Difference between revisions of "Hardware"
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| + | ==Lawnmowers== | ||
| + | ===Honda GVC-160 power lawnmower=== | ||
| + | This makes mowing lawns a pleasure. | ||
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| + | =Washing Machines== | ||
| + | ===Maytag Commercial Washer, MVWP575GW=== | ||
| + | Most washing machines are heavily damaged by federal regulations that started around 2015. This one is okay. | ||
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| + | ==Cars== | ||
| + | ===Volkswagen Golf GTI === | ||
| + | Volkswagen has decent controls, unlike Mazda, whose control screens are unacceptably bad. | ||
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==Fixing Stripped Screw Holes== | ==Fixing Stripped Screw Holes== | ||
Use [https://www.amazon.com/Woodmate-2498-Screw-Repair-Steel/dp/B07NNT3CHR/ref=pd_lpo_60_t_1/136-3926075-2585861?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=B07NNT3CHR&pd_rd_r=916eb2f2-73c6-4e83-bfe1-4b06196a1720&pd_rd_w=Xueae&pd_rd_wg=6ZOGc&pf_rd_p=337be819-13af-4fb9-8b3e-a5291c097ebb&pf_rd_r=N76ZW9MAWFHRERS1Z2V7&psc=1&refRID=N76ZW9MAWFHRERS1Z2V7 Mr. Grip, Stripped Screw Hole Repair Kit.] This is just a corrugated aluminum thick foil strip that goes into the hole and is gripped by the screw or bolt that can create threads in its soft metal. Very simple, easy, and effective. | Use [https://www.amazon.com/Woodmate-2498-Screw-Repair-Steel/dp/B07NNT3CHR/ref=pd_lpo_60_t_1/136-3926075-2585861?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=B07NNT3CHR&pd_rd_r=916eb2f2-73c6-4e83-bfe1-4b06196a1720&pd_rd_w=Xueae&pd_rd_wg=6ZOGc&pf_rd_p=337be819-13af-4fb9-8b3e-a5291c097ebb&pf_rd_r=N76ZW9MAWFHRERS1Z2V7&psc=1&refRID=N76ZW9MAWFHRERS1Z2V7 Mr. Grip, Stripped Screw Hole Repair Kit.] This is just a corrugated aluminum thick foil strip that goes into the hole and is gripped by the screw or bolt that can create threads in its soft metal. Very simple, easy, and effective. | ||
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I just discovered this ingenious type of ladder, borrowing a similar one from my neighbor to change a high light bulb. Safe, and so flexible-- Lambda shape, or asymmetric, or straight, like one of those kid's multi-folding toys. At [https://buff.ly/3n9wnfZ Harbor Freight], Franklin brand, tho that is not my neighbor's. | I just discovered this ingenious type of ladder, borrowing a similar one from my neighbor to change a high light bulb. Safe, and so flexible-- Lambda shape, or asymmetric, or straight, like one of those kid's multi-folding toys. At [https://buff.ly/3n9wnfZ Harbor Freight], Franklin brand, tho that is not my neighbor's. | ||
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Revision as of 09:21, 29 April 2021
Contents
Lawnmowers
Honda GVC-160 power lawnmower
This makes mowing lawns a pleasure.
Washing Machines=
Maytag Commercial Washer, MVWP575GW
Most washing machines are heavily damaged by federal regulations that started around 2015. This one is okay.
Cars
Volkswagen Golf GTI
Volkswagen has decent controls, unlike Mazda, whose control screens are unacceptably bad.
Fixing Stripped Screw Holes
Use Mr. Grip, Stripped Screw Hole Repair Kit. This is just a corrugated aluminum thick foil strip that goes into the hole and is gripped by the screw or bolt that can create threads in its soft metal. Very simple, easy, and effective.
Ladders
I just discovered this ingenious type of ladder, borrowing a similar one from my neighbor to change a high light bulb. Safe, and so flexible-- Lambda shape, or asymmetric, or straight, like one of those kid's multi-folding toys. At Harbor Freight, Franklin brand, tho that is not my neighbor's.
