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>>1220221
Made this in about an hour out of some scrap I had on hand.

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>>1220229

>>1220221
>much wanna be a blacksmith
Just don't want to get my hands dirty or to actually have to make stuff...

>>1220141
Lol drainage gravel that is not!
Should have refused delivery.

>>1220141
When you go to the customer service rep about this, I bet they're going to refuse to tell you their gravel source.

>tfw same feel when dealing with niggers and pajeets

>>1218925
Start with the math for how much HDPE that actually is. Are you buying all that or collecting it from bottles and caps? Do you have a good method to break up this obscene amount of material to prep for sheeting? Do you have ventilation for your oven? Do you have a spare oven you don't use for food?

Have you don't any work at all with HDPE in the past?

>>1218925
Build a few from plans before you start winging it a lot. It will teach you some valuable lessons.
http://duckworksbbs.com/plans/simpson/index.htm
This guy has a few very affordable to build boats listed, and some are not made of wood.

>>1219558
>http://duckworksbbs.com/plans/simpson/index.htm
Not OP but I am eternally grateful. You have opened pandoras box my friend, and this shit is amazing. I wish he had some two person models for couples exploration however.

Does it have to be perfect looking after?
Either way, some steel wool, some water and some time would do if nothing else. Try acetone or maybe alcohol first, screenprinting inks can sometimes be dissolved even when set. If there does not seem to be a material bonded to the surface then it is likely laser etched, so back to steel wool.

If you work with finer steel wool and then polishing material you should be able to bring the finish back or at least extend the flaw into a larger area that feathers out and becomes unnoticeable.

>>1218738
Thanks anon, I'm gonna try that.

try acetone? or any kind of solvent.

do you know what a saw is and does?

>>1218005
Oh, shit, you're right, sorry. I forgot to mention I'm a penniless millenial who doesn't own a big saw or even have the space for one.

I mean fuck, I'd just pay the $40 for the wood if I had fucking power tools.

>>1218009
https://www.amazon.com/GreatNeck-BSB14-Inch-Miter-Box/dp/B00004Z2R8
you're a dumb bitch is what you are

>>1216970
>Wood putty
>Sand smooth
>Repaint
>Obtain nonretarded wife

>>1216970
wtf

pls explain how you manage to turn the holes into such a state.

>>1216970
Putty and Paint make a carpenter what he Ain't

It'll look like shit no matter how carefully you patch it, so hide it behind properly installed shelf secured to a wall stud, or replace panel

>>1216505
Thats a post WW2 Seismometer

airplane part prolly

>>1216505

clueless as well,

Looks like a old maybe not military but precision high grade radio.

Do you have a sander? Clamps?

If so, simply clamp and glue a bunch of 2x3's together to make a chunky top, sand them smooth, and use black iron pipe for legs.

The poor bastard at the hardware store can cut and thread the pipe for you too.

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>>1216210
Spend the money on some tools.
Cheap shit will work for a few projects. Figure out what you want, what tools you use the most. Then upgrade to something better.

My jigsaw and palm sander are both harbor-freight specials. Cheap as fuck. They've worked for a couple projects now.
Had a HFT circ saw. It got me through a few projects. Upgraded to a cordless system.

Tools pay for themselves pretty quick.

Any reason you can't wall-mount the TV?

>>1216217
iron pipe legs look like garbage for guys with beards and black plastic glasses

>>1216221
I live in apartments, woodcutting tools are not something i'm going to own

>>1221322
Make your very own fridge

>>1221322
They make excellent vacuum pumps. You might hold onto it until you need it for that purpose.

>>1221333
They don't. They are intended to be run with lubricant in the cooling fluid. Without that they eventually overheat and die. I'm sure some brands may fair better than others.

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>>1221301
Another pic, would cyanoacrylate (e.g: loctite) be a better choice than epoxy?

Daily bump.

>>1221301
the right way to fix it is remove the grout, pull the tile, replace the tile, re-grout, seal.

Nail polish will hide it, at least temporarily.

If you polish your tools you are a degenerate.

Green buffing compound charged on a piece of leather?

>>1221262
what are the benefits of polishing your tools other than you can see yourself jerking off in it?

Provided it was clean and taken care of before it was put in storage, you won't need to do much.

Swab the insides with instrument cleaner, check the cork, check the pads, replace if needed and make sure all the keys are smooth.

>>1221239

>and make sure all the keys are smooth.

The keys are sticky, and pretty noisy on the oppening and cloising. What should I do?

>>1221248
Drop some key oil where it's noisy and rough. Work the keys around a lot to remove the built up crud. Don't put too much on because it'll be a bitch a wipe off.

You'll want to drop it where the joints are and it can get very complicated where multiple keys join to one rod.

If the cork and/or pads need replacing, I suggest you just take it to the shop for a check up. If you only need to oil the keys, then it's find to do it yourself.

Depends on the current consumption per meter which depends on the density of the strip you've gotten. As long as it's less than 1A/m you're golden.
Curious, what are you mounting them to? I'm looking for ideas.

LED strips are usually rated in Watts per meter. Say if it's 14W/m, you will need 140W power supply. Actually, you need at least 30% more capable supply (I usually go for double when I do installations for clients) this makes 180W supply.

Also, do bother powering them in parallel, as the end of 10m strip will be lame ass dim. At least power them from both ends.

>>1221051
>>1221053

These are the ones I picked up from Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01339FVZS/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o08_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

What I did was buy a bunch of L-shaped molding from Home Depot at like 96 cents a foot and attached the lights to them. Then I attached it to the wall about 3 inches from the ceiling. It provides a lot of light in a previously very dark room.

>>1221019
sand and a shop vac.

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>>1221019

What is commonly used is horse stall mats. Theyre really thick rubber mats you can buy them at places like tractor supply.

>>1220979
Yes.

>>1220980
sorry if this sounds dumb but how if the same servo can only lift 1 kg of its weight wouldn't it fail and brake

>>1220988
lets say I have two 1lb blocks.
I have servos that can lift 1lb but not two.
I can definitely lift one block at a time.
I can definitely lift two blocks next to each other with two servos.
If I tape (read: weld) the blocks together, nothing has changed. It can still be lifted with 2 servos.