Reading Time: 7 minutes DIY Plastic Welding I needed tips on DIY plastic welding. Welding plastic was in my future. I needed a wet saw for a future project and the saw that came up had a crack in the water pan. The seller was very straight forward and listed it as a flaw in the advertisement so I… Read More »
Reading Time: 7 minutes How to Setup a Used Wet Saw How to setup a used wet saw is critical knowledge to getting the best performance of your used or “new to you” saw. What your going to do is verify that the blade and table have the correct angle relationships(yes, more than one) to each other. With any… Read More »
Reading Time: 3 minutes A Strong Rain Gutter Splice Technique A strong rain gutter splice technique is definitely needed for my new gutter. The gutter material I have chosen comes in standard lengths. My new gutter is going to be longer than that standard “off the shelf” length. So somewhere along the gutter, there will need to be a… Read More »
Reading Time: 7 minutes DIY Custom Pet Food Containers I needed some custom DIY pet food containers for a limited space recently. We have a bookcase cabinet in our laundry room that we use to store our soaps and such. But the lowest shelf of the cabinet did not get much use. At the same time our dog and… Read More »
Reading Time: 6 minutes Scribing flooring Scribing flooring is the one job that is always needed when you’re installing your own laminate, wood, or vinyl planking. It is usually needed on the first and the final row of the project. You may also need to scribe for floor registers or any walls in the middle of your project room… Read More »
Reading Time: 2 minutes How A Car Alternator Works If you know how a car alternator works it makes it all the easier to understand when/why it’s not doing its job. Understanding how an alternator works is half of the troubleshooting job. List of parts making up a car’s alternator Stator Rotor Assembly(Made up of the following parts) Slip rings Rotor… Read More »
Reading Time: 4 minutes A DIY Wire Clamp Tool A DIY wire clamp tool. Eureka! I always thought that there has to be a way to make wire work as a clamp. I recently saw a tool that does just that. What I really like about it is that no matter what size hose or object you need to… Read More »
Reading Time: 8 minutes Green Cheap Raised Garden Beds You can build green cheap raised garden beds. You can call this a green project because most of the lumber used on this project will be recycled and it’s on the cheap because its available for free. Your only expenses will be the nails, staples, screws and the 2″x2″ lumber. Also if… Read More »
Reading Time: 4 minutes Rust removal on outdoor cast iron umbrella stands I needed to perform rust removal on outdoor cast iron umbrella stands. We recently had the need to use our outdoor umbrellas to provide some extra shade. As I was moving the umbrella stands around it was very evident that they were going to need some work… Read More »
Reading Time: 4 minutes How to Template for diagonal tile cuts I learned how to make a template for diagonal tile cuts recently. I have tiled quite a few floors but for those floors, the tiles were always square to the room. Now for my latest tiling project, I was going to continue a previous tiling job(square again) to… Read More »
Reading Time: 3 minutes There’s Poop in the Pool It happens kids are in the pool and then suddenly there’s poop in the pool. So what do you do when this happens? It happens all too often but when it happens to your pool it completely throws you on what you should do and how should you do it.… Read More »
Reading Time: 3 minutes Troubleshooting an ignition coil problem Troubleshooting an ignition coil problem became my top priority recently. It fell into my lap out of the blue. My wife came back from the store all shook up. She said that the car suddenly started shaking, rattling and had no power. According to her it barely made it home. Brain… Read More »
Reading Time: 3 minutes Why is my lawn looking yellow? Why is my lawn looking yellow? That is the question I recently had to ask myself. For many years my lawn has taken the heat of summer without looking this bad. I did the normal things for lawn maintenance. A thorough lawn aeration in early spring to increase the… Read More »
Reading Time: 4 minutes How To Repair LED Bulbs In order to save some money, you may need to know how to repair LED bulbs. It’s a dirty little secret of LED lamps. Something only spoken in hushed tones in the dark corners of the internet. LED bulbs do not last as long as advertised. When LED life is… Read More »
Reading Time: 2 minutes Why You Need Plumbers Sockets I knew I was in trouble when I mentioned that I needed a set of plumbers sockets and the “Pro” at the big box store didn’t know what I wanted. Let me explain. My kitchen faucet had developed a leak every time I turned the water on. Upon inspection, I… Read More »
Reading Time: 2 minutes Deep Cleaning Glass Top Patio Furniture My to-do list came up with deep cleaning glass top patio furniture recently. I had to clean a glass top table that had sat out in the weather due to my patio cover being replaced. The glass top accumulated a lot of dirt in the time it took to… Read More »
Reading Time: 4 minutes Rebuilding a Vac Mate Rebuilding a Vac Mate is something I did recently. I have owned three of these over the last fifteen-twenty years. They do a great job of making a suction pool cleaner work to it’s fullest potential. They skim floating debris continuously helping to keep the pool clean. But they do have their… Read More »
Reading Time: 7 minutes Installing Door Casing to Perfection Installing door casing to perfection is all about the corners. Every technique discussed in this article is about getting a tight miter joint. The following techniques if applied will ensure that your efforts produce a first class job. But you will need some powered tools to get the best results.… Read More »
Reading Time: 6 minutes How to Remove Tile Learn how to remove tile with less dust and save some money. Are you like me and have received an astronomical bid for tile replacement? How would you like to save three dollars to five fifty per square foot on your tile job? That’s how much you can save if you do the demolition.… Read More »
Reading Time: 5 minutes The Black Algae Bloom Attack If your reading this you may have a black algae attack in your pool’s future? Have you got a black algae bloom in your pool? It recently happened to me. Now don’t get me wrong. This is not a couple of spots here or there in the pool. This is a… Read More »