The Do-it-Yourself Thread: A Home for Handymen and Artisans - General

You need a retractable clothesline. You can find them on Amazon.

[QUOTE=KinderBueno;45754273] P.S - I am too fat to make utility belt that would hold my weight :v:[/QUOTE] Mallrats disagrees. Yeah, like Woolio says, get a retractable clothesline, I've got one I think I got it at the hardware store.

[QUOTE=Hickley;44961771]I'm in the process of planning out an LED matrix controllable by my raspberry pi. While I'm not new to electronics, I've never done a project like this before and so would ofc appreciate any applicable advice/things to be wary of. Current plan: 5x8 matrix of LEDs, power source would be 5V max. 1A supply. Multiplex two serial outputs from the pi -- one for columns and the other for rows and they'll be synched so that one row will light up at a time. I'd use a couple of other outputs from the pi for various clks etc Since I don't have any of the electronic gear (other than the pi), the setup cost is higher than the project would otherwise be but it's still a nice cheap project to keep me busy (<£30) Edit 3/06: ordered all of the components etc, circuit simulations look promising[/QUOTE] It's taken me a while to get finished (was on holiday) but here's a quick demo that I've put together: [video=youtube;EF92gzGnxA4]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EF92gzGnxA4[/video] I'm working on a proper font system so that it isn't such a pain to write to it. After I finished construction, I spent a good few hours trying to troubleshoot the thing (literally chasing my own tail the whole time); turned out that two of the three bit shifters were dud before I installed them

My shower upstairs was leaking. I found out by poking the discolouration on the ceiling below and having my whole hand go through.

I saw something similar to that once, except instead of water it was a beehive that had somehow been built between two floors of a building. Needless to say after a few bees came flying out of a hole I poked I went flying out as well.

[QUOTE=garry;45777149]My shower upstairs was leaking. I found out by poking the discolouration on the ceiling below and having my whole hand go through.[/QUOTE] You might want to call a plumber for that.

[QUOTE=garry;45777149]My shower upstairs was leaking. I found out by poking the discolouration on the ceiling below and having my whole hand go through.[/QUOTE] Actually my living room ceiling below the shower is a bit discolored too. Landlord can deal with that, I'm not touching it.

[QUOTE=Staneh;45750246]Painting is done, worked out to be quite nice! [img]http://puu.sh/b0Oaw/5d4771997b.jpg[/img][/QUOTE] Did you use electrical tape for the black stripes like the original one?

[QUOTE=pentium;45777210]You might want to call a plumber for that.[/QUOTE] I already fixed it. The sealant around the tray had perished.

[QUOTE=garry;45777149]My shower upstairs was leaking. I found out by poking the discolouration on the ceiling below and having my whole hand go through.[/QUOTE] I imagine it looked like the scene at the end of Shawshank.

[QUOTE=garry;45777149]My shower upstairs was leaking. I found out by poking the discolouration on the ceiling below and having my whole hand go through.[/QUOTE] happened here like two days ago. came in and saw the wallpaper had peeled off and the ceiling was actually caving same thing with the sealant around the tray inside the shower, wasn't good stuff. just eroded where the shower head hits it with water in the default position

I think the biggest issues I've had with a shower is my grandparents dropping something and taking a chip the size of a quarter out of the plastic shell. Fiberglass backing doesn't enjoy water. In fact, it erodes pretty dang fast. And my room's right next to that bathroom, on a concrete slab. I get water in my closet every now and then. I just walk in and the floor squishes, and I have to pull everything out and let it dry for a week. I'm hoping I've fixed it this time, with JB Tubweld.

If it's a fiberglass tub, you might as well replace it now.

[QUOTE=Zero-Point;45812117]If it's a fiberglass tub, you might as well replace it now.[/QUOTE] That's a lot of money we can't really swing at the moment. The JB Tubweld seems to be working really well, though.

[QUOTE=woolio1;45812411]That's a lot of money we can't really swing at the moment. The JB Tubweld seems to be working really well, though.[/QUOTE] Understandable, but we had a similar problem with a tub that had a crack on the bottom of it, tried pretty much everything we could think of, nothing held for long. Start saving up.

Uhm... what about more fiberglass???...

Made a planter box out of free pallet wood for the folks, still needs a lining on the inside, here is a few pics I scraped together so far [IMG]http://i62.tinypic.com/2e3vi4o.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i62.tinypic.com/vsjjma.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i58.tinypic.com/xqgmyw.jpg[/IMG] gonna make 5 smaller ones too. pics of those too when there being built/done

[QUOTE=Super Saiyan Yerbs;45855856]-snoopy-[/QUOTE]it looks really nice

So I did this today... [IMG]https://scontent-a-iad.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpa1/v/t1.0-9/p526x296/10455334_814177035270443_8104335222817859376_n.jpg?oh=b14115479b9f290ac45e67b478435df5&oe=5484E251[/IMG] GameCube Controller -> USB adapter rigged into an expansion slot. Modified the blank-cover to allow for controllers to be plugged in. I'm happy.

Anyone know stuph about phone hardware? Is buying one of those aftermarket iPhone 260mAH batteries a bad idea? Stock batteries are 1430

Uh, so I have a Playstation 2 that wont start up. No power light or anything. Figure its something up with the PSU. Now if I knew anything about electronics... Anyone want to give me some good material on how to search, identify and check electronics components? The things i know is how to tell capacitors, resistors and such basic components from eachother so i am not completly clueless

I built a hole to burn things in. It's not perfect but we made it out of things that the last people that lived here left around, so it works for now. [IMG_thumb]http://i.imgur.com/uvcq1IU.jpg[/IMG_thumb]

[QUOTE=A_Pigeon;45965737]Anyone know stuph about phone hardware? Is buying one of those aftermarket iPhone 260mAH batteries a bad idea? Stock batteries are 1430[/QUOTE] That sounds like it'd be a very bad idea. You're basically going to get a seventh of the stock battery capacity... So, half an hour of battery life.

[QUOTE=woolio1;45980822]That sounds like it'd be a very bad idea. You're basically going to get a seventh of the stock battery capacity... So, half an hour of battery life.[/QUOTE] I am assuming he left out a 0 there, and meant 2600mAH

[QUOTE=redkite;45985125]I am assuming he left out a 0 there, and meant 2600mAH[/QUOTE] I would assume so, but 260mAH iPhone batteries are a thing... You can buy them on Alibaba, if you're a masochist.

Question time. I've got a pair of headphones I need to open up every few months to resolder the wires back into place because there is absolutely nothing keeping the wire from pulling on the solder points, and they slowly wear out over time. Originally there was a knot in the wire casing inside of the of one of the speaker sections to prevent the pulling but that never really did the job. Does anyone know how I might be able to hold the thing in place around the point where it goes into the headphones? I'm thinking I need to clamp something onto the wire to keep it from moving, but I'm not sure what. They're alright sounding headphones aside from that one shitty point for what I need them for, so I'd rather not drop cash on a new pair until I decide I want better sound.

quicksteel

[QUOTE=Uesrname;45998816]Question time. I've got a pair of headphones I need to open up every few months to resolder the wires back into place because there is absolutely nothing keeping the wire from pulling on the solder points, and they slowly wear out over time. Originally there was a knot in the wire casing inside of the of one of the speaker sections to prevent the pulling but that never really did the job. Does anyone know how I might be able to hold the thing in place around the point where it goes into the headphones? I'm thinking I need to clamp something onto the wire to keep it from moving, but I'm not sure what. They're alright sounding headphones aside from that one shitty point for what I need them for, so I'd rather not drop cash on a new pair until I decide I want better sound.[/QUOTE] Cover it in glue?

I just took a look at quicksteel/things similar to it and apparently they don't work well with rubber. I'm not sure if it would actually be able to hold it in place in the long run. Some kind of glue might work though, I'll look at giving that a shot if I don't come up with something easier.

You could try to tie a tiny rubber band around the wire to widen the area with the knot.