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I suggest killing yourself you ricer cunt.

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>>1209651
This

If you want an underglow type of effect, I would suggest buying LED strips of the specific color you want. I see too many people that buy remote controlled strips and then just have a rainbow effect on their cars which looks absolutely terrible. Just remember, anything can look tasteful if done correctly. I drive a pink mercedes from the 80s, tons of compliments, just have to do it right.

>>1209651
I need the lightning to make my death look better

staged LED lights make more sense

>>1209626
http://www.bowdenshobbycircuits.info/page5.htm

>>1209618

Installing a different dimmer is generally simple, unless it's plastered in or something equally retarded.

Of course trailing edge dimmers are more expensive and the whole concept of using a dimmer designed for AC lighting with LED bulbs hurts on an aesthetic level.

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This is the other side the retaining wall inside the basement.

I would start by digging out that trench again

>>1209594
Clean out the trash. Make sure there is no wood to dirt contact anywhere. Dig out that trench again and maybe even look into installing a real drainage like a French drain or some such.

>>1209288
Old car windshild wiper motor, relay, battery, switch.

Done.

>>1209295
Servo would be simpler, lighter, and less energy.

>>1209298
Cheaper for me too! Thanks both of you! I assume I'd build it like a windscreen wiper and it'll do the same thing?

>>1208967
it just wont work, probably no damage

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>>1208967
no it won't work. don't open wall adapters up, the caps in there can seriously hurt you.
if you find a wall charger that fits the plug and has the correct voltage output, it'll work. the amperage doesn't matter to much, because of ohms law. just make sure that it has enough amperage to supply the laptop.

but this is /diy/, let's get carelessly creative and dangerous

whatever voltage your laptop is, figure it out. get a voltage step down transformer that can handle 120V input, make sure it steps down to the voltage of your laptop's rating.
the voltage output will be the desired voltage but it's AC. laptops use DC, so get a bridge rectifier and solder wire from the transformer out to the AC in. now you'll have + and - output. attach a polarized capacitor, id say 1-20 microfarads, rated at 200V or more.

make it more stable by adding a regulator at the output.

this would literally be the shittiest ac to dc adapter ever. hell i don't know if it'll work, i think it will tho.

just buy one.

>>1208967

You can totally run 2 switching power supplies in parallel. Just make sure they are the same brand and model, and to test them for a couple minutes first, making sure that they don't heat up or buzz. Most of them can handle the load, but some can't and they pop really fast.

gonna give this a single bump

>>1208854
>Please only people with experience, no internet pros
>comes to /diy/

>>1209715

Exactly. House painter guy here. No way I'm gonna share tips with this clown.

>>1207852

Just found this out myself, when musing over whether it was even possible for industry to cast tungsten (spoiler: it's not economically feasible).

Most refractory materials known are tantalum carbide, hafnium carbide, and tantalum-hafnium carbide.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tantalum_hafnium_carbide

>Ta4HfC5 was manufactured by Goodfellow company as a 45 µm powder at a price of $9,540/kg (99.0% purity).


And I thought the $4/ea I paid for insulating firebrick was a bit of a ripoff.

Magnesium Oxide is fairly common and very refractory (5000 F). You could probably pick up a bag of the powder at a local pottery supply. not too sure about making shapes out of it but i know you can bond it with either sodium silicate(works ok) or colloidal silica(how its done for steelmaking). both also available at a pottery supply btw.

>>1207885
What are your tips on creating tiny (2-3 mm diameter) spheres out of alumina? They would have to withstand 800-900C.

I remember trying a couple of years back but the formed balls were falling apart to dust at low temperatures.

>>1207844
Where I'm at it takes about $20 grand USD to build and stock. This is before licenses and inspections. How much money do you have to invest in this? If the answer is 150 a week, just walk away from the thread my friend.

You could probably get a box trailer and cut a hinged hole in the side. Mount a metal counter inside and bolt down some propane burnerss. Install a sink and water tank. Shelves and a space for a mini fridge. sounds like a lot of metal work. Also you need some vehicle to tow it around and a generator for the fridges

>>1207844
be better looking 2nd hand (in a city, pref.) - can assume you more or less need to renovate everything, but, thats more or less time rather than money then. Even then, you are looking at maybe $5k for even the most basic basics. The rest is having a good idea, hard work and LOCATION - and a lot of BS getting permits and stuff, extent of which dependent upon your locale, you probably need some type of food hygiene qualification / course but.

Go see if you can work for someone already doing similar, or bar/food/market for a bit first, for experience rather than money - it is a shitload of work, and you need to be the world s most reliable cunt running a truck, be there rain, hail or shine, every-fucking-day.

>>1207628
Yes, unstitch, cut and restitch.

>>1207631
Is that the only way? I doubt I'd manage a good job.

>>1207632
Could try a heat gun, but it might not look so pretty.

>>1205958
cheapest, safest - dish soap, sponge, & labor

are you sure it's aluminum? all the hand meat grinders i've seen are cast iron (all the parts)

>>1205958
>NaOH
use this >>1205961
and to be sure put it in boiling water to BTFO all the bacteria

>>1205961
>>1205964
I think it alu, not sure though. I once had a similar one, and it got fucked up in the dishwasher, just like alu

I soaked it in almost boiling water for about an hour now and scrubbed it with a little steelbrush and soap

Annoying are just the little corners which you cannot reach

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>>1204636
just eat normal food like a normal person

Get a smaller dispenser hook the motor controller and the wheigth meassurement together. Programm it to do one material at a time build your mix from there.

Like material 1= 10g, 2= 10g 3=30g.

Start with Motor one Put in till you hit 10g start Motor 2 till 20g total mass and so on.

Should not be that hard to wire a Motor to your feeder boxes. Could propably try one of these electronic mills where you would just need to controll the on/off switch.

Archimedes screw.

>>1203018

were can u buy resisters

>>1203020
I order them in bulk from aliexpress.

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>>1203018

I feel like this is too niche and autistic to warrant its own thread.


But, uh, yeah, I needed some buffers for an optical encoder. *A* buffer, rather.

I ended up buying a full reel of 2500 because I have a problem, I think.

If you're getting job placement before you get your degree, take it. See if they'll let you get some time in the shop (if they have one) or just make a point to hang out with the machinists.

If you don't get placed, take the extra semester/year for the classes while you look for work. Even if you do get placed, they might let you take 6 months to a year to stay in class. It's your money but see if they'll pay for some of it.

>>1209078
This.

And it's important you know the difference between a screwdriver a bus driver.

The biggest issues with engineers is the design the unmanufacturable, the un maintainable, or they just go too far. A bit of time with tools will ground you effectively and make you a realistic, practical and effective engineer.

Good luck on getting your peng as well.

>>1209072
Yes, and God bless you.

This is a holy war for me, and I could give you all the reasons why, but I'll just leave you with one thing:

Do realize that your entire design has to be grounded in a real process, and not some magical CAD hand waving. What was trivial for you to imagine will be a suicide mission for a machinist to implement. A lot of older folks that couldn't conveniently make batshit insane designs with CAD in their day and worked in shops before doing engineering work understand this, but the new blood often doesn't. Think about how hard you're boning whoever will have to actually make the part you're designing and save the poor guy any trouble you can.

Expensive paint will self-level better and not show as many brush marks. I pay more when I have to look at it everday. I think the best compromise are the ones your dad are referring to: Water Based Acrylic Alkyds. I can buy a gallon right now for 35$ a gallon as they're on sale.
Considering better paint performs better and you don't need too much relatively AND you have to look at it every day, why cheap out?

if you're covering white with white, then yeah a cheap paint will probably work. for painting walls a different colour, get the nice stuff.

>>1203429
>Expensive paint will self-level better and not show as many brush marks.

Not necessarily.

>>1203430
>if you're covering white with white, then yeah a cheap paint will probably work.

It's amazing how many "whites" cannot cover fucking white paint. Especially ceiling paint.

OP: put the cheapest flat white crap you can buy on a ceiling. Ask the paint store to "put a shot of black" in it, and they will know you are a pro. That makes it the tiniest bit grey, and covers 100x better than regular ceiling white.

Ceilings do not get touched in general. Use flat paint to hide imperfections.

As for walls and trim, there is no such thing as "one coat coverage" if the color is changing by a perceptible degree unless you spray and spray well. Color changes == two coats whether it's $50 per gallon or $10 per gallon.

Buy decent trim paint. Buy just about any wall paint. Buy the cheapest ceiling paint you can find.

Buy good brushes (meaning expensive). Clean them thoroughly and they will last the average homeowner a lifetime.

t. 20 years of this

>>1199495
Pretty much, don't forget to drill a large hole in the stump and fill with kerosene, then torch the bastard. Unless you can get your hands on some dynamite.

>>1199495
How thick are the trees at their base? Does the $2k cover all costs including stump removal, permits, and disposal of any wood you don't want to keep? It all adds up. When we had a dead tree removed we got itemized estimates from 4 different places. Cutting and limbing up the tree was the cheapest part. Then came chipping up the small branches and cleaning everything up. Finally, grinding away the old stump and root system. The last was easily the most expensive bit. BYW, how many quotes did you get? If the answer is "1" then slap yourself and get at least 2 more. 4 more if you can.

>>1199500
Also, inb4 EPA and Army Corps of Engineers autist shows up to say your committing a war crime.