/diy/ - Do-It-Yourself

>>1370854
pic not mine but sometimes close to it
I actually have 3 trucks

and the DOT don't do shit to me
I know other places the whole state has the emissions testing and some places has to pass inspection

not here
rural Midwest we can literally drive anything without getting in trouble

Choose a dollar amount / distance.

I do 53 cents to the kilometer.

>>1370850
>I get a good vehicle under 1 thousand $ that offers years of dependable service
Good luck, maybe get another job instead. When it breaks down, and it will, can you afford to fix it ?

>>1371109
>80s ford with an idi 6.9

You can MacGyver that shit until the cows come home if you have a bit if knowledge and ingenuity. Plus they're cheap to begin with and pretty much run on any cleanish oil

I just use the fuel cost and double it to account for wear, tear, maintenance, operational and registration costs

Then my daily hours go on top of that.

>>1370849

>>1370809
Post picture of receipt Jamal

>>1370897
It doesn't, a new shopping center opened up and two of the stores never remove the damn things.

>>1370807
>little love hearts on print
roastie detected

>>1370833
Spotted the thieving nigger. Kill yourself you subhuman waste of protein.

>>1370898
THAT IS FUNNY! Nearest guess we all agreed the haul road was 2 miles one 1. Made it 3 times and got bisted like a few hundret feet from the end after a down and back trip.

Not much to brag about sadlym. Once you get a feel for it just take the bucket off and raise the arms all of the way up. The natural balence and hydrostatic drive makes it a cakewalk. I did the math. Was going for 100 before quitting time. One of my ex co workers was an absolute snitching cocksucker tho.

Also, anyone here ever run a wheel loader that doesn't want to bludgeon the engineer who decided a steering wheel is a good idea?

>>1370898
Done that with mud like 5 times. Fuckibg sucks ass. Running full bore just to try and keep warm viokently jearking joysticks and then hit a rock or something and get douched

>>1370923
HA! i used to not give a fuck. Jobs are pkentiful when you are /fit, /young, and have a group of bros that make up fake businesses and references.

That same place with the forklifts i used to "borrow" always had a bunch of gaylords. Yes, they exist besides name calling. Who knew? Well, me and a few brow worked there. Me and 1 bro ran 1 machine in 12 hour shifts. Mutherfucker ran almost 3 years 24/7 with onky me and bro running it. Well, our other bro was supposed to help but he never did.

Well, one time he pissed me off, didn't help like always, and then had nerve enough to grab his coat and take a nap in a half empty gaylord on the 2nd floor.

I cut the wire to all of my lights and beepers and gently set a full pallet on top of his ass and then wire nutted my shit back together.

Taught his ass. He dug a hole in the back of it and spent 19 hours trying to get hold of someone that wouldn't snitch and could help him down.

I miss being a dumb ass kid. Phone bill and beer money was all that i had to worry about.

Every swinging dick wants to run heavy equipment...In 40+ years Iv'e ran it all Bobcat, Cat, Takeuchi, Case, John Deere etc...from skids to trac ho's and every kind of loader in between. After about a day the fun is over, they suck. I'm much rather be in the ditch laying pipe

Every swinging dick wants to run heavy equipment...In 40+ years Ive ran it all Bobcat, Cat, Takeuchi, Case, John Deere etc...from skids to trac ho's and every kind of loader in between. After about a day the fun is over, they suck. I'd much rather be in the ditch laying pipe

>>1370707
For fucks sake Jamal. Stop stealing!!!

>>1370707
I aint gon help u steel no shit tyrone

Is this a general thieving tools and techniques thread now?

>>1370931
It is now. Whats a good quality lockpic set?

>>1370707
Use this anon

my driveway is covered in it, with a black plastic weed barrier buried about 4 or 6 inches down, it works pretty well. 95% grass and weed free, except where those encroach at the edges.

>>1370694
>I'm trying to figure out how easily grass could grow through it.
Grass won't grow through it if there's no grass below it. It will however creep in from the sides slowly.

I have put down about 160 tons over the past year and a half here. I don't really have any grass growing through it. I can tell you though that if any sort of weed seeds get on top of it they will sprout, but that easily fixable with some roundup.

>>1370700
put down caseron to keep the grass from coming back

>>1370694
Put down a layer of contractors paper or carboard. Make sure to overlap the edges. This will suffocate the grass. If all you have over this is gravel if should be difficult for any new weeds to establish themselves.

Don't forget that the car also has a mechanical lock that keeps the steering wheel from being turned without the key being in a certain position.

>>1370742
Shit. I forgot about that.

>>1370649
I totally re-wire agricultural motors sometimes

its going to be one hell of a wiring project
everything under the dash is all packed in there and tied up tight
newer vehicles got about 100 wires all wrapped together

your ignition system has to get power to a minimum of 2 things but I am assuming you have an electric fuel pump
1 power to ignition
2 starter
and fuel pump if you got an electric pump

getting power to the starter and ignition don't sound too hard but you should expect some issues and a severe lack of room to work

when I re-wire stuff I do it very simple and easy but it sounds like you aint gonna do that
I can get a piece of machinery or an old truck working in maybe an hour
I do 1 push button switch and 1 on/off switch
push button switch has wire from battery to switch and a wire from switch to starter solenoid
other switch is battery to switch and switch to ignition


and please remember and think about this
if both of your ignitions are wired together its very possible that if one don't work then they both wont work
sounds stupid to me I would never do it but whatever you want

>>1370767
Alright, thanks for the advice man.

I'm going to try and wire it in a way that they don't interfere with each other, itbi can. It one is off whole the other is off, it shouldn't affect each other I think. But I'll play around with a spare system or get a scrapyard car with a motor that turns (doesn't necessarily have to start) and play around a bit

>>1370742
Most owners of older cars retrofitted with a diy 'push to start' system just leave the key in the column so the steering wheel is unlocked, but not so that the electrical switches are closed.

Most cars key clusters operate three 'switches,' not two: Accessory, Engine power, and start. Pretty simple business to just throw a relay across each of those and control with an arduino. I 'deleted' the steering column key cluster in a 2005 Scion and just replaced it with two toggle switches (acc/engine) and a momentary (starter). I'd be surprised if your materia was any more complicated.

Good luck homie; be brave--any affordable cars made before 2013 are generally pretty simple, all things considered.

So you think you might want to somehow kinda do something like a thing or maybe more like another way of a thing that is kinda similar to another thing and screw those other guys and you're not quite sure exactly how to thing and please take your hand and gently feed you directions on making your vague dream happen.


This is /diy/, not /spoonfeed/
Reformat your mental burp into a specific question.

>>1370573
Mommy took away your ps4?

>>1370573
>What do I do?
have marketable human capital developed. Use said capital to obtain a mutual agreement with a second entity which results in you obtaining some form of currency. Live below your means and (convert) and store your excess currency in a brokerage account.

If you're not a nigger, you should be able to retire after 2-5 years of work.
If you're not a nigger, you will instead work for 10 years.
If you're white, you will never retire and instead pass your wealth onto your non-nigger descendants.

>something could always go wrong
Long term 7% growth including recessions. This is a defacto US economic law. You can always just ensure that you have $250,000 in your non-brokerage account at each bank.


>What do I do?
Buy land, wall it off. Learn basic first aid and stitching.

This is OP. I should also probably add that IBEW is the union I'm joining, if that changes anything.

Avoid domestic at all costs. Pick a thing git good at thing. Find a company that specialises in thing. Git real good at thing. Quit and become a consultant. Your time is worth whatever you think it is. If you are that good sombody will pay whatever you ask

"a person who installs and maintains electrical equipment"
source:dictionary

>>1370688
Yeah, this is the answer that I assume most people give, and it comes off as ignorant and unprepared. It has to be more than that. I'm sure they're looking for an answer that communicates that you know what you're getting yourself into. I assume that a person who asks me this is looking for more than just a dictionary term. The idea that is begged from such a question is that electrical workers do more than just "installs and maintains electrical equipment". This could be an opportunity to hit them with some unexpected knowledge. Something that you only learn about the job once you've been working it for a few years.

>One of the question I hear I'll be asked during the interview is "what do you think it is that electricians do?"

Deal with customers.

>>1370582
>Wife
There's your problem

>>1371164
It is not MY business, I run the business. I make $25k/annually to be clear. I have two small trucks, and a summer car for better gas milage, and we switch one of the truck insurance policies to the car. Infrastructure is a lot more than just roads you know. I'm discussing things like efficienct public transportation, properly trained police personnel, better public schooling, and poverty assistance. All of the funding for all of these programs could have been achieved for the cost of that piss waste of money that was a missle strike in Syria just a few days ago. You're a fucking idiot to think I am trying to take money out of YOUR pocket, and not Jeff Bezos, or Elon Musk, or any of those other tax dodgers taking in BILLIONS.

>>1371167
You don't fucking know me or my life. I worked overnights, full time while going to a private university. I have worked two jobs since getting out of college and even while working full time as a store manager, work for a foreclosure clean out service. Don't you ever tell someone else they don't work hard, because you don't know where they are from or what they have been through.

>>1371199
elon musk creates over 30k jobs (well paying jobs) in the us alone and you want to take more money out of his pocket. why wouldn't he move those jobs to India?
also you are fucking lazy, you think people owe you something you cry about working two jobs and making 25k a year yet the math don't add up
people on minimum wage make more then you and your apparently university educated in business none the less PS it doesn't count as working two jobs if you don't clock 20 hours a week
also again on the poor life choices you own 2 trucks and a car why exactly, vehicles belong to the middle class + and those who require one for work you don't fall in that category who told you that you deserve to live comfortably doing work designed for high school student

>>1371199
There aren't enough rich people to pay for large programs. The majority of taxes willl always be paid for by the 99%.

The problem is the inefficiency and the market disortion caused by government programs and regulations.

>>1370552
Your housing budget is WAY too high.
Any lender that let you buy a house for that should be reported and investigated.
If you are renting you are stupid.
I make about half as much as you and I own a 2 bedroom 1 bath lot and a half for under $400 a month and pre-qualified qualified for $60k.
Cut your housing.
I hope you are a family of 4 because your food budget corresponds to that.

11 pin ribbon cable?

>>1370495
use digikey and search for ribbon cables,find the cable pitch/mfr and the mating connector should be listed

>>1370614
Just feels like you're trying to reinvent the corner desk by making it more cramped and harder to use. I don't know your craft, so I can't comment on real life need/usage. But you're still going to have a weird amount of useless space in your drawn example. Why not a normal corner desk with a chair that has arm support?

A surrounding desk can get you more table space without sacrificing your breathing and stretching room
I'm getting anxiety looking at your design trying to reach the shelves or just get from one station to another

>>1370453
>critique mine
Chairs takes up space... Are you a stool faggot?

>>1370453
Critiques:
- Lose the islands completely. Your idea of using a batstool is at best unsound; your back is going to be destroyed by the time you break for lunch, let alone a full work day. Design around using a good office chair.
- Your Canon (you call it a large format; I'm assuming it's a digital output device) probably wants (or will want) a dedicated space with a RIP somewhere else (maybe in another room). Even the quiet ones can give you ear fatigue after a bit.
- You are going to end up with somewhere in there you cannot sit, whether you like it or not; this will end up being dead room. Assume drawers will go somewhere.

>>1370901
good points
I am always leaning forward in my chair anyhow though,
the printer noise would be tiresome assuming I was printing all the time, print time on fine prints is a few hours, most likely I will be printing while I am away, all the cutouts are sized to fit me,

I may design a low back chair for lumbar support that can slide under the level of the table

also the cutouts in the island will allow 3rd party viewers a place to sit that is a good viewing distance for looking at video clips and artwork, monitors will be plenty large enough to view from a distance

prolly a large 35" -49" curved ultrawide,
my current 29" lg ultrawide
and a a large 4k monitor for pixel peeping in photoshop, switchable between portriat and landscape easily

Look I know this looks ridiculous
and it may be
but input is always welcome

not sure how I will implement drawers yet if at all

I do want usb, headphones, and charge ports built into the desktop

I have a laptop that will have a dedicated power cord that never leaves the desk, an ipad , a kindle, a smartphone, wacom tablet, two keyboards(one for premiere shortcuts, and one for normal use and PS shortcuts) and 2 mice(one for pc, one for laptop) , gopro, and two dslrs worth of charging and file sharing that will all have dedicated locations either on a the desk or above shelf.

prolly a s4-8 bay NAS for file sharing and storage

the PC and NAS will be the box in the corner behind a a glass panel with access in a a storage closet on the other side of the wall, it will be cool and clean there, I will run a n extension for power and reboot functions as well as extensions for usb, headphone, and other needed inputs to be hard mounting into the desk

maybe a do a an oil bath aquarium style build that is on display above everything in the corner? that would be cool

>>1370448
You can re surface worn our motors that have blown head gaskets

>>1370481
My buddys dad did that. Got a small-ish high precision CNC mill and made up some example parts to show their quality. Brought them to IBM and undercut their current small-scale tiny part producer, started off with a couple contracts, then IBM started using them alot and gave them recommendations. Now he's got a big shop.

>>1371342
... I can't even right now...

You want to make a catelog of available products, with good product photos which is a skill in itself, and then market it LIKE FUCK. You should only be making products you have orders for.

Look for what's selling just now and make the luxury high end handmade fair trade gluten free non binary products for that market.

A brand and logo will help.

People don't know what they want until you tell them. This is now a /biz/ thread

Good luck.

Final redit spacing.

>>1371342
No, he can't.

>>1371139
Hvac tech
Doing my third split system install tomorrow
Did my first yesterday

>>1370994
No we use Kline tool backpacks or Dewalt tool bags (for industrial at least)

>>1371153
I mean, most of the electricians I know use an assortment of offbrand shit that was cheap and reasonably well-made.

Veto is king

>>1370867
first day on the job?

>>1370482
I gotta meet this kid. Fuck yall. Thats funny.

Should have him pose for even more memes

>>1370587
Just cast a nut in it and a bolt in the handle

>>1370609
Op if small cardboard tube u can just wrap it in some cloth and throw the bitch in there.

Or not even need a mold.

Might could just get some thin ass cotton string or thread. Wax the pvc, wrap fiberglass. Wrap string some to hold it. Roll in resin. Slather bondo on it, chuck it in a drill, and go to sandpaper town on it.

Or fuck the handle all together. Lowes has pincher grabber things with oistil grip handle you could mod

>>1370855
Gel coat male for sweet finish tho bruh

>>1370963
won't that significantly drive up the cost and time per unit?

>>1370371
Depends. Performance cars tend to have wider wider wheels at the back, while your everyday Toyota tercel will have the same upfront and in back for ease of tire rotation. Also the front and back could be different because of the geometry of the suspension, to make sure the wheel/tire doesn't interfere with the struts, body or suspension of the car. You can read more by googling "staggered wheel offset"

You mean a perpetual motion machine? No.

google magnetic motor

>>1370291
Why not just put a huge flywheel on it? It is exactly the same thing only a shit load more efficient. Your flywheel will run down and out of stored energy very quickly.

>>1370291
Why not just go move near a river and put a micro hydro plant there?
and get energy 24/7

>>1370291
No, dude. They just store the excess energy using normal methods. That shit would waste so much energy.

>>1370350
not if your mass point is variable

>>1370355
lol

>>1370316
It does, that's what the BRs are there for.

>>1370483
Literally the bridge rectifiers.

Think about how an alternator in a car works and then put the rectifier bridge on the battery. Now what happens?

>>1371257
Meant for
Well i dunno who i meant

If you get a new chair, and you have the extra room, keep this one and remove the backrest. Now your old chair is an ottoman.

>>1370237
Find old chair on the side of the road that has good shock.
Find a nice car seat.
Weld together.
Sitting on one now and its great.

get a standing desk
get a sitting desk
build your own chair

>>1370237
Buy another chair if your chair is pic related. That's $19.99 + tax at a Wal-Mart here. Your ass deserves better than what you're sitting on.

Recently bought an aeron chair. Great decision. Was used paid about 475 for it.

This place is based around theremins http://thereminworld.com/Forums/T/29231/my-new-year-gift-to-tw

>>1370256
probably sounds like shit

>>1370257
>probably sounds like shit
maybe so, what are you proposing?

http://www.gaudi.ch/OpenTheremin/

>>1370233
I've found someone that made a theremin using tubes. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nb0NVgEJi54. Kinda leaning on making it with transistors. time will tell

>>1370222
Want to live off the grid. Would need money. What do I do? I don't mean I won't have a car, I could always commute to a job and shit, but that isn't preferable. Stocks might work, but for that one needs experience, communication, and money, and besides, something could always go wrong. Could I grow hipster shit or keep bees that make all-natural-duper-expensive honey and beeswax products? Or would I need interned for that? What do I do?

>>1370222
Didnt think i needed to make a thread for this

TL DR: Will 100% silicone clear caulk fuck my paint on my motorcycle?

I have some rubber tank pads that came with shit adhesive, need to know what i can reapply them with that wont rek my paint.

Why aren't hemorrhoids called asteroids?

I found a camera with only 1 pin to video output, how can I use it?

>>1370569
Look into livestock. Cow-calf operation or dairy. I believe fish farms are quite efficient in output to input. Or you could buy your land and rent it out to farmers. Could put up some greenhouses and grow "tomatoes" or actual tomatoes. Or poultry. You can always add a hipster element to it. Like call the livestock "freerange" or "vaccine free" or whatever bs buzzword is going around.