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>>1046130
Nice! Any tips on this sort of project? I'm hoping to do something similar in a few years.

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>>1046135
Proper tools for the job, measure twice, cut once.

Blocks are an ass pain, it's a real work out. I eye balled the rough block layout to get my rebar holes drilled and almost fucked up by spacing my rebar to close to where the block sits. Had a half inch to spare but I just bent the rebar inward.

Mortar mixing is more art than science. Buy the big black tub at HomeDepot or Lowe's to set in your wheel barrow,I have a mixer but only work 3or 4hours a day on it so the wheel barrow method is more efficient. Play with the mortar before you mix it for serious. Not enough water and it balls up and won't stick, too much water is sloppy and squashes out. Buy some extra blocks and make something small, like a 4long 3block high wall. Helps you figure out how to butter the blocks,how much mortar, how to level, align, and straighten them. Mike Hadduck I think on YouTube is pretty good to watch before hand and get an idea.

A proper masonry die grinder wheel helps to cut half blocks.

I'll be finished with the blocks this weekend I think and my lumber gets delivered Monday.

I'll post some more pics tomorrow, I'm phone posting right now.

Overall the only tools you need are patience and dedication to do it right-ish.

Here's a scorpion from after I finished the other afternoon

>>1046130
Gathering parts for a larger trailer mounted foundry and can bailer. Gonna be a hell of an undertaking but, its not like i havent done it before.

>>1066636
you made a thread about this already asking if it would work for your job, we said there were better ways, and now you are asking how to do your original idea?

http://www.exair.com/en-US/Primary%20Navigation/Products/Vacuum%20Generators/Pages/E-Vac%20Vacuum%20Generators.aspx

get a compressor driven vacuum generator, not expensive at all

Usually yes but would depend on the pump's head design. It won't be a very high vacuum though. How much vacuum do you need? You can DIY probably to around -15 maybe -25 inHg with a oil compressor. Though, if you have a compressor, you'd be better off buying a venturi style pump for 20 bucks at harbor freight.

>>1066642
I could do with 200 psi or less. I am mainly using for filtering out solvents for lab work at home

>>1066583
I don't know what the fuck this is. You want to add 3.5mm jacks to them?

>>1066590
Yeah, either 1/8 or 1/4, i would prefer 1/4 jacks tho.

>>1066595
That seems like a strange mod. Is each jack going to be a mono independent input for the left and right ear?

>>1066192
Ha. You're kidding.
I have a customer with one of these. The guy paid a ton of money for this overpriced combi, and it's so fucking complicated that no repair company will touch it. I tried working on it once, the thing is rediculous.

What kind of problem are you having? Did you clean the filter under the control panel? Is your cooling fan running?

>>1066207
I work with a friend and even though i haven't had any problems, he's ran into some trouble. Most of the times people just don't know how to use the oven, so i download its info into a pendrive and figure out what they've been doing with it. But my friend says that he had trouble with some thermocouple. Anyway, at least i know that i'm not the only one who think these are quite complicated.

>>1066316
I repair commercial equipment for a living and turn these things down. Problem is that usually the customer is a small local restaurant that won't pay for more than an hour of diagnostics, and this unit needs a few hours at minimum. My suggestion to you if you need manuals and whatnot is to visit 3wire.com or partstown.com, and if you need to know how to use it, call the manufacturer. I remember seeing that they have a number for chefs to learn how to use it. For repairs, spend a day taking it apart and learning how it works before it actually breaks, and when it starts boot cycling like I've seen them do, you'll hopefully be a few steps ahead of me with it.

BTW, the main board that goes bad when it overheats is like 600-700 IRC. Don't let that fan stop or get blocked.

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Something this size.

>>1066117
>MDF is cheap but it's shit

Funny you say that, as thats what arcade machines are typically made of.

>>1066125
Mostly laminated chipboard and particle board.

>>1066117
It's decorative and might hold up but I certainly wouldn't rely on it for any structural support.

How recent did you buy the house? Still have time on that home buyers insurance or whatever the hell it is called?

>>1066022
8 yrs ago

and yes i'm still a newb

>>1066017
no new compressor?

isn't 7.5k a lot even for a full residential system?

>>1065907
11/10 good graphics

>>1065907
Top kek lel
Super epic bro

>>1065916
Graphics? You mean, the written adhesives?

>>1065887
Wow, 24?
You can do a lot with that much trash. I would recommend finding some sort of lubricant and soaking them in it. Afterwards they should be significantly slippery enough to shove up your ass.

>>1065896
Didn't you near he ALSO might have access to the can too!

>>1065887
Go back to Pinterest, your art projects aren't real diy, they are shitty folk art

Hi OP. You can make a non-rechargeable cell with aluminum scraps and common household materials which holds an energy density by volume on the same order as gasoline, which blows lithium-ion the fuck out. Here's an instructive video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-YZeOkllRg

Happy recycling!

>>1065842
The hell is a ying yang hold up?
Anyway, I think that design wouldn't stand too much horizontal movement. Also, you need a strong frame. I've seen many wood ones that were shit.

Mm, thinking about it.. a telescopic bar you can lock, is thick and strong enough and has large soft blocks at the side but it would be a problem to keep it up without falling, and certainly a pain to make. My two cents.

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>>1065850
>The hell is a ying yang hold up?

I don't really know. I just thought that it would work like a wedge and work like a clam cleat, pic related.

My body weight would wedge the bar, because of the shape of the ying yang hold up things. Idk what I should call them. They were my solution to the telescopic bar.

your yin tang thingies should work IF you put some good grippy stuff on the side that sits against the door frame. maybe use those no-slip rubber mats they sell for putting on car dashboards? I think you don't even need the yin yangyness, just a couple of wedges. Might have to experiment with the angle of the wedge.

an alternative to the hampers would be making hoops and sewing them into the fabric like ribs.

These hoops could be anything form wire to card circles.

>>1065729
I don't think hampers would smooth out well- not sure if OP can find round ones that aren't tapered.
Hula hoops might work out.

>>1065729
I thought about wire or mayne small hoola hoops and netting? Hamper os perfect if i dont hulk out though. Kinda want a skelitan frame so i can detatch the costume and clean it.

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>>1065593
just get a Coghlan's™ emergency poncho and deal with it. and stop posting /pol/ /x/ and weirdo /k/tard /b/ shit on this board.

>>1065593

don't use a shipping container for underground

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>>1065532
And windows, insulation, wiring, plumbing, heating, drywall...
Good building supplies cost good money, and it's not like one man can put a complete house together that can pass code in a reasonable span of time.

>>1065532
You're right, new house construction with two floors should be about $600/sq ft, not counting the foundation, or permitting soft costs.

>>1065542
Nah, depends on area but $250/sq ft for average grade quality materials is about industry standard. This price is climbing as trends and design change. In CA $300 /ftis normal, but i've seen $425 in nicer houses. Others in my field have seen $600 in high end places.

$100/sq foot is dirt fucking cheap. Yeah an individual 2x4, sheet of drywall, square of shingles, gallon of paint, board foot of trim, or outlet is kinda cheap. But multiply all those out to however much is needed. Then consider the most expensive rooms in the house: kitchen and bathrooms. These have cabinets, and cabinets are fuckin expensive at $250+ per linear foot, most average houses have a couple dozen or more lineal feet of cabinetry. It all adds up.

Then you have to account for the labor of skilled craftsman to build the fuckin thing without being a total shitbox 20 years from now.

If you're finding very similar houses for $50k, that means they're likely very old, inferior construction not up to modern code, needs repair, or something you're just not reading correctly. What calculator are you using, and how are you finding houses that cheap for sale? I don't think you could find a 2000 sq foot house for $50k. Even modular houses and trailers cost more than that.

>source: I'm an estimator

>>1065286
Not really no. Unless you're happy with it looking like shit of course.

>>1065286
>engraving by hand, without any tools whatsoever
yes if u have fingernails

>sharp
also yes

>>1065288

Well, I don't plan on making complex figures, so precision is not key here. That's why I would like to know whether it can be done with a screwdriver or so. Sounds stupid, but I don't know why it shouldn't work.

Can you get schematics? It's very nicely marked on the board.

>>1065247
i looked but no avail so far

You're going to have to follow the traces for clues. Diodes don't have standardized color markings like resistors.

I'd recommend posting in the electronics general /ohm/.

Do you mean 2 meter diameter round bar? Why do you mean by massive steel

>>1065138
2 meter length, maybe 2-3cm diameter. I meant massive as in a solid bar, not a pipe.

1) Depends where you live you dummy.
2) A lathe is the best way. What tools do you have?

FFS