Scissors sharpening (beehaw.org)
I’m trying to learn how to sharpen scissors. I’m using a draw-filing technique. I’m not sure where I’m doing right or wrong. Anyone has any input? It’s a little better than it was but it’s definitely not as sharp as it could be. Gonna try attach some pics....
Made a table (slrpnk.net)
Table top is four 50-pound bags of ready-mix grout concrete (no stone, just sand), 3m of 1m wide 1x2inch fence mesh....
Newly purchased house - Hardwood floors stained dark in some spots (imgur.com)
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How to Use Dye Plants: Plant Projects for the Home (theherbalacademy.com)
(September) New month, new projects. What are you working on now, DIY? (beehaw.org)
Let’s hear all about your progress. Don’t disappoint your judgmental internet buddies!
Put together a DIY air quality monitor! (beehaw.org)
With how bad air quality has been this year, I grabbed myself a DIY AirGradient kit so I can monitor air quality in my living space. It was easy to assemble and only required a little bit of soldering knowledge. I’m definitely not proficient enough at soldering as many components ended up crooked on the board. Still works...
Gardening changed how I see myself as a disabled woman (wapo.st)
WP gift article expires in 14 days....
Building a Hyperion TV backlight (beehaw.org)
So this isn’t really a tutorial on how to set up Hyperion since there are many great resources out there already. The one I’ve been loosely following is this one....
(August) What are you working on now, DIY? (beehaw.org)
Making any progress, you slackers? Tell us about it!
He died before he rebuilt his Jeep. High school students took on the task. (wapo.st)
‘Up until a month before he passed away, he was in the garage working on the Jeep,’ Tigger Porter said of her husband, who died in January 2022...
Chair repair--looking for advice (lemmy.cafe)
I have an ancient and rather ugly office chair which I love to pieces. Unfortunately, on Thursday morning, the chair attempted to make that literal, as I sat down and heard a nasty splintering sound. Now, I got this thing secondhand, and it’s always had a vertical split up one wooden leg. My brother had run four large carriage...
I recreated a mist shower from this article (www.lowtechmagazine.com)
A mist shower saves you water while giving you a feeling of showering in light warm summer rain....
Adding interior stairs to home (kbin.social)
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Does anybody else have an old house? (beehaw.org)
DIY, what are you working on this weekend? (beehaw.org)
Let’s hear it. No project too big or too small.
Just bought lumber to build 90s themed arcade in my shed (beehaw.org)
I’m building 90s themed arcade In my shed… but I still want to keep a little workshop area so I’m splitting my shed into 3 rooms including the attic/upstairs....
Appropedia, the sustainability wiki (www.appropedia.org)
I designed my own case for a DIY incident light meter (beehaw.org)
The original plan is here: github.com/veebch/photon...
Kitchen Set for the Kids (lemm.ee)
cross-posted from: lemm.ee/post/654873...
I made a DIY keyboard attachment for my phone (github.com)
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Year-round solar water temperature sensor (imgur.com)
cross-posted from: slrpnk.net/post/488623...
Carbon filter for kitchen hood fan (kbin.social)
My kitchen stove hood fan needs a new carbon filter as the current one lookes pretty caked with grease from the previous owners of the place. It turns out the manufacturers filters cost €150 which I find a bit excessive. Filters seem to be the printer ink of the kitchen....
Repaired an Octatrack DPS-1! ("performance mixer", music thing) (matthewscheffel.com)
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