/handyman/ - Handyman

How tough is anodising? I once had a Maverick MTB frame in my bench vise to dissasemble (rear strut was ded) and after I was done, I was amazed that the area where the clamp is, there was no damage at all?

>>166
I'm not sure how Milwaukee's snips are, but if they're anything like the other Milwaukee tools I've used, they should be good.

I also like the design of those better than those posted by OP.

>>169
I should really go buy a pair of these. I've got a pair of really cheap wire strippers, but those look really nice.

My dad an I are both still rocking real old Piano Power grips, I don't even know how old it is but man, it just keeps on going.

>>190
Don't get gloves too bulky. Im not familiar with wearing Mechanix, but I do know the plastic bits snag too much.

Can you help me with my dryer? How to diagnose with my multimeter? I dont know how to test the heater elements and I guess mine has two or some shit.

>>191
Normally, when a element goes kaboom, it should give infinite Ohm on the meter, which means ded element.

Or you could try pressing the safety switch for the heaters first, if it has one.

>>186
I'm assuming you're looking for something homemade?

I don't think a towel would be the best, as it's probably not going to porous enough to keep air flowing (assuming you want airflow in addition to keeping the dust out of the air)

You could probably use one of those filters that's made for central a/c in a house. They come in different sizes, so you could probably find one that you could either tape or screw to the front of a fan. I'd probably put it on the intake side of the fan, but you could probably put one on both sides if you really wanted to. A bonus to the store bought filter is that you don't have to keep it wet. I have no idea how well it would work, but I guess it's worth trying.

Why do you want to do this, by the way?

>>187
Ill give it a try with filters when I get a chance to go pick some up. The room I live in is INCREDIBLY DUSTY, It only has 1 window and that can't really be opened at all due to -10 degrees out.
I don't care much about airflow I am just sick of breathing in all the air particulate, and my computer is too. I have noticed a SIGNIFICANT heat increase since the last time it was cleaned well and I can't do much about it, canned air does nothing and I don't have access to an air compressor at the moment.

>>188
Well, the filters should be pretty cheap. I know you can get the really cheap ones for probably about a dollar or two. I'd start with that before I went too crazy.

I might either go pick up one of these filters tomorrow or Monday and give this a shot myself. If I do it, I'll post pics and the results.

On a side note, have you tried to figure out why your room is so dusty?

Also, if you're on a tight budget, you could probably get one of those 12v compressors you plug in to the cigarette lighter in your car. It's not as good as one you'd plug in to your house, but it should do the job for cleaning a PC. You'd have to spend a couple dollars on the proper air chuck, but those don't cost a lot.

>Go to a good hardware store.
>toilet bowl cleaner isle
>toilet bowl cleaner with highest percentage hydrochloric acid
Not "cling" type
>Pour on, let sit a few or untill fumes get bad.
>profit.

'Member kids, water neutralizes acid,but not fumes.
evacuate/exaust the fumes!

>>181
>How do I clean it/make it look better?

Replace it. That's an awful looking tub.

Or try what >>182 said, but don't be surprised if you die. Fumes can kill.

>>182
It may not be obvious in the picture, but I do not believe that the surface of the tub under that paint is actually white (therefore, I don't believe acid is going to help).

It looks to me like every time a resident moved from the apartment, the maintenance guys came in and covered the whole tub over with paint or some other material to make it look white, and over time that material has come off.

You can see that different parts of the tub are different tones of white, and I believe that is the reason why.

>>183
I'm pretty sure replacing the tub is outside the scope of what I'm going to be able to do in an apartment.

>>184
If you're renting (which it sounds like you are), your best bet is to either call your landlord and bitch up a storm about it (that's a grimy as fuck bathtub man) or to deal with it. It's not likely that anything you do to it is going to make it any better. I mean, you could try to sand it down just to see what happens, but I doubt that's going to make it any better.

Like I said, I'd call up your landlord and file some kind of complaint. Either that, or there might be some kind of local organization to report slum lords. If the rest of your apartment is in OK shape, I'd probably just try to contact your landlord.

>>150
>tfw it took 10 days for anyone to respond to >>147

Thats my bad bro, I was kinda giving up hope here.
Anyway; yes, CA fag here. You can get this shit almost any hardware store. Now weather the idiot with the nametag knows what youre talking about is a different story.
This shit is just as important as anyother tool you have in your garage. If it doesnt require loctite, then you put this shit on threads. Im an industrial maintenance mechanic by trade and keep this stuff, and Loctites' brand of food grade anti-sieze in my truck at all times. If it has threads, it gets never-seize.
The shit comes in a few flavors, food grade, copper based, some silver shit thats just a mess, but the important thing is to get anything on there to prevent galling. Just a dab on the end and run the bolt in/nut on.

As a side note; dont spin nylock nuts on at full speed, like with a drill or impact. You melt the nylon, rendering it useless. And nylocks should only be used once, but if the threads are pristine you can get away with two or three times..maybe.

>>151
Good info man. Seems like there's some decent stuff getting posted here, just not quickly.

>>152
Yeah, I wish more people would come here. It could be like /diy/ without all the
>what can I do with 4000 resistors?
Or
>how do I build a house with no resources?

Im thinking about starting a paint thread, but might be too much for this place.
>I'm waiting to see if the board owner gives /handyman/ up.
Otherwise I'm going to try to push this place up a bit and try to get us attention.

>>153
Board owner here on my cell. I don't have any plans to give this board up anytime soon, but if tragic picks up, I may need some volunteers.

Also, post anything you like, assuming the OP is on topic.

>>159
*traffic

>>42
I think this should be the official /handyman/ theme song.

Any thoughts?

>>97
It should.

>>106
Do toilets flush the other way in Australia?

It's a /handyman/ related question

>>115
Noice

>>49
Where would one go about finding this stuff? Most hardware stores?

I can't think of a use for it right now, but it could be handy stuff.