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Friday, May 20, 2022

DIY Woodworking Making Cedar Garden Planter Boxes | Easiest Raised Bed D...

Gardening season is upon us and its time to grow your favorite crops in using this super easy raised garden bed design. I happened upon some scrap cedar from one of the local fencing places and made a couple of these for relatively free. You could get by with just a table saw and some screws if that's all you had and you could wind up with the same product. I like to use a combination of a table saw, chop saw, brad nailer and cordless drill with a few self tapping screws to hold the corners together for the long term. Not shown in this video is that I started using Romex wire staple type fasteners to hold the boards up against the frame. The brad nailer will hold just fine as the force of the dirt, when filled, pushes out against the boards so they won't as easily come loose but the Romex wire staples or some small wood screws or nails will work even better. This simple design is one that most inexperienced folks can use. The steps are as follows:

1. Cut four 2 X 4's to 30" in length 
2. Using a table saw, rip those in half, lengthwise making 8 pieces
3. Cut 45 degree corners on all pieces
4. Using table saw, cut notch (ledge) into each piece
5. Nail corners together making two full picture frame structures identical to each other
6. Cut 16" wood slats
7. Nail slats into identical top and bottom frames
8. Using self tapping screws, screw into the corners 

Now just fill it with topsoil and plant your favorite crop.

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Friday, March 25, 2022

DIY Hand Forged MidEvil Long Twisted Spoon Tutorial Demonstration [How t...

Made my first ever DIY Hand Forged MidEvil Long Twisted Spoon Tutorial Demonstration [How to Forge a Spoon] as a present and it was a lot of fun. Used a propane burner and pounding block to hand made this big spoon.Once forging was complete I coated it in linseed oil.

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Wednesday, February 16, 2022

DIY Toyota Tacoma Headlamp Changeout Process and Upgrade [Toyota Tacoma ...

This video shows you the simple process of replacing your headlamps on a Toyota Tacoma. I had just completed shining up the outer headlamp surfaces (see my video on this) with a 3M brand headlight restoration kit but wanted to further improve my night driving visibility. It had gotten so bad that we couldn't barely make out the white line on the side of the roads in certain areas that were not otherwise lit up. The new headlamps are "100%" brighter according to the packaging and cost around $50 at the local NAPA auto parts store. Between cleaning and polishing the outer surface of the headlights and changing out the bulbs, the night vision while driving has improved quite a bit. I was glad I went with the 100% brighter as they actually were not as bright as I thought before installing them. I didn't want to be the jerk out there whose headlights are so bright it appears that the high beams are on. This is not the case with these just in case you were wondering. The new headlamps come with a 3 year warranty as well so I keep the receipt and old headlamps (for backups) just in case I needed to cash in on that warranty. The steps for chaining this out are very easy and are as follows:

No tools necessary.....

Step 1: Open hood
Step 2: Remove electrical connector plug from back of head lamp (it pulls straight out by hand)
Step 3: Remove rubber boot
Step 4. Unlatch holding spring
Step 5: Pull lamp out and install new one

It's just that easy!!!! 

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Here's a paid link in case you want to change out the whole light assembly rather than polish the old ones:
For Toyota Tacoma Headlight 2005 2006 2007 2008 Driver and Passenger Side Headlamp Assembly Replacement:
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Wednesday, July 28, 2021

DIY GateHouse Hinge Pin Door Stop Installation Tutorial Demonstration [G...

DIY GateHouse Hinge Pin Door Stop Installation Tutorial Demonstration [Gatehouse Hinge Pin Doorstop]. The first step is to buy a couple of these and then pop the hinge pin on the door. I used a small screwdriver and lightly tapped it out of place. I installed these individually one by one. Once the hinge pin is removed I pushed the door stop down over the hinge pin and tapped it back into place. Once installed the hinge pin doorstop can be adjusted to your desired setting to either open further or open less. In this case I needed to keep the door knob from hitting the glass closet doors and causing a huge destructive mess so it was mandatory I put these on. Super easy installation and quick too. The door stops are cheap compared to a hole in the wall or a busted closet door. Thank you for watching and please leave me a comment or two. 

Here's a paid link to a similar one on amazon:

Ives by Schlage 70A10B Hinge Pin Door Stop:
https://amzn.to/3zEZxbB

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