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Identify short hammer with angled faces

I found this at a yard sale. It is short and heavy, with angled faces that are smooth and circular. I couldn't find an...
20 comments posted 4yrs
posted by timothy42bach
20 comments posted 4yrs posted by timothy42bach

curtain rings "with clips and eyelets"

Does this mean you can remove just the clips, but leave the eyelets in place? https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08QCQJ...
5 comments posted 4yrs
posted by waybackNO584SPAM44
5 comments posted 4yrs posted by waybackNO584SPAM44

Damaged shower control valve threads

While repairing my Delta 600 series (1984) shower control valve, I used a Dremel to cut off its stuck trim ring. In doi...
2 comments posted 4yrs
posted by FredH
2 comments posted 4yrs posted by FredH

Epoxy/glue for plastic auto engine lower cover?

What kind of epoxy or glue does anyone have experience with for plastic? Not sure of the type, poly?, it's the black pl...
10 comments posted 4yrs
posted by trader4
10 comments posted 4yrs posted by trader4

`red-lining

Is red-lining worse, better, or the same when the engine is driving the wheels as when the wheels are driving the engin...
68 comments posted 4yrs
posted by NONONOmisc07
68 comments posted 4yrs posted by NONONOmisc07

My garage door keeps shutting harder

The door to the garage has three hinges. The top hinge seems to be a special hinge. It makes the door to the garage fro...
4 comments posted 4yrs
posted by spam
4 comments posted 4yrs posted by spam

OT: V8 H2 engine

Now this look exciting! https://www.foxnews.com/auto/toyota-yamaha-hydrogen-burning-v8-engine I love the quiet part. Bu...
48 comments posted 4yrs
posted by T
48 comments posted 4yrs posted by T

Brown sand coming out basement wall

35 y.o. 2 story colonial here in suburban Chicago. I’ve noticed that the brown sand on and off in the past 2 years that...
3 comments posted 4yrs
posted by Ed Sant
3 comments posted 4yrs posted by Ed Sant

OT. Pearl on the Plate

A man found a pearl in the food he had when he took his wife out to eat.
0 comments posted 4yrs
posted by deanh6929
0 comments posted 4yrs posted by deanh6929

Mouse and rat bait station

We have a bait station under our park home. When checking it yhe other day it was full of tiny pieces of mortar/brick an...
2 comments posted 4yrs
posted by Barbara
2 comments posted 4yrs posted by Barbara

Run Time Day

Is a run time day 24 hours of run time?
6 comments posted 4yrs
posted by HM
6 comments posted 4yrs posted by HM

OT Canada eh ?

Sorry for the off topic - just wondered if this guy would have been allowed to run around like that ? .. in some other...
1 comments posted 4yrs
posted by hubops
1 comments posted 4yrs posted by hubops

job opportunity

I think some of you have been looking for a new job. Here's a good opporutnity. https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/5980...
3 comments posted 4yrs
posted by NONONOmisc07
3 comments posted 4yrs posted by NONONOmisc07