Random Cool Tricks

Sundry building trades tricks...

https://youtube.com/shorts/ncKF1Znt0IQ?si=gcHLENrE7CbRDxNu

 

Suppressor cooler. Spring loaded, fits any chamber, sounds like a tiny leaf blower.

 

Took me a moment to realise.... this is a tacticool lever rifle!

 

Sacrificial anode method of removing rust corrosion from hand tools and other smallish steel objects.

 

Pulling cables through pipes / tubing...

https://youtube.com/shorts/iIOyPPAz-0o?si=j58jpa-as6nbyR2L

 

Escaping from ductape bindings...

https://youtube.com/shorts/A6U_ejohft0?si=FNM3zACq-4y3XfOC

 

Altering oversized jeans...

https://youtube.com/shorts/zvtqyW9_iuE?si=MbR67NxpoR8TjfDv

 

Casting a brass cup from scrap metal.

https://youtube.com/shorts/RoySIzecaVA?si=h3zBq9IeWRyqOH3U

Casting a brass mirror from scrap metal.

https://youtube.com/shorts/oBhIB5p5I-U?si=40JejTYgFI_ogsqM

 

IF it works, it ain't stupid.

 

I didn't even notice that was a drill press. I thought it was some old commie era eastern European mixer.

 

Repairing dry wall.

https://youtube.com/shorts/onde-aGrCBw?si=7wnFOn2Qzfp0N1IZ

 

Wooden gate latch:

https://youtube.com/shorts/hmszpK0bTCc?si=7NhTwnuFsB5jAeu-

Door latch

https://youtube.com/shorts/pI1UnamvId4?si=yHenm9SXkUq6hNoA

Another latch system...some people are ingenious...

https://youtube.com/shorts/bCJkaNp_OFc?si=J-CJfBQfPcaxnwm1

https://youtube.com/shorts/bCJkaNp_OFc?si=WLFGS44-IuJE1JO0

https://youtube.com/shorts/wFMcL6EUwVo?si=6daEPZlhbW5OIwFu

 

Now , I like that little trick ,, I'll have to remember that one .

 

Yes. Simple but elegant.

 

Bob Uecker always said that the best way to catch a knuckleball "is to wait until it stops rolling, then pick it up.''

 

Repairing a rotted fence post.

https://youtube.com/shorts/bBBV221AL_I?si=P8BvYEgWBCKSiD8d

 

Jigsaw blade hack...

https://youtube.com/shorts/ffSADdvSr78?si=HDuAsTBNHYhgfPxp

 

Another jigsaw blade hack: This one for wood turning dowels.

https://youtube.com/shorts/XFmu1i0GxLg?si=GOeyNMCKhzFrdUA7