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Any suggestions on falling a tree for the first time?
I've used a chainsaw many many times but only cutting firewood that was already on the ground
>my life insurance is current
Chain and come-along are your friends.
Cut as low to the ground as possible to avoid having Mr. Tree hop the base and cleave your leg off.
>>917814
My first idea was to use my winch attached to a rope around a high branch with a very little pressure on it then just cut a wedge out of the tree and cut along the backside. Is this right?
>>917813
Reading things like this make me happy I can afford to pay people to do shit like this.
Or at least afford to rent a jlg to take it down piece by my self
what is this type of circuit board called - how are the traces made?
It's just a basic PCB. There are several ways to make them, but you could google "toner transfer" and "photographic method pcb" for the starters.
It's a regular copper clad board and it looks like the circuit was drawn on with a permanent marker then etched and then tinned to make it silver.
Markers are shit and rarely work well, I've had much better results with toner transfer.
>>921289
thx
ayy /b/ros, i need someo basic help with electronics:
I have an arduino (80mA 4.5V output source) and I want to use it to switch a circuit ON/OFF
wat do
pic related, someone suggested it, but it doesnt work.
Is the - (or GND) of your battery connected to the GND on your Arduino?
Check if you used the same GND with the arduino and the power-supply in the switched circuit.
Have you connected Drain, Source and Gate correctly?
Not a FET, an ordinary transistor
So I need a 5uF >200V capacitor to replace one of those old wax film ones in some old gear, the problem is that that isn't a very common value/voltage for caps nowadays. Is there any easier alternative to finding one of these? Can I run some in series? Use 4.7?
>>921714
http://www.digikey.com/product-search/en/capacitors
Plenty of 5uf 200v+ capacitors in every type of chemistry.
>>921714
A 450v rated axial electrolytic will cost you most of a dollar at justradiosdotcom. They have many types and configurations mostly geared toward higher voltage builds.
Hmmm...
I want Captain Phasma armour, so I found a bunch of various storm trooper armor making techniques on the internet, I need a good balance between accuracy, simplicity, and cost.
I am considering:
Paper mache
Cardboard and bondo
Forming from PVC
and variations of all of these. What other techniques are there? And which provide the best cost to simplicity to accuracy ratio? Is it a better idea to just buy a suit?
The problem is that while all of that would be great for a regular stormtrooper, they aren't gonna give you the metallic look of her suit.
>>921696
Couldn't a chrome paint get the job done?
>>921697
chromed-looking armor on plastic is always a pain. Chrome paint usually can't do any better than shiny, even with a massive amount of prep and work, and it enhances every single possible flaw and structural wrinkle. Working from perfect vac casts the best bet might be vacuum metalizing or chroming, maybe skinning the parts in some kind of mylar-like material and bonding it smoothly.
If I wanted to start making some music as a side project and/or hobby. What type of program(s) would I need and how much would it cost? Would genre matter? What about recording equipment how much would that cost and what exactly would I need/ what is recommended ?
Google these questions. It sounds like you have no fucking idea what you want to do. Asking giant general questions and wanting specific exacting answers is something a lazy fucktard does. Your music will probably suck ass.
>>921390
A few years back when I played with making songs, I used Cakewalk Home Studio and it had everything for recording mixing down separate tracks of audio and MIDI.
You could use audio loops with it but it was not real easy to do.
If you want to make techno/loop music, then there is programs targeted at that--Fruityloops (now FL Studio) is a bigger one.
Plus there is freeware/Linux programs too. But they are usually pretty shit compared to the ones you pay for.
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As I saw it, PCs are great for mixing down but aren't real good at the actual "recording" part. You can easily spend $2000+ trying to build a PC that has the input ports you want, runs totally silent AND has no lag issues when recording.
Nowadays you can just go spend $300-$400 and get a portable multitrack recorder (flash or hard drive-based) and it is way easier to use, is portable, comes with phantom power XLR ports and has no noise or lag problems at all. You just gotta copy the recorded files onto your PC for mixing down and adding effects.
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