Post a Pic of Your Latest Purchase Part VII

[JustTheDad]

I always like the way the satin finish looks.
Is it a 629 or something even bigger?

[J_L_R]

I always like the way the satin finish looks.
Is it a 629 or something even bigger?

629. I love revolvers. I have this and the Taurus 44ss4 that has a satin finish as well.

[JustTheDad]

629. I love revolvers. I have this and the Taurus 44ss4 that has a satin finish as well.

So a .44. Nice. My only revolver is a 642, but it's one of my favorites.
I picked up a Kel Tec RDB today. Wanted it for my son, in case some idiots decide having a handle on your rifle is illegal...
Never thought I'd buy a Kel Tec, but the RDB design won me over. It's fully ambidextrous, so perfect for my lefty son if he ever wants that style of firearm. Beto really is a great salesman

[niospecv]

Bought two of these smart plugs.



and 1 smart switch by the same brand.


They work flawlessly with the Smart Life app tied into my Google Home app for automated actions and voice commands. I installed the smart switch for my outside garage lights. I was tired of going into my garage to turn on/off the lights every evening and morning. This smart switch allowed me to set a daily timer. Now it turns on/off by itself and I don't have worry about a dang thing. Love it.

I tried adding these devices to Alexa but holy moly that app is a mess and makes things far more difficult. I keep my Alexa devices for my TV and the rest of my house is tied to Google. With the new and improved Google Nest Mini I'm buying more of those to spread them out across my house.


Next up...smart thermostat. Any suggestions boyos?

[Horse86]

why smart socket when its all about the "clap on....clap off.....clap on clap off...the clapper"

[J_L_R]

.380 ACP & .40 S&W

[Auburn RSX-S]

Picked up the following items to do paint correction/polishing on our new Volvo SUV.



Listed in the order applied.

Chemical guys
- Snowfoam watermelon foam and rinse (generic poverty Chinese foam cannon)
- Diablo Wheel cleaner
- Citrus wash and gloss (using foam gun to apply and Adam's microfiber mitt/2 bucket method)
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00WPKHFA6
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001TK0DSY
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B003TTRORQ
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B077K7WCBY

Adam's Claybar with Pinnacle Clay Lube
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07R54K3DQ
https://www.amazon.com/Pinnacle-Ultr.../dp/B000FGWQ0Q

- Clean Slate (foamed and washed after citrus to strip any wax/sealant/clay residue)
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01HXZXO98/

- Dried with Adam's drying towel (thing is amazing)
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B077NM1P8P/

Adam's gray microfiber towels for use with polishing/compounding only (other towels for interior and glass)
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07DXCVKCQ

- Used Griot's random orbital buffer (It's my dad's and am planning on getting the Adam's Swirl Killer soon) and orange Cobra Crossgroove pads with Meguiars M105 followed by M205 compound/polish
https://www.autogeek.net/cobra-cross-groove-pads.html
https://www.autogeek.net/meguiars-105-compound-8oz.html
https://www.autogeek.net/meguiars-205-polish-8oz.html

- Cleaned each round of compound with another towel and Adam's Surface Prep
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07ND48W2Q

Final round of polish with Griot's microfiber finishing pad and Shine Supply SlickBack (Shine Supply Clutch will be used after each wash to prolong ceramic coat)
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00LJ3BLQY
https://shinesupply.com/products/new-slick-back-16oz

Finished with CQuartz (1st gen) ceramic coating. Going to be using 3rd gen for my ScatPack soon. Will be interesting to see how they compared. It went on easy and you don't have to hurry up with clearing it off.
https://www.amazon.com/CarPro-CQuart.../dp/B07D4MMP2B

Adam's Tire Shine and interior detailer spray for each respective area. I also applied CQuartz to the wheels. Had quite a bit left over.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0099SU928
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B006MYFB9S

Car went from horrible to pretty great. Still some scratches in the clear but I think it was a combination of maybe not as aggressive of a pad/compound/polishing machine that kept me from getting those out.

Piano black trim between the doors/windows






Door panel after washes and clay





Final product

[LinuxJon]

Das it mane

[Vikes723]

my old chair was falling apart picked this up from staples and holy **** its so comfy, it was 40% off so **** it pulled the trigger

[300Lane1]

Tempurpedic Luxbreeze, in Cal-king slipt, with adjustable bases.

[xxAchillesxx]

.380 ACP & .40 S&W

[ProudKraut]

Tempurpedic Luxbreeze, in Cal-king slipt, with adjustable bases.

Mirin $8k mattress

[xxdef1antxx]

Just bought a iphone 11 max pro, paid for the phone up front in cash.

Also bought a Browning 1911-22-A1 the weekend before.

[knightofday]

.380 ACP & .40 S&W

Fuuukkkkkk the damage those would do to a body

[JIGSAW]

Just bought a iphone 11 max pro, paid for the phone up front in cash.

Jesus christ Bezos......you must have a boat that you park inside your other boat.

[xxdef1antxx]

Jesus christ Bezos......you must have a boat that you park inside your other boat.

I need to lose like 100lbs again, I figured if I spent all my money on a new phone I wouldnt have money to eat. Its a win win, I get a new phone and starve myself thin.

[litljay]

All via Costco:



This is going to be a pain to install.

[Auburn RSX-S]

Got a new job that's business professional attire. Needed some new black shoes so I grabbed these from Beckett Simonon. Quite a few friends have/love them.

Gonna be hitting a few stores this weekend to get more pants, shirts and a few more suits & ties also. BRB signing bonus paying for new wardrobe :/

[KilaByte]

All via Costco:



This is going to be a pain to install.

Stop copying me srs.

The spotlight cam threw me off since it comes with a lengthy cable and a plug, I thought it was going to replace the current spotlight and connect to the existing wiring. I haven't installed that yet, might just chop it and wire it in.

The Ecobee is another small project, my current thermostat doesn't have a C wire. I ordered a power supply and figured how I will snake the wire from the basement up to the thermostat location, that should be here tomorrow. This reminded me that I need to run out and get some string, thanks!

[RespectYourself]

Picked up the following items to do paint correction/polishing on our new Volvo SUV.

Amazing the difference that makes, mirin.

[litljay]

Stop copying me srs.

The spotlight cam threw me off since it comes with a lengthy cable and a plug, I thought it was going to replace the current spotlight and connect to the existing wiring. I haven't installed that yet, might just chop it and wire it in.

The Ecobee is another small project, my current thermostat doesn't have a C wire. I ordered a power supply and figured how I will snake the wire from the basement up to the thermostat location, that should be here tomorrow. This reminded me that I need to run out and get some string, thanks!

Ha! The ecobee comes with the PEK (power extender kit) unit already. So, you don't really need to pull another wire. Just need to go to your air handler and install the PEK. Or, more often than not, most HVAC installers all use the same 6 wire romex cable (built for a heat pump and common wire along with power/compressor/heat/fan). If they did, you'll need to pick and connect the common wire. That will give you the 5 wire setup needed.
None of my thermostat's have a C wire either. I haven't looked yet, but hoping that the guys used the 6 wire romex. I'm only installing 1 thermostat but there are 3 in my house, so there is likely going to be multiple trips up the ladder to the attic to figure out which air handler goes to which thermostat.

I haven't even opened the floodlight box yet, but have a location that I'll rob power from laid out. Hoping that's an easy install too.

[300Lane1]

mirin $8k mattress

10k...

[KilaByte]

Ha! The ecobee comes with the PEK (power extender kit) unit already. So, you don't really need to pull another wire. Just need to go to your air handler and install the PEK. Or, more often than not, most HVAC installers all use the same 6 wire romex cable (built for a heat pump and common wire along with power/compressor/heat/fan). If they did, you'll need to pick and connect the common wire. That will give you the 5 wire setup needed.
None of my thermostat's have a C wire either. I haven't looked yet, but hoping that the guys used the 6 wire romex. I'm only installing 1 thermostat but there are 3 in my house, so there is likely going to be multiple trips up the ladder to the attic to figure out which air handler goes to which thermostat.

I haven't even opened the floodlight box yet, but have a location that I'll rob power from laid out. Hoping that's an easy install too.

Unfortunately the PEK won't save me, my main floor thermostat is only wired with white and red cables, so I either run a C wire from the furnace or buy a power supply (which I did) and run that up to the thermostat.

I just read that the back of the base of the Ring light unscrews showing the connectors, opening it I have also learned that the ground wire is not attached to anything, after all the casing is plastic, like someone else said they must have gotten a really good deal on 3 prong plugs. So I need to take off the old floodlight and see how I'm going to mount this thing, fkin rain up here for the next few days

[Auburn RSX-S]

New LG 4K monitor. Gonna have 2 at new office eventually. Testing 1 to start with.

LG 27UK850-W

Models are confusing. Several using the same panel but the 850 is color calibrated at the factory and can have custom color calibration profiles applied, is flicker free and has USB Type C connectivity.




Grabbed a PCI-E 1X slot NVMe adapter. Surprisingly hard to locate. Need full size PCIe slot for a GPU to drive the two 4k screens and only 1 of those so using this adapter to keep my NVMe drive.



GPU will probably be a Quadro card that can drive multiple high res screens.

Machine I'm taking to the office is a Lenovo Thinkcentre M700 with a 6700 CPU, 2x 16G DDR4, Samsung 950pro, HGST 2TB 7200 NAS drive. Bought it dirt cheap off Ebay with no RAM or HDD.

[chino3]

Need wired headphones for upcoming travel plans since airpods will last half the flight... So far not impressed :-/

[MattyMiscer]

Currently remodeling my bathroom


https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/...?ie=UTF8&psc=1


https://www.faucet-warehouse.com/moe...t2473epbl.html


https://www.homedepot.com/p/Daltile-...D1P4/302575146
Also picked up the Daltile bullnose edge tiles and black grout


https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/...?ie=UTF8&psc=1


https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/...?ie=UTF8&psc=1


https://www.lowes.com/pd/Sterling-Me...tub/1000132899


https://www.lowes.com/pd/DELLA-TORRE...-in/1000241509
This is the same tile I laid in my laundry room so the bathroom will tie in to that


I've picked up a bunch of other small things here and there for this project (thinset mortar, Redgard, extra grout float, etc). I've posted some pics of the project in the DIY thread here:
https://forum.bodybuilding.com/showt...86481&page=103

Hoping to have the whole thing mostly wrapped up by this weekend

[jeshelton]

Currently remodeling my bathroom

Hoping to have the whole thing mostly wrapped up by this weekend

Post pics of the result, don't think I've seen the white tile with black grout combo. Wish I would have done the double deck niche as well, single opening always gets jammed up with a couple bottles of shampoo and soap bars flying out.

[gixxer0.6g]

Das it mane

Welcome to the obsessions of load development.

[gixxer0.6g]

Currently remodeling my bathroom

I've picked up a bunch of other small things here and there for this project (thinset mortar, Redgard, extra grout float, etc). I've posted some pics of the project in the DIY thread here:
https://forum.bodybuilding.com/showt...86481&page=103

Hoping to have the whole thing mostly wrapped up by this weekend

If I remember right, your shower valve should come with the mixing valve already.

[MattyMiscer]

Post pics of the result, don't think I've seen the white tile with black grout combo. Wish I would have done the double deck niche as well, single opening always gets jammed up with a couple bottles of shampoo and soap bars flying out.

It should be pretty similar to this:


Main difference is the tile in that niche--that tile is very similar to what's going on my floor. I've got this white herringbone mosaic for the niche, also with black grout:

If I remember right, your shower valve should come with the mixing valve already.

Yeah, the valve attaches straight to the faucet. I was hoping I'd be able to use the old Gerber valve that's already in the wall but it doesn't match up with my Moen faucet. I just picked up some extra pex and adapters so I can get this thing switched out. Here's the current setup:


As you can see, I need to move the whole valve over to the right a little to center up on the new tub. I'm going to add an extra 2x4 to secure the new valve in place. Here's a pic of the valve test fitted to the faucet with pex adapters in place: