Month: May 2019
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Reupholstering an Old Chair’s Seat with Scrap Fabric
A work in progress – how to reupholster a chair seat for cheap or free, with scrap fabric and recycled stuffing. These pictures show some of the progress. This chair’s seat had torn, and the foam was coming out.…
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Lifehacks Here
This is an “article bucket” for “life hacks”, or DIY repairs, instruction manuals, device codes, and so forth. If you’d like to write some articles, contact the admin. Subscribe to this blog to get announcements about the site. Articles…
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Erasing Racism with Revisionist History about Ichimatsu Dolls
I stumbled across and ad for an old Japanese doll, and wanted to get an idea of what’s out there, so I went to eBay and found out. On there, I saw listings for “Ichimatsu” dolls, which I’d never…
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The Hose Bibb Flat Washer Conspiracy (000 15/32″ or 11mm)
This is going to sound crazy, but I think there’s a conspiracy by plumbers to frustrate DIY plumbing repair efforts. My mom had a hose bibb that was leaking, so I went to fix it. What a nightmare.