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Hey /DIY/
I'm looking to build an AR-10 as a defensive sporting rifle. By that I mean I'm looking to build an AR-10 that can be used for hunting and range shooting but is able to be carried while camping and used to kill off attacking predators like bears. The thing is I don't know much about firearms and I'm not sure I can afford the trigger I want ( pic related ) if I buy a completed AR-10. Does /DIY/ know anything about building a firearm?
Right now I don't have ANY parts. I do plan on buying vid related and ( same as pic related ) would...
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>>970117
Read the sticky
>>970117
If you don't know about shooting, don't get too geared out. You can replace the trigger later. Perfectly normal parts can get you to 200-300 yards with a 308
Also, full sized cartridges aren't that fun to plink with or train with, so I'd say get an ar-15 and git Gud with that first.
I'm newb too but am stuck having to buy an ar-10 right away because California is trying to make everything illegal.
Crooked mill anon here again. Last time I couldn't get a part centered for the life of me and found out that loose gibs were throwing the head out of alignment and the table had a slope.
Well I took out all the play and found that the head still has minor alignment issues that throw holes off by a couple of thou when I feed the quill over a couple of inches.
Well the holes I plan on drilling are very short and minor angles won't have an effect on them, but they must be centered.
After some research this is the best and easiest solution I could find anywhere, a centering camera.
To make one I bought a cheap webcam to sacrifice for $10.
This particular camera has a resolution of 1024x768 and a very narrow FOV which makes it almost impossible to use as an actual webcam.
The wire that comes attached is a stiff positionable cable which I promptly replaced with a thinner more flexible one.
I milled out a piece of scrap plastic and drilled a hole to press in a shaft. The mill is still crooked so everything on this block is crooked, but it doesn't matter as long as the camera is looking close to center and you use a short fixed focal length.
To calibrate the camera I first pecked a small hole with a center drill on a piece of scrap.
The camera shaft fits into the same collet as the drill.
Anybody here know what that part of the chair is called?
>>969754
hinge
Is there anywhere I could get a diagram of that part?
>>969760
Yeah, it's right there.
Any idea on how to unscrew/disassemble this?
>>969559
from the other side
>>969561
From the other side it looks like this
Not sure if the outside area of that bolt is plastic have you tried using a bit of heat
What is the best way to improve the efficiency and/or airflow on one of these?
>>969512
You know wind turbines can only ever be 50% efficient because they have to move air out of the way once its passed the blades.
It stands to reason that a fan should then be 150% efficient so I'd say its probably not going to get much better than that
Replace the blade with an RC pusher prop
>>969512
Up the voltage
What is your verdict of The Samurai Carpenter?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCuvdv8FO54
I just learned about him and his work exhibits so much beauty and attention to detail ;_;
>>969448
Seems like a scam. And he isn't doing anything new or that hasnt be done on youtube already.. We get it you can make tenons and have over priced weeaboo chisels and wood planes...
>>969448
>CAD
>Power tools
Wow
so handcraft
much artisan
wow
I mean, I certainly admire the level of skill on display but between the name and the pretentious "everything I need to know about filmmaking I learned from Vimeo and community college" cinematography and narration I find this pretty insufferable.
And also what the fuck is he doing using a back-and-forth stroke with a Japanese saw
>>969448
I liked him when he did a blind dove tail.
Way more often than not he's just talking bullshit about other people's technique while not being that far above them. His presentation certainly isn't there.
I thought I'd like him and subbed after the dovetail and stone sink, but every video since then hasn't been worth watching.
how do you do it without spending a grand?
>>969419
you can buy a fogger on ebay or aliexpress. and an LED light for like 50$ or use fluorescents.
you can line an old cupboard with alfoil and seal in the light gaps with door edge insulation foam strips.
>>969419
>>969419
Plant them outside.
Anyone ever try to make something like this? Is it just transformer + capacitor or something more?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_TidRpVWXBE
>>969318
we didnt give you an answer the first 2 times you asked, what makes you think you are going to get one now?
No we will not help you vandalize your schools computers.
>>969318
>transformer
>USB
Wow you really need to just leave
>>969474
Nothing is impossible.
Is it possible to make my own "Desk" using this kind of wood (Particleboard) with....
this kind of tool? (jigsaw)
I will be using a clamped wood in order to help myself with the straight lines issues of a jigsaw
Is this trolling?
Hi /diy/
Does anyone knows how to change the chuck of a Makita Cordless Drill? After 3 years the drill bits slip no matter how hard I tight them... So it's time to change the chuck but no idea and I don't want to break any gear trying it in the wrong way. Can you please help? The model is BHP541
>>969008
its right there on the blowup number 9
open the chuck all the way up and remove the screw inside
>>969012
LOL I didn't saw it... I'm going to try this afternoon... Is it possible to use another chuck or must be original?
Keep in mind that the screw is very soft and easy to strip, be careful with it.
It's also reverse threaded, righty tighty doesn't apply here.
I also like to dab a bit of blue locktite on it.
If your drill doesn't have a locking feature, you might have to apply the Allen Key and Hammer method to get the chuck off.
Hello /diy/,
I want to repair my old desk plate. Despite, it's not a high quality desk, it was a long time companion and never disappointed me.
I think the plate is made of pressboard.
1) I plan to sand the surface with fine paper to get rid of the filth and the paint.
2) I want to fill the scratches and holes with putty.
3) I want to paint the plate in blue with acrylic lacquer. Is there a paint, which is better fitting for this work?
4) I want to instal a metallic edge protection over the broken one. I prefer a metallic one for asthetics, but...
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Hello people from /diy/
I'm in mission from /x/
We found a patent for a mind control machine
http://www.google.com/patents/US6506148
And I'm going around asking if it could work.
The inventor have some other patents.
http://www.patentgenius.com/inventedby/LoosHendricusGLagunaBeachCA.html
Links to the other threads
>>>/x/17517851
>>>/sci/7962341
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>>968952
https://www.google.com/patents/US20040164824?dq=ininventor:%22John+St.+Clair%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjG_vvY7eLLAhXEI5AKHXkKCyk4HhDoAQgbMAA
And if you have time check this hyperspace energy generator.
>>968952
this is probably bait, but there's no science behind mind control, and that basically means the patents are probably bullshit, akin to Rife machines or perpetual motion generators.
>>968954
>This invention is a braided gold wire coaxial cable of micron size which generates hyperspace energy by coupling to the tetrahedral geometry of subspace, dimension and the Planck mass.
I'm not a theoretical physicist, but...
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Why the fuck would /diy/ know? We're brutes that "fix" things with liberal amounts of duct tape, not /sci/entists.
Hey guys, my grandma died recently, and she was a damn-fine DIY-er. She left me the contents of her shop, but since I'm in college I couldn't take the big stuff like table saws and whatnot. I got a bunch of woodworking hand tools though. I want to make medieval style carvings and stuff, but the 2x4s I had laying around were too hard and I was afraid I might damage the tools (since I was having to hammer gouged in even though they were only at like a 10 degree angle).
Does anyone know what kind of wood is good for carving? I'm also tempted to go hack down a tree with the hatchet she gave me and do it entirely from scratch. I live in Florida; are there any good native woods?
Skål!
Basswood is one of the common ones afaik. At woodcraft they leave the hunks of it by all the carving tools.
>>968914
Your chisels are probably dull. You shouldn't have trouble cutting into anything softer than ebony with even a basic chisel.
If the chisel does not have a metal cap on the end of its handle do NOT hit it with anything but your hand or a special hammer (traditionally wooden or leather, modern rubber or plastic). Many carving chisels are not meant to be stuck and you will fuck them up if you do. If the chisels have long handles then they are likely lathe chisels and not meant for carving. Paring chisels are...
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>>968925
I will tomorrow, if the thread is still here in the morning. I'm used to slow boards like /tg/ and /his/ so hopefully it'll be here. And yeah. I did fuck them up though; I spent probably 4 hours hammering pretty hard into what I can only assume is cedar or pine (2x4's) to make my mom a tray. Luckily I have a whetstone and I only used the wide-angle (easy-to-sharpen) gouges and chisels just in case. I did fuck one up really badly as I hammered it into a screw I didn't know was in the wood, so it's...
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So we got a new fridge a while ago and we got a compression nut with the thing you put inside of the tube to connect the water supply to the fridge.
Well it looks like the water line tube doesn't fit into the compression nut? Is there a way to make the nut biggger? Both the fridge and the nut are supposed to be 1/4" in size so does this mean that the water line is too big for the fridge? Do we have to replace the water line entirely?
A picture of the instructions on the fridge
A picture of the water valve of the fridge
>>968727
The nut is always a tight fit on the hose, though that hose doesn't look standard at all.
How do I get started on building a paintball tank? Are there any guides to what I'm trying to do?
I'm thinking of something like strapping an engine to a shopping cart or something
>>968652
I'd base it off a go-kart or a custom built frame.
Depending on how heavy it is i think any standard 50cc scooter engine will do.
For the hull make a rectangular frame and put sheet metal around it.
Pretty much to the same for the turret, just leave a hole to put the marker in.
Similar to this, only smaller.
>>968648
If you live up north. You can find snow mobiles for cheap. And make sorta a half track. Replace the sleds with wheels. And just cover the thing in like 3/32" thick steel plate.
