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Camper in the Trees?

People are buying up the old Airstreams. They still build them buy hand. It takes two people to set a rivet.
0 comments posted 5yrs
posted by deanh6929
0 comments posted 5yrs posted by deanh6929

Welding Aluminum vs Braising Aluminum.

I want to join some pieces of square aluminum to build a frame. Is brazing on Aluminum as strong as welding Aluminum ?...
4 comments posted 5yrs
posted by sidwelle
4 comments posted 5yrs posted by sidwelle

OT: Money Laundering

Since the pandemic started, I've used credit cards/Apple pay rather than cash for my very few face-to-face transactions...
22 comments posted 5yrs
posted by wade
22 comments posted 5yrs posted by wade

house-only-6-feet-wide

I hope this wasn't posted here already. It's actually on topic: https://www.today.com/home/thinnest-house-london-only-6...
21 comments posted 5yrs
posted by NONONOmisc07
21 comments posted 5yrs posted by NONONOmisc07

Another Gender Reveal death

What the hell is wrong with people? They have to have these gender reveal parties and people have died, been injured, s...
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posted by esp
20 comments posted 5yrs posted by esp

Icemaker ...

The unit is the built-in ice-through-the-door unit in a GE side by side . The problem is ice chunks from water seeping...
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posted by snag_one
8 comments posted 5yrs posted by snag_one

Pioneertown

The older ones in this group will remember Gene Autry and Roy Rogers. They set up a desert film location for the old we...
2 comments posted 5yrs
posted by deanh6929
2 comments posted 5yrs posted by deanh6929

How to lubricate this door hinge?

The fire-rated door from my house to the garage is squeaking like crazy for months. I was going to use graphite or oil...
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posted by millinghill
8 comments posted 5yrs posted by millinghill

water freezing

IIUC, when water (or anything else) freezes, it emits heat, quite a bit of heat, and that slows the freezing of the adja...
8 comments posted 5yrs
posted by NONONOmisc07
8 comments posted 5yrs posted by NONONOmisc07

I wish I could draw cartoons. More about Cruz

I can't find the earlier thread about Cruz. I wish I could draw cartoons. https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainm...
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posted by NONONOmisc07
4 comments posted 5yrs posted by NONONOmisc07

Paint for steel door

New doors coming tomorrow from lowes. 32x80 primed steel full light Masonite. Looking to paint it satin black. Looking...
11 comments posted 5yrs
posted by canope234
11 comments posted 5yrs posted by canope234

Herd Immunity in April?

The author is a professor at the John Hopkins School of Medicine.
29 comments posted 5yrs
posted by deanh6929
29 comments posted 5yrs posted by deanh6929

How does a typical heating system controls work?

I bought a house in Ireland two years ago and I still have some doubts about how the heating system controls should wor...
7 comments posted 5yrs
posted by alexandreverri
7 comments posted 5yrs posted by alexandreverri

lawn mower keys

Are sone, most, all of the riding lawmower keys the same ? I just bought a John Deere x590 and noticed the key looked l...
10 comments posted 5yrs
posted by rmowery42
10 comments posted 5yrs posted by rmowery42