Archived threads in /diy/ - Do It yourself - 273. page

>>1117013
I would tear the entire place down to the walls, throw in new insulation, cement slabs, new floors, etc.

Anything else is a bandaid fix.

>>1117016
Compared to other homes in this price range, this one was the best. no foundation problems (yet) no water damage lol that I found at the time. Not ugly or in an ugly part of town.

>>1117021
ok?

Won't metal mess with the harmonics?

Wood absorbs unwanted vibrations I think.. That's why they are called "woodwinds". A metal woodwind would sound more like a brass instrument. It wouldn't be as soft.

You can still use a metal lathe to machine wood.

Why not use wood?

I'm pretty sure you can't find instructions on making a metal woodwind for a reason. Even the cheapest woodwinds use plastic not pot metal

>>1116996
Most flutes are metal. But they are not machined.

>>1117000

Won't you still need a wood mouthpiece?

And yea I guess you have a point.

Are wood flutes worse or more expensive?

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>>1116965
>Mr.Coffee

>>1116965
either the fuse went bad

or

the thermostat (the bottome thing in white bolted to the coil) went bad making the temperature rise so high one of the fuses went out

Two is probably for increased safety.
Guessing the fuse is 214 degrees C.
I'd just bypass it if the other one is good.

>>1116872
Turn off the water. At the hook ups.
Drain the toilet, buck and sponge if you have too.
Get some towels.

Unbolt toilet from floor

Hope the bottle is in the toilet and no your pipes.

Remove bottle from toilet.

If it isnt there.... hope you can see it in your pipe, and get it out.


If you dont get it out. You must call a plumber. That eill get stuck and cause a back up into your house.

It's more than likely stuck at a turn. Is it just your toilet that is stopped up? If so, let the water go down/shopvac the water out and pull the toilet. You might be able to get it out through the bottom, or atleast poke it back through. If it got past the trap in the toilet it's probably at the first bend in the drain pipe, which is probably under the toilet. If you pull the toilet you'll just need a new wax ring to sit on it when you reinstall, it's actually pretty simple if not a little gross.

If it made it further down the pipe, check for cleanouts (AFTER ALL WATER HAS GONE DOWN) or call a plumber. I doubt you can shred it with an auger.

>>1116872
If you are calling a plumber on this one.... it wont be hundreds this could be thousands.

Truckers friend.

Gasoline and matches.

Chainsaw.

Or you could literally post a pic of it on Craigslist and say the scrap is free to whoever wants to take it down.

>>1116831

>Truckers friend.

Just what I always wanted on a device I'm using for leverage, a sharp edge.

>>1116821
The flat kind of crowbar and a small sledge.
Its what I use to demolish the crates that all the shops snowmobiles come in. Sturdy shit, but reduced to rubble in 15 seconds.

>>1116780
They work for hair and similar clogs located near the drain opening.
If it's very far down they obviously won't reach.

If it's not hair where you can see in looking in the drain, just remove the trap and clear it.

tldr: they're fine with limitations

>>1116785
also: after hair, the most common clog causers are q-tips, toothpaste caps, disposable razor covers, soda straws, toothpicks, and children's small toys. (marbles, lego, rings,,,)

Those don't usually clear these unless they are encased in something the teeth can grip.

I have those and a couple that are just plastic coated wires with pieces of velcro hook fabric attached to the ends.

>>1116780
I just went out to buy a 50 foot snake because my drain is clogged way under the house. No reason the 50ft wouldn't work for that, and now you don't have a useless piece of plastic afterwards.

>>1116726
Depends on your house/apartment.
Does it hold heat well? Or is it leaky as fuck?

Honestly, those programing kind suck, and are a bitch to use. Just get a nest. they are $200, and sometimes your electric company will subsidize them for 50% off.

You can tell them to do all sorts of things, and it can even keep track of your location, and turn the heat/ac on when you are getting close to your house/apartment.

I would at least replace it with a simple digital one. but if your place is leaky, programing a thermostate wont solve your issues.

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>>1116971
It is a bit leaky, I have been working on solving it this winter.

The house is 115 years old, and I feel like a Nest might be overkill given that we don't have AC.

The way that the gravity furnace works may mess with the way the smart thermostats work. Basically they heat up a giant bell, which radiates heat over an hour or so. It heats it up periodically to keep the house at a set temperature.

I'm going to have it replaced with a regular furnace at some point, but the cheapest estimate I got was close to 15k.

I'm in Minnesota, gas bill is negligible in warm months, but it was $175 in December.

>>1116998
lol. I have a shitty leaky apartment with all walls being the outside wall, my gas bill on a good winter month is $160. can hit $300 and that's at 66F internal temp.

buy yourself a cheapo $25 electric thermostat from home depot, and call it a day.

I would stick with the system you have, its a lot more efficient that heating air.

seal your leaks, partition your apartment.

OP here, sorry just wanted to post the picture from my phone.

How would one go about fixing these kinds of hinges? I tried looking it up on google but I couldn't find hinges the same as these ones

I've never built anything in my life, done woodwork, or operated a heavy drill, but I want to help my mother repair them.

Judging from looks purely, I guess the way these work is each hinge has 2 parts. One gets screwed in the door frame and one gets screwed into the door. Then after all 4 pieces are in place, you hook (?) the door into the frame by putting the hinges together.

For the bottom hinge in the picture attached I guess I'll need to remove it from the wall seeing as it broke, would just using some self grip wrench be enough or will I be risking doing more damage by not removing it safely?

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>>1116718
Whoops

>>1116715
Looks like someone got his door kicked in..

Best solution is a new door, fixing it wil look like crap.

Remove the broken hinge and the working one as well, measure the door dimensions and go to a shop nearby where they sell stuff like it,
bring the working hinge with you and buy what comes closest to it for replacement.

Good luck Op

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>>1116457
fuck you kevlar batman poster

Mock it up in timber first so you can figure out the blade-handle dimensions that are a good fit, then once you're happy with that= make it out of metal

Start with a standard butterfly if you aren't familiar. Otherwise your Knuckles are going to look even more like ground beef than they would otherwise.

Anyway, easiest solution is making each handle out of 3 pieces.

>>1116424
No.

>>1116424
I'd cut out the damaged corner and replace that part with a square of wood. Then put a veneer over the entire thing so the gap doesn't show. Repaint. That should work...

>>1116424
Flake or brake off the lose bits, bend the veneer back into shape. glue it. fill it with filler or bondo. sand flush. paint.

I think it's physically doable since most of the things on the list are the same as the personal submarines diys. The issue of testing would be the kicker though. Do you test it to prove it is space worthy, or do you just toss it in a river and see what happens?

>>1116412

Maybe visit NASA and ask nicely to use that giant vacuum chamber of theirs.

>>1116414
Doesn't account for all the systems being in 0gs.

Oh, and I'm totally aware this is an "impractical" project. I don't need any smartasses telling me to do something useful. I'm fully aware that this is a complete waste of time, I don't give a shit. If it works it'll be fun as shit, that's all I care about.

>>1116098
Why is the rotor the thing youre worried about

>>1116101
it's not going to work though.

Meant to post on /ck/ fuck mods plz dont ban

>>1115899
Do you like seeing things?

>>1115903
I never see things tho...what do u mean

>>1115852
No, not possible

>>1115852
This hardware is super locked tight, it would take a loooot of hardware work to customize the software

>>1115852
how's the graph editor on this one?

>>1115762
>how to recover a deleted video on my s6
you cannot

You can recover a cache file of that video, but it can't be there

Thank you for the responses.
So it's gone forever ?

I was hoping it might be hidden somewhere. I didn't take any pictures or videos after the deletion so was hoping I could recover it.