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Can I make my own tire slime for a slow leak on my bicycle tire? A old boomer neighbour said they used condensed milk in the old days. Would corn starch and water work?
>>2791432Slime has or used to have fibers that would fuck my valves 1st time I'd adjust pressure.There was a white product with no fibers but can't find now. :(
>>2792169>inner tube repair kit fI ran down a dirt road with a bunch of goat heads and had enough holes to use up an entire kit like that if I could even find all the holes.
>>2791451Elsie the Borden's Milk cow and Elmer the Elmer's Glue bull are a married couple.Google it, there's print ads and even full comic books.
>>2791432What is the point of this? You say you have a slow leak. When I used to commute 30 miles a day I kept two spare tubes, two plastic putty knives, and a hand inflator. If I popped a tube, when I got home I would cut out a square of an old punctured tube and make my own patch with a little tube of rubber cement and two spring clips left overnight.
>>2792661You sound like a lot of fun.
How's your local makerspace? Mine is awesome. I mostly just show up to work the desk every week for 1/2 discount, and talk to randos about all kind of things, but also I've finally dipped into woodworking and the laser cutters.
The 'Tism is strong with this one.
>>2793039>connecting with your local community is 'tismokay then
Use this thread to ask questions you think don't require a thread of their own.The old thread no longer bumps: >>2785345If you didn't get a response in the old thread, feel free to ask again here.
>>2792923That looks straight for $5 more. It has good reviews, my biggest concern was that the first one might be slightly larger with the temp control in the handle. The actual stations with most of the equipment in a base are nicer to work with.They don’t mention it, but that thing might use Hakko FX-888 style tips. I would try to google that if I were you, because if it uses a common style of tips, then you can use the quality name brand Hakko tips plus a huge selection of generic tips that fit for any application you want.I’m not a big soldering guy tho, I just fix shit when it breaks. Ask the electronics general on it, they will tell you to get a Hakko or TS-100 that’s twice as much, but a few people there will admit the Yihuas are straight.
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>>2792907Cold blue chemicals. Better resistance would be steaming them. Youtube Backyard ballistics bluing he has a good series, so does anvil
>>2792918>>2792919get rid of the easy to hold on to tie down strapadd a second shield
>>2792976they are mounted correctlythe chevron points with the wings this direction for self cleaning(the mud gets pushed out to the sideseven if reversing gave better traction (doubtful) it would quickly be lost due to clogging of the treads
Does anyone know of a fair priced powerstation that can run one of those portable tent A/C units or a swamp cooler? It's got to be expandable and last at least 7 hours. I'd like to DIY a whole solar powerstation rig at some point... it's just... what fucking powerstation do I get
>>2791545All that said, if you want a specific brand recommendation, I recommend Oupes. They're relatively cheap compared to popular brands but have good specs, have been around for a while, and have a growing selection of products. I've personally owned and a couple of their power banks for over a year with daily use and they work great so far.
>>2787935not OP, but I was hoping to set up a smaller solar system for a shed. Nothing serious, just enough power for lights, some small power tools, cell signal booster, and maybe a small AC/space heater. You guys think a kit like this would be enough, or should I look into something beefier?
>>27929611.84 is plenty enough energy fo->and maybe a small AC/space heaterannnnnnnnnd there goes your energy. AC/Heating is monstrous when it comes to power draw. A "small" space heater will drain an entire day of charging in an hour if on full blast. You're going to get 60-70% of that 1.84KW. A/C? Fucking forget about it. Heating is more efficient than cooling because well.... There's no power waste with heat. Heat is just power being inefficient producing heat as a wasteproduct. Cooling will... also produce heat because it has to go through more hoops. You pump that heat outside most times, but it's still wasting power on heat wasteproduct so you get even less cooling for your electricity usage than you would heat.It's also easier to be warm during the cold than cool during the hot. A/C is a power-hungry bitch. Fans in the shade might work much better for the power cost.
>>2792966To expand on that, if you want reliable cooling, get an inverter generator that can do 1500W and get some sort of A/C unit that can vent out the heat. Heat, just use a propane/diesel heater. I mean you can use a generator to power an electric heater but now you're just taking the piss, just turn the gas into heat directly instead of turning the gas into electricity and then into heat.
>>2790983> prices out a SEER 21 9k minisplit$800 is a little low.for a quality unit. I was referring to the cost of power, or how much energy even the most efficient model will draw in a poorly insulated camper/trailer.You thought I was referring to the price of the unit. No.>>2792969I think he should get a mini-freezer, make popsicles, and stick one up his ass. A lot of blood flows through that sphincter.Like above anon says, running aircon or a heater will suck away all your power, requiring a system 3x the original size - for Aircon - and so much bigger than that again, for electric heat, that in the case of regular full-electric heat, you'll never fit it in a mobile application. Maybe a small electric heating pad.One of the issues as I pointed out, is trailers etc are poorly insulated. It's more of a problem with heat than aircon, hypothetically, because basically what you are usually doing with aircon is dehumidifying, first. And trailers can be more airtight than they can have a good R value. But because your trailer or van etc must be parked in the sun for it's rooftop panels to work, typically the cabin is absorbing more heat, than if you simply parked in the shade and used a fan.Small scale swamp coolers only work well in low humidity. That, therefore is highly dependent on where you are using and building your system. The amount of water needed, can cause issues, too. Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
Birthday was a week ago. Went ahead and got a new pair of boots out of the attic that I've been hoarding for a while. Got tired of my socks getting soaked every time I got in water up to the sole of my boot. Probably still wear the old ones when I'm not irrigating and it's dry, or at the shop to get a bit more wear out of them... Fringy things on the new boots were cut off on day 1. Any tips to keep the soles from cracking around where the leather stitches to them? That seems to be the placed where water intrusion starts. Should I put a fat bead of urethane windshield adhesive on my old ones and see if I can waterproof em again? Also workboot thread. Post em up.
>>2792744i partially blame the hipster trend buying boots they didn't need. i wanted to get a set of custom molded sole westcoast or whites boots. they used to be about $250 in the early 00s. when i called, whites only did trace to fit and you have to buy 3 pairs at $600 ea. westcoast was over a year out and charged $300 for the mold plus the boots were over $1200. work boots aren't supposed to be gucci shit
whatever cheap garbage my boot voucher will cover.About time to pick up a new pair for this year.
>>2792737>moc toeFaggot.
when the stell toe of my boot begins to show i like to weld scrap metals onto it to have epic spike boots
>>2792882damn, I remember when Wescos were like $700 for a custom pair
I'm not talking about used cars. I mean for metal, machinery, etc.I see so many Euro videos where they're like:>Just head down to the scrap yard to find oneNigga, I don't have that. None of the metal recycling places will sell me material. I just want to get some cheap metal parts and old machinery, but they won't sell it to me.
Trade Jobs Are DYING OUT...https://youtu.be/6DRm86qmXbs?si=BXi150ZR0VYKCqdQWhy is this so ???? >inb4 >yea low pay is going to be one of the main factors.https://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2018/04/25/605092520/high-paying-trade-jobs-sit-empty-while-high-school-grads-line-up-for-university
>>2793021also piece rate employment is retardedboomers literally just established shit systems that are china tier and it's going to be really obvious the upcoming decades as all our infrastructure falls apart and doesn't get replaced
>>2793021>muratic aciddon't you mean muriatic? Also, that wouldn't solve anything. Why do middle easterners resolve to acids they can't even spell?
>>2793009anyone?
>>2793026it's a meme who caresnothing is going to solve anything except collapse and/or seperating yourself from the bullshit and just doing upper-class private work
>>2792899>What you should never do is dabble where you are not strongThat's actually really helpful, thanks. I'm not gonna let him run me off so easy
this smug bald son of a bitch
circumcised kike
>>2790502I don't hate him, he's simply not on topic for /diy/.Once you start doing things for profit, you are now a professional/commercial operation.
>>2790511Isn't his wife of the long nose tribe?
>>2792438Based on the nose, I'd say he is too.
>>2790500I hate this guy. Takes beautiful pieces of hardwood fucking trashes them.
We got one step closer to getting back off the grid. 2500 watts of glass on the roof. inverter/controller is installed. shed is wired.next weekend we plan to trench, run 00 conduit to and from shed/house main panel and install/run weatherhead DC wires PV to controller.once we get all the heavy work in next weekend, I can finish the rest by myself. connecting it all at the controller and wiring in the batteries.system is still due for an upgrade, but we're going to use what we have for now. once we save up (cash only buyers) we will purchase 18 345w panels and a 300AH LiFePO4 battery to replace our FLA units.
I decided to under cut my fireplace to install laminate flooring. It turned out okay all things considered.
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>>2792942>>2792903>>2792570Not involved in any of this shit. truthfully I have seen laminate fuck ups cause huge gaping holes down the line, but I cant fathom why anyone would be this tilted over something like this. Plenty of houses built the normal way have weird shit like this anyway.
The design for this thing is so compelling, but most of it is a gaming thing. What features would you have built into it for doing real things with it while having your hands free?Things I can think of (besides radio, mp3, clock, messaging, etc):- Network monitoring: ping when some device just signed in to the home wifi (people are back home)- Scanning for wifi fransmitters (bugs)- tracking GPS - mesh network
>>2789784>no nixie tubeFake and gay.
>>2792761actual in-17 tubes drain the battery too fast
>>2787144>I've got bells that jingle jangle jingle>jingle jangle>as I go riding merrily along
>>2789784perhaps not
>>2787150fpbp
I am something of a clothes and linens horse. I dream of owning a place where I can at least have a cloest but right now almost everything is in my room. I have looked at plastic vaccum bags but learned this is bad for the clothes since it can make them smell. Lately I came up with an idea that I wanted to share and also sanity check here. I was wondering what a metal case could do with a racheting system and realized what if I don't need to build such a complicated system that could buckle. What if I just take some thin plywood and use some thin ratchet straps. what kind of compression could I expect to get out of this? would it work better or as good as vacuum sealing? Even including the thickness of the wood needed? I could also try to get metal or glass but that would increase the weight and cost. what does diy think?
What the fuck is a clothes and linens horse?
>>2792990she could take a sip of my fireball, if you know what i mean
>>2792999>What the fuck is a clothes and linens horse?watch the movie "The Fugitive" it is explained within.
>>2792999basically someone who has a lot of that shit lying around.comes from the idea that the person is a living clothes horse, which is a drying rack for clothes and linens that people used to put next to their wood fire stoves.
My retarded boomer Dad cut down a bunch of tree branches (red circles in the picture below) and now you can see straight through into our backyard. These trees are 20 years old. I don't know why he did this. My Mom is very sad that he did this, she is crying.Mother's day is coming up and I want to be a good son. What can I build or do or plant to try and help fill this space back in and have it look nice?
>>2792895You could get a few metal rods for hanging flower baskets and pound a few of those into the ground and hang several types of flowers from them.
>>2792875Plant a row of Forsythia. She'll stop crying in 3 or 4 years, depending on the growth rate.
>>2792875So he cut since limbs away from the house and some away from the fence, and you can't figure out how that might be a good thing? What do you do in the back yard that needs to be hidden so well? Besides naked twister, cause that's what all boomers like to play.>Unthink that little visual, OP...
Plant Chinaberry trees. They grow like crazy and are pretty aesthetic
Posted a week or two ago about getting some broken snap rings out, finally found the time to fuck with it again. One side popped right out with a pick, other side refuses to come out at best it just spins in the groove. Any ideas?
>>2792454Use a blade to get between the ring and the wall. Pry it out enough that you can grab the end with needlenose pliers
