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Church without power

With the forecast of Nov 13 being power cut, it gets me to thinking. I'm one of the maint guys at church. Suppose the p...
111 comments posted 12yrs
posted by cayoung61
111 comments posted 12yrs posted by cayoung61

I pulled a Halloween prank on my gas company!

Each year I treat the neighborhood kids to a yard full of Halloween decorations. I set up a mini cemetery watched over...
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posted by teamarrows
0 comments posted 12yrs posted by teamarrows

Wood Furnace fan doesn't run long

My 18 year old house has a combination Wood and Electric pushed air furnace. I'll start a fire and eventually the fan s...
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posted by cln.lgr
18 comments posted 12yrs posted by cln.lgr

CAC Pt Lumber test

OK we all "know" the new PT lumber "eats" fasteners. At least that is the warning. I decided to test it with a number o...
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posted by gfretwell
9 comments posted 12yrs posted by gfretwell

OT - What can I do with 2' long plastic candy canes

I have inherited aboutb a dozen plastic candy canes, from some old Christmas decorations. A couple are solid, most are...
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posted by hrhofmann
25 comments posted 12yrs posted by hrhofmann

transparent glue

What transparent glue can be used to hold a piece of plastic to a picture of the same size (which is on paper, I think)...
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posted by NONONOmisc07
6 comments posted 12yrs posted by NONONOmisc07

Combining projects, or how to fix a chopping block

My wife took MY favorite chopping board, a very nice large older one, and used it for a project of hers. Her project wa...
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posted by StevexxxBulicz
18 comments posted 12yrs posted by StevexxxBulicz

Mini Power Adapter Hidden Camera

http://www.brickhousesecurity.com/product/usb+power+adapter+hidden+camera.do?sortby=bestSellers&from=fn Need a nanny cam...
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posted by Kilowatt
2 comments posted 12yrs posted by Kilowatt

need advice on wooden box construction

I want to build a wooden box of size about 16 inch height x 24 wide x 20 long. It is a return air plenum. The "box" wil...
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posted by nospam
4 comments posted 12yrs posted by nospam

Fiber Fix

Was watching Shark Tank the other night. One of the products that came on, was FiberFix. Looks like a really handy produ...
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posted by whoa
4 comments posted 12yrs posted by whoa

Winterizing

I just had my gutters cleaned, and the roofer said my roof needs winterized. I never heard of such a thing. I asked him...
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posted by invalid
6 comments posted 12yrs posted by invalid

shower arm only tightens to twelve o'clock

I am replacing a shower arm. The old one came out okay, but now that I'm screwing the new arm in it goes to 12 oclock an...
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posted by Bill
5 comments posted 12yrs posted by Bill