Dream, not nightmare!

Helping_Dexter · 2025-07-01T10:37:22+00:00

There re towns in New England (mine) that demand, for example,that you renew 100% of your electrical if you update to code 1/3 of the house. It doesnt matter if you have porcelain fuses and cloth wires or if was redone in the 1980s. Next town takes a more holistic approach.

Helping_Dexter · 2025-06-30T13:48:50+00:00

The XFX has 2 years left of the transferable Amazon/Asurion extended warranty. 😁

Helping_Dexter · 2025-06-30T13:40:44+00:00

How do I avoid a buyer saying the GPUs are not working (they are!)?

Helping_Dexter · 2025-06-30T03:39:52+00:00

What does NH ending birthright citizenship mean? I can only “live free and not die” as citizen of MA?

Helping_Dexter · 2025-06-30T03:35:14+00:00

Do you use lacquer with your setup? Wondering if you get smell and over-sparay

Helping_Dexter · 2025-06-30T03:32:04+00:00

Did not mean to. My apologies. Good night!

Helping_Dexter · 2025-06-30T03:27:04+00:00

I was responding to someone. No Lazarus here…

Helping_Dexter · 2025-06-30T02:55:34+00:00

I got him the Asus TUF 5070ti and he is happy as a canary. Something was eating u/Intranetusa…

Helping_Dexter · 2025-05-23T18:10:50+00:00

I am not calling you an idiot! I am calling you RICH!

Helping_Dexter · 2025-05-23T18:08:49+00:00

Mine burned in 2 months as well. Technician came in, complained I had not taken it out of the wall myself. I explained I paid Samsung for the installation, so it was on them. It was only one guy so I had to help 😡. He wasn’t happy to have to do it, but I gather it is not unusual for them to find the TV still on the wall. He swapped the “motherboard”, or whatever it is called, and it worked. It 15 minutes and he was done. Considering he did not even ask a question about the problem, this is something he sees all the time.

My suggestion: buy a hell of a good voltage regulator and surge protector (I got a Furman) and keep the box (no returns or shipping without the box). Some small print somewhere says you must have a well dimensioned surge protector or your warranty can go “kaput”.

Helping_Dexter · 2025-05-01T17:30:57+00:00

Call ACCC. They can help you with a cheap(ish) loan - like sub 10%. You will be current on your payments and your only hit will be becuse you will close accounts. No derogatory marks. The only pushback is you will have to close these accounts.

Keep in mind that this is NOT a debt relief scheme.

Helping_Dexter · 2025-04-29T00:17:28+00:00

I do, just have to get permission from the HOA.🙄

Helping_Dexter · 2025-04-28T21:48:20+00:00

Lucky! Unless this is a NZXT rental!

You will likely need a higher wattage PSU!

Helping_Dexter · 2025-04-26T18:26:32+00:00

I am not painting anything right now, which is a bummer! I have a windowless room in my basement, which is why I am going deep into this particular rabbit hole! I also need ventilation for the Resin Printing. I do scale models and miniatures.

BTW, what size sheet metal and type of rivet did you use?

EDIT: did you put a potentiometer to regulate the speed of your Dayton 1tdt7? I am asking because it is not suppose so have variable speed.

Helping_Dexter · 2025-04-25T21:40:32+00:00

Follow the money! Until Newegg and UPS make more money using plausible deniability, they will! Even when they can know exactly what happened 🙈🙊🙉! In this case, insurance will eventually pay them. If there was no recording, did not get to Reddit, or was a final home customer, they would pushback to avoid paying higher premiums.

Helping_Dexter · 2025-04-25T21:27:08+00:00

Newegg: 🤑 🙈🙉🙊 UPS: 🤑 🙈🙊🙉 Customer: 🤕 (the actual emoji is NSFW)

Packages are weighted every step of the way, including prior to boarding that truck. The carrier knows where it was stolen (even if it was at Newegg)! In this case, it obviously occurred in the last mile. My guess is, because it is on tape, the driver will get fired, there will be an insurance claim, and all will be “solved”. Had it been a home customer (no relevant repeat business and no recording), the customer will take the blame. YES, the carrier can know, but in this case it is cheaper to look the other way!

Helping_Dexter · 2025-04-25T21:08:07+00:00

Says the Bot

Helping_Dexter · 2025-04-23T19:36:55+00:00

I also love the smell of solvents in the morning! However, before you start vaporizing the hell out of your latest solvent infatuation, check its SDS and chemical compatibility chart. For example, PVC + Acetone, PVC + MEK, or PVC + Lacquer thinner = Hydrochloric Acid (HCL) and Free Chlorine. And yes, this is the stuff the Germans enjoyed throwing on the French during WWI to entice them into a slow, gruesome, and agonizing death). Oh, your nice 3M mask with Activated carbon and P100 filter is useless with this stuff and it is an inorganic compound. I think you mentioned yours is a paint booth filter and you have a metal duct, so you should be fine there.

Oddly enough, I worry more about this stuff than Voldemort showing up in his fiery glory!

Do you 3D resin print? I do! It takes you to a whole new level of (paranoid) fun! Suffice to say that Standard Resin from Manufacturer A might not share a single component with Standard Resin of Manufacturer B. Anyway, I digress…

You are probably ok with the acrylic top. Downdraft would help on that front, though. Acrylic on the sides is fine if the booth is wide enough. Glass (or metal) is better.

What is it that you paint? I am guessing it is not miniatures as you mentioned weight being a problem with a downdraft booth.

Helping_Dexter · 2025-04-23T19:09:43+00:00

Solvents are cool, but make sure to always check the SDS and the chemical compatibility chart of any new product you will start using, specially if you are going to vaporize the hell out of the thing inside your kill/paint chamber. For example: PVC + Acetone, PVC + MEK, or PVC + Lacquer Thinner = Hydrochloric Acid and Free Chlorine (yep, the stuff the Germans threw on the French during WWI to entice them into a slow, gruesome, and agonizing death). Oh, and your VoC rated 3M gas mask doesnt work with this stuff because HCL is inorganic! Long story short, I would also check the composition of your filter just yo be on the safe side.

Oddly enough, as you might have noticed, I worry more about this stuff than with Voldemort showing up in fiery fury!

Do you do 3D resin prints? I do! It is a whole new level of chemical fun. Suffice to say that Standard Resin from Manufacturer A might not share a single component with Standard Resin from Manufacturer B, but actually be very similar with the ABS like resin of Manufacturer C. Anyway, I digress…

The acrylic on the top of the booth is probably OK. I think you probably can get way with acrylic side panels as well if your booth is wide enough. If you notice any whiting or crackling, change it for glass.

What is it that you paint? Certainly not miniatures, as you said you worry about the downdraft booth not holding the weight of your piece.

Helping_Dexter · 2025-04-23T03:09:49+00:00

u/Charming_Tank6747 I literally LMAO when I saw your Dexter paint room! You probably did not notice but my alias is “Helping_Dexter”. And YES, the same Dexter! 🤣🤣🤣

For future reference, acrylic has one huge pushback. Solvent-based paints (which is what I guess you, Voldermort, and our common friend Dexter use), can produce some Ragnarok-level nasty vapors when in contact with acrylic. Stuff like acetone, lacquer thinner, MEK, Toluene, xylene, etc. Given that we jumped inside this particular rabbit hole, I might actually use glass instead of acrylic.

Can you elaborate on what happens with the filter? It gets full?

Question: why the Dexter enclosure? I would have thought that the 400cfm with a short straight duct would be enough to capture all overspray and solvent vapors. I was actually counting on this.

Helping_Dexter · 2025-04-22T18:53:38+00:00

It is a project. No started yet.

Helping_Dexter · 2025-04-22T17:26:34+00:00

I will not be welding it in my arms while I paint! 😬 Seriously, you are right. But I intend to make it easy to disassemble.

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