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4 pin compact fluorescent.

>>1035256
I've found one of those that had the same shaped fitting but was square shaped, not rectangular like in my pic. Do they have different codes?

>>1035260
There are different types yes. You're best Google Compact Fluorescent Lamp and look for one that suits. Most common ones are Edison screw or bayonet. Many varieties.

If you have a screwfix near by I'd try asking there if anyone can help.

Mak it yourself using thin leather (junked leather couch) or canvas. self satisfaction and it will last longer than most things you can buy.

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I like bags from the german army. "Bundeswehr Werkzeug Rolltasche".
http://www.ebay.de/itm/Rolltasche-Werkzeugtasche-Werkzeugrolltasche-Motorrad-PKW-Werkzeug-Bundeswehr-/311393270611
I have two as pic related for my wrenches, awesome quality.

A box like this also works well, I put my field repair tools for my RC hobby in one:

http://www.ebay.de/itm/Allit-Sortimentskasten-EuroPlus-Basic-37-12-rot-transparent-/122017426928

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At my work we like bank bags but they're not exactly organized...

>>1035161
What is it about the plans you found that makes you think they aren't any good?

>>1035164
So what I found is basically what you see in the picture and then another method which directly has two parts that fold but the problem is that I'm not sure I end up saving that much money.

Forgot to say that this desk will be for my laptop + some extra space for taking notes or whatever

well you're the chemist here, does sulfuric acid react with that particular plastic?

Yes, because SO4 is non polar you can definitely store it with polar bleach. In fact, bleach will keep it from turning clumpy and keep it useful for up to 10 years in a 1:0.5 ratio of acid to bleach. Just make sure its not scented bleach

>>1035169
And the bottle is totally okay for it, the bottles are graded to hold battery acid

I'm building a house with all the governmental sodomization in Funland.

Building my own bluetooth adapter to my cars OEM head unit that doesn't have a external audio input, also tapped into the CAN interface to read the steeringwheel stereo controls so I could skip tracks without needing to mess with phone. Got it working pretty well but then I found a cheap chinese adapter that did exactly the same for less than I'd allready spent on the project so got that instead because it was so much smaller. Still learnt alot and messing with CAN was fun.

>>1035151
Right now I'm designing a RC model Airship that uses hot air as it's lifting gas.

Previously, I was creating a transistor sound card with similar capabilities to a SID chip.

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Posting a pic with my phone camera, we already took a drawer out to better fit the chair in height

Lift up the desk with some wooden blocks or something. 3 inches or so should be good.

>>1035100
That's just what I was thinking

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>>1035095
Sorry here's a better photo. This is the sink I have in there. The sink drains into a 5 gallon bucket in the cupboard below.

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>>1035099
Use a fuel bladder. Lightweight but really strong, they use them in drones

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>>1035095
That looks so fucking comfy

>>1035094
is it really that hard to follow the lines?

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>>1035094
Agreed OP - a child could do it.

We're not doing your homework for you, fuck off Manuel

if your gonna use them every day for heavy duty work then perhaps consider better ones..

if your gonna use em every once in a while for fuckaround stuff then they'll likely be fine, if you find that you use one specific one enough to break it (or more likely if your 10mm socket developes legs and wanders off) then you can buy individual replacement sockets to make up for the broke/lost ones...

also make sure you use the hazard freight coupon...

>>1035027
I buy and use lots of HF tools.
About the only thing I don't recommend is their cheapest corded electrical tools.
(drills, saws, etc)

>>1035028

Not a mechanic or anything so im not going to put them to hard work on a daily basis. But they will not sit in their case on my garage and collect dust either.

In addition to the stuff i do on my own I do some side job here and there and not having impact rated sockets sucks balls.

I very likely will not use several of them but I know for a fact that if I do not get the full sets I will need the one I do not have.

The reviews seam very impressive for harbor freight.

Though getting the deep wall set in metric seems a little much. I might opt to get a few one off's of the larger sockets.

>>1035014

the cable box should also have a coax ouf

>>1035017
But the box is connected to the outlet. I'm wondering if I can just reconnect it to a coax splitter and connect the modem next to it so the splitter itself can be plugged into the outlet (thus sharing the outlet)

How the hell do you have DirectTV for TV and Comcast for internet? Presumably the cable goes up to the dish.

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For what ever reason the primer did not stick well to itself after the first 2 medium wet coats where sanded, my 3rd coat to smooth everything out just DID not stick to the coats below it. and the color coat? its not waterproof at all, it allows moisture to go in and out and through it. and apparently the powdery primer does too. Now I had already talked about how the clearcoat went really matte? well around may-june time I was reading on some boat forums about different finishes. and someone asked about hellman's spar, and people weren't happy with it saying it didn't hold up well at all, it looked really bad, flaked on them. and it went REALLY dull. over-all there was better products for the same amount of money. and when you look really close, the clear looks like a bunch of micro-orangepeeling. so what I'm thinking is that the clearcoat shrank/warped due to the direct sunlight and it being on a metal tank that gets pretty hot during the day under no cover. And the shrinking caused it to create small holes/cracks like what happens to clay when its wet, and it dries too fast. now this has let rain soak into the color and base coat in spots, and get to metal underneath, causing spot spot rust.

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And heres the rust freckles that will show up on camera.

Looks like shit, I hope you get hit by a truck next time your splitting lanes.

>>1034979
Alright, alright. Let the shit posting begin, but I for one say good work OP. May not be the most complex thing in the world, but it feels good to actually build something that works. And matching the original parameters, more or less.

>>1034981
I did not want complex, I needed a charger that will WORK and not a "smart" charger that won't even try to charge a battery if it is too low.

>>1034986
Agreed, especially for lead acid. Plus you used heatsinks and put shrink tubing on everything. We love seeing projects that actually worked out on /diy/, but it will probably only be a couple of minutes before we see some summer fag in here talking about how you should have used an arduino as a charge controller or a 14 volt regulator or something. Again, nice work OP.

just put it in a container

>>1034973
>1. Make a box with many drainage pipes and fill it with paver sand and level the stock tank on that.
I like this idea. I'd probably modify it a bit: make a box with 2x8 boards, with an interior diameter two inches larger than your tank. Maybe reinforce with 2x4s to help prevent spread from pressure. Fill with sand, level, place tank. Seems the easiest to do labor-wise, hardest to kill tank because the sand will compress to relieve stresses. Just my 2¢.

>>1035000
I'll probably draw up plans for it some time soon. I will need to figure out a way to control the bottom of the box from sagging into an uneven location of sand. Or I can use some left over pond liner I have lying around to make a flexible bottom for the box so that the sand will be contained but still will be in contact with the ground.

>>1034955
Its not the motor. Its the foot pedal...

>>1034955
>using double the designed voltage
why do people do this kind of shit?

>>1034955
Don't use 110 volt stuff on 220 systems dumbshit. Jesus.

>engine
>engine
>engine
Its a motor.

>>1034946
There is a centrifugal clutch that spins the head once the it reaches a certain rpm. Your clutch springs are getting loose or more likely you're idling too fast.

Carburetors have two adjustable fuel jets usually via two screws. High speed and low speed jet, they control fuel mixture at high rpm and idle. Sounds like your high speed jet needs to be adjusted. Also there will be a screw to set the minimum throttle position that controls the idle speed.

These shitty little engines cause so many problems because they have tiny garbage carburetors that are supposed to work in all positions so they don't have what you could call an actual fuel bowl. Very sensitive to the fuel mixture and are usually fucked after a year or two. You can get them working with effort, but it won't be reliable, you'll have to adjust the carb every single time you use etc. Throw it out and get an electric one. I was using some hobby lipo packs to power a shitty nicad based jobmate trimmer until my dad threw it out because he thought it was broken.

>>1034946
Just turn the left fuel jet adjustor a quarter turn to the left.

>>1034953

Yeah, this.

I have a couple 4 cycles and it's all the same story. Fine for 6 months to a year then goddamn dead backbreaking pigshit to crank and it's constant repairs, maintenance etc.

Get an electric with four times the torque and a 3hr battery life.