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Evening /diy/ I need some suggestions...

My condominium has tall windows with single-pane glass that, even though I own the condo and everything within it, I cannot alter.

To put it short, I hear just about anything and everything on the street below, and it's bad. Any asshole man-child on a crotch rocket that rides by, any drunk POS yelling on the street below, the air conditioner unit on a building nearby that's gone bad and no one seems to want to fix, I hear it all.

I am desperate to find a way to deafen the noise in this place so that I can finally sleep an entire 8 hours for once. I don't need to be able to open the windows since I can use the AC relatively cheaply, but I want to be able to use the blinds.

So far the only solution that I have come up with is Indows, which are basically just acrylic sheets that are secured in the sash and can also help with any drafts I might have, and that sit behind the blinds. The problem is I don't really have an idea what those will cost given the sizes of each sash.

Would this be something I could make myself with the same outcome? I have access to 8' sheets of .125"(.118) thick acrylic and a half a million dollar CNC router that I can program. I just don't know what I would use for the edges to seal them as best as possible.

Does anyone have any suggestions for this? Should I just buy the Indows?? More pics incoming.

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I just got a RP3ModelB, I'm running RetroPie V4.0.2(the latest i believe) I've had absolutely no problems with SNES,GBA,PSX,etc. The one thing i really want is MAME&NeoGeo, Everytime i select a MAME/NeoGeo game, i get sent back to the list of games on emustation. No error message, just fades to black then back to the menu. I've tried different emulators, different Bios, different ROMS, I even tried a different OS. I was hoping FBA would work but nothing. If anyone can suggest something to fix this, thank you! I really got this thing to play Arcade titles so its a little frustrating.
I tried /v/ and i tried /g/, they sent me to you guys, thanks again

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Is there any way I can exploit or utilise the componentry in one of these for parts or to use it for something else? I can tear it apart if possible but I'm not sure what if any value of the componentry it contains

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Is there a way to remove 5 layers of paint without disturbing the original baked enamel? Now that I've removed the nameplate I have a better picture to provide context to my question

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I don't know how to weld and also don't have a welder. But I need to weld on two new catalytic converters on my plow truck. Will two batteries be enough or too much?

What type of rods should I use?

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Hey DIY I'm thinking about building my own ring, does anybody have experience on this? The problem it's that I'm working on a concrete floor and I can't attach the anything to it. I was thinking about making a cross on the floor with thin metal where each post it's based on and covering the estructure with tatami floor to avoid any harm. Any ideas o any experience on this? Sorry about my English, I couldn't explain better.

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Hey /DIY, repaired my old sennheisers today with a new headphone jack but the levels are off. I'm no audio expert but guitar and bottom end of voices seem off, I'd guess this is treble?

What could I have done wrong to cause this, guessing it'd be the solder to the ground?

Well aware that you're all sick to death of headphone threads but I've had no luck with google and will delete the thread as soon as I've got what I need.

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I have a need for a 'device' that would keep a glass jar (mostly empty) slightly warmer than surroundings - let's say the room temperature is about 15 degrees Celsius, and I need to keep the jar at about 20. The jar is w/o the lid (just a piece of cloth on top).

My ideas so far:
a) make a resistor "strips" that I place IN the jar, glue at the walls.
-I have little to no idea how many resistors/what type I need to use, I guess I would need help with the calculations and I don't really know anyone with such skill.
+I could control the temp with arduino (assuming the power output of arduino is good enough).
+Probably quite even heat distribution


b) use this: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Fast-USB-Tea-Coffee-Warmer-Heater-Cup-Mug-Pad-4-Port-USB-Hub-Office-PC-Laptop-/171778468698 somehow, probably with a gap between the jar and this (I need ~20, not 60)
-I have no idea how well the heat will distribute (what do you think)?
+Easy as fuck to put in place.

What should I use? Is it hard to calculate how the resistors should be used? Could I get some material on that?

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hey /diy Im making modifying a moped to be more like a monkey bike. it will still be street legal once Im done. everything is off the original moped.
thoughts on it?
inb4 bad welds i know, still learning

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Alright /diy/ I'm looking to get serious and start bolstering my skills as a furniture carpenter. What are some resources, be they books/videos/whatever That can help me build a solid foundation of knowledge?

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outside of the dangers related to breathing in any type of dust, in there any inherent danger to cutting and using untreated 2x4 studs?

i know treated lumber, in addition to having a greenish hue, is marked 'MB.' most of the cheap lumber i buy from big box stores is warped, KD HT pine. if lumber is stamped KD HT, does that mean that it hasn't been treated any other way and is safe for use?

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Has anyone ever cast their own engine blocks? Even as a hobby 50cc single piston engine, making something like that from scratch would be pretty amazing, and I'd love to make a block for a project car eventually; something ridiculous, like a 2L V10 engine.

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

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I found some old axe parts and thought i'd make something out of it. Its ment for chopping small firewood indoors. Any ideas on how to decorate it?

Trips will decide its name. The name will be branded or carved in runes

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Hi /diy/
I finally bought myself a boat similar to the one above. It's an old Whaler, but modernized with features like internet, televisions, livingroom etc. Its about 44 meters long, and the engines are in top shape.

So, now I'm playing with the thought of making money with it.

My idea so far is to arrange some sort of expedition where each partisipant will pay x money for y distance traveled/diesel. Food/beer etc included in the price.

what do you think? any suggestions on how i should run things?

its a sea full of options!

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Ok so I have a pic related and I want to break it down so that I can use the display and connect it to a RCA connector making it a display for a camera
What is the best way to do so?