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interior view

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last pic I got

Soak it in acetone (nail polish remover) for an hour or so.

>>1030715
No, just use a little tiny bit of acetone on a rag and wipe away the marker.

>>1030717
Soaking works way better. I had to do this with a toy the other day, soaked it for an hour or two and the mark came straight off with a bit of paper towel.

>>1030595
Probably connections for surround sound or outdoor speakers.

>>1030595
Banana Plugs

>>1030599
Enlighten me

You could run bamboo-PLA on a 3D printer but it's not the best filament for details.

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>>1030330
This is pretty much all you need

>>1031335
thats not a lathe

thats not a mill

Kinda sounds like you nephew should be kept away from sharp objects.

>>1030150
I hate to admit that you're right but he's always in a better mood carving at the wood. He works up a sweat and smiles, which is extremely rare. He spends hours just carving, its taken him a week to get through the table top and sand it down the way he wanted.

I'm still doing this for him and he will be monitored at University, considering his special single housing, as other similar people are in this housing, there is a chaperone each floor (typical is one chaperone per house/building).

He's on a lot of medication right now, the newest one, Abilify actually seems to be making a bit of a difference, only two weeks in. I hope it lasts.

So, regardless of this, I'm taking a leap and buying him some tools. Any recommendations? His doctors agree it could be a good way to cope, but that he should be monitored.

A couple of hand saws will probably be more satisfying for him than that jig saw.

Looks like that varnish is meant to be sprayed, not brushed on.

That vise is meant for metal and will be useless for wood.

Exterior screws won't be the best for furniture. Get some normal ones, they'll be cheaper too.

I don't think Black & Decker has been a great brand in my entire lifetime, and a good quality used drill from a garage sale will be a better value.

Get him a good book. The Woodwright's Shop is a good one.

>woodworking in a dorm room
Wat.

>>1029925
DC or AC? Either way, unless you happen to be sitting on a pile of motors batteries controllers and inverters, this looks like it will be quite costly.

>>1029939
I just got a part time job and probably dc cause cheaper. I got 2 houses next door to each other and im tired of messing with these bs gassers. Gonna make the deck detatchable so i can ride the mower around at local gatheri gs and not be the jackass on a 2 stroke banshee whike people are trying to talk.

Kinda crippled so i walk as little ass possibe but try and not be lethargic. We have mud runs and biker rallies a lot. Going to be a winter project unless my part time job picks up. Gonna try for lifepo4 but throwing 3 grand at an old motor might piss off the wife. Lol. I got a buddy who is a proffessional pinstriper / painter for a living. Probably mowing and also taking it to car shows.

>>1029925

You're looking in the range of "big and expensive".

Just to match the old engine for half an hour, you'd need about 7kWh worth of battery. If you're willing to spend an unreasonable amount of time building your own pack AND were able to get a steal on the batteries themselves, you could probably find suitable cells for about $3,000. Assuming lithium, anyway. You could use lead, but you'd see a large increase in weight, and they wouldn't last very long in terms of cycle life. You COULD build an excessively large pack with lead to keep depth of discharge low, but then you start to lose out on any cost advantage you had by using lead, and add even more weight.

I'm inclined to think your best bet for motors would be other electric mowers. They generally run straight from DC and don't require any controller.

The drive motor could be done with a larger electric scooter motor/controller, something in the 2kW+ range.


Honestly, I don't see much reason to do this. It'd be significant out-of-pocket expense and effort for...what? Avoiding some fairly minor maintenance?

>>1029762
>I've considered buying new capacitor

Its easy to test if its the cap. Turn it on and listen for a noise. If theres noise its probably the cap. Another way to test, thats less safe, is to turn it on and spin it yourself a few times as fast as you can. If it starts turning on its own it was a bad cap. If it doesn't its probably something else.

The main problem is a bad cap often leads to other issues. The cap fails and the motor is left energized but not spinning. So it heats up. Without any airflow to cool it you fry something.

>>1029763
Yeah, but unfortunately the motor doesn't make any sound. So I suppose it is the engine fried. Thanks anyway

>>1029762

Odds are very good it's the capacitor or the switch. The style of motor used in the typical fan pretty much never dies.

Weed & Feed is your best friend. Remove large established weeds by hand first.

>>1029539
"Feed" as in water the grass?
and "Weed" as in weed out the weed?

>>1029547
http://www.oneprojectcloser.com/when-and-how-to-apply-weed-feed/

Basic primer here.

>>1029181
>I plan to do a 10x20 slab alone...i have no friends other than you.
Holy shit dude you're gonna fuck this up so badly. Post pics.

>>1029194
i know

( ._.)

>>1029181
Here, maybe this will help.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_xFIhvi6fc

Better than phillips.

>>1029124
Torx is fine.

>>1029124
Yes? Better than Phillips or slotted.

>>1029080
>learn to weld
>???
>profit

Hardly anybody knows how to weld so it's pretty easy.

>>1029107
I have a TIG welder. I can weld, but I have no formal training or certifications.

There's a lot of liability in many welding repair/production jobs.

>>1029113
I guess it depends on where you're located.
I nearly finished welding school and I can make a lot of things no problem without having to get certified.

There isn't much of anything to anchor a bar to on a Tempo.

For a functional bull bar I'd use a cheap stick welder, but you would still have a shitload of work involved trying to attach it. It would be useless.

If you want to push other vehicles or hit deer for fun get a pickup truck.

If you want to weld, which is incredibly useful, I suggest starting with AC/DC stick. The little Harbor Freight things sort of work for some sheet metal but they aren't very good.

Visit some welding forums to learn more about welding.

>>1029034
Anything is possible when you know how to weld, and that welder will only weld up to 3/16 thick, in the hands of an experienced welder. I own that model and I'll tell you to buy a used Lincoln 110 unit, much nicer to weld with plus it won't break after 2 hours of welding. For the bar you're gonna need some tube, if you are making classic styled bull bar, no you can either miter it with a chop saw, or you can bend it around something. Make sure that your brackets mount to something secure and you should be good to go

>>1029034
Check local laws on bar compliance before you build.

>>1028242
Use a servo.

>>1028242
you use the word in your post so if not trolling, "linear dc actuator"

>>1028242
>Magnetic Piston.
I think you mean Solenoid.

Anything that meets your requirements is gonna cost several hundreds of dollars and eat up a shit ton of power.

Use a servo motor instead.

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>>1027499
Other side, I think it was spot welded originally

any place that welds, really.

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>>1027502
This part needs to be soldered I think.
What do you think about the paint? I actually like the scuffy original paint, but as this bike is from 1979 do you think I should repaint it? There isnt any rot, just minor surface corrosion where the paint is chipped.

>>1027424

I can honestly say I've never heard anyone with a desire to spend to much effort on getting out of an easy job.

You'll spend more time fucking about with muh ramps than you would just mowing the lawn.

Fat/10

>>1027424
Hi, /out/!
>>>/out/821548

>>1027426
>getting out of an easy job

Are you bugguy/pont from /an/ and /out/ with that 6'x4' "lawn"?

Some of us have lawns that take all day long to mow. I even have a $10k zero turn riding lawn mower with a dumping grass vacuum that makes it really nice to mow and it still takes all damn day to mow.

I'd probably just get a few ruminants instead.