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Odd door size
In my basement with a low ceiling the door opening is only 75" high. What do you reccomend for new replacement doors ?
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Power tool drag racing
What you can do with your old shop-vac Video BBC NEWS | UK | DIY fans drag-race power tools
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20-yr old ""LION auto-number C-71" inking-stamp: how to reset numbers to 1?
Long time ago I bought a mechanical ink-stamper (for lack of better name) with which you can stamp things 1, 2, 3, ... Long gone are the instructions. Brand is LION, item C-71. Any idea how to reset...
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Problems with DTV transition
"[MISSOURI] The digital transition has left some confused, but a Joplin man was down right frustrated with the switch. So frustrated, in fact, that he peppered his television set with gunfire. "...
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rusting tools, metal building
Howdy, I have an interesting dilemma but first a little background. For seven years I had my woodshop in our one-car attached garage. It wasn't heated or cooled and not very tight. I live in the...
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Cheap alarm clock
I just bought a cheap electric alarm clock - made in China naturally. When I plugged it in it displayed the correct time. How does it do this? Does it pick up a radio signal? The clock works...
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Putting heat tape on antenna rotor
I don't know why you couldn't, most come with a thermostat, so you could just leave it on. The real problem is likely either the grease inside it is old and stiff & perhaps too thick to begin with, or...
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Testing thermocouples with multimeter
The universal thermocouples used in gas appliances like water heaters, soves, space heaters and so forth employ thermocouples specified as "30 mv" When a thermocouple fails, the pilot light will not...
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Man Shoots TV Over DTV Converter Problems
Well, I guess that solved the problem...... Now he can go for help over his drinking and wont need to worry about whats on tv. Too bad someone didn't video this, it would have been a big hit on...
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Switch cover plates
I'm looking for a White, Double , switch on one side , blank on the other. I didn't think this would be such a big deal to find, but i'm striking out. anyone got a part number? thanks...
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Interior Doors trials and tribulations
So they sell the door slabs and in the jamb. The slabs have come down to $19 at HD. Wow that's cheap. But, my jambs are all boogered up. Well, especially the part where the door catches. Maybe I...
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before i switch the electric back on.....
Hi, Before i switch the electric back on i wanted to get some second opinions. I have an existing #12 wire which comes directly out of the circuit box in the basement and runs up the side of my house,...
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Blower needs something, but what?
I have been using my Sears gas blower for about 10 years. It's the kind you carry in one hand. It's been working fine, except lately it stutters and stalls when I take the blower out of the...
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Anybody know a good way to get this faucet apart?
My kitchen faucet is dripping. Makes me crazy. I cant figure out how to get at the washer to replace it. Here are a couple photos: cowling doesnt have any obvious screws, but there may be some under...
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Help; power lines to house
Hi, My wife and I just bought our first house. It's a great house but needs some attention here and there (what else is new, right?). It has a full basement with a crawl-space under an addition....
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