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What is a good recipe for home made carbonated cola (with a similar kick as coca cola or pepsi)?
Anyone have an easy recipe for home made carbonated cola (with a similar kick as coca cola or pepsi)? With your help, I've solved the home carbonation problem and now endeavor to replace the "cola...
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Recycling Gone Too Far
I really believe in recycling and recovering materials for other uses but some people are just a little bonkers about it. Inhabitat is a website dedicated to green design, innovation, and the future...
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Log splitter questions
I own a 7 year old East Coast 6-ton mini-splitter. ()The unit worked as advertised, be that slow but effective. Today I managed to break the return spring for the pump handle. Can these be replaced?...
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Flashlights, old style, hundreds of them...
Awl -- I'm warehousing (in my hovel) about 250+ carded bulb-style D-cell flashlights, all colors. They are carded without the D-cells (req. 2). What to do with these?? They were originally intended as...
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Speaking of cordless drills....
Has anyone used the speed control from a dead drill to make something cool?
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Remodel Project Plan
Hello All, Looking for a little friendly advice. I=92m currently in the process demoing a two bedroom first floor apartment unit (1,000sqft) with gas hookup, 100A service. To date this is what has...
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What's with "vessel" sinks?
Cheapest ones I've been able to find start at about $85 and go up to the top, the very top!* So I went to Hobby Lobby and bought a resin bowl for $4, drilled a hole in the bottom, and I was good to...
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LED bulb: 17 Years, $50.00
"GE says the new bulb uses just 9 watts and provides a 77% energy savings while lasting 25 times as long as the 40-watt bulb it's intended to replace." a 40-watt bulb lasts 1000 hours. 40w x 1000 = 40...
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Low-friction track for sliding 60lb box about 3 feet.
I've got to figure out an easy way to slide a box/enclosure weighing about 60lbs. Got to move about 3 feet, and the box itself is about 3feet long, so I'd need at least 6feet of track. I was thinking...
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Frigidaire dryer heating element replacement; what's the trick?
Has a heating element burn out on me in a Frigidaire Gallery dryer. It was straightforward to replace it. I needed to pull the drum forward to get to the heating element behind it, so I removed the...
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Finally ! A whole-house battery
The battery will provide 26 megawatts of load for 15 minutes or 40 megawatts of power for up to seven minutes. Long enough to get the diesel generators going. It's as big as a soccer field and costs...
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OT: Old comfy shirts
Woe is me. All my favorite winter (mostly flannel) shirts are badly frayed at the top of the collar. They're a little faded, but, aside from the collars, are nice and warm and comfy. I hate to pitch...
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Wiring lights in a drop ceiling
I plan to install several lights in a drop ceiling. Question: Do I need to run MC cable to each light from a covered box centrally located in the room in a star topology, or can I run one MC cable to...
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Lawn Mower Class Action about HP ratings
Received a post card in the mail the other day. It appears a class action about .."misrepresented and overstated the horsepower of their lawn mowers and lawn mower engines. The Defendants deny these...
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PVC roof sewer vent stack okay?
I am getting a new roof installed, but beforehand I will be replacing the cast iron sewer vent stack that is above the roof line with a new one. I am guessing that just extending the new 3-inch PVC...
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