DIY BELL Brand Bicycle Headlight and Taillight-Assembly, Installation, a...

This taillight and headlight installation was fairly straightforward, however, there were a couple of things that got me momentarily hung up. The very first one was how to to get the batteries in the headlamp. Well there is a button underneath the light right at the point where the strap meets the light casing itself. Press this button and the clear portion of the headlight will detach from the black body. This will allow you to install your three AA batteries. The headlight has three light functions. A dimmer beam, brighter beam, and a strobe blinking function. It's a very nice light and provides an illuminated road or trail in front of you during non-daylight riding opportunities. Very happy with the lighting it provides.

The taillight battery installation is a piece of cake. The casing between the red plastic portion comes apart from the black plastic body portion with relative ease in a prying motion. It does take two hands. This is good b/c you don't want it coming apart on you out on the road. The only hang up with installing this was that if you decide to place it anywhere else besides on you seat post, it's bulkiness can be a little cumbersome as far as ease of fit goes. I decided to place this just below the seat post in the back on the frame portion of the bike. This light has two functions, blinking function and a solid red light. Works well. Here's a super cheap kit just like it.



For the price of these two lights (as a kit) it wasn't a bad buy. There are better and lighter lights out there for bikes, but for the price, ease of installation, and standard AA battery usage, these work very well for non-professional bike riders such as myself.

How to make a Pallet Wood Trash Can

This pallet wood trashcan project was super fun to make. The beauty of making pallet projects is that you can totally goof them up, which I have, and you aren't out of a bunch of money. It really puts the fun fun factor back into wood working and takes the pressure off. Not only are these great from a practical standpoint but they make really good gifts as well. Each one is guaranteed to turn out unique.
In order to properly obtain your raw materials you will need a simple set of tools for pulling the boards apart and extracting the nails. My favorite two tools to use is a hammer and a crow bar. I use a Cobalt brand one. Here's a link to the type of hammer and crow bar I use for this task.

I also used a brad nailer and compressor. This makes it nice you can "tack" your pieces together with one hand while holding them with the other. The drawback is that you need to make sure you are shooting your brad nails nice and straight so they don't go through your thumb and also so they don't protrude from the wood.