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Good day, all, Finally getting around to building a much-needed storage shed, and I have a few questions about making sure the 2x4 foundation/base frame is square, and what to do if it's not. - is it safe to assume you can't do any checking for square until all four corners of the frame are...

This is a master cylinder mounting bracket for a Jeep CJ. As you can see, the bottom stud is bent. My thoughts are, clean the threads, and try to see where it's bent. Then put on a nut just a bit shorter than the threads, heat it with a MAPP torch and see if I can straighten it? (I don't own a...

You know you want the wire only crimped in the wire portion of the terminal, and the insulation crimped only in the insulation portion. How do you place/keep the wire steady during crimping to ensure the crimp is where you want it? My current method is to bend the wire 90º at my mark, but that...

Greetings, I need to pour concrete pads (yellow outline) to support deck posts, against this existing concrete pad, which is sloped. My questions, will the concrete pads need to be sloped for drainage? If so, when I put the Simpson Strong Tie plates on the pads, wouldn't they, too, be sloped...

Alrighty, gang, got another one. This is also not life-or-limb, but it's nagging me and I'd like to fix it properly, if within my scope! Got a crossthreaded bolt, and it will only go in sideways. I'm guessing a tap is out at this stage, correct? Is a heli-coil or some sort of thread insert...

I need slightly wider mounts for a custom project. Once the old mounts are cut out, would you weld in new mounts that have no thru hole, then use some sort of contraption to drill through both mounts to make sure the thru holes are aligned with each other? Or weld in mounts that have through...

Say you are finally getting back to your going-on-four-years deck stair project, and you got hasty and misaligned one (two) of the treads. So you remove the tread, get ready to put the new tread in place properly, how can you be sure the holes you drill in the new tread will line up with the...

Trying to see if I can get this flashlight working, what's you all's go-to for cleaning corrosion from a PCB? Anything I can soak it in?

I'm having trouble finding just the alligator clips that fit this style test lead. Is there a name for this type of test lead? Thanks! (Edit...appears it's just a 4mm banana plug, the point on the probe is what was throwing me off...well, that and the look of the tension springs surrounding...

If you were to put a dial indicator on a spinning chuck, should it measure zero, or as close to zero as possible?

Okay, I may be overthinking this, but maybe not! Need to replace the "floor thingy" under the kitchen sink. Let's say the board needs to measure 24" wide, and I cut out holes for the plumbing fixtures, then cut that board into 3 pieces (along the dotted lines) to slip over the fixtures. When I...

Greetings. Alrighty, not looking forward to drilling and tapping this crankshaft gear to remove it, but that seems to be the preferred method (or splitting it) but if I'm gonna do it, I'd like to do it as close to right as my means will allow! What's the best way for a shadetree to make sure...

About to order some pluck foam for the first time for a project! Wondering, what do you when your case is smaller than the foam you are ordering, say if in this example, my case is 15"x11", then would I hafta lose that "solid outer border" (highlighed in yellow), and the square foam pieces...

Okay, I now this is an utter waste of time, but that's what I like to do! And I'm also wondering if it would even work. I can't "overbend" the frame on this ratchet tie down without completely disassembling it, but would putting some sort of wedge/expansion bolt in-between the frame, then...

I always thought a Schrader valve needed a physical object to depress it (like airing up a tire, or sports ball). But I am learning that the adapter hoses for compression (and probably leak-down) testers have a Schrader valve in them. Am I correct to assume that the compression stroke (air...

What process(es) do companies use to print markings onto surfaces such as this hard rubber bit holder? And if I were to want to have some custom printing done (replicate the OEM markings) where might I look for such a service? Thanks!

I see they are having one 7/22-7/28, "Making Room for New Items." Now, does that mean that these items are never to be seen again? Or reappearing rebadged? Or are they making room for more of these items?

Did this earlier today and curious... How do you tell the difference between the hose slipping because the plug is as tight as it will go vs. slipping because the plug is cross-threaded?

(Finally getting around to tuning the carburetor on my chainsaw). (Cold engine). At fast idle, the chain is going to move, right? (Unless you have the chain brake applied). How long should you leave the engine in the fast idle position before blipping the throttle? From the manual: "Allow...

Alrighty, what is the way to expand these boogers once the screw is loosened? (Bonus points if anyone can explain how they work, as the design seems "opposite" of how I would expect them to work!)