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  1. Stand Leveling

    I was able to steal a few hours to work on the stand today. First, I had ordered these 4" stainless steel lag bolts, so I bolted the stand to the wall.



    Then, I had to level a few places. Most things were pretty good, but the right side was about a 1/8" off high. I grabbed a piece of 100 grit sand paper and started to hand sand it. Then I felt like an idiot. I had my father ...

    Updated 11-19-2010 at 11:47 PM by melev

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    DIY projects
  2. RO/DI tubing run

    To get RO/DI water from my utility room to the new fishroom, I decided I'd run tubing through the false ceiling area above my kitchen cabinets. It's maybe 9' of cabinet area, with space to run some PVC pipe as a guide to push the 1/4" poly tubing the direction I needed it. This is the stuff used for icemakers and to get drinking water from the fridge, sold at Home Depot.

    The first thing was to break out the forensic gear and determine the trajectory of the dual-hydrogen-singular-Oxygen ...

    Updated 11-19-2010 at 10:32 PM by melev

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    Plumbing
  3. That quickie picture today was merely a teaser

    Today, when I went out to the garage to work on getting the wall insulation installed, I was greeted with a big wet spot coming out from under the garage door. I thought I'd gotten this taken care of last night, but it turns out that I was wrong.



    Here's that faucet, a simple one with a quarter-turn to shut it off quickly.



    The leak ...
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    Tank Entry