Random Cool Tricks

That'd be preferable, but this one works with any sort of weight. Parking a car on it makes it very solid. If I use it on a work bench I just clamp the far end to the bench.

 

8 years running with this thread. I wish I had more tricks.

 

Don't get me wrong,, mounted to that plate is a great idea ,, not everyone has a truck ,, of course I don't know why they don't.

 

There've been some truly inspired and ingenious tricks. Been very enjoyable!

 

99 hints, tips and tricks used by plumbers.

https://www.youtube.com/live/dLq4hQqCNjU?si=7XYCGPmIFMKXvZs9

 

Turn a stainless steel sink into a cookstove.

 

Outdoor cookstove from an old fuel tank.

Note fire risks and safety precautions.

 

Windlass wire / cable tensioning system.

https://youtube.com/shorts/2zE_IW28Otk?si=g_R_QN1g6nio8-GD

 

I had to test this...twice, and the best I could get was a loose knot.
I think it's a great trick, but with ham hands and straw hair it just doesn't work for me.
I have better luck braiding my hair, but not by much.

 

I saw a fella welding up a hole in the top of a shipping container that was used as a shed in New Bern, NC. Might have been a little salt air exposure, but it still made me think that a roof over a container would be wise.

 

Making fishing fun again!

 

Home made single burner alcohol stove.

 

Repairing a broom when the twist on broomhandle connection is damaged....repair and squeeze an extra bit of serviceability out of it rather than discard it and buy a replacement...frugality at its finest:

https://youtube.com/shorts/waDKo_lGr_s?si=Gx9oJqwqh713PmWY

 

Kudzu camouflage

 

Concrete doesn't wait.