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>>1219088
use it almost every day with a carbide scribe
along with a $10 digital caliper

>>1219088
Checked. Tape measure is my most used.

>>1219088
Hammer, hands down
>knocking things into alignment
Check
>driving nails
Check
>breaking stuff
Check
>clobbering mice and rats
Check

>>1218896
Clarifying: the front door is to the left of the wall - reality left, photo right - the breaker in the room to the reality left, photo right of that door.

Further information: there is no ceiling light fixture. The only electrical fixture in this room is a heating vent immediately behind the bookshelf pictured, to the right of the rightmost outlet.

Thanks in advance, again. Feelin' like a babby

>>1218896
Small hole in the wall, use a smart phone endoscope to look around.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B01CL1QUCW/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1501445855&sr=8-1&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_FMwebp_QL65&keywords=cellrizon+endoscope&dpPl=1&dpID=51rwPqOn-RL&ref=plSrch

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>>1218653
My dad lives in Alabama and is a big deer hunter, so I came up with this design, something simple but that he should like

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First thing was cutting some aluminum down to size and putting the design on it. Had to tweak it some, but it came out pretty good

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I used the floor shears to trim the outside edges, the inside was going to be trickier. I ended up finding some auto shears to easily cut the bulk of it out, but anywhere with detail I had to chain drill then snip off with the hand shears

shameless self bump

>>1218494
is that one of those fancy roman toilets?

>>1218494

I would see if you could get an aluminum ladder made so corrosion isn't a huge problem.

10/10 cistern great place to dispose of the bodies after you are done with them

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capacitor and converter slightly out of focus behind it

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motor, rod passes all the way through

how many farads is the cap?

use the copper from coils to make a rail gun

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Not sure where I can find milky white pebbles, regular pebbles shouldn't be too hard.

But I'd like to maybe coat them in something, to make them shiny and maybe less harsh on the wood and/or paint. Any idea on what to use for this?

>>1217845
Its traditional to use cowrie shells for mancala , just do a search for them they are readily available many places. They are shiny so you wouldn't have to do anything to them.

>>1217859
I've seen those before, but I find them a bit too small and light-weight.
The feeling when playing is a bit off. I think I like the stones to be bigger and heavier.
It feels better and it looks better as the indents are huge compared to the cowrie shells.

Maybe some bigger shells.

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>>1217390
Need to make a small name stamp for concrete

>>1217390
>>1217392
Use the steel carving bit.

>>1217396
I don't suppose there's a relatively cheap set of bits on amazon for this kind of thing

Resources and tools available are very minimal, but I things like drills, hammers, saws (my brother's a carpenter), but nothing like pbc piping or the such.

>>1217301
>fertilizing your food with fish poop
theoretically sounds like a reasonable idea, but it sounds gross

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It's 100% viable, many commercial aquaponic farms operate like that.

There are some things you need to watch out for. For example, if there's too much ammonia in the water then you either have too many fish or too few plants.

You use a simple pond pump to circulate the water, and build a waterfall somewhere to oxygenate it.

That will make the plants grow. You only need to read up on how to actually breed the fish.

if there is a solid frame to screw the brackets into, possibly

why aren't you collecting from a house? a small area under trees is not ideal

>>1217260
Rainfall is the official property of the United States Government.
Capturing or diverting this water in any way is strictly prohibited and punishable by law.
Be a good citizen and promptly report any offenders to the proper authorities.
That is all.
>Welcome to 1984

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>>1217283
Wife doesn't want it on the house. So I am taking what I can get to start out. >>1217288
Troll but triggered me. Congrats bootlick.

Like most other weird shit related to electricity, it's because Edison was an asshole.
At this point it doesn't really matter, it's just a matter of being hidebound.

Edison was a DC guy. Tesla is responsible for pretty much all the AC stuff we have. and 120V is just the right voltage to tickle your prostate using a long carbon rod.

>>1216997
Americans literally microwave water because the voltage is too low for the kettle, converting to higher voltage can't be that hard

Maybe it's just a gimmick that his company has? 100% satisfaction or you don't pay a dime! The catch being that once you sign, you're "satisfied", on paper at least. Now pay the man.
Companies like that make their money if other ways; you can't lose money on every job to make every single fucking customer 100% happy, it's just not possible.

>>1216581
>changing out the capacitor
don't die on us

>>1216581
>Am I just being an autismo here?
fuck no, unless he pointed it out at the beginning he was a cunt to spring it on you at the end.
you shouldn't sign anything for no reason, especially shouldn't sign things that aren't true!

I really doubt it's severe. I got cement burns on my knees once when I crouched in wet cement and didn't even take my pants off till the workday was over in like 4-5 hours. all the hair around my knees fell off and I had little sores where they used to be but iircc my skin was back to normal in like two weeks with no treatment

>>1216422
You already know the answers to your questions. For wet concrete exposure it'll cause throbbing pain for a day or so; for dust, itching. You gave yourself a rash/minor burn. If it happens again wash it off right away or it could be worse. Everyone is different, some can swim in the stuff, others have trouble if they look at it too close.

Really appreciate the responses. Definitely an amateur at this and of course the horror stories out there don't give meaningful details, just "I touched cement and my kneecaps exploded."

Lol. I'm trying to get an apprenticeship myself so I can get out of poverty.

If you know your skills you shouldn't be worthless.

>>1216087
How about this:
>Are all cults bad?

>>1216087
You're not wrong. I was an apprentice at a machine shop for two german immigrants. I had a precision machining certificate from the local CC, they had me work from 4:30am mopping the shop until 5:30pm driving back and forth to the heat treat shop like I was some bitch. They also paid me $9.50/hr during my apprenticeship, then offered me $8/hr FT after I completed the apprenticeship. I was basically a slave, who was always wrong, could never do anything right, and worked at beck and call for free.

I quit just after two years, I couldn't do it anymore. I live in America, being run ragged by two Germans, while I live far below poverty. Been far below poverty ever since, but I'm no ones bitch.

They give those away for free over here. Try attending a mid-range conference or seminar.

>>1215944
any conductive plastic would work

>>1215948
Actually, I got this pen I had at a conference, but it was a foreign conference, from the US

I live in a really simple 3rd world city, so waiting for a conference or seminar is a no-no

Also, it's so isolated that I would have to order a pen from another city, and fuck no

>>1215450
>d-did I do it right?

Looks fine, OP

>>1215446
>that smoke
Do they make THC-core solder yet?

i have a mystery device that accepts 7v-26v. i hook it up to 8v and it pulls 0.6a. this means it requires 4.8 watts to run.
if i have a battery pack which has 2, 3.7v li-ion cells hooked in series with the capacity of 3500mAh each. the pack has a total 26 Watt hours. which means i can run this device for around 5 hours with this battery pack (or like 3.5h if i want to keep both cells at 20% so they wont die)

or i could hook it up to a 12v PB battery with 7000mAh capacity, that would provide 84 Watt hours and in total keep the device operational for 17 hours

and even though both batteries have 7000mAh capacity, 12v PB battery would still run the device 3 times longer than the Li-ion pack.

correct?