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I'm trying to find the perfect container for end wrenches. It's an absolute requirement for me to have the whole set of end wrenches together so I can grab the whole set and take it to whatever I'm working on. Individual cut-outs in my toolbox don't work for me at all. Wrenches hanging on...

I'm building a 3d printer out of 1/2" plate steel cutoffs. I do a lot of brazing, you could even say I'm an expert. Below is another printer with pieces up to 1/4 thick brazed, but these big plates are going to be a whole new ballgame. This is thicker than anything I've tackled before and I...

I've has Leatherman Micra, and similar small multi tools confiscated by TSA before. But I still like having some pliers and screwdrivers. Has anyone found a good multi tool that's TSA compatible? I'm really close to cutting off the knife blade of my classic Leatherman, but I just can't bring...

I'm in the middle of an epic 3D printer build where I'm soldering dozens of 18 to 28 gage wires to PCBs, motor leads, d-sub connectors, and just plain other wires. I have a nice Hakko soldering iron but I'm not sure I'm using the right flux. There are so many options. Do I need to buy and try...

If you aren't acquainted with Krytox grease and oil, you might not know how awesome they are. Rated for use from below -73 °C (-99 °F) to above 360 °C (680 °F). You could literally use it inside a cooking oven, and it wouldn't drip or smoke or anything. Outer space application? No problem...

I want a measuring wheel for just measuring things in my yard, distance between sprinkler heads, widths and lengths of driveway, that kind of thing. What I'm not sure about is do I want one that has a big, bicycle-type of wheel, or do I want something with a smaller, like 4-inch wheel? Which...

For big things, I have an airgun I can hook up to the compressor. For smaller tasks, like cleaning computer parts, blowing shavings out of the bottom of blind screw holes, etc, I used to keep around a can of the "canned air". The cans work, especially when I can put the small straw down in the...

M12 batteries seem really expensive at Home Depot. Are there any other retailers that sell them cheaper, or is it pretty much the same everywhere? Are there any generic or off-brand M12 batteries that are favored? Some of those can be had for as cheap as $10.

My wife likes super hot water, never likes to run out, and insists I keep the water heater turned up to the maximum. Any time I turned the water down, she complained the dishwasher doesn't work as well or that we run out of water too fast. I don't mind having scalding-hot water available at the...

I have a hose bib right on the sidewalk in the middle of the garage wall where you walk past. There's not really a good place to put a hose hanger on the wall, because any 25ft hose coiled up would stick out in your way, and same with a hose reel. I've seen the collapsing hoses that get small...

I need some dirt. Not potting soil, raised-bed soil, not even, as it turns out, what they sell as "topsoil". I just need regular dirt, to fill in low spots in my lawn. I don't need a giant pile of fill dirt delivered by a truck, just a few cubic feet of fill dirt. I have several low spots in...

I want to put a wireless security camera pointed at my water meter so I can check it without having to go down to the end of the driveway and open up the meter. But I am sensitive to privacy and I don't want any of the footage or any of the info at all sent to the internet for any reason. We...

I left a storage tub sitting here too long. What can I use to try to get rid of the stain?

At my job we are required that all the power strips or anything else we buy has to be UL listed. When I go to the store, I see about 2/3 of the devices aren't UL listed, and when I find the item that's UL listed, it's one of the more expensive ones. Somehow I think that if they sell them in...

I need some plywood for some shelves. I might use them plain, but I will probably coat them with a combo stain+sealant product, because they are near a sink and will get some splashes, so a little bit of water resistance would be nice. They need to hold a lot of weight but I figure all 1/2"...

I'm in the market for 2 steel racks. They need to be 3 feet by 18 inches, maybe 4 feet by 18 inches. But they need to be strong, like 1000 pounds per shelf. Solid shelves are preferred but I can throw down some plywood myself if I have to. All the big box stores sell storage racks, and they...

I want to insulate around my load-center front panel and door. There's a ton of cold air rushing in around it. For my attic hatch, I bought some of the foam rubber weatherstrip at home depot. After a year or so, I opened the hatch and the stuff was completely flattened. It wasn't sealing...

My house does not have GFCI in the garage. I was wiring up a new GFCI receptacle in an easily accessible location, and then I was going to have that receptacle protect the rest of my garage circuit. To do this I need to disconnect both the hot and the neutral wires of the original circuit in the...

I understand how gas stations work, mostly, but who builds public electric chargers, why, and can I do it myself? When it comes to "public" chargers, who deploys them and who pays for them and who gets the money when people use them? I've heard there are "networks" like "electrify america"...

I'm wiring up a Reliance ProTran 2 generator transfer switch. These are common units available at Lowes etc. I see 2 things that seem to violate normal wiring principles. 1. Requires stepping down wire gauges in the main panel. The Reliance panel is pre-wired with 12-guage stranded wires. This...