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Hello folks! We live in southern California and we've had a ton of rain the last few months. Anyway, we have a section of a retaining wall in our backyard (35' long x 5 feet tall) that's between our backyard and the neighbor above us, that is showing signs of failure. It's leaning about 1-1/2'...

Got two quick questions for those who can offer advice on building a storage shed: Q #1) I saw a couple videos on YouTube about building a raised outdoor storage shed and they each did two different things to their plywood floor instead of using pressure treated plywood, and thus saving a lot...

Hello! Due to a long story (involving being the default executor of my parents estate: I'm old so you can imagine how old my parents were!), I have to store an enormous amount of old furniture, tools, and other items that need to be distributed to family members, most of whom are out of state. I...

Hello! I have a HF car battery charger (model 46944) and the metal foot in the front bottom of the charger keeps coming off (now it's lost). Since the foot is metal I am assuming it is also a ground for the charger. Anyway, I am thinking about just getting an all metal caster and mounting it on...

Hello! I am working on a custom project and I am hoping to find a type of axle cap or push nut with a hole drilled in the top (as shown in the pictures below) without having to go through "India-mart" (Don't have that much time, and I don't need a million of them) I do need some different sizes...

Hello all! I have a question that I don't see has been answered (to the extend of my issue). I had a concrete guy come out to add an extension off our front patio. The guy has good prices and plenty of references but he works by himself. The guy prepped the area and laid out the forms and all...

Hello! I hope all here are doing well! We have an old dining table with the slide extension so we can drop in a 20 inch leaf extension. It's been sticking a little in the last few years, but then would get better (I assumed it probably had to do with humidity). Anyway, it finally broke, well...

Hello everyone! Hope all here are well!! We live in a southern California tract home built in 2002 and I have a question about which type of electrical breaker is needed for our breaker. *A little back-story: We had to have an electrician come out a few years ago to repair/replace a breaker. At...

Hello all! I have an old Dremel 395 (type A) and the switch is bad. Called Dremel and they said they no longer have that part (the variable speed on/off switch), nor do they carry the armature, or really any internal parts. They did send me a parts list and so I am trying to track down a new...

Hello all! Hope everyone is doing well!. I have an old Craftsman Radial Arm Saw and I was watching some YouTube videos recently about this type of saw when I came across one where the guy (on the video) mentioned that his saw had some type of device or cable or something that would prevent the...

Hi all! Not sure how to ask this question but here goes: Our housing tract is build in the hills, with a home above us (and below) - which is pretty common here in southern CA. Anyway, the hillside between our home and the one above is nothing but a place for weeds to grow (no-one can afford to...

Hello all! Hope everyone here is doing well! I could use some help, advice and ideas on what to use for ground cover. We live in a very rocky area and have a 30' foot X 50' foot backyard. Some of the rocks are sharp, and our dogs sometimes dig holes. This makes it kind of treacherous for me...

Hello All! Hope everyone is doing well! My question today is where to get LONG foam rubber handle grips for different diameter tools. As you can tell from my username, I'm an old guy. So it's hard for me to grip the handles of our gardening tools, such as rakes, and shovels and our hoe. I've...

Just a quick question on putting grease inside a trailer hub: Do we fill the entire cavity around the spindle, between the inside and outside bearings with grease? On the hub I have now there's about 3/16th of an inch space around the 1" inch straight spindle on our trailer/cart. Of course the...

First I want to say thanks to all who offered help and advice on my previous post about the garden cart wheel & bearing issue. To recap, my son & I tried to remove the 4.80-12 tires off of a garden cart. Finally got a local tire shop to agree to take the tires off (we were unable to). The tire...

Hi Everyone! I posted before about a garden cart I have with a 1" inch axle. The tires are 4.8-12 and I have some tubes on order. However the local tire places don't want to install inner tubes, even though they don't carry the tire size. Anyway, my son and I have tried for quite a bit but are...

Hello all! I have a garden cart I recently became the owner of, where the wheels keep going flat (they are old and cracked and should be replaced). The wheels have a 4.80 X 12 tire on them so I was just thinking that instead of continually filling them up everyday, that I would just replace the...

First let me say that my crappy copy of the manual, which is compounded by my bad eyesight, has made it near impossible to get part numbers. As a result I searched previous postings and couldn't find any answers to my questions, so I thought I would ask: I have an old Craftsman 12" inch bandsaw...

Hello. I have some old Craftsman power tools and I would like to know when they were manufactured (and by who). For example I have two 10" inch tables saws (one is: model # 113.241680/serial #7036.P0884, and the other is model number: 113.298240/serial number 1007.P0270). I think there is a way...

Hello all. I bought an old payphone from a school district that did NOT come with keys, or the handset. (YES I have all the paperwork). Anyway the phone & stand were/are pretty beat up and vandalized There is a place that will refurbish the phone so that it will work on my landline but first I...