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a can opener that opens from the side?

I'm watching a rerun of Here's Raymond, or whatever it's called, and she buys a new can opener, because it&...
17 comments posted 17yrs
posted by NOPSAMmm2005
17 comments posted 17yrs posted by NOPSAMmm2005

Vintage Sears Air Compressor

I need any information available, like user manual, maintenance data, parts list, etc for an old Sears Air Compressor. T...
2 comments posted 17yrs
posted by w2ele
2 comments posted 17yrs posted by w2ele

floor leveler in chimney

I have a weird question.... We have a brick dual ceramic flue chimney (maybe 1 ft x 3 ft) running up the side of our ho...
1 comments posted 17yrs
posted by grodenhi
1 comments posted 17yrs posted by grodenhi

Washing machine balance cutoff too sensitive

My Maytag washer is 11 years old and over the past year or so the out- of-balance cutoff keeps triggering even when the...
1 comments posted 17yrs
posted by passport
1 comments posted 17yrs posted by passport

Weatherize Whole House Fan

We recently purchased a whole house fan, which worked great for the summer. However, on these cold winter night it appe...
4 comments posted 17yrs
posted by pcwebtrax
4 comments posted 17yrs posted by pcwebtrax

Wiring a furnace to run off an extension cord.

My gas furnace is hard wired to the main panel. In the event of an extended power outage in winter, I'd like to hav...
55 comments posted 17yrs
posted by mkirsch1
55 comments posted 17yrs posted by mkirsch1

Fabric glues

I do not like to sew and I am not very good at it. I have seen TV commercials for Mighty Mendit and it looked pretty go...
10 comments posted 17yrs
posted by neutrino1
10 comments posted 17yrs posted by neutrino1

Electrical contact cleaning

What tools and chemicals do you use to clean electrical contacts? What do you use for buttons on things such as remote...
11 comments posted 17yrs
posted by neutrino1
11 comments posted 17yrs posted by neutrino1

Spackle over blueboard

Hi, I'm hoping to have plaster-over-blue-board walls, but I may or may not be able to find a plasterer I feel comfo...
7 comments posted 17yrs
posted by jennifereden.price
7 comments posted 17yrs posted by jennifereden.price

Blow or suck to clean dryer vent

Used a leaf blower to blow about six years ago with great success. It can also suck. My wife says it's that time ag...
17 comments posted 17yrs
posted by oparr
17 comments posted 17yrs posted by oparr

Annoying washing machine problem

My 10 tear old washing machine just developed an issue with the little lever that SHOULD be depressed by the little poi...
8 comments posted 17yrs
posted by tetrickm
8 comments posted 17yrs posted by tetrickm

Generator for home backup

Hi, I have a question as to what type of generator would be good for home backup. This would be for powering a oil burn...
54 comments posted 17yrs
posted by smf-nospam
54 comments posted 17yrs posted by smf-nospam

Fluorescent ring lights

My house has four fixtures that use fluorescent ring lights. They only used one 12 inch ring. I have had to replace the...
4 comments posted 17yrs
posted by twinmountain
4 comments posted 17yrs posted by twinmountain

Replacing A Water Heater

I'm replacing my aging (34 year old) AO Smith 52-gal electric water heater. I looked at the GE brand at Home Depot....
34 comments posted 17yrs
posted by golden
34 comments posted 17yrs posted by golden