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>>905049
>After poking around a little bit a few users on other sites told me that /diy/ was a good spot to have my first try at a pc build reviewed.

While true, there will be one guy who tells you to go to /g/, he is in every single one of these threads.
Ill preemptively point him to the >>>/g/ sticky that says
>/g/ is NOT your personal tech support team or personal consumer review site.

Also give people some time, slow ass board

>>905051
What are you going to do with your PC?

Thats a pretty dreadful video card in comparison to the rest of the build.

>>904725
How big will the solar cell have to be to charge two 18650 Li-ion batteries?
>pretty fuckin'. Certainly won't be a cute Altoids Tin size

Will these batteries explode on me for some unholy reason?
>If you a noob, then by God YES

Will this project even work?
>anything is possible

Just buy a solar charger/powebank.

About this big.

https://youtu.be/MgRloFSeWoE?t=97

>>904725
>charge two 18650 Li-ion batteries
how fast do you want to charge them?
where do you live?
solar charging is highly innefective.. to charge those batteries in a reasonable time would take a solar panel the size of a small car.

I have a solar charger that has one 3.x V 2000-3000 mah battery in it and it takes about 24 hours of direct sunlight to charge it, panel is abou the size of a credit card.
Ive stuck it in the window for a few days and the battery bar never went up. I think Id need to take it outside and lay it proped up facing the sun to actually charge it.

I am looking forward to the advancements that should be comming is solar tech though.

when you buy your pannels pay attention to the voltage AND the current (amps(a)/milliamps(ma)).

>Will these batteries explode on me for some unholy reason?
if you dont have a proper charging circute, hook the batteries up wrong, over charge them(?), or just generally fuck shit up.. then yes.

>Will this project even work
if you get yourself a good pannel that is very efficient and has good current, and get a good charging circute then yes absolutly.

if you use a panel that is half the size of an altoids box then you are going to stop using it after the first couple of uses because of how damn long it takes.

>>904649
>circular saw

Circular saw and a strait edge to but the saw against

>>904651
okay, i hadn't thought of that. so I can line up a straight edge against my line held in place with clamps?

it's my first project and I don't want to screw up and have to go buy more lumber

Damn phone rotated the pic. It should be turned 90* clockwise.

Water hammer arrester. They should be full of air so that when a hammer of water comes in it can compress the air like a spring and normalize pressure gradually instead of making the pipes knock like crazy.

Something about your house probably needs them if it has them.

>>904580
Good to know! I couldn't figure it out from Google, but I know what you mean by rattling pipes!
House built 1890 so I bet it does need them petty bad

>>904566
carefully drill it out... preferably with a left hand bit if you have one... then fill the pit with some super glue and get a new screw... match the width of the drill bit to that of the existing screws you pulled out.... go slow... use a ring of tape placed on the bit so that you don't drill too far past the depth of the screw (use the ones you pulled out as a reference for how deep that one is)..


again, go slow... patience is key, if you slip the bit and drill the wrong spot it'll make much more work for you...


also the rubber band method is bullshit...

>>904566

Why not go to literally any thrift store and pick up a PS2 controller for pennies on the dollar? I have like 9 of them.

>>904566
>>904569
>dynamite is the obvious answer

yeah, drilling out the center shaft is basically the only option. I don't even know if there are any easy-outs for such small screws.

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>>904090
more reference material

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>>904091

>>904090
heat treat

google temper or heat treat colors

>>903563
Probably something to do with the fact that the RGB values are not discrete.

>>903568
so the squiggles it whatever analog value I have set up?

>>903583
It's the actual picture you want to display. One squiggle = one line.

I'll go with steel.

Cooper and tin are too weak.
Bronze will be very heavy and will rust in green.

>>902429
If you want a shark suit, you should buy it.
Firstly because time is money. How long is it going to take you to weld each of those little rings together? I realize this is /diy/, but in this case it's much better idea to pay to have someone else to do it.
Secondly because, do you really want to trust loss of life and/or limb to something homemade?

Just so you know, from personal experience(anecdotal, but whatever), I had a small pit bull that could chew threw aluminum cans(and part of a storm door once) and copper pipe like it was nothing. I would diy something like this for the same reason I wouldn't diy a respirator or fall harness or anything of that nature;it may work very well, but if it doesn't you may find out the hard way.

>>900119
big ass capacitors look up on youtube

>>900119
you need an initial force, usually compressed air.
if you load the slug in and apply current you will weld the slug to the rails apparently.
your household power supply will be shit for anything fun. look at diy wind turbines for a generator then connect it to a car engine.
capacitor banks for projects like this will fuck you up. you seriously need to understand the proper procedures and mechanisms for operating, bleeding and grounding capacitor banks before you start building one.
for hv projects you need to be well aware of spark gap distances at operating voltage and maintain proper isolation not only between components but also to you.

oh and don't point it at anything you aren't ready to kill.

A basic pulsed power circuit consists of capacitors, an inductor, and a switch. Add fuses and diodes for component protection.

A simple launcher consists of copper rails held in place by dielectic material and it shoots aluminum armatures.

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sure, why not.

>>904837
Why not inject the PoE somewhere there actually is mains, and use PoE splitters to power your modem and router?

>>904841
But not grounded. It's easy enough to replace the fixture with an actual plug.

>>904847
My modem and router aren't powered by PoE. They need to plug in. Just my AP is PoE.

>>904855
use some material to make a simple bed sized platform

Just read the instructions it came with.

>>904855
Get a bunch of 2x6s and use a rafter square to make an appropriately sized rectangle, double up 2x4s at each inside corner for legs, make a ledge around the bottom with furring strip then use 1x4s for the slats.

>>904329
sata cable to hdd
other end to controller
done

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>>904350
Can't believe I didn't think of that!
Thanks a million, anon.

>>904329
there are connectors with TWO usb cables that, combined, power a 3.5"

>>904327
>it seems feasible to build one of these at lower cost than a modular or custom built home and by someone who is not a professional

no

also, it is a gimmick, nothing more

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>>904328
But why couldn't you get a bunch of triangles shipped to you and assemble them? The basic concept seems like it should work to me and be cheaper than a lot of current construction methods.

>>904330
you can, of course

cheaper? lol, no

>>904106
Buy a scratching post.

they make something called a SCAT! which is a motion activated top for a bottle of canned air.... it's fucking hilarious....

>>904121
Thanks

>>903474
shit you are rich anon. where is this, what is north, is it to scale, how tall, what building is it concrete etc

>>903478

managed to get a huge deal, I live in southItaly and house market here is shit, houses takes forever to be sold and people are going down with prices to cash in

drawing is not in scale though pillars are 30cm wide, it's a 4 story concrete building and north is the upper left corner while south is lower right one

Need some kind of scale to be any help. Are those crosshatched areas doors?

Also, need to know where utility hookups are (water lines, sewer), unless you are skilled enough to install new ones wherever you like.