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Considering buying a Raspberry Pi Zero since it's just $5, but I would like some opinions first. Are RPis worth it? What are some neat and/or useful things I could use one for?
>>910615
If you need to ask, you dont need it.
If you really want one, just buy the pi 2 B on amazon for 37$
Youll be much better off.
I actually did think of an idea just now - using one as a home cloud server/torrent box with a 5tb external drive and owncloud or some shit like that. Would the RPi be well suited for this, or is there a better option I should be looking into?
>>910628
A lot of people make seedboxes and servers with their RPI.
And again, you want the ram and power of the RPi2 over the 5$ one. You are going to pay triple the price of a Zero buying adapters to get it to run, at that point its only marginally more expensive to get the much stronger one with real HDMI and ethernet built onto it.
Hi /diy/,
This is my first post, so please forgive me for the mass amounts of autism.
I'm looking for a new couple of projects and want to give creating musical instruments. Thinking maybe a cello or guitar, something that will take time, but also be badass. Not looking for professional, just good enough for me. Also, wtf is sound/tone board? I've been doing some research and am lost.
Does anyone have any experience in building instruments? Or any plans they'd be willing to share?
Thanks /diy/
Can't really help you OP but I bought a really cheap electric body and neck online and am stoked about putting it all together. Need to install frets, enlarge a neck pocket, and drill passageways inside the body.
Im making a cigar box electric ukelele. Which aside from the neck is pretty straight forward
>>910257
http://woodgears.ca/ukulele/index.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?list=PLSnvVtM4lBIXzkp-7ouf6NVfS7fOLGfuN&v=mGeM0lTmjac
Cold weather general!
I just finished putting up thick plastic sheet over my windows, and got to thinking about my shed/cabin again.
What is a good and cheap material/s to insulate with? It has plywood walls and a small woodburning stove inside. My thoughts were expanded foam and emergency thermal blankets.
>>908732
The "right" way to do it would be faced (better) or unfaced (cheaper) fiberglass or rockwool batts. Make sure your measurements are good and buy batts that fit your stud width/wall height/thickness. Faced batts are easy because the kraft paper/aluminized paper facing is usually wider than the insulation so you can lay them into the walls and staple up the edges alone or with little help. Then panel as desired. I would at least panel the area near the wood stove and add a further layer of something heatproof,...
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>>908764
>>908732
cellulose might rot
rockwool is currently best for insulation
if you're doing it and you're unexperienced, find some earth wool from Knauf for example, which won't fuck up your health while putting them on
aerated/insulated concrete can also be an option, if you find a smart way to cast it
I'm going over plans for a greenhouse. In Colorado at 8500 ft.
I'm trying to come up with what material I could use for the floor. Thoughts on rubber asphalt?
This would just go onto the concrete foundation. Worried it might heat too well in the summer but the greenhouse would be open with ventilation fans.
Sup guys, any ideas how to make a tablet/smartphone bed support? Is it better buy one?
Wtf is that? Do you not have 2 arms?
Attach those things on the Stem of desk lamps to phone case. Bam done
> Do you not have 2 arms?
Op here. One on my dick, the other is shoving something in my butthole.
Hang it from the ceiling?
Hey guys, I've got an indoor gardening project that would optimally have a fan blow on it for 30 seconds every hour. Problem is, my fan only continuously blows. Is there something like a light dimmer I can use that would limit it's electricity to what I need it to be?
>>911802
like a plug in timer?
yeah.
a plug in timer.
>>911819
lol ty anon
>>911819
yeah this, got a digital one where it swichted in the space heater and light 30 minjutes before i woke up, shit was awesome and cheap
What projects could I do with an old dreamcast that doesn't work? I was just taking out all the parts and turning it into a case or something, but I would like to do something more creative and fitting for a recycled video game console.
Make an awesome piggy bank, to make it more awesome; Make it play a sound when you open the lid.
>>910616
Spray paint it and put sonic stickers on it then sell it to /vr/ saying it's an ultra rare edition only available in japan.
>>910616
Turn it into a monument to Sega's glory days and ultimate downfall.
Is there any way to calculate the configuration of mirrors and what they'll reflect.
I've got a gas meter installed facing the wrong way to read it and it requires the meter reader to bring a extendable mirror to check it but half the time they cbf and over quote the bill which leads to a fucktonne of issues to fix it.
I'm thinking of placing mirror panels placed strategically with a togglable LED or something to check it easily, would this configuration of mirrors be readable, or backwards still?
Open for any other ideas, but i'm not...
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>>913377
I think so.
>>913379
Reassuring thanks!, guess i'll buy little mirrors and do it anyways, it's still going to be easier than fiddling around behind it with a mirror on a stick
>Is there any way to calculate the configuration of mirrors and what they'll reflect.
Law of reflection.
Help a guy out with a career option crisis.
I'm in my 3rd year of Kinesiology studying to be a physiotherapist. And I like what I do, but It's honestly just become mundane to me. It's not bad but its not exciting. I like the idea of helping people. But I'm not exactly proud of the job, you know? Like its not really hard work, you just stand in a nice office all day.
I recently started getting into diy stuff as a hobby and doing some small jobs with my carpenter friend and some metal working shit with my engineer friend and holy fuck its all...
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>>911849
Depends mostly on you and your personality, I guess.
I got my multidisciplinary bachelor's doing all kinds of different stuff I kinda liked but had no strong feelings about. I dicked around for a while after that and I was pretty satisfied, but it still felt pretty hollow all in all. Signed up for trade school on a whim and it's the best decision I've ever made in my life by far. The more I do it the more I like it. It's the first time that I ever felt like I truly found my way. I'm missing...
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>>911870
Thanks.
Yeah, I'm just having a hard time because I already took time off after school. I feel like I wasted a lot of my life growing up playing video games and fucking around. Never gathered any hobbies or skills. I'll be 30 by the time I get my masters for physio. Not much time to be switching careers at that point. This is again why my friends advise me against it. Trades and tools and all this stuff is brand fucking new to me. I never did any of it growing up.
But you're probably right....
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>>911849
>>911849
This is one of those scenarios where money really doesn't buy happiness.
I've worked in construction on site for 8 years and every day is different. There is however a ceiling to what you can make unless you're willing to take on the responsibility of labour working under you.
I've had offers to go into work in offices at a desk relating to construction and I've tried it but I simply wasn't happy.
I suppose...
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Hey /diy/, I recently found this old Kenwood KR-5030 in the basement along with an old record player so I figured I'd set it up, but when I turn on the 5030 the lights flicker and there's an arcing noise coming from where the power switch/speaker selector knob is. I'm not that good with electronics so I have no clue where to start with this thing.
Anybody know what's going on or how to fix it?
>>913575
First thing I would try is to clean the contacts in the switch.
>>913576
I guess I could try that first
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Why nothing bumps anymore?
>>913092
Test bump
Have you tried turning it off and on again?
>>913095
Did your test bump work? It's moved from the very bottom row to the one above but that's it.
>>913092
if you start a thread, you cant bump your own thread
Hey DIY, looking for some help here on something that I'm sure is really simple
A switch for my fog lights in my car broke, and my car being ~12 years old I couldn't find the OEM switch. I ordered a third party one and it fits like stock, it just has these on the back instead of a female plug like the original switch. I'm assuming its the two wires plus a ground since there's 3 spots? But i'm not really sure which is which is the issue. Was hoping for some help in figuring this out.
Pics of the plug and oem switch are coming too.
Thanks...
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and heres the original switch plugged in
and heres looking directly at the plug
If theres anything else I need to include let me know
If there is only two wires to the original I would suggest using 2 and 3.
Hey diy. I have heard rumors that there is a method of desoldering an entire pcb in a few seconds using hot air rework. Then you basically throw all your components in a big ice cream dish and you are set for life. Does anyone know how this would work? Maybe stick it in one of those toaster ovens and then scrape everything off with a knife? Or use a high temperature heat gun?
The solder on PCBs melt around 180 to 230 celcius, if you can heat the solder more than that, it will melt, and components can be removed, or fall off..
Heating an entire board to this temperature, is a bad idea, as most capacitors are not designed to withstand that, they are normally wave soldered. some components, especially larger ones might be glued to the board, then again no success, smaller SMD components will not fall of by them self due the capillary effects of the solder.
And finally, most components can be damage of excessive thermal stress, especially...
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>>912740
Just find an old toaster oven, and cook the pcb for 5 to 10 minutes
>>912740
I do this frequently at work for certain basic components, but it's really hit and miss. You're better off just buying the bloody things, they're like 1/100th of a penny each...
I came across this house earlier today, snapped this picture while driving by, the shingles have this pattern across the entire roof and it looks to be done on purpose, none of the other houses in this neighborhood have this, anyone with any roofing experience have any idea how the hell this is done? I've done some wood working and the best I can come up with would be cutting the joists underneath the shingles in profile and then layering thin plywood on top to keep the profile. not sure if I love it or hate, but positive I want to know how the fuck they did it. any input...
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prob. custom curved singles - usually made from steamed cedar, or some shit. I doubt theres an actual undulating form underneath, - then again, I really dunno anything about this stuff, desu. Just a guess..
>>912445
That would be a nightmare to do roof repair work on that.
Looks weird, but if done like that on purpose, I'm interested in knowing how that's done as well.
>>912445
they used fake crab meat.
I am going to try and repair/Replace the RAM chips in a commodore 64B (breadbox, grey function keys) I have the chips and am going to replace all of them rather than checking which ones are broken. (only displays 900ish bytes of RAM) How would I go about doing this and what tools do I need besides a soldering iron?
That done, I also have a Commodore 64C that I've been using up to this point. what would you suggest I could do to mod and upgrade it? Since I have 2 and the 64B is the more classic design, I will keep it as it is.
>>912436
All classic micros have a flat memory layout: a single address bus and data bus wend their way around the system, connecting RAM, ROM and peripherals to the same flat address space.
The C64 has basic bank switching, but all it really amounts to is a helper chip fiddling with some address lines to shadow the ROMs.
Write yourself a version of memtest86, step through the areas where RAM is supposed to be, and when you find the addresses where the RAM isn't working, that'll point you to what isn't...
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>>912436
AFAIK there was never a "B" model, it's just a plain C64. The "C" was originally "CR" for "cost reduced", but Commodore changed the name since they actually raised the price.
There's some mods for the audio circuitry, but other than that people mostly use external expansions, for compatibility.
>>912454
If you do decide to write a memory tester, remember that the color RAM is only 4 bits wide, and the upper...
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as Far as upgrades go, I want to try an internal SD expansion, a reset button, a RAM expansion to 128k. I also want to see if their is any way to make the read speed or loading time frequency reduce. If this can be fixed by simply more RAM, I'm all for that, be it internal or external.
So i am trying to make a sword out of 1/4 inch steel and i have had no success with a hack saw i was wondering if there was an easier solution to cutting it, and its long than a foot
Heat it and cut it with a chisel. Use a band saw, dremel, drill holes in the area you want cut and then grind it clean, temper it to make it softer for cutting, cut it with a torch, score it and try and snap it in a vice, bend it back and forth until it fatigues and breaks, cut it with an explosive shaped charge, slice it with thermite, mind bullets, corrode a line across it with salsa and a DC power source
>>912346
>>912340
the easiest + cheapest way to make rough cuts in metals is to use a 4.5" angle grinder with a cutoff wheel on it (pic related)
don't just buy ONE cutoff wheel, buy a dozen... or two dozen. They come in packs for a reason.
They wear down as you use them, but they don't cost much. and it's still way faster than sawing by hand.
also--wear leather gloves and use full-face protection. the grinding disks can break and fling pieces around at 50,000 mph
