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Hello, diy. I dropped my phone down this open vent on accident and it's at least 2 feet down. It's very narrow. I'd like to retrieve the phone as it has my Duo passwords for a lot of things.
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>>2772132
Shop vac hose may fit in there and suck it up OP.
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>>2772199
>won’t work
>special magnet needed
>fry the phone
What are you guys talking about? Have you never seen an iPhone with MagSafe? Newer flagship phones all use magnets to attach accessories to the back or align the phone for wireless charging. Depends on the type of phone but there’s a good chance a magnet would work great.
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>>2772132
Can you see the phone? Or know roughly where it is? A little trick I’ve used before fishing tools and parts out of industrial machinery:
>get some string
>attach something heavyish that’ll help you land the string on the dropped object. Something like a smooth rock, but you want a decent amount of surface area and secure attachment to the string
>slather the rock or whatever up with silicone. Obviously don’t be retarded and use liquid nail or a super strong adhesive, just regular bathroom silicone
>lower the object into the dropped item
>if needed, stand there and hold the string so the rock doesn’t slide off the phone and lay on the ground, shouldn’t take too long to tack up enough that it’ll stay in place
>let silicone cure
>pull it up and out
>pull off silicone
I know it sounds dumb but this has worked for me in a wide variety of tight spots. The trick is to not be a complete moron and put some thought into the size/shape of the “rock” or whatever object.
>inb4 it’ll ruin the phone
No it won’t, the only problem would be if you got a bunch of silicone in the port, and even that can be cleared
>inb4 it’ll just stick to the walls on the way down
No it won’t, you just gotta put some thought into silicone placement, like not being retarded and covering the sides of the rock

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>>2772132
Is it possible to ducktape a cup or a box to the end of one stick, and then use a broomstick to sweep the phone into the box at the end of the stick?
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It's been 2 weeks.
The phone is gone.
It's part of the house now.

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How hard is to build a home of some 10×15m and 5m tall dry stone home? It would be viable to just pick it up from the surrondings?
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>>2777013
No mortar means gaps. Gaps means heat loss, moisture, and bugs. Dry stone construction is great for perimeter walls but not great for housing walls. Look into snecked masonry or rubble masonry.
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WTF is threath?

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installed some under the cabinets lights, hardwired(replaced old fluorescent ones with LED). the LED fixtures are way smaller than the fluorescent ones, and i cant really stuff the connections inside, is it safe to leave them out like this? this first pic has all 3 out and is above toasters....
(1/2)
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>>2776873

Measure what size cable guide would be best for both applications and in which you can fit these wago connectors in, go to electrical supply store, buy white cable guide of dimensions e.g. 20x25mm, 1 meter length

There is two kind of pvc cable guides, one with tape on back, and without. For the second, you can use double sided tape, or short wood screws to secure to surface.

Here is example for outdoor securing https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=hzyPkHS5gZM

Ignore the sillicone for your case use.

Be careful when cutting, use metal saw on a stable surface.

If you dont know, or dont want, it is ok as-is, but make sure the connection is ok like someone said in thread, and the wires are not squashed under the plastic casing.

Best of luck!
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>>2777687
>If you dont know, or dont want, it is ok as-is, but make sure the connection is ok like someone said in thread, and the wires are not squashed under the plastic casing
yeah that's why i wanted to keep them out to avoid being squished inside the fixture
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>>2777015
i ended up doing this for the ones over the toaster and toaster oven with some pipe insulation tape, my main concern was the cheap plastic orange connectors would melt over the exhaust of the toaster oven especially... i tried wrapping them up individually but, the tape was too thick. would something like this be enough to at least deflect *some* heat away from the wires?
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>>2776885
>using metallic tape on electrical connections
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>>2777697

you worried bout the heat from the toaster melting wires, what about the shitty plastic on those lights? it will eventually turn brown from the heat exposure then get brittle and crack all over. do any of you morons research and think about what you are doing before doing it? oh wait this is /diy/ I keep forgetting everyone here is a retard
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>>2776873
>>2776874
I see this all the time with under cabinet lighting. As long as there's no exposed bare wire it's typically fine. And you never really see it unless you stick your head underneath the cabinet and look up.

>>2777697
Unless you've got some kind of freakishly hot toaster the heat rising out of it isn't going to be nearly hot enough to melt wire nuts or wire insulation or anything like that. You can hold your hand like a foot above a toaster while it's on and it won't even burn your skin.

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why do people pretend these things aren't fucking garbage?

>you THINK front load washers suck? you're a RETARD.
>you NEED to use high efficiency detergent... oh, you're using HE detergent?
>WELL, YOU'RE USING TOO MUCH DETERGENT.... wait, you're following the recommended amount?
>okay well uhhh... you're putting too many clothes in it.... put LESS clothes in it!!!!
>who cares if it takes longer to wash clothes!!!! it's easier on clothes.... so that means its better!
>i REFUSE to believe that it cleans worse than top load.
>this study PROVES that front loads clean better than top loads.

i'm tired of having to do twice the number of loads and having chemical detergents seep into my fucking skin all day because it can't properly WASH the clothes let alone fucking RINSE them clean.
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>>2775399
Just buy a damn toploader and quit bothering us about it you gigasperg
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>>2776755
Most of that seems to be roof damage? There are still walls standing. The red building on the right was still under construction.
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>>2777236
Are you trying to suggest those buildings are going to be repaired instead of torn down?
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>>2776755
>Does this image piss you off?
No I laugh too, don't worry.
>I thought yuros built houses that can handle the apocalypse!
Only southeast!
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>>2776601
>Nigger all of those "Made in Germany" appliances have parts sourced from Chinese suppliers
So does literally everything and anything with electronics these days. Minor components probably. Chinks make all levels of quality it doesn't have to mean shit, QC is what is important.
>A rare European tornado nuked a european village. You saw it you dickless janny and deleted the pic like the fag you are. KYS
Ah so you do know what janny means. I did not see it though. You are deranged.
>Sorry I have an air conditioner
Same bro
>but you wouldn't know what that is since it makes fags like you scared.
Yeah bro I shit my pants every time I step into my room, I know, it sucks. It's still better than sharting in the mart however.

im going so broke its not even funny anymore. i want to diy some money.
what are some extralegal activities one could partake in to use diy skillz to make money??????
so far ive brainstormed dumpster diving, taking copper from abandoned houses, taking tools from construction sites. anything else? any tips for not getting caught?
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>>2772493
Yes but with automotive, even if it ends up being worse with a couple extra parts, it’s still so much better than the dealer or whatever shop is going to charge. Especially if I have time to get the parts on RockAuto.

>>2777395
I mean old man I did the work for lives in a decent condo overlooking the ocean in South Florida. Don’t have to be poor trash to save $900 on a repair job.
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>>2765999
get a real fucking job you retarded criminal
you're not even smart enough to break the law successfully, and you need to come to terms with that fact
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>>2765999
I’ve heard you can do alright on some of those sites like task rabbit. Esp if there’s rich people in your area. It’s amazing to me how much people will pay for shit like hanging TVs, putting up a hanger for a garden hose, replacing a cabinet door. Drill a few holes, throw in some anchors, check level for 20 minutes so they feel like you’re really doing a lot… then bill them 300$. You can do even better if you print out 10$ worth of business cards and hand them out, but tell the wealthy people you have a minimum of 100-150$ since you live kinda far away (even if you don’t) and you’ll end up getting jobs like patching a 3” hole in sheet rock for 150$ and can cut out the middleman. I did this for awhile when I was working for a luxury home builder, was easily making like 500$ cash in 5-6 hours of work on the occasional Saturday.
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pay attention and observe.
How do atms push out the money?
via servo motors
How much power is required to power those servo motors?
say 5 volts
How do you transfer 5 volts wirelessly?
Via resonance
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>>2777662
well it might be a stepper motor with different voltage requirements but there you go

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So, I have this old Canon IXUS 8015 laying around, and I want my kids to play with it outside in nature.

Unfortunately the lens wouldn't shut, so I picked it apart almost completely to get to the lens, fix the smal cogwheel error, lens shuts, everything seems fine.
Time to see if it works, put everything back enough to get power. But then I realise I somehow fucked up one of these pins. And now it wont start.

Did I fuck up this piece of electronics or is it possible that it is something else? Thanks brothers.
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It's the same with taking macro photos. Nobody knows how it was done. All we have left is the evidence that it did happen.
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>>2776350
>>2776353
>>2776355
>>2776356

cute. are you always a snide faggot.
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>>2776357
Only when confronted with incompetence and/or buffoonery.
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>>2776346
not on the connector obviously, you would need to trace it on the boards and connect between the outside the ribbon
replacing the connector wouldn't be worth it because you would have to order it and you might as well buy a cheap used digital camera at that point
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>>2775957
quit wasting time and money and just go get another old camera from a resale shop

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yiittp-2LOk

Dirty laundry has:
>1. body OILS ... cleaned by HOT water
>2. body PROTEINS ... cleaned by COLD water

Washing machines wash in hot and rinse in cold, allegedly cleaning both types of scum, but this order ruins the clothing.

The hot water produces irreversible denaturation of the proteins (like frying an egg), setting it to be impossible to remove

The correct order ought rather to be:
1. to wash in COLD first, removing protein scum, then
2. to rinse in HOT, safely removing the oils
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>>2776228
Full schizo.

The hot wayer isn't hot enough yo denture anything.

The cold is used because it's cheaper.

The detergent does all the work

Fuck the brits for mandating it though.
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>>2776228
In what fourth world nation is this?? Here, in a western civilised country, we was with cold water that after protein removal ups the temperature so that oils and proteins are both flushed out.
You might want to take a shower a bit more often then once a month.

>>2776352
Water saving is te norm also in Europe.

>>2776922
Yes. I dump the washwater into my compost heap to keep it moist, works well. The biological activity also eats the micro fibers.
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>>2777259
>The detergent does all the work
wrong
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>>2777081
>>2777119
It rinses out you tards
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>>2776543
Phosphates being the cause of algal blooms is dumb anyway. What we got in stead of phosphates were all kinds of chemical shit that is way worse for the water supply. Killing of all kinds of life and messing up the balance. So instead of green algae, we get something way worse and now have toxic swimming water all over Europe in the summer.

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Any tips on working with copper pipe? I need to do a whole house of plumbing for myself.
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>>2777242
>I'm in Aus
if you /diy/ plumbing in australia you're going to gaol
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>>2777199
Zero to 60, in three seconds, huh? I'm not a plumber, but I'd at least recommend getting some junk copper tubing, even old shit that you have laying around and some connectors and fittings and PRACTICE soldering joints, horizontally and vertically. Get used to cleaning, tinning, proper heating and seeing how the solder flows.
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>>2777229
Lmao you ran plastic in sunlight thinking it would be fine?
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>>2777229
and for 10 years you poisoned your own water supply
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>>2777449
Good luck getting any of the building commissions to prosecute, they're weak as piss. They're more interested in charging the shit out of tradies for licences and accreditation.

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Any leather people in here? Whatcha make? Show your work and let's answer prospective leather newbies' questions about getting into the hobby.
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>>2775798
here's a choker I did end of last year for a friend. saw a design online that was selling waaaay more than I thought the materials would cost so I did it myself
spite is a good motivator lol

and I use a box cutter I borrowed off my dad 6 years ago... should definitely upgrade. thanks for recommendations
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I replaced a strap on this bicycle tool bag I gave to my brother.
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>>2775819
that's degenerate
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Im not yet into leather working but got some Skai on sale which is fake leather. Really curious to start working with it. Tell me leatherworkers here, I need one of those hole punching device that look like a fork. Is it worth buying or should I just put four nails in a block and make holes with that? Asking because I wanna speedy stitcher the lot but the holes must be neat and orderly
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>>2776436
They aren't very costly. You can get a basic Chinese set of them off Amazon for about $10 US.

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Does having a coat of primer actually matter that much? Or is it a conspiracy by Big Paint to get me to buy another can of something.
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>>2767813
eh it depends i'm not a painter, but i've been in the building business for 25 years.>>2767814
speaks the truth. some companies offer a tinted primer. or you could just use an extra coat of finnish paint. basically primer just seals up the painting surface, and/or provides a suitable surface for the final coat(s) to adhere to. if you feel as though you don't need either than you don't need a primer. that being said if you're operating in pro context or you just don't know it's better to just prime it or put on some killz or whatevr.
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>>2773948
>actually standart practice
kek
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>>2773965
Always bet on putting a shot of black in it
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>>2767818
drywall anon, how do i fix this corner? it's about 135deg and i don't want to pull down the board to the left. i was going to put an external angle of it and use a bunch of tape and jointing compound but there are some cracks extending into the old board but i'm not sure it'll last. there are cabinets going on the right side and i'm painting it all with the old paint
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>>2776977
Put a straight edge on the drywall you dont want to remove and have it float out past the studs.
They have another person slowly move the new drywall panel towards the corner until it just touches the straight edge
Nail it off
This is your new corner, just tape and fill in the gap

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I'm wanting to remodel my bathroom. Is this something I can handle myself or should I just contract it out. I'm pretty handy, but the thought of not waterproofing correctly & fucking up my walls & floors scares me. This tileredi system looks pretty dummy proof though. Any anons have experience remodeling a shower?
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>>2774261
>tileredi
>Scluter

"systems" are a trap. Seems like by the time youre done buying systems, youre paying as much to DIY as calling in a pro. Just learn the trade on youtube by studying for a month or two pretending youre trying to pick it up as a trade.

IE learn to crib it properly to resist tile flex, Redgard. Rockboard, alkali tape and thin set to mud that. Moar redgard then Tile. Then theres a bunch of devils in the details like your shower niche needs to be tilted 1/4 inch out to allow water to drain from it. If your shower curb is wood and the floor is concrete slab, its not a waste of money to add the joint reinforcement tape in the redgard here. Or better yet a premanufacture foam curb. But even if you fucked this up and just redgarded its probably lasting at least 5 years before the redgard tears away from the foundation water penetrates and rots the wood curb.. prob. add some life with the joint reinforcement tape, but not sure how much and foam core premanufacture curb is longest life all as long as you got your slopes set up properly for all water to go toward the drain.

Redgard is so cheap I just put it everywhere tile is layed as theres a possibility water goes everywhere in the worst case scenario and Redgard seems to be the proper primer for thinset to bond to osb or plywood underlayment when youre laying the rockboard.
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>>2777401
Also dye the redgard a different color and it suddenly becomes slab primer to prevent exterior water coming in through a flooded slab.
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>>2777401
>>But even if you fucked this up and just redgarded its probably lasting at least 5 years before the redgard tears away from the foundation water penetrates and rots the wood curb..

Heres a 20 year necropsy. I notice he boned it using mastic instead of thinset and the water doesnt flood toward the drain.. This curb join looks like it would have benefited from the "waterproofing" joint reinforcement tape. 20 years is not bad for how fucked the install was.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azjPfc6imj0
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>>2774261
I did it 4 years ago, I was also pretty handy but no experience. Used a tile similar to your pic. They are pretty great imo but you have to prepare well, there can’t be a tiny bump in the floor or wall or it won’t sit right. And the drain hole needs to be exactly on point.

After that its pretty doable, glueing pvc is easy, soldering copper first time is less easy but you can spend some time practicing, tiling is OK if you go for a normal pattern (not diagonal or herringbone) with a normal tile (no hand shape) and buy a laser. Grouting isn’t too difficult if you don’t put too much tile cement. The last step is caulking which for me turned out pretty ugly but it’s definitely waterproof.

In my experience the biggest challenges are waterproofing inside corners and humidity. Water flows down but vapour gets everywhere so you can’t just glue on crown moulding or use normal wall paint. And not having a usable shower for a month
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>>2777401

I disagree. The alternative to a system is doing cement board for the walls and doing a cement floor with a liner. You have to do it carefully and make a pre slope. That’s 2 days of work and it has to be done exactly right or you get a leak.

Or you can spend about the same amount of money and use go board and Schluter and have a shower that won’t leak for 100 years. It’s just a better choice.

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It wouldn't start. So I tried gas and motor oil. Now the pull is stuck. How do I unstuck the pull?
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>>2777295
It won't pull out
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>>2777295
Do you have a YouTube video I can watch about how to take it apart
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Could be compression
Take out the sparkplug and then you can pull it a few times get some nice clean air in there and it will run like new!
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>>2777307
> Do you have a YouTube video I can watch about how to take it apart
Are you 12? I don't know what kind of lawnmower you have
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>>2777306
Christ, tip the damn thing on it's side, grab the blade, tie down the "safety handle" if it's one of the faggoty newer models and see if you can spin the motor, by the blade. WARNING: if you don't disconnect the spark plug, or grab a freshly sharpened blade with your bare hands or some other idiocy, you will cut your fingers off. If the blade won't move, the motors frozen or the safety bar is out of adjustment or the like. Get it to a repair shop.

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How feasible is it to start a modest repair business from scratch? I barely make more than $30000 a year, work a job that negatively affects my health, am treated poorly unless I am needed to repair the specialized equipment that no one else in the building knows how to trouble shoot and the people I work with are drug users, drunk drivers and all around reprobates.
For having no professional experience doing so,I have extensive experience doing repairs on houses, cars,small equipment, doing fences, decks, etc since all the stuff I could afford was old to begin with. I could easily switch a maintenance job, probably at least $5/hr more, but I don't consider that much of a bump in wages and I want to do something that if I work hard it actually benefits me financially.
I don't smoke meth or eat vicodin and only have one broken tooth so I am probably ahead of most repair guys around the area in the looking professional department. I'd probably want to stick to smaller, low impact jobs suitable for one person, no electrical or plumbing just to try and limit my liablity. I don't have a tow rig but if I got one cheap with a blown motor to fix up I could also do junk removal,snow removal,lawn mowing with the lawn tractor I don't use, repairing old equipment to flip etc.
Obviously that would be a poor decision to jump into offering that many services, would be better to specialize. What are the best methods of advertising from a blank slate to try and acquire your initial customers? This is a high population density area so I can't imagine it'd be a herculean task to get a regular supply of old ladies to pay me $200 to fix her stairs or repair her deck every once in a while.
I have a substantial amount of savings and very little for bills so I could afford to take a while to really start having consistent work, and I don't have some very lofty goal in terms of wages.
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>>2773773
>Make $30000
>$5/hour more job isn't a bump in wages.
If this is a full time job you would be around making an extra $10000 or one third of your current one. How is this not a bump in wages? Plus you are complaining about being poisoned in your current job. Just change jobs already. Then try starting your own business on your free time if you want to. You'll have a steady income while your business is trying to take off.
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>>2774572
An extra $7000 after tax isn't enough to make any sort of difference for any big long term goals. I already am basically crippled after work, anything I change to would likely be even more physical work. I can't even do my own projects anymore, never mind try to start a business. I would rather just quit in a month and just see what happens since I need time to take care of other things too, so having $0 reliable income doesn't really matter. If I found something part time doing like three 10's and spend the other days doing side things or catching up on years of backlogged personal work it'd be the ideal.
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>>2774368
There is a distinction to be made between manufacturing or retail and offering a service. If you fail to make enough money doing a service, you can just get a job doing it for someone else.
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>>2773773
>shorting the state of ohio
>bosnian civil war

someone qrd me?
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>>2773796
Which of those apps are the best?

noticed the sewing thread was gone and i wish to discuss it
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>>2757815
I did not even know there were different sized needles for different purposes.
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>>2776655
very much so. I work with a lot of faux fur so I use the strongest needle I can get my hands on which is a 110/18. If it goes any higher, that'd be nice. I understand why my MeMaw popped me when I broke one of her needles.
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>>2775121
that's a drawing.
(of a female)
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May I please know what kind of fabric this is? I've tried searching and "melange" comes up but I can't seem to reverse search the exact type on picrel. Thank you!
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Tried to adjust a hand me down pair of jeans to make them fit me, it was too wide.
Made a lot of little mistakes and it doesn't line up so well, my machine had trouble with the really thick folds in the fabric and I was improvising a bit, also had to do some hand sewing.
Honestly, despite the struggles I was actually kinda surprised how well it fits now and I actually had fun doing it, figuring out what to take apart and how to put it back together again.

I'm going to try some simple things with thinner fabrics though, denim is not something I wear often at all and my little old straight stitch machine can barely handle more than two layers of it.

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How to I strip the paint off an old, heavy duty steel PC case? and any tips for repainting it

I have a belt sander, a detail sander and an angle grinder but I legit don't know where to start
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>>2773594
paint stripper is the easiest option.
I have an old bottle of the methylene chloride formula Jasco before it got banned in my state, but pic related worked just as well to my surprise. the first coat didn't really do anything, because I didn't realize you can't let it dry out. so bag it up and leave it overnight. I'm convinced the morons on here who bemoan environmentally safe paint strippers are just 80 IQ retards who can't read instructions.
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>>2775704
There's no details to be maintained, it's just a big old metal box of the beige sort. For the moment I've ordered these for my angle grinder but as most here have advised I'll probably try paint stripper first
>>2775992
aight will give that a try first
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>>2776777
>There's no details to be maintained, it's just a big old metal box of the beige sort.
So why are you trying to strip it?
Is there something wrong with the current paint (is it peeling or flaking off)?
Or is the case itself rusting, so needs repair?

If the answer to both is "no" then listen to the advice you've been given by at least three other posters: paint the case without stripping the old paint.
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>>2776832
The paintwork on it is fine, it's just 22+ years old, I want to remove the pain and repaint it black.

How do I paint over the beige paint without stripping it first? that doesn't seem reasonable, or are you talking about the people who said I should gently sand it down first then put primer over it?
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>>2776912
Trade it for a black case or just sell it and buy one. Beige cases are retro cool these days.


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