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I'm replacing the porcelain socked in an old yard light - found a new one from Hillman that more/less fits, but I'm struggling with how do I connect the wires or a terminal to it? The silver screw is swaged so doesn't come out. If you try to tighten it up, the brass "C" shaped terminal folds...

Not sure if this falls into "general tools" or not, but does anyone have a good source for iron on patches to repair jeans/denim/canvas material? I've tried a lot of them over the years but most seem to come off after a few washes and are not really worth the effort. I had good luck with...

I'm looking for the little plastic tip that goes on the end of the "standard" spray foam guns with the removable canisters to be able to spray that foam in small areas like shown below. I was able to find the company that has the product shown in the video where I snagged the above screen...

Hey everybody - Looking to help my dad pick out a welder and need the collective wisdom of the group here. Here's the requirements: - 90+% outside welding (in Florida) - 1/4" thick steel max - 120v 15A required, but has 8kW 240v (~30A) generator available if necessary - Size and portability are...

One Ash Type Log - Free if someone wants to make slabs or something out of it. Felled today, been dead for a couple years from Emerald Ash Borers so nice and dry, no checking I've already found a home for someone who wants to make firewood from it so before that happens, if someone wants to...

We got a bit off track over in the "Lift Modifications - Let's See Them" thread so this thread was created to clean that one up and give a more relevant place to have this discussion. Please feel free to continue discussions below so as to keep the lift modifications thread clean. A link to...

Does anyone make a low wattage (small physical size) dimmer switch for 120v AC lighting? I've got a room with 3 rows of 3 can lights with 13 watt LED's in each one. Each row is a separate circuit and goes into a double wide switch box on the wall. The problem I'm running into is that all the...

I want to clean up the underside of a car - both frame and body. I did the front half of the car with a 3" wire cup on an angle grinder and a 1" wire cup on an air grinder. These methods work, get the surface rust off and the heavy scale down to mostly bare metal, but are very dusty/dirty and...

I'm looking for a "better" way to make square cuts, mid bend, on round tube elbows for things like engine exhaust, intercoolers, headers, etc. Similar to the below which started off as a mandrel bent 90 that I reduced down to ~65 degrees then added the straight extension on. . What I did on...

I've got a Miller Syncrowave 250 and was trying to weld the tubes on an aluminum radiator this weekend and ran into a problem where the initial startup current was much higher than I wanted. I would set the max current to 20 amps, but get 40-50 amps on arc initiation which would blow a hole in...

Considering a portable band saw - ran across these two "accessories" and wanted to get everyone's opinion. SWAG 4.0 vs Portaband Pro Comments/opinions from anyone who has seen/used either or both? Most of my usage will be things like exhaust/intercooler tubing 2-4" stainless and aluminum as...

I'm looking for a video camera that I can wear while I disassemble a project car so I can take verbal notes and document during the disassembly what all needs to be done during the reassembly process. It does not need to be GoPro quality, but image stabilization would be nice. It does need to...