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>some faggot asshole bottom to top bumped every old thread and slid the board
edition

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>>2991079 (OP)
How many dead geckos on an AC capacitor is too many?

im looking at mining jobs in nevada and will likely get put on night shift as a noobie. do hotels out there accomodate for workers who need to check in at 6am to sleep and check out around 6pm? or do they expect us to pay for two nights?
>i know i wont be getting that much sleep, but its an example of the odd hours i would need to utilize the hotel

>>2991080
I only wanted answers in the radio thread ;_;

another question. when youre obscenely tired, would it be that hard to sleep on a mattress in the back of a (white aluminum) campershell in a truck parked under the sun? should be in the 80's most days but could reach 100's in the high desert

lack of shower is probably another issue as well.
will i be harassed by police/security by parking on the side of rural highways 5miles outside the mining property?

>>2991114
>>2991116
i did two 2 week (14x15hr on 5am-8pm, 14 days off) shifts at a little gypsum mine in northern nv and they put me up in a unit in a something that looked like an old drive in motel in the little company town. it was just a mattress and nightstand and only medium disgustingly filthy. there was one bar in town to eat at and a kinda company store quickiemart. i was rebuilding crusher chutes and millwrong shit so would be fucking greasy and sweaty and coated in dirt even under coveralls and tired as a shithouse mouse. just enough energy to eat a plate of fried bar food go back shower and pass out. the hardest part was the 14 hr drive home after the 2 wk shift in a stiff spring t300 kw shop truck. usually have to stop 3 or 4 times in bfe and sleep some. only took 2 shifts of it to say no more. i was 27 and it paid $150/hr+perdeim in pre kungflu zimbabwe bucks but it aged me about 3 yrs worth in a month and a half

metabo router for 329 but comes with a battery
flex router for 299 but comes with a battery
DeWalt for 495 but comes with plunger
or
ozito for $199 but it's a plunge router and has no battery but I already have a few batteries.

it's mainly for building a few desks, I don't know how much I'll use it but seeing as I can do dados and whatnot with a plunge router I'm inclined towards the ozito or DeWalt? I don't have a table saw

ive found a starling has set up a nest in my gutter
pretty sure eggs have hatched, ive seen it bringing worms back and forth
can i remove them without killing the babies

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Can i solder two of these male micro usb connectors together using 3 wires (data+/- and ID) to make a data-only cable?. I'm trying to connect my phone to a digital audio player without charging it.

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>>2991079 (OP)
I watched the Rodney Dangerfield movie Easy Money and everyone in the theater laughed at this scene (see pic), what was so funny about it?

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i have stationary bike related and want to place it on a roofdeck, meaning up a flight of stairs and a short ladder. it would be easy if i could remove the wheel, which i think must be around 50 pounds.
i have not been able to remove the wheel. i think perhaps the bolt is reverse threaded. i've stripped it out. my new plan is use j-b weld to stick an allen wrench in there and possibly bang it with a mallet. i've never used j-b weld before. will this work?

I picked up an old antique desk that used to be a store front display, its from the 1930s, solid wood.

its in okay condition, many layers of paint. the table surface is bare.
im gonna hit it with a sander to remove the flaking paint where needed.

What can I paint the tabletop with to make it resistant to chemicals and/or durable?
also what kind of paint can i use over the existing painted and areas that had flaking paint sanded off?

>>2991248
>What can I paint the tabletop with to make it resistant to chemicals and/or durable?
nah senpai you don't want paint on it. hit it with a coat of polyx oil and it will last for literally ever. make sure to get it super well prepared though

also despite what anyone says you can't paint over paint and have a good surface, just not how it works

>>2991249
>you can't paint over paint
well im not stripping the whole thing and some parts are gonna be bare after sanding the flaking paint

what do?

Why does a 1 7/8" trailer ball even exist?

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>>2991272
>why do trailer balls even exist?

My car's paint is going to shit and I might be inheriting a massive house that needs to be painted. Can I get a spray gun or something for both of these tasks? Idc if I have to spend $1000 on a compressor and air tank (maybe even more) + whatever the attachment costs. I just want to be able to paint the house in a reasonable amount of time, and paint my car a new color whenever I feel like.

.....How does changing the color work? Do I have to tell the DMV every time I change color?

>>2991275
Mkay but I specifically asked why a certain size ball exists.

>>2991272
>Why does a 1 7/8" trailer ball even exist?
To fit 1-7/8" trailer tongue couplings

>>2991277
>Can I get a spray gun or something for both of these tasks?
You 'can' but the best tool for one is not the best tool for the other.
HVLP to paint the car.
Airless to paint the house.

>>2991281
I feel like we got a communication breakdown here...

>>2991255
why not? you're not hand sanding it are you? should be like a weekend project including the first coat of polyx.

>>2991277
1. Get hytech ceramic additive for the house paint. Helps insulate and reduce energy bills

2. Painting cars is extremely difficult. You will need to make a paint booth with plastic that can enclose the car and provide filtered air. You also need to remove a bunch of trim. Ideally paint it the same color it already was or it's probably going to look weird.
>DMV
Who gives a fuck about those extortionists.

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My wall is breaking.
I was thinking about fixing it but it's corner.
I think I just need to build it back bigger and then get it to shape with grinder?

If I buy sanding pistol can I just sand in my yard or will my neighbors complain about sand flying in their yard?

>>2991241
No, JB weld is not strong at all and will break on the first hit.

The bolt is almost certainly reverse threaded, they almost always are on bikes like this. Just get a friend to help you carry it up the stairs, retard. For the ladder, use a rope and have the guy at the bottom stabilise it.

>>2991218
Give it a couple weeks. The babies will leave the nest. No sense in disrupting them. Enjoy the nature scene.

>>2991315
Can't even post a photo rotated correctly. I don't like your odds of not fucking it up.

>>2991285
its a massive 9ftoot desk with 12 drawers and lots of curved edges and shit.
its going in my garage to replace my current work desk.
i do not need it to look good. i only want the flaking paint off in a few areas, and cover where all the paint will come off. its currently painted in household paint.
i am not spending my time on the rest of it. im keeping its rustic look.
only the top working surface needs to be protected.

i was originally going to lightly sand the top and put on 4 layers of polyurethane.
how does that compare to polyx? that shit looks like its for indoor furniture, overkill for a work bench

>>2991079 (OP)
It's yugo clone of MF-35 tractor.
You can also tell this is not US because everyone is white and normal weight.

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>>2991341
here is the desk
front is painted blue, sides and back are cream, and thats where most of the paint is flaking off.

i often try to turn on my laptop after ~12hrs of no use and it is completely dead. it is a cheap used thinkpad with windows 10.battery life is good as i can use the laptop for a solid four hours before battery drains so wtf?

this never happened with my previous windows 8 or earlier laptops. sometimes when i would just shut the laptop it might lose 5 or 10% charge over the course of 24hrs, but now if i close my laptop without doing complete/proper shut down then the laptop is dead within 8-12hrs. do i need to adjust some sort of setting so the laptop stops consuming power once the laptop has been folded close, or after ~30min of inactivity? is this a windows10 issue or a default settings issue? halp

i never really drive in the snow ever and im parked off a dirt road and its snowing over, maybe an inch of snow. weather report says its gonna turn into rain. will this make for an icy road? im driving a 2wd truck on bald hwy tires ...at least its a manual if that helps. does that help?

its a pretty wide road on a somewhat mild incline, i just dont wanna end up driving off the road :p

>>2991317
is there nothing else? could it be soldered?

i left my laptop on a ryobi 150w charger + 4ah battery for a couple hours and it drained the ryobi battery two bars and the laptop got warm but did not charge at all. what gives? laptop only turned on when i plugged it jnto a jackery 300w powerbank. the charger is currently pulling 11w, but iirc will usually pull about 35-40w. thinkpad laptop is currently at 0% battery but at least it turned on.
the ryobi charger has previously worked fine to charge the laptop, i am not sure what has changed.

i prefer not to use it when plugged in becuase the usb-c ports are so fragile. i imagine when the battery on this laptop finally dies, the laptop will be trash /sigh

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>>2991363
>if i close my laptop without doing complete/proper shut down then the laptop is dead within 8-12hrs.
It should be going into sleep or hibernation mode depending on how you have the settings for "close lid"

Hibernation doesn't draw power but Sleep does.
If your battery is losing capacity it may not have enough power to last more than the hours you've mentioned.
Set it to hibernate instead of sleep.

https://www.notebookcheck.net/When-to-sleep-hibernate-or-shut-down-your-Windows-laptop.1023907.0.html

>>2991373
>i left my laptop on a ryobi 150w charger + 4ah battery for a couple hours
How do you connect a Ryobi charger to your laptop?

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>>2991378
i forgot the pic

i left laptop plugged into jackery 300w power bank for an hour and its only pulling about 5 to 10 watts.
i just opened laptop and turned it on and battery is still at 0% but now the laptop is pulling 20to40watts.... now down to 10-15watts after boot up.

any idea whats going on? i am sitting in the back of a truck in the snow :/
perhaps battery is having trouble charging due to temp?
afaik the temp is in the low 40's. i thought snow only fell in 32 or below, hmmm, how about that. super cute stuff.

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>>2990159
I did, and this is the only documentation it has. Cleaning the filter is easy. I can't remove it from the wall.

Do I spray foam cleaner and spray water on the outside to clean it? As for the front, I cant remove the panel, but I've ran compressed air inside and I've wiped it down as much as I could. Not sure what else I can do to eliminate a fishy smell and get get the temps down.

>>2991363
Like other anon said make sure it goes into hibernation, not sleep. Sleep pauses the system state and keeps it on. Hibernation saves it to storage and powers off.
>>2991384
Snow is a definitely a factor. It's also probably a shitty modified sine wave. I don't understand the purpose of that product desu.

>>2991385
Fishy smell? Probably mildew or mold. Try spraying it down with vinegar to break up and kill that stuff, then rinse with soap and water.

>>2991387
>Try spraying it down with vinegar to break up and kill that stuff, then rinse with soap and water.
All on the outside coils? Also what kind of vinegar (does it matter)?

>>2991372
No. Either borrow a welder, or just find a friend to help you lift it.

>>2991384
>i thought snow only fell in 32 or below,
You're seeing ground temp. The clouds where the snow is forming are much colder.
In my experience and in my area, when it's about to snow it usually begins at 35° F.
That's cool enough for it to reach the ground and not melt immediately.
The snow starts collecting on the grass and forms an insulation layer for the rest of the snow falling.
If it's snowing hard the collecting snow will chill the air allowing it to stay and buildup.

>>2991384
>i left laptop plugged into jackery 300w power bank for an hour and its only pulling about 5 to 10 watts.
>i just opened laptop and turned it on and battery is still at 0%
Sounds like time for a new battery.

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does this imply battery suddenly shit the bed sometime in the past 12hours? i tried the lenovo/thinkpad hard reset, still wont charge.

and iirc at somepoint my laptop bag got a decent whack against the truck while shifting things around. possible loose connection?

>>2991384
>sitting in the back of a truck in the snow
cold can reduce the battery performance. The battery's computer will disable charging if it detects any conditions are unsafe for it to be charged, like being too hot or cold. Low 40s is probably too low. Let it warm up in room temperature for like 12 hours and try again. It's important to give it plenty of time because batteries are dense in matter and take forever to adjust, and we don't want condensation in the computer while it is powered on. Don't let it get this cold again cuz extreme temperatures fuck up the battery chemistry

Check power settings to make sure it is configured to go to sleep when closing the lid. Install the latest drivers and firmware from the manufaturer. This might be a known issue and the updates might fix it. I notice a lot of newer computers (besides macs) kinda suck at their sleep power consumption now days, so it might just be poor design on the manufacturer's part. Most computers now days are lucky to make it 3 days in sleep.

Otherwise check the battery's health. In Windows this can be done by opening power shell and running powercfg /batteryreport and then opening the file it displays. I usually swap out batteries once they get to 60-65% health

Finally if the battery health is good (~70% or more of design capacity), open the computer, unplug the battery and plug it back in. If still nah, I'd be looking at a replacement battery at this point

>>2991359
so mostly ignore what I was saying, I thought I was in a different thread on a different board and was giving you advice based on aesthetic . polyu will be less porous than polyx and a good choice for inertness. remember thin coats and let it dry way longer than you'd expect unless the humidity is low. id random Orbital the top for a bit.


that said you could use a chemical paint stirpper but idk how bad if at all it will fuck the wood up

buying a new hardhat
looking at the studson shk-1 full brim
thoughts on colour? was thinking of light blue

>>2991400
0% (not charging) normally means a "bad battery." In your case you drew it to 0% then the cold dropped it even more. Warm up the battery room temp or in your coat and the voltage will rise enough for the PC to think it's safe to charge.

>>2991364
>does that help?
it does, actually
when you feel her begin to slip, downshift and hit the gas
you'll stay on the road

>>2991384
>let's take a 19v recycled lithium battery, invert it, then smps that back into 19v dc
good shit

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>>2991359
i bought oil based outdoor spru polyurethane
sanding it now

should i stain it first, or leave it natural?
i got barn red and ipswich pine

>>2991517
polyshades then for an even better gloss tung oil

>>2991517
Fix the chipping veneer first.

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>>2991522
its not veneer, its soli douglas fur.
i only have enough ipswich stain left, i am not making another trip the store and im not spending any more money on this.
>>2991519
im not doing oils.

>>2991526
thats absolutely not doug fir
t. from the land where the mighty doug fir grows

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>>2991529
here is a stamp from one of the cabinets, maybe only their bottoms are douglas fir. idk

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the ipswich stain came out excellent, its lighter than I remember.
i'll be back in 2 hours to apply the poly coat