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Hello fellas.
Yesterday i realised that my laptp's chargeplug is grenade ring.
Remembered about MagSafe, and thought - what if implement that shiet by myself in laptop?
Tried to google - nothing like this, only apple things.
Tried to find any LAPTOP ports - zero results, only cables and plugs.
Does anybody tried to do such ting?
Magnet holding for chargers discussion thread go!
>>934589
Hackaday has some shit
http://hackaday.com/2014/06/09/hacking-a-magsafe-connector-for-your-iphone/
http://hackaday.com/2014/05/02/magsafe-on-an-android-cats-and-dogs-living-together/
http://hackaday.com/2013/11/23/hacking-a-mac-magsafe-jack-into-a-pc-ultrabook/
http://hackaday.com/2010/02/14/homebrew-magsafe/
>>934590
kinda usefu links. Thanks.
but i want to implement it INSIDE of laptop hull, so it will not be ripped of by accident.
Sadly, there is not so much space on my laptop. PLus, its curved.. picrelated is my laptop. HP.
I don't know anything about buying parts for this but I know apple took the idea from deep fryers which all have a magnetic cord so you don't dump boiling oil all over yourself. Maybe looking in that direction could help?
Just bought 3 pounds of clay. Any suggestions what I could model? It's been years since I played with that stuff.
a gragon dildo..?
>>934572
A clay cube?
Just popping in to make sure someone has said dildo.
>>934964
Very good.
>it's an electrostatic wristband is required for this task episode
>>934428
I was building a PC a while back, I actually zapped my GTX 980. I felt the static electricity and the pop.
Turns out it didnt actually hurt my video card, but boy it was scary. Done a lot of builds and PC work, first time id ever actually zapped something so clearly.
>>934442
it's going to experience an early death
expect it
>>934442
>I felt the static electricity and the pop.
>Turns out it didnt actually hurt my video card
You don't know shit about what ESD does to electronics do you?
So I have this terrarium I need to keep at at least %95 humidity. Problem is I also need to keep a good amount of air exchange going on. What's the best way to get the humidity to stay up?
>>934004
I have an air pump putting air through an air stone in a mason jar. This is helping with humidity and oxygen but not much. I also have a humidifier putting some amount of humid air into the chamber from a whole in the bottom. I'm not too familiar with humidifiers but this one seems to not be working too well. I bought it second hand for $4. I guess you get what you pay for.
Will the addition of perlite help or should I just go buy a $50 terrarium humidifier?
Get a new bin
Drill 1 inch holes on each side
stuff with polyfill
Use a fan that has indirect air flow on the box.
I want to have a lamp light up everytime a special word is said on television/live-stream news. How do I go about it? Do you have any suggestions on where to begin?
THANKS
Raspberry pi
Install voice recognition
Script executes code when the word is said
Code switches a relay that powers the lamp
>>933316
Why?
Whats the special word?
Is this related to autism in some way?
So the bathtub faucet has been leaking but my shower head is fine. Since Im covered under warranty, I had a plumber look at it. He said in order to fix the faucet I will have to have someone come and remove the whole wall of tile. What I expected to be a simple cartridge replacement turns out to be a whole different fiasco. Should I remove the tile myself or try to replace the cartridge myself instead? Pic related.
>>933063
What's behind that wall? You could just cut behind, and install an acces panel. And get the opinion of another plumber just in case.
>>933072
This, take the drywall down behind it.
That is unless your faucet faces the outside wall then you are screwed.
>>933063
technically you dont have to remove the whole wall of tile, but he probably wants to keep the color/ aged look of the tile the same.
removing and installing a new shower diverter is doable for a novice /diy/. if you could get to it from a drywall angle like >>933072 suggests it would be a lot easier
removing and installing new tile is probably too hard. removing the current tiles and drywall and prepping the new surface for tiles after you fix it is not trivial.
Anyone know a good website/book filled with reasonably simple wind up clockwork projects?
I really love the idea of things that move without batteries. It's something I'd like to get really creative with.
i have the urge to make soulless automatons that crawl across my desk.... how would i go about making gears and such along with i don't know a reasonably sized drill press to drill out holes and forming frames for them...
http://www.amazon.com/Make-Your-Working-Paper-Clock/dp/0060910666
>>933384
>>making gears
large gears you can cut out from templates, small gears pretty much have to be made on a watch making lathe.Honestly, your best bet is just to buy them from aliexpress.
For anything more interesting than just gears, linkages are pretty great and easy to make. They are just difficult to design.
Oh and don't even attempt cams, they are a lot harder to design and make than they look.
Hey /diy/
I need a tiny bit of advice from you guys for a simple project
I'm buying the attached desk for my room soon but I don't really want the clear glass. My current desk is black glass, and I'm really fond of that.
How can I make this glass look like black glass? Upon closer examination of my current desk, the glass isn't actually black, the underside just has a thin black sticker under it, and that works pretty well apparently.
I'm wondering, can I just buy some Matte Black Spray Paint, some masking tape (so the edges...
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>>931310
The goal is something similar to this
>>931311
Black Opaque window film.
The under side of paint tends to look like shit.
>>931315
Thank you very much, that looks way better than paint. Amy tips on how to apply it? Does it have an adhesive side or anything like that?
I want to build a charcoal forge to melt aluminium, then use that to cast segments of a giant parabolic dish which will be used for a multitude of things including making a solar forge.
The charcoal forge is going to be the simple "plaster+sand insulated container with an air feed and a steel crucible" design popularised on YouTube.
However, forges are things I have no experience with, anything I should know that a complete amateur almost certainly wouldn't?
Oh, also, are fire extinguishers typically made of steel?
I'm hoping I can get hold of a used up disposable extinguisher and lop the top off to use it as a crucible.
Although it wouldn't work for a solar forge if it got to steel-melting temperatures. Pity there's not really any way I can make a crucible for melting steel.
Interesting questions OP. Pinned this one.
>>929935
>giant parabolic dish
you can get a giant satellite tv dish from craigslist for cheap and line that with mylar. Boom solar forge.
Does someone know how to build one of these 360 cams?:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7MmWN-fwfg
bamp
Looks like he uses two cameras with fisheye lens..
Hello fellow DIY/
i was wondering about this plug; its from my Philips surround speakers.
whats the name of this plugg, i need to know where to get more of them or how easy it is to change.
in advance tnx
>>934669
if this is not for diy/ could anybody re-direct me to the proper board or thread to post this i would also be greatfull
>>934669
Philips Easy-Fit, people have managed to cut Molex connectors to fit
http://www.instructables.com/id/Replace-your-Easyfit-HTiB-connector/
>>934673
i dont think you'll ever understand the gratitude i feel towards you anon!
its almost like showing a deaf how to hear again
Printing – students with any email address can attach files to an email and send them to print to the school student printers using the addresses below. NOTE: The subject line of the email must be blank. If you type something in the body of the email, that will print as the first page.
[email protected] (Biology Lab printer) [email protected] (Career Center printer) [email protected] (Language Lab printer) [email protected] (Library black & white printer) [email protected] (Library color printer)
>>934416
>Printing – students with any email address can attach files to an email and send them to print to the school student printers using the addresses below. NOTE: The subject line of the email must be blank. If you type something in the body of the email, that will print as the first page.
>[email protected] (Biology Lab printer) [email protected] (Career Center printer) [email protected] (Language Lab printer) [email protected] (Library black & white printer)...
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>>934600
>ih.k12.oh.us
>http://indianhillschools.org/ = Indian Hill, Ohio
call me Sherlock - still, about five (different grades) of those fuckers tho, collecting your prints maybe time-consuming. But thanks, OP, I know you meant well with this beneficial gesture.
Did you know that you can get free printing on most college campuses if you can find the ip address of said printer. Nmap that shit, find the ipp port and do ipp. Some printers even have open telnet ports so you can really fuck with them.
Recently acquired this Marantz PMD222 for cheap, it works pretty great except for one thing. Whenever it's playing and I move it, the tape speed slows down drastically. It seems to be proportionate to the speed at which I move it, but sometimes it doesn't happen. It happens probably 3/4 of the time if not more.
Naturally this is a fucking problem for a portable cassette tape player. I searched online, read the owners manual, browsed a couple of forums to no avail.
Any ideas?
I would be its a power supply issue.
Check battery connection solder pads for cold joints
>>933884
Holy shit, duh!
I just tested it with the AC adapter it came with and it moved around with no problems.
Thanks!
>>933884
Unlikely, dry joints would make it stop and start outright, not slow down, though in a unit this old it's not a bad check to make. Hanging a multimeter off the DC supply to the motor and observing voltage as the unit is nudged around will help confirm or deny this.
>>933883
Sounds like it has a bung bearing on its capstan pulley (pic related). If the unit slows when moved it could be because it is binding on something. Pulley is a big spinning mass of metal...
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How does one install a garbage disposal in a shower?
It won't make it any easier to shit in the shower unless you remove the grate too.
>>933840
You wouldn't need the grate if you had a disposal.
Also, any experience with how well hair does in the disposal?
I am a very hairy man and I hate having to shave my body above the toilet like some kind of animal.
>>933843
>You wouldn't need the grate if you had a disposal
>drop soap/razor/dildo/skinny bottle
>whoops better just grind it up
So I became a nigger and bought a lockpick set and clear acylic padlock to practice.
Got my lock unlocked almost immediately--freaked me out at how easy it was.
Works best when I'm not thinking too hard about it and just jam it in like a cock.
Only one of the picks works any good for this particular lock.
Share your experiences.
Is this a skill that one can achieve with different levels of difficulties? I ask sincerely because im this close to purchasing a sewing machine because I dont know how clothes are made and it would be hard as fuck.
>>933452
There's lots of different skill in lock picking. You'll have to get into a lock picking community soon to play with 'challenge locks' because the ones you can buy from the store or amazon are pretty shit unless you start shelling out like $50+ each, and you can only pick a lock a couple times before you know how, and you'll just nail it every time, which won't actually raise your skill for new locks anymore.
Also watch Bosnian Bill on youtube.
>>933454
Ill check it out but I only work, have a bunch of money, and just need a hobby. Ill probably get a sewing machine this weekend at the second hand store then chuck it into the dumpster a few days later. Same will happen with my lock pick kit comes in next week
