Sunday, September 25, 2022

Allen and Roth Blackout Shade 47" Inside Mount Tutorial [Allen & Roth Bl...

After picking this up from the hardware store I unbox it and install it. Along the way I let you, the viewer, know exactly what I'm doing and how to successfully install one of these. There are two ways to mount these Allen and Roth blackout window shades. An inside mount and an outside mount. For the inside mount method, the shade gets mounted to the inside of the window pane and must be cut to size, width wise. If the shade is over the width of the inside of the window framing, than an inside mount will not work. There is also the outside mount option. This is the method I'd use if my shade happened to be over the size of the window frame. There are many times where this may be the preferred method to use, however, I have primarily used the inside mount method. This brand and model of window shade has got to be the one of the easiest to install yet also very effective in being a nice blackout shade. All that is needed for tools is a cordless drill. I really like these as they take up the least amount of space possible and easily raise up and down due to their function and light weight characteristics. I recommend drilling some pilot holes where your mounting screws are going to be placed as it makes it a lot easier when mounting the brackets for these. Stuck or need help? Call me right now and show me your problem: http://paltap.me/DIYTechnician. Please feel free to contact me directly if you need a hand or this isn't the exact answer that you need!

Saturday, September 24, 2022

DIY Shop Vac Filter Change Out "MULTIFIT" Brand Replacement Filter Cartr...

Is your shop vac not sucking as good as it did when it was new? Chances are you need to replace the filter inside the shop vac. Lowe's carries a "Multifit" brand replacement filter for these things. It's a pretty easy process installing a new filter. I recommend some type of respirator or mask due to dust particulates coming from the inside of the shop vac once you pop the top on it. The filter in the video was well overdue for a changeout. I also gave the inside of the shop vac a good cleaning before putting the new filter back inside the shop vac body. Being that these are wet/dry vacuums they tend to get pretty caked up with debris on the filter as well as inside the shop vac itself. Once a new filter was installed it operated just like it did when it was brand new. Stuck or need help? Call me right now and show me your problem: http://paltap.me/DIYTechnician. Please feel free to contact me directly if you need a hand or this isn't the exact answer that you need!

Thursday, September 22, 2022

Porter Cable Drill Press 3.2 Amp Unboxing, Assembly and Review [Lowe's P...

Hey good day everybody I'm gonna do an unboxing review on this porter cable 3.2 amp 10" drill press. Here's everything it came with. First thing to do is install the column onto the base using these 3 bolts and a 13mm wrench. As far as positioning goes we're going to make it so the adjuster here is 90 degrees this way. That way the holes all line up right there.The next step is to install the table lock handle it goes right in here. Just threads right in. The next step is to install the worm gear. It needs to engage the the gear right there the inside gear. Before we put this on here this collar has to come off so they provide an allen wrench so just loosen that up take that off go ahead and put the crank handle on here and we'll have to tighten that up on there with the set that set screw right there is going to secure it right now it's loose it fits we'll tighten that up right there and then we can crank this thing around okay now when you put this on it goes on with the the arrow facing up when you install this it's got to be installed with these two together the teeth what they're talking about in the directions there the teeth on this have to already be engaged in that so what you need to do is they get installed together you slide the slide the rack that's the black is this right here this is the rack so you slide the rack into this here and then drop it down over the tube together just like this so pull it all the way out put the rack in engage the gears like that. Then drop it down in there and then this thing will sit right down in there now we'll go ahead and put the put the collar on and snug that up now you see that way this thing. You want to make sure this is somewhere in the column of the rack and the teeth are engaged on the worm gear so I'm just holding it like that and then i'll slide the whole thing on again the collar is removed collar is sitting right there and then this is just going to go you don't want to have it all the way to the bottom or all the way to the top arrow up and then it's just going to sit down right on this thing it gets installed together just like that okay there we go now you can see it'll go up and down real nice okay now what we'll do is we want to secure this thing up here with the collar tighten that down snug don't over tighten this got free range of motion here that all working good this is tight the collar is tight now i'm gonna go ahead and put the put the head on here okay it took two hands to uh to just slide that on there the directions recommend a two person lift i was able to easily do it with just one person and then the two tightening screws on that are going to be right here so i made sure they were loose before i slid it down over the the column here so i'm just going to go ahead and tighten these up crank them down and don't over tighten them that one's good and this one's good. There we go okay now on the side of the head here we're going to go ahead and install these three red handles they just screw right in here. Here's the parts that we got left we gotta install the batteries and we're gonna go ahead and install this to the spindle here. They say to clean it all out clean the inside of this out too with a non alcohol based cleaner i'm gonna go ahead and clean that up real good they see any grease or grime dirt or anything at all can make this thing not function properly and come loose we'll go ahead and clean that all out real good and make sure it's completely residue for installing this thing see how these are all the way protruded out this is the opposite of what you want you want these things all the way receded into here so we're going to go ahead and rotate this thing so these these teeth here the grippers are fully receded there is what we're after fully over seated in there fully cleaned out and the spindle fully cleaned out as well okay with the uh jaws fully receded into the chuck we're gonna go ahead and put it on there we're gonna smack it on there a little bit with the hammer it's gonna slide up on there we're gonna use a mallet and a piece of wood so we don't damage that. I gave this thing some love so I can't pull it off. I think it's going to be good to go looks like it's going to function just fine too. The chuck goes right in here the chuck key snaps right in there. The other thing to do is if you're going to install this permanently and actually you want to do this before operation is put in 2 securing bolts down there to whatever table you're going to work okay to install the batteries there's a little tab under here push that and that'll pop right out now you just put your batteries in there. That just pops right back on. The top part in first. I'll show you the light will come on there which is your light for down here. Stuck or need help? Call me right now and show me your problem: http://paltap.me/DIYTechnician. Please feel free to contact me directly if you need a hand or this isn't the exact answer that you need!

Tuesday, September 20, 2022

DIY Window Bar Installation Tutorial Quick & Easy NO WELDING! Increase H...

DIY How2 install window bars without doing any welding. All you need is a drill and drill bit (preferable auger bit) to quickly and easily install these. If you want to custom cut your rebar lengths you can either use a metal cutting saw, hack saw, or hand held angle grinder (this is what I used). I chose to paint these ones black but not mandatory. I cemented them in as well using come construction adhesive I had laying around but there are many types of cement you can use to secure them into the holes once installed. Super easy to do! Stuck or need help? Call me right now and show me your problem: http://paltap.me/DIYTechnician. Please feel free to contact me directly if you need a hand or this isn't the exact answer that you need!

Monday, September 19, 2022

COSTCO Panasonic 1200 Watt Microwave Oven Unboxing and Review [Costco Pa...

The old microwave decided to retire so it was time to purchase a new one. This Panasonic 1200W microwave at Costco fit the billet for our needs. I could not believe how many functions this thing actually has. Aside from performing all of the duties that an everyday normal microwave has, this one has child lock safety features that can be enabled or disabled, easily adjustable power level functions, defrosting capabilities, delayed start programming and a whole bunch of other functions. Likely more than you or I will ever need. That being said, if you really want to use this fine appliance to it's full capabilities, you are in luck as I go through all of the functions of this in depth. I hope you enjoy the video and please don't forget to subscribe. If you get stuck download the pal tap app and get ahold of me at: Stuck or need help? Call me right now and show me your problem: http://paltap.me/DIYTechnician Check out my website: https://www.diy-technician.com

Wednesday, September 7, 2022

SNAPSAFE by Hornady Pistol Combination Firearm Safe Unboxing and Review ...

They call this a one-gun keypad vault, which it is, however, you can fit two to three smaller size pistols in here and effectively lock them up. While this smaller size gun vault isn't as robust or maybe even as secure as the bigger safes, it can successfully secure your firearms while making for quick assess as needed.The combo system can utilize a combination of 4 to 6 digits. Here's the transcripts: Hey guys going to do a little uh review on this snap safe one gun keypad vault uh we'll go over each of the features here as we go along here too let's open this baby up here's a look at it out of the box it's got kind of a wedge shape to it all right so it's got a spring-loaded door okay here's some dimensions on this thing it's uh nine nine inches wide there and the opening there is uh seven and three quarters the length on it is 12 inches and it goes from the highest point there five inches all the way down to just over three inches about three and a quarter all right the bottom of this thing has some holes in here this is where we're gonna mount it to a solid fixture so it can't be removed without opening it some holes up here too now inside here if you look here that little box over here right there that's where the batteries go go ahead and pull that out reach in all right what i did to get this in there is i put my headlamp on because it's kind of hard to see and then just put the batteries up in there now i'll just slide it slide it back in there and show them all right to program this thing there's a button right inside there right in the top about underneath the keypad right there we're going to hold that for three seconds till it beeps so we're gonna one two three here's a beep there now we'll type in our code one two three four now we'll push the button in here again push and press yellow light repeat it one two three four and then confirm it we'll push that again now it beeped green that tells me that that code is good so we can go ahead and shut it now it's programmed one two three four sweet check it out again cool and of course if you uh forget your code you can always use your keys all right to check to check the battery level on your keypad here just press any button see how it lights up all blue there if the battery level was lower than 25 percent the keypad would would light up uh both green and blue and at that point they should be replaced immediately let's say you don't like the sound and the beeps that these things make you want this thing makes you want to make it a little bit more stealthy you just hold this down for three seconds one two three see that yellow beep now you won't hear a sound so let's go ahead and open this thing up you'll notice it's quieter okay let's say we want to turn the sound back on now just go ahead and hold the one down for three seconds one two three that yellow beep that means your sound's back on so now all right this thing fits one pistol in here very nicely all right you can easily fit two or three pistols in here depending on what size but uh this little 357 you want to have your whichever one you want to get first have it closest to the door here you can grab it put the other one towards the back whichever one you can put two or three in there comfortably i'll just see how quick we can get in there ready all right one more time pretty quick even if you type it in wrong it doesn't take a long time to reset as you saw there yeah now if it's in the dark you can just kind of feel your way thanks for watching

Friday, September 2, 2022

CVT Bachelor Summit Rooftop Tent Set Up and Review Quite Spacious! [CVT ...

Stuck or need help? Call me right now and show me your problem: http://paltap.me/DIYTechnician. Please feel free to contact me directly if you need a hand or this isn't the exact answer that you need! Here's the transcripts: I'm gonna set up this cascadia tent here so sitting on top of a trailer actually getting rid of it for a friend but i need to make sure i've never put this never folded this thing out i have no idea how it works so uh you'll join me in uh setting this thing up i have no idea what i'm doing here it looks like the straps to undo the cover are on the other side okay there's the straps right there and i got my ladder out this thing's sitting on top of the trailer well i'm glad i'm doing this now because it's got a bunch of stuff on here i'd like to get that all nice and cleaned up too so it doesn't get dry rotted but these things just pull right off just push that down and pull up on it down. Just like that that'll get the top of this all cleaned off it looks like it's had a couple patch jobs done to it so i'll redo the cover on there just from the sun down go ahead and pull the straps all the way off and pull the cover off this thing come around to the other side here it's got a little flap here and then it's run all by you can see underneath here it's all run on there by a zipper, just unzip that thing Same goes for the front walk around this corner here. Right there now we're loose there another zipper here maybe no okay it's just gonna flop over then cool yep so we'll just peel it off this way it's got the ladder it's got the ladder in it already that's nice. It's looking pretty slick. It looks like this just folds out this way progress so far let's take this undo those straps and fold it out right down on the front here it's got a couple velcro straps holding it down and there's two velcro straps on the back too okay so i just took this thing and just pulled it up just kind of unfolding it here all right either way here's kind of the idea let's get the tent unfolded just in half it's got the ladder under here it's being held up by a little there's a ladder going up to it. Now while we're under there i crawled up in there and just pulled this metal piece out kind of holds that flap up right there i'm gonna go ahead and crawl up the ladder as if i'm getting into the thing actually i'm going to try to get into the thing. I'm in here underneath the cover it's got a zipper that holds this on. There's the inside that's cool. Crawl up in here. It's got a nice little foam pad in here oh yeah this is cool this is great you could fit uh you could fit two people in here easily. That's nice i'm laying on my back i can barely even touch the roof that's nice got some windows here. There's where i came in out here i could fully stretch out i've got tons of room in here. A little sunlight in here and then you can take the rain cover off too see the stars at night and it's got another window over here on the right so you get a lot of breeze going through here if you want and another window up there. The frame on this thing it's working just off a pivot system right there all these things just kind of collapse on themselves when you fold it.