishing lures
Arrow heads
Bump keys
Metalcasting material

Looks like a smart card reader

>>1135180
Isn't it too small to fit a card? It's only 3,5 cm wide (1.4 inches)

>>1135177
what does the label say

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>>1135016

This is a closer look at the connection, what i want to do with the swivel is to avoid the tiwst on the straps.

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>>1135016

This is the type of carabiners i want to use

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>>1135019
An this is the swivel that i want between the carabiners

For charging batteries you want lower amps.

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>100 watts at 12 volts is 83 amps

>>1134770
Batteries can only be charged up to a certain rate. If you go above it you'll destroy the battery.

>>1134573
your car vibrates more than anything you could do to them other than dropping the bulbs.

just put them in some bubble wrap if you really want

you should see how we keep them in the parts warehouse

and then you should see how we keep them at the auto shop before they go in your car

ive seen the drop in LED replacements vibrate to pieces before the filament one burnt out on the other side

just keep your greasy fingers off the glass

>>1134576
Itt: 1 eyed checy trucks.

>>1134471
not wise if you have no experience

just hiring someone else to fix it, document everything and sue the shit builder

>>1134471
Builder ? Must have been years ago with all that mold growth.

What 3rd world country builds bathrooms like that?

>>1134290
ask the sign shop to cut you stencils out of thin ply or metal, you'll need two of each letter. Then make a hot wire cutter like the one shown in this video, it's simpler and cheaper than you think.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JIRzQO4F8ck

>>1134300
That dude made the stencils out of plywood; I'd try that first. Cheaper and all

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>>1134304
>>1134300
It should be able to hold the weight of cake and food right? That would be a disaster if something happen on wedding day

>>1134231
kys

>>1134231

Google it and report back if you have problems.

>>1134231
Sugar (pound)+ water(3.5 gallons) + yeast in a 5 gallon food safe bucket. Drill a hole in the lid, put a airlock on it. Duct-tape lid. Wait two weeks. Come back. pour off everything but the trub Run what you drained through a still Put more water and sugar in. Rinse and repeat.
Run through a still until it's clear.
A still setup is around 200$.

>>1134066
look up bdsm rope tutorials
copy one of those and square knot it at the end.
put binding clip on old bag of chips.

>>1134066
When I choke my wife I usually just use my hands.

>>1134066
>plastic jewelry cord and a tiny binding clip
if you melt the clip and the cord in fire, you can choke your gf with the smoke it produces

>>1133530
Obviously depends in how thick it is.

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>>1133530
Solar is pretty fruitless as it is.
My array drops off by over 50% if I neglect to clean my panels every few weeks/months. (Dusty driveway and pollen) I can't imagine that setting them up behind any obstruction is a good idea.

>>1133530
yes a screen will limit a cell, I bought a house with a roof top system in the sandy dessert they have to be cleaned daily or the very small sand dirt layer limits the cells to 87% normal capacity

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>>1133291
I buy quality tools and take care of them. I have completed many major projects on my home and cars that I could never have afforded to hire out. So if say that even though I'm broke I have saved a fortune.
Guess if I got a job it wouldn't be diy anymore..

>>1133291
Growing up my Dad /diy/ed everything because they simply couldn't afford to hire out.
Home repairs, furniture repairs, lawnmower repair, auto repairs, electrical, plumbing, HVAC, landscaping, fishing gear, the list goes on.
He could (and still can) take anything apart and put it back together.
He always had quality tools, even if they were 100 year old hand me downs and he always had me to go fetch them. I was the only kid in first grade who knew all the types of wrenches and could read sizes.
We still /diy/ almost everything, but now it's mostly out of the simple joy of doing it, but partially because I'm broke as shit.

>>1133291
Both.

>>1133183
Dont.

I put over 2k in fiberglass in a junk 2 man soeed boat and gave it away no where near done

>>1133183
theres a bunch of wooden boat plan pdfs floating around the internet. mostly out of old popular mechanics magazines from the 50's/60's.

you just build the boat as usual and do a few layers of fiber. can be done with hand tools.

http://www.diy-wood-boat.com/motorboat-plans.html

>>1134454
wew
story?
>>1134459
I'm worried that contractions and expansions might crack such a composite, I'd feel more confident building it out of fiberglass with only stringers and transom made of wood

I undid that mess of a knot at the end, and threaded the tails through previous stitches instead. Much nicer and smoother.

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>>1131674
Derp, forgot mah pic

Is there a solid toolset to start out with? Just have an awl, mallet and xacto right now. Would be nice if it included a swivel blade. See a bunch on amazon but don't know

and before anyone asks, yes, I have triple checked that I am turning it the right direction

sage

>>1131042
>I started with a box end wrench and managed to nicely round the plug over without it budging at all
You used an SAE on a metric bolt or reverse didn't you? Don't do that.

First things first, buy a new bolt because you will get the old one out and not be able to go anywhere.

Second. Buy a helicoil set for whatever the next size up from the drain plug is. You may or may not need it so keep the receipt.

Having found the size of the bolt (hopefully) Figure out the inner diameter of the threads. There's charts for it. Figure out the next size down with an OD at least .050" smaller

Buy a drill and a LEFT handed tap for it, hope you've got a good drill. Buy new bolt for said tap. Don't get a fine thread, like 32TPI. Get something in the teens.

Drill and tap the old bolt, put new one in and start turning. This will either break the old bolt free and make it start turning or it'll shatter and you can just start digging the bits out. Don't buy a cheap bolt for the smaller one, get something good so it doesn't shatter instead. After it's all cleaned out, check with new bolt. If it looks good return the helicoil set. If not, helicoil the bitch.

>>1131047
nah
15mm head size on the drain plug which is what I used
unless Merlin put the wrong drain plug in it when I had the oil changed last (not impossible)

I already have a new drain plug

drilling and tapping a new bolt into the old one is a bit beyond my skill level
have any ideas that are a bit less escalation to try first?
also, what is helicoil?