/diy/ - Do It Yourself

>can't adjust angle, fixed in one direction
But that pic is a pointless piece of shit. You could do that much simpler way.

I made a DIY CFL adjustable light rack by wedging a broom into a metal folding chair and draping a light bulb socket extender with a 1 to 4 bulb adapter over the bristles. I've been using it for 2 years and it hasn't tipped over or lowered the lights once.

This is my DIY mic stand. Composed of a half thermos with two of a candy tin to create a stable base. I had scraps a magnetic screw in a train (his role was to keep a bins against the seats).

Advantage of the magnetic screw is it's possible to put off the microphone without unscrew.

>>1320590
An MC-90 isn't that expensive.

>>1319724
OC

i love makeshift shit

so basically, i just cut slots in a 2x4 to hold axe, sledge, etc. it's not even fastened, just wedged in with small blocks at the sides to hold it up. easy enough to pull it out and add a couple more tool slots.

>>1319762
Simpler than drilling a hole in a bottle cap?

>>1320782
not finished yet and i think the mdf is getting mouldy so im thinking of getting a piece of acrylic or something

>>1320782
not finished yet and i think the mdf is getting mouldy so im thinking of getting a piece of acrylic or something

>>1320784
What is it moulding into?

>>1320593
I saves money always I can, It's a H6 handy recorder but I'm use it like ext. audio interface too because I don't want to buy a mic/headset or a desk mic

>>1320785
ha

>>1319724
LOL

>>1320784
Nah, just soak it down with bleachwater and if it doesnt warb horribly toss some soet of stain on it and sling some paint

cheap ass soldering iron holder

>>1320761
that's p. cool

>>1319771
Why are you not growing weed you degenerate?

>>1321018
thanks ill give that a shot

pole pruner
the final version had a bigger lever arm

This is probably more cringe... used jb weld in a pinch, electrician came to hook up new machine and i assumed he'd install a new shutoff box but didn't.

>>1320767
>>1321179
CLEVER

>>1319762
>crunch the bottle
>angle has been adjusted

>>1321187
Dude disconnect boxes are cheap, replace that shit before you drop a leg and single-phase your equipment. Holy fucking dumb.

>>1320767
>calls splitting maul an axe
>still has barcode and rubber guard

>>1321187
If you had bought it, he'd have replaced it! I usually do what the customer wants, give or take. If you don't care if your shit burns down, neither do I.

>>1321179
I like that return spring. Nicely done.

>>1321172
Because I live in a subsidized apartment with weekly room inspections in an illegal state.

If I moved to a legal state the first thing I'm going to do is buy the most expensive seeds I can and growing mammoth sized bushes in my living room.

>>1321480
>>1321482
What am I looking at here?

damn if i was at home my dad has a treasure trove of shit like this, most of it is ingenious, done in the most ghetto way posssible

>>1319724
Ghetto DIY you say?

Does this magnifying glass turned into a DSLR camera lens count? You can see more photos from it and the finished version in this thread: >>>/p/3230486

>>1321520
Or, how about this mini wood lathe made from trash and salvaged parts? (reposting)

>>1321521
Or, my stationary bike using a stepper motor from an old Xerox machine to charge a deep cycle marine battery?

>>1321404
m8 that is way too narrow to be a splitting maul. Also it outright says it's an axe, and fiskars labels their splitting/chopping axes/mauls as such.
That's not a barcode on the cover, it's probably a sticker that says 'shit will shatter and blind you.'

>>1321522
Or, this Brake Bleeder Vacuum converted for use as the vacuum for my mason jar food sealers. I use it more than the electric version because it is faster.

>>1321526
Or, this bread board I made from old IDE ribbon parts before I actually bought a big one.

>>1321528
Or, how about this mini-VAWT wind turbine used to charge a AA battery made exclusively out of trash and salvaged electrical parts? I kind of wish I still had this, it was pretty fun to watch.

>>1321530
Or, this electric toothbrush turned into a secret lockpick. It works best with padlocks it seems, though the original rakes for it were terrible as you can see.

>>1321531
This is the most ghetto DIY thing I have I think. It is a drying rack made for drying....used ziplock bags after they've been washed. I've been reusing ziplock bags since 2016 and have saved something like $200 in bags.

>>1321533
Frankly, I just made this to troll the knife making threads, but it actually turned out to be a pretty good tool which is surprising. I use it for splicing wire and removing the insulation.

>>1321533
>.png damn sorry about that.

Here's a "rocket stove" I made out of trash. It is just tin cans, fiberglass insulation, and coat hanger wire. It worked well enough, but isn't tall enough to be a true rocket stove.

>>1321535
And here a proper rocket stove made using larger cans. I've used this one about 60 times since 2016. I like it a lot.

>>1321536
Here is it again with a wind guard and better grill top.

>>1321537
Here's some drill bits for wood I made from nails. The flat one works much better than the twisted one for making a circular hole. But, the twisted one does better at removing swarf. I make these when I don't have just the right diameter drill bit.

>>1321539
Here's a spanner tool I made for an old angle grinder using nails and a DIY MOT spot welder.

>>1321540
Here's another MOT spot welder using 2 MOTs to up the voltage to get through dirty work pieces.

>>1321542
Here's a DC stick welder I made using 2 deep cycle marine batteries.

>>1321543
And, the welding helmet I rigged up to attach to my shopvac so it can blow clean air into the mask from 25 feet away. I never need to breath fumes and with the wet shirt over it I'm as cool as a cucumber in the summer heat.

>>1321544
Here's a small resistance solderer I made mostly for salvaging PCB parts from old boards. It also works well for soldering, but you have to be careful not to short things out with it. Not sure if this is "ghetto" enough though.

>>1321545
Here's the power supply from that used with a DIY wood burner I made from an old pen and some nichrome wire from a toaster. It has a foot pedal made from some clothes pins to turn it on and off.

>>1321546
I once tried metalcasting using a potato as the form and solder as the metal. It went as poorly as you can imagine.

>>1321549
Here's a typical alcohol stove I made and tested out. It worked great until I dropped it while walking and stepped on it. I think 20 projects is enough to post ITT. I have tons more, but a lot of the rest are less ghetto I think.

>>1321549
>metalcasting using a potato as the form
kudos for the creativity, and actually making something. But for fucks sake, 10 minutes of research would have told you that any moisture in the form will make a shitty casting.

also, out of curiosity, was that marble cracked before the pour? or is that from thermal shock?

>>1321523
correct, it's very clearly a chopping axe. it can split a little, maybe light firewood. to split the stump i removed, i used the sledge and some splitting wedges.

>>1321521
nice popping bug!

>>1321551
yeah, i think you win, anon

>>1321486
It's a nigrigged vacuum powered drainage system.

>>1321480
Australia

>>1322012
truly the multi-tool of all multi-tools

>>1321882
Eh, I knew all that ahead of time, but I was pretty bored. The marble was broken in half, you can see some of that in the before images. It did crack further due to thermal shock. Something I also suspected would happen.

>>1321914
Thanks, I made a year's worth of micro plugs with that lathe. I even made a lure dryer using an old 110v microwave turntable motor and cardboard, you can see it in this image near the top right.

>>1322065
I also made some fishing bobbers out of wine corks and bamboo skewers. I drilled a hole first, sliced the side into the hole, shoved the skewer into the hole then stuck the skewer into the chuck of my bench drill press. I turned the drill press on and used a Dremel and sanding strips to carve and smooth them.

>>1322012
the tru suicide knob

>>1322068
Looking for a few more ghetto things I've made. Here's a working mini fishing rod I made for the resident "Fishing & Tackle Thread" in /out/.

>>1322073
Here's a bit of a challenge I did; trying to make fishing hooks out of miscellaneous household trash and items. Some actually work really well.

>>1322073
Are you teaching mice to fish?

>>1322074
Here's the fly tying tools I made.

>>1322075
kek No, it is for mini fishing. Like for stowing away in your car or just fishing for tiny fish. Though, I use pocket-sized fishing kits I make and keep in random location in my vehicles and such (pic).

ITT: Red Green IRL

I made this out of an old file

>>1319724
It's called nigger rigging, not "ghetto diy"

>>1322497
But OPs mom keeps the family computer in the living room!

>>1322487
Doesn't all that grinding heat and soften the steel?

>>1322619
A file is likely too hard and brittle to begin with, softening it up a bit on the edge will keep it from chipping.

>>1322065
OK, I have a question about the wood you're using here. I see it has a soft core/heart. It reminds me of a wood I used to make whistles when I was a kid. Only the core was bigger. What do you call this wood? I'd like to maybe find some again.

>>1322628
balsa, basswood, cedar, and pine are lightweight, easily shaped woods that more readily float

https://www.wikihow.com/Make-Wooden-Fishing-Lures

>>1322619
I had to dunk it in water quite often during the grinding. But the tip did get a little hot there at the end. although like >>1322627 said, files are generally quite brittle, so any softening wouldn't be terribly detrimental towards its ability to hold an edge. I did temper it though, so it doesn't chip as easily.

>>1322628
I was using hardwoods (maple, oak). I was using branches because there's less to remove and because they are still young enough to have a pithy center; great for running the spring steel wire through them. The stick baits are made from ceder pencils.

>>1322644
It isn't so much about floating. Heavy woods have less action than light wood in regards to lure movement. Which is why most people who use wood use balsa.

>>1322659
thanks. guess i need to go innawoods

>>1322610
Oh my. Please excuse my language!

>>1319762
>can't adjust angle
You're literally too stupid to open a bottle of water.

>>1321531
The rest of them are cool but this is just dumb. What practical purpose does this serve? It's disguised as something that looks ridiculous outside of a bathroom.

>>1322668
> unscrewing the lid will adjust the tilt/elevation
Were you born retarded or did your dad face fuck you too hard?

>>1322610
F

>>1319724

>>1322739
Kek.

>>1322693
Let some air/water out and crush the bottle a little to the angle you need and tighten the cap.

>>1322739
>throwing the switch just as his mother walked in

Brutal.

>>1322663
Lure making is super simple. Especially, if you are making it for panfish. This one was just a bit of a random twig. If you have the hardware, a knife, and some paint you can make tons.

>>1321161
nice, I made something similar from a coat hangar

>>1321533
>$200 dollars in ziplock bags
why not just used tupperware containers?

>>1323003
Can't roll up a tupperware container.

>>1323003
you ever try to stick a tupperware container up your ass?

>>1319762
>use longer bolt, make it loose
>tie adjusting strings to the bolt
>add holes for the strings in bottle
Literally an ape could do this

>>1321528
>this bread board I made from old IDE ribbon parts
For what goddamn reason

>>1323185
>For what goddamn reason

that guy is the epitome of "makers gonna make", anon.

>>1321551
Please post more

>>1323185
I didn't have a bread board at the time.

>>1323200
I made this camera lens yesterday, but I'm sorta running out of ghetto-quality diy stuff to post.

>>1323226
Here's a vent hood I made from an old piece of glass, microwave fan, dryer vent tube, microwave light, and microwave cover sheet metal attached to plywood. I can do pretty much anything in it and never smell a single bit of smoke. The fan is in the window so that entire thing pulls air, which ensures leaks don't spew anything out into the room.

>>1323229
Here's an electromagnet made from the 5v30a rail of a PC's PSU and magnet wire from a small dead transformer.

>>1323230
Oh, I forgot about this one. This is as ghetto as possible. It is a video game steering wheel used for playing Arma 2. It is made from a 5-gallon bucket lid, broom handle, and a second mouse turned upside down. It worked exceedingly well once Arma 2 was setup to use the second mouse for steering.

>>1323231
I guess this one counts since it uses a jute-wrapped handle. It is an ulu. The steel isn't tool steel though. Only the tips of this saw was tool steel.

>>1323233
I have many solar ovens, but only one that is truly 100% ghetto. It is made entirely from trash. I ended up not needing the tape.

>>1323234
This prototype of a collapsible solar oven is pretty ghetto I guess. I never got around to making a second version of this. I kept it behind my truck seat to use out on jobs in the field for lunches.

>>1323235
Another collage of the same solar cooker.

>>1323236
A pile battery I made. Not sure if it counts since I never really made anything with it in the end.

>>1323237
Another trash-made VAWT. Details in image.

>>1323238
Here's 2 different things. The thing in the top left is a face mask I use with my Dremel for wood working stuff, but not with cutting disks or metal work pieces. It is made from a 2-liter soda bottle.

The clipboard is what it looks like. An organizer for small parts before I bought a bunch of these,

https://www.harborfreight.com/tool-storage/part-storage/24-compartment-large-storage-container-61881.html

>>1323239
Here's some soldering tips made from nails. I didn't have extra at the time, so I made some temporary ones. They worked, but were terrible of course.

>>1321480
Not sure what i'm looking at here, but i'm sure it's not legal

>>1323240
This is a camp washing machine. You put the dirty clothing, water, and soap into it, close the lid and plunge away. Rinsing is done the same way. It works very well, but the HDPE lid is brittle. I use it mostly for handwash-only stuff and when the electric is out.

>>1322497
>nigger rigging

You mean "Afro engineering"

>>1323246
Last one for now unless I find more later. I'm in the bowels of my HDD where things are less organized. This is a Fresnel lens from an old projection television. It can melt pennies or cook food.

>>1320761
not bad at all

>>1322675
Ridiculous isn't a crime

>>1322739
I don't get it.

>>1321533
works great for condoms

>>1323486
>>1322675
Not ridiculous in a purse or luggage when traveling.

I live with 3 biomales and 1 biofemale. The female kept insisting we get a trashcan for the bathroom, but since she was the only person that needed it, i refused to fork over any money and built this out of spite

>>1323554
lol I use a cardboard box and shopping bags for the bathroom trashcan.

I'll just leave this here..

>>1323554
Male and female already refers to their sex, you don't need to clarify it by calling them bioX. SJWs are just retarded and don't understand English past a third grade level so they are upset at a bunch of pedantic shit that's not even correct.

>>1323246
exquisite dildo sir

>>1323584
It is the only way the wife will do laundry.

>>1323569
They've already invented atomic clocks, Achmed.

>>1319771
your aloe vera plant is high, man

>>1323541
somehow I still don't think TSA will approve

>>1323572
>taking genderlarp this seriously
>>>/pol/

>>1320761
>>1320593
>>1320590
i'm looking for a way to make a cheap ass pop filter

>>1323617
coat hanger + a new pair of pantyhose

>>1323617
Embroidery hoop + pantyhose

>>1323617
Check the outdoor sound recording thread on /out/. They have some knowledgeable people there!

>>1323617

Literally just hang some cheesecloth on a stick in front of it.

Or, more realistically, just buy a fucking pop filter. They're like $7, shipped, on eBay.

m8 you are going to use these scrap wood pieces for something?
no
ok
a decent lamp here costs more than 50$

>>1323667
im...pressive

>>1319724
That moment when you realise that the photo is upside down

>>1321179

19/10!

Will blatantly steal

>>1321404
>acting hard on a cartoon message board made for underground rock traders...

>>1321475
What i wouldnt give to be able to smoke half a joint at night and faggots not poss test me....

>>1321516
Please make a new thread soon.

>>1321521
Still one of my favorites.

Good work sir

>>1321528
...thats impressibe anon

>>1321533
Anon just spend the 10 bucks a month? That's dedication tho

>>1321543
I really wish people would stop doing this shit.

Anon i have had 2 batteries blow up in my face.

One nearly killed me.

Turns out heavy equipment batteries 8 times the size of a car battery have a 5 pound negative terminal that is capable of hitting mach 8 before launching into your jaw.

Mike tyson aint got shit on a battery

>>1321549
But u tried it. And shared it.

Thanks!

>>1322012
F

>>1322069
CAN CONFIRM.

Totaled truck to prove it...

>>1322668

>>1322739
Man. This pic bums me out every single time.

Being this thorough and dedicated to make damned sure you kick the bucket.

Cannot imagine spending a few hours making this

>>1323001
Whats the red/beown shit in the can?

>>1323569
Atf pls leave

>>1323622
Genious. Thanks anon. Was looking for an easy way to run dirty ass lake water and fill a 55 gallon drum for a real shitter in my camper.

>>1323498
Suïcide helmet

>>1323703
You need to calculate the load on the batteries to ensure it won't be too much. With an array with deep cycle marine batteries like that, a small stick won't be a problem.

>>1323569
Cool clock, Ahmed....

>>1321521
this is diy kino

>>1323226
that camera lens creates a really cool effect, well done

>>1321179
oh boy that gives memories
>drive to grandpa with dad
>he conected pic and 5 different pipes with machines screws
>its now 15 feet long and wobbles as fuck
>dad holds the pole i pull the string
>after 20 minutes it ends up in the neighbors garden
later i climb on the tree to cut them by hand

tfw the tree was rotten and hold together by concrete

some things thew old people here always do is filling rotten trees with concrete the can life many years later. also funny when you wonder why you cant cut that branch with the chainsaw.

>tfw pruning trees with a chisel and hammer.

>>1323238
>>1323239
tfw as European i see 25Cent per bottle being wasted

>>1323863
I wish the local recycling center would actually buy stuff. They only accept it for free then make money off it.

>>1323876
>buy stuff
You have to pay them 25c first.
You are just getting your money back.

>>1323554
>biomale
>biofemale
Like I'm really not trying to bring /pol/ to /diy/ but do you really have to be such a fucking fag? Who talks this way? This is like demolition man level shit

>>1323852
>some things thew old people here always do is filling rotten trees with concrete the can life many years later.

Amerifag reporting, where in the fuck is this a thing?

>>1323248
How much free time do you have on your hands?

>>1324146
>anon asks as he posts on 4chan

>>1324151
This is true.

>>1321404
>>calls splitting maul an axe
are you retarded? It literally says chopping axe on the thing

>>1324146
>>1324151
>>1324160

This was a great bread, but now I got sad that i haven't done anything today.... or just generally with my life

>>1322073
Can't resist, have to try this, will post result

Thnx for the idea, a friend who enjoys fishing has his bday tommorow

+1

>>1322065
>>1322068
>>1322073
components and steps?

>>1319724
Got a free paddle boat. Of course i quickly figured out i wasnt able to paddle for shit so i threw a troller motor on it.

300 watt cheap walmart amp. Pair of sony marine speakers. 12v gell battery. I ran an mp3 player to it since i didn't have a phone at the time.

Sounded just like a factory car system would.

Fun af for no more than it was

>>1323745
I know you're right. But i dont fuck with batteries anymore.

Wear a set of nemisis sunglasses that are safety rated.

Out them on even in the dark to jumo start one of my shitboxes.

Not taking a chance ever again.

One time i was trying to jumo a dozer with 2 trucks.

The other time some retarded faggot let the rubber gromet rot or fall out coming into the battery box.

Will never forget it. Knew for sure i was blind as we flushed my eyes and got the plastic out.

Fist full of ibprophe, and double thick sunglasses taped together and worked the rest of the day.

Fucking insufferable tho. Was hit and muggy and rained the night before so the sun reflected off the puddles all over and fucking blinded me non-stop.

Eyes havent been the same since.

>>1323852
KEK

>>1321546
Gud jab

so it doesn`t get dirty with weird plastic goop

>>1324448

>>1324354
24v dozer?

>>1323667
Cool, but
Throw some shade on it

>>1323554
>I live with 3 biomales and 1 biofemale. The female kept insisting we get a trashcan for the bathroom, but since she was the only person that needed it, i refused to fork over any money and built this out of spite
I like how your traditional female insists her traditional males fulfill their traditional roles.

Now Wtf does your dorm have an engineering Sex ratio if the female can't into tradmale?

>>1324614
I couldn`t think of a shade that would not look like total ass, it`s a "ultra bright" led like pic related, so I aim it at the white ceiling and it makes a nice difuse light.

>>1324697
>I couldn`t think of a shade that would not look like total ass

Yeah, because the rest of the lamp looks like a totally new, off the shelf, store-bought one

>>1324701
no bully pls

>>1324702
No bullying intended, just that the lamp already looks ghetto, and now suddenly the shade is a mucho problemo, the logic is flawless

>>1324702
he means put a plastic bag over it

>>1324334
>>1322074

And done.
Thx again.

thoughts?

>>1324709
Have another angle

>>1324709
intended for
>>1322073

>>1324713
>filename
That's not the nigger space program, that's the nigger fat top box.

>>1321551
Thanks anon you've inspired me

>>1319724
i made ghetto action camera by using some old cam like in your pic, belt and rubber bands
worked suprisingly well, held up surprisingly well while i was climbing giant phallic tower

>>1321179
When I was little my parents had something exactly like this and I just always assumed that's how it was supposed to be

>>1319762
>>can't adjust angle
By the way, what should I adjust the angle for? To loose horizon?

>>1320767
What's the advantage of hanging the hammer and axe like that compared to just putting them on the floor and leaning their handles against the wall?

>>1322693
Just rotate the bottle, retard.

>>1325554
This stops them from falling over and gets them out of the way so you don't trip.

>>1319724
Was try and diy a ne plumbing today.

Found this?

>>1321546
Your way of writing y is absolutely horrible

Mic stand turned to a lamp. The part that holds the mic is the perfect size for a light socket. It is held in by gravity and the twist switch

>>1324709
>>1324711
lol That's pretty good.

>>1324340
Most can be infered from the photos.

>>1324354
I have a full welding helmet and leather. I had a wrench flip out of a tool box and land on the battery terminals one time. It welded itself to the terminals and I had to hammer it off. It was on there for like 4 seconds at most. Thankfully, nothing bad happened.

>>1325611
The ribbon is so fragile when hot that you can only move it in one direction. Makes for terrible writing.

>>1321546
The way you write your 'y'... Post Soviet Cyrillic nation detected.

>>1323246
are you supposed to plunge it with your ass? because that's all I'm seeing. Anal beads.

Please make this a general thread this shit is hysterical

>>1325753
>tfw you went to the hardware store, to get a standard toilet plunger with a wooden handle, and there's only huge selection of plastic dildos with suction cups on the bottom to choose from

I had the bizarre feeling I was in the opening scenes of an amateur porn flick.

>>1321551
I love how every time these ghetto stoves pictures are posted, they NEVER show in detail at what they used for the inside. It's more than just pouring alcohol in it.

>>1325742
Thanks for the idea, man
The buddy likes it, he played with it the whole evening kek

>>1325554
>What's the advantage of hanging the hammer and axe like that compared to just putting them on the floor and leaning their handles against the wall?

Visibility, them not falling, being close to the wall instead of being on an angle (smaller footprint), not chipping the work end (especially important for the axe)

I don't like to put them on the floor, you can trip on them easy peasy

>>1325810
The first 4 photos at the top show everything about it. You can even see the inner holes at the bottom. Some people do place fiberglass inside the walls to help keep too much alcohol from spilling out if it falls over, but that isn't needed. But, there's just alcohol in them, nothing else. The only real trick to it is getting the walls hot enough so there's evaporated alcohol jetting out of the side holes at the top before you start using it.

>>1325824
lol

>>1325832
I've even used the idea for the floater and made a lure for laughs. The hook I made out of a sewing pin

>>1325839
Need a pic of it catching a fish.

>>1325601
Kek. Op here.

Sup?

>>1325940
L O N D O N

>>1323153
thanks for the hearty kek

>>1319724
Nice

>>1325844
atm, first I have to beat the fish with a rock on the head, otherwise it works

>>1323248
Do you work dude ? This shit is amazing stuff but surely you gotta be a NEET or something to have this much time on your hands,

>>1320767
That's pretty cool, might have to build one myself in the summer.

>>1325799
Hahahaha I would think you were the biggest faggot ever if walked into your bathroom and encountered this

>>1323838
Chromatic abberation? It's making me gag.

>>1326790
see >>1324151

It is surprising what you can do in down time when you aren't shitposting all evening.

>>1325554
If your tool has a wooden handle it may warp after leaning against a wall after a while. Hanging them is the best was to store them.

Printing press. Wasn’t very good but held me over till I could afford a real one.

>>1323569
is it within max dims for ryanair carry-on

My current hallway lamp.

>precision measuring tool
check
>storage case made out of a store brand saltine cracker box
check

I cant wait to get my cnc router up and running, making a wooden box for this mic will be the first thing I do

>>1319724
wifi extender. kinda worked
aluminum cans hotglued

>>1327243
More pictures and information please.

>>1323247
Nigerian Innovation.

>>1321545
How do people make this shit without having a decent soldering iron in the first place?

Seriously, I'm not above ghetto tooling but how the fuck am I supposed to get good metal connections without an iron in the first place

>>1327345
>is in /diy/
>doesn't have access to a full workshop
Kys??

>>1327382
soldering irons are 5$ at walmart, and they come with solder

>>1327384
I've bought three of those so far in my life and not only did they not come with solder, they also didn't get hot enough to melt the 1mm solder I already have, and then stopped heating up at all at the second or third use. i am never going to buy another soldering iron ever again. they've all broken LITERALLY within the first three uses, no exaggeration.

>>1325554
In addition to what the others said, I also use the floor space underneath for stuff like splitting wedges. I originally did the same thing in a shed that didn't have sheetrock up, and storing them between the studs kept it tidy.

Actually, I have another more ghetto solution to keep poled tools and barbells "off the floor", and I will try to post it soon.

>>1327390
I dont believe you, I have a handful of 30 and 40 watt irons that I have bought ranging from $5-10 at random stores. Walmart, big lots, menards.

None of them have physically broke, they all get hot as fuck, and the walmart one came with solder. The tips get destroyed over time (which happens with all irons) and you cant find replacements, its cheaper to just buy a new one.

You are exaggerating or you are doing something very very wrong.

>>1327395
Here is a pic of my big lots iron that says was made in 07, probably bought it around that time too

Also I use 1.6mm solder

>>1323617
amazon has a good cheap mic mount that comes with that

>>1327395
>You are exaggerating or you are doing something very very wrong.
what am i doing then becuase the solder never gets hot enough to actually melt onto stuff and even trying to get cheeky and use the iron to plastic weld has always LITERALLY been less effective than using a straightened bobby pin that I heated up in a candle flame for a few moments

>>1324609
I reckon.

Are they 12v? Most all heavy machinery i have been in runs 24v.

Unless you are talking powertrain. They all deisle.

>>1325798
With anons like me we can keep it alive i promise

>>1325942
But where in London?

>>1327390
Get a fat tipped 40w from radioshack.

Going on 5 years

>>1327395
I have had 3 cheap shit ones and a good one bust.

>>1319724
This is one of the best examples I've ever seen of when DIY simply isn't worth it. You can get an actual pocket tripod for $1.50 from Daiso and it'll be smaller, lighter, more stable, and offer actual adjustability, and it won't fall apart after a couple of uses.

>>1325553
To compensate for an uneven surface, to put the horizon somewhere other than the dead center of the frame (centered horizons are one of the most common noob composition mistakes), to photograph something that's tall or short, etc.

>>1327541
Its a great example for diy. Sometimes you need a solution immediately. O

>>1327345
>>1327384
>>1327395
>>1327397
>>1327404
>>1327512
Learn how to twist wires together, use alligator clips, use hot glue to hold parts and insulate wires, and how to make a bread board from scrap like in >>1321528 then you don't need soldering. Remember, when in doubt, use more alligator clips. Like in this flashlight build I made. It uses a microwave tray motor as a crank generator and salvaged capacitors for energy storage.

>>1327404
>solder never gets hot enough to actually melt onto stuff

Are you using silver based lead free solder? It requires a hotter temperature than the normal tin-lead solder.

>>1327575
Alligator clips are like seven dollars EACH where i live, it's BULLSHIT

also how do you take apart the power supply without an iron??

>>1327541
I saw one of these used once, they're really flimsy and not good. you're better off just putting the camera on a table with some dominoes or something to prop it up

>>1327577
it's 1mm tin solder

>>1327962
also if i attack it with a normal butane torch like for lighting cigars or de-icing locks it melts, but doesn't spread super evenly, it more just beads up. with a nice silvery finish, but i can't get stuff hot enough like that to solder it without destroying whatever it's attached to (and i think in need flux or something too, i tried to solder a penny to an airgun pellet and it didn't work. the solder was shiny and they stuck a bit but could be easily popped apart)

>>1327965
>i think in need flux

You basically can't solder without proper fluxing, it will just bead up.

>>1327961
>10 for $3.99
https://www.harborfreight.com/18-inch-low-voltage-multi-colored-test-leads-66717.html

>100 for $21.98
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Double-ended-Test-Leads-Alligator-Crocodile-Clip-Jumper-Wire-Cable-20-Clamps/272613909375

>>1327541
I bought ones of those from dollar tree, they arent very good and I bet what OP did was better.
With that said I agree its not a long term solution especially when there are cheap alernatives.

The fake gorillapod tripods, (especially the foam covered ones,pic related) are worth buying.
I bought a selfie stick for 1$ at dollar tree and removed the phone mount (they sell the mounts by themselves on ebay)
I bought one of the foam covered tripods on amazon as an add on item for like 3$

Works surprisingly well, I took a ton of photos for ebay with my phone using it (with the stupid selfie stick plugged in) Photos were better than I had ever take by hand.

>>1328051
>american prices
>trusting online shopping to actually deliver to you ever
m8 they dont even have radio shacks where i live. no electronics stores at all. you have to go to different towns entirely

>>1328045
im thoroughly convinced that soldering is literally impossible without some enterprise tier station at this point, all the irons I've bought have outright failed to even heat at all after the second or third use and even using a torch to just melt the stuff directly onto coins and other metal junk just to test it results in non-joints

>>1325611
i like how you single out the "y" when the "d" and "i" are incorrect from a technical perspecive too. the important thing is that it's legible and that he's doing it with a damn wood burner

>>1328346
I buy other things on amazon for camera stuff and they are always putting those little tripods into the package as incentive to buy. I have like six of them. They are all terrible, but a good source for harvesting those camera mounts to make other things.

>>1328486
Same here, and I order stuff from all over the world as a result. Also, if you are not cleaning and fluxing properly, your solder will never work correctly. If you test it on large chunks of metal, instead of some wires and leads, you need to remember to heat up the metal piece too.

>>1328509
You also wouldn't be able to move the burner like that one in any other direction like you can with normal writing. The toaster wire gets super soft and would break if you tried.

>>1325799
mine broke off because it's cheap, but its handle is the spitting image of a dog cock.

I think I kept the handle but idk where I put it and might have thrown it out in my last bit of cleaning but lmao

>>1328555
why not wrap the toaster wire around something like an embroidery needle or a very long nail filed to a point, insulated with some heatproof tubing off a cheap 5$ soldering iron

>>1328486
My first iron didn't have power or temp control and I still managed to solder with it.
The best iron in the world won't help you if you don't have flux, clean parts, and proper technique. Have you watched any youtube videos about soldering technique?

>>1328613
>Have you watched any youtube videos about soldering technique?
yeah and they say things like to tin the tip, and when I tried it, the solder just kinda melted apart in chunks and fell off instead of flowing smoothly, wiping the iron against a damp sponge resulted in a horrible discolored iron that got less hot after, and trying to follow those youtube and other tutorials more than once usually resulted in an iron that would just not heat up anymore on the second or third try even though there's no obvious damage to it other than the shitty tips that somehow burn under their own heat and are coated in pure helvetica-sodium or something so they annihilate on contact with moisture

I've had success with soldering at school, including tinning the tip and being able to wipe it without it instantly turning into a supercooled brown turd but those are normal enterprise tier irons they probably got for a decent chunk of change each, not some 5$ iron that people meme on me about totally being sufficient for soldering

>>1328587
Sounds like a good idea.

>>1328630
Sounds like you need to flux the tip and/or sand it a bit to get rid of oxidation in order to tin the soldering tip. You also need to check what solder you have and what flux you have to see if they are properly matched. Then it is all about making sure everything is hot enough where ever the solder touches on the work pieces.

>>1328684
on my last iron, I did try to file down the tip a bit and then tin it after seeing how it burned up and discolored so much when heating and did it even more when I tried to dab it onto a damp sponge. no change after grinding it a little and trying to tin it again. it got a little hot and beaded up and fell off in big chunks that cooled to dull blobs. I threw it out once it stopped heating entirely after another use or two. haven't bothered buying another iron since.

>>1322012
>285,000 miles
I'm surprised the steering wheel is the only thing that's fallen off.

>>1328702
Good for you. Be proud of yourself.
You know, I won't bite the bait. Perhaps I would tell you what you're missing, but honestly, I don't give a fuck. There is at least a million youtube vids on the matter, other anons are trying to help you, but it doesn't matter when you already made up your mind. That's alright. You are smarter then anybody else. Woohoo.
Here, have a (You). Go spend your money on a top-tier-industrial iron if you want, or don't, but fuck off with your bitching about the tools you clearly don't know how to use properly. Google a little. Read. Watch a vid. If you think that people "meme" you with $5 irons, do, but remember this:

IT'S NOT THE ARROW, ITS THE INDIAN

So please, contribute something or get the fuck out.

>>1328738
>You are smarter then anybody else.
where did i say this

you're projecting hard right now, motherfucker

all I've said is that cheap irons are unusable and you need an actually decent station to do soldering worth a shit.

>IT'S NOT THE ARROW, ITS THE INDIAN
yeah there's no such thing as shitty arrows and competition shooters certainly don't get fancy expertly trued arrows or ones made out of carbon fiber or whatever, nope nope. same for guns, everyone uses junk surplus ammo, match grade ammo and handloading using high end powders and very pure lead is not a thing, nope nope

>>1323711
steel wool, used to wipe off excess solder

>>1323233
i fucken love u anon

>>1328738
seriously nigger

>hey did you tin the tip and follow guides and heat the work instead of the solder and all that?
>yes i did and it didnt work at home even once but did work when I had access to actually good gear at a college and did the exact same stuff just with more expensive/higher quality tools and materials
>WELL FUCK YOU THEN

the only mistake i made was believing the memes and thinking a soldering iron off a rack from Radio Shack or Canadian Tire would actually work and that a spool of tin solder off a rack from Radio Shack would actually be made out of some kind of low melting point metal instead of an alloy of cheese and diamonds

>IT'S NOT THE ARROW, ITS THE INDIAN
and yet when they hand me a c7 at the range I can shoot just fine with .223 at 100m, but with my dinky 400fps .177 air rifle at home I struggle to hit a penny at 10m. could it be that my own dinky air rifle is cheap and low powered and my pellets are cheap and inconsistent compared to ammo made for the government? naaaaahhhhh it must be that my technique is magically better at home but when I go to some army-owned field the gremlins magically enlighten me. it's not that using a heavier round and a better gun result in more accurate shooting. it's not the arrow its the indian :^) :^) :^)

cheap irons are garbage and do not work. they are worse than useless. i would be shocked if i bought another one and it even ever got warm to the touch

f u c k y o u

>>1328759
>>1328768
This diatribe is representative of your entire life. No wonder you can solder anything.

>>1328630
alright fair enough, drop the chink shit and get a hakko or weller with temp control.

>>1328901
>buy cheap thing from radio shack
>it breaks immediately
>use decent thing in
>it doesn't break and works nicely
>"LOL ANON Y U SO MAD + BAD XD"

cheap irons are a fucking meme. kill yourself silver spoon faggot

>>1329083
>>buy cheap thing from radio shack

Radioshack sells nice irons, idk what you are talking about. Their 15w iron is great for electronics.

You are retarded regardless

>>1321475
You are hereby ordered to evacuate your current state and move to a legal one by the end of the year.

>>1329085
>Their 15w iron is great for electronics.
no it's not. they break immediately and don't even get hot enough to melt 1mm tin solder. they are literally not even as hot as a dollar store lighter set to its lowest setting.

>>1329087
Israel did nothing wrong.

>>1329088
You're obviously using it wrong. Why can everyone else use them but you can't? It's because you're a retard.

>>1329088
just kys.

>>1329090
>u-ur juss usin it wrogn ;_;
ALREADY FUCKING COVERED THAT
>>1328630
>I've had success with soldering at school, including tinning the tip and being able to wipe it without it instantly turning into a supercooled brown turd but those are normal enterprise tier irons they probably got for a decent chunk of change each, not some 5$ iron that people meme on me about totally being sufficient for soldering
id`s not le arrow id`s le indian :-D :-D :-D

>>1329088
>tfw I built 6 guitar pedals from scratch with it because in 2007 when I was into guitars it was THE recommended cheap iron, adequate to populate boards and wont overheat expensive germanium transistors

And cheap replacement tips to boot!

>>1329105
it's garbage and you're simply a liar. i don't know what motivates you to go on the internet and post lies, but it's a common disease in this day and age, so whatever

>>1329106
I dont understand the tirade honestly. Is it damage control or saving face over the fact you cant figure out how to use a soldering iron?
What are you trying to accomplish?

Do you want passerbys who havent soldered before to stay away from cheap irons?
What does that entail?
Convince them to spend $100 on a proper iron from the beginning? Give up on their projects and not learn to solder at all?
As opposed to just buying a cheap iron like literally every other person who knows how to solder did and has experienced

You would be a whole lot more successful shitting on it if you had picked something that most of have not used before.

> it's a common disease in this day and age,
Being a stubborn faggot who cant accept that he is wrong or is the exception to the norm is a common disease in this day and age.

You sound like a hammer and chisel mechanic who needs to just buy a 200w soldering gun. Maybe finesse and skillwork just isnt your thing

>>1329110
>you cant figure out how to use a soldering iron?
hmm
>I've had success with soldering at school, including tinning the tip and being able to wipe it without it instantly turning into a supercooled brown turd but those are normal enterprise tier irons they probably got for a decent chunk of change each, not some 5$ iron that people meme on me about totally being sufficient for soldering
>I've had success with soldering at school, including tinning the tip and being able to wipe it without it instantly turning into a supercooled brown turd but those are normal enterprise tier irons they probably got for a decent chunk of change each, not some 5$ iron that people meme on me about totally being sufficient for soldering
>I've had success with soldering at school, including tinning the tip and being able to wipe it without it instantly turning into a supercooled brown turd but those are normal enterprise tier irons they probably got for a decent chunk of change each, not some 5$ iron that people meme on me about totally being sufficient for soldering
>I've had success with soldering at school, including tinning the tip and being able to wipe it without it instantly turning into a supercooled brown turd but those are normal enterprise tier irons they probably got for a decent chunk of change each, not some 5$ iron that people meme on me about totally being sufficient for soldering
>I've had success with soldering at school, including tinning the tip and being able to wipe it without it instantly turning into a supercooled brown turd but those are normal enterprise tier irons they probably got for a decent chunk of change each, not some 5$ iron that people meme on me about totally being sufficient for soldering

>>1329111
The simple fact that you think tinning the tip of an iron (cheap or expensive) is something special is very very telling about you.
There is a reason nobody believes anything you are saying.

>>1329113
It is when the tip is made out of an alloy of carob and plastic, and doesn't heat at all.

Real shocking that with a cheap iron, you can't do anything with it, because it already comes broken right out of the pack, but a proper high priced iron actually heats up and lets you do routine work with it! wow. so amazing, it's really a wild concept

>>1329114
>but a proper high priced iron

Please, go on and tell us what you consider that to be.

>>1329118
whatever actual shops and schools are buying, because those work and the cheap irons I picked up from Radio Shack and Canadian Tire did not.

>>1329119
You cant honestly think this was a good answer right?
You are slipping anon, think of all the people you actually had believing half of the shit you said!

>>1323617
Bro you can find them for anywhere between $7-$40 online or at your local music shop. This is one of those situations where it doesn't make sense to be cheap, just buy one. I got mine for ~$25 and it's been great.

>>1329114
>It is when the tip is made out of an alloy of carob and plastic, and doesn't heat at all.
>soldering tip
>made of carob and plastic

I don't think that's a soldering iron, anon.

>>1329140
>is literally too stupid to understand simile
americans, everyone.

>>1329597
>posts a metaphor
>calls it a simile

You are very bright anon.

>>1329605
simile is where something is directly and explicitly compared to something else, or is said to posess the qualities of something else. metaphor is more closely related to analogy, and deals with the nature of the object in itself, rather than that to which it may be related.

americans, everyone. do they pay you to lie on the internet about cheap tools being worth it? do you work for Harbor Freight or Alibaba?

>>1329624
>makes a post confirming what I said
>literally looked up the definition and still doesnt realize he is stupid

Very VERY bright I see.
You didnt say
>the tip is LIKE its made out of an alloy of carob and plastic
Which would be a direct comparison, hence a simile
You said
>It is when the tip is made out of an alloy of carob and plastic

Which is an analogy without an explicit and direct comparison.

You cant figure out how to use a soldering iron, can you not read either anon?

>>1329631
it's a direct comparison, though implicit, and you are still a shill. death to america and all americans. It's not like they've ever manufactured literally anything that works.

>>1329632
>calls me a shill for chinese tools, alibaba and harbor freight, saying that the tools are all bad
>also says that american made products are bad

Sending out mixed signals anon. Thats not a good way to deflect and devolve into personal insults, throwing out contradicting statements like that.

Just pick one side and hope that it annoys me, itll work out a lot better than waffling back and forth.

>>1329638
You are human garbage, and so are all americans. You are a volunteer shill for garbage products because you are a garbage human.

>>1329640
>going all in on the american thing
>has no confirmation that I am american

Bold, I like it

>>1329643
only americans are such vapid corporate shills that they will defend products literally not working as advertised even on the first use fresh out of the package

>>1329647
So what nationality has a propensity to buy something for very cheap, and when it breaks or isnt as easy to use goes on a tirade exclaiming that they all suck and could never work?
Even to the point of saying "i am never going to buy another soldering iron ever again".

Sounds stubborn to me

Also I wonder if this is one of those times where "larping" comes into play. How many other nationalities have to bring up guns multiple times in an unrelated subject.
Are you an American anon?

>>1329659
>g-guns r scary y u talkign bout gun's ;_; ;_;
it's the only way to reach dipshit yankees who use analogies like "it's not the arrow it's the indian"

seems like a shit analogy when it's actually very clear and easy to experience and is my direct personal experience that, in fact, different ammo out of different weapons has a MASSIVE impact on accuracy and range, far more than the ability of the shooter in fact

sorry you're a dipshit calicuck hoplophobe on top of being a volunteer corporate shill.

>>1321410
Those are actually perfectly safe to eat, barring the choking hazard.

>>1324053
Be well.

And don’t forget to clean your shells

>>1329683
Did you have to call your school to figure out what is the best ammo anon?

>>1323569
Oh my god JC, A Bomb!

>>1329683
I'm sorry you're too dumb to figure out how to solder.

I'm sorry you fell for the file your tip 'advice' that has been bad advice since before the internet was a thing. Tips are all plated these days. If you rub the plating off, the tip needs to be replaced.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tf2vxwm52fU Mr Carlson's lab gives good soldering tips with extra attention given to preserving your tool's life which I don't usually see anyone talking about.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIT4ra6Mo0s Then there's this classic series

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0SnOW2VdCTI&list=PLD5HGjOqL0TR4t6N8rPCuNUcTxiJaJg-2 and here's your advanced techniques.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zfple3jbmg And louis is fast and dirty advanced techniques but it works.


I'm sorry you kept buying shit irons. You should read some reviews before you buy shit, and if it literally stops getting warm, you could return it because it's clearly defective.

For $30-$45 you can buy a cheap 900M tip compatible temperature controlled 60W iron.. The above videos explain the difference between wattage and recovery time. With 900m you are usually achieving that through tip size and tip changes.

For about twice as much you can buy a T12 tip/handle station, which is pretty high end for a home gamer.

>>1329739
When your tip is roached, sanding the black off the end will get it functioning again. Is it ideal?
Probably not, but it works

>>1329766
Keep it tinned and clean so it doesn't happen?

Or keep a spare tip around and use that.

>>1321534
well it's made out of the shittiest kind of steel imaginable for a knife, but for what you use it for... Eh. Kudos on ya for trolling the 'smiths though, they get too uptight.

>>1323704
Of course it was a natty ice can....

>>1329739
this guy is giving you the best advice you're going to get. The thing is with soldering, or brazing, or welding even. It's all a very similar situation. You need to get the two components that you want to make a joint at the same temperature along with the media you're using to do the joining. It all has to reach that same temperature together. The flux is there to keep oxidation out of the joint and to ensure a smooth weld/braze/sweat. It's all the same process. If your iron is melting the solder, then with proper technique it will heat the two components you wish to join, and life is good. I'm not going to beat you over the head with your ineptitude, you are doing that to yourself here and now.

>>1329817
>It's all a very similar situation. You need to get the two components that you want to make a joint at the same temperature along with the media you're using to do the joining.
and a piece of shit that doesn't even get hot is going to achieve this? I didn't know solder melts at room temperature

>>1328630
>I've had success with soldering at school, including tinning the tip and being able to wipe it without it instantly turning into a supercooled brown turd but those are normal enterprise tier irons they probably got for a decent chunk of change each, not some 5$ iron that people meme on me about totally being sufficient for soldering
>I've had success with soldering at school, including tinning the tip and being able to wipe it without it instantly turning into a supercooled brown turd but those are normal enterprise tier irons they probably got for a decent chunk of change each, not some 5$ iron that people meme on me about totally being sufficient for soldering
>I've had success with soldering at school, including tinning the tip and being able to wipe it without it instantly turning into a supercooled brown turd but those are normal enterprise tier irons they probably got for a decent chunk of change each, not some 5$ iron that people meme on me about totally being sufficient for soldering
>I've had success with soldering at school, including tinning the tip and being able to wipe it without it instantly turning into a supercooled brown turd but those are normal enterprise tier irons they probably got for a decent chunk of change each, not some 5$ iron that people meme on me about totally being sufficient for soldering
>I've had success with soldering at school, including tinning the tip and being able to wipe it without it instantly turning into a supercooled brown turd but those are normal enterprise tier irons they probably got for a decent chunk of change each, not some 5$ iron that people meme on me about totally being sufficient for soldering

>are u tinnning the tip??
the iron isnt even getting hot
>are u usign flux cored??
the iron isnt even getting hot
>are u keepin ur iron clean??
the iron isnt even getting hot
>are u putting it 2 da work properly??
the iron
is not even
getting
hot
at all

how the fuck are you supposed to solder with an iron that, when plugged in and switched on, never actually gets hot after the second use, and the one time it ever did get hot, never got any hotter than a cup of tea?

>>1329702
maybe I should show them what's the best ammo sometime soon

>I've had success with soldering at school, including tinning the tip and being able to wipe it without it instantly turning into a supercooled brown turd but those are normal enterprise tier irons they probably got for a decent chunk of change each, not some 5$ iron that people meme on me about totally being sufficient for soldering
>I've had success with soldering at school, including tinning the tip and being able to wipe it without it instantly turning into a supercooled brown turd but those are normal enterprise tier irons they probably got for a decent chunk of change each, not some 5$ iron that people meme on me about totally being sufficient for soldering
>I've had success with soldering at school, including tinning the tip and being able to wipe it without it instantly turning into a supercooled brown turd but those are normal enterprise tier irons they probably got for a decent chunk of change each, not some 5$ iron that people meme on me about totally being sufficient for soldering
>I've had success with soldering at school, including tinning the tip and being able to wipe it without it instantly turning into a supercooled brown turd but those are normal enterprise tier irons they probably got for a decent chunk of change each, not some 5$ iron that people meme on me about totally being sufficient for soldering
>I've had success with soldering at school, including tinning the tip and being able to wipe it without it instantly turning into a supercooled brown turd but those are normal enterprise tier irons they probably got for a decent chunk of change each, not some 5$ iron that people meme on me about totally being sufficient for soldering

>>1329739
>lol anon those shitty irons work ur just mad + bad :^)

>but actually you should drop 30$-45$ at a specialty store for a proper soldering station with temperature control and at least 60W, those 15-25 watt ones you can pick up at house supply stores and radio shack knockoffs simply won't cut it.

>I've had success with soldering at school, including tinning the tip and being able to wipe it without it instantly turning into a supercooled brown turd but those are normal enterprise tier irons they probably got for a decent chunk of change each, not some 5$ iron that people meme on me about totally being sufficient for soldering
>I've had success with soldering at school, including tinning the tip and being able to wipe it without it instantly turning into a supercooled brown turd but those are normal enterprise tier irons they probably got for a decent chunk of change each, not some 5$ iron that people meme on me about totally being sufficient for soldering
>I've had success with soldering at school, including tinning the tip and being able to wipe it without it instantly turning into a supercooled brown turd but those are normal enterprise tier irons they probably got for a decent chunk of change each, not some 5$ iron that people meme on me about totally being sufficient for soldering
>I've had success with soldering at school, including tinning the tip and being able to wipe it without it instantly turning into a supercooled brown turd but those are normal enterprise tier irons they probably got for a decent chunk of change each, not some 5$ iron that people meme on me about totally being sufficient for soldering
>I've had success with soldering at school, including tinning the tip and being able to wipe it without it instantly turning into a supercooled brown turd but those are normal enterprise tier irons they probably got for a decent chunk of change each, not some 5$ iron that people meme on me about totally being sufficient for soldering

>>1329921
Why are you even trying when your iron isn't even turning on. Are you mentally challenged?

And it worked once? All I can imagine is you're so dumb you left it running all day and it blew some internal thermal fuse.

https://www.physicsforums.com/threads/watts-to-heat-in-soldering-iron-tip.898474/


Do you not know what watts are? That is how fast your iron heats yo, not its max or working temperature, or how big of a joint it can work on. Watch the introductory pace video, if you knew how to do this, you wouldn't actually have a problem. If you let it sit there and run away, especially without a tinned tip it will oxidize and be fucked, even before the thermal fuse blows.

I said to buy a 60w iron because I have a job and earn money and there is really no reason to save $15 on an iron that is not as nice to work with. Are you out of good boy points for the month? Maybe you should be nicer to anons that are helping you.

>>1329936
>Why are you even trying when your iron isn't even turning on.
I try once, doesn't get hot enough, try again later following a different tutorial, find the iron is literally not even warm to the touch, iron goes to the fucking trash. This has happened three times now.

>I've had success with soldering at school, including tinning the tip and being able to wipe it without it instantly turning into a supercooled brown turd but those are normal enterprise tier irons they probably got for a decent chunk of change each, not some 5$ iron that people meme on me about totally being sufficient for soldering

>I've had success with soldering at school, including tinning the tip and being able to wipe it without it instantly turning into a supercooled brown turd but those are normal enterprise tier irons they probably got for a decent chunk of change each, not some 5$ iron that people meme on me about totally being sufficient for soldering

>I've had success with soldering at school, including tinning the tip and being able to wipe it without it instantly turning into a supercooled brown turd but those are normal enterprise tier irons they probably got for a decent chunk of change each, not some 5$ iron that people meme on me about totally being sufficient for soldering

>I've had success with soldering at school, including tinning the tip and being able to wipe it without it instantly turning into a supercooled brown turd but those are normal enterprise tier irons they probably got for a decent chunk of change each, not some 5$ iron that people meme on me about totally being sufficient for soldering

>I've had success with soldering at school, including tinning the tip and being able to wipe it without it instantly turning into a supercooled brown turd but those are normal enterprise tier irons they probably got for a decent chunk of change each, not some 5$ iron that people meme on me about totally being sufficient for soldering

>>1329936
Also, everything I recommended to buy IS the cheap shit. I recommended buying a knockoff of a cheap hakko station. That's $70 vs $250 vs a real big boy industrial station that is like $2000

>>1329937
Are you mental? Are you the same anon who has 140iq and took so many drugs that you hear your eyeballs popping?

>>1329936
lmao if you think those cheapo irons have fuses or any other safety components in them other than a bit of crumbly heat-proof film and lmao if you think those cheapo irons are made in such a way that they can be used to solder things, because they do not fucking get hot enough to melt solder enough to do work. the first couple of times I got one and it immediately broke, I opened them up to see if there was any obvious damage:

see >>1328630
> even though there's no obvious damage to it other than the shitty tips that somehow burn under their own heat and are coated in pure helvetica-sodium or something so they annihilate on contact with moisture
you aren't even listening anymore because you are just a shill

>even though there's no obvious damage to it other than the shitty tips that somehow burn under their own heat and are coated in pure helvetica-sodium or something so they annihilate on contact with moisture
>I've had success with soldering at school, including tinning the tip and being able to wipe it without it instantly turning into a supercooled brown turd but those are normal enterprise tier irons they probably got for a decent chunk of change each, not some 5$ iron that people meme on me about totally being sufficient for soldering
>even though there's no obvious damage to it other than the shitty tips that somehow burn under their own heat and are coated in pure helvetica-sodium or something so they annihilate on contact with moisture
>I've had success with soldering at school, including tinning the tip and being able to wipe it without it instantly turning into a supercooled brown turd but those are normal enterprise tier irons they probably got for a decent chunk of change each, not some 5$ iron that people meme on me about totally being sufficient for soldering

ONE of them had a switch. that's about it. and not even an on-off switch, it was a switch marked as changing the wattage

>>1329940
>>1329928
>>1329924
Spamming is against the rules.

>>1329937
And everybe else in the world can make a cheap $5 iron work. You must be fucked up, little Indian.

>>1329951
i've never seen it with my own eyes irl; i'm pretty sure it's just a meme. even you retards right now are saying to drop 50 bucks on a proper station with temp control and shit, not getting a cheap $5 piece of wound nichrome wire around a nail made in Detroit by badly-aged fudds

>>1329937
>>1329944
Try plugging it in, turning it on, and making sure the tip is tightly secured. I think you are either a moron or lying. No one buys more than one soldering iron that doesn't work. You are the problem and judging from your tirade in the past 20 posts I am 100% correct. Now, get off /diy/, it isn't the board for you. Try >>>/trash/ or >>>/b/.

>>1329953
>No one buys more than one soldering iron that doesn't work.
It's not like they were the same make and model each time. They were even from different stores.

>l-le try p-pluggign it in ;-)

>I've had success with soldering at school, including tinning the tip and being able to wipe it without it instantly turning into a supercooled brown turd but those are normal enterprise tier irons they probably got for a decent chunk of change each, not some 5$ iron that people meme on me about totally being sufficient for soldering

>I've had success with soldering at school, including tinning the tip and being able to wipe it without it instantly turning into a supercooled brown turd but those are normal enterprise tier irons they probably got for a decent chunk of change each, not some 5$ iron that people meme on me about totally being sufficient for soldering

>I've had success with soldering at school, including tinning the tip and being able to wipe it without it instantly turning into a supercooled brown turd but those are normal enterprise tier irons they probably got for a decent chunk of change each, not some 5$ iron that people meme on me about totally being sufficient for soldering

>I've had success with soldering at school, including tinning the tip and being able to wipe it without it instantly turning into a supercooled brown turd but those are normal enterprise tier irons they probably got for a decent chunk of change each, not some 5$ iron that people meme on me about totally being sufficient for soldering

>I've had success with soldering at school, including tinning the tip and being able to wipe it without it instantly turning into a supercooled brown turd but those are normal enterprise tier irons they probably got for a decent chunk of change each, not some 5$ iron that people meme on me about totally being sufficient for soldering

>I've had success with soldering at school, including tinning the tip and being able to wipe it without it instantly turning into a supercooled brown turd but those are normal enterprise tier irons they probably got for a decent chunk of change each, not some 5$ iron that people meme on me about totally being sufficient for soldering

>I've had success with soldering at school, including tinning the tip and being able to wipe it without it instantly turning into a supercooled brown turd but those are normal enterprise tier irons they probably got for a decent chunk of change each, not some 5$ iron that people meme on me about totally being sufficient for soldering

>I've had success with soldering at school, including tinning the tip and being able to wipe it without it instantly turning into a supercooled brown turd but those are normal enterprise tier irons they probably got for a decent chunk of change each, not some 5$ iron that people meme on me about totally being sufficient for soldering

>I've had success with soldering at school, including tinning the tip and being able to wipe it without it instantly turning into a supercooled brown turd but those are normal enterprise tier irons they probably got for a decent chunk of change each, not some 5$ iron that people meme on me about totally being sufficient for soldering

>I've had success with soldering at school, including tinning the tip and being able to wipe it without it instantly turning into a supercooled brown turd but those are normal enterprise tier irons they probably got for a decent chunk of change each, not some 5$ iron that people meme on me about totally being sufficient for soldering

>the tip won't warm up
>the tip warmed up enough to turn solder into a "brown turd"

Which is it?

>>1329986
both. Apparently it was made of some very quickly oxidizing metal or alloy, but still didn't get hot enough to melt 1mm tin solder.

>still talking to this retard

Its clear that it went from damage control to trolling a while ago (which I guess is just another form of damage control)
Just stop responding to him

>>1330193
where's your 5$ iron that totally outperforms every high end station just fine?

>>1330203
see: >>1323240

Get gud, kid.

>>1330332
>a tip is an entire iron
feel free to stop posting anytime, shill

This thread is weak.
Google "cuban diy" and enjoy.

>>1323239
good idea on the clipboard thing

>cold tap is leaking
>have to tighten it down more and more
>each time it's loosened and tightened the leak worsens
>replace washer
>momentary abatement
>quickly gets bad again
>remove tap from basin, insert in vice
>there's a mark in the flat surface that the washer bears on
>try to grind it out with a chinese dremel stone in a drill
>the mark is deeper still
>under closer inspection it's a crack that goes halfway down the inside of the tap shaft, following a casting mark
>fill with Araldite 5-minute epoxy
>grind down again
>install
>tastes fine

So do I have cancer now?

>>1319724
Nice