Garden blower vac bag replacement

May 12, 2016, 4:40 pm

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I only use my Garden blower vac in the Autumn. Fall is a USA and Canada thing. So I got my Blower Vac out and started turning all the neighbors falling leaves that blow over onto my place into lovely fine mulch for my garden and half way through disaster strikes and the bag starts to leak. So I pull...
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Love crackers

May 12, 2016, 4:40 pm

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The night is young The play you went to see was Romeo and Juliet.You get home, you get out the cheese dried fruit and NO CRACKERS!!!!!Quickly you pull from the cupboard your trusty contact toastie maker. You thank the stars you bought the flat one and not the ribbed one. You pause to hope the modera...
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Using a vegetable peeler as a spokeshave

June 26, 2016, 4:32 am

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I have mentioned in a few places that I use a vegetable peeler as a spoke shave which is basically a tool for shaving off bits of wood, traditionally on spokes for wooden wagon wheels (hence the name). Strangely enough I think a lot of people think I am joking so here is a video of me using it. I us...
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Make a ukulele with a pocket knife.

May 12, 2016, 4:40 pm

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You can't make a ukulele with a pocket knife they say.You need hundreds of dollars worth of fancy tools and super special skills and fancy materials they say.Well you can consign those views to the scrap heap of history. This uke will be built with a pocket knife(and a ruler) using mostly materials ...
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Empty a box trailer or truck bed fast.

May 12, 2016, 4:40 pm

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This ultra simple tool will ease the task of emptying a box trailer or truck bed, though it probably won't work too well on trucks with wheel arches in the bed. It turns your trailer into a cheapo dump truck.Get any old bit of tough looking grubby wood just long enough to go most of the way across y...
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Gang Saw Thin Rasp

March 7, 2017, 9:16 am

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One of my favourite tools is my Japanese Shinto rasp. It is a precision piece of kit and it is one of the best rasps I have ever had but it is some times just a little too big, and other times a lot too big. This little tool make it into the spaces where the bigger rasp will not go. It could be thou...
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Band Sawn Bowl Ukulele

August 19, 2017, 4:42 pm

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This instructible will show you how I quickly made a bowl back lute like ukulele from a length of 6 by 1 dar (dressed all round) pine, that's 140 by 19 for those of us in metric land. The trick I am showing off in particular is the use of a band saw to make the back. You might notice there are two u...
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Secret Weapon Quick Rise Dough

October 3, 2017, 10:00 am

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Making bread or pizza dough takes forever right!Ain't nobody got time for that!My secret weapon fixes that.
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Lap Harp, Psaltery

October 28, 2018, 11:00 am

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The Lap Harp, also known as the psaltery or zither is an ancient instrument built in many forms with many variations in many cultures. It is capable of serenading your most favoured loved one or providing accompaniment to your cherubic children's nap time lullaby. Probably not that crash hot for an ...
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Designing and Making a Bass Ukulele

July 11, 2019, 6:40 pm

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The aim of this instructable is to go through all the steps necessary to design and build a bass ukulele starting from some blocks of wood and ending with a finished instrument.Here is a quick preview of what it sounds like.
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