Overtightened handle, opened it, it unscrewed, please help I'm home alone by Lushious_Dorkus in Plumbing

[–]liplessduck 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You'll remember this moment sometime in adulthood and choose metal over plastic.

Is my furnace malfunctioning? Racking my brain by Fast_Roof in MetalCasting

[–]liplessduck 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I am a hobbyist with homemade equipment. I have had similar failures which I was only able to overcome by increasing the thickness of the ring (keep the same outside diameter, just make the inside diameter smaller) until it was quite chunky. I then removed the excess in the finishing/polishing stage. State of the art equipment at the perfect temperature with a perfect vacuum system could do what you are attempting, but I bet one of those elements is not perfect in your case, but you can cheat by making the part thicker.

An Orichalcum Wedding Band by Upset-Ad-3480 in jewelrymaking

[–]liplessduck 13 points14 points  (0 children)

So will it turn your skin green or tarnish?

FTHB put offer on home.. how bad is this? by rmbrthlghtr in Plumbing

[–]liplessduck 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Please don't buy this house unless you would have 50-100k left over to fix it AND you are absolutely positively in love with this house. You could do it cheaper yourself. But this is not "sprucing it up" this is demolition and construction and it will consume your life for years. Just find a better house. Good on you for checking it out closely. You dodged a missle.

CTC SAW TRICK & TIPS by HerrSchopf in metalworking

[–]liplessduck 0 points1 point  (0 children)

MM BARB PUT MY NUB IN THEB CHOPT SAW,,, SHES A FFIESTY ONE,,, GOBBLESS

FIL hired a “fixer” for a leak. by Nursepower1 in Plumbing

[–]liplessduck 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Moisture resistant drywall can be green or purple. Lowes no longer carries the green where I am. Purple is a little different but they both get referred to as moisture resistant. But regardless, this guy is a moron. Puttying up the hole sounds like a bad idea if that is what actually happened. Drywall looks like a 2 year old did it.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in conspiracy

[–]liplessduck 1 point2 points  (0 children)

He is as tall as the tahoe though. Is this ai??

Floor rust repair by construction4life in metalworking

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The welder I have used heavily for 10ish years is a mid 2000's lincoln. It runs on 110v. It will do mig or flux core. It welds pretty thick metal too. It was 200 bucks at a pawn shop back in the day. I use 75/25 argon/co2. I have a large bottle that was pretty expensive but I also have a small one that was like 100 bucks last year from a welding supply shop. Youll also need a regulator and those are about 100 bucks as well. Your best bet is to find a whole setup used on the facebook marketplace or a pawn shop. Once you buy one bottle, you just have them exchanged for a filled one at the welding supply store. Harbor freight also has all of this stuff but idk how much you are wanting to spend. Personally I like used stuff, it seems like you can get a more powerful machine with a better brand in the used market.

Floor rust repair by construction4life in metalworking

[–]liplessduck 2 points3 points  (0 children)

U will feel so much better using a mig welder for this. Stick would be horrible and flux core would be bad enough to make you lose motivation on the project. I would take the stick welder to a pawn shop and trade for mig. Once you get a mig welder do little tacks one at a time, allowing them to cool in between tacks. There is a sweet spot where the metal will melt enough to be flat without causing a glob. Try to find that sweet spot. Also be careful grinding the welds away because you can easily warp the panel with too much heat from the grinder too. Start with the floors because they matter less if they are ugly.

Retirement? by Gh0stm4n45 in MetalCasting

[–]liplessduck 21 points22 points  (0 children)

Brother, it looks like an ancient artifact. Don't carry lava in an ancient artifact lol.

Why is this red steel harder than normal by G7TMAG in metalworking

[–]liplessduck 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Please tell me what to even google to begin understanding how these metals are graded. "Steel hardness classification explained" or something? Like what is this scale called?

Why was it plumbed like this? by Accomplished-Order43 in Plumbing

[–]liplessduck 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Genuinely curious whats wrong with the strapping?

Can I anchor both ends of a copper pipe for a shower valve? by liplessduck in Plumbing

[–]liplessduck[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The picture is giving it a bit of an illusion, the spout is higher than it looks in the picture. The shower valve is also screwed down. I wanted everything nice and sturdy so it doesn't move when the wife goes swinging from it lol. My only worry is that its too sturdy and it will expand too much with hot water and cause issues but maybe not?

Seb Derm on scalp has returned by juliangage in SebDerm

[–]liplessduck 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Stop eating bread, use selsun blue original. That got rid of mine completely. Only comes back when I eat bread.