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you need mass. egg crate and that won't help.

you need a solid core door. if your door is a cheap hollow shit, you have to replace it.

then add some adhesive-backed rubber stripping around the jamb. pile pillows in front of the crack at the floor.

>>949816

I'm 22 and living at home with parents for college. So I can't do anything to the door. So I was thinking some way to block the gaps around the edges or something. I put a blanket on the bottom, I'll do a pillow now.

>>949818
push a book shelf in front of the door. fill with books.

hope you can exit the window in event of fire.

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>>947931
Play bingo an DIY

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>>947935
There ya go

>>947937
>>947935
> cancer

>>947760
>The <byte> argument doesn't seem to do anything.
Bollocks doesn't it.

You just listed above exactly what it does: it updates a data structure which gets read and acted-on by the USB library every time you call delay() or update().
>When I am using this function do I actually pass the <byte> datatype itself as the first argument?
Why would you ever need to tell a function what type its own parameters are? I think you need to go read a book on C, or procedural programming in general.

If you're getting confused by the sample code, the "(byte)"s are explicit casts to byte, so that expression gets converted into the type the function expects.
> Or do I have to supply a variable to the byte type,
I think you mean "of the byte type"
>and if so what is this variable supposed to represent?
Not a fucking clue. RTFM.

>>947760
Holy shit, I just worked out what you're doing.

You're misreading the type declaration in the function definition as if it were an additional parameter.

When you say

int OPIsATit(int nosrsly)

That's only one parameter. The first token is the type (int), the second token is the name (nosrsly). If you want to call OPIsATit, you have to provide one parameter, and that parameter has to be an int.

Go read a babby's-first-C-book right now. How can you possibly hope to write when you can't even read yet?

>>947792
ah ok that makes sense. I've just never seen typecasting where the type is in parenthesis like that. I do code in other languages, but I'm really only just learning how to program arduinos for this project. In any case that really explains it and, yeah a bonehead mistake.

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> Dell alienware wall outlet cord
Yes. Google wire splicing methods and pick what suits you. Heat shrink tubing for insulation afterwards.

>sponge
Yes. Household is fine. So is a paper towel, or your sleeve, or your trousers. Don't burn your house down. (An iron aint THAT hot.)

>Surface.
Don't burn your house down.

>Pointers.
Afrotech on youtube. His basics videos will get you up to speed. Also he doesn't dick around and keeps a good pace.

>>947544
>wires
yes, cut off the damaged areas, trim off from the good areas, insert heat shrink sleeves, solder, heat shrink, wrap in tape to protect, done

>sponge
no dont use regular sponge. use kitchen towels with a tiny bit of water. it works great.

>work surface
literally doesnt matter at all. even if you put down your iron it should be tipping up because the handle should naturally rest the iron above the surface.

>videos
yes. youtube "nasa soldering", and "pace soldering"

>>947544
you dont need flux unless you are doing small smd shit or plumbing.
solder isn't mechanical fix so you shouldn't solder cables without extra strain relief. use crimps.
solder sponges with a hole in the middle make it real easy to clean quickly against the edge so the gunk goes in the hole. also bath/washing spponges don't hold water as well as solder sponge. dont know why. once you wipe it clean you should tin the tip to keep it wet

usually pencil will balance so its not burning anything. just don't use it on carpet. don't worry about dripping solder on solid surfaces, it peels off easy.

also learn how to say soLder

>>947560
>"pace soldering"
videos of black magic to knock your confidence

>>946815
Its always eaiser to go through a window anon.. With cheap aluminum windows. Just push on the frame where the locks at and pull up.. It will scrape the top window but who cares.

>>946816
It's a fifth floor apartment. I can't get to a window without flying

you have to recite the ancient korean secret password and say a prayer. It will open automatically.

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>>949961
ffs, wrong picture.

you don't want to run a brush cutter on the bendy shaft, it needs a straight shaft and gearbox to handle the torque.

if you're cutting wood instead of reeds and weeds stick with an 80 tooth blade, the three and four tooth blades bounce off instead of sawing.

i don't know if victa and ryobi use the same shaft coupler, you're just gonna have to try it.

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>>949992
ahh ok, thanks. after looking at my options, trying to convert this little shitter 200$ line trimmer into a useful tool is not the way to go.

I will need to rent something more ridiculous. a clearing saw. they cost about 2000$ brand new.

Pls respond

>>949680
Did you cut the tweeter lines and wire them the way they are supposed to be with the amp?
if you are just running them off one set of lines you are only getting half the signal to the speakers

http://ls1tech.com/forums/stereo-electronics/612644-monsoon-faq.html

>>949466
Afaik car sensors won't work at that oxygen range.

If you're ok with tedious and somewhat inaccurate off-line measurement, you could just burn the oxygen away from a known volume of gas. A classic chemistry experiment uses steel wool, but sulfur works too.

Car o2 sensors need to be hot as fuck.

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Biomed here. We use this guy to test the output of our O2 concentrators. It's basically just a fuel cell with a screen but it's nice because you can calibrate it with room air.

>>950027
what happened to your island England bro? how come you all live in absolute squalor?

You can saw if the the left end of the lcut of part and stick it to it.

>>950036
There are two kinds of diy people. Often one becomes the other. People forced to improvise with what little garbage they have and people who actually make things work for a living.

https://imgur.com/a/wiBLt

>>947631
niice

wish you posted the images here too, throw in some effort to your post

>>947631
This is a thing now? Why is this a thing?

It has to be something that can withstand a lot of heat.

>>949593
rip in peace ears. explain what processes you're planning. are you a welder?

>>949591
>>949606
what id and od sizes of tubing or cc motor we talking?

da hell is that thing? the spring side of a weird measuring tape? the spring of a kitchen timer?
am i a wizard?
>illuminati.jpg

Are you serious with this shit OP?

Either tell us what we need to know to help you or fuck off.

I honestly can't tell if you're literally a mongoloid or just trolling.

>>949441
The little wriggle at the end of the spring should be held between those two pins in the middle.

>>949725
Depends on where you live. As long as you can prove its safe, structurally sound and meets all the code requirements you shouldn't have a problem. Out here we have people building with unreinforced cob, straw bales, all kinds of shit. They built them with permits though. Not many places that require permits are real big on you doing shit without them. Its mostly a property tax thing. They can't tax you for it if they don't know you've built it. That said, most places have a permit exemption if its under a certain size. At that points its a shed or an outbuilding and not a real structure and code does not apply.

>>949734
My longterm plan was getting experience with that kind fo stuff and build an actual house to live in. So i'll have to do the legal stuff. But maybe i'll leave Europe and live in some 3rd world shit in the hope i can do whatever i want there.

>>949738
What do you mean clay building? Making a whole house out of unglazed clay that holds rain? How does that work? Here on brazil you can do whatever you want.

I also bought an arduino a couple years ago to get started with electronics and let me tell you what I've found out: it's not the same thing. Yes, you'll learn a bit of electronics because you'll have to build the circuits to be activated by the arduino, but you're mostly doing programming. I particularly find that pretty cool. I feel comfortable enough to try some basic projects and have enough knowledge about logic and programming to do some research and improve my skills.

I totally recomend you get an arduino with some sort of starters kit. They're cheap enough for a begginer and tutorials (if you actually do them right) are pretty comprehensive and you can only go up with both your knowledge of programming and electronics.

anons here are coming to slap you because they don't think you should lurk for ideas for your projects (which I agree, gets a bit annoying after a while), but you'll need a project to learn your stuff, because it gets pretty boring to just learn to do a couple examples.

My recommendation here is sparkfun, instructables, popular mechanics, and some other diy channels like that. There you'll find a lot of ideas of all skill levels and you can choose something to do. You'll also have a chance to look around code and circuits, which is the best thing for learning how to do stuff.

Look around. Don't be lazy. Don't think you know your shit, you can always improve in the same project.

>>943761
You can shove an arduino up your ass.

>>943784
Thanks anon

>>943502
flap wheel

>>943503
But the glass on sandpaper is softer than quartz

>>943504
>glass
aluminum oxide is 9.0 on mohs scale, quartz is 7