On a blog about home improvements we need to talk about the sitcom Home Improvement. One of my favorite shows, we watched from the pilot to the series finale, never missed an episode and have rewatched it countless times since the end in 1998. Everyone loves the brainy neighbor Wilson but I have a perspective on Wilson that many have not considered.
Just wanted to drop a embed for my old video where I installed my Laser Interceptor into my 2016 Sierra. That truck turned out to be faulty with the “ chevy shake .” Here is a video playlist of the symptoms of the shake in my truck… any who back to the install. I switch trucks often so its important to have a quick process to move this equipment as easily as possible. The CP...
I had an old Dish 500 dish on the side of the house from back in the day. As a FTA satellite hobbyist I loved the look of it hanging there but hated that it wasn’t doing anything. So a quick mod got it pulling in a couple channels. The mod is simple enough to be done by anyone with a little handy work.
Let’s talk about DIY Solar Pool Heater Black Hose. Its that time of year again. The weather is warming up and the kids are ready to jump in the pool but it’s still cold! Here I’m going to tell you about my experience building a DIY Solar Pool Heater Black Hose.
This is my first go at TV repair but I have a situation where this large TV belonged to a client and something happened where the digital inputs (4 HDMI ports) quit working. The analog (VGA and Y Pb Pr) inputs did work. The client used this tv for the board room and now most things connect via HDMI as well as their A/V Receiver sent everything from the STB and Apple TV and H...
So yesterday after noon we took the pole and the concrete and set the pole in the ground for the C-Band dish.
Quick back story, I was driving through the neighborhood and for many years I’d admired the satellite dish that a neighbor had in his front yard. A couple weeks ago I was riding by and he happened to be outside and I stopped to ask him if I could have it. Luckily I had stopped when I did because he said he was getting ready to cut it down and send it to the scrap yard! Fast...
Spring is here and the weather is warming up but the pool is not. It takes until about May in this part of NW FL for the pool to get warm enough for me. But thats way too far away when its early April currently. The Half Ass Craftsmen came up with a plan to build a solar pool heater to speed this heating process up. Now this isn’t a new idea but we weren’t sure how well it r...
With the advent of LEDs bringing cheap, compact and low energy lights to the world at a rapid pace, I have been trying to find uses for them in less than normal applications. A recent project, inspired by a trip to Epcot center, found an interesting use for LEDs, fiber optics and concrete. I have an old satellite dish pole in the yard. I also have an old boat grill that went...