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>>1063264
1. Cut diagonals in light wood and then glue to dark wood.

2. How wide of an opening at the surface of the light wood can you live with? You could use a dovetail router bit to cut something like this.

>>1063316
It's actually a single piece of wood, my illustration is just shitty. It's part of a window.
>dovetail router bit
ah, yes. That could work. Opening size is not critical. Maybe I can find one at work.

You should probably tell us what you're attempting to do bc it looks retarded but... hog out the hole with a drill and clean up the edges with a chisel. Or simply use some combination of chisel, drill or coping saw.

>>1063246
I have used these, they do not work.

>>1063246
Partial pressures dude. If the partial pressure sees a gradient it will smooth out the gradient.
Meaning that co2 will leak in the high pressure air because there is no co2 in the air (or too small of an amount).
Physics just ruined your day.

>>1063306
In other words, pressurize with CO2 if you want it to work.

>>1063212
doctor do ur own medicine

Most people on this board are carpenters, machinists, welders, or engineers so that should give you a hint at what sort of professions carry over to diy

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>>1063212
I get plaque on my front bottom teeth. I brush 2 times a day and floss but it still accumulates. Everytime I go to the dentist they scrape it all off. Would I be harming my teeth if I scrape it off myself with a needle or paperclip or something? Or is there a better way to get rid of it.

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>>1063167

>>1063168
I'm generally thankful for tips regarding wood cleaning and finishing.

There are scratches that are only visible in direct light, but they really bug me.

>>1063167
a stain marker for mid depth scratches (wax colored to match the stain), for shallow scratches you can rub a plain white candle on the surface, and it will fill in the gaps in the finish that make the scratch look white, but it's semi-temporary because wax wears faster than finish when cleaning, so you have to do it every six months or so.
pretty sure that looks like an oak, given the unstained color of the chip and the long flecks of grain pattern.
for that chip, the only thing you can really try is to use stainable (or prestained) wood filler to patch it, then carefully sand down to a smooth profile and restain and seal. it'll probably end up looking like shit. or you can try using a stain marker/stain to minimize the visibility by making it the same color.
you could also maybe sand it to make it a smooth edged divot instead of a chip, but it'll still be obvious because of the profile.

A car alarm?

>>1062990
>Locked, no damage, they toss everything in the car looking for something
Does the FBI think you have copies of Hillary's emails?

>>1063018
I think my car alarm is broke, It never went off.

>>1062988
This shit needs to be in the sticky

>cheap
>soundproofing

It doesn't fucking exist

Line the walls with mattresses from the gutter.
>you might get aids but hey, it's free

Frame in a room within a room. I'd put it on cheap insulating risers like auralex uboat floaters. I'd probably caulk every joint. To heck with ventilation, just jump out every so often.

You could double drywall with acoustic glue.

>>1062853
what the hell is a b c?

just get it leveled with 2 steps, or 3 like u did

>>1062855

I needed the dimensions, not my patio.

>>1062859
what? why need the dimensions if it is not your patio?

You do know /an/ would be the place to look for stuff like this.

I have plants that can tolerate me forgetting them for several weeks, and then they just get one brown stalk which reminds me.
Anything needing watering several times a week dies quickly.
I've tried a few automatic watering solutions, but they are all unconvenient or ugly.
I have no idea about nutrition, maybe that would be an issue too if I actually watered the plants.

I would have more plants if they survived. I have them for decoration.

>>1062746
thx for the suggestion, I forgot that board, haven't visited 4chan for a few months. But I'm also looking for people that have no plants because they have too many issues with them, so just visiting places that are guaranteed to have people with plants would provide a biased sample

>>1062740
Get experience

Can you read a tape measure?

Move to Amish country; there is always a woodworker looking for an assistant/apprentice and you'd get a great education in hand tools

Why does it have to be in a glass fuse package? And if you made your own PSU you should be able to make a polyfuse fit in a glass fuse spot

>>1062700
or burn out a glass one and solder on a polyfuse to the glass fuse to make it removable

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>>1062700
because i'm using pic related on the + rails and i don't want to change the design (looks more convenient).

I could disassemble a glass fuse and fit in a SMD polyfuse inside, but why bother making manky fuses if these exists anyways?

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Shit, I forgot a bit, I'm tired I had trouble writing this up.

I'm planning on mounting the centrifugal fan on the bottom side of the top and cut a whole so it doesn't overheat. Here's a pic of it and it's specifications. I think I'm forgetting something in my post.

>>1062646
I have the R2E225-RA40-21, ignore the second line.

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That will keep you awake at night. It's really designed to be part of a ducted system moving air from multiple rooms.

According to that spec sheet, the capacitor is included with the fan motor.

I presume this impellor is house? It's designed as an inline fan, which normally come housed as it's not a case of just stick them in a box and it will move air like an axial fan would, air movement has to be directed through the impellor much like a water pump, see pic related.

As for speed controller, if it's compatible with one, check your manufacturer specs, then almost any brand of fan controller will work with it. It's more or less a variable resistor with some overload protection and other bits. The 5 step controllers are easiest to find.

Harbor freight sells motors and basic controllers, why don't you just make one?

>>1062510
Contact wheels are fucking expensive.

Standalone HF motors are overpriced. It would be cheaper to buy one of those shitty 2hp compressors (69667) to take the motor from.

Unless I get a 3 phase motor and VFD (or a DC motor), I need step pulleys to adjust the speed.

While I have the tools to build a grinder, I'd rather just buy one.

>>1062491
>Anyone have a belt grinder

No but I have a linisher.

*work

>>1062448
This is a life saving coil.

Is that a sausage winch?

>>1062307
build a retaining wall a little bit away from the building

Either build a few retaining walls to make the ground flat for a bit and step them down. Or remove those trees so sunlight can get to that part then plant some grass. Grass naturally keeps dirt from moving due to all of the roots grabbing everything. I had a similar problem, my yard washed away every time it rained. Planted some grass, now everything holds.

Maybe tear it up, lay down some new dirt, and apply sod?

>>1062271
The old ways were notching and overlapping wood so tight that it was waterproof, or stuffing cordage in the gaps, and then coat the bottom of the boat with pitch/tar. Even with these methods, people needed to bail water out of boats fairly often.

Wrapping a canoe body in skins or canvas and putting polyeurethane or lead paint on them also worked. Most of the "not medieval but still effective" methods are toxic as fuck and usually prohibited.

http://www.angelfire.com/ego/lewisboatworks/html/Tipstricks1_a.htm This site is ghetto as fuck but has pretty good budget advice on self made boats.

If you aren't making the boat from Water World, why even try?

>>1062271
>It seems that most people use some sort of epoxy or coat it in fiberglass but that's pretty cost-prohibitive.
Not really.
The decent wood you would use (if you were reasonable) would cost a lot more....

>Anyone know of any alternatives or more traditional methods?
The traditional way is you coat it inside and out with a couple coats of varnish, and then you don't leave it in the water when you're not using it. If you are not in it paddling around, it must be kept DRY.

You also have to be careful about handling it tho, because the varnish coat can get scratched through or punctured pretty easily by dragging it around on the ricks or by hitting underwater stuff.... Which was why people went to using thicker & harder coatings like epoxy.

Also We Note: normally when you bother to build a boat out of pretty wood, you use some kind of clear coating to show off the pretty wood that you used.