The DIY thread

[Tricycle Rider]

If I were working with it more often - for sure. Might actually invest since I'll be fixing my folk's house next year, might be useful here n there

Are you a bot?

 

[Neely]

Are you a bot?

Huh? What do you mean?

 

[jmdirt]

where to get it please share if any link available?

epoxy based acrylic from the local paint store.

 

[Unchained]

Retrofitted the hood in my kitchen with LED lamps.. the hood came with halogen lamps that were good for everything except for longevity..2 lights that shine down on the stove top cooking surface and we often leave them on as kind of kitchen night light.. Issue was we were burning out a bulb every 4-6 months and the replacement was $31 dollars a piece.. LED was $8 and the connector with 8 in pigtails was an easy fix just cannibalize the old connections.. Wire nuts..I drilled out the sheet metal cavity with a uni-bit and everything fits..box for lamp says 3 years guaranteed.. We shall see..
Halogen bulbs said don't touch them.. and I wore clean rubber gloves each time and it was still a persistent disaster

 

[jmdirt]

As I have discussed before, my house was build in the early 1900's (on the tax list 1910). It still has most of the original leaded glass windows (22 out of 26), and some 1950's era storm windows. Other than stopping cold winds from pounding the old glass, I don't think that these storms, or others for than matter, really do anything to stop the cold. The 2.5 inch space between the window and the storm is always the temperature of the outside.

So what is the point of storm windows? Just to stop the cold winds?

 

[Unchained]

Somehow I was volunteered to man the grill yesterday for 3 items..31 lobsters.. lots were small chicks and some medium sized..
and 14 black abalone and a dozen or so full chicken legs w thighs.. I am a fan of grilled lobster but.. when they are small even a little over cooking can make for a dry,chewy rubber like meat..instead I went with what I have done in the past.. Drop 6-8 at a time, boiling water for 4-5 minutes.. Twist and break head-tail connection and remove tail meat, put all the cooked meat together in a big pot,pour a couple of sticks of melted butter all over, generous salt and some paprika and mix it around.. the coated tails then go to open flame grill to get a little color and taste from the coals..ready to serve..
Abalone cleaned and then cut into to thumb thickness strips.. Pan tossed w butter, onions and garlic.. and then finish using the grill.. Still pretty " chewy " but everyone said that they enjoyed it.. Do chicken on tin foil first and then get about 5-7 minutes a side w great attention not to start it on fire.. I personally can eat cold pizza, lobster or chicken 24\7 ..we did not have access to any decent corn on the cob..but if you soak it and leave on the husk it's probably one of the best BBQ results you can eat.. Butter, salt,pepper.. and if you are a Mexican you put mayonnaise on it with some chili powder mix..different flavor.. Very popular ..also pretty easy is quartered small zucchini squash and paint on some olive oil and salt, maybe parmesan cheese and grill it until near black.. Easy to eat.. Easier to make..
I am not in a spacious enough house for a dedicated pizza oven but if I win the lotto first thing I buy after I hire personal trainer.. I have seen some fantastic designs and finished pizza results on YouTube and I can spend lots of time watching people make pizza..

 

[Tricycle Rider]

Somehow I was volunteered to man the grill yesterday for 3 items..31 lobsters.. lots were small chicks and some medium sized..
and 14 black abalone and a dozen or so full chicken legs w thighs.. I am a fan of grilled lobster but.. when they are small even a little over cooking can make for a dry,chewy rubber like meat..instead I went with what I have done in the past.. Drop 6-8 at a time, boiling water for 4-5 minutes.. Twist and break head-tail connection and remove tail meat, put all the cooked meat together in a big pot,pour a couple of sticks of melted butter all over, generous salt and some paprika and mix it around.. the coated tails then go to open flame grill to get a little color and taste from the coals..ready to serve..
Abalone cleaned and then cut into to thumb thickness strips.. Pan tossed w butter, onions and garlic.. and then finish using the grill.. Still pretty " chewy " but everyone said that they enjoyed it.. Do chicken on tin foil first and then get about 5-7 minutes a side w great attention not to start it on fire.. I personally can eat cold pizza, lobster or chicken 24\7 ..we did not have access to any decent corn on the cob..but if you soak it and leave on the husk it's probably one of the best BBQ results you can eat.. Butter, salt,pepper.. and if you are a Mexican you put mayonnaise on it with some chili powder mix..different flavor.. Very popular ..also pretty easy is quartered small zucchini squash and paint on some olive oil and salt, maybe parmesan cheese and grill it until near black.. Easy to eat.. Easier to make..
I am not in a spacious enough house for a dedicated pizza oven but if I win the lotto first thing I buy after I hire personal trainer.. I have seen some fantastic designs and finished pizza results on YouTube and I can spend lots of time watching people make pizza..

Wow, I never knew you were such a chef! Not keen on boiling living things alive and then eating them myself but, speaking of chewy...

It's tradition in my family (half of us lapsed Catholics) to cook and serve store-bought (already demised) fish on Xmas eve, being I was the cook I made sure everyone was ready for (and sitting at the fecking table!) for when my fish was ready. Well, even though timed something went terribly awry during this cooking session, the cod I had baked turned out so chewy I had to spit it out and give it to the dog!

I tell ya, truing a wheel I know how to do, but cooking/baking/broiling/bbq-ing fish properly will be the absolute end of me!