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LogicaL Chaos
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DIY Pro-Tips/Life Hacks 1
#26509940 - 02/29/20 03:56 PM (4 years, 2 months ago) |
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Got a Pro-Tip/Life Hack you wanna share?
Heres mine I just learned. Wanna make a new hole for your leather belt? Grab a scratch awl and poke thru the inside of the belt where you need a notch.
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Psilosopherr
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Dremels/hacksaws/boltcutters were a big aha moment for me. Always thought you needed more special tools to cut metal but nope. Cutting stripped nuts off with a dremel is a lifesaver
Here's a cool electric one for pulling wire through conduit/pipe: You tape a small plastic bag to a long piece of string and put the bag into the end of the conduit so that it blocks airflow in the conduit/lets the vacuum get suction on it. Then you take a shop-vac and put the vacuum hose into the other end of the conduit and suck the bag/string through, leaving plenty of string on the original end of course. Then you just tie/tape all your wires to that string, soap it up so it slides easier and pull the wires back through the conduit with the other end of the string.
Hopefully that makes sense. Was installing some electric stuff last week and thought that was the coolest trick. Otherwise I have no idea how you'd pull 4 bulky wires through a long underground pipe with bends in it. One step closer to getting a proper shower installed. Its been fun learning how to do basic electrical/plumbing; I always perceived them to be complicated things but its really not, at least at basic household level
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LogicaL Chaos
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A vacuum to suck the wiring thru the conduit pipping?
Genius!
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flashbulbgulf
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A few that come to mind:
- Save worn out toothbrushes for cleaning stuff - e.g. dirty boots - If a pen won't write, trying putting the tip under a hot tap for a second or two. - Don't say anything to police/cops. Not being anti-cop, but there is very little advantage and whole lot of disadvantage.
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GreenHorns
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A 9V battery and some steel wool can be used to start a campfire.
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jipped
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Re: DIY Pro-Tips/Life Hacks [Re: GreenHorns] 1
#26949658 - 09/22/20 03:59 PM (3 years, 7 months ago) |
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If your refrigerator is not cooling very well clean the coils underneath. It is easy with a long brush and a vacuum and your fridge will work like new.
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Psilosopherr
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Re: DIY Pro-Tips/Life Hacks [Re: jipped] 1
#26987444 - 10/15/20 05:37 PM (3 years, 6 months ago) |
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Easy way to cut perfect circles of any size with a router. Thought that was pretty cool. I'm thinking about building some speakers
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Sugabearcrisp
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When pulling nails out of drywall use a wide spatula or similar item to spread the pressure from the hammer and prevent a hole in the drywall. Also works well for prying off trim without damaging the wall
If you break the head off a nail that you are trying to pull out use a pair of vice grips to clamp on and then use the rounded part of the grips like a lever to pull the nail out

Going to try to keep adding tips like this if you guys think they are helpfil
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LogicaL Chaos
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Awesome Pro-Tip!
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Sugabearcrisp
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Coping is an essential part of installing baseboard molding. If you do two 45 degree angles the tendency is for them to separate over time, especially during dry winter. Instead you pick the longest section that is first seen when you walk into a room, install a piece with flat ends and then cope the pieces that abutt to it so they fit over the molding. This is how I do it
1. Cut at 45 degrees across the face of your molding
2. This gives an outline of the molding
3.clamp it on a workbench

4. Use a coping saw to cut along the edge 
5. Finish up with a sharp utility knife, a file or rasp can also be used

Once done the piece will now fit over another piece of the same molding perfectly.
 (Straight piece on left and coped piece on right)
Edited by Sugabearcrisp (11/25/20 11:55 AM)
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madmodder
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Here's one for ya...
If you need to cut a screw/bolt to a shorter length without messing up the threads:
- Thread two nuts onto your screw/bolt, leaving the outside nut exactly where you want the new length to be.
- Use two wrenches to to tighten the two nuts into each other (get them real tight so the bolt won't spin when you start cutting).
- Throw the bolt into your vise.
- Using a dremel or a hacksaw, use the nut as a guide to cut the bolt to length.
- When done cutting, unthread the two nuts which will clean up any issues with the threading.

Another life hack: Stop eating gyros from Arby's and go to a food truck or family owned restaurant instead, if completed properly you will earn respect and have a way danker gyro.
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ch0ppie


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Re: DIY Pro-Tips/Life Hacks [Re: madmodder] 1
#27062366 - 11/29/20 02:13 AM (3 years, 5 months ago) |
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Add a small neodymium magnet to the shaft of your screwdriver to more strongly hold screws/fasteners when required.
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pineninja
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Re: DIY Pro-Tips/Life Hacks [Re: ch0ppie] 2
#27062392 - 11/29/20 03:08 AM (3 years, 5 months ago) |
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If you ever drop weed or a delicate substance you wanna pick it up ...stick some satin(boxer shorts) or a fine grade stocking over a vacuum cleaners nozzle and it'll act like a catchers mit.
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ch0ppie


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Re: DIY Pro-Tips/Life Hacks [Re: pineninja] 2
#27063460 - 11/29/20 05:46 PM (3 years, 5 months ago) |
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Use nail polish to color code your keys

You can also coat the bottom of metal cans left in the bathroom with nail polish to help prevent leaving rust-ring stains
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ch0ppie


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Re: DIY Pro-Tips/Life Hacks [Re: ch0ppie] 1
#27064951 - 11/30/20 04:06 PM (3 years, 5 months ago) |
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Vinegar contains acetic acid which can remove rust and clean metal submerged in it.
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ch0ppie


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Re: DIY Pro-Tips/Life Hacks [Re: ch0ppie] 1
#27069198 - 12/03/20 12:41 AM (3 years, 5 months ago) |
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When painting, remember to press the edge of your masking tape down, to prevent paint from bleeding underneath.
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ch0ppie


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Re: DIY Pro-Tips/Life Hacks [Re: ch0ppie] 1
#27070676 - 12/03/20 08:02 PM (3 years, 5 months ago) |
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When you have an open tube of caulking you want to keep, stick a screw in the end and then apply some tape over(not seen in picture) the opening and screw, to try to reduce air exposure. When you need it again, you can take the tape off and pull-out the screw which should bring with it the dried up bits of caulking at the end, which would otherwise plug up the opening. Works for me, but some types of caulking just like hardening up, even if not opened, no matter what you do, so as a bonus tip: check the expiry dates of caulking you are buying. 
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ch0ppie


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Re: DIY Pro-Tips/Life Hacks [Re: ch0ppie] 1
#27083120 - 12/10/20 10:03 PM (3 years, 5 months ago) |
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Another method for cleaning out stubborn gunk from your files, other than using a file brush, is the piece of copper technique.
Cut open a piece of copper pipe/tube and flatten it out, then run the edge along the file, in the direction of the grain of the file. The file will quickly cut grooves into the soft copper making teeth which reach down into the grooves of the file dislodging the embedded dirt/material.
The process can be better seen in the video below:
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ch0ppie


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Re: DIY Pro-Tips/Life Hacks [Re: ch0ppie]
#27088403 - 12/14/20 08:52 AM (3 years, 5 months ago) |
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You can get very affordable (<$30) USB inspection camera's that can be used with your phone for a very handy tool when needed.
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ch0ppie


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Re: DIY Pro-Tips/Life Hacks [Re: ch0ppie] 1
#27089654 - 12/14/20 10:59 PM (3 years, 5 months ago) |
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A plumb bob is a useful tool for measuring/marking a point beneath another point of reference.

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