Random Cool Tricks

I love the G clamp hack...just right for an awkward nail's G spot.

https://youtube.com/shorts/t9zqiWYMtOo?si=_llkrFZWwrb03ukl

 

Maple syrup hack...

https://youtube.com/shorts/shTXsDwRKwY?si=4HRzdHTbMmkvb0Iz

 

My net is about the diameter of the inner yellow circle on his
and I usually can't throw it that perfectly.

 

Superb technique! My Dad used a smaller cast net to catch shrimp and baitfish. I never could quite get the hang of it.

 

It is an art . I've tried it some , to catch baitfish. And it surely does take practice.

 

Pretty ingenious, actually. Though braking will be a bit iffy.

 

I was thinking with the weight and higher speed of the truck versus a person,, them bearings may get cooked pretty quickly.
But I can see a short trip in an emergency.

 

A bundle of interesting kitchen and travel hacks.

https://youtube.com/shorts/q3KxPgPxTFQ?si=tOT5Z4uAlvu5fJGg

 

I can't throw mine worth a dang, either.

My mom could like a pro so I keep trying.

 

Cement flower pot.

https://youtube.com/shorts/XBnc1nqnjmY?si=biXr0WM4DFTyNKFm

 

Could be used for coiling copper piping...

https://youtube.com/shorts/2tduRhinVWg?si=g1gg_aCEX3Fhk9Ux

 

It doesn't seem to matter how long you've been using something, or how competent you think you are with it, when you see a better way of doing something, you adopt it.

This is one of those things. I've been using hurricane lanterns since I was probably twelve. I always fumbled with them trying to install the globe. You have to pull up the spring loaded top of the lantern to fit the globe in. That means holding it down with one hand, fitting the globe with the other hand, and then with your third hand, lifting the top up. I'd tried all sorts of awkward ways to change the globe and nobody ever showed me a better way, until today.

It's odd that when I saw the technique on a video, it was by the manufacturer of the same lantern I first tried it on. You can do it either with thumb or finger, but you use the bail to give lifting leverage on the finger loop. Lets you change a globe with no fuss.

 

I use a 5 or 6 foot with a 1/2 or 5/8th mesh, When it doesn't open up all the way its called throwing a banana.

 

Elementary! Seems obvious once you see it done.

 

Ice cooler fan from a bucket.

https://youtube.com/shorts/p6KKmmnNZ9w?si=_ZsS0c6-FUrcjqWo

Insulating the walls and base of the bucket may keep the ice cooler longer...

 

Crafting an outdoor faucet / shower head...

https://youtube.com/shorts/ph_i6F9CSQk?si=ecwAs7Byp_HN5GKc