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splitting axe/maul

Help my first time cutting up firewod. We purchased a truckload of wood but it seems to be awful big. Purchased a split...
58 comments posted 15yrs
posted by donchesley
58 comments posted 15yrs posted by donchesley

All terrain, motorized wheelbarrow

Video http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=LlO3bCEuFbQ
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posted by heybub
2 comments posted 15yrs posted by heybub

OT: arrows on Google search results

There are large (Invisible) arrows next to each result. If you happen to keep the cursor on the invisible arrow, a prev...
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posted by mg
5 comments posted 15yrs posted by mg

painting a metal fascia

I've got some exterior painting to do, where my client has a painted wood fascia about a foot wide with a painted metal...
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posted by merrilljensen
4 comments posted 15yrs posted by merrilljensen

water hammer weirdness

I have one of those auxilary spray hose thingies on my sink. It began to leak. When the leak started, so did the water...
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posted by notbob
3 comments posted 15yrs posted by notbob

Buy a bilge pump?

A store near me has 12 volt, 800 GPH bilge pump for $13.19. Clearance. They have three of them. Ebay, they run $30 incl...
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posted by cayoung61**spamblock##
9 comments posted 15yrs posted by cayoung61**spamblock##

Hammerite

Anyone have any experience with this paint. You are supposed to be able to paint over rust with it. R
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posted by ROANIN2009
8 comments posted 15yrs posted by ROANIN2009

ATT 730 desk phone user manual

Needed a speaker phone for some upcoming work-from-home teleconferences, so dug a ATT 730 out of my junk pile. It seems...
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posted by aemeijers
3 comments posted 15yrs posted by aemeijers

Lawn sprinkler popup heads

Two of my Hunter PGP 4" sprinkler heads seemed to be working okay based on the throw of the water. But I noticed both h...
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posted by Rebel1
4 comments posted 15yrs posted by Rebel1

Hole maker

So... I'm not proud, but I was at walmart buying a dremel tool accessory and a guy about 5 feet away shows me a 3/4" sp...
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posted by Tony.Miklos
6 comments posted 15yrs posted by Tony.Miklos

Button-tufted house at the Solar Decathlon in DC

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDtfmx00InQ and videos of the other houses: http://www.solardecathlon.gov/videos_house_to...
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posted by ricodjour
1 comments posted 15yrs posted by ricodjour

Tree scoflaw

A Scottsdale homeowner is facing fines of up to $2500/day for having the wrong kind of tree in his backyard. The tree a...
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posted by heybub
12 comments posted 15yrs posted by heybub

Locks not catching

I put in a brand new Schlage door knob on one of my doors about 3 months ago. All of a sudden over the last couple of d...
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posted by kurtullman
14 comments posted 15yrs posted by kurtullman

patch pedestal sink base?

Am helping friend remodel bathroom... we've got it about 80% together now, tomorrow's job was supposed to be to install...
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posted by njnagel
5 comments posted 15yrs posted by njnagel

mice nesting in mower

Mice keep building a nest in my riding mower, under the sheet metal housing that goes over the flywheel on the engine....
11 comments posted 15yrs
posted by nobody
11 comments posted 15yrs posted by nobody