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Post by captincvmn on Feb 17, 2023 11:54:32 GMT -5
So this is where you’ve been hiding out. I was starting to wonder where the scoot YT content went.
Numb hands?
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Post by 90GTVert on Feb 17, 2023 12:08:07 GMT -5
So this is where you’ve been hiding out. I was starting to wonder where the scoot YT content went. Numb hands? Yeah. I wanted to get the garage project finished this winter so it's not still hanging over my head. I assume carpal tunnel. It started years ago when my fingertips went numb after playing guitar for hours. I've had it sporadically since. Sometimes it'll go away in a day and sometimes it takes a couple of weeks to get feeling back. I get a lot of cramps in my hands. Figured that may be getting older, but may be related. Anyway, all of the pressure trying to push a roller on a stick into the ceiling has it acting worse than I've ever had before. Whole hands get numb and hurt. Carpal tunnel seems likely to me and seems to fit how it all works, but I haven't talked to a doctor about it. They can do surgery to relieve the pressure on the affected nerve, but I think you can't do much with your hand for 6 weeks. I think you can wind up with nerve damage if you leave it though. I was "tough" with my broken knee and now I don't have full range of motion in that leg so I should probably not put it off... but we'll see. |
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Post by FrankenMech on Feb 17, 2023 12:34:09 GMT -5
Thermal stress! I could not see well but it looked like something had put the glass in a bind rather than an impact. My 15 year old windows are holding up well so far (knock on wood). I have a bathroom window that did not fit the opening well that will probably fail first. Let us know who you get the glass from. Mine have emission coatings that may make them harder to replace.
Guys that paint for a living have tools, know all the tricks, and are very fast at it.
Try to figure out what specific motion or combination of motions is hurting your hands so you can avoid it, look 'upstream' from where the pain is. Keep in mind the anatomy of the area. I have had repetitive motion injuries many times and I have learned what to avoid, just one of the joys of living with HN-pp. Sometimes it takes a modification of a tool, a different angle, or wearing or not wearing a glove, or a brace. Sometimes it takes a device to prevent a certain motion. Avoid letting them cut on you.
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Post by captincvmn on Feb 17, 2023 19:02:34 GMT -5
Some folk have excellent luck with carp tunnel surgery others do not. Ask friends, neighbors. Ask what doctors they’ve used and the results. It varies.
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Post by FrankenMech on Feb 18, 2023 2:04:38 GMT -5
Cutting is kind of a last resort when all else fails. Kind of a permanent problem if it fails...  I don't like it even though I just had surgery.  I do not like green eggs and ham... |
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Post by sinfull on Feb 18, 2023 3:06:53 GMT -5
A cheap spray gun may work better for you, small compressor can handle most hobby types, high volume low pressure
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Post by 90GTVert on Feb 18, 2023 19:32:11 GMT -5
A cheap spray gun may work better for you, small compressor can handle most hobby types, high volume low pressure When I think of me and spraying the garage, I think of "overspray". lol My hope is to get this project done and then plan on not painting anything else for as long as possible. I've been considering spending money on something much more sensible. I've got a 15" square Kicker Solobaric sub. Haven't used it for a long time. I used to have a 2nd receiver that I used as an amp for the sub, but that quit on me after 25-30 years of use (first home audio receiver I ever bought). I've been using just 2 Bose 301s up near the ceiling for all sound. They sound good, but the 8" drivers aren't meant to overwhelm you with bass. Anyway, I dug this sub out from under the stairs during this project and hooked it up. It's just bridged on the 2nd channel of my receiver. Probably not a good idea TBH, but it does at least get plenty of air and I've been using it the whole time I've been painting. Aside from not being the best idea, it doesn't hit hard. I'm considering something like a 500W class D plate amp. The sub would handle 1000W RMS IIRC, but that's more money. 500W should rattle some stuff. Prob can get something with an adjustable low pass and a little low Hz boost for mid $200s. That's more than I want to spend, but it's a pretty clean option that would do the job. Other option is use it basically as-is, but put high pass filters on the Bose speakers and a low pass filter on the sub so at least I can stop hearing things that I don't want to hear in the sub and won't push the other speakers turning it up. That's more likely what I'll do, but it depends what I can get a low pass filter or crossover for. I may realize how broke I actually am and unhook the sub and put it back under the stairs. I can't listen to music most of the time anyway because I've got a camera on most of the time that I'm working on scooters. I do enjoy the sound for other projects, but most of my time out there is scoot related. I'm an old car/home stereo enthusiast so, even though I like critical listening with headphones, airpods and stuff just don't do it and 8" bookshelf speakers don't shake much. |
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Post by FrankenMech on Feb 18, 2023 22:29:19 GMT -5
Paint rollers create enough overspray by themselves. Particularly when rolling out a ceiling. The painting project will be done soon enough. As far as music goes, welders, machine tools, and engines make their own music.
My incision is hurting enough whenever I move my arm tonight. It looks nasty without a dressing, just glued together.
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Post by sinfull on Feb 19, 2023 1:14:24 GMT -5
Off topic but I worked at 2 shops with stereo systems in them, old stereo receiver run together for speaker power run off a decent driver that had a inline for the phone. Was amazing fun, everyone was always looking for old home stereo systems to add more speakers, add more line out spliters to in line source and add 2 more 12s in the old wood cabinet 😆 sound quality was decent at the volume required over everything 👌
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Post by 90GTVert on Mar 7, 2023 9:55:14 GMT -5
It's been awhile since an update. I did wind up powering that subwoofer. It had an amp mounted on the box. I looked up power converters to see if I could use it, but a converter capable of enough current would cost more than a plate amp. I wound up getting a 300W class D plate amp. PartsExpress had it on sale and then they had a President's Day discount that worked on top of the sale price. I wound up getting the amp and cable that I needed for under $150 shipped.      It could probably use a larger box or at least a carpet replacement... but I'm happy with it for now. It's enough to rattle the siding on the outside of the garage, but I'm not usually listening to it that loud aside from "testing". The box was moving across the floor when the bass hit so I ended up putting rubber feet on to keep it still. I've enjoyed having the full sound while doing many hours of prep and paint. I've worked longer when I was tired just because I wanted to listen to more music, so it's doing it's job. Let's see... last pics were from priming everything. I'm a bit farther along now. I started doing some of the grey on the walls. I got near the entry to the house and the garage door openers were annoying me. The builders just mounted them with wires running down the wall and only one screw in each so they moved around when you touched them.  I was going to leave them that way, because it looked like it would take some effort to hide the wiring. I changed my mind right before I painted that area. The garage has so many flaws. Some big ones... but those wires still bothered me. I wound up having to cut a hole in drywall in the attic to be able to get to the wires. Then I had to cut out a piece of a 1x3 that was trapping the wires between it and the ceiling. I'm not even sure what the 1x3 was ever doing. It and the drywall were barely secured. I could move the 1x3 around. No idea what the builders had in mind. Maybe it would have played a role if they actually finished the drywall or something. Anyway, I got to the wires and drilled a hole in a 2x4 to pass them down into the wall. I drilled a hole in the wall to bring them out and drilled right dead center into a stud. 🤦♂️ I had checked the wall up higher and there was no stud there, but the frame changed below the top of the door. I probably should have known. Ended up making a little wood plug and then spackling to fill that. It'll be hidden anyway, but whatever. The hole up top was luckily not easy to drill centered, so I had put it off to one side of the area that I was aiming for. I drilled another hole and got the wires through with some mechanic's wire.   I went back to painting and now the walls are all done. I'm not planning to ever paint the wall that is still bare. I store materials there and it would scuff the walls every time I try to get to it. I put diamond plate on the corner when I did the other side last year, but I don't want to buy a bunch of diamond plate for the other areas. Plus, that whole wall is framing and such for the garage doors that would make it a lot of trouble to paint. I think it looks fine as-is. If it ever bothers me, I guess I can tackle that another winter.   I've got a couple of shelves painted and white paint on the stairs and railings. I still have a lot more shelving to paint and I want to paint the top of each step black. Gotta wait a few days for the other paint to cure before I want to mask the steps.  One garage door opener sits 1/8" or less higher than the other 2. I spent the time to measure and re-measure and mark and measure again when I drilled. I may end up pulling it back off to correct that... or not. I think it may be the slot on the opener being a little buggered up. Normally I'd figure it was my fault, but I rechecked and the holes are where they should be but that one just won't slide down like the others. It's one of those keyhole slots or whatever they're called where the screw head goes in and then it slides on.  |
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Post by FrankenMech on Mar 7, 2023 14:02:26 GMT -5
The garage is looking great  There comes a time when a BFH is the best tool to fix garage door opener switches LOL Put up a big NOTICE THESE DEVICES WERE INTENTIONALLY MOUNTED CROOKED sign. Otherwise nobody else will notice. If they do they can be officially branded with an ASSHOLE brand across their forehead. I hate those keyhole slots for mounting screws. The damn things never fit any screw other than the screws supplied with the unit and those screws are usually worthless for mounting the device where it needs to be... 
I come from the "why hide screws" school and think all hidden screws should be banned.
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Post by captincvmn on Mar 7, 2023 15:33:59 GMT -5
You had me at garage door opener
When I have to mount three buttons in a row like that, I use my level and a pencil and I will mark the top holes only for all three and then once they’re sitting on the screws I’ll mark the bottom hole.
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Post by 90GTVert on Mar 7, 2023 16:01:51 GMT -5
You had me at garage door opener When I have to mount three buttons in a row like that, I use my level and a pencil and I will mark the top holes only for all three and then once they’re sitting on the screws I’ll mark the bottom hole. I marked out the whole rectangle with a level with all 3 top and bottom holes and then double-checked that they were all the right distances apart. Seemed destined for success to me. Well... lol |
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Post by jackrides on Mar 7, 2023 18:37:58 GMT -5
You Are going to have a garage door opener on your scoots? Right?
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Post by 90GTVert on Mar 8, 2023 6:18:00 GMT -5
You Are going to have a garage door opener on your scoots? Right? Yeah. I keep one in my jacket so I don't have to move it between scoots and I can magically press on my belly and open the door. 😁 |
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