Your honest reaction?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XlYTKfCyy9k
>>2785727Cool story bro
>>2781026I do that in the morning and sometimes it pops.
>>2781026just looking at the guy's face from the thumbnail, i know i shouldnt trust anything he says.
>>2781070>>2781519That particular type of caulking gun IS a complete piece of shit and will deform under the pressure of trying to pump out 5200 or VulKem or anything but the cheesiest consumer grade painters caulk. A real caulking gun is a thing of joy to use and once you do you'll be happy to toss those cheap garbage ones and never look back.
I'm an American, keep your hands off my guns.
Idiots on Reddit didn't believe me, so here I am.Pool noodle rotted my joist in 2 days??I'm going to start a workout in my unfinished basement where I do some step-ups on a stool. I don't have a lot of height and my head has to go between the joists, so I thought I had a brilliant idea to guard the edges with some (brand new) foam pool noodles. See the photos.As life goes, I put just one up two days ago, and came back today to put up a few more. I decided to move the initial one, and the piece of the joist under the first noodle is now wet and rotted?? A chunk actually ripped off!What in the world happened? It's not like the foam noodle was wet, and the joist appears dry like the rest of my basement... save this one suddenly-wet, suddenly-rotted spot?I'm now beyond wary of using pool noodles on the joists, which I saw online in the first place.What happened, and so quickly?1.) I now know about bark woodComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>2787426I did. It crumbles under my fingernail. No screwdriver needed.
>>2787434I've been here since at least 2010. Were you even born yet?
>>2787068>Thanks again for not just laughing. I don't want to eff up my home's structure with something so absurd.That's OK anon, it's normal to be super nervous about your home's safety. That's just your inner Hank Hill guiding you, I tell you hwat.
>>2787456>I've been here since at least 2010LOL. if you aint been here since the beginning you are still a newfag. shutup newfag
>>2787456>I've been here sinceI can't hold all this cringe
I have an old ass vacuum breaker on my hose bib, probably been there 15-20 years, way before I bought the house. it's leaking water from the top so I want to get it off. I took a pair of locking pliars to it, but I can't seem to get it off. I can turn it, and I have turned it in the off direction around 3 revolutions but it's SO hard, I have to put my body weight onto the wrench. I'm afraid I'm going to break my damn hose bib trying to get it off. any advice? are they threaded backwards and I'm tightening the shit out of it? so weird.
now you get to find your house's main shutoff valve and hope it turns without breaking or becoming a giant leak. these little "easy" jobs can quickly snowball into colossal assfuck disasters as you can seecaptcha: PV MAN
>>2786766like I said here >>2786763 water is gay.
>>2786769>water is gayless gay than the turd pipe side of things plumbing is easy if you remember the rules>hot on the left>cold on the right>don't look up with your mouth open>shit doesn't run uphill >all bosses are assholes >payday's on friday
>>2786758>>2786711That one looks shitty because you have no goddamn pipe. Go in and cut that bitch off and add some extra pipe so when the next ball valve fails and is seized in place 15 years down the line, you can chop it off and easily add a new one from the outside. Your future self will love you.>>2786766You don’t like swapping plumbing parts under pressure like a real man?>>2786764That shit looks like it’s buried in the bricks.
>>2786758>it's leaking from the valve now,Replace the rubber parts inside. A flat rubber washer stops leaks coming out the hose area, an o ring stops leaks coming out the handle. Turn off the water before doing this.
Boring ass domestic question I could just google.What's the best most cheapest handheld vacuum?
>>2787986Whichever one goes with the battery format you have selected.
>>2787986I have the 18V Makita and it's good. Costs about $20 + ~$20 for a battery. Of course you also have to buy a charger if you don't have Makita tools, then it's another $50 and it's not worth it anymore.
>>2787986>What's the best most cheapest handheld vacuum?there isn't one.cheap will be crap.best will be expensive.
Anyone ever tried making their own perfume?
>>2776169>contribute to the destruction of entire forests just because of your autistic obsession with “all natural flavourings” and the over harvesting of their native plantsKek, did you think cinnamon trees get chopped down?
>>2784137>I would assume the fresh flowers would be more potent?it's mostly water, which can't dissolve oil (smell, flavor), so no, dried should work better
>>2776169>destruction of entire forestsyou understand that we re-plant the shit we forage, yes?
>>2779452theres a reason we dont learn anything from indians, because its mostly bullshit
>>2779378A tree fell down in a yard. Long, soft pine needles. Took a bunch of cuttings and filled a clawfoot tub w springwater w a burner.Brewing it right now.
I have access to 48v ebike battery's and I would like to use them with solar.But my inverter can't use 48v.Can I just use a reducer and just use 12 or 24 v?
>>2788041I don't care I have access to free solar panels
>>2788045You say that now, but when you don't get full sun for a few days you'll wish you weren't wasting your battery bank so much. Oh well, you can pay the lazy tax I guess.
>>2788103My load is 100w you can make that even on a cloudy day.Also I've seen a guy run a mini fridge 5 days on a 200ah battery
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>>2788004no, that is a different setup than my solar, 500km apart.i just use the bike battery in my garage, bc it does not have electricity, as it is not mine. so its 60v battery, dcdc, big old lead battery and shitty ups
>commercial brewing legal advice edition
Just bottled my first mead and cysermead after 19 days of fermentation finished at .99 gravity, 17% abvcyser after 16 days finished at 1.00, 14.4% abv
I have no more bottles
the showdown between treetop and foodclub begins
Gonna order some ingredients soon and I wanna make a wheat beer.What % of the grain bill should be wheat malt just so I know how much to order? Like I know rye is ideal at 30-40% but wondering if wheat is similar.
>had some bits of strawberry floating around>decide I will let it sink to the bottom, let it clarify for a week>already backsweetened, just need to get it clear to bottle>come back in a week>fuzz all over the surface Damn, wasted the past few months. This is annoying.
Can this muffler be weld back into life or is it over?
Whats with the faggity backgroundSlap the bung back in and use flexseal muffler seal
>>2787650it can be welded and reinstalled, sure. no muffler shop would do that, not even the ones willing to save you a buck. also if you have emissions or inspection it might be rough going.try a mom and pop muffler shop, try to get a take off that's in not awful condition. doesn't have to be exact or anything. you could also hit up the junkyard and cut yourself one from the source.
>>2787709>Worth it or better to buy a new muffler?How much for a new muffler? And how good are you at welding? I've welded up a lot of rotted out mufflers for tractors and other equipment, because a proper muffler replacement would cost a lot. This one for my John Deere 8630 would cost me around $475 for a new one... So I just pretty much straight piped it using the perforated pipe that was inside the muffler and then put the oval shroud back on so it filled the hole in the hood and didn't look retarded.
>>2787886After this I cut the top section off that had holes in it and added the original top tip and exhaust flapper. Ended up making it about 6" taller than it originally was. Really didn't sound any different with it being "straight piped" than it did before with the chambered muffler.
Appreciate the help guys, decided to buy a new one instead and already installed it. Cheers.
What do I tried to clean a stain and it just got bigger Are they water lines? How do I get rid of them?
>>2785585take the couch outside in the morning and hose it down completely, scrub it like you're washing a car, then rinse out the soap with more water, and let it air-dry in the sun all day - cover it that night and let it dry another day in the sun - take it inside and enjoy the clean couch - but if it stinks throw it away and consider setting it on fire for rapid disposal
>>2785585you need special tools for that, better leave it to professional, it doesn't make sense to buy tools just for that one couch
>>2785585god this place is hopeless use la's totally awesome carpet cleaner and pick up a wet/dry shop vac
>>2785585there's soda or something soaked into the cushion foam and dried, so when you soaked through the fabric it came back.steam cleaning will get the fabric clean without wetting the dirt but you're never gonna get all that crap out of the foam. if you're in ant or roach country you should trash it before it becomes a nest.
>>2785585use a good foam cleaner and treat the WHOLE surface. Let this adsorb, then take a sponge /brush and clean the WHOLE surface, not only the spot.. Repeat if required. 50 % of success is mechanical treatment.
>still trying to make something out of my land Feels comfy bros
If the world gives you bees…make honey money
>>2787857what about a shed? this could be a legitimate shed scenario.
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>>2787857Toilet paper will dry out and blow along so use it sparingly.
Previous thread:>>2759901Here we discuss microcontrollers (MCUs), single board computers (SBCs), and their accessories, such as Atmel mega and tiny AVRs (Arduinos), PICs, ARM boards such as blue/black pill STM32, ESP8266/32s, RP2040, Raspberry Pi, and others.For general electronics questions (power supplies, level shifting, motor driving, etc.) please ask /ohm/.>where can I find verified quality microcontrollers and other electronic sensors or partsdigikey.commouser.comarrow.comnewark.com>but that's too expensivealiexpress.com (many parts here are fake, particularly specific parts out of stock in the above sites)lcsc.comComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>2774325Anyone have experience using a LoRa module? Wich module and how bad it's the latency at +5km? It's LoRa the best option for having a constant stream of data, the packages would be ~100 bytes
>>2787451>constant stream of dataLoRa cannot do this, the protocol defines a need to have down-time between packets to keep the airwaves clear.
>>2787451Depends on what you define as “constant stream”Lora sends data using a “chirp” like a bird.TCP (well originally) could handle 5 minute idles with no packets and still maintain the connection at the OS level.
>>2787684>>2787693I would like a package every 100ms but one package every 2 seconds is the longest I can do
I’m traveling for work and brought my basement with me. Ended up in a section 8 extended stay and now I’m thinking about what sort of imporomptu security I can come with. I’ve got a good selection of ICs, relays, caps and resistors with me as well as esp32, laser/collector, small servo and a dc -dc super boost converter that’ll put out a couple good sparks so I’m not short on ideas just wondering what you would do. Also have a gun but that’s not as fun as an elaborate Rube Goldberg crackhead zapper.
How do you make your house UV proof?
bunkers are impervious to UV by nature
>>2786639You still haven't solved this after hundreds of years alive?
>>2786639You’re funny, OP. But how come tho?>>2787333Even from like photons and atomic radiation stuff?>>2787901Oh, you’re funny too. I would think that vampires would have a short life expectancy. It’d be such a hassle to successfully avoid the sun unless the lived underground, I guess maybe.
OP doesnt want his house roasted by a -man made- space ray, right anon? Paint the roof blue lol
Hello I want to make this device for my water tank based on this youtube vid https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4D9d0umedW8The schematic is hereHowever I am completely electronically illiterate, I'll have someone print a PCB based on this. But is the power source supposed to be AC or DC? That 12V2 thingy to the left
>>2787731>which is when babies prefer bottlesgod, that must be crushing for the mother's self esteem lol
>>2787781misinformation from the 50s still propagates today, the same reason they cut part of your dick off.
>>2787655This.>>2787640Just use a float switch trigger a relay that activates the pump when the water gets lower. Like an electric toilet, come on man!
You can buy actual float switches, they use a sliding metal contact on a float so that the pump doesn't turn off and on every time the water level goes down 2mm
>>2787455motorhomes and trailers use those. rip one off there.
is there any way to repair the damage on this wood surface?
>>2786779explain yourself nutsack
Wipe it with Muratic acid
>>2786789i did consider picking up a jug while at ace
>>2786779Meds
>>2786696Depending on how you apply your poly, you may need to take map to the surface as it cures to remove bubbles. Some recommend using diatomaceous earth to sand the last layers of poly for the smoothest finish. It will take time, but if done right, it will last a life time
I repurposed an 80s Toyota car seat as my new desk chair and all I'm wondering is why the fuck more people aren't doing this. Comfiest AND cheapest desk chair I've ever had by a huge margin.
>>2784743>ancient white brick on the deskis that the rosetta stone
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>>2785190I heard of this happening and saw a video of such a thing in extremely cheap Chinese chairs in China as well, because they lacked the steel plate underneath to protect you from such an incident.>>2784651put a sheet of steel or something on top of that plywood between you and the hydraulics.
>>27846524chan doesn't republish image metadata because one time metadata accidentally revealed that MH370 was a hoax to get the US into a war in Ukraine.
>>2787010i'm not seeing what this unnecessarily blurry image proves. the post was made 11 days after the disappearance and manifest was made public. anyone could've posted it.
