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Got any ideas on how to make this? I'm thinking angle irons and pallet wood. There are benefits I see for this and sex plus just being lazy. But I like this. What ideas do you have for this when making it to make the process cheaper and easier?
Hi /diy/
I'm building my own cockpit (pic is something similar, not the actual one I'm builidng).
I'm getting to the stage where I'm thinking about making it look the part. Any recommendations on best ways of painting/vinyl wrap/finishing?
>>939256
Yeah, you dip the brush in the paint first.
Where do the birds fight?
>>939264
How the fuck is he going to dip the brush in the paint if he doesn't first open the paint bucket?
Illegal in Europe?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VU0vuw58Adc
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Not illegal. Saws just have very small arbors so as to discourage their use.
Motor brakes cannot stop that much mass in a timely manner and blade guards don't work with them, so Eurocrats did what they do best.
Probably the same reason guns are illegal.
>the government thinks you're fragile little pansies that can't take care of yourselves
>liberals
>>938798
the regulations have specified that spinning blades must come to a full and complete stop within 10 seconds of the power to the blade being shut off if the blade is readily accessible to the operator's body.
Large fab shops and equipment used industrially have retractable blade guards, or heavier duty engine brakes to comply with the regulations.
Any one got a good way to make a cb radio mobile? Pic unrelated
Attach it to your truck?
AFAIK the power requirements are to high the only portable radios I've seen using CB have been shorter range than a home or truck setup....
>>937927
are you wanting to make a man pack? or a go box? or put it in vehicle? or??????????
>>937996
In other words how many batteries are you willing to carry?
If you had to limit yourself to only two power tools, which tools would they be?
A drill and a circular saw.
Those are basically all I used, + a tape measure+hammer+pencil to build 99% of a really noice shed.
>>932393
Grinder and corded power drill.
>>932393
Fuck. I'd have to go with two combo machines. A DeWalt radial arm saw and a Shopsmith probably. Not ideal machines and you have to re-zero them every time you switch up what you are doing but they can literally do everything. I can't think of a single operating in the shop they can't handle.
For around the house tasks I generally use hand tools because I fucking hate battery operated tools.
Hello there, diy. So I'm going to buy a gun and there in Europe we have to have a safe for storing it. Problem is that the price for a gun safe starts at 200 euros for a simple one, so I want to try to build it myself. I have a MIG welder so I think I could build it by myself for ~50 euros. The requirements for self-built gun safes are:
-everything is made of at least 3mm steel
-lock is hidden behind doors (no padlocks)
-hinges is also hidden to avoid easy access to breaking them
The only problem which I can't solve is hinges. How do I hide them without...
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>>938909
kitchen cupboard door hinges
I don't think it would pass the inspection. Too "light duty" I believe.
Check how the commercial safes are made and copy the idea?
Does anybody know what this is and what it may do? I'm afraid to switch it.
>>938615
>posting a 3.5 meg fucking picture of this
>>938618
It's almost as dumb as your comment.
>>938615
It turns on the gas burner
Do I really need a college or university course to learn how to solder? I'd like to learn and become proficient and do repairs in the future. But holy tits even the bottom of the barrel shitty college courses here are $10,000 for a 2 year courses. That's a ridiculous amount of money to throw out without a guarantee that I'll make it back quickly. It's not really an option anyway as my credit is shit since I have a few things in collections. (Fun fact the last time I went to school for something they let me in the course before my student loan was completed...
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1. Purchase a soldering iron + solder.
2. Find some junk electronics to practice soldering on.
3. ???
4. Profit!
You really don't need a college course to learn to solder.
>>937960
To learn to solder? God no.
To learn to repair computers, unless you're about to spend a ton of money on stuff to practice on, yeah.
Here at my work we manufacture pcb's. We can typically teach some one off the street to solder well in two weeks or less.
But to understand the "why's & how's" I would recommend going to school.
Furniture Thread: Post Yours and answer questions
A Pair of Deacons Benches in Yellow Cedar
Another view further along. The 16 panels are glued and cut but need a routered profile
A steel coffee table I'm in the process of making.
When it's done it will be powder coated black, have chrome feet and a 10mm thick glass surface.
Trained electrician here starting an electric problem thread
>>936069
What is that contactor for? Also have some questions in a few minutes... Taking pics
Why?
>>936069
How do you waterproof a mains socket that i want to tail out into my garden for a lamp?
I'm thinking of putting a 33cc chainsaw engine on a bike with a torque clutch and a number 14 tractor chain. This will be my first time doing something like this.Does anyone have any tips or tricks ? Feel free to brag about stuff you have built.
If you use a chain and sprocket you'll need a huge sprocket on the wheel. Just use friction drive on the tire like the picture.
>>937910
Thanks looks like I need to make a trip towards harbor freight or a tractor shop.
>>937905
>Does anyone have any tips or tricks ?
Carry a fire extinguisher.
Hi so i got a paintball co2 bottle like this
9 once and when its full of co2 i would like to know the pressure its held.
any here can help ?
Seriously?
it's around 3-4000 psi but if you absolutely must know just put a gauge on it..
>>938662
Thats the output pressure from the regulator.
What is your honest opinion of Jimmy Diresta?
>>932454
Jimmy, stop posting this thread, you are annoying
>>932454
Do I need to have an opinion of him? The guy could be a fucking cuckold but it doesn't really matter because it's not his personal life that he broadcasts.
Go back to /b/
He's clever, should weld more.
Uses band saws incorrectly sometimes. But he's good at what he does.
So I have about 40 rolls of this stuff but buying 40 cases for it is too expensive. I looked to see if anyone had ever done a diy to store and despense these but came up with nothing. I'm wondering if anyone has an ideas of a diy way to store and make them easier to despense.
>>938361
Buy 1 case and reuse it?
I don't know the exact sizes of that thing, but perhaps 2 Pringles can lids around the spools with a pencil/pen through center would work?
>>938361
it's already in a dispenser, isn't it?
They are thin so get a empty tape dispenser and u can put 10 or about rolls on one and have the tape on the edge easy to rip.
It's slanted due to the stairs below, how would you utilize the space?
First thought was a tip out drawer, but that wouldn't be space efficient. I can only picture 2 pull drawers, what do you think?
Going with 2 drawers and on the right side where the door is, small cubbies for rolling pins and the like.
I would go with just 2 shelfs, seems the easyest solution. Just put a board on the slanted part as a back. Make a smal shelf at about 20cm high, and a higher shelf with more depth above that. Then hide the bit under the bottom shelf and the beam/planks on top with a nice plank. As an option you could put doors in front.
