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Going through Dad’s stuff, found this with the boxes of lawn mower, trimmer, and leaf blower parts. It says Stihl on it. Doesn’t seem to be a part for either the FSA60 or the FS90, and I haven’t found any other Stihl tools it could go to.

Last week was spent at my Jersey Shore cottage getting it ready for the summer. Some planned repairs, several unplanned repairs. One of which was plumbing. I don’t do a lot of copper, but that’s what the cottage is plumbed with. It’s late 1940s stuff, but has been modified over the years. Here...

It’s been a long day. I arrived at my beach cottage in NJ about 11pm Thursday night, basically just made the bed, turned on the baseboard heaters, and went to bed. This morning (Friday), I woke up about 7:15am, made a mug of tea (electric stove), and was contemplating life when about 7:45am...

Going through Dad’s tools, found something I couldn’t identify (that also isn’t a saw set). Google says it’s a mortice cutter for the door. The four straight sides are sharp. So, bore the hole for the lock, insert tool, and smack with hammer to cut the mortise. Clean out with chisel. I...

I want (need?) a new table saw to replace my ancient Craftsman. Looking at the DeWalt DWE7491RS or the Bosch GTS15-10. Both seem to be good saws. Both are better than what I have now. Both get good reviews. Bosch is $100 more, but with Menards 11% rebate, it’s really only about $25. The...

I have a table lamp that I like. I want a floor lamp, and have been thinking that I’d like the floor lamp to match, or at least be similar to, the table lamp. Mission style furniture is what we’ve done the family room with. The table lamp: I would kinda like this to be just bigger, around...

Short version: I have a Romex daisy chain circuit where the final leg is dead and disconnected. It runs through walls and is inaccessible, so I can’t pull the cable out. I will abandon it in place. What’s the correct way to cap off and/or label it so that someday if somebody does open the wall...

I have too many 3/4 to 1/2 full boxes of screws, nails, bolts, etc. Looking to better organize and store them. I have a bunch of the little plastic parts drawers. Too small to hold a box of screws. The HF parts organizer boxes and racks for them are impressive, but the interior boxes won’t...

My father died a little while ago. Before, I didn’t want to take any of his tools. It seemed unlikely that he’d ever use them again, as his health failed and he lost more and more mobility. The basement shop was out of reach. The garage was difficult, not impossible. But it just seemed wrong to...

I’m chasing a coolant drip, and bought the HF Pittsburgh pressure tester, thinking that it would help. https://www.harborfreight.com/radiator-pressure-tester-kit-63862.html It includes a number of adapters that fit cars that I do not have. What I need to fit on is a 2” radiator cap, the old...

I have a screen door that was probably custom made to fit because of the size and style, and because it had to be fitted to the cottage, by a local company that went out of business more than ten years ago. The door hinges are what I’m trying to identify, so as to repair or replace worn...

I have this Craftsman pressure washer that seems to have been made by B&S. There is a clear vinyl hose that can be attached to the pump to provide a soap spray at low pressure. This isn’t working. It has worked in the past. Having taken it apart, now I’m trying to understand how it is...

My pressure washer doesn’t get a lot of use, it mostly spends its time stored in my shed. To keep the pump-saver in, and bugs and debris out, I’ve been wrapping the inlet and outlet pipes in plastic bag secured with zip ties. Works, but low tech. The pressure washer is about to travel in the...

I built these in 2013. They’re cedar, with stainless hardware and Titebond II glue, and have held up well. They’re outside on the patio in the spring/summer/fall, stored in my shed over the winter. A few years ago, I stained them with this Cabot stain: and was not happy with the results...

I’ve wanted a new ottoman / foot stool for my beach cottage. We’ve had a few, cheap things from Target, that last a season or two then get thrown away. I’ve looked at what’s in the stores, and found mostly cheap and flimsy stuff that has a side benefit of being ugly and expensive. And I keep...

just started getting these.

Did the thread full of HF tools reviews get nuked?

This may sound a bit crazy or weird, but bear with me a minute and I’ll explain why I want to do this. Can I use a box like this one as an unconventional outlet cover? The back story: We own a cottage on the Jersey Shore. No pics of that right now, it’s half a continent away. Because it’s...

Swap meet wrenches and a 12mm SnapOn spline wobble impact in 3/8” drive. You pay postage on a small USPS Flat Rate box and they're yours.

And how do I fix this correctly? Got a call today from Dad. He had the house done in vinyl siding about a year ago, and a piece has come off. It’s on the 2nd story, above the garage roof. So today was spent trying to understand how this was installed, and trying to figure out how it should be...