I bought a house a few months ago and I'm still trying to figure out all the wiring. I found these coming out of a cabinet in the kitchen.

I think (?) the black one is a cut-off coax cable. There's a LOT of coax in this house, so that seems straightforward (but I would still love if someone can confirm!)

I'm not sure about the other ones. They don't look electric, as I'd expect electric to be black + white + copper, like the rest of the house.

There is supposedly a speaker system in the house (I see speakers) but I haven't figured it out yet. Could that be power for the speakers? I'm not familiar with speaker wire setup. If it's speakers, why would there be so many wires?

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I tried to make a phone "wallet" case. I used the inside of my old one (what you press your phone into), cardboard from a an old box and some leftover vinyl flooring. I originally wanted to glue everything but ended up stapling some bits. these pics where hastily made and don't do the thing justice. Let's see how well this holds up (I seldom have it in my pocket so that helps).

Hi,

Any of you folks know about EDPM vs Fibreglass roofing.

I need to make a choice for a property extension in the UK. I expect rain, a few hot days, more rain, more rain, and some ice.

The roof won't be load bearing (people won't be walking on it).

Seems like every other website has differing opinions on what's best. I guess because everyone is selling something.

Any impartial opinions on what you'd use?

Cheers

Simply put, our slate countertops are uneven, creating issues in daily activities. I've considered using an angle grinder with a grinding disc, but I'm hesitant. Seeking advice on practical solutions for making installed slate slabs even.

The slabs in question varies in thickness by at least ±6mm, in some spots the extremes are within 80mm of each other.

Hello there.

Just joined to ask for help with my newly purchased used ceiling light.

There are 5 bulbs on the ligh and 3 wires: one red, one blue, one black. 1 build lights up when I hook the red and the blue wires to the house circuit (old house, no ground). 2 bulbs light up when I hook the black wire to the same spot as the red one. The 3 other bulds light up when I hook the black wire to the same spot as the blue one (picture). How do I get all 5 bulbs to light up together?

Thanks for your insight!

What can I do to at least dampen the vibrations?

Somebody said use some rubber but I don't know the specifics.

This one is still a work in progress, I'm hoping to have all the finish work done by next month. I probably won't get the lighting and stereo and all that installed until the end of the summer. I'm hoping this can be a hangout spot for them and their friends after they outgrow the slide. The huge roof is kind of the keystone of the whole thing. I've driven past hundreds of backyard playhouses and I've never observed a kid actually playing on one of them. I think a large part of it is because once you're done with the built-in toys, it's just not that fun anymore. Plus it's hot as hell under there, even in the shade. I noticed my covered deck is pretty nice and chill even on a hot day due to having a real roof overhead so I wanted to put the same thing over the playhouse. This thing isn't a play set, it's more of an outdoor space where they

This combined were her catio makes her a happy kitty!

It may look like a garage but per my building permit this is definitely just a plain old boring 14x18 storage shed. It took forever to complete because I could only work on it a few hours every few evenings, and maybe an afternoon here and there on some weekends. There was also a lot of normal life and work stuff to deal with and other projects that were competing with this one. It was nearly 28 months from the time I broke ground until the last paint was dry.

It started out in June 2017 by paying the professionals to dig out and build a foundation. Over half the budget went into this but it was totally worth it.

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I don't really understand how the different servers and communities and federated this-and-that works yet but I checked out a few different servers and this one seems pretty cool. I have no idea if this will become an alternative to reddit or not, but if nobody uses it then it surely won't. So I took a shot at recreating one of the parts of that site that I really appreciated.

I threw out some of the random stuff I've made to hopefully get the ball rolling. I know there's folks browsing right now that have made something that's cooler, more functional, more beautiful, or more ridiculous than anything I have in my garage right now. Let's see some of them!

Made this little guy in about 5 minutes back in the college days when I wasn't allowed to put holes in walls or fill the garage I didn't have with tools I couldn't afford.

The DVD case came from the 2002 Fellowship of the Rings Xbox game. The packaging for the game was by far the best part of that whole experience.

https://www.eurogamer.net/r-vulotr-x

Kids need tablesaws too, right? This one uses a sheet metal nibbler so it's completely safe, even a toddler-sized pinkie finger won't fit into the moving cutterhead.

Full credit to this cool instructable - I was going to use an oscillating multitool until I stumbled across this idea which is even safer:

https://www.instructables.com/Table-Saw-for-Kids/

To explain the theme - I have a lot of Dewalt stuff so I wanted my kids to feel like they had a real powertool, not some plastic kiddy toy. It cuts paper, thin wood, thinner cardboard (think Amazon boxes, not Target or diaper boxes) and sheet metal. I haven't tried that last one because I don't want to scratch up my nice paint job.

Functional dust collection port in back

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This project is from several years ago. My dad picked up a set of viking / bog chairs decades ago and over the years all but 1 of them were lost, broken, or loaned and not returned. I made some copies out of cedar for him to replace all the lost ones. Original is on the right.

Freshly stained. I think I used Pittsburgh Cedar Naturaltone deck stain from Menards.

I kept 2 chairs for myself - the best and the worst. This is how the latter looked after 4 years out in the elements. I think it had just been powerwashed before I took this picture in preparation of being restained.

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I received some knives as gifts and didn't have a good place to store them so I made a larger knife block.

I made almost all of these cuts on my bandsaw. I had some cedar scraps and offcuts so I made a lot of veneer strips of varying thickness and kind of glued and layered it all into place. Then I trimmed it up, used a router and roundover bit, and sanded it for awhile.

I stained it with basic minwax stain and finished with a few coats of tung oil followed by paste wax.

I don't think I'd use this approach again but I think it turned out OK anyway.

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