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2774001 No.2774001 [Reply] [Original]

How hard is it to build a delivery robot just to go around my local suburb? Surely I can just put an electronically locked cooler box on an RC car, equip it with an Arduino and then remotely drive it back and forth to restaurants?

>> No.2774028

>>2774001
Biggest problem is range for direct control. Most of them use gps waypoints and a cellular uplink

>> No.2774054

>>2774001
How diverse is neighborhood?

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>>2774001
>Surely I can just put an electronically locked cooler box on an RC car, equip it with an Arduino and then remotely drive it back and forth to restaurants?
yes you can! but how reliable will it be?
you could do what i did and nigger-rig yourself an RTK gps with an raspi and a ublox M8 gps, if your lucky itll be centimeter-accurate the whole time and it will follow the preplanned path perfectly.



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2773877 No.2773877 [Reply] [Original]

Looking to replace the diffusers on a floor lamp. Anyone have any ideas for simulating milkglass? I thought to just paint the interior of a globe, but it's proving hard to find a proper fitting one that's a decent price. One thought I had was getting a typical opaque one and lacquering it. I'll be using LED so it shouldn't get hot really.

>> No.2773885

>>2773877

What an incredibly specific request that I happen to have an incredibly specific answer to.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ed8QTKtLxKs

>> No.2773886

>>2773877
Newspaper on a steel wire frame.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_eZVyCRDr4

Or stain the inside of transparent glass with yoghurt or soured milk like this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewi8yDU5llM

>> No.2773993

>>2773885
yeah this video rules, but like I mentioned it's hard to find a glass globe with a proper fitting. Wondering if I can just simulate a glass finish on plastics instead.
>>2773886
>second vid
wtf



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2773874 No.2773874 [Reply] [Original]

i get daily power outages which will last 1-2.5 hours. to add insult to injury, my IP address changes when i lose power, forcing me to reconfirm my email on discord .. etc.

the obvious solution is UPS, i looked up some models online. the ones available will either work for 15 minutes only, or go multiple hours but cost a kidney.

i thought maybe a 20,000mah power bank with 5v-12v adapter. this will solve the internet connection issue, but won't solve the IP address situation. since i'll have to switch the power plug from AC to power bank each time i lose power (1st power cut), and switch back to AC when power is restored (2nd power cut), then recharge the power bank.

alternatively, i could just leave the power bank connected to the wall, and the router connected to the power bank. but that way the batteries will die in few months, not to mention the possibility of causing a fire.

i need uninterruptible power to the router, that only needs to be set up ONCE, with no manual effort on my behalf. surely diy can help?

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2774067

>>2773987
>>BU3DC001-12V
>i looked it up, it's not available. but thank you for your suggestion.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/266723767227

>> No.2774098

>>2773951
This is the case for me except it’s staggered. I assume whatever infrastructure powers my local internet node thing is on some kind of backup power that lasts 4 hours because if we lose power for more than 4 hours the internet goes out every time. We live in an area with frequent power outages where tons of people have generators and such so you’d think they’d beef that up a bit but nope

>>2773923
Yeah that’s powering my router and modem with the dinky 825va that has an old kind of worn battery. If you want massive up time get a serious ups. A 1500 or 2000va should power that minimal of a load for ages unless you have some goofy router setup where you’re using an entire ass pc

>> No.2774101

>>2773892
i think you mean texas?

>> No.2774121

>>2773874
I deploy these at my workplace to remote sites that run off a GSM router, this keeps the vpn up.

It will run for 35 hours
https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B07H8F5HYJ

>> No.2774133

>>2773923
YX850 has like essential 5 parts, you can order electronic components right?
If you have guaranteed power for one or two hours a day just get a big 12V battery , run off that, and manually switch to line power+charging when you have power and the battery is empty. You’d only need to charge weekly with a big enough battery



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2773873 No.2773873 [Reply] [Original]

I have a set of stanley brand batteries a charger and a drill and now I'm looking into getting a few more tools for my home. Problem is stanley is a dead brand, at least here where I'm at.
There's nothing in stores, there's almost nothing online and even if I managed to find something I don't think the dewalt dealers here will work with a stanley warranty.
Do I just sell my drill and batteries and start over? Or use adapters and buy dewalt or something?
What would you gents recommend?

>> No.2773899

>>2773873
These threads are not useless, battery deprecation, incompatibility, and switcharoos with cheap chinese cells after the initial reviews are in are very common problems, you’ll face them every fucking year now if you’re a heavy power tool user.

>> No.2774055

>>2773873
Regardless of what tool brand you buy into you should learn to rebuild packs. A $40 spot welder on ali express and learning how to identify what cells make up the pack will basically keep the tools running indefinitely. Or save the $40 and buy cells with tabs installed for a few dollars more. Or solder directly to the cells but be warned that if you don’t work extremely quickly the cells will explode and even if you do work quickly the heat transfer will degrade the cell and make it perform worse.
At least until manufacturers pull apple bullshit and start including ICs that communicate with other ICs on the tool to indicate how many cycles a pack has gone through and to permanently disable a pack once it hits a “dangerous” amount but afaik no one does this (yet)

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>>2773873
Man I wonder if there’s any possible way the Porter Cable packs fit. That’s for you to google, then you could possibly expand your dead brand into a dyng brand as well

>>2773899
>very common problems
Only if you buy the Walmart or Costco special. It should be assumed that you’re buying the thing for the life of the battery if there’s no option to buy a spare battery alone when the tool was sold to you.

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>>2774057
>>2773873
Fwiw, the PC batteries could possibly fit. Stanley Black & Decker has compatibility between some other brands. Like IIRC, the Mac cordless tools and this industrial grease gun (Lincoln?) and possibly some other 20V tools from across the company’s portfolio actually fit DeWalt 20V packs.



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2773862 No.2773862 [Reply] [Original]

Thread cooked:>>2767459

>I'm new to electronics. Where to get started?
It is an art/science of applying principles to requirements.
Find problem, learn principles, design and verify solution, build, test, post results, repeat.

>Incredibly comprehensive list of electronics resources:
https://github.com/kitspace/awesome-electronics
Additional resources below:

>Project ideas:
https://adafruit.com
https://instructables.com/tag/type-id/category-technology/
https://makezine.com/category/electronics/
https://hackaday.io

>Don't ask, roll:
https://github.com/Rocheez/4chan-electronics-challenges/blob/master/list-of-challenges.png

>Archive of Popular Electronics magazines (1954-2003):
https://worldradiohistory.com/Popular-Electronics-Guide.htm
>Microchip Tips and Tricks PDF:
https://ww1.microchip.com/downloads/en/devicedoc/01146b.pdf
>Li+/LiPo batteries required reading:
https://buster-spb.ru/files/SAFT/li-ion_user_manua.pdf

>Books:
https://libgen.rs/

>Principles (by increasing skill level):
Mims III, Getting Started in Electronics
Geier, How to Diagnose & Fix Everything Electronic
Kybett & Boysen, All New Electronics Self-Teaching Guide
Scherz & Monk, Practical Electronics for Inventors (arguably has minor issues with mains grounding)
Horowitz and Hill, The Art of Electronics

>Recommended Design/verification tools:
KiCAD 6+
Circuitmaker
Logisim Evolution

>Recommended Components/equipment:
Octopart
eBay/AliExpress sellers, for component assortments/sample kits (caveat emptor)
Local independent electronics distributors
ladyada.net/library/procure/hobbyist.html

>More related YouTube channels:
mjlorton
jkgamm041
EcProjects
Photonvids
sdgelectronics
paceworldwide

>microcontroller specific problems?
>>>/diy/mcg
>I have junk, what do?
Shitcan it
>consumer product support or PC building?
>>>/g/
>household/premises wiring?
More rules-driven than engineering, try /qtddtot/ or sparky general first
>antigravity and/or overunity?
Go away

bake at page 8-10, post in old thread

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2774046

I need help identifying this transformer, I thought it was a center tapped one but why is there 1Ohm between pin 2 and 5? How would a symbol for it look like? Or is it just shorted?

>> No.2774049

>>2774036
>Graphite is conductive
Less so than the copper strands in conventional and expensive desoldering wick. I'll just cut or pull a tiny pinch from the carbon welding mat, brush on a little liquid flux and hopefully get much success.
Hopefully it will turn out reusable if it doesn't "wet" like metals. Unless it's totally insulating like the welding mat is intended to be.

>> No.2774078

>>2774010
You misread me. Most ATmega can run from 1.8V to 5.5V. So can the CH32V003 if I recall.

>>2774032
Desoldering wick needs to wet to solder to work, otherwise the solder will just stay on the board. Graphite does not wet to solder. Would be like trying to use aluminium.

>>2774046
Chances are one of those 360R coils doesn’t exist. If you delete L2, measuring from J1 to J5 will get 360, and J1 to J2 will give 361. If both did exist, you’d be measuring 360 in parallel with 361, resulting in a resistance of 180.5, so either way your diagram isn’t accurate. There could be a short, or there could be one big and one small winding, hard to say. I’d either use a milliohm meter to map the resistances more accurately, or feed some AC into a coil and see what voltages you measure. I doubt it actually has three windings in a triangle like that.

>> No.2774085

>>2774078
>Desoldering wick needs to wet to solder to work
Capillary action and other such properties of fluid dynamics has nothing to do with wetting which is the mixing of materials in the surface layers to create a strong bond.

>> No.2774135

>>2774007
It never matters. If it does, you should be using a precision voltage reference instead. Some voltage references like the REF3333 can be used as voltage regulators for low power analogue ICs. They can also push and pull current IIRC.
Your post number is a 1000V diode.

>>2774046
Since L4 and L3 are both really small, I'd guess you're just not able to measure the precise difference between the winding resistance. Build a current source from an LM317 and a 9V battery, and use it as a milliohm meter.
Your post number is that of the CD4046 based PLL IC, even better.

>>2774085
Idk, ever tried getting solder to stick to fine stranded aluminium wire? It just beads right off, even with plenty of flux. Can't see why graphite would be any different.
4085, what the hell is an "and or invert" gate?



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2773852 No.2773852 [Reply] [Original]

How do I get into designing and making small UAVs?

>> No.2773856

Design and build small hobby drones.
Check out and copy what rc youtube is doing.
Build 4g long range drones, learn ardupilot.

>> No.2773857

>>2773852
Probably start with customizing RC cars to get used to the remote control tech.



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2773830 No.2773830 [Reply] [Original]

you can buy a 3 phase AC motor at 1000w for about $120
put it in reverse and its an ac generator
if i convert the ac to dc, and then dc back to ac would that work as a method of getting the power to a normal 50/60hz?
i cant think of a cheaper way you could convert an unknown hz to a steady 60

on the topic, what is the efficiency of running a motor in reverse as a generator?

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>> No.2773944

>>2773929
Yeah that's what i meant to say. Could be my fault for you not understanding, i'm a bit of a minimalist in wording. Subconsciously trying to use the least number of words to describe my thoughts. As if every typed word costs me a dollar kek.

>> No.2773945

>>2773944
but it didn't. It cost about 3.50 cent

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>>2773834
>you need a rotating magnetic field
>add strong magnets
>>2773845
>but no fucking magnets
>which is essential to a real turbine
Anon, this better be bait.

>> No.2773963

>>2773830
we already had a thread on wind turbines >>2770767

>> No.2773992

just get a solar inverter
put your unknown AC through a rectifier and the inverter will turn it into whatever you need. It will even handle voltage fluctuation.

OPs setup would have massive, depending on the rpm.



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2773799 No.2773799 [Reply] [Original]

Going to build a table to hold some of my desk working tools and other misc raw materials. Also need a dedicated table for ma gunz.

Anyways, I was just going to make a rectangle base with butt joints all around, slab of OBS and rib it with some 2x4 underneath. Main thing is that I'm wondering if I should bother putting triangle braces on the corners. Not thinking about putting metal lathes or nothing on it so I don't see much reason. Cept that I'm bein lazy. Thoughts?



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2773774 No.2773774 [Reply] [Original]

Are there people who unironically believe DeWalt or Milwaukee to be on par with or even better than Makita, or is that just poorfag cope? No shame if they're outside your budget, they're not cheap, but that doesn't make the tools better

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>> No.2773937

>>2773859
>>2773934
Pretty sure anon hasn’t used a cordless skill saw since NiCd was the standard. Brushless motors and 10+ cell lithium packs made such a big difference on pretty mucy all of the tools that suck more juice than a drill or impact driver.

Also circ saws are one of those things where you make a couple cuts that use lots of power but only for a couple seconds. It’s such an easy tool to stick a 2nd battery on the charger while you’re cutting with the first one, and your backup battery will easily be at 90% by the time you hit 2 bars on the first pack.

Even my super cheap (free) Ryobi 5.5” circ saw with their cheapest 2.0Ah battery is better than the ol’ DeWalt 18V XRP 6.5” I had. The brushless Ridgid with a 3.0+ battery absolutely destroys the old yellow XRP in terms of performance and cuts and it doesn’t take >2hrs to charge a pack. It’s not 2001 anymore, you don’t need to charge all of your NiCd batteries the night before and hope they last through the day.

>> No.2773947

>>2773786
A lot of specialized contractors will go with "premium" brands like Bosch and Festool. That's the guys who e.g. cut and polish quartz countertops, or use core drills, or install unistrut all day everyday. They want waterproof tools, or dust collection. They usually go with a tool dealer and if the rotary hammer fucks up, they call the dealer and they come bring them a replacement.

>> No.2774031

i thought dewalt were used by actual construction workers/contractors

>> No.2774033

>>2773947

Replace Bosch with Hilti

>> No.2774044

People really fell for that huge Milwaukie shill campaign



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2773773 No.2773773 [Reply] [Original]

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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>> No.2773796

>>2773790
https://allbetterapp.com/5-handyman-apps/

Good luck, most people like the idea of an endgoal where they dont have to be the one working.

>> No.2773807

>>2773796
Obviously I wouldn't want to stay making $30000 for years, but the benefit of low expectations is that you can only go up.

>> No.2773982

Learn some Ag skills and work for wealthy folks with nice yards.
Don't have to mow yards if you don't want, most have a service.
Be the dude that removes the crap trees growing on their fence line. Shop at bigbox for
plants then plant them. etc.

>> No.2774040

>>2773773

I do handyman stuff and general contracting. I make like $2k a week.

What do you want to know?

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2773735 No.2773735 [Reply] [Original]

Hi! I'm having problems getting my manual auger past the p trap. Is there anyway someone could give me a few tips? Tried rotating both ways and constantly pushing
Thank you

>> No.2773812

Just take the trap off. They're usually just compression fittings you can unscrew with some channel locks, or even just your hand.

>> No.2774115

add a little vegetable oil, she just needs a little lube ok?



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2773733 No.2773733[DELETED]  [Reply] [Original]

Hi! I don't frequent this board, but you guys do stuff on your own, thought maybe you could please help me.
I'm trying to clear put a clog in a tub with a manual auger. Problem is I think I'm getting stuck at the p trap. Tub isn't draining, and I can't go further.
I have tried going back and forth and spinning clock and counter clock wise.
Could anyone please give me a few tips so I don't have to call the plumber please?
Pic is unrelated, but an offering of something pretty for your knowledge.
Thank you
-anon



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2773665 No.2773665 [Reply] [Original]

How is the bamboo labs 3d printer so popular when it's fucking unaffordable

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>> No.2773829

>>2773665
Its overpriced, sure. I honestly recommend buying one of the derivatives when they drop down to $300 on sale, they're "good enough" for what they are.
The A1 and A1 mini are actual rip-offs.

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>>2773716
Bump

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2773631 No.2773631 [Reply] [Original]

How do I learn how to make dioramas like this?

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>> No.2773637

>>2773636
sorry about the snarky response, but this is legit what 3dp does best. The real skill would be getting the finish and the painting right.

>> No.2773695

>>2773636
>>2773637
Ehhh, depends; to 3D print you still have to make a model in software first. if you didn't need a particularly high fidelity model and had existing blueprints, you might be able to make something like OPs pic out of foam/chipboard faster than you could model & print all the buildings.

>> No.2773697

What ever trips your trigger op
Bet youre a real hit with the ladies

>> No.2773710

Try /tg/ or look up tabletop terrain builds on yt, wargaming autists make some cool looking shit

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For this particular city, you'd start by finding a good scaled drawing of the city along with heights of the multi-story temples.
Find a big board, then scale your map to fit.
Most of the flat one-story buildings can be slabs of wood or cardboard with color-printed paper to go around the sides.
The temples can be multiple slabs with beveled edges, and paper sides again.
Just try it, you'll think of better ways or materials when you start

... I tried looking for Tenochtitlan (I think that's your example). I think the hardest part is probably finding an accurate map that shows buildings



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2773606 No.2773606 [Reply] [Original]

In theory it's an ideal combination:
>rocket stove's efficient and clean total burn, plus
>thermal mass storage battery retains long comfortable heat

... but they actually have a huge efficiency flaw:

as it turns out, "inefficient" closing of the vent and burning slowly actually leads to a hotter oven with much greater heat retention.

The paradox is because when the rocket stove is burning, it is shooting out massive amounts of heat so quickly that it is not being properly absorbed by the mass, so it is going out the chimney and escaping, whereas the slow inefficient burn with the damper down goes very slowly and so overall massively more heat is retained.

The temperature and volume of exhaust gasses in the rocket mass heater are simply too high and energy is lost.

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>> No.2773688

While that stove is roasting away its sucking cold air into the room via doors, windows, etc…
Unless you have a fresh air vent in the floor right in front of the stove….nimrods

>> No.2773727

>>2773606
thats great, but why would i care about rocket mass heaters when only youtube memefags are making them...along with their fucking dirt houses and dry pour concrete. real good stuff from that crowd...

>> No.2773747

>>2773606
I don't think you understand what you're talking about, stratification chamber systems very efficiently trap heat within thermal mass with outflow temperatures under 60 degrees.

Are you trying to compare old j tube types?

>> No.2773870

>>2773747
>60 degrees C [140 F]
temperature of flue gases + the rate of volume expelled because if too much leaves too quickly the total heat absorption will actually be much less than an "inefficient" slow burn.

>>2773646
Q: How can chimney be designed to hold the smoke longer and absorb much more heat before the gasses finally exit?

>> No.2773903

>>2773870
Well the flue gasses are coming down from like 900 degrees in the riser.
So that's a pretty big loss of energy, and as I said you need to understand the stratification effect.
There are all sorts of different mechanisms people have found to extract the heat better.
Masonry stoves are a great technology in their own right but you can make a rocket stove out of cheap scrap and junk if need be as long as you have the insulated refractory component for the core.
I'm pretty sure a lot of the artform in masonry stoves is in the structuring of the flue gas course accross various baffle points to maximise storage



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2773594 No.2773594 [Reply] [Original]

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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>>2773626
I live rurally so I might be able to find someone with a sandblaster, but I kinda want to do this on the cheap

I just need the side panels and roof panel stripped of paint, could I try a belt sander?

>> No.2773766

>>2773764
angle grinder with wire brush?

>> No.2774062

>>2773766
I will buy one and try it out, that's probably the best choice, do all angle grinders use the same attachements or does it vary by manufacturer?

>> No.2774069

>>2774062
Thread size is generally standard. Get the wire cup. Wear safety glasses and long sleeves and don't be the retard who runs it without the guard and no handle because "those are for weak sissy libtards"

>> No.2774075

>>2773594
I wouldn't use a sander or an angle grinder.
I know I'd scratch it up, and wish I just painted over the old paint.



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2773576 No.2773576 [Reply] [Original]

Is there any particular reason I shouldn't make lift/tie down points out of old lawn mower blades? It'll be for ratcheting a lawn mower or ATV onto a trailer mostly, maybe a large tractor occasionally

>> No.2773593
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2773593

Just no ok

>> No.2773664

>>2773576
should work ok but you probably want to anneal the metal



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2773542 No.2773542 [Reply] [Original]

Family friend installed a toilet, I realized the ceiling to my downstairs bathroom had bubble and a wet seam on the ceiling. I removed the toilet and found out the toilet didn't mush the wax ring. The toilet flange was built to low from the previous owner. I ended up getting using "Perfect Seal Toilet Wax Ring with Bolts". I only realized this situation a week later. I'm wondering the water damage. Any advice moving forward?

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2773758

>>2773754
Bepis pls turn your tripcode back on

>> No.2773770

>>2773753
Dude
You should really consider suicide if you really go off like this on one of the boards funny men

>> No.2773855

>>2773740
OP here, it's literally been a week. That's why I am asking about the damage a week of not noticing.

>> No.2773861

>>2773855
It’s probably fine then, but let that shit dry off as soon as you can so it doesn’t start to mold and stuff. Open up the drywall ajd see, because the drywall is fucked anyway, might as well get some airflow to it now.

>> No.2774052

>>2773663
maybe not the mold but it sounds like his bro was shitting tera-scofields down that fucker



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2773482 No.2773482 [Reply] [Original]

In my country it is illegal to drive while drunk. So I was wondering how to build an electric scooter that can make 60-80 km/h (40-50mph) for me to conveniently travel from pub to home. I assume a 10kW electric engine should do the trick. But what bout the batteries?

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>> No.2773485

>>2773484
What in tarnation, land of the free my ass

>> No.2773488

>>2773485
$$$

>> No.2773490

>>2773485
you don't get pulled over unless you're doing something stupid (with the exception of dead light bulbs etc) and if you're a hazard to others on the road while you're driving a car, you'll still be a hazard to others while you're driving your scooter/golf cart/ATV/giraffe too2gnpp

>> No.2773498

>>2773482
I bought Janobike that goes 80km/h for 900 euros sir.

>> No.2773562

>>2773482
Too hammered to drive, but you're gonna balance on a scooter at 50mph? You're gonna die, boy.



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2773397 No.2773397 [Reply] [Original]

I've been experimenting with molle gear as a tool bag. I'm really liking it as my main bag because it can be added onto.
Drill, bits, stud finder, voltage tester, basic had tools. I'm finding a med-size sling bag far superior for basic handyman work.
I have a bigger bag for heavier stuff, flat bar, plumbing shit, that I don't use most of the time.

Thoughts or suggestions?

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>> No.2773822

Now days they need to carry fingernail polish
Last commercial job I was on the young sparkys all had painted fingernails…WTF
I took early retirement last Nov done…the construction business is a joke
>>2773761
Youre full of shit, dont touch my fucking tools

>> No.2773853

>>2773761
>It's a work site, not grade school
its like a special ed grade school for drug addicted degenerates

>> No.2773902

>>2773397
I've seen a contractor wear an empty molle plate carrier with all his tools on him, it was a pretty sweet setup

>> No.2773924

>>2773822
>Youre full of shit, dont touch my fucking tools
No one is going to touch your tools, calm down.
Drink your Ensure and go take a nap, gramps.

>>2773853
>its like a special ed grade school for drug addicted degenerates
This is very true and one reason I haven't worked for a GC in 15yrs. It's also pretty sad when those druggie degenerates are actually more skilled and knowledgeable than the GC himself.

>> No.2774037

>>2773902
Really good for working in a lift or, God forbid, a harness.