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Home Performance & Energy Efficiency #1: High Energy Bills? The Problem May be Your HVAC Ducts

10-19-2020 06:12 PM by CyFree | 63 comments »

When homeowners begin experiencing things like unusually high energy bills, rooms that are too cold or too hot, their first thought is usually about replacing or upgrading their existing HVAC system. While updating an old system to a newer, more energy-efficient model is never a bad investment, homeowners may not always have the means to buy and install a new system. The good news is that you can, most of the time, get your existing HVAC system to work more efficiently with simple, more a...

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Easier way to replace a snowblower auger belt

01-19-2020 04:23 AM by woodify | 54 comments »

Replace an auger belt on your snowblower yourself.View on YouTube

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Building a Wood Fence #1: Installing a Gate Latch

07-21-2019 01:49 AM by woodify | 586 comments »

I upgraded the latch on my fence. Here’s how:View on YouTube

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Kitchen Cabinet Doors

01-14-2019 05:17 PM by Renaissance_Man | 86 comments »

Having seen one of my earlier attempts at making kitchen cabinet doors (which weren’t all that great), my wife informed me that she wanted new kitchen cabinet doors for her birthday. A little background. Our kitchen cabinets are original to the house (and made to look like the dark, rather tacky looking Tudor design which was popular back then), which was built in 1972. Made of 1/2 inch particle board, they were covered in this sort of industrial grade contact paper stuff, which had...

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Sanding machine communication line and ground line burnout.

01-05-2019 04:49 PM by fkwoodcnc | 355 comments »

The cause of the burnout is caused by burning the earth wire. 1. Change the earth wire first. 2. Remove the neutral wire with the red mark. 3. Replace the two burnt communication wires. Last time we suggest that the earth wire must grounded well. Please check attached picture. We marked yellow is ground terminal block.On earth wire must be settled under the ground 1.5 meter with a metal bar.

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Repair a leaky Garden Hose Connection

08-12-2018 05:58 PM by woodify | 508 comments »

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Stop Squeaky Doors

08-04-2018 07:02 PM by woodify | 704 comments »

I made a quick tip video on how I stop my door hinges from squeaking. View on YouTube

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Building the Arch Top Bookshelf

06-16-2018 05:30 PM by BenhamDesign | 192 comments »

This bookshelf was built using walnut to follow the existing architecture of the home and to spruce up the curved drywall corners that where previously installed as the ache. The interior designer of the project had the alcove of the bookshelf faux painted with a metallic paint to reflect light. then had an electrician come in and backlit the walnut trim to make the bookshelf glow. If you are interested in how it was built please watch the video Video Recap When I went to the cli...

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Building a Custom Trapezoid door for a built in bookshelf

06-09-2018 05:21 PM by BenhamDesign | 86 comments »

This project started out being a built in bookshelf, but the client decided to move the bookshelf out away from the wall to create a small room behind it to be used as a meditation and message area when taking a break from work. If you are interested in how it was built feel free to read about it or watch the video As with most every project, I started out rough cutting the parts to the general size, usually just a little bigger than needed so I can let the wood move before milling and...

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Building Raised Garden Beds

06-04-2018 02:39 AM by woodify | 796 comments »

I built some raised garden beds for the backyard.View on YouTube

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