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The most energy efficient is a cube (unless you go spherical). So a two story rectangle is what lots of people go with. I'd include at least one room for my toys, like drill presses.

If I could go back in time I'd own your 10 acres and build a huge metal building with enormous shop space for cars, wood, metal, electronics, pottery, whatever. I'd probably live in it too, so long as my living quarters were isolated from fumes etc. But if I had actually done that, I'd probably have so much junk in the 10 acres it would be considered an EPA Superfund site.

>>1225872
Of it's a Batchelor pad you may as well make it a studio. Waking up and walking to a different room to make breakfast is for suckers.

>>1225876
In all honesty the space is for my brother, I just didn't want to plug the OP up with a blog post. He's basically /r9k/ and /fit/ so the garage will most likely end up as a gym with his car parked there in the winter. He's not much into cars or hobby stuff besides hiking/kayaking that kind of stuff.

Put aluminum or vinyl siding over it and ignore it for the next 30 years like every other slum lord in existence

>>1225847
I would just use Bondo and texturizing tools to make spot repairs and paint over the entire surface with a good urethane paint.

>>1225854

Areas are a little bigger than a bondo job. When a whole panel cracks I have to take it out or risk release. Trying to make replacements that I can put up that look the same, and then replace individual houses completely when they degrade to the point of actual action needing to be taken.

I'm thinking of a resin mixed with some fiber for strength, and maybe use some sand as a filler?

>>1225664
remember to tape your window, sometimes a good freeze can cause them to shatter and send glass in every direction.

we had a midwinter 10-day power outage a few years ago caused by ice buildup bringing down 1000's of miles of power lines. we just kept the water running a bit to keep pipes from freezing. no one i know suffered any damage except for a few colds.

>>1225664
Short answer. Yes. It can.

It causes paint to peel.. Windows to crack (if wooden frames. Metal or plastic this doesn't happen) concrete to crack. Plaster to fail. All kinds of things to do with the expansion of water.

I use the napa brand once in a while when I run out of the "more expensive" stihl stuff. Can't see the formula's being too different

>>1225570
>Wondering if it's fine to use until I run out?

Probably.

My uncle is a tree guy, a real pro to be honest. He uses that, but he says you have to add something to make it really nice, but he never gets around to telling me what exactly he adds.

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>>1225570
>I'm weary about using it with the newer husqvarna 562 I got last year.
>weary
If you're tired of using it, just stop using it.

Shit and piss in a bag and throw it in a dark closet

>>1225560
There's a homebrew general use the fucking catalog

Pear mead is piss easy, tastes good, and takes little effort.

Ingredients:
>5lbs Fresh D'anjou Pears cut into wedges
>10lbs clover honey
>1cup brown sugar
>1cup white raisins
>1pack champagne yeast

Extract Instructions:

In brew kettle, heat about 3.5 gallons water until sufficiently hot to dissolve the brown sugar and honey without boiling. Once the fermentables are in solution, cool the must to about 70 degrees f. transfer to a 5 gallon carboy and pitch yeast, add pear wedges and swirl must to aerate and coat pears.
Pop an airlock on it and let it sit in a cool dark place for about three months before even thinking about racking it off!
Enjoy the finished product in about 6-8 months.

>>1225534
'fence shelf'

>>1225534
It's a portable fetish shelf.

You carry it around asking girls to sit on it while you look at their ass from underneath. When you finally convince one to do it you just hang it from a nearby fence so she can sit on it.

That one's a little odd though, the glass on most of the ones I've seen is clearer than that. Maybe the owner likes a little mystery.

>>1225525
how does it feel to know that you just inspired me to steal your intellectual properties and you cannot stop me.

>>1225525
That's some really nice work OP, any closer pictures showing how the gears work?

>>1225545
HAHA. Well I don't know what intellectual property that you think you've stolen but go right on ahead. I'm curious, what are you stealing and what for?

>>1225597
Thank you very much! I'll get some good pictures and a video hopefully by tonight/few hours.

>>1225518
dig it out and find out

i make kimchi (fairly haphazardly) and haven't had any mold/rot problems

>>1225538
So it's okay to dump out the jar and refill it halfway through?

>>1225565
you can't dump it to a clean container, pick out the piece you're worried about to check and repack it?

how many days is that? you don't tamp it down and add brine to keep it submerged?

Search "tested adam savage muppet build" on Google/youtube

>>1225509
Cutup coach foam, spray glue and stretch cloth. Googly eyes.

>>1225533
I remember that video. The main guy running the operation was exactly the kinda guy I would expect to devote his life to puppet making. It's worth a watch just to see him and his workshop alone.

>>1225504
Dude, they make cell phone connected light switches that cost half as much or less than all the shit you have already listed and do a better job.

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slap a mustache on it. done.

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>>1225351
>to draw this out on a flat piece of paper?

have you asked /po/? they might have a nifty tool that does it automatically. sounds like you want a simple cone.

My approach is not great, but:

Divide the top circumference by how many panels you want. In the drawing, I used 24.

pi * diameter / panels = width of the panel at that end.

The length of the edge is 6/ (sin (atan (6/21)); atan(6/21 tells you alpha, and then sin(alpha) = 6/length. in this case it is 21.84.

Then laboriously draw 24 panels laid side to side. They won't connect at either end until you wrap it into a cone shape.

For the sheet metal it might look cooler to cut 24 panels with a bit extra for overlap and then rivet them together along the seam.

>>1225351
Did you google it?
http://craig-russell.co.uk/demos/cone_calculator

Awesome, thanks!

>>1225323
Tear it down and start again

>>1225323
Let the wall win

>>1225323
Ignore it and post on /r9k/

Sounds cool
What platform? Mobile?
Can't help but good luck

Go to /vg/, look for /agdg/ "Amateur Game Development General".

They'll hook you up.

>>1225233

> /v/ gaymer has an idea for a game
> it involves what the art and story will be like
> they can't program for shit
> they either fail or end up with a pile of total shit

Many such cases.

>>1225214
Just move houses op, you're fucked

>>1225214
siliconcarne or weld the plastiq

>>1225245
Relax, it's for a steam hoven
>>1225248
Weld? That shit is PA6 and looks like there are glass fibers, I don't have the stuff to melt it without burning it.

I was also thinking about epoxy, what do you all think about it?

As long as the pin dimensions where the joints are, and the securing pin are the same, then there really shouldn't be a problem. Be sure to check.

>>1225197
I`ve been looking for that for two days now :/ Thats what I came here for