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3 comments posted 15yrs
posted by dmontanbeau_at_hotmail_dot_com
3 comments posted 15yrs posted by dmontanbeau_at_hotmail_dot_com

Elementary carpentry question

Alright, so this is Carpentry 101, but I'm gonna ask it anyhow. Question concerns taking measurements where there is an...
33 comments posted 15yrs
posted by nobody
33 comments posted 15yrs posted by nobody

Shower Heads

As I type this post, I'm in a hotel room at Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas. The shower has dual heads - one from the side...
17 comments posted 15yrs
posted by mcp6453
17 comments posted 15yrs posted by mcp6453

Can you solder a thrmal fuse in place?

Can you solder a thrmal fuse in place? Someone gave me a disassembled sandwhich maker (heater). The plastic/Bakelite? i...
13 comments posted 15yrs
posted by NOPSAMmm2005
13 comments posted 15yrs posted by NOPSAMmm2005

OT: Shut down the %#@*& government

I sent paperwork to Soc. Security to effect an important change in my status. Mailed on November 9, 2010. Waited a long...
69 comments posted 15yrs
posted by norminn
69 comments posted 15yrs posted by norminn

Lightging pros , reducing bulb wattages

Can I put a 50w Metal Halide bulb in a fixture sold for a 100 w metal Halide light. Can I put a smaller watt bulb in a 1...
2 comments posted 15yrs
posted by mark.ransley84
2 comments posted 15yrs posted by mark.ransley84

anti-rust primer

is this stuff good? http://www.krylon.com/products/rust_tough_primer/ or is hammerite better?
6 comments posted 15yrs
posted by scanb31
6 comments posted 15yrs posted by scanb31

OT Safety Deposit Box (at a bank)

Does anyone in the group have a safety deposit box at a local bank? Or had one in the past? I checked at a local bank h...
91 comments posted 15yrs
posted by bobrusin1
91 comments posted 15yrs posted by bobrusin1

$2.16 success

Fan in the bath at house B stopped working. It's integral with and therefore on the same switch as the light. So I open...
22 comments posted 15yrs
posted by prestwhich
22 comments posted 15yrs posted by prestwhich

Wash walls from bottom up or top down??

Wash walls from bottom up or top down?? For decades I've read that when washing walls, start at the bottom, and I've ne...
34 comments posted 15yrs
posted by NOPSAMmm2005
34 comments posted 15yrs posted by NOPSAMmm2005

Tapcon anchors nonreinforced concrete slab

I have a tripod mounted on a concrete block and an old 6 in. X 6 in. by three ft; conctrete slab the previous owner lef...
4 comments posted 15yrs
posted by bobcox_at_mchsi_dot_com
4 comments posted 15yrs posted by bobcox_at_mchsi_dot_com

Government grants for solar panels

Not. "[WASHINGTON, D.C.] Dozens of District residents who installed solar panels on their homes under a government gran...
14 comments posted 15yrs
posted by heybub
14 comments posted 15yrs posted by heybub