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I think this is what the both of you are asking for: https://imgur.com/a/uBRw2Jn
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For a kid's loft, I'd go with 2 2x6 "beams" one attached to the wall, on supported with a 4x4 midspan like you mentioned on the long sides, then use 2x4's with joist hangers at 24" centers, mounted in the "short" direction. Basically the shorter the joist the better, and the smaller lumber you can use, you don't need cross bracing or blocking or anything else to make it structurally sound. It's a kid's play loft, it doesn't need to support real world loads, but what I told you should be approximately code legal for your area (the general "rule of thumb" is a board can span an unsupported distance in feet about equal to its size in inches, i.e. a 2x4 us good for about 4' a 2x12 for about 12') which would be a good baseline to go off of. But IANAC and I ask my buddies who are when I have code questions.
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Nov 16, 2020 06:29
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Are combo leaf blower/mulcher/vacuums any good at the vac & mulch part? My backyard is tiered so leaves have to be carried out to the street instead of just blown/raked, it'd be easier if I could just suck them up.
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Nov 16, 2020 11:47
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In my experience the bag fills up very quickly and dealing with that is way more cumbersome than taking the leaves onto a tarp and dragging them.
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Nov 16, 2020 11:56
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Toebone posted:Are combo leaf blower/mulcher/vacuums any good at the vac & mulch part? My backyard is tiered so leaves have to be carried out to the street instead of just blown/raked, it'd be easier if I could just suck them up. The Dave posted:In my experience the bag fills up very quickly and dealing with that is way more cumbersome than taking the leaves onto a tarp and dragging them. The suck range is also pretty small and prone to clogging at the nozzle, so along with dumping the bag a lot you're also not covering ground very fast
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Nov 16, 2020 14:53
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Toebone posted:Are combo leaf blower/mulcher/vacuums any good at the vac & mulch part? My backyard is tiered so leaves have to be carried out to the street instead of just blown/raked, it'd be easier if I could just suck them up. My yard is about 75' X 100' with several older trees, two ash, two tulip poplar, an American Elm, and a ton of old-growth (i.e.) large shrubbery.   After hand raking it once, in 1992, I picked up a 2-stroke hand-held which was a blower with a vacuum attachment. The vacuum part did not work great unless the leaves were bone-dry and the bag filled up too quickly. It was heavy as a blower only. Got rid of it for a backpack blower. What worked for me was a yard vacuum: https://www.craftsman.com/products/outdoor-tools-equipment/chippers-shredders/cmxgpam1080054--24-in-163cc-chipper-shredder-vacuum This thing pulls a ton and holds a goodly amount of shredded leaves. The only vacuums that hold more are Billy Goats (Larger bag frame, but expensive) or a riding mower with the giant bin trailing behind. That said: where the leaves are really dense on the ground, the bag will fill quickly, but it'll still be 20-lbs of mulched leaves. It takes me less than two hours to do a heavily-covered yard. Six to ten trips to the curb will produce a pile about 16' X 3' wide at the base X 2' high, of dense, mulched leaf matter that will not blow away. If you are extremely anal-retentive, you can have zero leaves in your yard for a couple minutes. It'll pick up everything. In the last couple of years, I've taken to using the lawn mower with a mulching blade, to 'do' the first fall of leaves. They're completely mulched and disappear; sometimes, in really dense areas, I have to roll over a string of heavily-mulched leaves a second time. Thereafter, it's vacuum time. Mine does not have the blower hose crap on it. Frankly, I'd not install it & use either the blower nozzle that should attach where the bag clips onto the rear of the deck, or a hand-held blower. The nozzle attachment will move a ton of leaf matter. When the leaves are thin on the ground, it's fairly easy to blow them into a few denser runs for easier vacuuming. PainterofCrap fucked around with this message at 15:21 on Nov 16, 2020 |
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Nov 16, 2020 15:10
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Wait...you people live places where you can leave loose leaves on the curb and they get picked up? drat...we have to bag them, here.
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Nov 16, 2020 17:12
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DrBouvenstein posted:Wait...you people live places where you can leave loose leaves on the curb and they get picked up? drat...we have to bag them, here. All the munis around here bought leaf vac trailers decades ago. It's simply too wooded to expect people to bag all the leaves they need to pick up.
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Nov 16, 2020 17:26
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DrBouvenstein posted:Wait...you people live places where you can leave loose leaves on the curb and they get picked up? drat...we have to bag them, here. They give us up to two big wheeled bins for yard waste here, bags forbidden. You can put more or less any organic yard waste you want in them. Weekly pickup, included in our ~$365/year sewer/sweeping/trash bill. If the garbage trucks ram can crush it you can put it in there. We're also dense suburbs so not nearly the miles as you country folk.
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Nov 16, 2020 17:51
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Motronic posted:All the munis around here bought leaf vac trailers decades ago. It's simply too wooded to expect people to bag all the leaves they need to pick up. To be fair, I think a LOT of people around here think the same. They started leaf pickup in my neighborhood/ward two weeks ago...and you wouldn't know it. Still bags and bags everywhere. I've seen many posts on various local FB groups and whatnot basically asking why the city doesn't get leaf vac trucks. But of course, if they did, you betcha they'd complain the NEXT year, after seeing a new truck, that they think it's a waste of tax dollars. But surely something has to be better than the current system, which as far as i can tell from driving by it a few times, is just an F-350 dually with some high sides. Like..how many bags can that possibly hold? 100? At least have it pull a trailer at the same time, double/triple up that capacity before it has to be dumped.
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Nov 16, 2020 18:45
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PainterofCrap posted:What worked for me was a yard vacuum: https://www.craftsman.com/products/outdoor-tools-equipment/chippers-shredders/cmxgpam1080054--24-in-163cc-chipper-shredder-vacuum I avoid anything large/wheeled like that, since my backyard is tiered and I'd have to build a ramp or carry it down the staircase. Maybe I'll grab a pair of those big plastic hand scoops for leaves.
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Nov 16, 2020 18:55
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My town has to spend 2 weeks going around with huge dump trucks picking up leaf bags because this is what the neighborhood looks like. Of course they don't tell you when so you have to put them out and when it inevitably rains, the whole neighborhood smells like mulch and rear end. It's loving stupid. https://www.google.com/maps/@41.2014805,-73.2662698,1034m/data=!3m1!1e3 H110Hawk posted:Also rigging is its own special hell when it comes to math. I failed trig twice so good luck with that. But to slow a fall you need a counterweight which just made your calculations WAY harder. Arresting (stopping, making less catastrophically shocking) a fall is as describe previously. Your best bet is to simply follow the other advice of "never stand under your load" (or in the path of it when your rope breaks.) Get straps to do the holding, ropes to do the lifting. Can you post a picture of what you're trying to do and where? (Please be a car.)
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Nov 16, 2020 23:41
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GWBBQ posted:
Neat! Thanks.
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Nov 17, 2020 00:09
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Motronic posted:All the munis around here bought leaf vac trailers decades ago. It's simply too wooded to expect people to bag all the leaves they need to pick up. Not over here. ☹️ Leaves in the street just turn into a mess.
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Nov 17, 2020 01:19
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Dumb mildly curious about it question, a friend of mine has this odd electrical hook up on the side of his house and neither of us quite know what it is:    He's never used it, and many other people have suggested electrical for spa/hot tub, sprinkler system, or generator but my google fu is failing me as to what those connectors look like or return connectors that are not a goofy looking oversized vaguely ethernet cable design. I'm sure this is painfully obvious to the DIY goon hivemind.
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Nov 17, 2020 03:05
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I can't tell how big that is. Is that an RJ-11 phone jack? https://www.pcmag.com/encyclopedia/term/rj-11
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Nov 17, 2020 03:08
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Yeah that looks like a phone or Ethernet jack.
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Nov 17, 2020 03:13
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Jenkl posted:Yeah that looks like a phone or Ethernet jack. I just want to believe I'm wrong, because if I'm right, both the poster and his friend are too young to have ever seen wired phone jacks. and that will make me feel ancient
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Nov 17, 2020 03:17
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Ethernet and phone jacks are nearly the same size, and supposedly he tried an end of an ethernet cable in it to be sure and the hole for it is much larger, close to an inch in size? I've only got the same pictures and his verbal description to go on myself. Plus there is the screw threads to consider too. I also can't imagine why you'd need a phone jack on the outside of a house but stranger things have happened.
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Nov 17, 2020 03:26
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Turbinosamente posted:Ethernet and phone jacks are nearly the same size, and supposedly he tried an end of an ethernet cable in it to be sure and the hole for it is much larger, close to an inch in size? I've only got the same pictures and his verbal description to go on myself. Plus there is the screw threads to consider too. I also can't imagine why you'd need a phone jack on the outside of a house but stranger things have happened. Some telcos will put a little utility box on the outside of a house where they connect the wire from pole to the wire that's running inside the house. That jack could be the place to connect the telco hookup... it's just that there is no telco hookup. So it's covered with that weatherproof flap instead. I dunno I got nothin', I'm not really a DIY guy I just thought the post was interesting.
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Nov 17, 2020 03:31
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Voting ethernet because I wired many a phone jack, and for a standard household phone they're four wires, of which only two are actually used at the end.
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Nov 17, 2020 04:12
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Waterproofed comms hookup for an RV or similar?
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Nov 17, 2020 04:19
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Maybe some sort of old security camera hookup?
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Nov 17, 2020 04:24
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It's definitely a datacomm connector of some sort.
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Nov 17, 2020 04:59
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GWBBQ posted:My town has to spend 2 weeks going around with huge dump trucks picking up leaf bags because this is what the neighborhood looks like. Of course they don't tell you when so you have to put them out and when it inevitably rains, the whole neighborhood smells like mulch and rear end. It's loving stupid. We don't have to bag leaves here. The county has big vaccuum trucks that go around and suck up leaves. They have a whole letter/number grid system to find out when your neighborhood is getting sucked. Then you just have to rake or blow the leaves by the curb and wait.
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Nov 17, 2020 13:44
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Bad Munki posted:Waterproofed comms hookup for an RV or similar? Perhaps we have a winner? https://www.amazon.ca/ASICPICRJ45S-...432836390&psc=1
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Nov 17, 2020 13:52
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Looking for some type of 'desktop' freestanding shelf unit that can store a power supply, oscilloscope, DMM, and function generator (standard bench top devices, not like handhelds). Basically a way to lift those devices off the main area of a desk, without using wall mounting or similar. e: something that I could buy on like Amazon or whatever, not a custom solution
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Nov 17, 2020 23:28
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Something like this? https://www.amazon.com/Adjustable-Natural-Bookshelf-Organizer-Bookcase/dp/B07RVNBJYQ/ref=sr_1_8 or one of the countless products associated with it? "desktop shelf cubby" was how I got to that one, not sure how big you need but that might get you on the right track, unless you're after something more industrial. Monitor stands may also be worth looking at: https://www.amazon.com/Adjustable-Monitor-Computers-Printers-Organizer/dp/B07FF11VV2/ref=sr_1_17 Bad Munki fucked around with this message at 23:38 on Nov 17, 2020 |
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Nov 17, 2020 23:36
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IDK if this is the best place to ask, but I am looking for boxes for stuff. Clothes, books, etc. We're moving to a larger house in about 6 months and want to start packing stuff away and making space. We want to chuck away what we don't need and start packing the rest. I want to buy like 20 plastic boxes that can stack inside each other when empty and on top of each other when full. Any recommendations, or should I just go on amazon and buy 20 of the cheapest box?
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Nov 18, 2020 01:22
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redreader posted:IDK if this is the best place to ask, but I am looking for boxes for stuff. Clothes, books, etc. We're moving to a larger house in about 6 months and want to start packing stuff away and making space. We want to chuck away what we don't need and start packing the rest. Home depot often has super discounts on the standard black plastic bins with a yellow lid. Sometime they go down to $5 or $6. Like this: https://slickdeals.net/f/14496272-hdx-27-gal-tough-storage-bin-in-black-the-home-depot-7-98?src=SiteSearchV2Algo1
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Nov 18, 2020 02:11
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redreader posted:IDK if this is the best place to ask, but I am looking for boxes for stuff. Clothes, books, etc. We're moving to a larger house in about 6 months and want to start packing stuff away and making space. We want to chuck away what we don't need and start packing the rest. This sounds like, at lest in pre-corona times, a Target/Home Depot/Lowes/whatever and check what's on sale for a few weeks kind of thing.
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Nov 18, 2020 02:11
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redreader posted:I want to buy like 20 plastic boxes that can stack inside each other when empty and on top of each other when full. Any recommendations, or should I just go on amazon and buy 20 of the cheapest box? You can buy cardboard moving boxes in bulk. They should be cheaper than plastic, with less environmental impact, and when you buy them they're super compact because they're collapsed.
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Nov 18, 2020 02:25
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Vapour barrier question: For where wires pass through, tuck tape or acoustical?
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Nov 18, 2020 02:56
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Bad Munki posted:Something like this? https://www.amazon.com/Adjustable-Natural-Bookshelf-Organizer-Bookcase/dp/B07RVNBJYQ/ref=sr_1_8 or one of the countless products associated with it? I looked at monitor stands but couldn't find any that were tall enough. Some lifted by like 6 inches, but I was hoping for at least a foot so I could work under it if needed.
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Nov 18, 2020 02:59
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Just something like this then, perhaps? https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00YXL5IPY/ref=twister_B010NNOUKO?_encoding=UTF8&th=1 Each of those squares is 13.5x13.5, and you can get these sorts of shelves literally everywhere, of whatever layout, color, and quality you want. 3x2 as above, or 1x2 or 1x3 or 4x2 or 3x6 or whatever, really. Equally available are bins of all sorts that fit them. These combined with the various trendy bins are a widespread fad right now so they're super available, it's like the sliding barn door of storage or something. Bad Munki fucked around with this message at 03:26 on Nov 18, 2020 |
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Nov 18, 2020 03:23
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Everyone is right the weird connector has got to be some kind of RJ data connector, maybe the RJ45 linked even. Apparently it was the outer threads that were an inch big in diameter, and my friend must have tried a phone cord instead of something closer to ethernet shaped in it. He's quite technologically challenged so who know what he tried, but thanks all.
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Nov 18, 2020 05:08
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redreader posted:IDK if this is the best place to ask, but I am looking for boxes for stuff. Clothes, books, etc. We're moving to a larger house in about 6 months and want to start packing stuff away and making space. We want to chuck away what we don't need and start packing the rest. I bought 18 of these https://www.walmart.com/ip/Sterilite-12-Gal-Hinged-Lid-Industrial-Tote-Black-Set-of-6/44785751 a couple years ago before moving today my new house instead of using cardboard boxes for 2 reasons: 1. I had plenty of time and was doing most everything myself so I could pack, move, unpack, reuse the same bins over and over. 2. I knew 50% of the bins would never get unpacked and end up stored in the basement/garage. They work pretty well and are alot cheaper than the Akro Mils style they are copying, but the all plastic hinge is crappy and broke in some places on a couple of mine. The damaged knes are stll mostly usuable though.
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Nevets posted:I bought 18 of these https://www.walmart.com/ip/Sterilite-12-Gal-Hinged-Lid-Industrial-Tote-Black-Set-of-6/44785751 We have standardized on a plastic bin size here as well. It's great. We had storage built in the garage to the spec of fitting X of those bins per shelf per door. It means a heck of a lot less storage tetris because you're just getting all 4x4 blocks (effectively). That + a brother label maker (make sure you get one with a wall wart) or masking tape and a sharpie if you have legible handwriting makes our garage have the ability to be organized. It's not, but the thought is there and a couple of the doors now have useful labels on them. Christmas is coming so we will just pull out the bins labeled "christmas" and we're done. We know it all goes back, and we can easily track decoration creep. Ours are the "handle-lock" style where the lid is one solid piece and the handles snap over the edge to hold it shut.
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PRADA SLUT posted:Looking for some type of 'desktop' freestanding shelf unit that can store a power supply, oscilloscope, DMM, and function generator (standard bench top devices, not like handhelds). Basically a way to lift those devices off the main area of a desk, without using wall mounting or similar. Ignoring the messy desk, something like this?  I just took some spare scrap boards and poorly dadoed them on the tablesaw and glued it up into a shelf. Took fifteen minutes to cut and another fifteen to glue up and it works nicely to expand my desk space. You could probably find nicer pre built stuff pretty easily.
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H110Hawk posted:We have standardized on a plastic bin size here as well. It's great. Yeah pro-tip: If you find a storage tote you like, stock up. We had a 19 gallon we liked, but only bought as needed. Then when we needed more, we found out it's not made anymore. So now we have mismatched totes.
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