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Yes.

>>1158614
Any other recommendations?

>>1158616
Make it out of Ironwood and build it more like the resolute desk

This guy annoys me.

>>1157869
Me too.. He knows his shit. But man he comes off as a prick at the same time..

Dick Proenneke is the father, son, and holy ghost of /diy/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GhV_rvkDB0M

clean the carb, put fresh fuel in it, and a new spark plug (do this annually) empty the fuel tank at the end of every work season ie winter or whenever it doesn't get use for a longer period of time ie a month

>>1157809
check for a obstruction in the fuel lines
check for holes in the carb diaphragm
check for bad gaskets between the carb and the intake
adjust the idle screw until it stays alive

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>Buy a Ridgid set years ago
>Batteries lasting me for fucking ever
>Fuck up and leap one of them out in the rain for literally like 15 minutes
>battery is kill

>Figure I'll just go find some cheap fuckers off Ebay
>Lel 140% for a pair of 2
>Have to repair a neighbors picket fence in the next two weeks. The batteries would literally cost me what it takes to fix the fence if not 120$ more then the fence repair.

>Mffw

Make it like the video. Your pieces of 2x4 are probably binding against the bottle and bending/ weakening the plastic.

>>1157063
Fucking hell. Me also. Dont give up

https://youtu.be/-1_PZCiumF4

>>1157063
>>1157069
Rotate blade 45 deg in same plane, and contour one of the 2x4 to the inside curvature of the bottles

old roto tiller mechanism

>>1152525
like a slip clutch?

how would I DIY that?

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Thats how a mower deck works.
The drive belt (at least on mine) is similar but with 2 pullies that pivot together on an assembly to tighten the belt. A spring puts the tension on the belt and the clutch disengages (streches) the spring to remove the tension

they're gonna eat the noodles.

>>1159617
Electrified wires.

>>1159624
Maybe. Prefer something less electric

>>1159384
The power comes from the jet tip. Either one of those machines would work if you had the right tip. Wherever you are shopping pressure washers should have explained this.

>>1159384
both will work for wood you'll want lower pressure then work up, use the throttle for that yellow tip is best

>>1159386
>>1159411
OK, great! Thank you for your input.

>>1159383
If you don't know how to do something ask. Even if the person you ask throws attitude. Its better then fucking up, and having the foreman come in and see the fuck up. Then get your ass chewed for it, then someone else will have to redo it... Maybe watch a few episodes of this old house on framing.

>>1159383
where? building what?

>>1159390
Good advice, will check out the videos

>>1159391
Building frames and trusses which will be installed on the construction site.

>>1159329
>kept going out
something is short or drawing huge power

>cold water tank
maybe it is the cause

>>1159331
It was a full outage for the area, so unless my water heater supplies power to my area, that isn't it.

>>1159335
So what is the point of this thread? You want us to call your power company for you and tell them to turn it on again?

>>1159254
>strong enough for hiking purposes
Good hiking swords aren't made, they are aquired. Walk into your nearest oak/ birch forrest and forrage around on the ground. What your looking for is a piece of timber that is not only long and narrow, but also strong enough to take a blow and support your weight. What you need to do is sharpen it. A spearpoint works but I like making a barbed spear so I can use it for fishing. Now that you are in the woods with your sharpened tool, ponder a moment. Maybe you'll realize how fucking pointless a sword will be in the woods, purhaps not. If so, keep your walking stick, it should protect you well. If not, fall on your spear and die

it's called a machete

>>1159254
1. Literally what
2. There's a board called /out/
3. Again, fucking what is a hiking sword

>>1159116
to block sound, the thicker and the heavier the better, so, a brick wall

After a few days your mind will create a mental barrier that will block out the noise for you. Your annoyance will be forgotten.

>>1159136
Yeah lived here for years and I'm finally sick of it. I can't take it I'm boarding the shit up. With what though?

Take some classes at the local community/technical college. University engineering programs teach jack shit about practical machinist skills, just a whole lot of paper theory and problem solving.

>>1159093
i picked up a lot of tooling knowledge just watching random youtube vids and paying attention to what gets used when and why

nothing beats experience tho. see if you can pick up an internship or part time job at a machine shop nearby. i learned more last summer working in a house shop with a crotchety greybeard teaching me his wisdom than all 4 years of mech eng classes combined. also looks fuckin sweet on that resume

>>1159093
More?

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You need a 1/4 inch hex to drill couch adapter like pic related. I would be more concerned about you screwdriver not being able to turn fast enough to be effective.

>>1159087
Thank you. How fast does it need to go to be okay? I'm drilling into hard plastic.

>>1159089
Hard plastic like abs you should be okay, but it's gonna take a while to do it

>>1158831
try gravel or concrete unless you want a shitty patch of mud

this is my problem, only worse. Removing the slabs is not an option + i live in the north so the frost makes the slabs move every year so filling the gaps is near impossible

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>>1158839
forgot pic

>>1158555
edit: i mostly cut CAT5e/6a, coax, 14/4, 16/4 and zip ties

>>1158555
I believe "soft" would be something like copper wires like you say you are cutting while "hard" would be something like small steel cables ie. rebar tie or bailing wire.

>>1158555
very hard wires like piano wire, rebar or chain would bend a knife-edge, so the hard wire cutter has a dull edge that works by squashing a thin point into the wire and forcing the sides of the dent apart until the wire snaps under the strain. this doesn't work well with soft wires because they smoosh flat without accumulating strain.

fat stranded soft wire needs a shear scissor because it's too thick and squashy for the jaws of the diagonal cutter; it deforms and pops out when you try to cut and you have to chew through it in small nips which is shitty.

stranded hard wire needs a high leverage shear scissor because the hard wire cutter's jaws won't close tightly enough to pinch off individual strands, so it gnaws on the bundle uselessly.