DeWalt Right Angle Adapter Attachment, O'Keeffe's Working Hands Cream, Inferno Propane Torch, 3M Professional Multi-Purpose Respirator, Monkey Bars Yard Tool Storage Rack
Read MoreInstalling an "In-Use" Outdoor Electrical Cover
Installing an Outdoor, Electrical In-Use Receptacle Cover is easy. Put one on before you put up your holiday decorations!
Read MoreInspired to Finally, FINALLY Finish the Living Room Remodel.
Episode 12 I’m inspired to get back to the living room remodel and do the finishing touches. Check out the big reveal!
Read MoreDon't Kick the Bucket - Installing a 3 bucket storage rack
Garage organization with a Monkey Bars 5 gallon bucket rack. Easy install / quick project.
Read MoreThe Great Fall Workshop Cleanup
It looks like a cruise missile hit my garage workshop. With gorgeous Arizona winter weather rolling in, I gotta get this place ready for some DIY project action.
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The Mini Blitz Fail
I have a mini-blitz of weekend projects to knock out. It does not go as planned.
Read MoreThe Front Yard Graveyard - Zombie Defense Give Away
Creating a Halloween graveyard in the flowerbed, zombie fighting advice and a tool rack give away. Plus a 15% discount coupon code from Monkey Bars.
Read MoreGetting Photos on the Walls and Other Foolishness
Adding some inexpensive photos and frames changes the feel of a room. Plus, some fun with Photoshop foolishness to recruit This Old House's Norm Abram to Twitter.
Read MoreThe 10+ DIY Ways We Cut Our Electric Bill
We've done a lot of projects, big and small that have actually lowered our electric bill. We're saving money every month!
Read MorePhoenix is closed today due to rain
We got slammed with record breaking rain this morning. Phoenix metro is full of water. We're not going anywhere without a rowboat.
Read MoreThe Great End of Summer Cleanup - Desert Style
With the flames of summer nearly over, I'm getting ready for the paradise of winter in Phoenix. It starts with cleaning up razor-sharp cactus waste...
Read MoreWeed Killing - Taking a flame thrower to this place!
Using a propane torch to kill weeds without chemicals. The Lincoln Electric Inferno in action!
Read MoreWall Repair II - Electric Boogaloo
Installing a cut-in electrical outlet box, protecting the receptacles, and some mudding and taping on the wall repair.
Read MoreFixing a Big Hole in the Wall - Two Times
Repairing a hole in the drywall, with pallet wood(?!!), a diminutive photo-bomber, and the Pink panther.
Read MoreDesign
I enjoy graphic design. I like to fiddle with my blog's look constantly. I even help others from time to time. I'm still learning web-site stuff, but the graphics part is really fun. I don't have a professional suite of tools, but I get by with the free stuff. I've done all the work on
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myself. Here's some of my portfolio:
I was looking at one of Jack's XBox games and,.. Hey! Wait a minute!
Brian started another site for tool reviews. I took a crack at it for him. Brian's Tool Reviews
. I think I like it better than my own banner at this point.
That's my tape measure Brian!
Summers Woodworking - Facebook Banner
- I started this as a contest entry for Summers but finished it a couple months too late.
Here's how it would look in place:
Shattered.
- made for this blog when I was having technical difficulties.
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- I like to start with original photos
The "Gunslinger"
Page Elements
(I may have touched it up a bit)
Photo editing.
We have an address plaque on the front of our house. I tend to blur out license plates, but I wanted the house shot to look a little cleaner:
Later I substituted the new address plaque's numbers with Dwarven lettering from Tolkien:
The Magical World of Electrolysis - Salt Water Swimming Pool Cell Maintenance
I'm cleaning the pool's salt cell, with muriatic acid. It's an interesting project you can DIY, if you are careful.
Read MoreFix It! An Easy Trick to Fix a Flat Utility Tire (Tubeless)
How to re-fill a flat tubeless tire, for wheel barrows, utility carts, lawn mowers, hand trucks, and etc.
Read MoreGiving Support - Securing Plumbing using Cool Tools.
I had to secure the plumbing inside the wall with no support. Bring in the Kreg Jig and a Right Angle Drill Attachment
Read MoreInstalling the New Shower / Bath Hardware
It was easy to freshen up the bath tub / shower with a nice new valve handle, shower head and faucet.
Read MoreReplacing a Tub / Shower Valve - Scald free after all these years
I replaced the old "flush the toilet and scald the hell out of you" shower valve with a new pressure regulated, scald free version. Plus, I got to try out PEX tubing for the first time.
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