The Bitching Thread

[Animeniax]

Applying the correct pressure and moving at the correct speed is a skill that can be learned only through exhaustive experience.

Two tips I learned that I will pass along.
#1: Always cut the tube at an angle, and make damn sure the longer part of the tip is away from the direction you're moving (i.e. it is going over where you've already applied). This allows you to control the flow better.
#2: Go slow. Harder than it sounds.

#1 will help with #2, because when you have the angle correct, you put down less wasted product, and don't feel a need to move as fast.

Hope you have better luck with it in the future.

Speed was definitely my enemy here, plus the work environment I was in. I installed an attic fan on a fairly steep roof, so between the balancing act and trying to get tools to stop sliding down the roof, it was a lot more trouble than expected. While the project wasn't difficult, it was messy and frustrating because of the caulk gun-dispensed roofing tar getting everywhere. I'm actually pretty skilled with a caulk gun, though I can never get it to not drip caulk as you move from application site to site. Cleaning up excess caulk isn't hard, but cleaning up roof tar is painful.

Wow, do ALL of you guys have construction experience? *salivates*

Owning a home opens you up to all sorts of new skills/experiences. A lot of it is frustrating and expensive, but the learning experience and a well done completed project are character-building. You could also volunteer at a place like Habitat for Humanity and get some construction experience.

[Sapphire]

Owning a home opens you up to all sorts of new skills/experiences. A lot of it is frustrating and expensive, but the learning experience and a well done completed project are character-building. You could also volunteer at a place like Habitat for Humanity and get some construction experience.

I don't know if making my own shoes and props (preparing wood from scraps, etc.) and what not counts as construction experience, but I am learning how to use all the heavy machinery in shop. It's so sexy.

[Kraco]

I certainly haven't had bad experience with a caulk gun. It seems like a perfect, simple solution for applying a viscous substance that requires some pressure to get out of the container, and it also allows a reasonable ergonomy and keeping the disposable container itself as simple as possible because the mechanisms are mainly in the gun itself.

[fahoumh]

I've also seen contractors "cheat" by applying 2 strips of masking tape to get that perfect bead of caulking.

[Archangel]

It's impossible to find jeans who fit both my thick legs and my small waist. Anyone know of any cheap brands who accommodate for these sort of needs?

[Buffalobiian]

It's impossible to find jeans who fit both my thick legs and my small waist. Anyone know of any cheap brands who accommodate for these sort of needs?

Have you tried to see if a tailor can fix that problem for you?

You need Jojo pants. Or Spandex.

[shinta|hikari]

Have you tried to see if a tailor can fix that problem for you?

You need Jojo pants. Or Spandex.

I thought of the exact same 3 things, in the same order, an hour ahead but decided not to post. Creepy.

[Ryllharu]

It's impossible to find jeans who fit both my thick legs and my small waist. Anyone know of any cheap brands who accommodate for these sort of needs?

Hmm...thicker than average legs combined with a proportionally narrower than average waist. Sounds like you fit women's jeans for some strange reason.

Or go with Buff's suggestion and get ones that fit the legs and get them tailored to fit your waist. Tailoring simple things like that isn't all that expensive. Seamstresses are plentiful around here, I assume they are available for your country as well. When I picked up the pants for my suit, the seamstress was finishing up with a Russian guy who had gotten his jeans fixed.

[fahoumh]

Hmm...thicker than average legs combined with a proportionally narrower than average waist. Sounds like you fit women's jeans for some strange reason.

I thought the exact same thing too....

[Sapphire]

Wow, do ALL of you guys have construction experience? *salivates*

[Assertn]

It's impossible to find jeans who fit both my thick legs and my small waist. Anyone know of any cheap brands who accommodate for these sort of needs?

Try a relax fit, perhaps? I decided my jeans are a little too much on the baggy side, and decided to finally spend enough time at a jeans store to figure out what really fits well, and ended up with a staight fit.

Wow, do ALL of you guys have construction experience? *salivates*

I built a hamster cage once.

[Death BOO Z]

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I found an old closet outside, so I sawed it apart and made book shelves out of it. I hope it does the trick for you.
I also enjoy taking apart small electronics, mostly fans.

[Kraco]

I found an old closet outside, so I sawed it apart and made book shelves out of it.

You could have painted the pieces...

[Animeniax]

You could have painted the pieces...

They look like laminate over particle board, not sure how well they take paint. What he really needs are some nice book ends to class it up and keep the books vertical to spare their spines.

I don't know if making my own shoes and props (preparing wood from scraps, etc.) and what not counts as construction experience, but I am learning how to use all the heavy machinery in shop. It's so sexy.

Sure that counts too. Next time you have to use a hammer or saw, you'll have that previous experience to rely on.

Try a relax fit, perhaps? I decided my jeans are a little too much on the baggy side, and decided to finally spend enough time at a jeans store to figure out what really fits well, and ended up with a staight fit.

You wear Levi's jeans? How gauche.

[Kraco]

They look like laminate over particle board, not sure how well they take paint. What he really needs are some nice book ends to class it up and keep the books vertical to spare their spines.

Who knows. I got pieces of old but high quality particle board with both sides laminated. I roughened the surfaces with sandpaper and they painted just fine, as long as the paint was applied sparingly. Maybe it's just the quality of the photo, but it looks like the surfaces have seen better days. However, the edges look like raw, sawed surface (as far as I can see). When you buy a shelf, the edges are always veneered, painted, or otherwise finished, so that's the norm to follow also when doing it yourself (unless it's real wood and you decide to leave it as is, of course).

Mechanically removing old, industrial paint from "scrap" particle board to repaint it was sheer madness, however, which I won't soon repeat, so I wouldn't recommend it to anybody else either.

[Abdula]

I thought of the exact same 3 things, in the same order, an hour ahead but decided not to post. Creepy.

Not going to say anything about you and Buff thinking alike. It is uncanny when that happens though.

I built a hamster cage once.

I found an old closet outside, so I sawed it apart and made book shelves out of it. I hope it does the trick for you.
I also enjoy taking apart small electronics, mostly fans.

Lol at you two trying to impress Sapphire with your mighty manly works, especially since I have you both beat. Reminds me of that episode of Home Improvement when they brought that woman on tool time and Tim and Al were trying to impress her by listing all the things they ever made. Love it though

@ DBZ: Kraco is right you could have painted it but it is fine without it. I want to know if there is some specific reason that there is nothing on the left side? Also curious why you didn't just put the 4 shelves vertically, smaller ones at the top, larger at the bottom. I think that would have been better, especially since you seem to be averse to putting anything on the left

[Sapphire]

Holy shit EVERYONE makes shit here. *basks in everyone's presence*

[Sapphire]

Holy shit EVERYONE makes shit here. *basks in everyone's presence*

Late-ass reply, but I wanted to gush (reverse-bitch?) about making these today.

[Kraco]

Late-ass reply, but I wanted to gush (reverse-bitch?) about making these today.

Good tools and good results. That's how it's supposed to be. But really, a wrong thread, since it looks like the frames are perfect.

[Animeniax]

Late-ass reply, but I wanted to gush (reverse-bitch?) about making these today.

Wow, you made those yourself?? They look great. Are they frames for paint canvasses? And what college course teaches you shop skills? Last time I had a class like that was in high school.