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You guys look like you scored a lot of those tools from the garage sale i had last weekend. I unloaded and still have tools coming out my ears. I had 8 flipping sets of 3/8" drive sockets. I sold really cheap too. Plenty of "you ****" deals. I figured if they'd go to someone who'd use them...

I used to have three stages of old school scaffolding I bought at an auction for $30ea. with 3 aluminum planks and cross braces for ea. Over the years I used it as scaffolding numerous times painting houses and apt building I had, covered a stage with visqueen for an instant greenhouse which...

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Costco has this on sale this month. It is really three lights, two small portable ones and a larger work light.

I'd try a magic eraser on it. Probably lots of work but they remove stuff like that pretty well.

Spray it with Easy Off again and cover it up with a plastic bag. Then let it stew for a couple days and the rest should be gummy by then.

Next time you have to smash one flat bent the tip so it nails itself down and doesn't leave a pointy thing to snag stuff on.

Around here I believe you just have to cut a big hole in the ends and not remove the entire end. I once worked with a guy who was blown to smithereens welding on a tank. I'd seen him working on the tank about an hour before it happened and he asked me about the alignment of a piece he was...

An 4" apron in front of the door using recycled asphalt will pack down nicely and keep the majority of the gravel out.

I have been warming the spray paint can in a pan of hot water before shaking it. It seems to help the paint mix well and allow for smoother coats.

I believe these are called a beam type torque wrench. They work okay.

Someone posted one on the Lowe's hot deal thread last year. I got 4 @ $25ea. Kept one and gave the others away as gifts. I've used the one I have as a phone charger a bunch of times and jumped 4 wheelers and cars. So I am happy.

I have one in my garage that was plugged into a GFCI. It kept tripping the GFCI so I replaced it with a regular outlet, no problems years later. Just a heads up that some freezers don't like a protected circuit.

Would a *** bolt work for your application? They are also known as a "barrel bolt".

I starting warming cans of spray paint in a hot water bath before using them. I think I get better coverage and less clogging at the nozzle.

I got a spray gun cleaning kit from Harbor Freight that had one of those.

The green tipped fluorescent tubes contain something that binds the mercury so they test below the EPA threshold which makes them non-hazardous. They still contain mercury but in lesser amounts than older style bulbs.

I've heard Portland cement will draw petroleum oils out of concrete. Never tried it though.

Toilets with pistons. Now we're talkin'.