I am attempting to rebuilt and improve a crappy pool table. The very outside of the slate is pretty curved all around. What can be done to straighten out the edges?
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Tamper-evident seal for launch codes, recovery keys, etc ... The US keeps the nuclear launch codes (gold codes) inside a break-away tamper-evident plastic seal. There are like two possible form facto...
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GFCI tripped twice in 10 days - is this an emergency? ... Looking to find out how urgently I need an electrician or if I'm okay keeping everything unplugged at the moment. I had an injury and have bee...
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I bought these components to try and fit them together to attach a light to a sign that comes on at dusk. I realize now that I can buy the whole thing already complete, but I do not want to waste thes...
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Car Battery Security ... In Texas, auto parts stores and scrap yards pay $15 for each stolen car battery. Plus the scrap yards will buy the cables. Thieves bust the drivers window with a spark plug, p...
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My house construction is red brick facade, 150mm cavity, hollow clay brick for the interior walls and a cement based rendering for finish applied directly on the brick. It was built in the late 80s an...
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Iâm doing a remodel on my kitchen and had to go into the ceiling. Discovered the builder cut these holes into the joists. How in Gods name is this acceptable? These holes are huge.
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Jigsaw vs machine ... I mostly need to do a bunch of straight cuts on a small scale for wood. However the tabletop bandsaw i use always veers off course whenever i cut. I just want it to cut straight....
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Help with extending smoker vent ... Do anons have any better ideas to help me extend my smoker vent? In my head exists a square piece with a pipe fitting in the center of it that I was going to mount ...
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battery charger circuit ... i need some help designing a circuit. I think I have it figured out but battery chargers always confuse me. What I want to do is charge a 12V lead acid battery but then swi...
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Home Inspectors ... Recently I've been seeing these "overly meticulous and pedantic" home inspectors popping up on YouTube, namely this guy and his copycats. They claim to be "exposing corruption in t...
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Gearbox of my cordless drill exploded. I was driving self tapping concrete screws (small ones, 2 inch) and I got the bit adapter stuck in the chuck permanently. After I tried everything to get it uns...
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Please share your drywall finishing wisdom with me. ... I decided to attempt to fix the fucked up walls in this room instead of simply repainting. There are random gouges and low spots, some seams hav...
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Small scale scrap metal ... Hi /diy/, I'm in between jobs right now and lately I've been collecting broken appliances from the curb and checking the dumpsters around my local apartments too. I've take...
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shed thread ... all I want is a shed to do my work in. is that so much to ask? How does one go about acquiring cheap land in the uk to build a shed on? ideally in an industrial area so no one will com...
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