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    Finished installing my "non-DIY" mini split

    Took me about two weeks of working on it inconsistently, multiple trips to Home Depot, and a few days of waiting for some 90 degree flare elbows from Amazon to arrive after I linked the original line set trying to bend it too tightly, but I finally got my 24k Mr. Cool Advantage up and running...
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    Got myself a new toolbox

    Something seems a little off though... Sent from my moto g stylus using Tapatalk
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    Built me a bird house... kinda!

    I use a wireless router for streaming movies from my server to my laptop to watch them on my outdoor screen, but needed a good way to keep it out of the elements while mounting it high enough to get good signal. I had just enough leftover wood and aluminum to build this without having to buy...
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    Teardrop trailer build

    EDIT: Photobucket fucked my images. Here's the imgur version: https://imgur.com/a/TysSx Finally have the money (and time) to start a project that the wife and I have been talking about for a while - building our own teardrop trailer. Like some of the other examples online, we started with...
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    Finally fired up the foundry!

    Just made ingots so far, but at least everything seems to be in working order
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    Made some progress on the foundry

    Delete me please
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    "Hey honey, let's build a forge/foundry!"

    ...is not something most men ever expect to hear their wives say. I was recently the proud recipient of such a request after she watched a few of those smithing shows on YouTube and found out how easy both actually are to build. So this weekend, we're going to pick up a few parts and try to...
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    3 bulbs burned out at once... coincidence?

    My wife came home today and noticed the light over the driveway (300 watt equivalent CFL) was out. The first thing I did was go into the garage to make sure the switch hadn't been flipped off (it hadnt) and I noticed it was dimmer than usual. Two of my bulbs in there (32w T8 tubes) had burned...
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    My wife has forbidden me from upgrading the electric in the garage...

    We finally got our ancient and completely full main panel replaced, so it's the perfect time to finally do something about the horrible electric service to the garage. Right now it has a grand total of two outlets, on the same 20 amp circuit, borrowed from the bedrooms (which are already all on...
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    Sage advice from Home Depot

    Stopped by Home Depot the other day to try and pick up a right angled 3 prong cord cap. They seem to be needlessly expensive so I just ended up buying the regular kind, but not before asking one of the employees if they had anything cheaper. He shows me a flimsy plastic lamp-duty plug with...
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    Too much air hose?

    I'm in the process of building a fence and have run into a small snag. I'm using a nail gun (which is awesome, by the way, and I don't know why I didn't buy one sooner) to speed up the process. I thought my portable 8-gal compressor would get the job done for me, and it does power the gun just...
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