Since the show thread currently active is all about electronics i am making this thread.
Also i would like feedback on this table i made.
>>1015852
looks like you lost your motivation while doing the legs.
>>1015854
Well that sucks,
How do you think i lost my motivation?
>>1015852
Looks good OP
Simple and solid
Does anyone here have any recomendations for a good pair of straight and curved Jewllers/Tin snips, I work mostly in 0.004" stainless but a good cutting range would be way better. I'm based in UK, which may limit options.
Pic related, my current brand of straight blades.
>>1029857
Mine are 85F from Friedr Dick. While I've been happy with them, I haven't tried that many comparable tools, so take it with a grain of salt.
Maybe you should tell what's wrong with your current snips.
>>1029861
They seem well, Chinesey if that makes sense, they seem to blunt with less than a days hard use, it honestly feels like i spend more time rehoning and tightening my snips than using them.
>>1029865
I cut stainless (up to 5mil) only rarely so I can't really comment about the durability of 85F. No problems with 0.5mm and thinner brass, though.
So I'm going to make one of these, its basically just a log hollowed out and cut into slices with an led light in the middle. How do I make this so its not going to catch on fire when used? What sort of wood and led should I use to ensure its safe?
>>1029746
use a bulb that doesn't get super hot? if you can put your hand on the bulb without burning yourself, you shouldn't have to do anything with the wood. just make sure you don't have bare wires hanging out and you are fine.
>>1029746
If you are using LED's then you should be okay, just make sure to insulate all your connections well so there won't be any shorts that can produce sparks and you should be golden.
I like the idea, do you have any links to how these are produced?
just fyi, they never look as good as the photographs; those shots were taken very carefully
I'm in the planning stages of building some shelving.
Are there any good joints I can cut into pieces of wood to stick them together or should I just get some metal parts to stick on the inside and try to reinforce it.
I want it to be hidden from the outside but I'd like to make it sturdy. I'm mostly just using a circular saw and the blades way to big for something detailed but I got some free time would butterfly joints weaken it?
The shelf is going to be angled to cover the floor at a 90 degree angle sort of like L shaped to fit a corner so it'll have at least 6 points where it joins in.
I'm thinking this might be too big of a project for my experience with the amount of money it'll cost to get it done. I really want to make something fit this space so I'm trying to come up with ideas to make this work, I just know roughly how I want the primary structure to be before I get into adding hinges and stuff or trying to disguise it.
I know what I want it to do over all but need to get a better mental picture of the smaller details I been thinking about this for a few years now and it keeps changing from picking different things to build and fit around that room I don't think I'll ever start if I don't work out the smaller details.
you've been planning on building a shelf for a few YEARS? are you mentally disabled?
>>1029494
No I been thinking of what to build in there for a few years. It started out that it was going to be a bed frame but the ceiling was too low.
Mostly I just want it to stand up to getting bashed. at with a hammer or something so I'm probably going to use plywood for the parts covering the frame.
>>1029497
Well the ceiling was the deciding factor, there is other shelving and drawers in there too that take up a lot of the floor space.
I don't really live there all the time I have to leave for months at a time. But like in terms of how much space it takes up I'm pretty set on this.
Not sure if this is the right place to post this, but /o/ didn't seem very diy oriented.
I had to change some valve shims on my bike, so far so good. Went to put it all back together and i can't get the camshafts timed properly. I align all the paint marks on the flywheel and camshaft sprockets, but when i go to tighten it up the flywheel mark slowly moves out of alignment.
pic related, my bike but not my picture.
>>1029451
Instead of "bike" which means nothing, learn to post MAKE, MODEL and YEAR every first post when looking for motorcycle advice. None of the teencunt customs on 4chan mean shit to real mechanics. I never post motorcycle questions on 4chan but I'm a mechanic so I answer some.
4chan is not a motorcycle forum. I'm not being a dick pointing that out but if you are going to wrench, go to BRAND SPECIFIC motorcycle forums and where available, model specific forums.
Clymer, Haynes and Chilton manuals often miss useful content. Many brand forums have links to downloads of factory books. It's worth your time to check.
I see your chain riding high and the left cam is not secured so it is inevitably being held a bit out of place by valve spring pressure. Timing marks often can only be checked accurately with both cams secured, but all you need to inspect valve clearance is to be on the heel/base circle of the cam lobe you are inspecting. Of course the cam must be bolted down to check correctly.
Remember on a four stroke engine the camshaft turns at 1/4 crankshaft speed so timing marks won't realign at TDC on number one (or whatever) cylinder until four rotations of the crank.
Now and forever, end the 4chan practice of posting a pic then expecting others to identify your object unlee YOU don't know what it it.
This warning will save you from being laughed at on real cycle forums.
The nice thing about the internet is there will usually be many people with answers specific to your vehicle.
Finish your shimming per the instructions in your service manual, then check cam timing.
Never turn an engine over with anything but a wrench until you KNOW the cam timing is correct. A starter is plenty powerful enough to bend valves.
DO NOT REPLY TO THIS POST. GO TO A CORRECT FORUM. YOU'LL THANK ME LATER.
Good you for learning to work on your motorcycle! The only "dumb" question is one you don't ask, just find the correct venue.
Not op but this is the best reply or even post I've ever seen on this site. To the point, frank, but helpful. Good for you anon, may we all better the world like you.
>>1029451
Tighten down the camshaft boots all evenly and slowly. Make sure the cam chain tensioner isn't in place until you're all done too. Also sometimes most of the time. A single link or two forward or back. Isn't gonna fuck anything up. Not saying you should leave it. But it really won't advance or retard the timing by anything...
Hi /diy/, this knife I made using an old chisel is my first attempt at forging something. What do you think? Any tips to improve my work?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ooEVzQnv1gM
Thanks
Looks good, don't care for the blade finish though. Looks a little small and unwieldy with no guard on the tang as well.
>>1028922
how is it unwieldy?
>>1029029
I guess he wants to stab shit and that knife isn't made stabbing in mind. Dunno why he thinks it needs to be bigger.
Anyone ever tried to build their own laptop?
I bought an old thinkpad the other day, and It's fucking amazing.
They really don't make them like they used to.
Anyway, I'll eventually want a better one (or this one will fail) so I'm thinking about making my own laptop chassis.
Any advice on that front /diy/?
>>1028916
>Any advice on that front /diy/?
Stop, its not practical in the least bit
You just have to deal with the whole technology world shitting on you, with their non free, closed source consumer laptops with locked down bios and CPUS with backdoors in them.
Buy as many T400s you can, install libreboot and Trisquel to free yourself.
Yeah I bought a "select your own parts" laptop build from msi. Big waste of money.
Get a desktop for a self build and a cheap t400 for your office work on the go.
I thought I'd need a graphics card for work as I render models a lot, but in reality when you're out and about you just need a word processor and internet
>>1028916
>Any advice on that front /diy/?
If you're cool with the machine being thicker than a girly lap top, then I'd suppose the build would be quite easy.
If I was going to do it; I'd select a low power Mu-ATX board as the basis-- as who wants to haul around an 80 kg back pack of lead acid batteries + a 2 KW inverter? fug, your 'lap top' at this point would be a component of a mobility scooter armed with solar panels and shit.
Next, I'd get some offset ribbons so I could mount a decent graphics card parallel to the board for better geometry.
Water cooling would make sense, as heat transport can be done far more effectively with tight geometry this way. if you can't build custom water blocks, err--yes you can; laminate assembly makes it easy as pie.
The case i'd build in two units; the base would just be a thin profile Mu-ATX with a custom I/O panel.
The 'top' of the case, I'd take a nice mechanical keyboard and remove the bezel and use it as a template for the cut out and mounting in the 'top'
Same with a track pad.
The monitor part of the case, I'd build the same-- take TFT, remove bezel, use as template. A couple of spring tensioned hinges, or a ratchet mechanism. The interface cables from monitor
- The signal cord, I'd attempt to route thru a chase; or just let it dangle ghetto style.
- Power, I'd re-wire the wall wort to take DC input from a pulse chopper + booster to interface the circuit just past the rectification bridge-- 60hz 180vDC is what the circuit expects at this point, so it's a really easy tweak.
If unclear-- this lets a AC->DC switch mode circuit run off a battery without a stupid (and lossy) inverter. You can also do this with an ATX power supply
- Battery, derp; Li-Mg, LiFePo. Whatever; man.
I'd also agree with anons raging about laptop kits. Fuck that shit.
And OP, how are you building your custom case? Materials, tools, fab techniques? This, I think is the INTERESTING part. So many possibilities!
Found this pretty awesome punch bag in a skip that looks like it's never been used.
I live in a small badly built house where the roofs beams would probably not support this bag being chained to them, let alone being used.
I'm looking for a secure way to use this punch bag it's about 6ft and maybe 45kg.I have also spent no money on this so far so would be great if I could keep it that way.
So any free secure ways to make this punchbag useable would be really appreciated!!
Could you post any images of areas of your house where you think this may be supported? I'll see if I can put in some insight. Another thing I could suggest is if you got a ladder and then laid some sandbags on the bottom. That's probably the cheapest and shittiest way to do it. Unless you have some heavy timber or logs lying around that you could possible build a stand out of.
>>1028891
Wanted to stick it in that space right of the door, it's that one it can go in my garden buy thought it might get ruined after a while outside.
>>1028900
Pic with bag
Hey guys, I'm struggling to find information on how to create a shape like this.
I'm an apprentice sheetmetal worker and I'm currently trying to make a smoke extractor for my forge. I've asked my tafe lecturers and the other guys at my work but they either don't know or don't care so I'm asking here.
I want to basically make a 45 degree angle range hood that looks roughly like the picture. It would consist of 4 sides and a top with no bottom to create a range hood style thing that I can attach onto my bastardised fume extractor to hang above my forge.
I have no idea what you would even call this so I haven't been able to find any information. I'd like to learn how to work this out manually on paper so any information or formulas would be great. (No calculators please.)
Any help is greatly appreciated, Thanks.
Heres my forge if any ones interested.
Sorry.. I completely missed out the specific question. I have tried this before just cutting at 45 but it didn't fit up (obviously). I'm looking for a way to calculate the specific angle needed to have the sides join up if say I know I want the perimeter of the bottom to be 600mm x 800mm.
I want to make the sides 45 degrees so I would just
/po/ should be able to help you. They work with paper, not metal, but the principle is the same.
Hello /diy/nosaurs , this night i was given a gift from my family ,
~12 m^2 room in a basement
I would love to make it a recording studio
There are some problems however
>no floor , just soil
>one corner has water pipes which i have to cover up
>it isnt that soundproof
>needs acoustic work ( bass traps etc )
I would love to do everything myself also i have money for materials but dont want to waste a fortune on something id have to repair, point is i want it to be solid and want to buils it to last
>pic unrelated
Will dump actual pics of room as soon as i get there.
So basically things i wanna know are , if you have any useful tips on how to make useful things instead of paying triple the price for them
>>1028860
Maybe list your skills.
>>1028860
>>one corner has water pipes which i have to cover up
Why? It's a basement. If you must cover them up I suggest making a removable cover for maintenance. People don't think of that but it pays off and doesn't need to a look like a cover.
Hey /diy/, I dun goofed and I need to recommendations on how to go about fixing this circuit board. It's part of a small keyboard I play. I accidentally plugged in a power adapter for 18v, where the keyboard can only handle 12v. It burned out this little fuse here, and customer support (which is overseas) tells me I have to buy a whole new board from them. In earlier models of this keyboard, it used to utilize glass tube fuses, and my board appears to have soldering points so I could just add a glass fuse housing. Should I DIY it, or just buy? the board to be safe?
How much do they charge and how many other boards are there?
http://www.digikey.com/product-search/en/circuit-protection/fuses/655421
Only 22,156 types to sort through. Throw me a bone, man. Or a better picture.
The board is designed to take the small surface mount fuse AND the bigger old style fuse holder for glass fuses. Buy the larger fuse holder and a 12v fuse of suitable current and fit - easy as.
ebay 20mm fuse holder clip
what sort of things can a diy'er with all the standard carpenters tools buy to fix or alter for a profit with less than 5 grand. No pallets please.
secondhand furniture?
>>1028721
This
I've refinished/fixed furniture for a profit before. I'd love to make a business out of it but don't have the space right now.
Interesting. Just sanding refinishing and replacing broken bits?
Can someone tell me if this is a stupid idea?
My front bumper's tabs broke. Some have half ripped out like pic related, others it's just a slit that otherwise is closed.
Would it be a bad idea to use fiberglass to reinforce the slit tabs? What about using fiberglass to rebuild the tabs that are ripped?
>>1028710
Here's what a "slit" tab looks like
ZIPTIES
>>1028710
i melted steel mesh into the plastic bumper for reinforcement - worked just fine
Hello, i have this keyboard
>pic related
i use it mainly to goof around and to play every once in a while, nothing too profesional, the problem is, it doesnt has an audio output and i would really like to connect it to bigger speakers or to headphones.
>tl;dr I have this keyboard, which doesnt have a sound output, any idea on how to install one on my own?
>>1028676
no aux on the back?
>>1028676
If it has a discrete amplifier IC you can tap into the output of the main IC.
hi /diy/ i have been here a while and i asked myself why we don't have any thread that discuss aubout bioengineering.pic unrelated
>>1028585
Because 90% of the people who come through here can't google "how to simple?" or get past the fact that storage containers are not THE solution.
>>1028585
Well what about the topic is in ur rot OP? You're not one of those "biohackers" are you...
>>1028590
I have the same opinion about the persons who can't google a simple how to.
but maybe a person with knowledge on this topic could come across this thread and could help here.