How do I get drywall dust off floor? (Sounds silly, I realize...)

Then sweep it all up into a dustpan and Shop-Vac up whatever miniscule amount is left over. If you don't have a friend with a free supply of sawdust, go to your nearest construction supply store and ask for a bag of sweeping compound. Works like a charm on concrete dust, too. AJS
Posted by AJScott in Home Repair 22 years ago 
Mower service

Since I don't have an excess of free time to check it out I'll likely wind up needing to have a mower repair shop check it out. Considering its age I'm wondering what to expect. Such as should I consider a carb overhaul, belts, tranny?
Posted by Jim in Home Repair 22 years ago 
Refgerator freezer icing up. Rest OK.

Many refrigerator freezers are designed to be "frost free". They have a timer, and a heater to melt the frost from the inside of the freezer. When the coils in the back of the freezer frost over, very often the refrigerator side warms up.
Posted by Stormin Mormon in Home Repair 15 years ago 
What parts of a pool motor need replacement?

A new 1.65 HP (1.0 x 1.65 SF) AO Smith 48Y square frame QC1102 motor is about $250 (give or take) on the net while a rebuild is about $150 at the local pool shop. That's close enough to be not easy to say which way to go, economically.
Posted by Abol in Home Repair 14 years ago 
Parade Magazine - HF

Whenever I shop online, I sort by total cost whenever possible. Amazon let's you do that. Just yesterday I bought something for $3.59 plus $4.99 shipping instead of $8.99 with free shipping. I don't really care what the fake S&H charges are as long as the total cost is the lowest.
Posted by DerbyDad03 in Home Repair 13 years ago 
Purpose of leather shock washers

Also: free replacement if you bust 'em, and I have. Save the heirloom set for a bit lighter work, such as finishing rabbets or splice joints in timbers. And, yes, I would try to replace the leather with belly hide from a shoemaker or harness shop, put on wet and let to shrink onto the ...
Posted by RM MS in Woodworking Forum 17 years ago 
Air Compressor

This can cause double fires quite easily if you are using it like a shop tool. You can get a "determinate" trigger upgrade from Senco. Call customer service and they send it for free. It is just a little spring thing and not to hard to install.
Posted by SonomaProducts.com in Woodworking Forum 16 years ago 
Good planer sled designs?

But there were a few white-faced kids and one white-faced shop teacher. That was a heavy free-standing planer with a real motor and real knives, but accidents happen. I would not want something like that happen and be left with a board with screws in it rattling around inside MY ...
Posted by Gerald Ross in Woodworking Forum 14 years ago 
Home appliance cost in hours

You let the free market work it out. And before you say that isn't available to all, there are plenty of people who started a cup cake shop, a cleaning business, etc that are making way more than any of those factory workers ever did.
Posted by trader_4 in Home Repair 10 years ago 
paper or mesh plasterboard jointing tape?

Most of the working stuff that goes down the tip has already been at the front of my driveway with a notice saying free for anyone that can make use of it. I usually include the manual in a plastic bag taped to the equipment.
Posted by alan_m in UK Do-It-Yourself Forum 6 years ago