Hahaha, this is the thread of betrayal. Forget the industry, u can do it by your self! lolWell, actually it's not so political. It's just to share the things, that we have made by our selves. :)Here's my lamp.
It doesn't have shade, but it really doesn't need one. It's made of a socket of light-bulb , empty yogurt-can and light-bulb.. The yogurt can is necessary to hide ugly wirings and socket. Cheap and effective. I have had this kind of light source in ceiling already 10 years. And this one on pic is second (additional) one. I made last winter.Well connecting wires needs knowledge of electric, but otherwise it was rather easy to make..Replacing light-bulb is a bit troublesome.. you have to hold the socket in place through of yogurt-can.. But when think, that a factory made lamp have 100 or maybe even 1000 times higher price.. that's the price difference of just a light-bulb's socket and a ready made lamp in store, then it's not so bad..I had a dangerous moment in installing it, because some electricians of soviet union, had connected wires wrongly. They have connected neutral through of the switch and phase directly to lamp.. So even when the light is switched off. The wires will remain hot. I didn't want to switch it also off from whole apartment, by main switch, so I had to connect it hot.
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Hardi, I've found this kind of implement :))), though the girl's one was considered to be better. I think it's possible to do it with one's own hands.
Here is the link: Sock Helper and More
Natasha@ I know there was some International exhibition of young inventors somewhere, some time ago.. I read about it from somewhere a year or two ago. But about "pulling granny's sock in machine", I heard first time from you.
Caroline@ I don't like clue. I always manage to stick my self with it. My favorite things for repairing would be Cable ties, but unfortunately they can't replace clue. But sometime they can replace screws.
Karenina@ You're right, recycling things is also important. I've recycled also my old bed. I disassembled it and used it's wood parts for building my new bed. Now I have a very good and strong bed. I like it. It have hard surface to sleep on, and slim construction. Because it's slim, there's more space under bed to store something. :P
Initially I wanted to hang it up with chains, so that I could alter it's height by attacking different chain links to hooks.. Even more I would have liked, something like a fork lift attacked to the wall.. I would never need to clean under it. I could just adjust the height of bed, when there's no more room under bed for new dust to get accumulated. lol
Bob@ I had luck this time, I didn't got bitten by electricity. I have got bitten sometime before. Don't want it ever again. Well, I do have some knowledge of it, because my dad have worked in that field. Not as much as electrician, but mostly of electronic and automatic..
Have you tried SHOE GOO Caroline? that is a glue made for shoes and even will build up missing parts on the bottom of the shoe. i use it for many things including today's project on an old mercedes car where rubber insulation had cracked and fallen off some wiring for a speed sensor on the air conditioning compressor.
By the way I just saw that congratulations are in store for you as a new STAR MEMBER. This is actually an important achievement and you should be proud that you were selected. Good luck with the washer and if it breaks again the Shoe Goo may be the answer. It does not want to turn loose when it has cured.
Caroline Horton said:
I thought one time I would have to call the repair man to fix a dial on my washing machine. It was the most important dial on the machine! I twisted it so hard it broke off! I was almost sick. Oh no! Last time the repair man was out he charged me $50.00 an hour and then the price of the parts!
I remembered I had some strong glue and was able to re-attach it. I have been very gentle with the machine after that.
I have found glue to be a very useful tool. I had a cat who would pull down the curtain and curtain rods and another who walked along the curtain rod like a tight rope walker from the circus. It would pull the nails and screws out of the wall and the curtain rods would fall down again . I glued the rods to the wall. So far the curtains have stayed up.
I've used glue to fix my shoes when the heel separated from the top of the shoe.
You are a brave man Hardi. If that quality of electrician had wired the house I would have wanted to cut the power to the entire thing before touching it. I hope it didn't bite you. I have spent the day taking a lot of parts out of a 19 year old auto to try to help my wife have working air conditioning. I will tell about that later.
Hello everybody,
I was waiting something of this kind - useful advice. Some time ago, I read about teenagers, who created different useful things. For example, one German girl had made an implement that was used for a particular purpose: putting on socks- don't laugh, she tried to help her granny, who wasn't able to stoop down,and the girl was awarded and took out a patent. One year ago I needed this kind of implement after the surgery, but I couldn't find it anywhere. I'd like to ask if anybody has heard something about it? It's just interesting- the girl's implement turned out better than existing one!
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Here is the link: Sock Helper and More
Caroline@ I don't like clue. I always manage to stick my self with it. My favorite things for repairing would be Cable ties, but unfortunately they can't replace clue. But sometime they can replace screws.
Karenina@ You're right, recycling things is also important. I've recycled also my old bed. I disassembled it and used it's wood parts for building my new bed. Now I have a very good and strong bed. I like it. It have hard surface to sleep on, and slim construction. Because it's slim, there's more space under bed to store something. :P
Initially I wanted to hang it up with chains, so that I could alter it's height by attacking different chain links to hooks.. Even more I would have liked, something like a fork lift attacked to the wall.. I would never need to clean under it. I could just adjust the height of bed, when there's no more room under bed for new dust to get accumulated. lol
Bob@ I had luck this time, I didn't got bitten by electricity. I have got bitten sometime before. Don't want it ever again. Well, I do have some knowledge of it, because my dad have worked in that field. Not as much as electrician, but mostly of electronic and automatic..
By the way I just saw that congratulations are in store for you as a new STAR MEMBER. This is actually an important achievement and you should be proud that you were selected. Good luck with the washer and if it breaks again the Shoe Goo may be the answer. It does not want to turn loose when it has cured.
Caroline Horton said:
I was waiting something of this kind - useful advice. Some time ago, I read about teenagers, who created different useful things. For example, one German girl had made an implement that was used for a particular purpose: putting on socks- don't laugh, she tried to help her granny, who wasn't able to stoop down,and the girl was awarded and took out a patent. One year ago I needed this kind of implement after the surgery, but I couldn't find it anywhere. I'd like to ask if anybody has heard something about it? It's just interesting- the girl's implement turned out better than existing one!