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Make something small and easy out of a small portion of it. Like picture frames. Take a "glamour shot" picture of the table, then make picture frames out of one of the table leaves, and put a picture of the table in the frame and give it to family members. That way they can look at the picture...

Upgraded my paint tools to 18"! Got the tray, liner, roller holder and a couple rollers.

I know for sure that you can't step-down or obstruct the exhaust hose on a portable AC or it will overheat. Back when I worked for a place that recycled electronics, we would buy store returns in bulk. One year we got a bunch of working portable AC units with no hose kits (****** people buy...

I spotted one of those adapters in the "Clearance" aisle at WalMart for $2. I bought it just in case I'd ever need it. I've used it two times since, and it works just fine.

Finally got to look at the starter on my wife's Jetta. It was just as I suspected, corrosion on the solenoid-to-motor connection. I took it apart, wire-wheeled it, cleaned it all up. I noticed the little 2" braided cable that connects the solenoid to the motor had some strands broken too, so I...

My moronathon continues... There was a break in the rain, the grass is really still to wet to mow, but it's getting so high I mowed anyway. One pass, I accidentally clipped the edge of a tarp I had a bunch of chestnuts on. Sucked it up, and chopped it up, but I got the blade turned off fast...

If I had to guess, it looks like a template for filling in the circles on punchcards, like this: But the spacing doesn't look right...

Welp, I'm on a stupidity roll I guess. Yesterday, I was getting my chainsaw and my pole saw ready to do some spring trimming. Putting the bar oil in, setting the chain tension, all that jazz. The pole saw was new, so I had some extra setup to do. Anyway, after getting it ready, I grabbed the...

Like I have said before, the smell is the same potency if you have one Xcelite or 1000, so you mignt as well have 1000.

Speaking of showings, one thing that has emerged since the last time I sold a house was this new app that the realtor used to schedule showings. It sent a text to me every time a showing, appraisal or inspection happened. You can opt out, of course, but it was interesting to see. That and the...

Punched myself in the wallet today. I have an electric heater on the ceiling in my garage that I use sometimes, but usually only briefly, because it costs so damn much to run (electric rates are high, plus it's just an electric pig in general). It has no thermostat; it's just on or off. Well I...

When I sold my house last year, the realtor convinced me to list it a little low to entice a bidding war. That's not how I am used to doing things. In the past, I usually listed high, then expect to get haggled. She said now, you list it a little low, and people come like piranhas with...

I was helping some friends of my wife move, and they had this stuff in a "free" pile out by the road: Nothing mind-blowing, but I can always use more cases and hardware. Plus, I always need romex. I have some recessed lights to install in my kitchen, and it'll be a bunch of short 14/2 runs...

Thank you. It seems like a lot (and it is), but there are no duplicates among the Xcelites in those drawers. They are all unique drivers, and I use 90% of them pretty regularly. Sure, you could probably eliminate all of them with a good bit-set, but I prefer having a dedicated driver for each...

Here's some of my (mostly Xcelite) screwdriver/nutdriver hoard. The screwdriver drawer. This is for electronics/clean work: SAE Nut Drivers: Metric Nut Drivers, Spinners, Bit Drivers and Picks: Hex/Allen: Torx, Clutch, Robertson, Bristol: Precision: And my "other" screwdriver drawer, for...

Stopped at a surplus store and went through their crusty old tool bins. Picked up a pile of vintage NOS weird sockets: The bottom row: a small security torx, some impact e-torx, a weird big heavy socket with a small torx head in the center, a big T60, and a small telescoping magnet. The top...

Mostly been doing yard work, moving dirt around, etc. But I did use my garage work bench to put a bolt through my rake because the end kept pulling out. Then, when the work was all over, I sat in the garage with the door up, enjoying the weather.

At my last house, we just stretched by hand, and I used a pneumatic stapler. It held up fine, never got loose or anything over the next 10 years that we lived there after installing it.

It's too cold to work in the shop today, so I caught up on my "desk" work. Caught up on my business spreadsheets and finally got around to filing my taxes. Funny, since I moved out of the "city" (small village that thinks it's a city) into an unincorporated rural are mid-way through last year...

At my last house, I had the compressor in a shed about 3ft behind the shop. I had a little section of fence connecting the buildings, and I had the air line ran inside a conduit mounted to the fence. It worked for 15 years like that, no matter the weather. And here in ohio, we get the whole...