The DIY thread - DIYourself

[rlb]

Guess who is adding “replace the dryer vent” to his DIY list soon.

this guy. Temp fix for now. Which was the same temp fix I did over the winter when my excuse was that it’s too cold out.

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Looks like the ducst inside is too short? Might be easier to just put a longer duct piece on the inside vs mess w/ the outside hood.

The split seam duct pipe is a pain to work with, basically like playing with a large spring loaded knife.

 

[iman29]

Looks like the ducst inside is too short? Might be easier to just put a longer duct piece on the inside vs mess w/ the outside hood.

The split seam duct pipe is a pain to work with, basically like playing with a large spring loaded knife.

Yeah but I saw the vent flapper thing outside is also not closing properly so it’s time to replace it anyway.

I’ve seen some snap together type setups checking into it some more so I can avoid duct tape.

 

[Patrick]

Guess who is adding “replace the dryer vent” to his DIY list soon.

this guy. Temp fix for now. Which was the same temp fix I did over the winter when my excuse was that it’s too cold out.

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come on now. You are going to burn down the house. ? is bad in this case.
make it a priority please.

and use the foil tape. Duct tape is for holding fenders on cars.

 

[iman29]

come on now. You are going to burn down the house. ? is bad in this case.
make it a priority please.

Thanks for the concern. When I had everything apart I used the shop vac to clear the entire run of the pipe from the dryer all the way to the vent. The vent flap works fine to open it just doesn’t close all the way when the dryer is done.

I clean that pipe every 6 months trust me I know the fire danger.

 

[jmanic]

Started today by preventing alcohol abuse.

So this is the bottom of a cabinet that was here when we moved in.
We have blindly been using it as a liquor cabinet.

Maybe it’s all the pictures I’ve seen on the web of “when shelves fail” and prized collections are lost, but I decided to check it out.

Yikes. 2 screws on either side, sunk about 1/4” in supporting the light plywood shelf.
By my estimation, we were about 1 week away from sadness.
Mind you, this isn’t the good stuff, but still.
I’ll say about half this was on the shelf. Lol.

Only solid wood purchase was on the sides of the cabinet, so L brackets it is.

I think we’re good now.


Next up was the shelf in the Harry Potter closet. It’s the bourbon/HiFi closet under the stairs.

This I had discovered a while back.
Again, existing shelves, just started piling my prized bourbons.
Adding a nice bottle one day, I decided to climb in and inspect it.

It consisted of two 1x10” shelves attached to two 2x6”s, held with 2 nails on each side, not anchored to anything. Oh my.

Oh, and nowhere near level.

I immediately emptied the shelf and added it to the to-do list.

It came up in the rotation today.
I opted for some 1x cleats at the ends, and L brackets into the only stud around to support the middle.





Leveled it a little shimming one side, but it’s now pretty rock solid.
Will still take care in loading it, but pretty confident no sadness will come.

 

[jmanic]

Also in the mix was treating a coffee table we have on the screen porch.
With all the exposure, it was pretty dirty and dried out.


Broke out some Howards products to clean and treat.


This is always so satisfying- breathing new life into an old piece.


Mrs Manic gonna have happies.
MTBUs will be accrued.

 

[iman29]

@Patrick

fire prevention order to Lowes has been submitted for pickup later and install sometime this weekend.

 

[iman29]

In other news on the repair front after my week of riding almost 300 miles I had to get get the deck repair done or I might not find my bikes in the garage. Probably not smart to do this after a 40 mile bike ride this morning but oh well

thanks to @BPaze and @The Landfill of Slacktown I got a piece of lumber that will work for free99.

this part of the board was nearly rotted thru good thing I changed it. The new piece was about 1.5 inches too wide so I carefully ripped it using my high tech 4x4 posts that I had laying around. I did use the old board to trace onto the new one which worked out perfect.

the only minor issue was the rest of the old board has a little rotting on the edge but I cleaned it up as much possible and jammed it with wood filler. Once I paint it with solid stain no one will know. And I used the deck swing to make some shade over my work area cause it’s hot AF out.

now I just have to wait for said wood filler to dry and paint it.

 

[A Potted Plant]

In other news on the repair front after my week of riding almost 300 miles I had to get get the deck repair done or I might not find my bikes in the garage. Probably not smart to do this after a 40 mile bike ride this morning but oh well

thanks to @BPaze and @The Landfill of Slacktown I got a piece of lumber that will work for free99.

this part of the board was nearly rotted thru good thing I changed it. The new piece was about 1.5 inches too wide so I carefully ripped it using my high tech 4x4 posts that I had laying around. I did use the old board to trace onto the new one which worked out perfect.

the only minor issue was the rest of the old board has a little rotting on the edge but I cleaned it up as much possible and jammed it with wood filler. Once I paint it with solid stain no one will know. And I used the deck swing to make some shade over my work area cause it’s hot AF out.

now I just have to wait for said wood filler to dry and paint it.



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You picked a great day if you wanted to cook your self lol

 

[shrpshtr325]

I see your supervisor staying cool in the a.c.! Smart

 

[iman29]

You picked a great day if you wanted to cook your self lol

Yeah well not great planning on my part but it only took me about an hour and then I jumped in the pool.

 

[iman29]

I see your supervisor staying cool in the a.c.! Smart

Waaay too hot for her and she’s still a little traumatized from all the fireworks so when I was swinging the hammer she didn’t like it that much.

 

[iman29]

Finished this project on time and under budget (zero cost! )

this fits the definition of putting lipstick on a pig very well but at least it will look better for the graduation party this coming weekend.

Shelby can’t even look ??

 

[shrpshtr325]

this is what happens when you have ALMOST the right tool for the job (but not really).

i needed to make a new pin end bolt for the folding handle adjustment on my lawn mower, unfortunately a real bolt through the holes would be a temporary solution at best until it gets put away for the winter, so why wait.

need an extra one of these. (3/8-16 bolt with the end turned down to .270)


looks easy throw it in a lathe and . . . . wait a minute, i dont have a lathe, time to get creative


not really OSHA approved, but it got the job done, held it against the bench grinder and ran the drill to keep it kind of concentric (close enough)



it fits, just have to install it back in the mower now, then to look at the transmission on the mower which gave out prompting me to notice this.

 

[jmanic]

OSHA regs are for Salvation Army Employees or military reference.

 

[Patrick]

OSHA regs are for Sallies.

unacceptable gender reference.
please refrain. unless talking about a member of salvation army.....
or a military reference.

 

[jmanic]

unacceptable gender reference.
please refrain. unless talking about a member of salvation army.....
or a military reference.

Fair point. Edited.

 

[serviceguy]

unacceptable gender reference.
please refrain. unless talking about a member of salvation army.....
or a military reference.

Can we defund the internet police?

 

[jklett]

I got the old Logan lathe from my old job when I was laid off and have been cleaning it up, fixing what I was not allowed to fix(deemed non-essential for what we did), and repainting it. The repainting wasn't really necessary but I figured the old girl could use some freshening up. Anyways, I started with this:


I ended up with this(still have to finish the tailstock):



I have already used it to modify some stock gears to make a new double gear so that the entire quick change gearbox is operational(new gear was $300 and I got it done for $45 in parts). Now I just need to find the gears for metric threads, I'll research it more but I think it's only 2 that I need and hopefully I can do the same as I did with the double and make something off the shelf work.

 

[gmb3]

I got the old Logan lathe from my old job when I was laid off and have been cleaning it up, fixing what I was not allowed to fix(deemed non-essential for what we did), and repainting it. The repainting wasn't really necessary but I figured the old girl could use some freshening up. Anyways, I started with this:
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I ended up with this(still have to finish the tailstock):
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I have already used it to modify some stock gears to make a new double gear so that the entire quick change gearbox is operational(new gear was $300 and I got it done for $45 in parts). Now I just need to find the gears for metric threads, I'll research it more but I think it's only 2 that I need and hopefully I can do the same as I did with the double and make something off the shelf work.

Sorry, clarification please. Was it gifted to you, sold to you, or are they contracting you to fix it up for them?