So I'm thinking about building one of these, a Transcendent 2000. Its a diy synth form the late 70's. It's meant to have pretty standard parts in it still available today so it shouldnt be too hard. The only problem is there isnt any full pcb scans about on the net so I will have to piece it together from the old magazine and redraw it.
>>1181773
That's pretty cool, I hope to build one of those someday.
>>1181773
Keep us posted, please. Any idea of how much this would cost to make?
>>1181773
I found something that might be of interest to you.
https://midierror.wordpress.com/2015/01/07/transcendent-powertran-2000-pcb-schematic/
First time building a cordless battery
Would soldering work to attach the cells?
Should I sand before soldering?
>>1192545
You can solder cells but the heat will hurt the batteries bad enough I don't do it. I have no studies to back up my claim but I've done it before and with NiCd cells soldering seems to half their life. If you still want to do it don't sand them, take a knife or file and score the hell out of the area. Tin the area, cool it quickly (like with an ice cube), tin your connector then solder them together cooling it asap.
I use a home made capacitance welder now. 1000% better and faster.
You just have to work fast, it'll be alright. Don't attempt to build a capacitance welder and very possibly burn down your house before you have destroyed at least a couple batteries
>>1192545
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R4aW_i-EAoc
think this guy has a whole series on renewing a battery pack - this is #4 (out of 5) - probably longer than the Bible, but easier than typing 'GO FAST OR HEAT SENSITIVE CELL BE FUCKED' - Id also advise (from experience) not just trying to wing it, it wont work. A spot welder be better, and if you going the homemade youtube variant, you dont need to use fucking 60 amp car batteries and shit.
>>1192561
>home made capacitance welder
maybe, this anon be nice, and post you a few details ;)
I made my own wine from Welch's grape juice. I'd say it's around 13-15% alcohol. Literally all you need is a jug and a bung/airlock ($12 on Amazon), juice, sugar, and yeast. It's really cheap compared to store-bought wine. It only took 4 days to ferment, I put it in the fridge to kill the yeast so they sink to the bottom, and it becomes clear.
I was a little worried it would form methanol, but I found out the cure for methanol poisoning is ethanol. I'm kinda afraid to drink a lot of the wine though. How can I test it for methanol?
If you go to the hospital with methanol poisoning they just get you drunk on normal alcohol and that cures you. How does that work?
>4 days
>13-15 ABV
Did you take any hydrometer readings to confirm that or did you use some disgusting hangover fuel distillers yeast.
>>1192495
I used 1 packet of this in a 1 gallon jug of juice + 2 cups of sugar.
It was fermenting like it was mad, airlock was bubbling once every 1.5 sec. I didn't use a hydrometer to check I'm just going by taste.
The bubbling pretty much slowed to a halt after 4 days, so I assume it either ran out of sugar to eat, or it just decided to quit. The yeast supposedly has alcohol tolerance of 18% though.
>>1192495
Also I took the bung/airlock out and poured out small amounts multiple times during active fermentation.
That might have fucked it up a bit.
I need a somewhat decorative way to attach a bottom to my dovetail box. All the images I've seen are using 1/8th inch material into a dado on the inside of the box. I don't have any material that thin, and would like something that you could see from the outside anyway.
Would just using a router and getting out a rabbet on all 4 sides look ok? I've got 3/4 inch material so it would probably be routed down to 1/2 - 3/8 inch thick material sticking out from underneath. Would that look odd with everything else being a consistent thickness of 3/4?
I haven't sanded down the pins in the pic before people say they look like shit. Also, it's my first attempt at dovetails so I don't think it's too bad.
>>1192383
And here's the top, my first attempt at inlay as well. Probably a little over half way done. Got the knee, butt, and head to go in this evening. Legs, beak, eye, and stick are all that's lest after that.
You're making this more complicated then my brain can handle, just router then chisel the corners then glue and tac the bottom.
A dado can be 1/2" deep if you want. Alternately you could cut a dado on the bottom piece to fit the interior dimension of the box, leaving the total dimensions of bottom piece same as outside dimensions of box. You would have a 1/4" visible on the bottom that way.
Hey /diy/, how do you like my new bench?
Just fuck the inside of my knees up and garuntee warping within a week/10
>>1192283
8/10, would sit on.
Good idea would be to put some caps on bolt ends or turn them around. Scratching your legon them is not pleasant IMHO.
oh boy. not functional with bolts sticking out into your legs. cheap framing lumber that isnt suitable for outdoors and will probably rot within the year and concrete that weighs about 300 lbs so will be an expensive trip to the dump if you can lift it in the back of your truck.
and the shitty picture which makes it appear unstable as designed anyway.
When I first purchased the house 5 years ago, the paint on the ceiling was literally flaking off in certain areas and patches. It's a smooth ceiling with smooth paint, and was only one or two layers think, so not very thick paint at all. It was very brittle though, and shattered pretty easily when scraping off. Underneath the paint I scraped was bare plaster, and that was relatively clean.
Anyway, the spots of paint flake I scraped off everything loose I could easily, without going too far into virgin paint. Once I scraped all the loose stuff away, I sanded the surface a bit and then joint compounded it smooth (well, as smooth as I could apparently get it, which wasn't very smooth at all unfortunately. Maybe the Joint Compound shrunk). Next step was to paint over everything with some nice high quality ceiling paint.
Pics related are years later, the edges around the old paint are "bubbling off" under the new coat. Nothing is physically loose, but it looks like if I touch it with something hard it will start crumbling down. Anyone know of a good fix for this?
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Hi /diy/. Is there a better kind of layout for our kitchen? I would like a bigger counter space and I don't know where to place a cabinet for pantry.
>>1191971
Is already comfy.
>Walk out of room see sister chilling watching TV in living room
>Look left see brother eating and watching YouTube.
>Keep walking straight mom says "your plate is almost ready honey"
>Smile
>Take a seat at the table with brother
10/10 wish the above to be my life.
>>1191972
Thanks.
I was wondering if peninsula on the opposite side of the stove might be a good idea.
>>1191995
I don't know what a peninsula is but I would put the refrigerator so that it opens for the people in the kitchen not outside the kitchen. And I would put the fridge next to sink because most times you would need to prepare things from the fridge before they're cooked. The that would leave microwave/oven next to stove.
Lets talk attics. It is summer now and that means DIY project time. I have a kind of big attic that has a walk up and it has no insulation. It gets really hot during the summer and very cold during the winter. It is an old house built in the early 1900s. I intend to make it into a living space or just nicer as it is big enough for a bedroom or a big play area. But it needs insulation so I would like to insulate the walls and ceiling because I intend to use it. What is the best material to use for doing this? I do not want to call and have closed cell sprayed in if I don't have to as it will be very expensive. Is it really my only option or is there a DIY way to do it for cheaper. Pic is somewhat like my is but mine is larger and a few feet higher.
some thermal insulation foam inbetween and close it with osb or something
>>1191924
>>1191927
>close it with osb
I take it you really fucking hate the OP for some reason. OSB/faux wood paneling/MDF/any wood composite is literally the worst thing you can use for the underside of a roof. even shitty drywall would be better, but that's stretching it. All that shit is just job security for contractors. Just like the fucking OSB that's on the roof in the OP's image. There's already quality decking on the roof and they go and put on OSB sheeting.
How does one read the hash marks on a micrometer, specifically tenths (.0001)?
I have a 1”-3” set of Mitutoyo Series 193 Digital Outside micrometer (pic related) and need to be able to occasionally do some grinding of gauge pins and such to a .0001 tolerance.
>>1191696
I’d rather not drop $100+ on a electronic micrometer but I suspect I’ll have to, simply to save my eyes and sanity and in that case, what do you think of this Starrett 3732XFL-1 Inch/Metric electronic micrometer for $127?
https://www.amazon.com/Starrett-3732XFL-1-Electronic-Micrometer-without/dp/B01HAWRUNA/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1497197995&sr=8-5&keywords=electronic+micrometer&refinements=p_89%3AStarrett
if only there were some kind of website where you could type in a question or a few related search terms and a thousand guides and videos of how to do said thing would magically appear.
When a mic measures tenths it's a 'vernier' micrometer.
Gotta eyeball it to see where it lines up the best. You're looking for where it lines up 'best'.
Personally I look to see where it's 'before' the line and when it's 'past' the line. And then you look for the line in that's lined up.
shed into 11x8 hangout
what would you guys suggest i do and what should i watch out for?
i plan to put power and Ethernet in a PVC pipe and run it under ground, insulate the walls and put wood or drywalls, AC in the window and space heater for the winter , also going to make a new door
>>1191598
imgur.com/gallery/LwDGN
PICTURES
So I need to replace the thermocouple on my hot water heater, but the dial from the thermostat makes it impossible to get my wrench on the bolts. What do?
>>1191560
Why do you heat hot water ?
>>1191588
Probably has an immersion heater in their hot water tank.
>>1191588
Hot isn't enough. I need 3rd degree burns to feel clean
>doing ____ myself doesn't save me money because my time is worth ____
So don't do your project during your business day? What the fuck did boomers mean by this? Why do they think facebook scrolling and TV watching time is worth $25 an hour?
>>1190867
It is just shitty child's logic. Like the one where they want to "have fun before I die" instead of not eating shit food or smoking, ect.
I DIY because I want something that doesn't break like store bought crap. It is also pretty fun.
I'd say it's mainly used when talking about things done at or during work.
When talking about private projects or tasks, I'd say there's no real reason to not do it yourself and people only say it when they want instant gratification or they don't have the skills or the motivation to do it.
But for business related cases, it's actually a very valid argument. An example would be when a company buys new furniture for the office. The total cost of buying readily assembled furniture and having it delivered to the office is lower than building the furniture yourself and then hauling it to the office. This of course depends on how many man-hours it takes to build and haul the furniture and how much each man-hour costs but after a certain hourly wage, it's cheaper for the company to order delivered and assembled furniture.
So I owed a friend help for a while and they come up to get help to cover what i owe instead.
her lil brother got ransomware on his phone (not wanna cry) and wants to know how to get rid of it. she said theres nothing important on it so a hard reset would be fine, but she cant do anything on it. so she asked me to help because she couldnt find it on google, but im admitedly horrible with phones. anyone know what to do if there even is anything to do? i can provide any information needed.
>Director James Comey
>>1190447
luckily there is a method to restore that works on all phones ever made on all carriers running any operating system and all platforms.
oh, no, wait...there isn't.
maybe start with what fucking phone it is.
In all seriousness, we need to know the model. Most Android phones have a hardware configuration that allows you to do a factory reset at boot up. On most, you just hold down the power button and the volume down button. There's also a software utility for most phones that allow you to factory restore the phone.
/ogg/.
Just postin some vegetables. Nothing to see here.
>Collards
Posting screen shots because i took these with my work phone and the exif has my work info and name in it.
>Arugula, peas, zucchini
>Carrots Swiss chard radish
First time growing squash
My deck, where I keep my vegetable garden, is a fucking haven for yellow jackets and paper wasps. sure I can give em a blast of bug spray, but I'm looking for a more hands-off approach. I know a local seller of some carnivorous plants, venus fly traps, pitcher plants and sundews, I'm particularly drawn to the pitcher plant, I just have a good feeling about using that one for wasp control. I did some more research on carnivorous plants, and understand the soil, sun, water and food needs, but there's a few problems. First problem, My well's water is quite hard, and our rainwater storage typically gets filled with hose water to compensate for days that lack rain, I have yet to get it's mineral content analyzed, but I want to avoid committing to this if the maintenance is gonna be more effort than just spraying wasps. Second problem, humidity, I live near the great lakes, but I'm not exactly sure if I can just leave a pitcher plant out on the deck to catch wasps or if I'm gonna need to baby it with a spray bottle or (ugh) keep it in a terrarium, which feeds back into the first problem of Maintenance vs effectiveness.
what advice can you give me about using plants to controls pests? If bug-eating plants are a little too far out of my league, what other methods do I have for summer wasp control that are hands-off?
>>1190321
Here is an easier method, hang up a few beer bottles with a bit of jam or honey or something in the bottom.
The wasps will go in to eat the bait but won't be able to get out because the neck of the bottle is too narrow.
>>1190321
Also plants are better for indoors
Burn everything to the ground and start over.