/diy/ - Do-It-Yourself

Not sure if it matters, but it's floor skirting I'm doing. Will be a combination of nails and glue.

Never used them but honestly cutting trim with a chop saw is so easy I can't really see the point for a one-off job. Now if you're a construction company churning out cucksheds by the hundreds, then it starts to make a lot of sense. Faster and less chance for Pedro to fuck it up

>>2623774
Still Id like to get laid with out introducing them to mom yet Id rather give my mom the rent money in home improvement equity

>>2623775
Fucking nigger, your mom gave you everything to start a life and now you’re throwing it away and asking for more. At least be man enough to ask her if it’s okay to bring partners over.

>>2623780
I'm looking into to finishing the space above her garage and turn it into an apartment instead of paying rent to a landlord when I go back to school. She wants her own life and I want my own, I just don't know what the ball park material cost would be if I did the labor. My brother is a mechanical and machine learning engineer so I have some one with brains to help me plan it if its in the realm of possible .

>>2623761
>attic
>>2623761
>the space above her garage
That's a very vague description. How big is it? Is it damp-proof? Is it insulated? Does it have a power supply?

>>2623791
I'm drunk so I can't remember the square footage but it is un insulated, the garage is set on its on circuit for welding and what not ant the space was intended to be converted to room years ago and framed that way from the beginning

Finally my time to shine.

Get some KNO3 stump remover, found here:
https://www.lowes com/pd/Spectracide-16-oz-Stump-Remover/4764059
that brand works swell.

Then get ahold of some plain white granulated sugar.
Then get a saucepan your ok with ruining(using a disposable pie tin is best)
Pour a mixture of 40% sugar and 60% KNO3 into the pan/tin, and put on low heat. Stir until its a consistent caramel looking fluid, then let cool. Then light.


Worth noting that its very hot at the burn point, and it expels a hot goop that can burn skin, be careful.

>>2623788
Nice one
but if you don't want to fuck with hardware shops then you can boil off bleach in some glass container to get sodium chlorate and some salt too
It's basically like KNO3 some say that it burns even better. Grind some sugar in a mixer and mix it throughly, add some candle wax to make it sticky, it also significantly increases the amount of smoke. It can explode in too confined spaces but should be harmless enough

>>2623702
Go and ask /k/ for some inforgraphics. There's a lot of old ones about how to make smoke bombs.

>>2623702
https://youtu.be/4v1fMDXVM0Q
All the info you will ever need.
This is one of my favorite yt channels.

>>2623702
Ten seconds on google and you wouldn't have had to shit this place up with your stupid fucking question.

>>2623622
Stop being poor.

works for me

>>2623622
This >>2623661

>>2623622
I've got a set of ryobi tools and they're fine for a swinging dick that needs to cut some boards or whatever once every few months. As >>2623637 said I've noticed that the battery capacity is kinda weak but for your average homeowner they're all you need.

>>2623622
Stay strong King.
>me

>>2623773
Not him but probably as long as it's not too thin.
welding sheet metal with stick is a good way to get angry(for me).
The rods for SS make a neat sound.

>>2623610
>Elaborate. Could I actually craft something? is there a way to earn money with this thing.
Sure can.

>>2623601
anywhere where you need structurally strong joints that are not required to be aesthetically perfect
so building constructions, pillars, trains...
but you will also find stickers in small workshops making specific stuff, e.g. there is toy factory nearby which stick welds swings, little carts, whatever...

cars, bikes, artwork etc. are usually done in MIG/TIG

>>2623773
>chopper frames
Maybe. But should you?
>fuel tanks
Probably no as they are made out of thin sheet metal. Maybe with 1/16 (1.6mm) electrode, but they are super rare.

>>2623610

>>2623582
you might want to do some googling
it's okay to use nitro over shellac but idk about oil based stuff

>>2623582
You can but the stain should be bone dry (like a few days) and there's still a risk that the solvent in the lacquer might soften and cause some of the pigments to migrate causing spots, streaking and other unevenness...for that reason it's probably safest to use a layer of shellac to seal the stain from the nitro.
But a lot depends on the porosity of the wood, its color, the stain color and how skillfully you apply the lacquer, darker stains on light wood are where you might expect bad things to happen. Best bet is to always make a test piece with materials you aren't familiar with.

>>2623648
It's alder, so not very porous. The oil based stain I have is black, I think I'm just going to buy some new shit though so there's no problems. Should I go for water or alcohol based you think?

No. Use a water based stain instead. Spray with distilled water to raise the grain, lightly buff, spray on stain then finish with anything you want, why not try a French polish?

Redpill me on nitro finishes. I've always been a polyurethane man myself but I'm interested in expanding my wheelhouse

If they don't leak, it's probably just gel coat cracks from sitting in the sun. Float/fill it with water to make sure. If so, there's a bunch of different ways to do it. Most involve removing material with a dremel or sander, filling, and repainting. Sometimes really small ones you can literally just paint over.

Canoes are usually pretty easy since there's no tricky corners, repairs are generally just sanding all the paint off around the damaged area, grinding away any broken fiberglass fibers and making a nice taper for a scarf joint, then layering on new stuff in increasing sized patches until you've got decent overlap with solid area, on both the inside and outside if you're making structural repairs, then sand it all smooth and repaint
Price depends on the size but resin and cloth is kinda pricey, might be ~50$ if you can get away with buying the smallest can of resin and pack of cloth and don't care too much about the paint, might be >200$ if you want to do a really thorough job and patch the gelcoat all nice. Get woven roving not chopped strand mat, it costs a little more but not significant for small repairs of this size and it's 20x nicer to work with.

>>2623529
Not sure what i'm going to do for a door, it needs a vent and CO2 sensor because if the door seals good enough it will be a death trap otherwise

>>2623531
4 inches hard foam insulation, enitre interior is ceder. The floor comes up and can be removed for cleaning. Probably going to use a tent stove for the heat source.

I have an old concrete foundation in my backyard, was thinking of building one of these myself, except from scratch. Would a camping stove really work? Seems sketchy to me, I know the sauna stoves are expensive but it's probably worth it.

Did you do a smoke test to look for leaks?

>>2623669
>Would a camping stove really work

Its 6x3.5 feet and extremly well insulated, a similar stove can get my cabin to 100 degrees when it is zerooutside and the cabin has 10x the volume.

>>2623678
Not yet, need to do the door. Can't imagine it isn't, the exterior is air tight metal.

>>2623514
More like why do scummy installers charge 15k for a 5k system. A large commercial 575W panel is cheaper now than a domestic 250W panel was 10 years ago

>>2623510
i already have a 20kw setup but no battery. can someone redpill me on that? what battery backup system should i choose?

>>2623820
LFP

>>2623820
LTO

>>2623538
Uh, you don't just slap a couple panels on your roof and plug them into your breaker panel. You need to properly size the wire, you need an inverter or a battery, everything has to be carefully wired and tested.
Even after all that they're only 20% efficient or so and contain lots of fun toxic chemicals. They're a meme power source.

>>2623507
>threw 6figures + benefits in the trash
Ouch. Hope things work out for you in the long run; they usually do if you're not a fuckwit. It's always a wrench leaving a good job for a possibly better opportunity.
Don't feel like you're ungrateful. They paid you for the work you were doing for them, and if they paid you that well that meant they liked what you did and thought you were worth it (this is the corollary that goes with minimum wage jobs being worth minimum wage or less). For the most part no company expects you to work for them forever -- most HR people I've spoken to say they almost expect people to have four or five jobs before they're 30. Unless you literally walked out the door screaming how much you fucking hate the place and everyone who works there, you can probably get jobs from your old place on a contract basis or as a consultant in addition to other work, and keep your relationship with the company bosses friendly so that if you DO have problems in the future as a freelance, you may be able to use that to get back in.

>neet for most of my life
>working full time at 20

Ok sir these don't make sense

>>2623512
youre both right i just have to get over the feeling like i owe them something. I dont, Ive been making them a profit for quite a while.

The decision to leave is really not so much about travelling less or making roots(while those could be nice) but more about how I know I will regret never trying to do this for myself in 5/10 years. They did try to offer me something different, but its not really what I want, i didnt go into the conversation trying to negotiate and i made that clear.

I was able to leave on good terms and odds are they will call me for work as a contractor on shows in the future. So now they will be one of many companies i can work for instead of the only one i can work for.

I think everything will be fine, its just a difficult leap at first to not be as "stable" income wise. But honestly I would be fine making less money if I can have more freedom to work and live as I choose. I have a bunch of contacts i have been reaching out to and hopefully i will get some calls back soon.

>>2623507
>>feel like an ungrateful sack of shit for abandoning the company that did so much for me, pulled me out of neet life, gave me opportunity
Don't. If your
>greentext
is accurate, you gave them more than enough for the work you put in.

>>2623512
This. If you would’ve left in 6mos as soon as you had enough experience to put it on your resumé, that would be a little shitty. But if you put in >2 years of good work for them, you made them some money and it’s fair.

Learn 2 code unironically

maybe 3d printer users to keep filament dry would be interested?

>>2623438
I use desiccant in my air line for my plasma cutter. Maybe list it as that?

>>2623438
Making AC cooler
adsorption cycle/adiabatic wheel heat exchanger

>>2623438
Did you try Ebay or local selling? Selling on gun forums makes much more sense than your silly ideas.

>>2623438
You are definitely a retard. "Electronics dryers"? Why would someone buy your shit for that when rice is much cheaper? "Firewood dryer"? What the actual fuck man.
If you weren't a shitposter you would've just googled this and seen the different things you could do with it.
I heartily suggest you shove it up your ass until you die of dehydration.

5 drops of bleach per gallon of water

>>2623409
This. A tiny bit of bleach should do it, and it’s not really any more chlorine than you have in regular tap water.

>>2623407
UV sterilizing light, might need to switch to a UV resistant container though

>>2623407
clear tank = photosynthesis for algae
keep it dark add H2O2 and change the water more often

Most places stick to union pay scale (mostly because of building codes and the permitting process), which caps you as part of a crew.
25 bucks an hour is only 50k/yr.
But everyone has to start somewhere. There was a time in my life when that would have seemed like a lot of money, so I get it.
The point is to get to where you're running the crew, and then to the one who's got crews out doing the work while you bid jobs and line up more work. That's where the money is.

>>2623325
It's easy and a relatively low impact trade but because of this, the pay will always be low

Become an electrician, plumber or HVAC guy instead

>>2623325
Carpentry pays poorly and its not that hard.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xP0egqOivKc

Only the lead guy makes any money and I'm not sure how much that even is. They have a lot of extra headaches like roof layout, meeting all the code demands, making the final look like the picture when print has contradictions, managing tools and crew.
Rough carpentry is fun and it's good to get some experience if you want to follow down carpentry or into building. There's definitely more math and physicality involved than finish carpentry. Post and timber framing should fetch higher rates. It's still a pretty jank career path unless you get into a commercial field and hot location. Carpentry in general is pretty shit unless you specialize and produce. The other union skilled trades naturally progress well without having the monkey on your back to carve out your own business.

>>2623358
I drive for them and break a lot of shit lmao. He’ll be the lube guy and won’t need much more than basics.

>>2623358
>>2623358
My bad I think I was unclear, I've been doing it since last September, I was the pm bitch until about February when I got promoted and they hired another.guy for that. I'd still do a fair number of PMs, but I've also done shit like putting in new radiators, replacing EGR coolers, bolster springs, valve cover gaskets, pto shafts, various valves, brake shoes/cans/lines, and a couple starters and ball joints in the light duty stuff. So I'm.not a complete noob anymore but I still have a lot to learn and a lot of tools to get.

>>2623396
cancer?

>>2623318
See Torque Test Channel on jootoob for cordless tool info. I fucking love my DeWalt DCF900B 1/2" impact.

An ordinary ball joint press is too small for big trucks. Find what's popular for what you work on. An air hammer and pickle forks are very useful for suspension work.

Does your shop have an oxy-acetylene torch? If so learn how to use a cutting torch and how to heat stuck parts for removal. Practice on scrap and you can get good enough to wash a stuck nut off a stud without trashing the stud.

A mechanical torque multiplier like the X-4 is a fantastic lifetime tool and you can use it to precisely apply torque too. Heavy equipment guys love them. I use mine for machinery repair, Harley compensator nuts and pinion yoke nuts on pickups.

>>2623730
Yeah shop has a torque multiplier and a torch, I actually started with this company working on dumpsters so I'm more familiar with the cutting and welding. The ball joint press is for the light duty trucks/pickups/vans that we have, bought it because our lead mechanic left and he was the only one that had one

>>2623272
Did you try removing the screen?

>>2623350
there’s a giant lip coming off the window sill..

>>2623364

Put a 2x4 under the AC to raise it higher than the lip like everyone else does

>>2623384
pics?

>>2623618
fuck want us too come over and install for you

>>2623249
>I’m leaning
Super.
Why should your materials selection be in any way influenced by the selections made by an entire centuries-old industry engaged in fierce competition to serve some of the most demanding consumers of any market?

>>2623249
>Anyone ever build a tent before?
nope, what is a tent? never heard of it.

>>2623249
Why do you want to build a tent?

>>2623385
op isnt in for milking the single use festival crowd

>>2623691
Ah I see the confusion here, there is no bolt that holds the stock on the gun it’s just clamped in between the two receiver halves via this piece which you can see on the old stock, hence why there’s a 3d printed bit on the wood one, here’s how my process went; I realized I had cut the stock too short so I glued a piece on the end with 2 dowels going through to line it up BUT I didn’t have a way to effective way to clamp it, at this point I should have put a screw going through the extra piece going into the stock to clamp it together, but I didn’t so I assume the piece separated because of that. I only realized it was coming apart once I had already fully assembled and was testing the gun, so to fix this I pulled the stock apart smeared the two halves with jb weld to make sure they didn’t come apart (I was pretty mad at this point because I had already finished and clear coated the stock) and I put a screw through it like I should have done in the first place to clamp them together, but they didn’t pull together fully leaving an ugly gap. Hope this clears it up.

>>2623683
What? Would you rather I had fucked up an actual gun instead of a 70$ pellet gun, I’m just trying to practice stock making. Take your meds

>>2623738
Forgot the pic.

>>2623254
The rest of the stock is okay, but the JB weld and 3D print looks like ass

>>2623741
Looks pretty good.

Do you have a copy of the first and second "Gunsmith Kinks"? The first volume is literally almost entirely about dealing with gun stocks. The second has some other stuff but still quite a few chapters on stocks and furniture.

Diagonal as Anon mentioned and also perlins, Z nails in the sides of the truss ends and stud straps over the end of them would help.

If you add joists you can tie those into the rafters. Adding a ridge and sheething will stiffen it up.

1. Put a joist at the bottom of each arch. This completes the triangle and means the roof won't splat down and push the walls out when any weight is placed on it
2. Put an underperlin running from the front to the back attached to each of the triangle roof trusses as it passes them. This locks them together so they don't fold over sideways under stress

Put plywood on it

>>2623235
The big issue is that how they attached the boards to the sill plate with screws but have nothing else stopping them from flaring out given the outward pressure that will be on that part of the roof

You *need* a board run across the bottom or the roof will sheer off one side or the other

This doesn't mention the lack of a double top plate, solid board across the peak or clear lack of construction knowledge all around

I would unironically remove the shit roof framing, watch some roof framing videos, add an overlapping second top plate so your shed doesn't just randomly lose the short wall when the wind comes up and then properly notch the boards and have an overhang and then put in proper cros bracing

Probably not glued, just painted around sloppily. Usually the plastic cover clips off, or sometimes the entire log hit fixing pulls down out of the ceiling. Try putting a flat screwdriver at the edge and twisting it to see if it pops off. Look around the edge to see if there’s and indentation anywhere. If there is, try to unclip it at that point.

>>2623221
>log hit fixing
Light fixture. Jesus Christ autocorrect.

>>2623221
Thanks, I’ll try.
Also, I’m trying to figure out if they are LED. I’ve been trying to gauge it on how much electricity they use by looking at the meter. Is 7-10W per bulb reasonable for a LED?

>>2623225
>Is 7-10W per bulb reasonable for a LED?
Yes that is LED.

>>2623220
The cover is probably held on with a couple metal clips. I'd take a razor and cut around the edges so you don't rip down a chunk of paint. Work a screwdriver or small pry bar under the edge and pull it down.