The Rock Band Guitar Whammy Bar Fix. I broke down and bought Rock Band 2 and the instruments off of Craigslist for my 10-year-old. The ad…
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In 2011, I bought a popup camper that needed some work. Well, let me start over. More than a few years ago, I thought it…
By Marty
Kung fu for my déjà vu. That’s what I wanted to call this post. It’s because I’ve been here before. My front door. Oh, how…
By Marty
In my last post, I took on a bathroom refresh that was intended to be a quick update, maybe a faucet…some paint…and I’m out. But…
By Marty
It’s a super-hot day and you find your rearview mirror lying on the floor of your car. You get a little aggressive when adjusting your…
By Pete
The Alumawallet has become the Father’s day gift du jour around here. If you’ve seen the informercial you no doubt have seen a truck run…
By Pete
I was preparing to backup and archive some files from 2012 onto DVD and I kept getting the error “Sense Key = MEDIUM ERROR”. You…
By Pete
Project Popup Camper: Countertops Okay, I got some work done on Project Popup. For those of you who forget, go here. For those of you…
By Marty
Giving your dryer lint trap a good cleanout is a satisfying and simple job. It will also freak you out at what you find in…
By Pete
Sometimes I’m just not sure how stuff breaks, loosens or gets all wonky on its own. Like a toilet seat. I could understand maybe the…
By Marty
You’re a Man. Or a Woman. You like your tools motorized. Motorized with an engine—that you have to start with a pull cord. The kind…
By Marty
Something happened to my daughter’s el cheapo, white art table a couple weeks ago. It could have been some serious painting and coloring going on,…
By Pete
Every day I put all my pocket change into J’s Crayola Crayon Bank. She wanted to tap into her Xmas money to buy an Imaginext…
By Pete
Damn terlit paper holder. There is no way you can mount this type of stuff to drywall without it coming loose at some point. You…
By Marty
There’s nothing like the feeling of having to go up on the roof to do man work. Even if you’re just cleaning a gutter, removing…
By Marty
In my past, I built an entire new kitchen—floor to ceiling. I’ve demo’d the bathroom floor to move a toilet. Hell, I’ve even designed and…
By Marty
So I’m using a 10×10 tamper to help cram about 100 gallons worth of weeds into a 50 gallon sized garbage can. After about the…
By Pete
If you want to know how to remove a stripped screw, or what IS a stripped screw, that right up there is a stripped screw.…
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