/diy/ - Do It Yourself

>>1532590
You're welcome dark pisces.

>>1522931
>>1522985
They pay for themselves the first time you avoid a knuckle dragging tech confusing a breaker bar with a torque wrench and splitting the fiberglass oil pan.

>>1525054
Trust me, m8, I've been on /diy/ since the early days when it was all shipping container dildos. Trips aren't welcome.

>>1528840
They're pricey, though. I'm uneasy about blowing $400 on them and getting them hung up on my dunnage rack in front of my landing gear. Kingpin is set pretty far back on the apron, and I've snagged quite a few hangers with the fifth wheel anywhere but the last hole back. I should probably take a note from the doubles haulers and just pull the whole hanger off when things get tight.

>>1522876
I always get free mudflaps from my parts shop with purchase. I've been considering getting the Minimizer Fast Flap system so I can just pull them off when I get onto the lease roads.

I beat the ever living fuck out of this thing. Crossmembers break quarterly, and I'm lucky to go a year without shaking one of the computers to pieces. Lost two mudflaps, two crossmembers, and a brake line on this delivery. Replaced the mudflaps and brake line while getting unloaded, then drove 250 miles back to the nearest weld shop that wasn't going to try and mig weld the 1/4" crossmembers to the 1/2" frame rails.

Why use a drill when a washing machine motor does the job better?

As a former mechanic, "mechanic's soap" is shit.

>>840421
Goop is the top choice, and it's cheap as dirt when you buy it in a tub. Just rub it on, and scrape it off.

That forge is way too big for that torch. The largest displacement I've seen a torch of that size work with was about 200mL, with 2" of ceramic fiber refractory blanket as insulation.

If you want to slap some bricks together as refractory, you're going to need a torch that flows about 10X as much air. Venturi burners are fairly easy to construct. I made my first one when I was 12 using this guide https://www.abana.org/ronreil/ezburner.shtml

>>743223
If you're trying to make it economical, and productive, then hand wind the coils for the stator, and purpose build a saturated rotor.

If you need to reduce cogging/generating/starting speeds then you can adjust the winding and rotor mass as needed.

>>743247
Actually, I quite like the smell of a burn as I pass it on the highway.

>>710071
You aren't going to make precision cuts with a handheld saw. A jigsaw is used for precision cuts. Handheld saws are used for rough cuts. Table saws are used for cutting boards. What you did at work is known as "ripping", and isn't used in the real world.

Get a heavy jigsaw from a pawn shop. The less plastic the better.

>>709979
>granite cutting boards
Why do you hate your knives?

>>710056
>propane
>concrete
>bucket
I hope you aren't too attached to your face.

Pony up the $40 for some refractory.

>>709981
Why not just build a pullerbear?

>>701692
Regular propane can do it, but only in a gas forge. Refractory is the key, not the gas.

>>701664
I really hope your mom is only 45 so you have time to figure this shit out.

>>701674
If he jump welds it then heat treats the whole piece, it shouldn't break. He'll only need to heat it up to about 3200F for the jump weld, so it isn't out of the realm of possibility.

>>701633
I'd like to know myself. Went through the whole Miller's Falls catalog and it wasn't in there. The farthest I could trace the original image was http://i442.photobucket.com/albums/qq141/rpsl4725/IMG_5164.jpg

>>701622
If you're just looking to nigger-rig it, put bricks under the broken shelf as needed.

>>701606
Not really. They're coming down in price, but they don't really print in useful materials or resolution yet. A 3 axis CNC mill is a much better investment.

>>700096
>T handles
A good chucked belly drill runs about $5.

>>701565
Yes.
Whatever fits your specs.
Match the specs to your material and oven.

>>701603
Use a hammer. Break the board.

>>701602
A switch opens the circuit.
>re: disconnects the wire

Go read a book.