/diy/ - Do It Yourself

>>1370419
I'm doing drywall in a large 3 family house (3 apartments) built in late 1800s. Basically slapping 1/2 or 3/8 over everything because owner/landlord is too cheap to pay for demo. House is crooked as fuck, it's actually been picked up and moved 2 blocks over to where it is in the 60s I think. The new build that exists must have been done by drunk framers because some doors are crooked. I know I need a non retractable knife, but until I find a safe spot for it in the belt i wont have one.

>>1370419
For one you have no tools
Two you aren't a painter that's obvious
What next to share Leroy?

Bucket bags are for chumps that carry 10lbs of tools

>>1370515
Thanks for contributing!
>what u carrying
>what u doing

>>1370737
My man! All my telecom/data tools are 900 miles away, I can't wait to get my hands on them. Got a well worn in klein belt and mostly klein tools. Fluke and JDSU for my meters/test sets.
Do you mind opening that bad boy up and showing some more?

>>1370739
Got u senpai, super excited about this one. Most everything from the bigger flukes in a clamp meter and it has the fluke connect capability which is awesome. I do a lot of medical sterilization stuff so being able to be at a control panel while measuring current flow on an integrated boiler is gonna be tight.

Or hooking up the clips to switch leads and during the controls and not needing to be in two places at once. I'm so stoked on this meter. Gave up a flir cm174 for it.

>>1370419
I always have 1 bucket and 1 small box in my truck
basic sockets and extensions hammer pliers
screw drivers and some other things

around home I have one medium sized box that I can carry but its probably 150 pounds
most of the basic hand tools I need fit in it
>lots of sockets- 3/16 up to 1 1/4 inch and metric size
>pliers and vice grips side cutters
>roofing hammer and 2 pound hammer
>screwdrivers
>set of wrenches 1/4 up to 15/16 and metric sizes
>brake cleaner

right now I got to do wiring on that tractor
fix the mower got one new spindle and regular maintenance some new hardware
fix zero turn transmission
carburetor
another carburetor
oil change and regular maintenance on multiple machines
scrap metal and stuff
ready to start mowing start today and mow again on Friday mow every Thursday and Friday

tilling and planting will start soon

getting a fertilizer spreader sometime. thing has been sitting upside down at the edge of a field for years
will need new tongue for hitch
wash
new tires
bushings
grease
maybe wheel bearings
hopefully the frame and suspension are good

I guess I am kinda busy

>>1370419
Actually sitting in a homeowner's driveway waiting for someone to answer the door....

>>1370798
Wishing I was in your shoes, wanna trade jobs?

>>1370419
Petroleum equipment tech

>>1370419
I got pissed and took a little map gas torch and some wheel weights to my wifes piece of shit car yesterday. Cut a foot off each lead. Stripped it back 3 or 4 inches. Twisted 2 feet back on it, liquid lead the joint. Wrap in piece of fuel line, rubber tape, and electical tape. Then put new cable ends on and lead welded them shits to the cables. Then grabbed 110 pistol grip solder gun and after connect terminal to battery i soldered that mutherfucker to the top post. Battery has side terminals so i ran a mutherfucking side post wires to the terminals up top also.


Really far beyond triggered here anons. Please halp.

New battery, alternator, ground cables, and STILL every month or so there is so much corrosion car will not start and needs wires cut back a little and new terminals.

Only thing not new is hot wire, but it apears to have great connection and i taped another cable in and lead welded 6 inches from starter to the new 2 foot piece.

Only thing not replaced is a few inches of hot wire.


WHY IN THE RIGHT HOLY FUCK IS THE CORROSION HABEN SO BAD?

Pic related is 5 weeks old. I know now that thos shit little terminals are not made to hold 2 cables each now. But same same haooens when i rig big truck terminals to the mutherfucker

>>1370737
Or electricians?

>>1370867
What is a petro tech and why do you have keys to my house as well as everything else on earth and possibly outer space.

>>1370980
put oil on it
just used motor oil
or grease

how old is battery? is battery working properly?
how many volts does the alternator charge?
alternator should charge between 13.5 and 14.9 volts
over charging will do this
sometimes I can tell from the corrosion whats going on
if there is mush more corrosion on the positive side its possibly overcharging
if its undercharging there will possibly be much more corrosion on the negative side
but it looks like you got both

also soldered joints are always the first place wires break

>>1370980
and make sure the cables are tight
loose cables are much more likely to have corrosion
your cables all look pretty shitty

Just a few basic things tomorrow.

>>1370997
I work on gas pumps and the computer systems that run them

>>1370994
Like I said chumps

I'm about to finish my third week with the company I'm with
Relearning some of the shit I learned months ago and learning how shit is done in the field vs ideal lab environment

>>1371132
lectrician?

>>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?

>>1371453
Nah, that's my nice, cleanish computer/wiring bag, i have the rest of my shit in my truck

>>1370419
>Also, bucket buddy is the way to go. If you deny you don't work hard.
That's an interesting opinion my man.

Framer here.

>>1371683
nice artisanal leather belt you gd hipster.

>>1371748
No, no, you don't understand. I was wearing leather toolbelts before they were cool.

>>1371754
keke

talk me out of one. dyier.

>>1372745
>irresponsible waste of money
something cheap from the hardware store will do just as good
or a bucket

>>1370737
>>1370752
>>1370739

yes my telecom brethren, show me your digital tool goodies

>>1370866
Ya.
Spent 2 hours in an attic balancing on my knees on the edge of 2x4 rafters all while stabbing myself in the head with roofing nails over and over and trying to swim through 16 inches of blown in insulation.
>also managed to put a knee through the ceiling while trying to break loose some old gas line. Fucking embarassing...

Eh. Who am I kidding. My job is easy. Days like above are few and far between. I'll keep my job, thanks for the offer anon.

At least your working for yourself, right anon?

>>1371132
Those nut drivers are garbage. Why they even make nut drivers without magnets is beyond me. I can see it being a requirement for some specialty application maybe, but seems like most of them come that way.

>>1371142
Ya. Lab vrs field is definitely two different things.

I would get you a better bag anon. You dont want to be having to zip and unzip constantly. If you're doing service work I'd get rid of that bag on your amp clamp too, I'd also get rid of that impact as you're going to be stripping shit constantly. If you're mainly installing though the impact will be useful.

Goodluck anon. It's a lot easier to understand shit when out in the field versus back in school. You'll be a pro-E.P.A. dodger in no time my friend.
> Just remember anon, the yellow hose always goes underneath the unit when evacuating, else the neighbors might get curious....

>>1371142
See that retarded big pipe wrench I have sitting in my bucket. You're going to want one of those anon.
>>1370798

>>1371142
If you end up doing service work. These fuckers combined with an extension are invaluable.

>>1372790
To clarify, I'm not telecom, I'm kind of a weird mix of a lot of stuff. Health Care and science sterilizer tech
>>1373320
Nah, working for a big company. About 80k a year. Not really sure I could do better on my own, last few jobs before this one were 9/hr. Navy before that.

>>1373394
Tell those fuckers to get you a van, anon. Is that your personal ride or is it a company vehicle ?

>80k/yr
You still down to trade jobs, anon?

>>1373525
>>>1373394 (You)
>Tell those fuckers to get you a van, anon. Is that your personal ride or is it a company vehicle ?
>>80k/yr
>You still down to trade jobs, anon?


We had vans up until recently, I work in a big metro center so driving it was a pain. Company vehicle, there's a lot of benefits and stuff. I just need to pull my head out of my ass and deal with it. The occasional 18-24h shifts are fucking demoralizing though.

>>1373576
Welcome to the fixing shit industry, lol. I work 18's+ every week

>>1372745
Murder on hardwood floors if your not careful

>>1373819
Cant you file down the edges or put some plastic on it? I would def try them out before buying, because some of them can be tricky to open.

>>1373330
Sexy

>>1374373
You can figure out how to put some bumpers on it or you don't deserve to own it.

>>1373800
Three hospitals and a high quality water production place today, lol kill me