/diy/ - Do It Yourself

>>1828645
A slightly angled roof, depending on snow/ice, would probably more reliable, no problems with standing water or weight. If you could upgrade that passive venting to something like solar-powered vents in the eaves, or a solar-powered exhaust fan, you might be even better. Short of making a sealed jar you want to move air through and out over time. Good surroundings too, to make sure water moves away from the foundation in heavy rains, and it should be pretty stable.

>>1827679
Dang, that looks neat.
Something already so streamlined would probably be easiest to screw with. You might be able to cut across the 'floor' and make inserts or some kind of clamp that locks it together. Best of luck.
I was thinking to steer away from a bigger scooter 'cause it would still be an issue of a lot of mechanical forces and bullshit in the front end but whatever you manage please let the generalized 'us' know how it turns out.

The frame takes a lot of stress (think of the forces on the angle between the front end and the footplate thing when you hit a bump in motion) so while you probably could hack together a modification, it might be pretty shitty so be careful. If you had the skills/knowledge to make the change easily you would not need to ask.

You might have more luck building a mini-bike from scratch, sized to fit and/or fold down where needed to fit in your trunk, and that should still be fun to puttputt around on.

>>1827062
Might be a cheap china-made "bottle light" or some such thing, a tiny button cell holder with an equally tiny LED light circuit and button glued under a cap.

>>1821164
looks more like the dead spot formed under a big grill. Dead dry grass, overflowing grease-trap stain baked into the dirt on one end. Maybe some ash and char spilled and worked in. Digging it out to a few inches deep, or until soil looks better, should work. backfill with topsoil and seed.

>>1589100
I am lucky enough to use a reliable Epilog 30w laser at work, all freaking day, but my tag making is mostly on the purpose-made 2-layer vinyl that replaced the horrors of engraved phenolic labeling. I am told that k40s and the million generics can be pretty good with the addition of third-party firmware or drivers.

My first thought on etching the fiberglass resin would be that it would not have much contrast. You may have to etch through a square of white masking or through to a square of copper under the green trace masking to have contrast to be visible.

Another process would be to mask the area with painters tape (or purpose made laser masking I guess) etch through the tape and into the surface of the board, then spraypaint or fill with an engraving marking material before clearing away the tape.

Ok, could you just print up stickers with your information and increment the serial numbers on there?

On older small batch boards I've seen the bulk of the data printed into the mask with a space left to write in the serial number with a paint pen.

Otherwise your best bet to see the exact outcome is experimentation.

>>910851
People don't think. Sure, a bike would be useless (like most cars) in the heart of a shoulder-to-rotting-shoulder swarm of zombies but everywhere else it would give you the speed and mobility to stay out of those swarms. Also very useful for every other kind of apocalypse outside of biblical and astronomical.

Put it up on craiglist at your own idea of a "wow, someone would be an idiot to pay this much" price.

Delete and re-post the ad weekly/bi-weekly with lower price until your hit the minimum you would even consider. Repeat from step one if needed.

>blowing warm air
>not strong

Sounds like you iced up.
Odds are you've not been keeping up with filter maintenance. clogged filter=bad airflow. Bad airflow over your evaporator coils means they get Too cold and start to ice up.

Open up your AC.
Exactly how you do that will depend on the unit and some are real bungholes to get into. Ideally somewhere near the slot or panel where you insert the filters there is a door or panel to remove and allow you access to the Evaporator coils. See ice? Turn off your cooling and let it thaw, maybe use a hair-dryer. If tehre is a lot of water make sure the drain pan it handling it as you don't want to solve an AC problem and cause a water damaged flooring problem. DO NOT CHIP/SCRAPE/HAMMER FROZEN EVAPORATOR ELEMENTS

Side note: while you are in here it might be a good idea to clean that evaporator if it's looking grungy. clean fins=efficient cooling and good airflow. Local home improvement/hardware store should have a few different cleaners. Simplest are big spray cans of special cleanser that foam up and then run off the fins to leave them clean. read directions and don't use normal household cleaners.

You should be on the right track.
If not iced up than this might be a more serious problem and you might get soaked by a servicer's market.

>>780606
research tenants rights in your area. There may be specific language about interruption of essential services, like electricity. Landlord's failure to provide that service in a stable manner (unreliable wiring, long delays for required service like resetting/replacing a breaker or fuse) may be actionable but you will have an uphill battle.

>>780598
yes, these things.
Landlord should really let you see your own breaker box/fuse panel (it really should be refit for breakers these days). If they have properly maintained it there is nothing that will be damaged by overloading a circuit, just a fuse to replace or breaker to flip.

And if you have a heater it might not be rated in Amps (though a vacuum would be, usually) so look for Watts.
Wattage Divided By Voltage Equals Amperage*

>* "power factor" and other things come into play but for a simple resistance heater the simple equation works.

1500 watt heater times 120volt supply equals 12.5 amps. That is already most of what you should expect a 15amp breaker to handle if they wiring is really old. Just be careful.

And there is certainly an upper limit for the amps you can push through a socket but the breaker or fuse is most likely to cut the circuit first. When a socket does get burned up it often turns out that there was a bad connection being made inside. Arcing = lots of heat and burned brown sockets or maybe a fire. There are "arc-fault" breakers on the market that trip when there is arcing for exactly this reason. Either code required or suggested for new construction.

>>780603
Ignorant landlords who maintain things poorly is a thing. Ideally an apartment, even one renovated into a house, has it's own panel for exactly this reason (and for better electrical spending tracking)

your ability to have anything done about this depends on your area, your lease and unknown other factors. It's definitely shitty and a little bit shifty.

>Now imagine if you had 3 shops fixing 100-200 cars every year, thats 100K+ in income.

That is not actually much money once you pay people, pay insurance, pay for buildings, pay for taxes and so-on.

>>732611
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Switching to a common mild whitening toothpaste, brushing after meals and being aware of staining food/drink (coffee, cola, etc)

.. should give you some good outcomes.

When dentists and toothcare products talk about "bleaching" they are talking about the chemical process, not the chemical used. Household bleach (sodium hypochlorite) is not what is used to bleach teeth.

Switching to a common mild whitening toothpaste, brushing after meals and being aware of staining food/drink (coffee, cola, etc)

Ultra-whitening gel trays and powerful deep cleaning by dental pros are not great for your teeth, so keep that stuff in moderation at the very very most. That stuff is all strong peroxides and acids, so stick to eating more apples and brushing like you were always told to do.

>>731401
a warehouse, or more likely a new construction steel building, would be grand.

Something with a lot of open space. Frame in a simple riser for RV hookups and park an RV/trailer inside at one end at first to provide livable space. It would be in the shade and protected from winds to cut down demands on heating and cooling.

Then I could take whatever time was needed to finish out the other end as I liked, again well insulated inside the metal framed shell. When done, just pull out the RV.

A home with a large garage/workspace connected, done.

>>707377
There we go.
step one, build a mallet, step 2, everything else?

>>707494
>stories

Exactly.

>>707473
for whoosh fire And continued roaring flame.. I'd maybe suggest faking it a little? Put the whoosh in one shot and the continued green flame (or other flame, edited to look green) in another.

>>707465
copper sulfate is readily available as a brilliant blue powder in pure (lab grade) form from United Nuclear. It may be available (possibly not pure) from 'feed supply' farming-focused hardware stores because it's commonly used to fight algae and in treatments for hooved animals.

Black powder can be found in most places that sell ammunition or guns and in most states of the US it can be bought without any specific license other than 18+. It's usually also cheaper by the can than stacks and stacks of crappy matches.

>>703884
fun thing: Even if you used chalk powder or some other easy-to-remove paint, the city gov officials Could still treat it like the end of the world and charge you based on their overreaction.

eight hours emergency double-overtime pay for a fifty-man road crew to power-wash the twenty feet of pavement you managed to mark up, plus defaceing public property charges plus anything else that could be dreamed up? Double everything if you managed to make someone in the city gov or police look foolish during the event.

>>702474
Inlet Module, as far as I know.
http://www.mouser.com/ProductDetail/Schurter/KMF1114311/?qs=sGAEpiMZZMslPglT%2fXeKq3zfIwGLj0wUHKo8n%2ffURho%3d

nails.
and not just a bunch of random nail-shapes, practice until you can reliably produce matching pieces over and over.

Look for a local techshop or "makerspace" in your area and check in on them. Maybe they have a small class on basic welding you could attend. Failing a class you might be able to pay for admittance/find a free day and go in to find someone to walk you through a few things one-on-one. That's not the end-all-be-all of the welding career but it would be a chance to have a gun or stick in your hand for a while, see if you can halfway stand it.