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>>1125671
Drywall is a contractor thing. Like OSB, plywood, MDF, and asphalt roofing. All of them ensure job security yet are quick and easy to install.

You should use solid lumber, masonry, cob, lath & plaster, and slate.

>>1125671
Drywall is DIY friendly.
Plaster requires a skilled tradesman.

So the question is: are looking to do it yourself, or do you want to pay someone?

Plaster vs drywall is like arguing records vs mp3's. You're always going to get some dumbshits that think they're special snowflake self knows more than 99% of the population and insist their way is better than the standard because, pseudo-reasons.

There are very few reasons to use plaster for things anymore and those reasons never make up the cost difference between the end products.

>>1133087
>no knowledge
>can i build a shed

no

>good resources
lurk more, also jewtoobs

Fellow bong reporting in.

Mate, in the 1600s, men with women and children set off in sailing ships and settled in what was to become the glorious USA.

Men who could probably hardly read, set off into the unknown with hostile weather, uncertain natives and wildlife which few Europeans had ever imagined waiting to greet them with teeth and claw.

And they did it.

You are British, this should run through
your veins, to want to explore, build and be a man amongst men.

Get your bollocks stitched back on, and get to it. Of course you can do it.

God bless America,

God save the Queen.

>>1133109
who do you suggest op enslave?

>>1132285
need a very expensive 3d printer fo that shitt

>>1132285
Depending on its scale it could be SLA, which cures liquid resin using a laser. Very high quality finishes - high enough to print most of this statue outright - but very limited size.

If it's bigger it could be SLS. Powder lasered together. It can retain high, but grainy, detail. Finishing by hand, on the part of an artist, could produce quality of this caliber.

>>1132285
sculpting clay and mold casting

why not just install a window AC unit in the dog house then?
Or better yet, not leave them outside. Dogs dont demolish houses if you raise them right.

>>1127285
This right here.

Either look into a mini-split AC, use a window unit built into the side, in both cases expect your electric bill to increase significantly.

Or train your dog well, exercise him regularly and set schedules, then leave him in the house which should be programmed to stay around 78F until you get home.

>>1127270
Dogs are pretty tough, if they've got enough shade and water they're fine

>>1133380
glue them to a normal bookend

Machine pockets into them and insert weights

>>1133384
OH nice thinking that's what i had in mind but had no idea how to excecute on that.
>>1133382
Nah I like how simple they look

look into the art of shitposting

Electronics would work great

>>1130339
Whittling

Seating for your new apartment?

>>1104666
Best of luck man.

>>1104666
Forgot my tripcode.

I've got one solid vein finished. I'll post pics tomorrow.

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This shows a bit more of the bracing I put in the corners and inside the top and bottom folds

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All up it makes the trailer just under 1 cubic metre, which is about what i wanted for selling firewood. The bracing and corners are all made from offcuts of the same racks and put together with urethane and 3/16th rivets. I partly assembled the whole thing with self drilling screws before drilling and riveting the rest of the joints, backing the screws out and riveting thru their holes. The whole upper part weighs less than 5 kilos and can be removed and refitted by 1 person by pulling 4 split pins

>>1133316
>just under 1 cubic metre, which is about what i wanted for selling firewood.

Is the suspension up to that?

>>1133144

You need a CSA or whatever certified regulator to hook up to your tank or propane source. The burner can be fuck all as long as your regulator is working properly.

But then again this is /diy/, laws aren't going to mean shit if you burn your house down and insurance doesn't cover you.

>>1133144
>>1133152
What the fuck is this? Where is your freedom?

>>1133152
So with a CSA regulator you are perfectly fine? You can't get charged or in shit or anything?

I mentioned the idea to my shop teacher and he juts about jumped down my throat talking about certifications and gas fitting requirements and that it was illegal.

But I mean my one friend is an engineer and he got a regulator from work, the rest is just BBQ hose, fittings, a pressure gauge and some pipe. Oh and tapping a hole and putting a welding nozzle in.

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Is the material I'm currently using as a screen.
The reason why I want to paint it is because it's not easy to keep the room under specific light conditions.

Which kind of roller would you guys use? I need a finish that is as smooth as possible and I don't have a lot of experience regarding painting things with dedication with a paint roller.
Which techniques do you guys know of or would use?
I will try to get the things by this upcoming week and post the results of my paint mix and the performance of the screen.

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Now, regarding the only flaw of my projector...

I bought a second hand Samsung 5.1 Home Theater for dirt cheap from a friend, which has worker pretty good.

Now, the projector has 2HDMI inputs but the ONLY output is a 3.5mm Aux Jack port.

So I can only have 2ch for my 5.1 HT which sucks.

So after a quick seaech I found things like
>pic related
An HDMI audio extractor which separates the audio in SPDIF which my HT has.
My HT has NO HDMI input, only SPDIF,USB and AUX(which is what I'm cureently using)
Now, is this the correct way to go on about this? I want to watch movies and play games at 1080p 60fps with low input lag (which my projector has,1080p 60Hz >25ms)

Any recommendation /experiences regarding this devices? Any trusty brands or are chinkextractors good enough?

>>1132996
why are you taking the audio signal from the projector, and not from your source (PC/dvd/w/e)? You dont (shouldnt..) need to split the audio from HDMI, w/e you are using as source player will generally have an audio output, this usually with corrosponding 5.1 signal where available. You have no reason whatsoever be connecting audio cables to or from the projector, its unnecessary

Why dont you buy a 2 gang electrical box to replace the one gang box the conduit is running to. Then you can install a switch and outlet side by side and you can plug in any kind of power strip you like to the outlet while also having a switch.

>>1132831
I like the cleanliness of the single switch and the hard wired powerstrip, since i can hide the powerstrip wiring behind the pegboard. Otherwise I have 3 feet of power cord hanging off the wall down to the bench.

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>>1132831
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>>1132581
next time try to use a heater if its posible to help the paint to dry faster

>>1132581
when you lay oil paint on WAY too thick, it skins over and takes an unbelievably long time to reach full hardness.

basically underneath the skin it acts like it's still in the can.

it'll be touch-dry (ish) by monday but you'll probably still be able to press a thumbprint into it this time next year.

THIN YOUR PAINTS!

>>1132596
>when you lay oil paint on WAY too thick,

I believe this guy is onto the problem. #2 beginner mistake; #1 is failure to prep the surface correctly. Also, temp and humidity make drying times vary.

Never heard the phrase "like waiting for paint to dry"?

>>1131517
too difficult and too much failure point of a noob project, you gotta learn casting at small scale and make it accurate so it will fit into the box... yeah that is not very likely it will work first time, in fact you should expect fuck ups several times to get something complicated like this right

but for notes to play quicker, just make it go faster or salvage two music box and make them play together

>>1131517
might be better off building the whole thing from scratch, might not be small but could be a nice art object in it's own right

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VoBGau9623I

>>1131564
I really want to be able to build machines likes this

how do I become a master of mechanics

>>1130391
It apeases the machine spirits of the plimbing

>>1130391
son, that's an air freshener.

>>1130391
In theory the corrosion will attack the washer rather than the pipe

I'd go with the direct carbon cell IMO. Seems like the simplest one, and if you can get it working efficiently and sell it to coal companies you'll be a millionaire.

As far as I know no one has made a working (energy positive) prototype of a direct carbon cell. SARA's prototype has a working temperature of 300 to 700c and maxed out at 12 watts output. Last I heard LLNL had given up on their version.

The second cell you listed claimed to have a working prototype capable of 2+kw output that no one has ever seen. The now defunked business was founded in '98, when through multiple rounds trying to raise venture capital in 2000 then never was heard from again. The three man company don't have a PhD to their names. Draw your own conclusions.

Platinum is used in an alkaline fuel cell because it is one of the least reactive metals to exists. I don't really see how nickel would help. Can you explain your reasoning a bit more on how nickel would negate the potassium hydroxide carbon dioxide reaction in the electrolyte?

>>1128665
>Seems like the simplest one
Thanks, that's my intuition too. However I don't expect anything I build to have an efficiency approaching a modern steam turbine.

>>1128674
>As far as I know no one has made a working (energy positive) prototype of a direct carbon cell.
As far as I've read, it's debated whether or not Jacques' cell was ultimately a net source of energy if you factor in overhead. Simply operating it on its own apparently delivered quite a lot of power, but preparing the graphite rods and constantly replenishing AND maintaining the furnace for keeping the electrolyte molten would have taken a bite out of that for sure.

>Draw your own conclusions.
Fair points. I guess the tin anode scam is dropped from my candidate list then.

>Can you explain your reasoning a bit more on how nickel would negate the potassium hydroxide carbon dioxide reaction in the electrolyte?
The purpose of platinum is to catalyze the ionization of the oxygen and hydrogen atoms. I read that a metal from the same group such as nickel serve the same purpose, albeit at much higher temperatures.