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Locking castors & cups, or ratchet straps. Or maybe both.

Seconding ratchet straps, harbor freight for cheap

you need to get a chunkier girlfriend; you can keep warm by sliding into her flaps.

>>946320
Reset both breakers. Use your meter to check that both units are getting power.

I'm not real knowledgeable about this, but thermostats should be low voltage applications. In the 6v to 36v range, at a guess based on my limited experience.

Other than that, google is your friend.

The lesson you learned here today is to always check for power before you do anything else. You could have fried yourself in your own grease or burnt down your gf's abode. Those are not good things.

You do have a multimeter, right?

>>946320
>breaker labeled "ac unit "meant both.
this is for the outside unit -240vac
The furnace and air handler (blower) are on a different breaker -120vac
The transformer for the thermostat is inside the furnace.
You probably blew the transformer (24vac) or the 3-5 amp fuse on the control board inside the blower compartment.
It's usually a two-blade automotive type fuse,

>>945836
I have the 20$ Fiskars fabric scissors from Walmart, and I cut a bunch of denim with it. Did pretty good.

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>>945836
(I dunno how thick 1000D cordura is...?)
if you are cutting a lot of heavy fabric, you might look into getting some leather-working shears

the handles are longer than fabric shears to give better leverage for cutting (thicker & tougher) leather (pic related)

>>945844
This. Fiskars is probably the best brand. With the orange handles, although i think they come in different colors nowadays.

>>945988
I taught myself autocad in 12 hours and learnt how to write scripts for it.

I have ideas and many many pictures i've turned in dxf's, I want to turn into lights and other arty shit, I might have a guy to build me a cnc, i've been thinking about it for a year or so, i'm just not a precision kinda person or electrical, but he's quoted me £3,000 for a 1x1.5 meter work area cnc miller of plasma.

It would save me spending £25 on N E S W every-time i make a compass

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>>946056
>12 hours

>>946071
Hey, back off. This guy is clearly the smartest person you've ever met. He also has 18 confirmed kills and was the captain of his football team.

this sounds more like a job for your landlord. don' t waste your money or time with it

not 100% sure what problem you're describing, but i once had a problem where the thing wouldnt screw in properly until i replaced the washer with a thinner washer, to give it more thread to grip.

There might by a water saver gasket in the female end. It's just a rubber washer, take it out and see of that helps.

No, not really, especially if you're dealing with stuff 1990 and newer. The gold is minimal and takes too much work and time to be worth it.

If you happen to come across some boards though, tantalum caps can go for a pretty penny, as do transformers and electromagnets (lots of copper and magnets are cool). Variable caps are nice to have around too.

Heat sinks are a good source of aluminium too, They go for about 80 cents a pound.

So I should look out for those old big power blocks from the old computers like Sinclair, Commodore and Amstrad used to make?

Find where the smoke came out. If it came out of a fuse, then it was protected

Yes, I was just wondering if it's common for these to have protection built-in as such.

>>945172
It's probably bad news. First, fuses don't normally produce smoke when they fail. Second, you can't protect electronics with a fuse; a fuse takes tens or hundreds of milliseconds to fail, a transistor takes a fraction of a millisecond, and an IC will fail even faster.

OTOH, electronics doesn't usually run directly from mains voltage, and a power supply shouldn't propagate mains voltage in the event of a failure, meaning that it shouldn't have fried anything other than the power supply, which is typically one of the easier/cheaper things to fix.

>>945152
I've seen something like this before. Having a clock like that would drive me nuts!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQUcFBvjM4g

Maybe you can ask the author of that youtube channel.

I have one a college buddy and I made where the second hand goes around the clock twice before a minute passes. It's a cool conversation piece.

>>945152

https://www.tindie.com/products/akafugu/vetinari-clock/

Nope. I can barely even tie my shoes. I wear sandals most of the time, even on a worksite.

Yes.

Yes i can.

german firefighter here.

>>944977
>getting married

Enjoy the alimony you beta cuck.

>>944977
Pocket holes.
You can buy a little jig that does them very easily

>>944982
i'll bite, but this isn't /b. there's no reason to be a complete doucher to someone just asking for help

>>944984
even if the wood i'm drilling into is only an inch thick? i don't want this thing to feel cheap

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>>946422

>>946422
use mandalas perhaps?

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>>946423

>>946317
You probably have a linear taper pot. You need a logarithmic pot (audio pot).

if you mean that the thing goes to max volume at 2 instead of 11, it means your gain is too high, or your input level is too high. (both situations mean the same thing, really). if so, since there are so many 'CMOY' designs, it's impossible to say what needs changing.

>>946327
i used this guide:
http://tangentsoft.net/audio/cmoy/
i tested at very low input levels and high input levels it just seems to add about 3db at 1/5th pot travel then doesn't get louder after that. works fine before then.

>>946322
ill try swapping with an audio pot, not sure if the one is have is linear or not, thanks for the tips.

>>944697
>Any tips besides drain cleaner or a snake?
Yes, don't block it in the first place

>>944697
1. Put bucket and towels under sink
2. Using pipe or strap wrench, remove the P-Trap from the drain pipes under the sink.
3. Say "EWWWWWW"
4. Using a stick, snake, thingy or whatchamajob, scrape out the glop from the trap and exposed pipes.
5. Put it all back together.
6. Don't plug up your sink again, cause you know how nasty it is to fix it.

>>944697
Plug up the other side of the sink with a stopper. Plunge clogged sink.

>>943169
My first assumption was that it was a second load, but it's only 115v.

>>943169
One com, two for fan/motor speed.

>>943169
I just adore how people think the color of the wire makes any difference to anything at all ever :-D

Everybody uses their own standard for color coding. Unless you're talking about romex or network wiring, the color of a wire amounts to exactly jack shit.

Also if anyone prefers rocket stoves please explain why, other than initial cost

>>945983
You should always have access ports to clean things even if you never need to use them. You never know when you might need to clear out a bird's nest, scared cat, kid's toys, etc. or even the next owner may have those problems if not you.

>cracking

Make sure everything is fully cured. It may take a few weeks. Keep the mortar properly damp until fully cured and try to make it cure evenly. Meaning do as much of it as fast as you can in as short amount of time as you can. This prevents cold joints which can lead to cracking later on. Once the curing is done, allow a month or more of drying time. You don't want to start a fire in it when it still has too much moisture inside.

> And i read its bad to have more than 3 fires per day? any one know why?

No clue. Perhaps they are overloading them? You can just use a rather small fire normally using dead fall sticks for masonry stoves.

>What exactly makes the firebox burn so much hotter than a normal chimney?

This, like the rocket stove, really depends on proper design. Basically, the updraft draws in tons of fresh air to provide the fire with more oxygen to burn hotter and cleaner. There is a specific ratio for the openings and the length of the chimney to get it to be perfect. Too much or too little of one thing or another and you end up with suet and smoke. No, I do not know the proper ratio. I suggest lots of research and experimentation.

>>945985
I like them and don't like them for the same reasons. Cost and materials. In addition to that, they are extremely limited due to the ratio I mentioned above. Take those rocket stoves in homes that use a 55 gallon drum that has its exhaust snaking through a cob or masonry bench to sit on. That longer pipeline for the exhaust ruins the ratio of the rocket stove. It ends up burner at a lower temperature and you get suet/smoke problems again. Doing it correctly means you'll be venting the heat out of the house where it can't be reclaimed. You'd need some far larger pipe for the flue gases to exit into after a complete burn to prevent the pressure of a longer pipe from stopping the clean burn of the rocket stove. Which is a bit of a bore really. I still love rocket stoves for camping.

However, a masonry stove essentially takes care of this problem. They are however very difficult to calculate correctly. Design it incorrectly and it won't work for heating and/or smoke removal. This is one reason they fell out of favor. They are a bit of an art to get right.