As per my post in the pool thread, we ended up buying a mid size SDS which was more comfortable to hold at head height to chip off render. So yesterday we got most of it done
Probably the most gratuitous tool Pr0n on the inter webs..
What "man jobs" have you done today?
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Probably the most gratuitous tool Pr0n on the inter webs..
Sad day in the dLockers household. I officially shutdown the ZFS file server I built in my Mums attic around ~2008-2009.
Excuse the tech pics. I started off by reminding myself when I bought this stuff! This was one of the hard disks, vintage Oct 2009.
The RAID pool had been 'faulted' for about... 5 years. I had bought a new disc to fix the integrity but it had a different byte size and wouldn't work... so I crossed my fingers for 5 years.
The server itself was super cool. It had Intel VT-D, which meant I could "pass through" hardware to the VMs to avoid any performance loss. I was running my pfSense router on here, as well as a Windows Home Server from an MSDN key I had a decade ago. It then ran my Mums CCTV, as well as being a rock solid Plex server.
Uptime of 427 days! I think PfSense had grenade'd at some point as well, so no updates were possible.
I had to passthrough a NIC as the PfSense was my only router. The RJ45 went to the OpenReach modem. ROCK SOLID for 10 years.
The beast itself:
The Antec case was an OG Overclockers purchase IIRC. The bits on the left are the PoE Injectors for the CCTV cameras. I have cables coming here from the hallway, my bedroom, my brothers bedroom, my living room TV - all hacked together around age 18 (just after my fathers death).
The new server:
I bought a similar one with an i5 which I use in my home. Unfortunately I could only snag an i3 version so this is a bit underpowered but was dirt cheap. I need to compare the chip to the XEON1230 and see what I'm down on power!
And as with any job, you bite off way more than you can chew; luckily I had ordered a 5 port TP Link gigabit switch as I had kinda expected that I was out of ports (the Netgear gigabit switch there has been ROCK SOLID, and is powered by a butchered MOLEX connector from the PSU lol). I ended up having to finish the "migration" remotely...
... and I've just killed her boys. What a sad day
Excuse the tech pics. I started off by reminding myself when I bought this stuff! This was one of the hard disks, vintage Oct 2009.
The RAID pool had been 'faulted' for about... 5 years. I had bought a new disc to fix the integrity but it had a different byte size and wouldn't work... so I crossed my fingers for 5 years.
The server itself was super cool. It had Intel VT-D, which meant I could "pass through" hardware to the VMs to avoid any performance loss. I was running my pfSense router on here, as well as a Windows Home Server from an MSDN key I had a decade ago. It then ran my Mums CCTV, as well as being a rock solid Plex server.
Uptime of 427 days! I think PfSense had grenade'd at some point as well, so no updates were possible.
I had to passthrough a NIC as the PfSense was my only router. The RJ45 went to the OpenReach modem. ROCK SOLID for 10 years.
The beast itself:
The Antec case was an OG Overclockers purchase IIRC. The bits on the left are the PoE Injectors for the CCTV cameras. I have cables coming here from the hallway, my bedroom, my brothers bedroom, my living room TV - all hacked together around age 18 (just after my fathers death).
The new server:
I bought a similar one with an i5 which I use in my home. Unfortunately I could only snag an i3 version so this is a bit underpowered but was dirt cheap. I need to compare the chip to the XEON1230 and see what I'm down on power!
And as with any job, you bite off way more than you can chew; luckily I had ordered a 5 port TP Link gigabit switch as I had kinda expected that I was out of ports (the Netgear gigabit switch there has been ROCK SOLID, and is powered by a butchered MOLEX connector from the PSU lol). I ended up having to finish the "migration" remotely...
... and I've just killed her boys. What a sad day
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What an absolute trooper lasting all those years. How many power on hours do those old Samsung 1TB drives have?! A fair few I bet. I just retired a couple of the 2TB Samsung F4's will around 80k power on hours.
Nice upgrade though!
Nice upgrade though!
I guess from invoice date, a minimum of 97k hours - and the others were salvaged from god knows where before that. Technically the drive I bought 5 years ago has 43k hours and has never had any data written to it 
The Server 2012 VM is made up of old 'tatted' hard drives from an ex-employer too. 250GB units from old Dell laptops; all 7200rpm luckily. No idea how battered they were before they were fitted.
The Server 2012 VM is made up of old 'tatted' hard drives from an ex-employer too. 250GB units from old Dell laptops; all 7200rpm luckily. No idea how battered they were before they were fitted.
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It's a beauty, would highly recommend it! Was £70 more than the model below it at our local hardware shop, but it came with a whole suite of bits where as the other only had the two chucks - definitely worthwhile paying the extra. It's the below, but we paid far less than this price, was £330 all in.
https://www.bosch-professional.com/gb/en/products/gbh-4-32-dfr-0611332171
Edit: This https://www.kelvinpowertools.com/bosch-gbh4-32dfr-sds-plus-multidrill-c-39-p-6110
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I have it's little 880W (3.2J) brother in the 2Kg class: gbh-2-28-0611267561
There's an F variant that has a second standard grip chuck to swap between the SDS and normal drilling. I have an £9 adaptor which makes the drill a little longer but I've not had an issue.
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We pinched my dads 900w Milwaukee which wasn't best suited to the job, and my partners dad lent us a 7.1kg Hikoki which was too heavy to maneuver round at head height for more than a few minutes at a time - now we have our own which should do most of what we throw at it 
We pinched my dads 900w Milwaukee which wasn't best suited to the job, and my partners dad lent us a 7.1kg Hikoki which was too heavy to maneuver round at head height for more than a few minutes at a time - now we have our own which should do most of what we throw at it
Yep, for most of my needs the 2Kg class does the job - there's only the breaking of the garage floor and telescope pier that I had to resort to the 15Kg (43J) breaker
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We've got a whole house to renovate, but fortunately we have the ceiling height that we can put down 75mm insulation and 50mm flow screed without having to break our current slab - that would not be a job I fancy doing!
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Finally put a threshold seal on my kitchen door as rain was creeping in. Very annoying trying to do anything weather related as
a) You can't test it works if it doesn't rain and...
b) If it's raining (and February) you can't really take a door off and work on fitting seals!
Still, it's in, and it rained overnight with not a drop passing the threshold. Looks awful but function over form...
Also took the opportunity to shave the frame where it was sticking, as the door was hung in peak summer.
a) You can't test it works if it doesn't rain and...
b) If it's raining (and February) you can't really take a door off and work on fitting seals!
Still, it's in, and it rained overnight with not a drop passing the threshold. Looks awful but function over form...
Also took the opportunity to shave the frame where it was sticking, as the door was hung in peak summer.
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My niece has asked me if i could make something like this, given it's astronomically expensive!
https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/1171853971/cat-furniture-cat-wall-shelves-cat?click_key=f44e54227ba2955cc6526670f75c359a8d0f6aa1:1171853971&click_sum=a2c3449e&ref=shop_home_active_4&frs=1&variation0=2444624992
(The moon shelf thing - Almost £300!)
I'm trying to work out the best way to do it. In theory, getting a length of pineboard, routing out to create a thin strip in between the blocks and then steaming the wood (if needed), to create the curve would be the best way to go. The downside is that it's not something i've done before, and so any mistake at any point will create a lot of issues and wood ain't cheap!
The other option, would be to get a thin sheet of hardboard to create the curve, and then just glue 18mm square strips of wood to it at even spacing and curve that. Probably slightly less impressive looking, but providing it's the white laminated hardboard it should look perfectly fine and offer some decent rigidity as i note there's only 2 supports and it sticks out ~30cm from the wall.
Any other thoughts i should consider?
EDIT - Actually, looks like the person uses both methods. Here's a version using hardboard/MDF and wider planks
and here's the original version
https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/1171853971/cat-furniture-cat-wall-shelves-cat?click_key=f44e54227ba2955cc6526670f75c359a8d0f6aa1:1171853971&click_sum=a2c3449e&ref=shop_home_active_4&frs=1&variation0=2444624992
(The moon shelf thing - Almost £300!)
I'm trying to work out the best way to do it. In theory, getting a length of pineboard, routing out to create a thin strip in between the blocks and then steaming the wood (if needed), to create the curve would be the best way to go. The downside is that it's not something i've done before, and so any mistake at any point will create a lot of issues and wood ain't cheap!
The other option, would be to get a thin sheet of hardboard to create the curve, and then just glue 18mm square strips of wood to it at even spacing and curve that. Probably slightly less impressive looking, but providing it's the white laminated hardboard it should look perfectly fine and offer some decent rigidity as i note there's only 2 supports and it sticks out ~30cm from the wall.
Any other thoughts i should consider?
EDIT - Actually, looks like the person uses both methods. Here's a version using hardboard/MDF and wider planks
and here's the original version
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Good point, looks like lots of people selling the same products. No-one seems to be undercutting anyone else though.
https://www.atlantictimber.co.uk/fl...MDF is a high,range of smooth curved surfaces.
No need to cut anything.
No need to cut anything.
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Oh well that makes life very easy!
Altrincham is nice and local too (not sure if that was intentional or not). Thanks
EDIT - Although 6mm isn't too thick and 9mm is still thinner than i'd have liked and quite expensive as i'd be left with a lot of waste.
Might see if they have any offcuts. Only really need ~ 30cm x 60cm
EDIT2 - Seems even Wickes stock it, and in smaller sheets.
Altrincham is nice and local too (not sure if that was intentional or not). Thanks
EDIT - Although 6mm isn't too thick and 9mm is still thinner than i'd have liked and quite expensive as i'd be left with a lot of waste.
Might see if they have any offcuts. Only really need ~ 30cm x 60cm
EDIT2 - Seems even Wickes stock it, and in smaller sheets.
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Painted the downstairs loo. The paint (wickes botanical green) is rubbish. It's kinda greasy and isn't going on well- looks like a 3 coat job.
I told my wife it is "council green" and she isn't happy.
I told my wife it is "council green" and she isn't happy.
Haha nothing intentional just the first link I could find with a decent image.
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Chopped a few logs into kindling
