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Comment on How to Build Drawer Fronts for Cabinets and Furniture by Caroline Cass

Caroline Cass

Thank you for the tutorial. Your finished mudroom is beautiful, especially the benches with the drawers!

Comment on Sun Shade Sail Guide: How to Instantly Cool and Transform Your Outdoor Space by Cynthia

Cynthia

I am thinking of putting up 2 triangle sails to cover a narrow section of side yard between the house and the cinderblock wall between me and my neighbor’s house. Is there any issues if I used the cinderblock wall as anchor points?

Comment on Rainwater Harvesting: A Genius Way to Collect Rainwater Using an IBC Tote by Eileen

Eileen

In reply to JW. Hi, cinder blocks are very strong, capable of 2000 lbs per square inch. So put enough to distribute the weight of a full ibc tote , and you’ll be good!

Comment on Rainwater Harvesting: A Genius Way to Collect Rainwater Using an IBC Tote by Eileen

Eileen

In reply to Kat.

I’ve had that IBC tank full of water for about a year, and the stand never gave me any problems. Yes notches in the 4×4 would produce a stronger stand. It’s just more work, and honestly , the weight of the tote is being evenly distributed among the 6 vertical 4×4 legs. The cross beams are mostly just there for rigidity.

Ash

Comment on Rainwater Harvesting: A Genius Way to Collect Rainwater Using an IBC Tote by Kat

Kat

How is this holding up years later? I’m using your plans as a guide to build the same sized stand for my ibc stand. I had 4x4s laying around that were just the right size for the longest length in your plans. But now I’m wondering if I should have cut out a notch on the legs and used a longer 4×4 on top to sit into the notched legs and hold the weight instead of relying on the deck screws in 2x4s to hold up the top 4×4.

Comment on How to Fix Up Your Old Snowblower by Eileen

Eileen

In reply to Reg.

Hi, goto http://www.searspartsdirect.com if you can locate the part number (usually from your machine manual), they stock a lot of parts . You can usually find the manual and parts diagram on their website too.

Ash

Comment on How to Fix Up Your Old Snowblower by Reg

Reg

Where did You find replacement parts for Your craftsman blower. I needs belts

Comment on Rainwater Harvesting: A Genius Way to Collect Rainwater Using an IBC Tote by JW

Amazingly helpful! Thank you! Just curious if you think cinderblocks would work ok for the base?

Comment on How to Build an Entryway Bench with Hooks and Storage by Jeff

Jeff

Hey this looks great! Appreciate the detailed write-up, I just used this as a basis to get materials. We’ll see how it goes!

Comment on How to Make an Amazing Box Kite from Scratch by Doug Glenn

Doug Glenn

Enjoyed the tutorial, when I was a youngster in the late 1960’s. We made several box kites. Those always flew so well.
Now I’m 70, occasionally my my wife says, you guessed it, “go fly a kite”

Comment on This is the Easiest Way to Save Rain Water, from Expert DIYers by Patti

Patti

Such a clever idea, thank you for sharing. The price of rain barrels are so expensive! I have all the parts, just waiting for a friend to come over and unscrew the nut for the spigot which is so tight I can’t loosen it. I also used screen on both sides of the holes I cut.

I did not want to cut into my new gutters; besides, the barrel if connected to the gutters would have been too far from the vege garden.

I use mosquito dunks. They look like mini donuts. They do not kill mosquitos but have some kind of bacteria which kills the mosquito larvae in the water. No eggs hatching, no mosquitos! They are safe for dogs (I use them in their pool) and my bird bath. They are also safe to use for rain barrels. Each dunk covers 100 sq. ft. of surface. You have to change them out about every 25 to 30 days, but a pack of 20 is $21 on Amazon. Oh, and you have to weigh them down under the water. It takes a couple of weeks for them to fully dissolve, but I feel safe using them.

Comment on Building a Computer from Scrap Wood by SD

I have all the pc components and will make a wood one soon like yours with a kraken design logo and blue color use it for garage.

Comment on Rainwater Harvesting: A Genius Way to Collect Rainwater Using an IBC Tote by JP

You and your wife are now our best friends! What a fantastic article! We moved into a home that has 2 IBC totes already but we don’t know where they came from or how they’ve been maintained. We’re deciding whether to start from scratch with “new” totes or modify the 2 we have. Your “open” wooden stand is most important to us because the previous owner built an “enclosed” wooden stand and all kinds of wildlife are living/nesting under it. Not good when you have border collies! Thank you so much for all your insights! Will be referencing it as we proceed with this project.

Comment on Rainwater Harvesting: A Genius Way to Collect Rainwater Using an IBC Tote by Eileen

Eileen

In reply to Cathy.

Hi, I updated the cut list diagram with locations for all the deck screws and pocket hole screws. Hopefully, this should make it more clear where the screws should go. Some of the pocket hole screws are for joining the 2x4s to the 4x4s (from underneath). The two middle 4×4 legs have pocket hole screws to attach to the horizontal 4×4 resting above. Then on the top of the stand, there are several pocket hole screws joining the horizontal 4x4s to vertical 4×4 legs.

I used the same pocket hole jig for the 2x4s and 4x4s. The jig attaches the same to both wood sizes.

Comment on Rainwater Harvesting: A Genius Way to Collect Rainwater Using an IBC Tote by Cathy

Cathy

In reply to Eileen.

Thank you so much for those! You have so inspired me that I am building this! I have cut all my wood, but I’m stumped at using the pocket hole jig on the 4×4’s. Did you use a larger jig for joining 4×4 to 4×4? From the photos it looks like there are pocket holes through both the 4x4s and through the 2x4s. Do I have that right?
Thank you!