/diy/ - Do It Yourself

>>167625
So how about making "litter pods"? They could be air/water tight constructs where the hamsters could do their business but in tube form inside another tube, that way you could stack them to the surface and then shove one more in when it got filthy, and that way the last one would shove out into the water, or maybe back to the surface, via another tube. Think bank air tubes, which actually now that I think about it seems like the best idea really. You could easily automate that.

>>168656
Never had loan for anything involving my company. Period. None. Nada. Zip. If you cant find some way to spend every dime or show that you have spent every dime, you dont belong in any business.

>>168243
Are you kidding me? As a small business owner.
>>168628 this guy has it right. Most of the point behind incorporation is to act as a tax shelter, the other big advantage is liability shielding. Only chumps and VERY high profit companies EVER show a profit at the end of the year

>>167238
to clarify, the outer door would have a rod attached to it somewhere near the non-hinge side, that would force the inner door open and make it stay open.

>>167068

What about an airlock that has the outer door with a rod too long and an inner door with a spring mechanism, so that when you open the outer door the inner closes automatically and the outer would be open, then when you closed the outer the rod would force the inner to hold open?

>>166861
Im married to a set of D-cups and we dated a gal with dd's that played ultimate frisbee with the 2 sports bra trick and it worked well. Get a size smaller for the closest one and them a normal one for the outer one. She bounced a lot when she ran but we didnt really mind, at all.

>>164808
the other possibility is its the wheel bearing(s) and they are not too bad on price but its a repair Id let a shop do bc of the time involved.

>>164808
at least they didnt charge you. If both rims are getting hot its not just a bent axle. My bet is its a dragging brake shoe. That truck has drum brakes on the rear so if you got hit in the rear there is a chance that it knocked the shoes loose or actually dislodged them and they are rubbing the drum constantly, and that is what you are hearing. Does the braking get worse the more you drive? If you get on the highway does the braking start to fade the further you drive it?

>>164800
5-10 kph should not have hurt that runner that bad. Id check to see if it is something else before I went ripping the rear end apart. Something like the dust shield behind the brakes on that side. Does it brake ok?? No hard pull one way or the other?

>>164792
WTF are you talking about??? You are crazy. OP dont listen to this guy. SRSLY. You will need a jack and a set of stands but nothing crazy. These trucks only have like 8" of droop in stock form.

>>164790
If you are getting rub that bad, its bent. Has the runner been in a wreck or dropped from a C-130? Bc I have totalled trucks off and not had the axles bend.

>>164778
I have a shit ton of Toys. Look for 88-93 toys. You can swap the WHOLE axle housing assembly to be sure you "fix" the whole problem. It will involve dcing the brake lines, the driveshaft, the shocks annnd Im sure Im forgetting something but Im sure you will see it when you get it apart. If you just want to do the axle shafts they are super easy, four bolts on the back of the backing plat, you dont even have to take the wheel and tire off or bleed the brakes.

>>164751
What part of the "axle"? There are two axle shafts in the rear end of the runner connected by the diff. The shafts themselves are pretty easy to pull. Is the housing bent? You can usually replace the whole assembly from the junk yard for under 500$

>>164606
You can make a VERY simple desk out of 1/2 sheet of plywood. Just made one for the wife last weekend. Basically, have your lumberyard split a sheet longways, then take one half and have it cut at 28" another 28" and a 40". the 40" is your top and the 2 28's your "legs". I used some 1x4 I had laying around as a brace for stability and then you can use the other half to make shelves and such in the desk top or to make another desk.

>>161546

We did this when we were kids, yup kids. We concluded the same thing. It was a lot easier and safer to dig 8 and 10 foot deep trenches and cover them over after reinforcing them. They were still there until a few years back, so they lasted around 15 years.

>>162431

My buddy pointed out to me this weekend that we were dragging a trailer I had about 100$ in down to a location to cut wood that was being given to me in exchange for clearing it out to burn in a wood furnace that I built for less than 100$. I AM /diy/ !!! LOL

The next day I built the wife a real simple desk out of half a sheet of plywood. Fuck yea! Great weekend!!!

>>161126
If you are clueless about how to mount these than you dont need to be going cross country in any car. Id hang out in the pits this year learn what you can and try again next year.

>>158491
typhon? Do you play a game with small superheroes

>I think I know you :D

>>157766
I would suggest maybe laying plywood over the kitchen floor and maybe the counter too. Now hear me out. You can use either fairly thick cabinet grade hardwood plywood for the flooring and then stain it and seal it real well. It would probably hold itself down by its own weight and it would probably look pretty good too. You could do the same thin on the counter tops and stain them a different color and then seal them with epoxy.

Or you could use the reaaaalllly thin hardwood plywood veneer and stain it and seal it, but you definitely need some way to anchor it down.

Just some thoughts for OP. I see what he is going after and I understand he doesnt want to sink his savings into someone elses freaking house and that my suggestions still arent the cheapest of ideas but they may be easier to remove and you might even be able to take them with you or do something else with them later.

>>159297
No you dont. Its called an improvement patent. That is what a tremendous number of companies do rather than innovate. You do point out why a lot of small inventors and small companies dont patent. Another large reason they dont use patents as often as they should is that all someone has to do is look at your patent and improve it, its production, figure out another use for it or add something simple to it and they can get a new patent for that and basically shove you out of the market bc they built a BETTER widget.

>>159296
No they can not sue you for doing something, "you thought of years ago". Or even something you built years ago. It doesnt count until it is patented.

>>154890
>>154814
>>154895

Are me and I was asking how permanent and what you will be using it for bc even a prefab will hold up to considerable wind forces if you strap it to the trailer tiedowns that house sized trailers use. But if it was going to be super permanent, I would suggest masonry. It insulates better and you can do all sorts of cool stuff using the walls as heat sinks. And they stand up to tornadoes and hurricanes just fine, ask the Scots and the Irish.

>>154641
I guess the main question would be how is this "house" going to be inhabited? Daily? For months on end? Or like a hunting shack? And why would you build a prefab house? The whole point is that its already built.

>>154826
I was going to respond but >>154878 beat me to it. I wasnt really downing the ida, it just seemed like anyone COULD do that and has, I did something real similar last summer, its called my shed. Only my shed is gabled and has an overhang so I can get a key in the lock while in the rain, while staying mostly dry. This whole idea that you are going to live in an 8x8 enclosure is pretty crazy. Inmates live in 10x12's. And there isnt any new ideas in the construction itself. I just assume I was missing something but if that really is all it is, its real basic crap.

>>154690
OK Again I ask you, What is it about that thing that you like so much bc to me it just looks like an outbuilding. Anyone can slap together one of those things, without needing a kit or anything else. And technically its not much more than a cave since it doesnt have electricity, running water or a real pitch to the roof. Not to mention walking on 2x4's wont last long. There is a reason that 2x4's arent used for flooring. I guess if you space them close enough they might get close to the kind of strength you get from deeper dimensional lumber but Im willing to bet it isnt worth the cost.