/diy/ - Do It Yourself

>>618132
I have an old massaging showerhead with no restrictor.

Yes, it's very nice.

>>1509798
>seems like a fucking ripoff I bet they cost like $1000.

yeah, so start your own HVAC company and charge less. If there's a huge unjustifiable profit being made in a trade that is easy to enter, then someone will drive the price down. Maybe they need to start printing everything including license exams in spanish as well, then the price would nosedive in america,.

>>1509798
$5,000 is a ripoff lmao
I just got a unit similar to this replaced for $2,800. Furnace unit price was like $1,500 and the rest was delivery, installation, and disposal of old unit.

>>1509835
It depends on btu if the furnace if you have to change some duct work to fit new furnace etc

>>1510150
Best just to tell the HVAC contractor exactly what the old model is so he'll put in something that has an identical fit.
Not sure why >>1509798 is looking at replacements since his old unit still works perfectly.

>>1416348
I've always enjoyed that my shit can produce such loyalty and lush foliage.

>>1416367
Keep up the good work anon, really appreciate it. Love the smell too.

>>1416348
>>1416367
>paying the man to take it away only to buy your shit back from the man to dump it on everything around the house
BASED DR. GREENTHUMB

>>1765121
I'm not sure how durable, its really for low slope roofs, I suppose nail that shit down good but you're going to have to take all the shingles off first or water will get underneath. Get strips as long as your roof is and lay them horizontally. Or go to a bank and try to get a loan and get your roof replaced properly.

Will need to year off said shingles

Then remove plywood that is no longer dry easy to do with skill saw set depth at 3/8 inch usually what's on roof cut to middle of support put new ply wood then paper it use nails with orange ring around so no water gets in then re shingle if spics can do it you can

6th year Roofer here. If your plywood is already rotting in spaces this would suggest that there has been already been water in between the ashphalt shingles. These shingles are designed that under the heat of the sun will melt together as one. Aswell some companies use tar between their shingles for a more guaranteed seal. If Any water gets through this mostly sealed blanket of ashphalt the heat creates a vapor space which can create rott over large areas of the roof. I dont know how you have determined that you need to replace some plywood but i would say that stripping the ashphault is the only option. There is alot of wood that could be getting very weak that wont show from the attick side of your roof. Not only can you more acurately make sure your roof is strong and your tin will stay secured it relieves the structure of your home of having unnessisary weight that could cause unneeded stress.

If it's rotten you need to replace the wood. Go check out union corrugated. Their website is great. I put a roof on over my shingles in 2 weeks.

Diy isn't my main hobby and I don't have anywhere near the level of interest in such things as this guy.
Plus to be brutally honest he is probably much smarter then me.
I'm not dumb but I ain't a genius ether.

>>1933049
Analogue watches are all about branding & design. Although you could jostle for top position on the "artisinal" market, you're misinformed if you think you can compete with big-name watch designers from a standing start. Anyone who actually wants to know the time either uses their phone or a digital watch.

>>1933861
Makerspaces are like municipal gyms: Your mileage may vary dramatically depending on where you live.

>>1933149
Looks like a collar for pic related.
Not saying the machining or material choice is bad, just the overall aesthetics are god awful.

>>1933049
Chronic laziness even though I was born with a big brain.

>>1448688
>to keep the filter down
It goes above the filter to keep the fan from picking it up.
Without it (or under the filter) when the fan comes on the filter will just float and the air will go around it instead of through it.

>>1448688
I had a similar unit in an old 1960's rental I had once. On mine, the filter went inside that louvered vent that is under the unit. It had thumbscrews on the top and hinges on the bottom. You undid them and put the filter inside the door. It looks like someone screwed your shut.

While you can put the filter inside the unit like that it doesn't look like there is anything to really keep it in place. If you aren't careful it can get sucked up slightly which cause the flow of air to go around the filter, basically making it useless.

>>1448688
>at my uncles house
If you really want to help your uncle you should replace the return air grille with one that holds the filter.
Flip the two little levers, open grille, remove old filter, place new filter in, close grille, flip levers to lock.
No need to get into the air handler for filter changes.

https://www.homedepot.com/p/TruAire-24-in-x-12-in-White-Return-Air-Filter-Grille-H190-24X12/202531685?MERCH=REC-_-PIPHorizontal2_rr-_-205705130-_-202531685-_-N

wire goes on back of filter, its to prevent cheap ones from getting sucked into the fan, the suction of the furnace turning on will keep it in place

>>1301252
its automatic and you wont get retina flash if you're too stupid to know how to adjust your helmet.

>>1302629
kek he got you there

shade 10 will be good for 99% of the shit most welders do.

>>1301247

>equip everyone
>with the darkest
>that Home Depot sells

You know this is why shop people fucking hate office workers, right?

Bump because I need this in my life

>>647398
>As far as I know, nobody has ever had a working edition of the English version PatternImage available that is cracked.

Is there a cracked foreign language version then?

You might just need to memorize the menus.

>>1921457
honestly if burning or destroying old shit on purpose and making it seem like an accident gets you money then I'm fucking getting on that because I have a lot of old shit I never found a use for that I will gladly blow up for views

>>1920332
they married at 22

>>1919969
This is why I don't work on old electronics I know Im retarded and have no clue what I am doing
8bit guy is onion man and is more retarded than me wow.

>>1921110
The line is glass thin and I don't think we can draw a line because all the glasses we think of are 1950 to 1990 nerd glasses

>>1927351
dont be a pussy, if you did what everyone said here you would never be able to get anything done. Certainly learn from your mistakes, but don't shy away from shit like most faggots on here always tell you to.

>>730245
shut up nick

>>1550189
Light3

>>1550189

>>1552190
is this light on your dash? or grille?

>>1552194
these look like the daytime running lamps

can we get a pic of what is actually burned out

>>1550189
FYI OP, Audi headlights are made of unicorn farts and electrical gremlins. I tapped (literally) an 01 Audi's xenon headlight with my truck's bumper at like 5 kmh. Didn't even break the light assembly, all it did was to break a single plastic clip that held the assembly in place. The light worked fine.

However, that tap activated the "stop light bulb out" dashboard light AND sound on the fucking car. I got a junkyard OEM light assembly and still it kept registering as if the brake light was out, even tho it worked. The owner was pissy at me and his piece of shit vehicle. Before anything else happened that POS car leaked so much oil that he trashed it. and when I researched the problem online I saw a lot of people with headlight related electrical gremlins that couldn't be fixed no matter how much they tried

tl;dr: Audi a fuck, you might fuck something on that overengineered german POS

>>1551886
Oh darn those used BMWs and their driiftfag/boyracer tax.

>>1714238
There are specific setups for external GPUs for laptops. The term eGPU is also used, if you are searching.
The people saying otherwise haven't touched hardware in several years.
They make docks or enclosures to use desktop GPU cards in laptops. And when you connect it to a miniPCIe port for instance, it's no different than when you add a card to a motherboard that comes with an on-board or on-chip GPU. You just have the PC/laptop use the new GPU instead of the on-board one. In your pic, it's not actually a USB connection, not electrically compatible. They just used the jack and wire since they are widely available and therefore cheap. It's just using that instead of a ribbon cable. Some use HDMI connectors to have more wires.

Looking at the repair manual for yours, it looks like the only option would be to remove the wifi card, find a route for a ribbon cable for PCIe x1, cut a slot in the case to run it out, then connect to something like your OP pic. This is overly complex and makes your laptop very fragile if even possible.

USB 3 isn't fast enough to run graphics over, and you don't have a thunderbolt or USB C port to use an eGPU dock.

You don't have any real options with the laptop you purchased.
You could buy a used workstation, or assemble a cheap desktop and use remote desktop software if you can't sit at a desk to work at home.

OP here, guess I'll keep using this touchpad to take notes and watch porn like I've been doing. I have a desktop at home that can barely handle the solid modeling stuff, but I bike to school and having to go back home two miles just to do a single assignment blows. Just gonna have to bite the bullet and save for a used laptop with the proper graphics card.

Appreciate the feedback, not gonna waste the time fucking around on some potentially expensive and futile endeavor. My estimates suggest that the attempt would at least cost me a few hundred dollars.

>>1714280
Bro I literally have Asperger's it's nearly impossible to offend me. I actually appreciate the blunt harshness otherwise the point doesn't click. Else I'd go to Reddit where muh feelings trumps actual feedback.

This is what you need. A mini PCIe to PCIe x16 riser in place of the WiFi card. (Or if your laptop is a newer model then it probably uses M.2 form factor, but M.2 to PCIe x16 adapter also exist.) It's like 8 dollars from eBay. You only need an additional power supply for the card and it's ready to go. I use an old desktop PSU.

>>1714238
>poorfags
notebook + external gpu is more expensive than a regular desktop neet battlestation

>>1731798
consider it a 200-300 lesson
what did you learn?

>>1731798
Fuck all you can do. Get a job instead of playing videogames you fucking loser.

>>1731798
>He's a well known scammer, lots of others posts and evidence comes up when searching his username.
Should have looked this info up before you got taken. Honestly, >>1731853 is absolutely right. Sucks, but I bet you won't make that mistake again.

>>1731798
As for gifts: throw the video games in the trash and take a picture. As for "justice": better call Scotland Yard, but their resources are currently all tied up in the Timmy vs. Bobby "no takebacks" marbles case.

>>1182050
When you hear a transformer whining it's because the circuit is drawing too much power, probably because of a short or a locked up motor. If the fridge has a condenser system, check if the compressor is working properly by measuring what voltage it takes and supplying it externally. If nothing seems wrong you might wanna check the heatsinked silicon. Thank me l8r

>>1182199
Thanks for the advice but I forgot to mention Its one of those fridges that use peltier modules.

>>1182293
So disconnect the peltiers you cocksocket.

>>1182298
I did and it stopped making the sound while the module wasn't plugged in but the board was powered, I replaced the peltier module with a new one but it came back ... I'm about to desolder all the components to check them one by one.

>>1111390
Some guy on /g/ has made a modification for this microphone that lowers the noise floor or something like that.

>>1111390
>>1111648
Here's the schematic of the mod.

Look up MS alice if you want something that is far more complex (essentially a new microphone using the BM-800 body).

>>1111648
>>1111651
Makes sense, zeners can be noisy.

>>1111651

This is an okay circuit for something with a XLR input providing phantom power, but it's a bit dodgy for a soundcard input which might provide less than 3V.

To use this mic with a soundcard I'd suggest ditching the whole fucking circuit except for the JFET, and connecting drain to pin 2 of the XLR connector.

OP here.
The injection pump was in working order before we dissembled it. But it doesn't hold pressure now after putting it together. So we are assuming that it can be fixed without getting new parts. picture related its the part we tuck apart for cleaning .

>>674388
Yes, that was it. Thanks

>>674389
Have you bled the fuel system after refitting?
Did you replace any gaskets/seals in the pump when you stripped it down, as they generally can't be re-used.

>>674391
Yes, we did. The seals were in good condition so we used them. I'll look for new ones and see if that helps.

>>1786406
Before you waste a lot of time (both yours and a potential employer's) ask yourself:
>Do I really, REALLY love the thought of playing with other people's shit? Literally being sprayed with poo from people who could have God knows what diseases.
>Would I find it rewarding removing giant wads of maxi-pads and tampons from drain lines?
>Am I super excited to do all the heavy-lifting, cleanup, and shit jobs that the guy training me doesn't want to do?

If you answered yes to all these then plumbing is indeed for you.

>>1787656
People MUST have HVAC so there's that, especially in the South. My ex-conbro (weed, victimless crime) is self-employed and making bank doing all commercial work because stores can't afford downtime but owners are too cheap to replace shit so he has great repair job security.
I do respect plumber bravery tho. Facing turds and tampons (corona lives in feces) takes a real man.

>>1787518
I 2nd this. It's a great way to learn the parts/tools and how they are used. Plus you might run into a plumber looking for help.

>t. worked at a plumbing supply house for a few years

>>1786406
Sounds shitty

Reminder that if you're a side sleeper to sleep with a pillow in between your legs and no more than one pillow under your head.

>>1911779
Not him but I'm Vegan and more likely would fucking wreck your ass in a fight >:-)

>>1918472
>no more than one pillow under your head
Why? I sleep with 2 pillows and it keeps my head level, I have broad shoulders though

>>1896729
Ignore every other post in this thread. This book is the actual cure.

>>1913053
>>1896735
Dr Sarno >>1918731 applied his technique to other chronic pain conditions too (cured my CTS, tennis elbow, and Achilles tendinitis) and wrote this book about how to do it.

>>1551470
further to above, and having read OP this time:
>the bulb bases appear to be glued into the character head lamps
I doubt extremely thats the case, see:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pbwoluu4Se8
- basically, just pullout (don't twist), you may need tweezers or some shit. IF it is 'glued in' and non-removable lamps (which makes no sense), as suggested above, remove with violence and replace with LED string or something, actual bulbs are not the important part here. Then install gentoo